Chapter 13: Father

Yuguo, Salt Water City.

It was late at night, the cold streets were long deserted, and most of the teahouses and taverns had closed, except for a few worn-out paper lanterns lit weakly at the door, swaying in the wind.

Mu Zixin carefully looked at every alley he passed, stroking the mottled walls, and his thoughts returned to the old days with his deep memories......

Twenty-five years ago, when she was five years old, her father's teahouse opened, and the workers of the teahouse set up a small float for her......

Twenty years ago, she was ten years old, with outstanding talent, and her father's tea business was also in full swing, and even got the appreciation of Ziyun Mountain......

Fifteen years ago, when she was fifteen years old, her father had become a famous businessman in the Seven Kingdoms, and she fought with the army in all directions, and then participated in the Fengyun Pavilion Ring Tournament and won the first place, and her future is limitless......

Thirteen years ago, when she was seventeen years old, Ziyun Mountain was still the Ziyun Mountain of the past, and the teahouse was still the teahouse of the past, but before she knew it, it was a thing......

Ten years ago, when she was twenty years old, her master passed away, the teahouse closed down, and she was deprived of her position as a "traitor" and expelled to the northern frontier......

Ziyun Mountain once gave her endless glory, but it also finally drove her into the endless abyss.

The three of them walked down the winding alleys until they came to a dilapidated teahouse on the corner, dusty on the railings and windowsills in front of the door, and a few pots of flowers at the door. Although it has closed, it can still be reminiscent of a bleak business, Mu Zixin hesitated, stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, but no one responded for a long time.

"It's too late, maybe your father has already gone to sleep. Ling Mu comforted from the side.

"Looking at it like this, it's not necessarily necessary to move away," Mu Zixin turned around in frustration as he looked at the painted door plaque above his head, "Forget it, let's go." ”

She was about to leave when she suddenly heard a sound of footsteps in the room, and then a faint light turned on.

"Who is it?" came the voice of an old man in the room.

"Daddy, I'm Zixin!"

Mu Zixin threw herself on the door excitedly, and tears almost burst out.

The door creaked open, and an old man with gray hair and blank eyes staggered out on crutches.

"You...... Looking for whom?"

Mu Zixin looked at the crutches in his hand, which she made for him on his father's birthday many years ago, she still remembered the scene that day, when her father was still very young and didn't need this thing at all, when she gave him this gift, he also pretended to be angry and asked her if she wanted to let him grow old early and no one could take care of her?

She smiled but did not speak, she already had a bad premonition at that time, but she was afraid to tell her father, she was afraid that one day she would leave forever, leaving him alone in this world, and when he was old she would no longer be able to take care of him......

So she made a crutch for her father, so that even if she is not there one day, the crutches can still be by her father's side instead of her......

Mu Zixin hugged him, it has been ten years, but her father is old and she almost can't recognize it, and her mother died because she gave birth to her, but she has never lacked love. Her father raised her, and in her memory, her father had a handsome face, always amiable, always full of vitality like a big boy, brought her warmth like sunshine, guarded her, laughed with her, teased her, comforted her when she was depressed, and was by her side when she needed it.

"You...... Looking for whom?"

The old man asked with some trembling.

"Daddy, I'm Mu Zixin," her tears finally couldn't help flowing, and finally saw her longing relatives again, although she didn't expect her father to become so old, but she still showed a relieved smile, "Daddy, I'm back." ”

After being silent for a long time, the old man suddenly asked, "Who is Mu Zixin?"

She let go of the old man with some surprise and took a step back, and by the faint light she could see that the old man in front of her was wrinkled, his hair was messy, and he had a severe hunchback, and the whole person trembled as if a gust of wind could blow him down. She looked into his eyes, and in her memory her father's eyes were always bright and hopeful, but the old man in front of her was blank and emotionless, as if he had long been cut off from the world.

"Young master, you shouldn't have recognized the wrong person, right?" Ling Mu asked cautiously, in his impression, Mu Zixin's father was a hearty young man, although he was not from a famous family, but at least he was a wealthy businessman with a little fame, neatly dressed, generous and decent, and his temperament did not lose those princely generals. So he didn't believe that the disheveled old man in front of him would be Mu Zixin's father.

"No, he is indeed my father. Mu Zixin said firmly. She believes that the dearest person, the person she misses the most, the person who remembers with her life, that feeling will never be forgotten, even if she is old and unrecognizable, she will be able to remember.

"But I don't have a daughter. He said it almost without thinking.

