I respect him so fragrant

In fact, after what happened last night, Xie Yao was not sure about going to Jiang Gu this morning to explain.

But there is no way, tomorrow is the apprenticeship ceremony, and he has to bring people to the scene to kowtow no matter what.Even if there is no conscience to knock someone out and carry him over, it is really a forced and helpless act.

But now he looked at the obedient and obedient Jiang Gu with his head down in front of him, and it was really difficult to connect him with the drunken brat in the evening.

Could it be that the wine is still awake?

Forget it, it's useless to think about it now, Xie Yao thought, it's better to take the opportunity to find a quiet place to talk to Jiang Gu, and explain the ins and outs of the matter to him by the way.

So he coughed lightly, and said after consideration: "If you have nothing to do, would you like to go with me?"

Jiang Gu Wenyan raised his head slightly, then quickly lowered his head, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Xie Yao thought for a while and then said: "Your and my clothes were wet by the rain just now, it's not good if you go directly, you have to change. I think you won't bring spare clothes, but Xingchang Mingju is a bit far away from here , I’m afraid it’s inconvenient for you to go back and get it.”

"How about you wear mine first?"

If you were an ordinary person, when you encounter such a request, you can’t help but ask where and why you need to change it, can’t you just dry it with spiritual power, etc., and even directly question whether the person who made this request has something very special? thought.But Xie Yao asked carelessly, and Jiang Gu answered indifferently.

"it is good."

Seeing him like this, Xie Yao was quite happy. For the first time, he felt that it was good to have an apprentice who was obedient and obedient.After all, when he opened his mouth in the past, either no one paid attention to him, or he was chased and scolded by the brothers in charge. The only senior brother who was willing to patiently echo him a few words was often too busy to find anyone and rarely had time to chat.

"Then follow me back to Shuiyue Jingtian first, and I'll get some things."

"it is good."

A dense forest at the back of Wanyue Fairy Mountain is where Jiang Gu often practiced his sword. There is a long and narrow path inside. A small open space, quiet and elegant.

So when Xie Yao brought him here, he was a little surprised, because before he thought that only he knew this place.

Xie Yao clapped his hands, and a small wooden house surrounded by a fence suddenly appeared on the open space.

"This is the place where my master Shuoyue Xianzun lived. After the master passed away, this place was hidden by a magic circle. Occasionally, only me and two senior brothers came to visit." Xie Yao carried the food box , looking up at the plaque above her head, she seemed to be emotional, "I think she wrote the words 'Function House' back then."

"Function House?" Jiang Gu read it again, wondering, "What does this name imply?"

"Not very clear. When Master wrote these three words back then, I asked the same question as you. As a result, Master's answer was vague. At one time, he said that he relied on this to recognize his relatives, and at another time, he said that he wrote it casually." It’s just for fun, it doesn’t make any sense, anyway, I haven’t figured it out until now.”

Xie Yao walked into the cabin slowly, and walked to a tomb behind the cabin. On the tombstone were the words "Tomb of Shuoyue Xianzun Xuanqi" impressively.

"But the old man has passed away, so it's useless to think about these things."

It turns out that this is also the burial place of Shuoyue Xianzun.

Xie Yao took out the wine and pastries from the food box, put them in front of the stele, and saluted respectfully.He rarely wore the uniform in the Wanyue Gate. Although it wasn't the exclusive fairy costume, it was also a purple dress with a crescent moon pattern. It looked a little less idle and a little more dignified than usual.

It was rare for Jiang Gu to see Xie Yao look so serious and polite, so he couldn't help being in awe for a moment.It was only the next second that this awe was completely shattered, because after Xie Yao finished his salute, he immediately took two sips of the wine offered in front of the stele, and after drinking, he still wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said: "I know that Master Since you are a person who doesn’t like rules, I’ll follow the process casually. If you can’t drink this wine, I’ll taste it for you. To be honest, the taste is mediocre, not as good as the one you hid under the cherry blossom tree in Xingchang Mingju. A few pots are delicious. I planned to dig out the last pot and bring it here, but I didn’t think I would go one step too late, and this kid drank it up.”

