Poor monks do not break the precepts

It was night and everything was silent in the cave, and it is winter now, no matter how warm the atmosphere in the tiankeng is, it is not suitable for insects and birds to nest. The dark waterfall seems to fall to a place deep underground, and it is difficult to notice the waterfall unless you listen carefully. Water peanuts falling to the bottom.

Such a quiet night is the most suitable for sleeping peacefully, but Huai Mingmo tossed and turned and found it difficult to fall asleep, thinking of Xu Sheng's sad breath when he left, his heart throbbed slightly, tormenting his mind faintly.

Xin Li seemed to have the same concern, he made a cup of calming tea for Huai Mingmo, and said in a low voice, "Xu Sheng lives in the small building next to the waterfall tonight, but the pavilion master is going?"

Huai Mingmo sat up and whispered, "How do you know?"

"Just now Zang Li was bored wandering around in the cave, and found it by accident."

"Nonsense, I'm not afraid of trouble." Huai Mingmo scolded softly, but there was no annoyance in his tone, "Fortunately, nothing went wrong, otherwise there would be more excuses to run on us."

Xin Li smiled and said, "Zang Li is a child, I can't control her."

Without the slightest hesitation, Huai Mingmo whispered: "I'll go back as soon as I go." The window beside him was half open, and Huai Mingmo jumped out of the window, and when he touched the window sill, there was a slight sound that was interrupted by the sound of the waterfall. cover up.

An oil lamp was lit in the small building by the waterfall, and Xu Sheng was sitting by the window looking at the documents sent by Mr. Bian Ji.When Huai Mingmo jumped down from the roof and entered the window, he only moved slightly, but Xu Sheng didn't even lift his eyelids, and said for a long while: "When did the pavilion master learn the behavior of the gentleman on the beam in the middle of the night?"

Huai Mingmo reached out to pick up the teacup by Xu Sheng's hand, the tea in the cup had cooled down, Xu Sheng drank half of it.He raised his head and drank it without hesitation, and said with a smile: "I don't want to disturb the servants here in the middle of the night, lest they get up and lead the way with their clothes on."

Xu Sheng added two strokes to the paper and put it aside, then picked up another book and opened it, and put all of it on it, he was distracted for a long time and said: "Allowing your subordinates to wander around my building is not causing trouble to me. "

"Zang Li is just a girl, she is not sensible yet, so please don't be offended." Huai Mingmo added water to the pot, made a pot of tea by himself, and pushed the full pot of tea to Xu Sheng's hand, so that Xu Sheng wouldn't be upset. Watch out for hot hands.

Xu Sheng snorted coldly: "Don't dare to blame, lest you be ridiculed."

Huai Mingmo said: "It's my fault, I can't control my subordinates, so you are ridiculed for nothing."

"I asked for the trouble, I can't blame others." After reading the brochure for nearly an hour, Xu Sheng's eyes were sore, he closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Huai Mingmo helped Xu Sheng close the completed booklet, neatly put it aside, and said with a smile: "Are you going to tell me something angry all night?"

After Xu Sheng hastily dealt with the remaining books and accounts, Fang Xian said, "What are you doing here?"

"Apologize."

"That's not what I said." Xu Sheng really left angrily during the meal, but he never got angry with Huai Mingmo, so he acquiesced to Zang Li wandering around in the building, and didn't let the black face embarrass her .He said again: "I remember that the old lady's birthday is at the end of January, and it's New Year's Eve. Why don't you rush back early and take a long way to connect with Qishan?"

Huai Mingmo said without any concealment: "I want to come to you." Feeling a little stunned, he simply said: "When we parted in the capital, your words had the meaning of never seeing each other, and I heard from your house again. The words of the manager have concerns. I was worried about your accident, so I wanted to help you, but I didn't expect you to come to the rescue in the end. "

Xu Sheng continued to ask: "How do you know I'm here?"

"The notes written by you in your study clearly record that you often haunt this place. Xinli found that the time matches the moonless night."

Xu Sheng chuckled and said: "Your subordinate is as careful as dust, you are really a difficult character to deal with."

Huai Mingmo also said with a smile: "If Xinli knows that you praise him so much, he will surely open his eyes and get carried away with complacency."

His expression became colder, Xu Sheng looked up at Huai Mingmo and said: "Now that people have met, you should go back to the Hermitage Villa earlier. Although Hehuanzhai suffered heavy losses in this battle, it has not been completely eradicated, and there are many evils left, you shouldn't Running around outside."

