Chapter 64: Are You Human?
More than ten years have passed, Xiao Yun's face has also brought some vicissitudes, and his originally young and handsome face has the maturity of a middle-aged man, but he is still single, living in a small courtyard outside the village, and he has not gone out to hunt and farm again in these years.
It's just that after Liu Shan and they walked out of the mountain village, what Xiao Yun taught after that was no longer authentic martial arts, just some skills for hunting and surviving in the mountains, although the small village is still just a small mountain village, but for more than ten years, with the help of Xiao Yun, it has become much richer than before, and many merchants in the town often come here to buy some fur herbs, but no one in the village has left the mountain village, nor has they expanded the mountain village, they are all silently guarding the land that their ancestors have cultivated for generations.
However, the peaceful small mountain village was broken on this day, Liu Yao came back, and brought an extremely beautiful woman, it is said that she is the princess of the dynasty, and she will marry him as a wife in the future, the whole village is boiling, Liu Yao's parents are even more happy to close their mouths, at the same time, Liu Shan and their parents also learned their news from Liu Yao's mouth, knowing that they are now people with status in the rivers and lakes, as long as they are free, they will also come back to see them, although they are a little disappointed, but Liu Laosan They are still proud of their son's achievements today。
Liu Yao feasted the whole village at home, three days and three nights, three days later, he came to the outside of Xiao Yun's small courtyard, with the princess, his fiancée, with a lot of generous gifts, knelt outside the courtyard, and kowtowed respectfully three times.
"Uncle Fang, Yao'er is back, Yao'er greets you. ”
Liu Yao was outside the hospital and said loudly.
"Come in, you haven't come for so many years, how did you become so rusty? When you were young, you never knocked on the door. ”
A moment later, a peaceful voice came from the small courtyard, making Liu Yao's face show an excited look, but the woman next to him was curious, looking at the figure in coarse linen clothes in the courtyard, not knowing what she was thinking.
Pushing open the wooden door and walking into the courtyard, the two saw a middle-aged man, holding a brush in his hand, on a simple drawing board, slowly drawing one stroke at a time, I don't know why, the moment he saw the painting, Liu Yao only felt a little tightness in his chest, and it was almost difficult to breathe.
It was a very simple painting, next to an old tree, a young man sat on a protruding trunk, watching a few children practice martial arts and frolicking there, nothing else, not even some flower decorations, just such a tree, a few people.
"Uncle Fang. ”
Liu Yao's face became more respectful, but when the woman saw this painting, she frowned slightly.
"Alas, I really miss when you were young, when you children were very naughty and always made a mess of me, but the children are innocent, and now, they can't go back. ”
Xiao Yun's voice had a hint of nostalgia, Liu Yao's face became even more guilty, but the woman's face gradually became gloomy.
"That's all in the past, Uncle Fang, we've all grown up. ”
Liu Yao smiled awkwardly and said in a low voice.
The pen in Xiao Yun's hand paused slightly, and then he began to draw again, and then said: "Yes, they have all grown up, have their own things, and have their own favorite people, Yao'er, I won't ask what you do, but do you remember what I told you when you left?"
"Uncle Fang said, out of the mountain village, everything we have to do with Uncle Fang, everything must be responsible for ourselves, we are not allowed to bring the grievances and rights and wrongs from the outside to the mountain village, and don't tell the people outside about Uncle Fang's existence, otherwise, Uncle Fang will naturally have the ability to take back what Uncle Fang gave us one by one. ”
Liu Yao's body trembled slightly, lowered his head and said.
"How do you do that?"
Xiao Yun's voice was still steady, but for some reason, Liu Yao only felt a chill in his heart when he faced this Uncle Fang, who had been kind to him and had never seen him angry until now.
"Hehehe, I, I don't understand what Uncle Fang is talking about?"
Liu Yao said with some slush.
"Who brought that army dozens of miles away? Also, I felt Liu Shan's breath in you and the little girl beside you, it was the kind of evil spirit and murderous intent left behind after the battle of life and death, do you have anything to say to Uncle Fang?"
Xiao Yun's voice did not fluctuate, but Liu Yao and the woman both showed shocked looks.
"Senior, the younger princess of the Daying Empire, Ying Zhuoyi to meet the seniors. ”
Liu Yao didn't have time to speak, and the woman spoke directly.
In this world, there are dozens of countries, and the strength of the Great Ying Empire can only be called middle and upper-level.
"Looks like you're not my little nephew's fiancée anymore. ”
Xiao Yun still didn't turn back, still slowly drawing one stroke at a time.
"General Liu is the pillar of the empire, and this princess will naturally marry him in the future, as long as he can persuade his predecessors to serve the empire. ”
Ying Zhuoyi smiled, her cheeks flushed slightly and said.
"What about Liu Shan?"
Xiao Yun didn't answer his words, but looked at Liu Yao and asked.
