Chapter 240: Climbing into Sichuan, the Prince of Shu, Shi Wushuang
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This person is not someone else, but Lu Xiaoyu, who is holding a snow sword in his hand, and is so cute. This morning, although Li Bai had only a few words of conversation with the two young followers, he was still heard by Xu Lanxian, who had just woken up.
So, Lu Xiaoyu chased after him and wanted to call Li Bai back. However, Li Bai flew too fast, and Lu Xiaoyu couldn't catch him no matter how hard he chased him, so he was slowing down by two cups of tea. (A cup of tea waited for about fifteen minutes)
"Miss Xiaoyu." Li Bai looked at Lu Xiaoyu who was out of breath and was panting with his back and bent down, and asked, "Why are you here too?"
"I, I!" Lu Xiaoyufei was so tired that he wanted to say the reason, but he couldn't say it fluently.
"Don't be anxious!" Li Bai comforted: "Stay before!"
Sitting on the stone steps in front of the temple, Lu Xiaoyu finally got angry and no longer felt so tired. However, the first thing Lu Xiaoyu said was not because he came, but because he was shocked: "Brother Xiaobai, your light skills are so good, right? When he flew, he was so handsome, handsome, and so amazing! At first I could see you, but gradually I couldn't see anything!"
Li Bai was very happy that Lu Xiaoyu praised this, but this was not worth showing off, because it would be a world of difference compared to the Five Ghosts. So, Li Bai was modest and replied: "Miss Xiaoyu has gone too far. My fifth senior brother is even more powerful. If you have the chance, you can let him use it for you."
"Really?" Lu Xiaoyu: "Is it that red-clothed ghost?"
"Red-clothed ghost? Hahaha!" Li Bai smiled: "It's not bad, it's him, it's him!"
"Don't laugh at Brother Xiaobai!" Lu Xiaoyu stood up and said, "Let's go back! Go and buy herbs for Sister Xian'er. I bought them a few days ago!"
"It's still early now, and the medicine shop has to be opened sometimes. Let's wait a moment!" Li Bai was very clear about it. Although he was worried about Xu Lanxian, he also knew that the matter of fins should not be careless, so he said: "When I find Zen Master Lingyun and ask us how we should subdue the demon, this matter cannot be delayed."
"Puff!" Lu Xiaoyu suddenly laughed, looked at Li Bai with a strange look and said, "Brother Xiaobai, you have been deceived by Uncle Gui!"
"Ha?" Li Bai was stunned. At first, he didn't expect Lu Xiaoyu to say this, and he was a little surprised. Then, he felt a little scared in his heart and asked himself secretly: 'Miss Xiaoyu knows that too?'
"Ha Jinha? What's the matter?" Lu Xiaoyu smiled deeply and looked very hard, and said, "What I said is that you were deceived by Uncle Gui!"
"Miss Xiaoyu, how can I explain this?" Li Bai came back to his senses and plucked up the courage to ask, "What do you know? How do you say, why do you say I was deceived by Uncle Gui?"
"I don't know what's going on. It was my sister who told me that you were deceived by Uncle Gui and asked me to ask you to go back, so there was no need to find Zen Master Lingyun." Lu Xiaoyu grabbed her cute little head, wondering why Li Bai was even more excited than himself.
Li Bai was a little confused when he heard this. After trying hard to calm himself down, he asked slowly: "Miss Xiaoyu, why did Miss Lanxian ask you to call me back?"
"Subduing demons!" Lu Xiaoyu replied without hesitation: "We will go and help Sister Xian'er buy herbs first, and then prepare for the demons tonight."
"An?" Li Bai was stunned again, thinking that Xu Lanxian had agreed to the method of subduing demons. But according to Lu Xiaoyu's words, Hou Gui lied to him, he thought that Li Bai guessed that this method might not be the method. So he asked: "Miss Xiaoyu, are you thinking about a method of subduing demons?"
"An?" Lu Xiaoyu was stunned, looked at Li Bai with a strange look, and asked, "Brother Xiaobai, why have you become stupid? Didn't Uncle Gui tell you the way to subdue demons?"
"This!" Li Bai was helpless and speechless, and wanted to explain, but he knew that those things were inconvenient to talk to Lu Xiaoyu. After a pause, he thought about it and said, "Miss Xiaoyu, the method of subduing demons that Uncle Gui told me may be different from what you know."
"How could it be?" Lu Xiaoyu didn't believe it and said, "Then tell me first, see if our method is the same as yours?"
