The heavy snow has been falling from morning to night, and the momentum has not stopped.

Chen Qinghe, wearing an apricot-colored robe, stood in front of the window, watching the snow spread layer by layer on the courtyard, the walls, the treetops, and the distant mountain peaks.

Chen Qinghe was fascinated, and the dense snowflakes blurred his vision, only to hear him mutter: "You, cold as frost, as clean as ice and snow, like a high immortal, don't even want to look at me, what is so good about that rebellious boy, you are fortunate to always be by your side." With a long sigh, he frowned and closed the window.

Coincidentally, the window of Chen Qinghe's residence was facing the direction of the tomb of the living dead at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

The mountains are misty, and the flowing fog is like the person's fluttering, like snow, and the sleeves of the clothes that are not stained with dust, Chen Qinghe is inevitably fascinated.

Chen Qinghe cleaned up his wishful thinking a little, walked to the table with a slight frown, sat down slowly, and drank a cup of cold tea.

Today's tea has a really bitter taste!

At this moment, Chen Qinghe heard the sound of "creaking" and "creaking" outside, and then there was movement outside the door, only to hear the people outside the door: "Senior Brother Qinghe, are you awake?" Senior brother has brought you food. Open the door! ”

Listen to the sound and distinguish people, there is no doubt that there is a deer outside the door.

Chen Qinghe felt that the headache was even worse, he hesitated on the stool for a while, and said, "Senior brother, wait, this is coming!" "Go to the door and let Lu Qingdu in.

Lu Qingdu walked in with a smile on his right hand and a pat on his belly with his left hand, and said kindly: "Senior brother, are you better?" Oh, the snow outside is really big, listen to a few ancestors, it's rare to meet in decades! Put the steaming meal on the table, set it all the way, and greet politely: "Come, hurry up and eat while it's hot, and rest quickly when you're done, and get better quickly." ”

Chen Qinghe said: "Senior Brother Lao Lu is worried about me, a troublesome boy. ”

Lu Qingdu sat at the table, waved his hand, did not treat himself as an outsider, and said while drinking tea: "Where is this, it is all from the senior brother and the younger brother, no work, no work." Licking his mouth, he said: "Qinghe, why don't you even have hot water here, this cold day, you eat first, I'll pour you a pot." With that, he stood up and took the teapot and left, without giving Chen Qinghe a chance to speak.

Chen Qinghe held the chopsticks and wanted to sit or not, and saw Lu Qingdu running out with a fat belly, and he didn't even have time to close the door, and said in his heart: "It is really not easy for Lu Qingdu to be dedicated to this part." He sighed again, got up, closed the door, and sat down at the table to eat.

The meals were light, with rice and soup, which was still good.

Chen Qinghe sent longevity peach and rice noodles from the back mountain, occasionally felt cold, fortunately in the Chongyang Palace in the past two years of self-cultivation, martial arts practice, strong body, no major problems, but also fever and fatigue, rest for a whole day. The warm meal was just enough to fill his empty stomach. After eating, his spirits were much better and he no longer thought cranky.

Just put down the dishes and chopsticks, and Lu Qingdu came back.

Lu Qingdu glanced at the door when he closed the door and said, "Senior brother, you eat fast enough." ”

Chen Qinghe stepped forward, took the teapot, and thanked: "Thank you for taking care of Senior Brother today, Qinghe really can't help it, so hurry up and sit down to rest for a while." ”

Lu Qingdu said: "Senior brother, let's say less polite words between us." He sat down on the stool, took out two handfuls of melon seeds from his pocket, and said while eating: "You are only sixteen years old after the New Year, and you are old-fashioned in your speech, and you are not as lively as your senior brother and me, who are almost thirty years old. ”

Chen Qinghe said: "Thank you for your teachings. ”

Lu Qingdu said: "Look at it, it's here again, but chatting, don't be so restrained, I have to ask my master to tell Uncle Zhen, let him don't care about you so strictly, a good young man should become a little old man, come, hurry up and eat, I specially bought it with a salty and light taste." Let me tell you, let's be a Taoist, eat vegetarian every day, lack of oil and water in the stomach, can you not be weak, eat some melon seeds, replenish oil. ”

Chen Qinghe said: "Master is strict with me is good to me, my qualifications are not good, if I am not diligent, I am afraid that I will not be able to practice any fame, and I will lose the face of the master." ”

Lu Qingdu said: "That's right, Uncle Zhen is the first disciple, the future head of the teaching, right now, you are his only apprentice, if Uncle Zhen accepts apprentices again in the future, you are the senior brother, and if you don't learn well in your schoolwork, you can't succeed." ”