"Senior, although Liu Shan was a little injured, but it is not a big problem, as long as the predecessor agrees to serve the empire, this princess will immediately send an order to the army and let Liu Shan come back. ”
Liu Yao's eyes dodged, he didn't dare to speak, I don't know why, although Xiao Yun didn't turn around and look at them, but she always felt that there was a sharp gaze looking at him, Ying Zhuoyi on the side saw this, knowing that Xiao Yun's status in Liu Yao's heart was only very high, and he had no way in front of Xiao Yun at all, so he couldn't help but speak first.
"You say. ”
Xiao Yun still didn't turn around, but Liu Yao's gaze struggled a little, and then became extremely determined.
"Uncle Fang, Princess Yi's words are also what I want to say, since I was a child, Uncle Fang's love for Liu Shan has far surpassed ours, and the martial arts taught are far more clever than ours, Yao'er just wants to ask, where are we inferior to Liu Shan?"
Liu Yao was calm at first, but later, he was a little hysterical, and from his eyes, it could be clearly seen that he was jealous of Liu Shan.
"I pass on your martial arts, they are all the same, besides, where is there a distinction between high and low martial arts in the world, there is a distinction between strong and weak, it is a person, you are not as good as Liu Shan, just because your focus on martial arts in your heart is not as good as his, besides, those martial arts are all from me, who do I want to pass on what martial arts, that is also my business, you, what qualifications do you have?"
Xiao Yun smiled lightly, turned around slowly, looked at Liu Yao and said, Xiao Yun's gaze was calm, without the slightest harshness and blame, but the more this happened, the more it made Liu Yao feel cold.
"Seniors, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers, the predecessors have a skill, alarming the world, if you don't serve the empire and benefit the people, wouldn't it be a pity, and ask the seniors to agree. ”
Ying Zhuoyi pulled Liu Yao suddenly, and suddenly said, I don't know why, she has experienced countless winds and waves on weekdays, and she can deal with it calmly, scolding Fang Xuan, in front of the calm middle-aged man in front of her, she is a little cramped, which makes her very uncomfortable, and wants to end this discordant conversation as soon as possible.
"You go back, put Liu Shan back, I will no longer pursue everything in the past, you will be your general princess, and I will still be my teacher in this small mountain village. ”
Xiao Yun didn't pay attention to Ying Zhuoyi, just said to Liu Yao, and then turned around and continued to paint, without saying a word, from beginning to end, he didn't look at Ying Zhuoyi squarely.
"Senior, don't you think about it anymore?"
Ying Zhuoyi did not give up, for so many years, she has recruited many masters for the Daying Empire, but no one has ever ignored him so much.
"Get out!"
However, Xiao Yun suddenly let out a low shout, although Xiao Yun's voice was very small, and he could hardly hear it when he left the yard, but when it fell on the ears of Liu Yao and Ying Zhuoyi, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and thousands of horses were galloping, and for a while it was as if he had lost his soul, and when the two of them woke up, they were already standing outside the courtyard.
Both of them trembled, walking the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, Liu Yao has seen countless masters, and has fought with countless masters, but he has never seen such a strong man, this is beyond the limit of people's abilities, Ying Zhuoyi also knows that this person can't be messed with.
The army of the Daying Empire was evacuated, and Liu Shan was also sent back to the mountain village, although he was seriously injured, but with Xiao Yun there, he was quickly cured, although Xiao Yun was not a pharmacist, and he didn't understand alchemy, everything in his hand was in the space spirit ring, but after all, he was a cultivator, and there were many means that ordinary people could not understand.
Liu Shan went to a woman in a neighboring village in the name of his parents in the mountain village, and the husband and wife were extremely affectionate, and began to repeat what their parents had been doing for generations, but they did not feel any impatience.
Liu Yao took his parents away and never came back, the imperial army was helpless in a small mountain village, even the prestigious Princess Yi returned, and the empire issued an order not to allow any officials and troops of the empire to approach the mountain village for hundreds of miles, which made the government and the opposition and the entire rivers and lakes extremely shocked.
Similarly, among the rivers and lakes, several major forces that have dominated the rivers and lakes for more than ten years have also secretly issued orders that everyone must not come within 100 miles of the mountain villages, and violators will be killed.
Decades have passed, Xiao Yun looks even older, but his body is still strong, day after day, painting in the small courtyard, Liu Laosan has died, Liu Shan's son has also grown up, and when he was young, he was the same as Liu Shan, pestering Xiao Yun to tell him stories and call him martial arts, but Xiao Yun did not pass on any martial arts to him except for telling him stories and teaching him some mountain and forest hunting skills, and Liu Shan himself has always followed Xiao Yun's instructions and did not pass on "Xiao Tianyan Ba Dao" to anyone.
The rivers and lakes are still chaotic, the court is still deceitful, and the small mountain village is still peaceful and quiet, so after more than ten years, when Liu Shan's son also married, Xiao Yun left this place, thinking that the imperial capital would come.
In a small mountain village, an old man walked out, and the whole world suddenly shook.