"How did you know that I would be in danger?" Huai Mingmo speculated a little, "You knew it earlier, didn't you?"

Seeing that he persisted in asking each other, Xu Sheng sighed slightly: "I'm the one who caused you trouble, Lianxin Huiji wanted to use you to blackmail me and force me to submit. My actions in the capital must have escaped her eyes and ears, so she suddenly struck cruelly." Come to deal with you, want to teach me a lesson."

After hearing the words, Huai Mingmo was not annoyed at all, he didn't care about being implicated by Xu Sheng, and was even a little happy, he said with a smile: "Why did she threaten you with me, that's really strange."

Flicking his fingernails on Huai Mingmo's forehead, Xu Sheng also responded with a light smile: "You were put into danger for no reason, and you can still be happy like this."

After talking about the joke, Huai Mingmo said seriously: "Is Hui Ji Lian Xin really scary?"

"Not exactly." Xu Sheng had contact with Lianxin Huiji several times, and he probably found out the details of each other's martial arts, and he was not afraid of her martial arts, but he still had a worried look on his face: "We are in the light, she is in the dark. It's too easy to deal with. I only have a general understanding of Hehuanzhai, but I don't know exactly how many women are from Hehuanzhai, and how extensive the industry is.

Huai Mingmo is obviously more open than Xu Sheng, "No matter how deep she hides, now that she has been involved in the incident, it will not be so easy to hide her tail. Not only you and I are looking for her now, but the four major factions My mother and I are now also sending people to investigate, and there will always be progress."

With a special scented tablet in his mouth, Xu Sheng pressed his forehead with two fingers, leaning back against the cushion to rest his mind, "It's really troublesome to involve so many people."

Huai Mingmo picked up a piece with a fragrance and smelled it carefully. It seemed that it was mixed with peppermint oil to have a refreshing effect, so he also tasted a piece. Suddenly, the fragrance of the teeth and cheeks was lingering, and the fragrance of the peppermint oil hit the brain, and people became more awake.

Xu Sheng closed his eyes with a calm expression, and said for a long time: "Mr. Bian Ji has informed the order of eviction in the building, you and your people should leave early tomorrow."

Huai Mingmo asked, "What about you?"

"I'm going to wade in the water without palace." Xu Sheng replied without hiding.

"What about after that?" Huai Mingmo continued to ask inexplicably, his fingers moved slightly as if he was thinking of something, and he said after a long while: "You plan to go for a long time? Come back after the Chinese New Year?"

Xu Sheng looked quite puzzled, but he still said truthfully: "I'll go there to get some things and leave. I'll stay for a day at most."

Huai Mingmo smiled like a breeze and bright moon, making people unable to take their eyes off. He decided privately: "I heard that the entire palace of Shuiwu Palace is located in the water. There are many traps, and it is difficult for outsiders to find. It is also a masterpiece of Master Lu Ban. I heard about it, but I didn’t have the chance to visit, but now I have a rare chance, so I’ll go with you.”

Xu Sheng, who always loves to control the situation, suddenly heard the words and was so surprised that his thoughts froze. He was about to refuse when he came back to his senses, but Huai Mingmo said again: "Since you have nowhere to go during the Chinese New Year, why not go back to the Hermitage Villa with me?" , anyway, you have to come for the old lady's birthday."

Chen Xiang's residence is next to the Xusheng wing, and the bed in her room is right next to the wall of this wing, and there is a small window on the wall, so that Chen Xiang can pay attention to any emergencies at any time.I only heard a faint sound from the other side of the window, "That's a good idea."

Xu Sheng said coldly: "Chen Xiang!"

The other side of the window could hear Xu Sheng growling, but without any fear, he smiled lightly and said: "The original owner planned to go to celebrate his birthday, so there is no harm in going a few days earlier."

As soon as the words were finished, Huai Mingmo didn't give Xu Sheng a chance to refuse, and said with a smile: "There are more people in the village, the New Year is more lively." He thought carefully: "Mr. Bian Ji..."

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Xu Sheng didn't make unnecessary struggles, and said calmly: "Mr. Bianji will go back to Wuxue Academy tomorrow. There are many students in the academy. I'm afraid I won't be able to find time to come during the Chinese New Year."

"It's not good to force it like this." Huai Mingmo casually invited, originally he didn't intend to force it.His thoughts drifted away, and he suddenly smiled and said: "You came to the Hermitage Villa in a hurry last time, and didn't appreciate the furnishings in the villa. This time I will guide you, so I won't disappoint you. You can take all the items as you like, but it is not allowed in other places."

