The sea breeze wraps up waves, beating the black reefs on the shore. The sunset glow and the fish-scale waves combine to make people unable to tell where the boundary between the sky and the sea.

The black reef is called "Buyutai" by people nearby. Legend has it that when you are lucky, you can see the Dragon King walking in the clouds and rain here. However, there is no Dragon King on the reef at this time, only a simple-dressed scholar looking at the sunset in the sky.

The scholar was born in the fishing village behind him. He was not rich or powerful at home, but he could eat and wear a good meal. As far as he could remember, he liked to sit here and wait for his father to go out to fish and return. After watching for a long time, he would also think about where the end of the sea was and look forward to the day he went out to sea to explore.

However, fishing is a hard work, no better than facing the loess and facing the sky. My mother was frightened every day. She didn't expect that he would live such a life in the future, so she used a few fish and sent him to a school in the county.

So the scholar became the only scholar in the village.

After ten years of hard study, from the boy to the scholar, I read more books and naturally I understand the outside world more; the scholar understands that the end of the sea is the mountain, which is no different from the fishing village, but there are some different people living on the mountain.

The people on the mountain were too far away, and the scholar thought he would not have any social interaction in this life. After he was fully prepared, he went to Beijing to take the exam with his luggage and embarked on the road he should have taken.

The road to Beijing is very long, with cities that are thousands of times more prosperous than the county town, and there are also mountains and ridges that are more than a hundred miles away. The scholars traveled along the way, gained a lot of knowledge and luck, and had a smooth journey, without encountering any twists and turns.

Until one day, when I passed by a mountain, I encountered a heavy rain.

The heavy rain destroyed the road and could not move forward again. The detour was too far away. The scholar relied on his youth and strength to venture into the deep mountains, trying to climb over directly from the mountain.

Unfortunately, the sky became dark before climbing to the top of the mountain. The scholar lost his direction among the mountains. In order to strengthen his courage, he could only recite the books of sages loudly while walking.

This was obviously a bad idea. After a long time of yelling, he didn't get strong, but instead attracted a bandit, a female bandit wearing animal skins.

The scholar was tied back to a cave and became the only follower of the mountain king. He was forced to be a master and teaches female bandits to read and read.

This teaching has been in the past two years, and has taught the wild female bandit to be Miss Sven who smiled and wanted to cover her lips with her sleeves.

The scholar was very proud and turned the female bandit out of the mountain and continued to go to the capital to take the exam, fantasizing about the day when he was awarded the golden list and returned to his hometown with his beautiful wife.

Unfortunately, God doesn't seem to plan to make the two of them a good story. Before the imperial examination began, they were stopped by several Taoist priests.

The Taoist priest said that the female bandit was a monster, and the scholar said that he knew that the female bandit was a good monster.

The Taoist priest asked if the female bandit had eaten humans. The female bandit had learned human etiquette, law and morality, and dared to act and act. She did not lie and admitted that she had eaten before her transformation.

But killing someone will pay your life!

Then the scholar became another person.

The Taoist priests in Fulong Mountain are right. It is the duty to subdue demons and eliminate demons. They are good at demon beasts that have eaten. Who will give a look to those who have been eaten?

It is also true that a female bandit is not wrong. Before her wisdom is opened, there is no difference between tigers eating people and deer, sheep, cattle and horses. They are all for filling their stomachs. After transformation, they act in the way of humans, and they cannot even be described as being reformed, because there was no fault before transformation.

From the perspective of the way of heaven, it is right for people to eat sheep, but what is wrong for tigers to eat people?

If the tiger is wrong, then the sheep will cultivate to become a spirit. Should we seek justice for the compatriots who are eaten?

After all, the mistake is that the female bandit is not a human being, but the world is dominated by human beings.

A scholar is a human being who can understand what Fulong Mountain does, but he understands Fulong Mountain. Who can understand the same correct female bandit?