Mu Zixin was stunned in place, and a smile froze on his face.

"You have a daughter, your daughter is Mu Zixin," she explained a little flusteredly, "Daddy, it was all my fault ten years ago, and I left before I could say goodbye to you...... But my daughter is in trouble! Daddy, just forgive your daughter!"

"My daughter, who died ten years ago. The old man said calmly, as if he were talking about something unrelated.

"You...... Say what?"

"My daughter is dead a long time ago, and it has nothing to do with me!"

Mu Zixin's eyes widened in shock, and his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't speak.

Ling Mu on the side really couldn't stand it anymore, and stepped forward to cross between the two, looking at this dry old man with some anger.

"Old man, if you're angry......"

"Why should I be angry with the dead and the dead? It's not easy for everyone to live, don't you say, why do you think about the dead all day long!"

He shook his head helplessly, turned around and prepared to walk into the house.

Mu Zixin reacted suddenly, stretched out her hand and pointed at the back of his neck, from just now she felt that there was something wrong with her father's eyes, that kind of look she had seen ten years ago, and she would never forget it in her life! She began to use her internal force to sense the breath in his body.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for her to feel something abnormal, and what she found inside her father made her shudder.

"Ling Mu, you guys are doing such a dirty thing behind my back!" she turned to glare at Ling Mu, a golden light flashed across her fingertips, and before Ling Mu could react, he was locked in his throat and hung up.

Jade lock finger?

Ling Mu was inexplicably locked by her move, and he only felt that the sky was spinning and his mind was buzzing, and he used his remaining strength to kick desperately in midair. Hong Bin on the side was also stupid by this scene.

"Young master, you ...... If you want to kill your subordinates, give a reason...... Okay, so that the subordinates can understand the ......"

"Why, don't you know what you're doing?"

"Less...... Subordinates ...... Loyal to you all these years...... Heartbroken, no ...... Didn't do anything right...... Don't be your business......"

Ling Mu's voice became smaller and smaller, as if he was about to lose his breath at any moment.

"Loyalty? Loyal will give my father 'Forgetfulness'?"

Ling Mu's eyes widened in surprise, his face was incredulous, and he wanted to explain, but he was helplessly clamped tightly by Mu Zixin, his body had no strength, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

"Wait a minute!"

Hong Bin suddenly rushed up and used all his strength to hit the arm that Mu Zixin grabbed Ling Mu, Mu Zixin was also a little uneasy, and when he hit him, his internal strength was sluggish, and he suddenly withdrew the hand that was clamping Ling Mu, and Ling Mu fell heavily to the ground and coughed desperately.

"You're crazy!"

Mu Zixin came back to his senses and shouted at Hong Bin.

"It's you who is crazy, sect leader! one second you were fine, but the next second you suddenly want to kill someone!"

"Young Master...... You...... Don't you still want to believe your subordinates?" Ling Mu lay on the ground exhausted, cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead, Mu Zixin's move just now was indeed a killer, and he also felt the anger in her heart.

"How can I believe you?'Forgetfulness' is unique to Ziyun Mountain, and it is a hundred poisonous taboos! Even the sect leader can't use it casually! If you want to use this poison, you have to ask for the approval of the Elder Pavilion, and the Great Elder will exercise it personally!" Mu Zixin looked at him almost in a broken down, "Without your approval, how could my father eat Forgetful?"

"How is it possible? Young master, it is impossible to forget the encounter! Maybe the old man is old and doesn't remember ......."

"Shut up! How could my father not remember her daughter? If you don't believe me, come and try it yourself!"

Leng Mu stood up and walked in front of the old man, although his body was still a little trembling, he tried to run his internal force, and after a while, he really felt a trace of forgetfulness in his body, although it was faint but very clear.

"This ......"

"What else do you want to quibble about now?"

"Back to the young master, this matter is not the affection of the subordinates, but please believe that this is definitely not the work of the subordinates, and it may also be that others have stolen and forgotten the ......"

"Ziyun Mountain is heavily defended, who ...... it"

Mu Zixin was about to have a seizure, but suddenly it seemed as if she remembered something, she looked at Ling Mu, Ling Mu and her looked at each other The moment she suddenly woke up, and at the same time felt a chill in her back, as if she remembered something terrible.

Mu Zixin suddenly burst out laughing, a miserable laugh pierced the night sky, she looked up at the starry sky, a few dark clouds covered the moon and stars.

"Yes...... Is she?"