Li Muchan glanced at the girl in white, with a melon seed face, a pointed forehead, bright big eyes, and a brilliant look between Gu Pan, which made people fall into it and couldn't extricate themselves.

It is indeed a rare beauty, no wonder Song Chu was fascinated, and no wonder Song Shuhua was worried, at first glance, this woman's temperament is cunning and wise, playing with men like monkeys.

He clenched his fists and smiled: "See Miss Cheng." ”

Cheng Sisi pursed his lips and chuckled, and was generous: "Li Gongzi, please." ”

Li Muchan and Song Chu sat down, and Cheng Sisi said, "Li Gongzi came back with Xiaohua, right?"

Li Muchan nodded lightly: "Yes." ”

"It's been a hard journey, and Xiaohua is colder. Cheng Sisi pursed his lips and smiled.

Li Muchan laughed and did not comment, Song Chu said: "Sisi, you can persuade the little sister later, she is angry." ”

Cheng Sisiliuye's eyebrows moved, and Song Chu said, "I quarreled with my father again!"

Cheng Sisi nodded slowly, sighed, and said to Li Muchan with a smile: "Li Gongzi, don't dislike it." ”

Li Muchan shook his head and smiled: "Miss Cheng is too polite. ”

Song Chu picked up the silver chopsticks and said with a smile: "Come on, don't just sit, eat!"

Li Muchan picked up the silver chopsticks and began to eat vegetables, the color and flavor are complete, these small dishes are exquisite, the mouth is wonderful, it is a rare wonderful product, Li Muchan is amazed.

Song Chu smiled proudly: "These are all made by Sisi, how about it, the craftsmanship is not bad, right?"

Li Muchan was stunned, and his face was full of envy: "The eldest prince is so blessed!"

"Heh, you ......" Song Chu was full of pride and couldn't suppress the smile on the corner of his mouth.

Cheng Sisi shook his head and chuckled, "Brother Song!"

Song Chu smiled and picked up the silver wine glass, toasted Li Muchan, and then the two talked about the thrills along the way, and he carefully asked An Xiangnan about the situation.

Li Muchan said in detail, and said his feelings together, Song Chu's face was heavy, and he sighed: "An Xiangnan is known as the genius of the An family once in a hundred years, and it is indeed worthy of its reputation, you can escape this time, your luck is really good!"

Cheng Sisi poured wine on the side, but smiled silently.

Li Muchan shook his head and sighed: "It was Sister Xiao Chalk who made a quick decision and used a secret technique to injure An Xiangnan, so he fled directly, otherwise it is unknown whether we can come back!"

Song Chu frowned and said, "Is he really so terrifying?"

Li Muchan nodded solemnly: "It's terrifying, among the several grandmasters I've seen, he's the strongest."

"Have you seen a few elders with foreign surnames?" Song Chu asked.

Li Muchan nodded slowly: "They might as well be An Xiangnan!"

Song Chu held the wine glass and thought motionlessly, his face changed.

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Li Muchan said: "The eldest prince, when the judgment continues, it is better to kill the mistake than let go, the top priority is to find An Xiangnan, and then except for him, otherwise once he breaks through the great master, the Song family will be in a big disaster!"

"How can a great grandmaster break through so easily!" Song Chu smiled and said disapprehantly: "The martial arts level of the An family is similar to ours, the ancestors of the An family and our Song family have both produced a great grandmaster, but that was many years ago, and in three hundred years, there has never been a great grandmaster." ”

"He's not a once-in-a-century genius. Li Muchan said solemnly.

Song Chu said with a smile: "Although he is a genius who is seen once in a hundred years, if he wants to break through to the Great Grandmaster, he will have to be fifty or sixty years old to become a great grandmaster, and now he is only twenty, very early, the Great Grandmaster is not so easy!"

Li Muchan shook his head helplessly, didn't say more, smiled and drank the wine in the glass, as if there was no such thing.

Song Chu said: "Brother Li, what do you want, I will help if I can, my little sister has an awkward quarrel with her father, and her father may punish her again!"

