Chapter 146 Heaven Did Not Give Me a Beautiful Wife
The Beiyuan River is calm, with dense vegetation on both sides. Boatmen can often be seen rowing past.
The man in white riding a gray donkey leisurely went north along the river, listening to the autumn wind and the river, smelling the fallen leaves and the setting sun, free and unfettered, the most carefree in the world.
When hungry, he ate fruit, and when thirsty, he drank river water. The sun was scorching at noon, but there were many tall trees blocking it, so not much fell on the man and the donkey.
"Mei Jiao Niang" grew up in a stable and had never seen the outside world. Instead, she peeked into human society through the fence. She carried Li Changxiao, trotting with her little hooves, whistling a whistle that she had learned from somewhere, looking very proud.
This day seemed good.
Because the man and the donkey were too conspicuous, sometimes passers-by would take a second look. The easy-going swordsman would smile back, while the naughty little donkey had different reactions, sometimes turning his head away and ignoring, sometimes grinning.
The journey was long.
Sometimes the donkey would go on strike, and the swordsman would take out a "reading fruit", pass it through a thin rope, tie the other end to the long sword, and hang it in front of the little donkey's face.
The little donkey laughed at it contemptuously, shook its body back and forth, used inertia to make the fruit shake back and forth, and then seized the opportunity to bite it, and then looked at the swordsman proudly.
The swordsman later improved the method, lengthened the fishing rod, shortened the fishing line, and after repeated tests, he repeated the trick.
The little donkey pretended not to care at first, but later he was drooling at the reading fruit in front of him, and stepped on it with his little hoof and ran wildly. Li Changxiao was soft-hearted in the end, and let the little donkey get what he wanted and successfully eat the fruit after walking less than a mile.
Because Li Changxiao knew that this beautiful lady was quite intelligent, and she didn't want the little donkey to only see the fruit in front of him and ignore the scenery on both sides.
The speed of moving forward was not fast, and another month passed.
The autumn atmosphere was very strong.
The fallen leaves were golden.
The sky and the earth were painted with a layer of light yellow.
There were fruits on the trees that fell to the ground because they were ripe, and the flesh inside was exposed. After the little donkey smelled it, he took advantage of Li Changxiao's inattention and secretly tasted it. As a result, he vomited and had diarrhea. He ate poisonous fruit. After the swordsman found out, he had no choice but to hold his forehead and threw the donkey who claimed to be a beautiful lady into the Beiyuan River. He cleaned his body with wailing.
After this time, the little donkey still didn't learn his lesson. When he saw strange things, he liked to taste them with his mouth. Once he ate a poisonous mushroom, he actually stood on two feet and danced.
From then on, the donkey became addicted to this kind of mushroom. It used its head to nudge Li Changxiao to ask him to take these mushrooms with him. Li Changxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that the beautiful lady was still an addict. After patting the donkey's head as a warning, he still picked all the mushrooms and took them with him.
After leaving Lang Town, he passed through several cities one after another.
Each city has its own characteristics. Because Li Changxiao has enough money, he will naturally make some purchases every time he arrives in a town.
He especially likes to lead the donkey and stroll in some secluded alleys. The wine alley is a place he often visits. In addition, he occasionally visits the place of wind and flowers and the restaurant. He can't spend all the money.
In addition, if he sees a bookstore, Li Changxiao will not miss it. He will go in and pick a few good books. Of course, he is not very interested in the great principles of being a man and doing things. He wants to sleep after reading them. He will mostly choose some books that record various stories, local anecdotes, and geography and feng shui.
After visiting several small towns, he bought a total of fifteen books. The little donkey cast a resentful look, and the load increased again.
When he was about to leave the town, Li Changxiao bought a bamboo windmill for the little donkey. When the wind blew, it whirred and turned, making the little donkey very happy. He bit the windmill and turned in circles.
There were more and more things along the way.
Li Changxiao also realized the problem. It was too messy to put it like this. When passing by a bamboo forest, he took the time to cut some bamboo and made a green bamboo box. He put all kinds of books, coarse grains, and silver in it, leaving only a sword and two wine gourds on his body.
There were naturally dangers on the road.
For example, passing by a restaurant in the wilderness.
It was a cannibalistic restaurant. Many people were killed and roasted on the fireplace.
The little donkey drooled at the time, but soon saw his master, one man and one sword, killing all the people in the restaurant without blood.
At this point, it no longer dared to run away, and turned to ask its master to teach it martial arts. It proudly showed its "biceps" to its master, thinking that its martial arts talent was no worse than anyone else.
If God hadn't given me a beautiful wife, the donkey's road would be like a long night forever!
The little donkey was ambitious, but the swordsman laughed so hard that he fell backwards. He drank a few sips of wine, burped, and continued to laugh. Finally, the little donkey got angry. It packed its luggage and wanted to run away from home. If I can't stay here, I will find a place to stay.
It just took two steps and ran back happily. It was timid and bullied in its nest.
The swordsman told it mysteriously that his martial arts were just average, and he would introduce a more powerful martial arts master to it another day.
So, one night.
There was no one around, and the ghost with a Rakshasa mask on his face appeared in front of the beautiful lady for the first time. The timid little donkey was trembling with fear and hid behind Li Changxiao. Only after Li Changxiao and Yu Rakshasa comforted him did he dare to open his eyes.
Yu Rakshasa began to teach the beautiful lady martial arts. The little donkey could understand what Yu Rakshasa said, but she couldn't understand what the little donkey said, so Li Changxiao had to translate in the middle.
Activities at night will cause much less damage to the soul. After a few times, the donkey and the soul became familiar with each other, so there was no need for Li Changxiao to translate. The two of them practiced at night.
In addition, Li Changxiao found some methods to delay the loss of the soul and strengthen the soul under the Eighteen Prisons, and taught them to Yu Luosha. However, the practice of ghosts is always difficult to surpass. Yu Luosha, who has been with Li Changxiao for a long time, has already experienced this. She is not surprised, but very touched. She suffered humiliation and calculation in the world during her lifetime, and only after death did she experience some freedom in the world.
Following the master is enough, but she also has troubles. The longer she follows, the more she can understand that the master keeps a certain distance from everyone, and no one can accompany him all the time.
The little donkey is hot after all. He didn't learn the leg skills, but he learned some mind skills and a few sets of running skills. His endurance is much stronger, but when there is no one at night, he will look for Luosha to play.
Time passes.
The little donkey gradually grew fatter and the days passed quickly. Its favorite kite broke several times, but was repaired by Li Changxiao. It developed an affection for the kite and nudged Li Changxiao with its head, wanting him to help keep it.