The Birds Keep Ringing Chapter 19
byChapter 19 Form a group and run away. Oh my God, is it possible that the second senior brother is actually a boring person…
“Senior sister, you misunderstood.” Yunzhen tried to break free from Wen Wan’s iron pincers. This girl looked weak, but she was very strong.
“We didn’t do anything, really! Not even hold hands.”
He said this so quickly that he didn’t realize the problem.
Wen Wan looked at him suspiciously: “If I don’t come in, what are you going to do?”
“It’s nothing! We don’t plan to do anything!” Yunzhen quickly denied it.
Anyone would be embarrassed if they were caught lying in the arms of an enemy!Although they don’t seem to be enemies anymore…
The master was stroking his beard at the side, with an expression that said he was not too worried about the fun: “Zhen’er, I don’t object to you young people falling in love. After all, I was also very romantic when I was young, but the second brother is your senior brother, which goes against the ethics. If word gets out, what will the fellows in the world think about it?”
“Master! Can you stop causing trouble?” Yunzhen felt like his head was about to explode.
The master shook his head: “Although we are from the martial arts world and don’t stick to trivial matters, you are brothers after all. Your parents gave you to me to learn martial arts, not to roll around in the hay with your senior brother.”
When he said this, he glanced at Jiang Zhi meaningfully: “Second brother, you are not authentic either. What’s the old saying? Rabbits don’t eat grass beside their nests.”
Jiang Zhi didn’t have any trouble at all. He seemed to have no embarrassment at all when his good deeds were revealed. With this kind of psychological quality, he was indeed good at doing great things.
“Master, don’t talk nonsense!”
Yunzhen couldn’t do it. He didn’t have that kind of concentration, so he explained endlessly: “Second Senior Brother and I are innocent, as can be seen from the sun and the moon. Although the Buddha has no head and cannot nod to testify, he must know it in his heart!”
“Innocent?” Master looked at Yun Zhen’s red face, “Why is your face as red as a monkey’s butt? I have lived for decades and I have never seen anyone blush because of their innocence.”
“Because it’s cold!” Yun Zhen had an idea, “We hugged each other to keep warm.”
Master looked out the window. The stars were shining brightly. It was obviously a cloudless and good weather. “Where is it cold?”
“My heart is cold!” Yun Zhen said in a hurry, “I just experienced a life and death struggle. My heart is cold and I need someone to warm me. Isn’t this wrong?”
Wen Wan was still staring at Jiang Zhi warily, as if Jiang Zhi would change back to his original form in the next second and swallow Yun Zhen in one gulp without spitting out the bones.
She protected Yun Zhen behind her, like a hen protecting her calf.
The master advised again with earnest words: “Little Third Brother, although your second senior brother has half demon blood, according to my many years of observation as a teacher, except for his withdrawn personality, being reticent, occasionally parkouring on the roof inexplicably in the middle of the night, and his pupils dilating when he sees moving things… other aspects are still very human.”
Does this description really sound like a human being?Isn’t this a cat?
Yun Zhen poked his head out from behind Wen Wan and weakly supported him: “Senior sister, don’t be racist. Second senior brother is not a wild cat. He doesn’t even eat mice.”
“Shut up.” Wen Wan pushed him back with her backhand, “You have no place to speak here. You are still helping count money after being sold. What I’m talking about is a fool like you. If a cat doesn’t eat mice, it’s to keep its stomach for better things, such as some stupid birds.”
“How can I not!” Yunzhen exclaimed, “This is called trust! Do you understand trust! This is not only trust between fellow disciples, but also…”
Halfway through his words, Yunzhen suddenly got stuck.What he wanted to say was “It’s the love of comrades who have gone through the test of life and death”, but his mind was confused, and he thought of the charming atmosphere just now and Jiang Zhi’s words “I like you”, and he spoke a step faster than his mind: “It is the most important thing between husband and wife…”
“Husband and wife?” The gentle voice suddenly rose, almost knocking over the crumbling roof of the ruined temple, “When did you become husband and wife? Have you gone to the church? Have you entered the bridal chamber? Please explain it clearly to me!”
“No! Slip of the tongue!” Yun Zhen shook his head like a rattle, “I mean… I mean… this is a metaphor! An exaggerated metaphor! The rhetorical techniques were taught by my previous teacher! What other parallelism, personification, antithesis…”
“Stop talking to me about these useless things!” Wen Wan said, “Do you think I haven’t read the book?”
Just when the scene got out of control, a white fox slowly walked in from the door.