Li Muchan thought for a while and said, "I want to go to the arsenal to have a look." ”

"That's ......" Song Chu hesitated for a moment and glanced at Li Muchan: "Brother Li, you are the grandmaster, right?"

Li Muchan nodded: "Yes." ”

Song Chu sighed: "The arsenal is not something that ordinary people can enter, well, although you can't enter the inner warehouse, the outer library can, I'll try it!"

Li Muchan nodded, smiled and picked up his glass: "Thank you, eldest son." ”

Cheng Sisi smiled and said: "Gongzi Li, there are two conditions for the Song family's arsenal to enter, one is to have enough meritorious service, and the other is to have the joint protection of the elders, and the ten elders are required to jointly protect it. Li Muchan smiled: "It's not easy. ”

Song Chu waved his hand and said: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult, you saved the little sister, the merit is enough, I'll go find ten elders, make sure you can go in!", Cheng Sisi glanced at Song Chu helplessly, and sighed with solid eyes, Li Muchan saw her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Even if it doesn't work, it will be the love of the eldest son, what kind of enmity does the second prince have with Sister Xiaoxiao?"

Song Chu laughed a little gloatingly: "Hey, it's funny, the second kid is not authentic, he always bullied the little sister when he was a child, and made her cry countless times, now the feng shui takes turns, the little sister is talented, it's her turn to bully the second child!"

Li Muchan nodded slowly, I see, but it seems that the enmity between the two is very deep, and it is not as simple as bullying when I was a child.

Song Chu sighed, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "The little sister hates him the most is that the second child slapped the little sister's mother, alas...... , he was a little bit of a thing at that time, but the little sister kept holding a grudge. ”

Li Muchan suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the case, it seems that the second son and Cheng Song Shuhua are not the same mother, and maybe Song Shuhua's mother does not have a high status.

Song Chu shook his head and sighed: "Since Wu Niang's death, the little sister has changed like a person......"

He took the silver cup and drank it down, his face gloomy.

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Cheng Sisi silently poured wine for the two.

Song Chu gritted his teeth, shook his head and sighed: "Now that I think about it, I am really careless and don't care enough about my little sister, so she will become more and more withdrawn, and finally take Wu Niang's death to her father, and make a lot of trouble, and then what is the matter of the family, and the father is even more stiff!"

Li Muchan frowned and said, "Eldest son, I have never understood, why do you have to marry with the He family?"

"It is not only the He family who proposes marriage, but also the Cheng family and the Meng family, all of whom are big families, and the younger sister has also reached the age of marriage. Song Chu said.

Li Muchan didn't say much and just nodded, he didn't understand the custom here that he had to marry when he was old enough to get married?

Song Chu said: "The Meng family of the Cheng family is similar to ours, my father doesn't want to marry my little sister to be angry, the He family is a small family, and my little sister will never be wronged in the past." ”

Li Muchan nodded slowly, thinking that the power of the mother's family was related to the status of the in-laws' family, and the status of the He family was lower than that of the Song family, so the daughter who married in the past would never be wronged.

Song Chu said: "It's a pity that my little sister doesn't want to get married, she said that she will not marry for the rest of her life, which caused her father to be furious and took her out of the house in a fit of anger." ”

Li Muchan sighed: "Sister Chalk is really pitiful. ”

"Yes, my little sister is alone, and my eldest brother is useless!" Song Chu hated and drank another glass.

Cheng Sisi said softly: "Big brother, uncle's temper is big, you didn't plead now, isn't Xiaohua back, don't blame yourself anymore!"

Song Chu said fiercely: "If I can be the master, my little sister will marry whoever she wants, and if she wants to marry her, she won't marry, my Song family will support her for a lifetime!"

Cheng Sisi poured wine for them.

Li Muchan didn't say more, the two of them drank with their heads bored, and Song Chu adjusted his mood after a while, but he was depressed and drunk after a few drinks.

Cheng Sisi asked Li Muchan to help, helped him into the house, wiped his face with Maozhong, and Li Muchan hurriedly said goodbye.

When he returned to Song Shuhua's courtyard, it was already hazy in the moonlight, and it was already late at night, Song Shuhua was practicing in front of the bamboo house, and when he saw him come back to collect the exercises, he said coldly: "What did the eldest brother say?"

