thief, don't run

"But," the girl's voice suddenly regained the vitality of Chaoyang, she smiled at An Lingxue, and said brightly, "If you become a member of this place, then all problems will be solved, isn't it good?"

An Lingxue thought about it, and it is true, as long as she chooses to give up and stay here with Zhongliyun, then she will not be imprisoned, and they will not have to face the blame of their father and brother or the rumors of the world, but for her father and her brother , Marrying her out would be about the same as the current situation.

Seems like, exactly the right answer.

Before An Lingxue could answer, in the distance, Zhong Liyun walked slowly carrying a bucket of water. Behind her was the rising sun. An Lingxue squinted her eyes unconsciously facing the light.

Although I couldn't see her expression against the light, I thought it was a calm and reassuring face.

"Hey, hurry up, help me, I'm dying!"

Zhong Liyun scrambled his steps, and with great difficulty put the bucket heavily on the ground, the splashed water soaked the hem of his clothes.

"I'm exhausted," Zhong Liyun took a deep breath and complained, "Axue, I think what you said is right, it would be great if the old man gave the things, otherwise, I have to tear off a few beards for him Come."

Zhong Liyun was still rambling, but he paused when he raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat, "Axue?"

An Lingxue saw that she looked at him with slightly open eyes, she was a little surprised, "What's the matter?" But her hands kept moving, holding a handkerchief to wipe her sweat.

"No, this..." Zhong Liyun stepped back a little, stretched out his hand, held her face, and looked closer, up, down, left, and right, and scolded lightly: "Who are you? Virtuous!"

"Hi-ah!"

Unexpectedly, there was a pain in the waist, Zhong Liyun exhaled the pain, but he refused to relax his hands, and hurriedly said: "You are the most virtuous, the most virtuous! Let go first, okay?"

An Lingxue snorted angrily, then let her go, looked at her smiling face, and finally threw the handkerchief to her, "Wipe it yourself!" After saying that, she carried the bucket into the room by herself.

Zhong Liyun stood on the spot, holding the handkerchief in his hand, seeing An Lingxue go in, his eyes gradually darkened.

"What did you say to her?" Zhong Liyun cast his eyes on the young girl who was watching a show, "I should have warned you not to hurt her."

The girl tilted her head, her puzzled eyes were innocent and cute, "Did you see her hurt? Don't talk nonsense."

Zhong Liyun looked at her, half a quarter of an hour later, the girl was still interested, Zhong Liyun turned his eyes away and went to the kitchen.

Seeing that she was leaving, the girl's shoulders slumped, and the corners of her mouth sank. After a while, Fu put a smile on her face again, got up from the wicker chair, and went to the kitchen calmly.

In the room, An Lingxue had already lit the stove, the lid covered the black cauldron, and the white water inside was bubbling, and it was already boiled.

"Wow - your hands are covered with soot, stay away from me!"

"Hey hey, anyway, my hands are dirty, so I might as well get you dirty too."

"Don't come here, you!"

The two people in the room were still fighting, and for a while, the ashes of the pot were scattered and the straw was flying.The girl covered her face and coughed twice, and said to the two people who were entangled together: "The water is boiled, take it to the village chief."

An Lingxue let go of Zhong Liyun and glared at her. Zhong Liyun swung his sleeves and grinned at her.

The girl shook her head helplessly, rolled up her sleeves, turned on the pot, put the boiled water into the kettle, and went out with her hands.

The two of them pinched each other reluctantly along the way, and staggered to the village chief's cabin.As soon as he entered, An Lingxue was quite polite and bowed to say hello, but Zhong Liyun said directly, "Old man, here's what you asked for. Where's the Tao statue?"

As he spoke, he pulled An Lingxue to sit down in front of the table, and slapped the paper with the map on the table.Suddenly, he took a snap of his fingers and was reprimanded: "It's not big or small."

"You old man is neither old nor young!" Zhong Liyun muttered back, under the table, An Lingxue shook her hand, she calmed down and leaned to the side.

Sensing this person's movement, An Lingxue also pushed her not to move, so she gave up, and the general raised her hand to salute, and then said: "Grandpa Village Chief, the younger generation is polite, but you are very righteous, so you probably won't be with us." These juniors care about it, and you must be aware of the importance of that pottery statue to Zhong Liyun, please show your love and don't play tricks on us."

Although it was not serious to laugh and beat and scold all the time, An Lingxue knew that no matter how you looked at it, this map was just a prank made by the old man, and there was no reason for it.In particular, they understood the meaning of the Five Elements under the guidance of the girl, and the village head is the girl's grandfather, so all of this was arranged by the village head. As for the purpose, she still didn't understand it.

Presumably they want to keep themselves here?But in this way, why did he avoid Zhongliyun before?

While speaking, the girl had already prepared tea with boiled water, and put a cup in front of each of them. The village chief raised his hand to drink the tea, and the steaming water vapor blurred his eyes and eyebrows, making it difficult for people to see clearly.

"Good good!"

The village chief said three good things in succession, but he didn't know whether he was talking about tea or An Lingxue's suggestion.It's just that the two of them were not in a hurry, and each took a sip of tea.Anyway, the village chief couldn't run away, and neither could the Tao statue.

I don't know if it's because I boil the tea myself, but it tastes different from the past, and I always feel better.

"The old man didn't play tricks on you," the village chief said, and the two looked over at the same time. The village chief smiled secretly, "I gave you what you asked for early in the morning."

The two wondered, where?I'm annoyed again, this old man, at this time, wants to play sloppy with you.

"Anling County Lieutenant."

When the village chief called him that, An Lingxue was taken aback for a moment, then put down her teacup, straightened her body, and nodded slightly to show that she was all ears.

But this old man has never been serious.

