FS-novel #263 - I hate to see people hungry.
#263 - I hate to see people hungry.
“Thank you, Little Immortal Master, for saving my life.” Zhang Wan'er revealed a shy expression, stealing a glance at Xu Chengxian, “Wan'er is willing to…”
“Cough! No need, no need. Miss Zhang Wan, this poor Daoist has no thoughts of starting a family for the time being.” Xu Chengxian coughed dryly, not letting her finish, “Thank you for your kind intentions.”
How else to thank someone for saving your life?
If you meet someone you like, you offer yourself in marriage.
If you meet someone you don't like, you promise to repay the debt in the next life by being a blade of grass or a jade ring, or by working as an ox or a horse.
We all know this routine!
“Hmph, Little Immortal Master, why lie to me?” Zhang Wan looked at him with resentment, “It's just that you嫌I'm not beautiful enough and didn't take a fancy to me.”
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“Hehe, Miss Zhang, what you're saying is…”
Zhang Wan's face immediately lit up with joy. Whether Xu Chengxian, out of consideration for a maiden's pride, denied the previous statement, she could then…
“…is absolutely right!”
“…Ah?”
“Miss Zhang, it's like this. In matters of men and women, this poor Daoist is still very traditional.” Xu Chengxian grinned, “I do indeed like beautiful women.”
“…Alas!” Zhang Wan straightened her bent back, “I knew it would be like this. Little Immortal Master, you are truly an honest person.”
He could even deliberately open the lid of the pill furnace, almost熏ing her to the point of vomiting, which shows that he has no tender, protective feelings for women at all.
If he had any romantic thoughts towards her, he wouldn't have acted like that.
“Miss Zhang is also a woman who doesn't yield to men.” Xu Chengxian said.
This compliment was also sincere.
Last night's Song Family Village, on the surface, was silent, but in secret, it hid many secrets.
He cultivated while sitting in meditation, gossiping and watching the show, and was almost too busy to keep up.
Leaving aside the people in the village, the Zhang residence alone was exciting enough.
Before the third watch, the young mistress secretly took Zhang Sanheng to the cave in the back mountain.
To meet Qi Old Daoist.
The Zhang girl in front of him followed behind her.
Qi Old Daoist pretended to trick the young mistress into bringing Zhang Sanheng, just to get the child's heart blood.
Then, using the soul-calling array set up with memorial tablets, he勾张家子孙's souls out and trapped them in the cave.
Then he would attach them to his body to avoid the 头七.
But he didn't expect to be preempted and反杀ed by the two women.
The young mistress Zhang, who came with wine and dishes,晕ed the man, but hesitated at the last moment.
In the end, it was the Zhang Wan girl in front of him who made the move.
And her method of killing was skilled and ingenious. She crushed Qi Old Daoist's hyoid bone from behind through the hand warmer, choking him to death!
Xu Chengxian couldn't help but glance at Zhang Wan's hand.
“The Zhang family is still haunted.” Xu Chengxian smiled when he thought of this, “Miss Zhang, you still dare to come here, aren't you afraid that Qi Old Daoist will turn into a ghost and seek your life?”
“If he could seek my life, I would have died last night when I killed him.” Zhang Wan took a deep breath and said, “If I didn't make a move at that time, would I have to wait for me to come again? Could it be that I was soft-hearted at the time?”
“What's more,” she stared at Xu Chengxian and suddenly smiled, “With Little Immortal Master here, why should I be afraid?”
“You knew I intervened yesterday?” Xu Chengxian asked directly, “Did you guess it, or did you see it?”
“Guessed it.” Zhang Wan smiled, “Qi Old Daoist has some阴私 means. I killed him because my sister-in-law had already露了行藏. If he didn't die, my Zhang family would have a great disaster.”
So after killing the person, she asked her sister-in-law to take Sanheng away immediately, while she stayed behind.
It was to deal with Qi Old Daoist's subsequent revenge.
But after waiting for more than half an hour, nothing happened.
“After Qi Old Daoist died, I clearly felt a gust of阴风.” She bowed to Xu Chengxian again, “It must have been Little Immortal Master who made the move. Only Little Immortal Master has such ability.”
Moreover, she saw Xu Chengxian talking to the top of the cave just now.
If it weren't for this Little Immortal Master showing his hand at yesterday's banquet, allowing her and her sister-in-law to eat the spiritual fruit, perhaps her sister-in-law wouldn't have made up her mind to kill Qi Old Daoist.
Although only a瓣 of the peach was distributed, ordinary people could not see the神异, but when they ate it,咽下肚, there was a清凉又温热 feeling that spread throughout the internal organs and between the skin and flesh.
In just one or two hours, she felt通体舒泰 and her mind was清明.
This is the real仙家手笔!
It is not comparable to those阴私害人 means.