Li Muchan shook his head: "The eldest prince is very unhappy, and he got drunk in a few drinks." ”

"Hmm. Song Shuhua nodded.

Li Muchan sighed: "It seems that the eldest prince didn't take An Xiangnan in his eyes......"

Song Shuhua frowned and said helplessly: "Big brother, this person is so solid-eyed and stubborn, so Cheng Sisi can make him change his mind!"

Li Muchan raised his eyebrows and looked over, Song Shuhua said angrily: "I know that I will talk to Cheng Sisi, and I will definitely persuade my eldest brother to do it!"

Li Muchan smiled: "It seems that this Miss Cheng is really interested in the eldest prince, don't worry." ”

"Can you see that?" Song Shuhua raised her eyebrows and her eyes were bright: "Cheng Sisi is very cunning, you are not fascinated by her, are you?"

Li Muchan laughed: "Miss Cheng is really good, no wonder the eldest prince is fascinated." ”

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Song Shuhua sneered: "You men all like this, right?

Li Muchan smiled: "Sister Chalk is better than Miss Cheng. ”

"Kouheng, you will also be flamboyant!" Song Shuhua pursed her lips, waved her hand and turned her head away: "Hurry up and rest, go see my mother tomorrow!"

As he spoke, he entered the bamboo hut and closed the door.

Li Muchan shook his head and smiled and returned to his house, which was similar to Song Shuhua's bamboo house, made of green and coarse bamboo, fresh and pleasant.

There are three rooms in this house, a living room, a study, and a bedroom, which are cleaned cleanly, and the house is furnished simply, neatly and neatly, and it looks comfortable.

He came to the study and took a look, there were some miscellaneous books, travelogue essays, and a few history books on the bookshelf on the east wall.

He lacks understanding of the world now, and has a great desire for books, books are the best way to understand the world, but it seems that there are not many books, and the status of the reader is not respected, the world is respected by the martial artist, and the scholar is a helpless choice if he can't practice martial arts.

He read for a while, waited until dawn to put down the book, went to the bamboo couch to breathe for a while, and before he knew it, the sun shone into the room.

When he opened his eyes, the sun was already in the sky, he got up and went out of the house to wash, this small courtyard was unattended, everything was done by himself.

An octagonal well is in front of the left side of the bamboo house, and when you lean over to draw water, the cool air comes to your face, clear and sweet, and you can see that it is a good spring at a glance.

Li Muchan took a few sips directly, stretched his body, and made a crisp sound, and after the internal strength penetrated his bones, he came to Song Shuhua's small courtyard.

Song Shuhua is practicing, dressed in a white satin suit, full of energy and heroic.

She didn't seem to notice Li Muchan coming, her expression was focused on her palms, moving slowly, like the Tai Chi of later generations, but when her palms were dragged, the surrounding bamboos moved with it, undulating and swaying, as if she was being directed to dance with both hands, which was spectacular.

Li Muchan secretly admired that the power of this star-picking hand is indeed extremely great, and it is worthy of being the unique master of the Song family, not inferior to his own dragon snatching hand.

The Eight Hands of the Dragon and the Divine Dragon Sutra complement each other, and after his improvement, the King Kong Palm, the Crane Capture Dragon Gong and so on are kneaded together, which exceeds the original Dragon Capture Eight Hands, and the power is greatly enhanced, surpassing the original Star Picker.

However, Song Shuhua's star-picking hand was based on the Star Control Sutra as the core, and the two were combined, and the power was doubled, and he caught up with Li Muchan's eight dragon snatching hands created with all his might.

Song Shuhua slowly stopped her hand, the surrounding bamboo forest followed and stopped, she stopped dancing, she slowly retracted, her palms fell on the dantian, and she turned her head to look at Li Muchan.

Her bright eyes were blazing, as bright as a star, as if she was provocative, Li Muchan hurriedly said: "Sister Chalk, where are you going today?"

Song Shuhua snorted: "Go to the Kuxue Temple in the east of the city!"