Xu Sheng teased: "I don't like other things in your museum, how about XingXiu Sword Manual?"

Knowing that Xu Sheng was joking, Huai Mingmo said: "You don't need it now."

Xu Sheng retorted: "One day, I really want to help Meng Qingrun win the throne, and that book will be sweet and sour in my eyes."

Huai Mingmo's words were slightly sentimental, "If there is a day, you don't need to say it. My mother will definitely let me deliver this booklet to Prince Liang's mansion in person."

Xu Sheng was naturally very clear about what his mother was referring to in the words.Hearing the sadness mixed in the words, Xu Sheng deliberately joked: "This is not the same, if I offer it, it will be a meritorious service. If you refuse to give it to me now, then I will get it by stealing or robbing." , no one can stop me."

Xu Sheng's tone of voice was weird, Huai Mingmo knew that he was trying to explain himself, so he said with a smile: "It's safer to be escorted to Beijing by you, than to be escorted by anyone else, I am very relieved."

"Co-author, you deliberately tricked me into calculating." Xu Sheng chuckled lightly and said unhappily.

Huai Mingmo's face darkened, and he said slowly after a long while: "It's not easy to count you once." After saying that, the two of them laughed out loud, and the gloom that was just like an autumn rainy day gradually dissipated.

After laughing for a while, Xu Sheng's eyes gently climbed to Huai Mingmo's gentle face, and slowly expressed his doubts, "I have known you so far, but I have never heard you ask me about martial arts internal strength. You, I know you People are different, other people like to get to the bottom of my question after a short time with me, but you don't mention a single word."

"If you want to say it, if I don't ask you, you will tell me one day. If you don't want to say it, I will ask you if you have told the group of people who are asking endless questions?"

The corners of Xu Sheng's lips raised slightly, he shook his head and said: "No, only Hua Xinglou and Shu Muxi know my secret better, after all, I can't hide it from them."

Reminded by Xu Sheng, Huai Mingmo immediately thought of Huaxinglou's qinggong, and said in surprise: "Wuzhilou and Shuiwugong are of the same clan?"

Xu Sheng nodded and said: "Yes, the old man who taught me martial arts is brother and sister with the former Mistress of Shuiwu Palace."

"No wonder this place is so close." Huai Mingmo guessed: "Shuiwugong's mentality has always been top secret, and outsiders have no way of knowing it. I only heard that most of the inner strength and mentality of Shuiwugong are inherited, so your internal strength is The old landlord passed it on to you?"

"You know a lot, I do have a century-old body." Xu Sheng paused and said, "I practiced the same mentality as Shuinangong, but that old man is a martial arts prodigy. There has been a slight improvement in martial arts moves. In the past, I didn't understand it until I fought against you. I didn't realize that decent martial arts have nothing to fear, but the Wansheng Xinfa you learned is the martial arts that restrains Mizumiya. No wonder He took great pains to come up with new tricks at the cost of going crazy."

Huai Mingmo thought about it for a while, "You are from the same clan, and you are also passing on skills from the same generation. Why is there such a difference in internal strength between you and him?"

In terms of martial arts talent, there are very few people in the entire martial arts world who can compare with Xu Sheng. Xu Sheng said proudly: "The master leads the door, and the practice is up to the individual. Let's say you are self-taught. Competing with Huaxinglou, he may not It's your opponent."

After dealing with the affairs in the building, and talking about my son again, it was already the middle of the night in a blink of an eye, and there was another fight with the enemy before, and it was the limit to last until now, and the two of them gradually became tired.Huai Mingmo put one hand on the edge of the window frame, said with a light smile, "You have a good rest, I'll go back first."

Xu Sheng stopped Huai Mingmo before he tried his best, and said without hesitation: "It's late now, if you go back, you will inevitably wake up your subordinates. It's just one night for me, and I have to get up early tomorrow to hurry. I'm going to Shuiwu Palace The road is not easy to walk. The carriage cannot be driven, it all depends on the footsteps."

Huai Mingmo heard that he had agreed to his proposal, and was delighted at the moment, when he came back to his senses, he found that Xu Sheng had taken off his outer shirt and was sitting on the edge of the bed in only his pajamas, as if he was waiting for him to fall asleep inside.Huai Mingmo's heart warmed, he knew that Xu Sheng was taking care of himself specially, but when he calmed down again, his heart couldn't calm down anymore, his breathing was slightly short of breath, he felt dryness and heat all over his body, he felt and smelled the poison of acacia Symptoms are similar.

