Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

The morning glow is magnificent and bright, and the bamboo wind is rustling.

As the sword blew past, a few bamboo leaves fluttered and melted into the morning mist. The next moment, the mist opened up like a curtain, and the black jade sword pierced out, then stopped without any warning.

Ta! A drop of clear bamboo dew fell on the tip of the sword.

Wen Jiao practiced the 72 moves of Zixia Sword taught by Ye Si Niang, and felt her skin warm up slightly. She took a deep breath to expel the turbid air in her body, and rich spiritual energy immediately poured down from the Ruyi Pearl on her head, filling the vacancy of the turbid air.

Wen Jiao sheathed her sword and discovered that Yuan Tiangang was standing not far away. His shoulders were slightly wet, probably from the dew, and it was obvious that he had been standing there for quite some time.

"I should thank you." He said immediately when he saw her looking at him.

Wen Jiao:? ?

"Your words helped me break free from my obsession, and it was like seeing the sun after the clouds had cleared, and everything became clear to me," Yuan Tiangang explained.

Is this enlightenment?

Wen Jiao was surprised: "Congratulations."

"I can give you a fortune." Yuan Tiangang said.

Wen Jiao chuckled. The scheming man wanted to coax her into telling her fortune again? She waved her hands quickly: "Forget it, I don't want you to tell my fortune. I'm in my prime, and it would be weird if I knew my future fate so early."

"It's a gift, not an exchange." Yuan Tiangang said dejectedly.

After knowing each other for many days, he could see that Wen Jiao was reluctant to tell fortunes. He could not even give away his fortune-telling divination, which was so popular among the rich and powerful.

"Not only because you helped me gain enlightenment, but also because the idea of ​​tasting small portions of dishes was yours, right?" Yuan Tiangang asked casually.

"Is that the only idea?" Wen Jiao smiled. She hadn't expected him to notice such a detailed detail. In fact, she only thought of the sample dishes for the tasting, so she suggested that the chef she brought should order one. This would save time, effort, and ingredients, and she could also find out Yuan Tiangang's taste in one fell swoop, so she wouldn't have to run three times a day to order takeout for Yuan Tiangang like Feng Ji did.

She tilted her head, looking innocent: "I asked Aunt Shen to go to the restaurants you often eat at when she has time to learn the cooking skills. Did you taste the food better than the original?"

When the woman smiled, her pair of charming willow-shaped eyes curved into a charming arc. Yuan Tiangang moved his eyes away cautiously, looking at his nose and his heart: "So, I can give you a divination."

If outsiders saw the Tang Dynasty's number one fortune teller chasing after people with his stubbornness, their eyes would pop out. Wen Jiao smiled: "Then I'll leave it here for now. I'll ask you to do it when I want to. Don't try to evade the opportunity then."

Su Xin heard it and coughed twice. Wen Jiao looked back at her and heard her whisper, "Miss, why don't you ask him to figure out how Chen Guangrui is going to deal with you?"

Wen Jiao shook her head: "In this Xuanji Pavilion, even if a real dragon comes, we have to worry about Fengji's tricks behind the scenes. I have a year to slowly waste time with Chen Guangrui. Yuan Ling's divination gold is very expensive, I don't want to waste it on a dead person who can breathe."

Yuan Tiangang seemed to be thinking about something, and no one knew where the half-immortal's thoughts drifted to. After a while, he suddenly said, "Fengji has withdrawn the magic to clear the fallen flowers."

"Eh? Don't you think it's dirty?" Wen Jiao asked in surprise.

Yuan Tiangang actually laughed. He was a dull person who was not good at talking and laughing. Because he had been seriously injured while deduce the auspicious points for Li Shimin, his face was pale and weak. At this moment, he smiled suddenly, like the glimmer of jade flowing in the sun, with an indescribable mysterious and clear expression: "It's just the normal state of the four seasons. I can bear it."

Wen Jiao looked at him and suddenly found his quietness familiar. It seemed that the school god she had a crush on for four years in modern times also had the same serious and mysterious personality. What was the last time they communicated?

It was as if the academic genius had taken a year-end vacation and called her: "I asked for a fortune last night, and the hexagram said, 'Red leaves have no color, withering in the wind overnight; the neighbor's chicken wakes up from a midday dream, and my heart is always in vain.' But I still want to see you. I'm going on a trip and I just happened to pass by your place. Do you have time to meet?"

That day, she happily changed her signature to two lines of ancient poetry: The wind and rain are dark, and the cocks are crowing. How can I not be happy to see a gentleman?

Everything seemed to be vivid in her mind, except his face, which she could no longer remember clearly.

As the two of them were pondering, the wind leaves moved slightly, revealing Feng Ji's figure: "Master, Li Chunfeng wants to play chess with you."

Yuan Tiangang hummed, and glanced at Wen Jiao again, seeming a little uncomfortable: "I'll be right over."

"Yuan Ling," Wen Jiao came back to her senses and hurriedly called him, "Please tell him a message for me. Tell him that I have no intention of remarrying. It was really because my mother was too eager to marry me off, so I had no choice but to set up this trap so that she would give up. I feel guilty for bringing trouble to Mr. Li's reputation."

Yuan Tiangang nodded and was about to leave when Wen Jiao stopped him again: "Forget it. If he asks me about it, why would I ask you to pass on the message? It's hard to explain. After this difficult time, I will go to his house and apologize to him in person."

Yuan Tiangang nodded in agreement. He and Li Chunfeng usually played chess in the bamboo pavilion deep in the bamboo forest. Yuan Tiangang walked across the bamboo forest and saw Li Chunfeng leaning against the railing to enjoy the view from afar. The green bamboos were dancing all around him. His clothes were swaying gently in the misty morning breeze, just like a jade tree in the deep green forest. He was truly graceful and unique.

Yuan Tiangang didn't know what he was thinking. He walked into the bamboo pavilion and said to him as if possessed by a spirit: "Brother Chunfeng, the lady of Guichuan County asked me to tell you something."

After finishing the words that Wen Jiao had originally asked him to pass on, Yuan Tiangang realized what he had done and immediately regretted it. The Yin family announced to the public that Wen Jiao had gone to the manor to relax, and except for a few people, no one knew that this young lady from the Xiangfu had actually quietly moved into his Xuanji Pavilion. Logically speaking, after the tofu banquet at Hua'e Zhenghui Tower, he and Wen Jiao had never met again, and the latter could not have asked him to pass a message to Li Chunfeng.

If Brother Chunfeng asks me, how should I answer? Yuan Tiangang was not a good speaker. When he thought of the embarrassment he would face, his mind was almost knotted with worry.

If one had to use one word to describe Yuan Tiangang's mood at this moment, it would be "regret".

Unexpectedly, Li Chunfeng did not show any surprise, but nodded naturally: "I already know that the goddess is unintentional. If this action can help the Lady of Guichuan County, it can be regarded as a good deed done by me."

Yuan Tiangang uttered a muffled "hmm".

Li Chunfeng then asked, "Brother Tiangang, what do you think of her?"

Yuan Tiangang was startled. Seeing him smile at him meaningfully, his expression was full of ridicule. He was stunned: "Who?"

"Of course it's Lady Guichuan County." Li Chunfeng said with a smile, "Although my divination is far less accurate than Brother Tiangang's, when I first saw her, I felt that she and Brother Tiangang had a great affinity, so I specially calculated her divination, and the divination is very auspicious."

After quickly reviewing what had happened recently in his mind, Yuan Tiangang realized something and said in astonishment: "You did it on purpose..."