He pointed to Jiang Gu, and then said: "Although he made a mistake, he is my apprentice after all, that is, your master's apprentice. We adults have a lot, so we don't care about him."

……

Jiang Gu remembered that he was still talking about who the owner of the wine was last night, but he met today, and it was the long-gone Immortal Shuoyue, and he didn't know whether to say it was luck or misfortune.

He looked at Xie Yao who was kneeling in front of the tomb, and said a little ashamedly: "Immortal Venerable, I didn't mean to—".

"It's just a pot of wine, it's not a big deal." Xie Yao turned his head to look at him, and said seriously, "What I'm going to say next is a big deal, so you have to listen carefully."

"……Yes."

"I have never lied in front of my master, and I will not lie in front of her grave today." Xie Yao put down the wine pot in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and sat upright, "I have no other way to make you lie." Believe me, after much deliberation, I can only bring you here, and let Master's spirit in the sky testify for me."

"Jiang Gu, the apprentice ceremony was not a whim of mine, nor was I trying to tease you on purpose. That day when the Patriarch of the Fang family came to discuss how to deal with Fang Zhuyu with the senior brother Jiaoyue, who was in charge, I wasn't there. , but heard relevant news from Ji Cheng. I thought that the result of this matter must be that Fang Zhuyu was executed, but when I learned that Brother Jiaoyue went to Xingchang Mingju to look for you and was going to take you to see the head of the Fang family , I realized that there might be room for reversal in this matter, so I rushed to the Sumeru Spiritual Realm."

"It's just that I underestimated your temper, and also overestimated my right to speak on this matter. Senior brother Jiaoyue came back alone. When you didn't come, the Patriarch of the Fang family began to put pressure on me, bluntly saying that I am the third brother of the Wanyuemen. As one of the Immortal Venerables, one should think about the overall situation. How could he destroy the relationship between the Fang family and the Wanyue Sect for a disciple who is not considered an apprentice. The brother in charge of the sect has heard about the affairs between you and me for a long time, and has always been dissatisfied. Although he never spoke in favor of the Fang family, he still had some complaints about you. In order to save the face of both parties, Senior Brother Jiaoyue could only remain neutral and say nothing."

Jiang Gu was silent for a while, then interjected: "Then why does the immortal speak for me, wouldn't it be good to let the Fang family take Fang Zhuyu away?"

"Of course I can do this, because I am the person who is most afraid of trouble." Xie Yao did not tact, but said bluntly, "But if I do this, first, it will destroy the promise I made to you, and second, it will encourage The unrighteousness of the Immortal Gate has grown the arrogance of the Fang family in the past three years. After hundreds of years of wind and rain in the Wanyue Gate, is it possible that they are still afraid of a threat from the Fang family? But if I want to speak for you, I only need a Wanyue The status of being an immortal is not enough. I must be your legitimate master, someone who can speak for you in an upright manner. So I told them that I have already agreed with you, and the day after tomorrow, that is, tomorrow, I will hold a teacher apprenticeship ceremony. That's it First of all, you, Jiang Gu, are the only disciple under the knee of the Shuiyue Immortal of the Wanyue Gate, you used to think that he was annoying to you, but in that day, he will be able to help you protect you."

"But I know that no matter how many and reasonable reasons I have, I can't stop you from being angry at me for arbitrarily deciding this matter. But I still want to tell you exactly what happened, and I don't ask you to forgive me , I just hope that you can go to the apprenticeship ceremony with me. Fang Zhuyu just died, and the Fang family's eyes are all focused on tomorrow. If you don't come tomorrow, it will be difficult to explain."

The surroundings quieted down, and Jiang Gu was a little lost.After a while, he heard Xie Yao's voice again: "Actually... there's nothing wrong with being my apprentice. If you don't like restraint, I just don't care about you. If you are bullied, I will come forward to protect you." you……"

"But Xianzun," Jiang Gu suddenly said in a low voice, "Three years ago, you said yourself that you didn't want to accept an apprentice, and I was not worthy to be your apprentice. You accepted me as an apprentice because you were forced by the head of the sect. It was your whim .”