Chen Qinghe sighed: "Yes, even if it's not for myself, for my master, I have to do it." ”

Lu Qingdu said: "Senior brother, the so-called speed is not reached, you can't put too much pressure on yourself, this will be a bad thing, let's pay attention to pure cultivation, we must be quiet and inactive, the heart is like stopping water, the heart is chaotic, the foundation of internal strength will float, you have to remember!" ”

Chen Qinghe said: "Keep in mind the teachings of my senior brother. ”

Lu Qingdu took a sip of tea, and then said: "You see your senior brother and I, in terms of martial arts, in our four generations of disciples, I can't go up or down, but in terms of Taoism, I can be called this", raised his thumb, and continued, "So, don't hang yourself from a tree, this can't be done, change that, there is always one aspect that can learn to go out." ”

Chen Qinghe said: "What Senior Brother said is that Qinghe has been taught. ”

Lu Qingdu suddenly sighed at this time, and said gloomily: "However, your senior brother and I can't do anything like this, my martial arts foundation is broken, I can only study the Dao, I think back then, your senior brother and my kung fu are not bad." ”

Chen Qinghe was curious and asked, "Senior brother, what's going on?" How did you hurt your foundation? ”

Lu Qingdu said indignantly: "It's not that little bastard named Yang Guo, I don't know where I learned the evil skills, and I almost beat me to death when I compared it the year before last." Pay attention to Chen Qinghe's expression.

Chen Qinghe was really aroused and asked, "Senior brother, I often hear people talk about Yang Guo, what is he doing in the teaching?" ”

Lu Qing said curiously: "What, didn't Uncle Zhen mention it to you?" ”

Chen Qinghe shook his head and said: "Master mentioned Yang Guo, only said that he was a great rebel, and he always kept silent about the specific situation, and turned his head to remind me to respect the teacher and the teaching, and abide by the rules." Senior brother, can you tell me about Yang Guo? Let me figure it out? ”

Lu Qingdu was embarrassed and said: "This matter is a great shame for our Quanzhen Sect, it's not easy to say!" After Chen Qinghe showed an anxious look, he changed his words and lowered his voice and said: "Senior brother, senior brother went out to tell you in detail today, don't go outside to spread the legend, if this is known to our master or ancestors, we will not have good fruit to eat." Then he told Chen Qinghe how Yang Guo became a religion, how he apostatized, how he entered the ancient tomb and became a disciple of the dragon, and added fuel and vinegar to smear Yang Guo how stubborn he was, and took out his master Zhao Zhijing.

After hearing this, Chen Qinghe couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "He's so excessive!" According to the canon, it is punishable by death! ”

Lu Qingdu slapped his thigh and echoed: "It's not!" Yang Guo, that little brute, is the only one who has apostated since the establishment of our Quanzhen Sect, and his reputation is resounding! However, it's a shame to say this, you started late, so you can only listen to a few words. patted the melon seed skin on his body, and continued: "Since this happened, the master in our sect is afraid that there will be a second Yang Guo, and he will discipline the apprentices more strictly, I think, Uncle Zhen is so strict with you, and he has also been affected by this incident." ”

Chen Qinghe said: "In this case, I am really a disaster, alas, senior brother, since Yang Guo is so stubborn, how could the son surnamed Long in the ancient tomb accept him as an apprentice?" ”

Lu Qingdu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Things gather by like, people are divided by groups, Qinghe, the one in the ancient tomb is not a good character, don't look like a fairy, the surname Long has a strange temperament, and his martial arts are so high that he is evil, he almost slaughtered Uncle Hao back then, and threatened to pick the Quanzhen Sect, which is not easy to provoke, junior brother, I remind you, don't go to the back mountain if you have nothing to do, so as not to be born right and wrong, and it is not cost-effective to lose your life." ”

Chen Qinghe heard Lu Qingdu say this, looking at his expression, knowing that Lu Qingdu knew that he had gone to the back mountain, his heart tightened, and he lied: "However, the teacher's life is difficult!" ”

Lu Qingdu patted Chen Qinghe's shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, Senior Brother told you this to make you pay attention." Once, several ancestors remembered the relationship between our two families, and also sent rice noodles or something to the ancient tomb, which is a good thing, and it doesn't matter. However, there are a lot of broken mouths in our door, if they know that you often go to the back mountain, I don't know the inside story, I'm afraid they will gossip. ”

Chen Qinghe stood up and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for mentioning it." ”

Lu Qingdu's task was completed, and he didn't want to stay, so he said: "Senior Brother Qinghe, it's not early this day, you hurry up and rest, I'll go first, alas, there's no need to send it." He left on his own and went straight to Zhao Zhijing.