“Second Junior Brother, this is your fault.” The fox jumped on the haystack and looked at them condescendingly, “It’s a beautiful day, flowers in front of the moon and the moon under the moon. You actually choose to do things in such a ruined temple that doesn’t even have a decent roof?”
“Elder brother!” Yun Zhen blushed so hard that he was almost bleeding, even three points redder than before, “Can you be more serious!”
“Serious?” Xiao Fenzhi shook his tail, “Junior brother, you seem to be the most unserious person now, right? You are disheveled and your face is red.”
“Is this the point?!”
Yunzhen finally broke out. He felt that his shame was being repeatedly trampled by this group of people. They didn’t dare to mess with Jiang Zhi, so they knew they would catch him alone.
“Isn’t the point that we just killed the leader of the martial arts alliance? We are now wanted criminals! We are murderers on the run! Can you have a sense of urgency?”
As soon as these words came out, the ruined temple finally became quiet for a moment, and even the headless Buddha statue seemed a bit solemn.
The master coughed: “Zhen’er, I have to correct you first.”
“What statement?”
“That’s not called killing. It damages the image of our Liuyun Sect as an upright sect.” Master said seriously, “We should say salvation. Lu Ting is possessed by evil spirits and was backlashed by the demon pill. He is delirious and in great pain. He is still suffering while he is alive. We are helping him to escape.”
“You have to say this to people when you go out in the future, remember it.”
Xiao Fenzhi echoed: “As for the method being a little more drastic and stabbing him all over, that’s just for the sake of long-term pain rather than short-term pain.”
Yun Zhen looked at these two guys who were talking nonsense speechlessly, “What about Lu Feng? That hypocrite can’t be said to have been saved by us, right?”
“Lu Feng?” Xiao Fenzhi chuckled, “He’s not dead. He ran away. He ran so fast. I think his Qinggong is much better than his swordsmanship.”
“Run away?” Yunzhen’s eyes widened, “Don’t he still want to avenge his second uncle? He screamed so fiercely in the alchemy room just now, why did he run away in the blink of an eye?”
“Junior brother, you are still too young.” Xiao Fenzhi said sincerely, “Lu Feng is a kind of person who looks sanctimonious on the surface, but actually cherishes his life more than anyone else. How dare he stay when he sees Lu Ting dead? He ran away faster than a rabbit and even dropped one of his shoes while running.”
“Then what should we do now?” Yunzhen asked anxiously, “Are we going to be on the run? We will hide incognito and open an inn in the desert, eating sand and drinking the northwest wind every day.”
“It costs money to open an inn.” The master ruthlessly shattered his fantasy, “And the desert is windy and sandy, which is bad for the skin and prone to wrinkles. Let’s go back.”
“But people from the Lu family will definitely come to kill you!”
“What are you afraid of?” Master waved his hand, “The Lu family is busy dividing the family property right now. How can they have time to care about us? Once Lu Ting dies, the position of head of the family will be vacant. What must Lu Feng do first if he wants to secure that position?”
“What to do?” Yun Zhen asked honestly.
“Killing people,” the master said, “He has to kill his three cousins who are eyeing him, and his two uncles who rely on their elders for help. Then he has to deal with those aunts and their sons who want to get the upper hand. By the time he has finished singing this drama of grudges between the wealthy family, he will probably have forgotten about our trivial matter. This is the tragedy of a wealthy family. There are too many people, and it is troublesome to die. Just waiting in line to be reincarnated will take several years.”
Yunzhen: “…”
“I’m taking him away.”
Everyone looked at Jiang Zhi in unison.
“Where to go?” Master asked.
“Jiangnan.”
Wen Wan immediately exploded: “No! He is really a walking Tang Monk now. You just take him to the south of the Yangtze River. Can you protect him by yourself? Your sword can cut people, but can you cut down all the greedy people in the world?”
Jiang Zhi said without thinking, “We can protect it.”
These three words were said loudly and without any hesitation. The kind of certainty made people want to believe him involuntarily.
I don’t know whether others believe it or not, but Yun Zhen believes it anyway.
Before he could be moved, Wen Wan said categorically: “I don’t believe it. Men can’t distinguish between protectiveness and possessiveness. What’s more, the second senior brother is a cat. Taking a bird away, what’s the difference between taking a box lunch out?”
“Sister, can you not think of Second Senior Brother so terribly?” Yun Zhen couldn’t help but defend Jiang Zhi, “Second Senior Brother has evolved, he is a vegetarian cat!”
