Is Master happy?

The forest is deep and foggy, the grass is covered with first frost, the sun and the moon are covered by wide leaves, and the light cannot be seen, only some colorful lights are scattered all over the ground. I don't know which world this is, which forest it is, and where it leads to A city.

Yaozhou and Xiya landed in the depths of the woods, and they were able to get out after wandering around for a while. Outside the mountain was a rather large mountain city, and it was almost dusk when they entered the city. The two were tired and just wanted to find a place quickly A good place to rest and rest.

The sun has not yet set, but the city is quite deserted. There are no pedestrians on the street. Most of the gates on both sides of the road are closed. A few palm-length wooden swords are hung on the threshold of every house. The door frames are pasted with yellow paper. It was blown upside down and made a "rustling" sound, which was a bit frightening in the middle of the night.

As they walked along, they saw a few patrolling officials walking back and forth, holding red lanterns in their hands. When they saw them, they cast hesitant glances several times.

The setting sun was getting darker, the mountain city was covered with thick fog, and the whole body became colder and colder. They couldn't find an open inn for a long time, so they had to find one with a light on, and knocked on the door slowly.

There was no answer for a long time.

Xiya looked back at Yaozhou, feeling very puzzled in his heart. Seeing her smile at him, he waved his small fist again and knocked "dongdongdong" a few times, and a childish voice came out, "Shopkeeper, can you come here?" ? We came from out of town, we want to go north, we have nowhere to stay tonight, we want to be here."

Xu Shi could tell that she was a child, and there was a noise in the inn, before the door was opened, but there was a little "Xi Shuo" sound coming out.

An old voice trembled, "There are no vacancies in the store, you can go to another place and ask."

Xi Ya lowered his hands, slightly disappointed, but still thanked him kindly, "Thank you very much."

She went down the steps in two steps, stepped forward and took Yao Zhou's arm, and said with a wry smile: "There are no vacancies, this is the third house, Master, could it be that outsiders are not welcome in this area?"

"Maybe." Yaozhou took her hand and held it, feeling that it was extremely cold, so he hugged her into his arms and asked softly, "Is it cold?"

Xi Ya shook her head, steaming from her mouth, "It's not too cold." Perhaps her body has become much stronger since practicing, but she is not as weak now.

It's just that after searching for so long, they couldn't find a place to live, so they were a little upset.

The sky was only getting dark just now, why did the people in this city go home to rest?

After asking the two families again, they still got the excuse of "full occupancy". Xiya finally sighed deeply, sat on the edge of the dark river in the city, staring at the shimmering river in a daze, Yaozhou stood by her On the side, blown by the autumn wind, a light gauze white dress fluttered with black hair, making it even thinner.

Xi Ya stood up, hugged her thin body lightly, and muttered in a low voice: "Master, this city is so indifferent, I'm afraid we won't be able to find a place to live today, or we'll just go out of the city and hurry."

Before Yaozhou could reply, a cold voice came from behind the two of them, "Qinyang is surrounded by mountains, and Bai Rijie has to walk for several days to get to the next city. Let’s go, isn’t it going to die of exhaustion on the road?”

Xi Ya was suddenly taken aback, holding Yaozhou in his arms and looking sideways, he saw a policeman standing not far away, wearing a dark red official uniform, collared right lapel, with a hoodie on his head, and a waist around his waist. On the other side is a black iron ruler, looking at the two of them with a lantern.

Yao Zhou also turned around to look at the catcher, with a smile on his face, "That being said, it's just that it's night and it's freezing cold, and we, the master and the apprentice, haven't found a place to stay, so it's better to hurry on the road. good."

Hearing the words, the catcher walked over lightly, his black cloth boots slamming loudly, and when he looked closer, she was a slightly thin woman with frowned heroic eyebrows and a sharp look in her eyes. In the light of the day, he glanced at the master and apprentice, and pursed his lips.

Her eyes were sharp, she looked down at Xi Ya for a moment, Xi Ya paused, took a small step back, and raised her head to stare at her vigilantly.

Yao Zhou blocked her sight, shielded Xi Ya behind her, and only smiled gently, "What is the officer doing? Could it be that you suspect us and want to see our tooth cards?"

The female catcher shook her head readily, her brows were slightly relaxed, her face was soft, and she said sincerely: "I don't intend to offend, but there are some unsolved cases in the city recently, so I have to be more vigilant, you two don't mind."

She looked at the thin clothes of the master and the apprentice, and saw that Xi Ya was young, she felt a little pity, and said: "I'm afraid there is no inn in the city that would dare to take guests, but my home is not far away, if you two don't mind, Why don't you stay at my house for the night."

