In the first year of Tianwu, the fifteenth day of the first month.

Shen Muzhi followed He Xian and Xuan Cheng out of Jinling without informing Shen Muping.

In the afternoon of the same day, a letter was delivered to the Shen family's ancestral temple outside the city and handed over to Shen Muping.

Shen Muping didn't open it, but smiled bitterly.

"Won't the eldest young master open it and take a look?" Uncle Lian asked softly beside him.

Shen Muping shook his head and said, "Muzhi is gone." ”

Uncle Lian was stunned for a moment, and then frowned: "Is he still blaming you?"

"Let him blame, it's what I owe him. After Shen Muping finished speaking, he carefully received the letter in his arms, and then turned his head to look at Uncle Lian and asked, "Did Mu Ye agree to that matter?"

When Uncle Lian heard this, he hurriedly replied, "I agreed." The old slave has already asked people to arrange it. ”

After hearing this, Shen Muping nodded with satisfaction: "When the time comes, remember to let Imperial Doctor Lin come over." ”

The old slave wrote it down. Uncle Lian responded.

"Push me to the back cemetery. Shen Muping said suddenly.

Uncle Lian looked at Shen Muping in surprise, and then quickly turned around and walked behind Shen Muping, pushed the wheelchair, and walked to the cemetery behind.

The sun is bright outside, but inside the cemetery, it always makes people feel cloudy.

The Shen family cemetery is not big. Behind the rows of cypress pines, most of them are empty cemeteries, and only a few cemeteries already have owners.

Uncle Lian pushed Shen Muping to walk among those cypress pines, and when he passed by a grave without a monument, Shen Muping suddenly raised his hand and signaled Uncle Lian to stop.

The wheelchair stopped, and Shen Muping turned his head to look at the grave, which was as simple as a small dirt bag, and his expression suddenly became complicated.

"Uncle Lian, do you know who is here?" Shen Muping suddenly asked Uncle Lian behind him.

Uncle Lian glanced at the tomb in front of him and hesitated.

Shen Muping seemed to guess Uncle Lian's expression at the moment, and without waiting for Uncle Lian to answer, he asked again, "Have you seen her?"

"Nope. I just heard the old man talk about it. Uncle Lian replied in a low voice.

Shen Muping looked at the tomb in front of him, smiled, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm really curious!"

Uncle Lian's expression changed slightly, he looked at the grave, and then at Shen Muping, with a somewhat tangled look in his eyes, and swept by.

Soon, it was getting late.

On the endless mirror lake, the sunset and the lonely bird fly together, and the autumn water is a long sky and a color, which is beautiful.

As the sun sets, the twilight slowly emerges from the mountains on the lakeside, gradually expelling the golden sunset inch by inch.

Mist wafts out from the depths of the lake.

The bright moon appeared quietly on the other side of the sky.

Under the moonlight, Mirror Lake is another beautiful scenery.

The deep lake, with the night breeze blowing, rippling and sparkling, is like the mysterious and dangerous beauty, which makes people salivate but dare not approach.

Suddenly, the light of the sword came by the moonlight, swept towards the surface of the lake, and went straight into the thick fog deep in the center of the lake.

There seemed to be a creature under the lake awakened by this sword light, hiding in the deep water of the lake, swimming slowly. Under the moonlight, looking from the surface of the lake, the huge shadow can be faintly seen, which is amazing.

The peach blossoms in the peach blossom forest have been thanked.

The wind swept through the forest, and the petals everywhere were rolled up, swirling in the moonlight.

"You live with me for the time being tonight, or live in the room where you lived, and I will take you to Jianshou Peak to see the master of the door early tomorrow morning, and settle the matter of your entry. In front of the wooden building, He Xian looked at Shen Muzhi and smiled.

Shen Muzhi nodded, and after thanking He Xian, he went to the house where he once lived.

Everything in the house is still the same as it was.

It was as if He Xian had expected him to come back.

The night passed quietly.

And Shen Muzhi didn't fall asleep all night.

Early in the morning of the second day, He Xian took him to Jianshou Peak.

There is something about Shen Muzhi's entry, in fact, when he was in Jinling, it had already been decided, and he came here today, but it was just a process. may also be because of this, the head of Leshan did not show up, and the person in charge of receiving them was the big disciple of the head of the house, Yun Qian.

The surname Yun is very rare, and Shen Muzhi vaguely remembers that it seems that only the Gulan Kingdom has this surname.

Yun Qian looked at He Xian about the same age, with a tall posture and a dignified appearance, but between his eyebrows and eyes he was not as gentle as He Xian, and he was a little cold.

After He Xian and Yun Qian saw each other, Shen Muzhi saluted Yun Qian again, Yun Qian glanced at him, did not respond, and then immediately looked at He Xian, and said, "Has Uncle Zhao of Zhengyang Peak sent someone to look for you?"

"Uncle Zhao?" He Xian looked at Yun Qian in confusion, shook his head and said, "No, what's wrong?"

Yun Qian replied: "Senior Uncle Zhao sent someone here before, and he hopes that Shen Muzhi will enter the name of Zhengyang Peak. ”

He Xian frowned in surprise: "Why?"

"I don't know about this, you have to ask Uncle Zhao yourself. Yun Qian said, stretched out his hand and handed over a jade plate: "Let's do this first." ”

Seeing this, He Xian had no choice but to put away the doubts in his heart, took the small jade card in his hand, and then turned to look at Shen Muzhi, and said, "I want to take a drop of your eyebrows and heart blood, it may hurt a little, you bear with it." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded and closed his eyes.