Li Muchan was extremely sensitive to the temple, and hurriedly said, "Kuxue Temple?"

Song Shuhua said: "My mother's spiritual seat is in Kuxue Temple. ”

Li Muchan nodded suddenly, Song Shuhua returned to the house, quickly changed into white clothes, walked with his hands in his hands, and walked directly through the bamboo forest out of the small courtyard, and then out of the Song Mansion.

On the way out of the mansion, I met many servants and warriors in strong suits, and they saluted Song Shuhua one after another, looking respectful and not saying a word.

Song Shuhua didn't pay attention to it, only walked slowly with her hands, Li Muchan walked side by side with her, and it could be seen that although Song Shuhua was rude, her popularity was good, and these people respected her from the bottom of their hearts.

After leaving the house, the two went straight to the east, through the bustling crowd and finally out of the east gate, and then went east, a wide river came from the east, and they walked along the path next to the big river, the grass on both sides of the road was green, and the willow branches were swaying on both sides.

The crowd on the road was only a point or two inferior to that of the city, and the men and women walked lazily, indescribably leisurely.

Or there are ladies sitting in the carriage, lifting the corner of the window to look outside, a group of three or five young people, or fighting swords or holding fans, boldly and presumptuously staring at the girls in the carriage.

Or there are three or two girls in a group, giggling happily, eyebrows and eyebrows with those young people, flirting and scolding, so lively, Li Muchan admired, the people here are open and comparable to later generations.

Song Shuhua turned a blind eye to everything around her, just pacing slowly, cold-eyed, Li Muchan secretly shook her head, her mood was indeed different from ordinary people, as if she disdained these beautiful things.

They had walked a mile away, and in front of them was a snow-white stone bridge, like a rainbow across the wide river, and the stone bridge was extremely wide enough to accommodate twenty people walking side by side.

On both sides of the bridge is a small stall closely connected, eating and playing, small handicrafts, and some rare treasures, all kinds of things, so lively. ..., Song Shuhua disdained these, and only walked chalky in the bridge, ignoring the stalls and crowds on both sides, Li Muchan exclaimed: "It's so lively!"

Song Shuhua sneered: "Boring!"

Li Muchan smiled: "Why are you bored?"

Song Shuhua snorted coldly: "With this kung fu, it is better to work hard, practice martial arts well, and covet these vain liveliness, but it is just self-inflicted humiliation!"

Li Muchan said: "The way of literature and martial arts is always tight, but it is not conducive to martial arts cultivation. ”

"These are futile, and even if you relax, you can't touch them. Song Shuhua shook her head.

She said and quickened her pace, Li Muchan followed helplessly, she couldn't join in the excitement, crossed the bridge for a while, and then walked east.

Further east are the fields, like green blanket hands, and in the distance are hills.

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The two of them came to the bottom of a big mountain, went up the stone steps, and followed the crowd up, and at the foot of the mountain they could smell the smell of sandalwood.

The bluestone steps have been shiny and shiny, like polished jade, all the way up, more and more steep, to the halfway up the mountain, the eyes suddenly opened up, came to a flat place, a magnificent temple towered in front of you, there are nearly a hundred steps almost straight up and then the temple, look up, almost can see the clouds.

People shuttle back and forth on the steps, green smoke billows up into the sky above the temple, and the smell of sandalwood is rich but not choking.

These men and women who came and went looked calm and peaceful, and a little pious, Li Muchan was even more curious, and wanted to come here to be a monk.

Seeing the curiosity in his eyes, Song Shuhua explained: "There are very few temples in our Northern Night Prefecture, because this is the capital, so there is this Kuxue Temple. ”

Li Muchan exclaimed: "It seems that the incense is extremely powerful!"

Song Shuhua said: "There are several senior monks in Kuxue Temple, who have exquisite Buddhism and solve people's worries. ”

Li Muchan asked curiously: "How are the martial arts of these monks?"

"Unfathomable!" Song Shuhua said slowly.

Li Muchan smiled: "Then you have to know a thing or two!"

"Let's go, let's go meet my mother first. Song Shuhua walked up the steps, and the two walked ninety-nine steps with everyone to enter the temple gate.

