荒墟牧神 - 第51章 掌教枕邊人 - 錦書坊

ow to read..." Granny Zhu was surprised, then laughed. "An honest vixen, after all. Since you did not lay hands on Shen'er, but won him a stroke of fortune, very well then, your granny will not deceive you. Had you cultivated according to my annotations, you would certainly have deviated and died a death most wretched. Who told you to seduce my family's child?" Snow Fox shivered with dread, and thought, "Master Shen did not speak falsely; the old men and old women of their village are past masters of trickery and deceit, an old fox turned spirit!" Before long they came to Yincan Village, and Shen Mu was slightly taken aback: beside the village, no one knew when, a whole new village had appeared! This village was plainly newly built, far larger than Yincan Village, and magnificent in style, its towers and pavilions betraying a sense of luxury! The houses of Yincan Village were all of plain mud walls with thatched roofs, and sometimes leaked rain; on rainy days Shen Mu would often hold up a basin to catch the water dripping inside, and set beside this suddenly appearing neighboring village, Yincan Village looked shabby indeed. Granny Zhu's face darkened at once; without a word she led Shen Mu toward Yincan Village. And this new village stood right by the road at the village entrance; at this moment strange and uncanny folk came out of that village one after another and stood by the roadside, old and young, men and women. Each time Granny Zhu passed one, that person bowed low and said with the utmost reverence, "Madam." Even white-haired elders bent and saluted, respectfully calling her Madam, their looks and tones exceedingly humble. Granny Zhu's face grew greener and greener, and she said not a word, pulling Shen Mu by the hand all the way to Yincan Village; along this road Shen Mu heard several hundred 'Madam's, and was astonished beyond measure. At the village entrance, the village head and the alchemist were drinking tea, and opposite them sat a youth, also slowly sipping tea, with an old man standing beside him. "Madam," the old man said, bowing. The youth raised his head, and his voice was unspeakably aged as he said leisurely, "Youyou, have you no greeting for your Patriarch?" Granny Zhu's body went stiff; she halted, bowed, and made a salute: "Greetings, Patriarch." Elder Dianxing looked at Shen Mu and smiled until his eyes nearly closed. "Madam, is this your son?" Granny Zhu glared at him and said viciously, "Say that again and I will tear your mouth to shreds! Shen'er is a child I picked up, not my son!" Elder Dianxing wore a look that said he understood everything, and it made Granny Zhu's very gums itch. The alchemist smiled and said, "Granny, the good friends of the Nether Demon Sect have been here several days now, only they have not seen you, and they are unwilling to leave." Granny Zhu's face grew gloomier still. "Shen'er, go back to the village first." "Granny, you go back as well," the village head said calmly. Granny Zhu frowned, and the village head said softly, "Since you have entered the gate of our Yincan Village, you are one of Yincan Village. Your affairs are borne together by the people of Yincan Village." The youth opposite him sipped his tea and smiled. "Fellow Daoist is as overbearing as ever. When it concerns our sect's sect master, the sect master's widow, and the Sacred Canon, I fear Yincan Village cannot bear it, however much it may wish to."