"This!" Li Bai was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to explain it thoroughly, but he didn't want to criticize Lu Xiaoyu, so he said helplessly: "Miss Xiaoyu, this method is unreasonable, you are too young!"
"Hmph!" Lu Xiaoyu got angry, pouted his mouth, thrust his chest, and said with confidence: "I'm not young anymore, I'm already sixteen years old!"
"Oh! Forget it!" Li Bai was extremely helpless and said, "Miss Xiaoyu, let's go down the mountain to buy medicine!"
"Stop!" Lu Xiaoyu stopped Li Bai who was about to leave, and stubbornly said, "If you don't say it, you are not allowed to leave!"
"Uncle Gui's method is, yes..." Li Bai hesitated and didn't know how to speak: "Oh! Don't force me to ask Miss Xiaoyu, I don't want to lie to you, you really can't listen to this method. You'd better tell me what you know, and Mo was fooled by this Zen Master Lingyun again!"
"Okay! If you don't say it, don't say it!" Lu Xiaoyu is not the kind of nonsense person. He knows the right way. Seeing that Li Bai really doesn't want to say it, he put away his stubbornness.
However, Lu Xiaoyu still had a cute little temper. He turned around and pointed at the steep and unsightly stone steps in front of him, saying, "It's okay if you don't say it, but I want you to carry me down the mountain. I just chased you so hard that my legs were almost broken, so you have to carry me down the mountain, otherwise I will stay here and I won't be able to stay here!"
After talking, he sat proudly on the stone steps.
Helpless, Li Bai was helpless! The book of sages that he had been practicing since childhood deeply engraved the concept of "men and women are not allowed to be close to each other" in Li Bai's bones. He is not frivolous unless it is Xu Lanxian.
I wanted to refuse, persuade, and reason. It can be seen that Lu Xiaoyu looked like "What can you do to me?" and suddenly said that it would not work.
"Miss Xiaoyu, why not do this!" Li Bai said helplessly: "What do you want to tell me about the method of subduing demons? After that, I will carry you down the mountain."
"Okay!" Lu Xiaoyu said happily: "Ah!"
"Then!" Li Bai: "What is this method?"
"During dinner yesterday, Uncle Gui told us that those strange words said," Lu Xiaoyu said: "It is actually very simple to subdue the monster. As long as a pair of talented and beautiful golden boys and jade girls row by the river, they can attract the monster. At that time, while it is not paying attention, read a sentence... read a very good mantra, I don't remember it. Uncle Gui said that after reading this mantra, he can receive the monster into the jade ring!"
"It's that simple?" Li Bai was a little unbelievable and asked, "Just just row by? Nothing else?"
"Yes, it's that simple, just row by boat!" Lu Xiaoyu looked at Li Bai and asked, "Or what else do you want to happen?"
"That's not going to be..." Li Bai almost said it, and quickly changed the subject and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's because I'm thinking too much!"
"An? Think too much?" Lu Xiaoyu asked curiously: "You think too much?"
"I thought... nothing!" Li Bai said: "You are still young and can't listen. Let's go down the mountain quickly!"
"Hmph!" Lu Xiaoyu got angry again, pouted again, and said with confidence: "I'm not young anymore, I'm already sixteen years old!"
"Yes, yes, what Xiaoyu girl said is right!" Li Bai didn't want to get entangled with Lu Xiaoyu anymore. He wanted to help Xu Lanxian buy herbs soon, and then he wanted to go back to the inn to ask Hou Gui for a clear answer, so he said, "Come on Xiaoyu girl, I will carry you down the mountain!"
"Thank you, Brother Xiaobai!"
Lu Xiaoyu swept away the displeasure on his face, and without saying a word, he jumped behind Li Bai and lay down, almost knocking Li Bai down. What's even more interesting is that the two little novice monks were standing in front of the door of the Buddhist temple. When Lu Xiaoyu saw them staring at them intently, he turned around proudly and scolded the two little novice monks: "What are you looking at? Go and read your scriptures, and then dig out your eyes and feed them to Dahuang! Humph!" Then his face changed and he said to Li Bai again: "Let's go, brother Xiaobai!"
"Oh!" Li Bai sighed, feeling that Lu Xiaoyu was like a torturous little goblin, and had no choice but to do anything to her. He simply had to obey her, carry her down the mountain, and work hard.
When the two little novice monks saw them walking far down the mountain, they saw that this was a pure land of Buddhism. In order to repent, they said repeatedly: "Amitabha, how good is it!"