The scholar only regretted that he was a human being. When encountering such a thing, he was still wondering whether Fulongshan’s method of handling was in accordance with humanity. Could it be that if he figured out, this blood feud could be written off in one go?

...

The sunset sank into the sea and the sky darkened.

The scholar sat on the reef and was ecstatic alone. A ripple suddenly appeared on the sea surface in front of him, and it had spread below the reef in a blink of an eye.

The scholar came to his senses, frowned, and was about to raise his hand, but his shoulder was pressed down, and a voice came from behind:

"You don't have time to think about it."

The scholar paused his hand slightly raised, but did not look back, but said calmly:

"A fellow Taoist is here to kill demons?"

"You have not done anything to harm the world. I can tolerate you, but there are eight people in the nine sects who make the decision, but what I say is not the limit. I have found you in Tiezawa Mansion, and you have not had much time."

The scholar's eyes were a little surprised and he turned his head to ask:

"Why are you reminding me?"

"You need to do something, no matter what success or failure, I will protect the juniors of your clan."

"What's up?"

"Just a small matter, it's not difficult for you..."

…—

The auction in Sixiangzhai ended and it was already night.

Xie Qiutao lay on the tea table, her cheeks flushed, she breathed gently, and she couldn't know how long she was awakened by a knock on the door.

Dongdong

"Um……"

Xie Qiutao was disturbed by Qingmeng and frowned, showing a little dissatisfaction. However, after coming to his senses, he stood up with a "swish". He first observed the surroundings, then looked at his dress, and then he was relieved after confirming that there was nothing unusual.

Somehow she got drunk. Xie Qiutao was a little scared. She carried the iron pipa on her back and carefully opened the door of the private room.

In the aisle, the maid from Sixiangzhai said respectfully:

"The girl finally woke up. The immortal was drunk. It was not surprising that the girl was drunk for the first time, but she was drunk. Is there any uncomfortable place?"

Xie Qiutao's alcoholic spirit did not completely fade away, and she was still a little floating. She didn't know what happened when she lost consciousness, and it was not easy to point out the drunkenness. She rubbed her eyebrows and said:

"It feels pretty good. Have everyone left here?"

"No, the young master was in the living room and said he was waiting for the girl to wake up, so please come over and ask her to come."

"oh……"

Xie Qiutao probably stayed here, so he didn't say much and followed the maid to the living room on the first floor.

The living room was brightly lit, and on the tea chairs on both sides, there were six or seven monks in different outfits sitting. Zuo Lingquan and Shangguan Lingye were also among them, pretending to be Taoist couples and sitting side by side.

Hou Guan, wearing a brocade dress, sat in the main seat, holding a teacup in his hand, talking and laughing in a gentle manner. Seeing Xie Qiutao appear, he stood up and said:

"I was just talking about the drunkenness of the immortals, and the alcohol was a little too much. Everyone, this is Miss Xie Qiutao and Xie, who just came from Huajunzhou..."

The monks here are all from around Dengchao Port. They are not very famous and have some friendship with the Hou family. Seeing this, they naturally give in. Zuo Lingquan and Shangguan Lingye did not show any abnormality, and nodded to indicate.

Xie Chuntao had no idea about the situation at all, so he could only adapt to the situation, nodded and asked:

"Is this here Mr. Hou?"

"Oh. The hawking ended today. Several fellow Taoists did not encounter the right spirit beast, so they made them go for nothing. It was really negligent. I thought about asking several fellow Taoists to go to the beast garden of Sixiang Villa to choose. The boat was ready, and they were chatting here and waiting for Miss Xie to sober up. It was only one day before, and I hope Miss Xie could give her a look."

During the practice, people can sleeplessly. It is not much different from ordinary people going out for a walk after a meal.

After all the words were said, Xie Qiutao saw Shangguan Lingye follow him, but he had no choice but to refuse, and said with a smile:

"Young Master Hou is really polite. You can visit the door and give me face. How can I say that I can give you a favor?"