Above the temple gate, the "Kuxue Temple" three big men are deep and condensed, fierce but not hairy, Li Muchan greatly admired, these three words and the whole temple seems to be integrated.

The red mud of the temple wall is bright as new, and the yellow tiles are bright and shining, not like an ancient temple, but like the newly built Li Muchan asked Song Shuhua, and she explained that every year there are believers who donate to repair and renovate.

When the two entered the temple, a mediocre-looking little monk stepped forward to greet them, and asked the two to wait in the side hall next to them, or they could visit all parts of the temple at will.

Song Shuhua clasped her hands together and said that she wanted to see Master Xuezhu.

The little monk was very polite, looked at Song Shuhua in embarrassment, and finally went in to report.

After a while, the little monk came back, asked the two to go with him, and led the two of them around the front halls to a green vegetable field behind the temple.

The vegetable fields are green, exuding a faint fresh air, which is refreshing, completely different from the incense in front, like coming to another world.

A thin monk in a gray monk's robe was picking up a load of water, swaying along the vegetable field into the vegetable field, slowly lowering his hand and watering the vegetables with a scoop.

Li Muchan looked at these green vegetables, as if he had never seen any of them.

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Song Shuhua stood beside the vegetable furrow, quietly watching the old monk, and Li Muchan also looked at the thin figure of the monk, like a gust of wind that could blow away.

He felt it carefully, and he didn't feel that this old monk was profound, as if he didn't know martial arts, but his intuition was diametrically opposite, and this thin old monk was a big master.

The little monk titheed at the old monk's back, then turned around and quietly left.

Song Shuhua stood still quietly, and Li Muchan didn't move, seeing the respect in her heart, she stared at the old monk's movements, looked at it a few times, and noticed something unusual.

His movements are slow and difficult, as if each scoop of water is as heavy as a mountain, and the wonderful thing is that his movements are continuous, and if you look closely, it has the meaning of flowing water.

Heavy and light, difficult and continuous, this artistic conception is blended together to reveal an indescribable harmony, Li Muchan was surprised in his heart, this old monk is indeed not simple.

He was immersed in the old monk's every move, constantly feeling the artistic conception, I don't know the passage of time, when the old monk put down the scoop, slowly got up and turned his head, Li Muchan saw his face clearly. ..., clear gall and thin, snow-white long hair fluttering, fairy wind bones.

"Master Xuezhu!" Song Shuhua saluted and called respectfully.

"When are you here, Xiaohua?" asked the old monk with a smile on his face.

Song Shuhua glanced at him: "Master, you have cleared again." ”

Master Xuezhu smiled: "Xiaohua, you are mistaken, the old monk is fat." ”

"What has the master been doing lately?" Song Shuhua asked with a smile.

"Eat and sleep, grow vegetables and chant sutras. Master Xuezhu looked at her with a smile: "Xiaohua, your cultivation is really rare, this benefactor is like a ......."

"He is Li Wuji, and thanks to him, I can come back safely. Song Shuhua said.

Master Xuezhu tithes: "Master Li." ”

Li Muchan said with a smile: "The master is polite, and the disciple doesn't dare to be it." ”

Master Xuezhu stroked his hair and smiled: "Xiaohua has a bad fate, but he is auspicious, and there will be nobles to help him at critical times, and it seems that he has finally met a nobleman." ”

"The master has won awards. Li Muchan saw that he spoke peacefully, not like an ordinary old monk, Amitabha Buddha at every turn, and the Buddha's words were often on his lips, but like an ordinary old man, speaking casually and unrestrainedly, if it were not for the ordinary monk's robe, it would be difficult to believe that he was an old monk.

Song Shuhua pursed her lips and smiled: "Master, I want to see my mother." ”

"Come with me. Master Xuezhu smiled and nodded, walked slowly, passed through the vegetable field, and walked east, to a pagoda forest.

A pagoda gathered together to form a piece of Tallinn, naturally exuding majesty and solemnity, the three came to a pagoda to stand still, Song Shuhua saluted, solemn expression.

This stupa is no different from the one next to it, but there is a wreath on it, and the flowers have withered, as if they were put on last year.