Soon, Li Bai and Lu Xiaoyu went for a walk here and there. It was almost noon that they bought herbs and went back to the inn. Lu Xiaoyu went to find Xu Lanxian, while Li Bai went to find Hou Gui.
Hou Gui was sitting with the two young followers and eating and drinking. Although the young followers were specially sent by Li Ke to serve Hou Gui, they were considered servants. However, because of his lack of children, Hou Gui was particularly good to young people and was eating at the same table.
However, these two young followers were also very self-aware. When they saw Li Bai coming, they stood up one after another, said, "Hello, Master," and were about to leave with their bowls and chopsticks. But what they never expected was that Li Bai waved his hand and signaled that they would not have to leave, and just sit down and eat together. This moved them so much that Hou Gui nodded with satisfaction, feeling that the little master in front of him was indeed extraordinary.
"Uncle Gui!" Li Bai sat down and spoke directly and asked, "What is that method of subduing demons? This is no joke. The monster is about to come out to cause trouble this night!"
"An?" Hou Gui was stunned: "Young Master understands?"
"Miss Xiaoyu has told me!" Li Bai couldn't be angry with Hou Gui. In Li Bai's eyes, Hou Gui was half a father.
"Haha, young master, don't blame the old slave." Hou Gui smiled twice and said, "Isn't this for you? After all, this man should take the initiative, just like your father back then, don't be rude."
"..." Helplessly, Li Bai was helpless, and extremely helpless. He wanted to refute, but he was afraid that he would tell Hou Gui what he said was irrelevant and would be over again. So he went straight to the point and said, "Uncle Gui, don't keep it a secret. What is the method of subduing demons?"
"Hehe, I'm not in line with what I told you before!" Hou Gui felt a sense of responsibility and no longer kept it indifferent, saying, "The oracle bones say that these fins are really lustful by nature. However, these fins prefer to eat these foolish men and women, Master, look!"
As he said that, Hou Gui took out a few pages of paper from his arms, with words densely written on it. Yesterday, after Hou Gui returned to the room, he translated the oracle bone words that he remembered in his heart.
Li Bai looked at it and found that as Hou Gui said, this fin monster is lustful by nature, but not as exaggerated as Hou Gui said. The method of subduing monsters is also very simple, so simple that Li Bai feels a little incredible.
The above said that as long as a man and a woman row a boat from the river at midnight, talking and laughing along the way, singing poems and singing songs, you can attract the fins.
When the fins come, they will not rush to kill people, but will turn into a chéng rén to come on the boat, and help the couple get together like a matchmaker, Yue Lao.
It is very interesting to become a matchmaker-like fin. The fin will take action directly, kill and eat the man and woman!
This method of subduing demons is to take advantage of the time when the fin is medicine, and hit the jade ring on the point where it is unprepared, and then recite the spell so that it can be put into the jade ring. At this time, you must be quick in your eyes and hands so that the fins do not care about reaction, otherwise all your previous efforts will be wasted, which will make it furious. At that time, the fins will surely roll up the surging waves and flood the people.
After this, Li Bai was sure of it and felt that it was not difficult to eliminate this monster. He was a little disappointed. He wanted to take this opportunity to show off his strength and fight this monster well, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
Xu Lanxian also agreed to this method and was preparing to take a boat to subdue demons with Li Bai at midnight. Li Bai was very happy and thought that it would be a great joy to have a date with the person he liked for a while.
Lu Xiaoyu originally disagreed and wanted to subdue demons with Li Bai. One reason was that she was worried about Xu Lanxian's body and did not want Xu Lanxian to take risks; the other reason was that she also wanted to have a date with Li Bai for a while.
But she was too young compared to Li Bai and Xu Lanxian. Not only was she old, but she had a head and face. When she was with Li Bai, the two of them didn't look like a very foolish man and aggrieved woman, but more like a brother and sister. So, in order not to be seen through by the monster's fins, Lu Xiaoyu held her selfishness and nodded in agreement.
With the recommendation of Zen Master Lingyun, the two also received the support of the Leshan magistrate and obtained the permit for the night of the curfew. Not only that, the Leshan magistrate was also very helpful. He specially prepared a large ship for Li Bai and Xu Lanxian, and according to what Hou Gui said, the big ship was decorated with lights and dressed up beautifully, just like a big flower boat.
When the night came, under the eyes of Hou Gui, Lu Xiaoyu, the magistrate and the people, Li Bai and Xu Lanxian boarded the big flower boat. With the farewell words of everyone, the big flower boat sailed downstream into the depths of the river, preparing to subdue monsters.
Chapter completed!