“What do you know?” Wen Wan looked at him with hatred, and then glared at the master, the culprit, “Who can rest assured if you have a food chain around you? It is natural for cats to eat birds. What’s wrong with cats? You can’t expect a cat to remain indifferent to a fat bird every day. Cats will become perverted if they are suppressed for a long time!”
Yunzhen gave up and found that it was impossible to reason with his senior sister.
Once she decides something, even if you bring in Confucius, Mencius, Laozi and Zhuangzi to persuade her, she will still be able to find 10,000 reasons to refute you, and in the end she can also argue that “the world is as dark as crows, and no man is good.”
Wen Wan straightened her messy temples and announced a decision: “I’m going too.”
“…”
“I am a senior sister, an eldest sister is like a mother. Since Zhenzhen’s parents are not around, I have to fulfill my duties as a guardian and watch over him.”
“Since the junior sisters are going,” Xiao Fenzhi said with a smile, “Then I will go too, by the Qinhuai River… I mean, I also want to protect the junior brother. One more person will give me more strength. I am the senior brother. How can such a dangerous thing be done without me?”
Yunzhen held his forehead, feeling that his trip to Jiangnan was heading in a very chaotic direction.
“You’re all gone,” a faint voice came from the corner, “What should I do as a teacher?”
The master was heartbroken and said, “Have you taken over the Martial Arts League, left the mess here, and then gone to Jiangnan collectively, leaving me as an old man here to face the bloody storm?”
“Master, that’s not slaughter, it’s salvation.” Yun Zhen couldn’t help but interrupt, “You can come with us. My house is big and we can live in it.”
The master’s eyes lit up: “Since my disciple is so kindly inviting me, how can I refuse as a master? Jiangnan is a great place with outstanding people. Let’s take a walk. Without further ado, let’s set off right now!”
After he finished speaking, he immediately rushed out. His enthusiasm was not like that of an older man in his decades, but more like that of an aunt who had heard about free eggs somewhere.
Yun Zhen rolled his eyes.This is his sect, a group of gangsters who work under the banner of righteousness.She said she was protecting him, but actually she just wanted to go to his house to eat and drink for free and avoid the limelight.
“Then it’s settled.” Wen Wan agreed, “We can take turns keeping watch on the road to ensure our safety. Of course, when the second senior brother is keeping vigil, I will also watch over the second senior brother.”
Jiang Zhi glanced at Yunzhen, who was hiding behind Wen Wan with an innocent look on his face, and looked at him for a few seconds.
Yun Zhen could feel that Jiang Zhi didn’t look happy.
Probably because the originally planned elopement turned into a family trip, and we had to be constantly wary of the senior sister’s inspections.
But after thinking about it, this is actually quite good.At least there won’t be a scene where two people look at each other and don’t know what to say.Moreover, with Senior Sister and the others here, the road will definitely be lively, which is much more interesting than just two people rushing along alone.
Besides, it’s still a long way to Jiangnan anyway, so there’s always a chance to be alone, so there’s no need to rush.
Yun Zhen comforted himself like this, but he also felt faintly disappointed.Just like when I was a kid, I watched the candied haws sellers selling candied haws on the street, but his father said that I shouldn’t eat snacks before meals, as it would ruin my appetite.The candied haws on a stick is obviously there, bright red and very tempting, but I can’t eat it.
“Do we really need to take care of those messes?” Yun Zhen was still a little worried. After all, they had caused such a big trouble. “What if Lu Feng spreads rumors that we colluded with monsters to cause trouble in the martial arts world?”
The master waved his hands with an inscrutable look: “What do you care? You can say whatever you want about the affairs of the world. Today they say you are a devil. If you gain power tomorrow, they will say you are a hero. If Lu Ting is dead, those wallflowers will only be busy currying favor with the new leader.”
Xiao Fenzhi flicked his tail: “Junior brother, your reputation is already well-known in the world. It is estimated that after a while, storytellers will start to make up stories about you, such as some magical bird hero causing trouble in the Lu family, spitting lotus flowers and cursing Lu Feng to death. Maybe someone will build a shrine for you and burn incense to worship you during festivals.”
“Worship me?”
“Yes, you can have children, marriage, everything.” Xiao Fenzhi continued to tease him, “When the time comes, you will be a walking wishing tree, and anyone who has a wish will come to you.”
Yunzhen imagined that scene and found it extremely terrifying.
And the problem is, he doesn’t have any of these things that the senior brother said!Asking for money may be of some use.