"Of course that's good." Yao Zhou nodded happily, "It's getting late and my little apprentice is afraid of the dark. If the official is willing to help, that would be the best."

The catcher's name is Mo Rusheng, her house is two streets away, and she lives alone, but she is quite well-to-do. There is a two-storey small building with a small courtyard, and some flowers and plants are planted in the courtyard. In autumn, the flowers and plants in the garden are withered, and it is quite depressed.

Mo Rusheng turned on the lamp and led them up to the second floor and into the guest bedroom. There was no hot water in the house, so they had to wash them hastily. She seemed quite tired, so she went into the room to rest early.

Xi Ya took off his coat, made a bed for Yao Zhou, and obediently went to meditate on the bed, Yao Zhou lit a candlestick, carried it to the window, opened the window and looked outside.

The whole city is dark and there are no lights.

It was really strange, Yao Zhou came back with the window closed, sat by the bed, looked at his disciple's earnest appearance, although he had doubts in his heart, he didn't want to think hard.

Xiya has already settled down, her small face is calm, looking closely, it is quite a bit longer than when she first met two years ago, and she even has a cool and beautiful appearance.

Yao Zhou rubbed her face, but he didn't dare to disturb her out of samadhi. Feeling a little tired, he turned off the light, got into the quilt that the young disciple made for him, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

It was still early in the sky, and when Xi Ya came out of samadhi, the genius had just turned pale, and Yao Zhou was still asleep, with the quilt covered under his shoulders, revealing his white shoulder blades and clavicles. Xi Ya was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he avoided his sight and dared not Look more, and cover her up with a blushing face.

She went down to move around a bit, but she didn't feel sleepy, so she pushed the door lightly and went out, looking for some water to drink.

When she went downstairs, she ran into Mo Rusheng, she was quickly crowning her hair and putting on the futou, when she heard the sound, she turned her head and saw that it was Xi Ya, she smiled and said kindly: "Little girl, are you up?"

"Well, I can't sleep anymore." Xi Ya was still wary of her sharp eyes yesterday, and only replied a little strangely, "Is the official going out now?"

"Yes, I'm going to take over the job in the morning and find the street." Mo Rusheng was in a hurry to leave, so she trotted out the door after getting dressed, and before closing the door, she told her, "There's food in the kitchen, wait for your master to get up." Eat it when it's hot." After saying that, he left in a hurry, not even closing the door in time.

Xi Ya stood there watching her, saw that she was nowhere to be seen, got up and closed the door, thinking to herself that this elder sister is so generous, and she is not afraid that she and her master are thieves, what if they steal her home clean?

Since there was no one in the house, and there was no one in the courtyard, Xiya took Jiyao and came down to practice a few sets of simple sword skills in Mo Rusheng's courtyard. The boat generally carried people there, but at any rate, it also managed to get a bamboo sword.

When she wiped off her sweat and went upstairs, Yaozhou had already woken up, leaning her head on the side of the bed and looking outside, her light clothes were loosely draped around her body, the sleeves fell down to her arms, leaving only a section of her wrists.

Xiya put Jiyao down, went forward to straighten her clothes, covered her with a mattress, and said, "It's cold outside, Master, why don't you put on your clothes properly?"

"Just woke up, still confused, want to blow the cool breeze." Yao Zhou yawned, fell into her arms, and said lazily: "It just so happens that you are here, put on the clothes for Master, I am too lazy move."

"Master..." Xi Ya was very helpless, she tried to help her up with both hands, and let her clean up by herself, but she saw that she was entangled in her body and refused to get up, so she had no choice but to agree. , took Yaozhou's white gauze skirt from the stool, and helped her dress it up bit by bit.

Now that it's autumn, the clothes are a bit thin, Xi Ya frowned and pinched, and said: "Master, it's time to buy a thick coat, this one is really thin."

"Yes, it's time to buy it," Yao Zhou smiled and looked up at her, "Let's go shopping in the street today."

"Did Master forget? We are leaving Qinyang today." Xi Ya helped her up, "Let's go shopping when we get there."

"I'm afraid... I won't be able to leave today." Yaozhou nodded her nose, with a serious expression, "I'm afraid I won't be able to leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Why?" Xi Ya was taken aback and asked her.

"I have some things to deal with, I'm afraid it won't work out in three to five days, and it will drag Xi Ya to wait with Master for a few days." Yao Zhou hugged her and rubbed her cheek, "How is it, apprentice? "

She acted coquettishly with a soft voice, Xi Ya refused, so she nodded and said: "That's fine, but don't delay the business."

Yaozhou showed a bright smile for a moment, "It can't be delayed."