(v) Silence
said that it was too late, and Sun Weifeng also drew his sword and prepared to parry. But Sha Xiaotong hurriedly withdrew his attack, took the sword back into the scabbard, and came out with a respectful look and said: "I'm sorry teacher, there are ghosts wandering in this grotto, I thought you were a ghost to ask for your life, so I took action to defend myself and asked the division commander to atone for your sins." Then he bowed deeply.
From this scene that just happened, Sun Weifeng really had a sense of anger rushing into his heart. But from the flying stone attack just now, it is enough to see that Sha Xiaotong is definitely an excellent apprentice, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes is very sincere, Sun Weifeng didn't want to have an unpleasant relationship with Sha Xiaotong, so he also took back his sword and put his hand behind his back to look like a division commander, and deliberately said: "Forget it, what happened just now should have never happened, but I haven't seen any ghosts since I entered this grotto, are you too nervous." ”
In this regard, Sha Xiaotong said: "Actually, the apprentice himself often comes to this grotto, and he has indeed seen ghosts haunting him in the past. ”
Sun Weifeng didn't expect Sha Xiaotong to visit here often, but the problem was that Sha Xiaotong had been training before he met him, and it was impossible for him to be allowed to enter and leave the grotto freely, so Sun Weifeng asked curiously: "So who are you mourning for?"
was asked by Sun Weifeng like this, Sha Xiaotong had already thought of it, so he blurted out after a little hesitation: "It's a fellow villager when he was exiled in the past." ”
Sun Weifeng thought to himself: Fellow countryman, he actually sobbed softly for his past friends, it seems that the relationship must be very good, maybe I should ask him about it, but it is getting late, let's see Gao Tangqiu first.
Sun Weifeng said: "Okay, that's the end of today's business, you go back to the dormitory to prepare, change into clean clothes, and then wait for me in front of the headquarters gate, and take you out for a fun ride at night." When the words fell, Sun Weifeng thought that Sha Xiaotong should not have been out of the headquarters for many years, so he gave Sha Xiaotong a smile again: "Let's go out with the master, if the ghost really wants to take people's lives, they can't kill it with just a short sword." ”
After Sun Weifeng and Sha Xiaotong left the grotto, Sun Weifeng sent Sha Xiaotong up the mountain, and he came to the resting place of the retired demon envoy.
If you think about it according to common sense, the retired demon envoys are very old. If it is an ordinary person, they will definitely want to live in a quiet and comfortable environment, and the headquarters also allows retired demon envoys to have a free life, and even have their own home, but those retired demon envoys choose to stay in the dark headquarters to continue their work.
Sun Weifeng is not incomprehensible about this, just like Gao Tangqiu said: The outside world is too sinister, and he can't do anything except the monsters of his life, except for the demon eradication, and he still has a more familiar feeling in the headquarters.
However, Sun Weifeng felt that when he was the same age, he should look around, and even if he died, he should die in a place full of sunshine. It's just that Sun Weifeng didn't say these thoughts again, he knew that sealing the demon made him absolutely impossible to say that he was dead, which was equivalent to imposing a curse on himself.
Gao Tangqiu's room is in a few dimly lit paths, and the houses here are all two-story buildings, because they are supervised by the headquarters, there are no items placed outside or inside the building, and it is impossible for outsiders to know which rooms are occupied and which rooms are vacant.
There was no light on the streets, and because the mountains blocked the sunlight, the whole street looked dark and damp. Sun Weifeng walked slowly through the cemetery-like street, and there was no sound around him, only the occasional creaking of wooden windows.
Sun Weifeng's division commander Gao Tangqiu, Sun Weifeng still remembers the first time he met him. At that time, he was like Sha Xiaotong, he didn't dare to speak out, and even let himself not make any superfluous movements, so that he was like a wooden man. It was not the first time Gao Tangqiu had led an apprentice at that time, and he saw Sun Weifeng's heart: a student who had just graduated, a nervous and worried about future changes.