“Forget it, forget it.” Yunzhen waved his hand, “Let’s leave quickly. I just want to go home and have a full meal now.”
Master agreed, “Let’s escape quickly before dawn.”
“Wait! We can’t leave yet!” Yunzhen and Xiao Fenzhi suddenly said in unison.
“What’s wrong?”
“I still have to get some clothes!” Yunzhen said.
“My clothes are still on my junior brother,” Xiao Fenzhi said.
“…”
So, in the darkness before dawn, five sneaky figures squatted at the door of the tailor shop.If the night guard saw him, he would probably be taken to jail.
When the store owner came over sleepily and saw these five door gods, he was almost frightened to death on the spot.
“Sir, spare your life! This small shop only makes a small profit and doesn’t have anything valuable!” The shop owner scurried away with his head in his arms.
“Get the clothes.” Jiang Zhi stopped him.
When the store owner saw him, he felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He quickly got up, ran into the store and took out the finished clothes.
The dress fits well, is cut well, the length is just right, and even the width of the cuffs is just right.Yunzhen had to admit that although Jiang Zhi had aesthetic problems, his vision was still very accurate.
Although it is a bright red color that he hates deeply, wearing this body is like a mascot to ward off evil spirits.The unique vitality of young people looks even more flamboyant against the red background, like a burning fire.
Yunzhen stood in front of the bronze mirror and thought to himself: “Well, Jiang Zhi’s aesthetics is not too bad.”
Jiang Zhi looked at him, his eyes moving slightly.
Yun Zhen couldn’t help but touch his face and asked in a low voice: “What’s wrong?”
“It suits you.”
“Of course.” Yun Zhen spun around triumphantly, “I look good in anything I wear.”
The shopkeeper on the side suffered from an occupational disease and suddenly said: “Oh, why do the two heroes look so good at each other? Do you want to make a wedding suit for the black-clothed hero…”
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Zhi glanced over.
The store owner shut up instantly and felt a chill on his neck, as if his head had moved.
After struggling for a long time, I finally got the clothes done.Xiao Fenzhi is now wearing an old piece of clothing that the store found temporarily. Although the style is old, it is better than being naked.
The group finally set foot on the road to Jiangnan.
Since the journey was too long and it could be reimbursed, the master decided to rent a horse.
They rented three horses.Why do five people only rent three horses?
The reason given by the master is very good: “It saves money this way. Although Zhen’er’s father is rich, we can’t be extravagant and wasteful. We must know how to be diligent and thrifty in running a household. Besides, if you squeeze in, you can also enhance the friendship between classmates.”
So the specific allocation plan is as follows.
Xiao Fenzhi turned into a fox and shared a horse with his master; Yun Zhen turned into a bird and shared a horse with Wen Wan; Jiang Zhi became a man and a horse.
Yunzhen protested: “Why do I have to turn into a bird? I’ve already turned into a human! I don’t want to be a bird!”
He understood that he had turned into a bird before, just to be an undercover agent.Now that the tasks have been completed and the Lu family is in chaos, why should it change?
“Zhen’er, a little sparrow was seriously injured. My master temporarily placed its soul in your body and used your spiritual energy to help it recover.” The master explained, “This is a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good. You should regard it as doing a good deed.”
“Then when will it heal?” Yunzhen asked, “It can’t always be on me, right?”
“It’s coming soon.” Master said vaguely, “When it recovers, it will leave naturally.”
Yunzhen looked at him suspiciously, always feeling that the old man was deceiving him.But he was too lazy to argue with his master and reluctantly agreed.However, it also bought me more time to remain a bird. I only changed into a bird when I was on the road every day, and I had to be a human when eating and sleeping.
But the problem comes again.
Yun was really embarrassed to be with Wen Wan, even when he turned into a bird.
The wind in the north is very strong. He can’t stand on Wen Wan’s shoulder all the time. He can only crawl into people’s arms.But even though he is a bird, he is still a man at heart!If you get into Senior Sister’s arms, you are too rogue and you will be struck by lightning.
Even more so when you become a human being.Wen Wan’s horse is a mare and is relatively small. The two of them are abusing the horse when they sit together. The horse looks at them with eyes full of resentment.
So, after an extremely complicated arrangement and fierce argument, Wen Wan reluctantly agreed that Yun Zhen and Jiang Zhi would be a horse.
It was already noon when we left the city.The sunshine is very good, making people feel lazy.