"The things are under your bed, haha, I didn't expect that!" Then he shook his head sadly, "Oh, the old man specially arranged you to go to that room, but the two of you didn't get anything done, and even your things didn't work. I didn’t find it. It doesn’t work, it really doesn’t work!”

An Lingxue closed her eyes, and forced a smile, "Hehe, is that so?" At the same time, she let go of Zhong Liyun's hand, and she swiped the old man's beard clean with all her teeth and claws.

And this time even the girl couldn't stand it anymore, "Grandpa!"

"Cough cough." The village chief coughed with his fists clenched, and then pretended to thump his waist, "Oh, no, my dear grandson, the old problem has happened again, no, I really have to accept my old age."

Seeing him pretending to be pitiful, both of them turned their heads together, not bothering to look at him.Only the girl shook her head helplessly, and sat down to help him.

But now that he knew where Tao Statue was now, it was meaningless to stay here any longer, so Zhong Liyun pulled An Lingxue to his feet, the two of them saluted in vain, and turned to retreat.

"Anling County Lieutenant."

The village head called again, An Lingxue looked over habitually, and saw the village head smiled at her, "The tea this time is very good, the little old man looks forward to the next time, and enjoy it with you again."

This is extremely polite, and considering her as an equal, she does not rely on the old to respect her.An Lingxue didn't feel any joy, she just prostrated herself, but didn't say a word.

Standing up again, he squeezed Zhong Liyun's palm and went out with her.

"What's wrong?" Zhongliyun felt something was wrong.

"It's okay." An Lingxue smiled at her, "Let's go back and see that pottery statue."

"okay."

Unexpectedly, I turned around for a day today, and it turned out that the thing I was looking for was at the original starting point.All the way back to the room impatiently, saying it was under the bed, the two lifted the bed boards, only to find a sandalwood box, the two looked at each other, and carefully took out the box.

After going to the outside room and clearing out a table, An Lingxue put the box on the table and opened it.Seeing the pottery statue inside, the two took a breath at the same time.

Interesting poem: There are so many people in the world, there is nothing like this old man, who is not riding a donkey backwards, and looks back on everything.

The story of Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, riding a donkey upside down is well known to every household.Now this pottery statue does not portray the image of a fairy-like old man riding a donkey backwards.It is not unusual for folks to make pottery statues for Zhang Guolao in honor of him.

The strange thing is that this pottery statue is ordinary and unremarkable, and the production method is not superior, it can only be regarded as an ordinary handicraft.It's just that the seal is engraved on the base of the pottery statue, which is Zhang Guo's inscription.In other words, this is a pottery statue made by Zhang Guo himself, or it was finished by someone else and given to Zhang Guo to be stamped by him.Of course, generally speaking, the former is more preferred.

So far, it is very clear.Let's look at the first three things that Zhongliyun got together, Zhang Guo's painting, Zhang Guo's obsidian, Zhang Guo's magic sword, and this time Zhang Guo's pottery statue.It's all related to Zhang Guo, what does it indicate?

Zhang Guo, nicknamed Mr. Tongxuan, was awarded Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, and later he was granted the title of Immortal. He was one of the Eight Immortals, and the world respectfully called him Zhang Guolao.Among them, the story of riding a donkey upside down and looking back is the most commendable.

Everyone has a purpose no matter what they do, so the behind-the-scenes person who instigated Zhong Liyun to steal these things, his purpose of collecting these things is——

"No! Totally unexpected!"

Zhong Liyun leaned back and completely slumped in the stool, "Even if we research all these, we still can't find any clues!"

An Lingxue also had some headaches. Apart from the pottery statue, there were piles of ancient books and materials on the table, all about Zhang Guo. However, even so, they still couldn't figure out why that person collected Zhang Guo's items. What.

And, there's no time left.

Although that person didn't specify a time every time, Zhongliyun's master was in his hands, so Zhongliyun didn't dare to neglect, and every time he got what that person ordered to steal, he would give it to him immediately, but this time they had It took a lot of time.

With a throbbing pain in his head, An Lingxue shook his head irritably, "No, do we really want to let him manipulate us?"

"Hmm..." Ah Xue said "we". Although it was out of place and I was a little sorry for Master, Zhong Liyun did feel a little relieved. From now on... it will be "we"...

Should... be...?

Some questions, in the current situation, even if you think about it, there is no answer.But in the end there is only one way, so as long as you keep going, that day will definitely come, and the answer will definitely appear naturally.

That was her choice, her path, her answer.

However, that is something in the future, even if you regret it, all you can do now is to enjoy the present.

"Ah, it's getting dark without realizing it." An Lingxue glanced out the window, the distant mountains merged with the night, showing a little blurry shape under the faint starlight. Study in the house all day.

The stomach rumbled at the right time, especially in the quiet night. An Lingxue blushed and pretended, "Are you hungry? Let's go eat."

"It's obvious that you're hungry." Zhong Liyun looked at her stomach, and did not hesitate to expose her, "Thanks to someone, I'm full in the morning."

An Lingxue thought about it for a while, only to realize that it was her joke in the morning that "you can't chew too much", but she didn't expect this person to hold a grudge so much, and satirized her in turn.

Immediately feeling rebellious, An Lingxue twisted her neck and said angrily, "I'm not hungry! I won't eat!"

If you don't coax me well, I won't go to eat!

As soon as the subtext in his heart was finished, Zhong Liyun suddenly leaned over and stared at her face, "Okay, since you're not hungry and it's getting late, let's go to bed."

"Sleep...sleep?" Now my stomach didn't respond, but my mind became muddled, "Are you going to sleep here today? And...you mean...we, we..."

"Yes, we, can't we?" Zhong Liyun turned his head and looked at her expectantly.