He Xian stretched out a finger and quickly tapped it on the center of his eyebrows. After a flash of golden light, a drop of blood slowly condensed in the center of his eyebrows, and Shen Muzhi's brows also wrinkled, and his face turned slightly pale.

He Xian carefully placed the jade plaque close to the center of his eyebrows, and after a light touch, the blood was immediately absorbed by the jade plaque. On the jade plate, the red light flashed away, and then a red line appeared in the jade plate, swimming slowly.

"It's a fate. He Xian saw Shen Muzhi open his eyes and look at the jade plate in his hand, so he explained with a smile: "This is convenient for the disciples in the door to grasp the safety of the disciples in the door at any time. After speaking, he handed the jade plate to Yun Qian.

After Yun Qian took it, he said, "Then the rest, let's wait until you go to Uncle Zhao." ”

He Xian nodded: "Okay, trouble Senior Brother." ”

"You're welcome. Yun Qian said politely and then stopped talking, and the meaning of sending off the guest was already obvious.

He Xian was naturally interested, and hurriedly took Shen Muzhi to say goodbye and left the hall.

When he got outside, He Xian asked Shen Muzhi, "Do you want to go and see Xia Ping?"

Xia Ping?

Shen Muzhi, who was a little distracted, suddenly came back to his senses, and after being stunned for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

"Then I'll send you there. He Xian glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Still thinking about your eldest brother and them?"

Shen Muzhi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Since you can't let go of it, why don't you go and see each other when you leave?" He Xian asked again.

Shen Muzhi shook his head: "I met, I don't know what to say, it's better not to see." ”

When He Xian heard this, he sighed helplessly: "Let's go, go find Xia Ping." After speaking, take the lead.

Shen Muzhi followed.

Xia Ping still lives in the pine forest.

When Shen Muzhi and they passed, he seemed to have gone to the forest and just came back, sweating profusely, hearing someone calling him, he turned around in surprise, and Shen Muzhi, who swept his eyes first, seemed to not recognize it at once, and went straight past Shen Muzhi and fell on He Xian, but halfway through this 'Brother He Xian' shout, he suddenly realized something, his eyes moved, and he looked at the figure standing next to He Xian again, and after being stunned, he was suddenly surprised.

"Brother Lin Xuan......" Xiaoping's eyes lit up.

Shen Muzhi looked at him, his originally depressed mood was also much better, and the corners of his mouth rarely showed a natural smile, and said, "Xiaoping, long time no see." ”

Actually, it didn't last long.

"You talk, I have something to do, I'll come back later. He Xian smiled and said to the two of them before leaving.

Shen Muzhi approached Xia Ping, looked at him, and said with a smile: "You have grown taller." ”

Lin Xuan smirked a little embarrassedly, scratched his head, and asked, "Brother Lin Xuan, where have you been during this time?"

"I went out and ran some errands. Shen Muzhi replied, then hesitated for a moment, and said, "Xiaoping, actually, my name is not Lin Xuan." My name is Shen Muzhi. In the future, you can call me Muzhi. ”

Xia Ping was stunned, then nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, Brother Mu." ”

Shen Muzhi looked at him, and his mood brightened a little. Xia Ping's smile is simple and clear, just like a child, without any impurities, which can just cure his melancholy mood at the moment.

"By the way, Brother Muzhi, I have been practicing the martial arts you taught me before, Grandpa Qin said, I practiced well. Saying that, Xia Ping seemed a little embarrassed, and his somewhat dark cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

Grandpa Qin, it should be the old man who lived with Xia Ping before, right?

Shen Muzhi thought about it and looked around, but he didn't see the old man. retracted his gaze, looked at Xia Ping with a smile, and said, "Then we have two tricks?"

Xia Ping was a little timid: "I definitely can't beat you." ”

"Martial arts is such a thing, you can't just practice it yourself, someone will fight against you, and you will progress faster. Besides, didn't Grandpa Qin say that you practiced well, you have to be confident. Shen Muzhi said, and he had already begun to roll up his sleeves.

Seeing him like this, Xia Ping hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, stepped back under his feet, and put on a posture.

Seeing this, Shen Muzhi laughed, and after rolling up his sleeves, he reached out and pinned the front hem to his waist, and then also put on a posture.

"You first. ”

Xia Ping's eyes were focused, his posture was standard, and after hearing the voice, his feet moved, and his figure was like a dragon, rushing straight forward.

A trace of surprise flashed in Shen Muzhi's eyes, and then, a punch had already arrived in front of him, and the fist wind came to his face, making people unable to open their eyes.

The corners of Shen Muzhi's mouth hooked, and his eyes swelled with intense interest. Then, leaning back, while easily avoiding the punch, he lifted his foot and kicked Xia Ping's waist.

Xia Ping hurriedly returned his hand to block, and with a bang, the whole person kicked back three steps in a row before he stabilized.

"Come again. Shen Muzhi stood up straight, stretched out his hand and hooked slightly.

Xia Ping's eyes were a little less cowardly, and when he saw this, he did not hesitate and rushed over again.

Sunlight shines through the sparse pine branches, dappling light and shadow on the ground. Two young figures shuttled between them, you came and went, fists to the flesh, and the muffled sound was occasionally mixed with Shen Muzhi's 'come again', full of joy.

It took half an hour for the two of them to finally stop.

Xia Ping was so tired that he lay on the ground, panting, and couldn't even speak.

Shen Muzhi sat next to him, also a little panting, but compared to Xia Ping, it was much better.

He looked up to the sun, felt the temperature of the sun falling on his face, and slowly closed his eyes.

Perhaps, this is where he belongs.