Yunzhen hadn’t changed into a bird yet. He was sitting behind Jiang Zhi, looking at the street scene, and suddenly felt a little unreal.Just yesterday, he was in the Lu family’s alchemy room and almost got an elixir made into it.Now that he is alive, he can still sit on a horse, bask in the sun, and smell the fragrance wafting from the bun shops on the street.
“Second Senior Brother.” He said suddenly.
“Huh?”
“I’m hungry.”
“I just ate.” Jiang Zhi reminded him.
“That was two hours ago.” Yun Zhenli said confidently, “For a hero who is growing up, two hours is like two years. I’m hungry again. How about we go buy something to eat?”
Jiang Zhi finally pulled the reins and stopped at the door of a bun shop.
“How much to buy?”
“Ten!” Yun Zhen said proudly, “No, twenty!”
“…can you finish eating?”
“And Master and the others, they all need food anyway. It doesn’t matter if you buy them in the morning or at night.”
Jiang Zhi dismounted and walked into the bun shop.Yunzhen sat on the horse, looked at his back, and thought happily: Will the second senior brother agree with whatever he says now?
Jiang Zhi came out soon, holding a paper bag in his hand, which contained hot steamed buns with a fragrant aroma.
“Sit tight.”
Yun Zhen took it happily, picked up a big white and fat meat bun, and just took a bite. Before he could sigh at the delicious filling, the horse under him suddenly jumped out!
“Ugh! Ahem! Ahem!”
Yunzhen almost choked on the bun and hit Jiang Zhi hard on the back.
“Why are you riding so fast all of a sudden!” Yunzhen swallowed the buns in his mouth with difficulty and shouted against the strong wind that poured into his mouth, “Are we going to reincarnate?”
The scenery on both sides retreated rapidly, but Jiang Zhi’s voice remained calm and steady despite the wind.
“There is a wanted notice posted on the city wall.” Jiang Zhi looked forward, swung his whip, and went a little faster.
“Wanted order?” Yun Zhen didn’t care. “Isn’t there a wanted order every day? Are you a flower picker or a gangster? Why are you running away?”
Jiang Zhi said calmly: “The pictures above are us.”
“Pa da.” Yun Zhen loosened his hand and the bun fell to the ground.
No wonder a few people on the roadside had been looking at them just now. He quickly stuffed the remaining buns into his arms for fear of losing another one.
Later, in order to hurry up, Yun Zhen reluctantly turned into a bird.
The wind from the north was so strong that it made his feathers stand up. He hurriedly crawled into Jiang Zhi’s collar, where it was warm.
Yunzhen lay there, drowsy as the horse’s hooves jolted.Suddenly, he remembered that they almost bumped into each other when they were in the ruined temple.
It was like a feather, gently tickling his heart.
If senior sister comes in a little later…
He subconsciously rubbed Jiang Zhi’s collarbone with his beak. The skin there was very hot.
Jiang Zhi lowered his head and glanced at him.
Yun Zhen retracted his neck guiltily, buried his head in his wings, and pretended that nothing happened.
“Yun Zhen.”
“Chirp?” Yunzhen responded nervously, his heartbeat speeding up instantly.
Do you want to express your love?Or should we continue the kiss?
But now he is a bird, and everyone is here!The senior sister was still watching them eagerly from behind.
Yunzhen was both looking forward to it and nervous, clutching Jiang Zhi’s undershirt tightly with his two little paws.
“Arrived in Jiangnan,” Jiang Zhi said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.
Yunzhen pricked up his ears and held his breath.
“I’ll pay you.”
Yun Zhen was stunned for a moment, and his mind couldn’t wrap his head around it.
He thought to himself: How did this person suddenly become so good?Did he secretly read Senior Brother’s secret book while he was being a bird?Oh my God, could it be that the second senior brother is actually a slut?I usually pretend to be serious, but in my heart…
Before his face could turn red, Jiang Zhi continued:
“Fish.”
“Chirp?”
“It’s burnt.” Jiang Zhi said with a serious face and serious tone, “I owe you a fish. I will pay you when I get to Jiangnan.”
Yunzhen: “…”
At this moment, there was only a gust of cold wind blowing, rolling up a few dead leaves, making them look miserable.
He shouldn’t have any unnecessary expectations for this incomprehensible wood!Does this person have anything else on his mind besides swords?
Yun Zhen pecked Jiang Zhi’s chest angrily.
I’ll pay you back, you big-headed guy!
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The author has something to say: If I’m too lazy to unpack it, I’ll post the two chapters together. I won’t update it tomorrow, but I’ll update it the day after tomorrow~