Xie Yao fell silent.

"Xianzun, I don't understand. Since you said these words three years ago, it was obvious that you didn't want to accept me as an apprentice." Jiang Gu continued, "Then why do you take me to enjoy the lanterns now and solve it for me? Regarding Fang Zhuyu, I would even go against the sect master and go to the ancient evil realm to save me. I am just an ordinary disciple, and I am not very warm to you, the immortal. The way the immortal treats me will only make me feel that you She is moody and moody by nature, or she is plotting... against me."

He felt that his tone was cold and his every word was heartbreaking.

I never thought that after Xie Yao finished listening, he just wanted to get up and beat up this dumb kid who couldn't speak.

What does it mean that I am moody and have plots, and you think that I treat you like this when I am old, just for your beauty!I bother!

It's just that before he could make a move, he caught a glimpse of the faint red under Jiang Gu's left sleeve from the corner of his eye.

Huh?Isn't that... the two red string bracelets he bought for Jiang Gu on the Lantern Festival?When did he wear it?

This incident reminded Xie Yao of what he said to Jiang Gu after the Lantern Festival ended——

"Why don't you wear the red string bracelet I bought for you? Doesn't the left hand and the right hand look pretty? Put it on and show me!"

"I can't wear it on my right hand."

"Why?"

"It just can't be worn on the right hand."

"Then...you can't wear it with your right hand, but you can always wear it with your left hand?"

"I don't want to wear it on my left hand either."

"..."

Now Xie Yao pretended not to see anything.He silently withdrew his gaze, and complained in his heart: "Duplicity, you clearly said you don't want to wear it, didn't you still wear both bracelets on your left hand? It's so tight to hide, if it wasn't for the short sleeves of the clothes I found for you, I'm afraid I'll never see it in my life."

But even though he thought so, he still couldn't help but slightly curled the corners of his mouth, and the thought of arguing just now was gone.He picked up the flagon again and took a sip of the wine, and said in a good voice: "You have a good idea of ​​whether I am moody or not, so I won't explain too much. As for plotting against you, I admit that there is indeed a little bit."

Jiang Gu Wenyan tried his best to control his facial expression, trying not to let any emotion show, but his heart started beating wildly, and even his tone trembled slightly: "Which point?"

"I told you before that I appreciate talented people." Xie Yao glanced at him quietly, but his face was still calm, "I have seen your rapid progress in the past three years, of course, this is inseparable from Your diligence also proves that you are a very talented person. As long as someone gives you a little advice, you can cultivate to a very high level. The reason why I treated you with contempt three years ago , because I don’t want to be the person who gave me advice. But now I am willing, and I want to save it, can’t I?”

It means that I was blind before, but now I have been slapped in the face, okay?

"Jiang Gu, you have never been a wild sparrow, and I am not a golden flower phoenix. It is just your contempt for yourself to be named a phoenix." Xie Yao put on a serious look, and said softly, "If you really don't want to be my apprentice , I will let you go down the mountain after the teacher apprentice ceremony tomorrow, and let you leave the place where Wanyuemen is wrong. If you want to be my apprentice, I, Xie Yao, will swear here. From now on, you will be my closed disciple. I will teach you everything I have learned, and I will try my best to protect you."

After he finished speaking, he knelt in front of the tomb without saying a word, not even taking another sip of wine.

After a long time, he heard a very light and simple response.

"it is good"

"Which one is better?" Xie Yao asked in a low voice.

In fact, Jiang Gu was already in a state of confusion, facing such questioning, he could only take a deep breath, stabilized his voice and said: "Tomorrow's apprenticeship ceremony, Xianzun must be on time, don't make me wait like last time gone."

The author has something to say: Jiang Gu’s hometown customs: Wearing the red rope on the left hand, to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings; wearing the red rope to the right hand, to seek marriage and offspring