Li Muchan looked at Song Shuhua in surprise, and Master Xuezhu smiled and said: "Xiaohua's mother is a layman, with exquisite Buddhism and profound cultivation, and the old monk still relies on her guidance. ”

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Li Muchan was even more curious in his heart, but he didn't expect that Song Shuhua's mother Jingran was a Buddhist cultivator, and Buddhism in this world was far less prosperous than the original world.

In the original world, there was a king to worship the Buddha, and the people were naturally good, and the Buddhist family has been deeply rooted in the people, rooted in the soil, and deeply rooted.

The Buddhists in this world are far away from the red dust, and there are very few Buddhist disciples like the Kuxue Temple, all of whom practice penance in remote places, and there are very few Buddhist disciples who walk in the red dust.

Song Shuhua looked at the pagoda quietly, as if she was staring at a person, motionless, Li Muchan understood that she was talking from her heart, so she naturally wouldn't bother.

Song Shuhua stood there in a daze, her face gloomy.

After a while, she shook her head and turned around, and Master Xuezhu said softly, "Child, are you troubled again?"

Song Shuhua said: "Master, my father is determined to marry me to the He family!"

Master Xuezhu smiled and said, "You won't marry into the He family." ”

"Really?" Song Shuhua's eyes flashed.

Master Xuezhu smiled and nodded: "What did the old monk lie to you, how can a monk talk about it?"

"Then I'll rest assured!" Song Shuhua breathed a sigh of relief and snorted: "He is also too much, he turns his face and doesn't recognize people, I will never pay attention to him again!"

Master Xuezhu smiled, "If your mother knew, she wouldn't be happy. ”

Song Shuhua sighed, shook her head and said, "Master, you don't know how angry he is...... Okay master, let's go and eat fast, Li Wuji, the master's meal is a must, make sure you like it!"

Li Muchan laughed and said, "It's too troublesome for the master, right?"

"You're welcome!" Song Shuhua waved her hand, turned her head and said, "The master won't be reluctant, right?"

Master Xuezhu shook his head and smiled: "Okay, I'll do it, you can go to my courtyard to rest." ”

Song Shuhua beckoned to Li Muchan: "Let's go, don't be polite to the master, let's go and wait first!"

She led the way in front, Li Muchan followed, and the two passed through Tallinn to a Zen courtyard in the east, quiet and elegant, and the courtyard was a bamboo forest.

On the north side of the bamboo forest is a small pavilion, the two came to the small pavilion and sat down, Li Muchan said: "This snow bamboo master has a profound cultivation, it is really unfathomable!"

"Huh?" Song Shuhua said in surprise: "You are mistaken, the master does not know martial arts." ”

Li Muchan smiled and shook his head silently.

Song Shuhua frowned and said, "The master is really profound in martial arts?"

Li Muchan smiled: "I shouldn't be blind." ”

Song Shuhua thought for a while, shook her head and said: "I never knew that the master knew martial arts, but Buddhism is profound, and whenever I have troubles, I will come to the master to explain." ”

"Is he a friend of Ling Tang?" asked Li Muchan.

Song Shuhua nodded: "Yes." ”

Li Muchan smiled: "Then he has never performed martial arts?"

"Nope. Song Shuhua shook her head and said with a smile: "I see that he is struggling to work, and I thought he didn't know martial arts!"

Li Muchan was silent, thoughtful, looking at his body, it didn't seem to be strong, watching a gust of wind blow away, it didn't look like a disguise.

Then why do you feel unfathomable and powerful? Is it because Buddhist martial arts are different from other martial arts, so this is the case?

He became more and more curious, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiao Cha can see the martial arts of Buddhism?"

"Is Buddhism's unique martial arts?" Song Shuhua asked, thought about it, and nodded: "I've seen it, there are special warrior monks in the temple, and they practice stick methods." ”

"Nothing else?" asked Li Muchan unrelentingly.

Song Shuhua shook his head: "I haven't seen any other Buddhist martial arts, but they are very powerful, they are indeed infinitely powerful, and they are superior and peerless." ”。 ）