Sun Weifeng thought that Gao Tangqiu would be as strict and ruthless as an instructor, but at the Spring Festival celebration that he went out for the first time, Gao Tangqiu directly took himself to the tavern to drink, you must know that alcohol is strictly forbidden in the headquarters, and he took himself directly to the tavern like that! Since then, Sun Weifeng has never respected a person, that person regards him as his friend rather than a competitor, and he is not a dog struggling in hell training.
At the Spring Festival of that year, Sun Weifeng fell in love with a jade pendant, which was carved with the appearance of a puppy, he had always liked dogs, he stopped at that stall, Gao Tangqiu saw his thoughts, and immediately bought the jade pendant to him. Sun Weifeng has always cherished it, and always hung it around his neck, until a hunt, the claw stinged and grabbed his neck, and then Sun Weifeng immediately fainted, and when he woke up again, Sun Weifeng was in the grass hut of a female alchemist, and Gao Tangqiu was by his side. Sun Weifeng touched his neck, the jade pendant was nowhere to be found, he looked at Gao Tangqiu again, Gao Tangqiu smiled, and told himself that everything was fine, Sun Weifeng's neck did not leave any scars, and the jade was used as medicine to heal the wound on Sun Weifeng's neck.
Since then, Gao Tangqiu began to be strict with Sun Weifeng, and he also worked harder to teach Sun Weifeng every move, and Sun Weifeng also found that Gao Tangqiu was becoming more and more old. After the second time he finished the safari post, Gao Tangqiu retired, and Sun Weifeng officially became a demon envoy.
Sun Weifeng came to the door of a slightly dilapidated brick house, went up to the second floor, and knocked on the innermost door.
There was a sound of shoes rubbing against the floor, and when the door opened, an old man came into view.
The old man was hunched over, his right hand was on crutches, his legs were trembling slightly, and his wrinkled face was squinted with a pair of godless eyes.
This old man is Sun Weifeng's division commander Gao Tangqiu, Sun Weifeng still remembers when he first met Gao Tangqiu, at that time he didn't have so many wrinkles on his face, there was still a stubble on his chin, a pair of bright eyes are always full of confidence in the future, this old man not only taught himself the skills of fighting but also made him who he is today, rather than an emotionless weapon. This father-like man is so old now, and the former strong warrior now seems weak, and all this happened in a few years, Gao Tangqiu aged so fast that Sun Weifeng couldn't help but think of being cursed, but Gao Tangqiu always avoided talking about it, in fact, Gao Tangqiu almost didn't speak anymore now, as if he would pay a lot of effort to say a word.
Gao Tangqiu waved his hand to let Sun Weifeng enter the room, the light in this room was dim, and it was a cooking room when he entered the room, the black stove seemed to have not been used for a long time, and the vegetable leaves in the bucket of vegetables were already a little shriveled. Since Gao Tangqiu picked up his crutches, he was assisted by the attendant to eat, and these dishes may have been picked by Gao Tangqiu who wanted to try to cook for himself, but why did it stop abruptly I am afraid that he can't even cook now.
Further down the house is the bedroom, which is slightly brighter, and there are clean sheets and quilts on the clay kang. Gao Tangqiu lay on the bed and looked at Sun Tangqiu without saying a word, and Sun Weifeng also sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Gao Tangqiu after boiling a pot of hot water. In the process, Gao Tangqiu's expression changed slightly with the story told by Sun Weifeng, and he opened his mouth slightly several times but wanted to speak and stopped, and finally, Gao Tangqiu drank the cup of tea, and his eyes immediately closed, this scene frightened Sun Weifeng, after confirming that Gao Tangqiu was just asleep, he covered him with a quilt, and after looking at his old face for a while, after seeing that it was completely dark outside, Sun Tangqiu simply cleaned the room and took the dried vegetables and poured them out...