“Qi Old Daoist wanted to害衡儿's heart without any concealment. My sister-in-law was forced to the point of no retreat. Seeing a glimmer of hope, how could she restrain herself from acting? I knew she would come, so I followed.”
Zhang Wan said quietly, “For the sake of Heng'er, she even pretended to be nice to Song Qing, just to ask him to help find capable and异士 people to come home. I hope the Immortal Master will not be prejudiced against her because of this.”
In the future, Zhang's residence and Song Family Village will probably regard this Little Immortal Master as a god.
Zhang Wan didn't want her sister-in-law to suffer because of this.
“I know.” Xu Chengxian smiled, “Miss Zhang, is there anything else?”
“There is one more thing I want to ask the Immortal Master.” Zhang Wan said, “Heng'er has eaten a pill from Qi Old Daoist, will anything happen?”
“It's just a tonic, it's beneficial and harmless.” Xu Chengxian said.
Qi Old Daoist hadn't even become a cultivator, and his阴魂 hadn't even cultivated a阳神. The reason he could保住 his soul after death and his mind was清醒 was because he had taken定神丹药 before.
So his附身张三衡 was not to奪舍, nor did he have the ability to do so.
He wanted to separate the child's corpse and soul, and then炼制 it with秘法.
The soul would be a伥, and the body would be a傀儡.
As for himself, he wanted to use this to cultivate ghost immortals, or阴神功法.
“Ghost immortals,陰神, do they need to build temples for worship?” Zhang Wan asked after listening.
“How do you know?”
“I don't know, but he asked my dad to build a brick kiln at the foot of the mountain.”
“嚯?”
Xu Chengxian乐了.
Good fellow, this is really得来全不费工夫.
……
Song Family Village is located at the foot of a mountain forest.
Zhang's residence is on the east side of the village, next to the road leading to the county seat.
There are several large willow trees planted.
Next to the willow trees is a large open space, which is a threshing floor during busy farming seasons.
At this time, many people gathered here.
The villagers were sitting together in twos and threes, men and women, and many children.
However, regardless of men, women, old or young, they didn't talk much.
Although there were many people, it seemed very寂静.
There was no way, after being hungry for two or three months, who had the strength to say anything?
Even the most energetic children were hungry and weak,趴ing on their mothers and哼唧ing.
At this moment, it was mid-morning and the sun was out, so it wasn't very cold.
But after waiting for a long time, no one from Zhang's residence came out, and some people were getting impatient.
There were seventeen or eighteen people gathered in the front.
One of the teenagers couldn't help but said, “Uncle, Aunt, what does it mean for this Zhang person to call all the people in our village here without showing his face?”
Surrounded in the middle were an elderly couple.
The old man was still holding a seven- or eight-year-old boy in his arms.
“Thirteen Lang, what's the rush?” The old woman said, not waiting for the old man to speak, “It's a good thing that the Zhang family can't hold on and wants to see us and say things clearly.”
麻杆打狼, both sides are afraid.
If they keep avoiding each other until both sides can't hold on, it will be a lose-lose situation.
The Zhang family has food, and they are starving.
If they want to talk, they can't just watch them starve to death.
As long as they don't starve to death, everything else is a small matter.
“When you meet later, don't call him Zhang person, it's against the rules.” The old woman said, “Call him Uncle Zhang, it won't hurt.”
“If he is willing to give food, then I will naturally…” The teenager was about to speak, but his father behind him pinched his arm.
“Alright.” The old man next to the old woman said, “Don't make trouble later, save some energy and do business.”
If the Zhang family called them here and they couldn't agree, they couldn't hold on any longer.
They might as well take this opportunity to rush in and grab the food and go home to eat a few full meals.
“The Zhang family said that the Immortal Master called us over.” A tall middle-aged woman said, “What is the origin of this Immortal Master?”
“It's definitely not Qi Old Daoist.” Another person said.
“Master Zhang has never called Qi Old Daoist that.”
“It's the Taoist-dressed teenager who entered Zhang's residence yesterday.” The man who spoke had a calm face, stood in the front, and his tone was very certain.
“His horse is extraordinary. He also travels with a beautiful young woman. He must be a capable person.” The old man with his eyes closed said, “If he has the ability to托两家, then the困境 of our Song Family Village and the Zhang family can be solved.”
It's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause, it's still徒劳.
When the Zhang family's food is finished, it's still death.
“Someone's coming.”
The child sitting in the old man's arms suddenly said.
嘎吱!
The gate of the Zhang family.
Opened.
“Immortal Master, please.” Master Zhang led a young Taoist to the front.
The Taoist was not polite,抱ing拂尘, and stepped out, standing in front of everyone.
He glanced at everyone and suddenly sighed.
He opened his mouth and said, “Alright, I can't stand seeing people starving the most.”
“快刀斩乱麻, finish the conversation quickly, let's have dinner.”
哗啦!
What?
What what?
Dinner?
Those who were sitting and lying down instantly became energetic!