Seeing this, Hou Guan didn't say much, and called on all the guests to get up and headed to the cruise ship by the river together.

Hou Guan was very experienced in dealing with people and had a good grasp of the distance. He did not always follow Xie Qiutao, but just walked in front of him to lead the way and introduced the surrounding scenery along the way.

Xie Qiutao followed behind the crowd and slowly walked with Zuo Lingquan and the others. He looked at the dumpling on Shangguan Lingye's shoulder and said as if he had met for the first time:

"Fellow Daoist, this bird is so beautiful. Can I touch it?"

Shangguan Lingye naturally looked like he was chatting and making friends, holding up the dumplings biting the tip of his wings, and let Xie Qiutao touch them casually.

Zuo Lingquan disguised himself as a man of the grandmother of the concubine, so he naturally couldn't take the initiative to get close to the female cultivator, so he just walked slowly and listened to the two of them talking politely.

Dengchao Port is located at the entrance of the sea. To go to Linhai County, Yanzhou, you have to go upstream from the Sejiang River to enter the tributary and travel more than 700 miles before you can reach the Sixiang Villa of the Hou family.

Nearly a thousand miles away, the cruise ship I took was naturally not a worldly ship. It was automatically fast without wind. There were also various amusement facilities on the boat for passengers to enjoy the boredom.

The group of people were all practicing, and there was no interest in enjoying the scenery along the way. After boarding the boat, they went to their respective rooms to rest under the guidance of their maids.

The sky was already dark, and the lights along the river and the stars in the sky merged into each other. The pleasure boat Jiang Yi was riding followed dozens of miles away, and there was no sight in her field of view.

Shangguan Lingye entered the guest room of the cruise ship under the guidance of the maid. After the maid left, he closed the door and turned around to check if there was anything unusual in the room, but he was stunned at first glance.

The cruise ship is usually used to pick up and drop off guests, and the decoration is luxurious because she lives with the "Tao Guy" and arranged a suite.

Outside is a living room, coffee table, painting table, soft couch, and chess table. The overall furnishings are elegant and the rules are not special. The atmosphere of the bedroom inside changes completely.

In practice, people have little demand for sleep, and the bedroom has no meaning. Even if it is a fairy ferry, there is no separate bedroom. There is only a small bed with a small area in the corner. The place used to meditate is much more particular than the bed. After all, people in practice spend most of their time on futons, not beds.

But this cruise ship not only has a bedroom, but also has a large space. The overall color is light red, and the light of the lamps is also relatively hazy. Several pictures of ladies hanging on the walls are paintings of the ladies who come out of the bath.

The bed in the room is very large, but it is still a rare round bed. There are mahogany chairs next to it. The shape is to facilitate the female cultivator to lie down, sit, lie down, and kneel. In addition, two red ribbons are hung down from the ceiling where a hundred birds pay homage to the phoenix, and the purpose is unknown.

Shangguan Lingye looked at the ambiguously decorated bedroom and blinked his eyes. He couldn't figure out the purpose of these furniture for a while.

Zuo Lingquan followed behind him and looked up at the bedroom, and was stunned. However, it was not surprising to this decoration style. After all, the purpose of the cruise ship was to make people have fun along the way. He prepared a bedroom in the double room, and monks didn't have to sleep. What else can the bedroom be used to ruin Taoist couples?

Shangguan Lingye is smart. Although he can't figure out the specific usage of these props, he can also guess that these are objects that adjust interest among Taoist couples.

Shangguan Lingye glanced at it, walked slowly to the middle of the bedroom, raised his hand and pulled the red ribbon, and asked:

"Zuo Lingquan, what is this thing for?"

The dumplings squatting on their shoulders flew to the big round bed, rolling around and making a "chirp" sound, obviously saying, "The things in the bedroom must be for sleeping."

Zuo Lingquan, in front of the concubine's grandmother, was naturally not so straightforward, and made a very pure appearance and said with a smile:

“It looks like a swing.”
To be continued...