Zhao Zhijing asked, "Qing Du, how did you inquire?" ”

Lu Qingdu said: "Master, your guess is right, those things were indeed sent by Uncle Zhen to Chen Qinghe." ”

Zhao Zhijing said proudly: "I knew it was like this." He sat down again, put his arm on his arm and asked Lu Qingdu to pinch him, and then said: "Zhen Zhibing is so naïve to want to win over the Tomb Sect through such a small favor and small favor, and he doesn't want to think about it, how can the blood debt be worth a few steamed buns and flower rolls." He sneered with his long beard under his chin.

Lu Qingdu asked, "Master, what should we do then?" ”

Zhao Zhijing squinted, had a plan in his heart, and said: "Wait and see what happens, Qingdu, you continue to stare at Chen Qinghe, and in the future, when you find that the notes are still collected one by one, we will wait for the future, when Zhen Zhibing makes a mistake, add a fire to him, colluding with the ancient tomb is a taboo in our sect, and his first position will not be saved, and the remaining crooked melons and cracked dates are not your master's opponents." ”

Lu Qingdu grinned and said flatteringly: "Master, Gao Ming, Gao Ming!" Then he asked, "Master, what happened to Uncle Qiu's contact with that surnamed Long, should we let some rumors go out?" ”

Zhen Zhibing is the second disciple under the Qiu Division, they have already grabbed the apprentice's pigtails, if they poke out the master's inappropriateness again, then the Qiu Division's faction will be more or less affected.

When Yang Guo first entered the ancient tomb, Qiu Chuji had privately looked for the dragon and wanted to return Yang Guo. He originally wanted to compete with Long Yi with martial arts, but who expected that in the end, the two actually fought to a draw, and they didn't lose on the surface, but in fact they lost completely, and they no longer had the confidence to negotiate with Long, so they had to completely entrust Yang Guo to Long.

On that day, Qiu Chuji talked about it with Wang Chuyi, and it happened that Zhen Zhibing and Zhao Zhijing were present. Qiu Chuji and Wang Chuyi are not taboo about the two apprentices, and analyze the dragon's martial arts together. During the conversation, Qiu Chuji regretted that he was a step too late and did not bring Long, a martial arts wizard, back to the door.

It turned out that on the day of the dragon's crossing, when he cried for help, Li Mochou and the woman of the ancient tomb faction, and later the master of the dragon, and the Qiu Chuji of the Quanzhen Sect were all near the snow.

Because of this, only Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Zhao Zhijing and Zhen Zhibing knew that Long Shengchen was about to be in winter.

It is impossible for Qiu Chuji and Wang Chuyi, as elders, to lower their stature to send food to Long to celebrate his birthday, and Zhao Zhijing will not be so kind to help. Zhao Zhijing contacted the situation in the sect, so he guessed that the person who would do this was Zhen Zhibing, the purpose of which was to win over the people in the ancient tomb to become a future helper and ensure that the position of the first and the head of the sect was firm. Chen Qinghe, as Zhen Zhibing's only apprentice, has nothing to do as a substitute teacher.

Zhao Zhijing shook his head and said: "This is not good, your ancestor has a very good relationship with Uncle Qiu, offending Uncle Qiu is no different from offending your ancestor, we can't lose our real backer because of small profits." ”

Lu Qingdu said: "The master is transparent, and the apprentice has been taught." ”

Zhao Zhijing said: "You, you know that you have to use your brains to play tricks, and from tomorrow onwards, you will find someone to accompany Chen Qinghe to practice, and by the way, your stomach will be reduced, and this time I will not expect you to fight for me as a teacher." He brushed Lu Qingdu's hand away, stepped down from the couch, and tightened his belt.

Lu Qingdu asked, "Master, it's so late, where are you going?" ”

Zhao Zhijing shook his shirt and said as he walked: "Qingdu, friendship is discussed, today's snow is heavy, the night is lonely, I will go to talk to your Uncle Zhen around the fireplace at night, and learn a little hard." ”

Lu Qingdu understood and flattered: "Master, wait a minute, I'll go and prepare some side dishes for the two of you, and send them to the two of you when they're ready." ”

Zhao Zhijing patted the apprentice's fat belly and said with satisfaction: "The child is teachable, and the future is immeasurable, hahaha!" ”