He naturally understood why he had such a reaction, and Xu Sheng must have discovered it, so he hurriedly climbed onto the bed and fell asleep on his side.

Seeing through Huai Mingmo's thoughts with a faint smile, Xu Sheng helped Huai Mingmo tuck up the quilt, and moved half of his body outward, almost sleeping on the edge of the bed.

Compared with Huai Mingmo, Xu Sheng has practiced for many years and is better at restraining his emotions and desires. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep, leaving Huai Mingmo alone to turn over inside.Huai Mingmo noticed that Xu Sheng was fast asleep, he was so angry that he kicked Xu Sheng lightly, but he didn't expect that his eyebrows and eyes didn't move, it seemed that he was very fast asleep.

The sun rises from the east, and the light gradually slants into the tiankeng. Xu Sheng sleeps more and more hot and dry. When he wakes up, he finds a white arm around his waist. He is horrified, and immediately remembers that he slept with someone last night .Huai Mingmo had been tossing and turning all night, and just fell asleep more than an hour ago, and it was time for a good night's sleep.

Xu Sheng carefully pushed his hand away, stood up and called in a low voice: "Chen Xiang." Chen Xiang blew into the room quietly like a gust of wind, and stood with his hands down, waiting for the order, "Go to the small building over there and say something, their pavilion master is here with me Lay out of bed. You won’t have to wait until they find out that no one is there and make a fuss in the building.”

Chen Xiang glanced at Huai Mingmo, and saw that the brocade quilt on his body was tightly tucked up even in the smallest details, presumably the landlord specially covered him when he got up.She had never seen Xu Sheng treat someone so attentively, and knowing the importance of Huai Mingmo in Xu Sheng's heart, she couldn't help but sighed slightly for Zhu Ling.She whispered back: "This subordinate will go now."

Just as Xu Sheng expected, Zheng Fengnian, who woke up first, found that Huai Mingmo was not there, and quickly woke up everyone in the room. Xinli also did not expect that Huai Mingmo would not return all night, and was quite anxious.When everyone gets dressed, they plan to search separately, even if they turn Wuzhi Building upside down, they will find Huai Mingmo.Fortunately, Chen Xiang arrived in time and blocked them at the door, so there was no major trouble.

"Why did the pavilion master go out so early in the morning and be silent?"

Xin Li thanked Chen Xiang politely, and when he heard what Luo Chen said, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Perhaps I was afraid of disturbing us, so I went out quietly on purpose."

Unexpectedly, Zang Li was ignorant of world affairs, so she muttered to expose Xin Li's lies, "The pavilion master obviously left the door last night."

Luo Chen was stunned by Si Xu, and said in shock: "Did the pavilion master live in Xu Sheng's place last night?"

These words were very loud, Zheng Fengnian frowned and shouted: "The pavilion master has a good temper, but you are becoming more and more ignorant of the rules. When are you allowed to intervene in the affairs of the pavilion master, it doesn't matter whether it is big or small."

Xiang Qing wanted to say a few words, but when he heard Zheng Fengnian beating his subordinates, he fell silent for a while, so he didn't want to say anything more.Xin Li lowered his head to take care of his messy shirt, raised his eyes slightly across Xiang Qing's stiff face with pursed lips, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, secretly admiring Zheng Fengnian's vigilance.

The bottom of my heart was overwhelmed, and it was difficult to sleep for a long time. Huai Mingmo woke up after less than two hours of sleep. He stood up tiredly, and said, "What time is it?"

Xu Sheng stopped and pushed the half-written score aside, walked to Huai Mingmo's side in a few steps, took a few soft pillows behind him, and said softly: "It's still early, you can rest for a while." He The voice was very soft, it seemed that Huai Mingmo had just woken up and lacked sleep, so he was afraid of disturbing him.

Sleeping less will inevitably lead to some discomfort and headaches, Huai Ming pressed Mo's thumb up and down lightly on the Taiyin acupoint, and said with a smile: "Don't dare to stay in bed, lest I bother Mr. Bianji to drive people away."

"Before dawn, he went down the mountain and went back to Wuxue Academy." Chen Xiang who was waiting outside was called into the house again, "You send someone to report to the Waterless Palace, I will be there at noon."

Before Chen Xiang could leave, Huai Mingmo called Chen Xiang softly, "Miss, please help me to call Xin Li here."