I don't know how long I walked until I noticed a narrow door at the end of the tunnel, and he held his breath and approached by the candlelight.

The door seemed to be tightly embedded in Qiang, and when he got closer, he found a small hole in the center, and when he approached this small hole, he saw a young man.

The boy was emaciated, his limbs were shackled, and with every movement his chains made a dull drag sound, his tattered clothes were covered with blood like a dying beast, and the corners of the room were littered with small pieces of hidden stones, which gave off a faint glow.

Qi Tianli looked at all this in front of him, the blood in his body seemed to be frozen, and a layer of coldness also passed around his body, and the voice was all made by this young man.

There was a sudden sound of light and urgent footsteps in the corridor, he came back to his senses, did not dare to stay here longer, ran out of the secret passage quickly, and walked back to the secret door silently, and his heartbeat gradually subsided.

The chaotic conversation was close to the province, as if someone was arguing, Qi Tianli controlled his breathing spacing, and listened to the conversation between the two with bated breath.

“...... It is tantamount to delusion that those people rely on their hidden ability to retry and try to eradicate our forces on their own. ”

"Hmph, after all, they don't know that the shrine maiden is just a cover......

"By the way, where is that 'container' locked up now?"

Someone came down the stairs, and he held his breath and hid in the dark, but fortunately the two of them did not notice him and hurried past him.

The conversation became indistinct as the two departed.

After a long time, the corridor was silent again, and his heart shook when he thought about the conversations he had just heard and the scenes he had seen.

But Qi Tianli still returned to his place and waited for his father and the middle-aged man to come out.

When he walked out, he didn't know if it was because the light in the dungeon was too dim, Qi Tianli looked at the sky outside, and felt extremely dazzling for a while.

After the middle-aged man and Qi Shun came out, he just glanced at Qi Tianli a few more times, then said goodbye to Qi Shun with a smile, and Qi Shun took Qi Tian out of the dungeon and embarked on the way back.

On the way back to the city, there was nothing to say all the way.

Seeing that Qi Tianli was silent, Qi Shun seemed to sense something, and said carefully: "I called you here today, in fact, to let you know once in a while, sooner or later, you will face these things like me." You've heard a lot of my conversations with them, but what do you think? Why don't you tell me? ”

Qi Tianli was silent for a long time, and finally looked at his father, whom he had always respected, and said, "Are you saying that I will handle these things like you and them?" ”

Qi Shun was stunned, hearing the irony in his son's calm words, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes: "I don't know what you saw today, but it must be something that makes it difficult for you to agree with and accept, there are so many regrets in this world that are beyond my power, all I can do is turn a blind eye." ”

Qi Tianli couldn't suppress his anger a little, and couldn't help but argue: "But their plan, can you really sit idly by?!" ”

The handsome young man still stood in place unmoved, looking at Qi Shun without retreating, and he was also the father he had always respected and admired from the bottom of his heart, General Qi who brought hope to Xiyue Country at the beginning!

"From the moment you stepped into that place where you didn't see the light, your legs and feet were already stumped." The boy's words were tinged with a hint of disappointment.

There was some nostalgia in Qi Shun's tone and Qi Tian's helplessness that he couldn't understand: "...... When I was the same age as you, I had this ambition, but then I took too many detours, and now, I am reluctant to let you go again. "Father's words are not hurried or hurried, but every word is indisputable majesty.

Turning his head, Qi Shun asked Qi Tianli rhetorically: "Then tell me, with your strength, what do you think you can do?" ”

The young man's voice came from behind him, although faint but unwavering: "Father, I will not follow their path, but I will not follow yours either." ”

Qi Shun raised his head suddenly, looked at the young man in front of him, and suddenly felt that his son had a thoroughness and sobriety that even he couldn't get to himself.

The empty street let out a low sigh and quickly disappeared into the wind.

When they returned home, the two fathers and sons never argued or talked to each other, but went about their own business, even as if nothing had happened in the dungeon today.

A few days of calm have passed, Qi Tianli has been under the guidance of his father before, he has already entered the military camp to experience, although he has not been a general who has commanded the three armies to command the formation, but when it comes to marching and fighting, there is still a strategy, and he has already matured like a fifteen-year-old boy.

When Qi Shun returned this time, he planned to leave his post and return home, and hand over all the things on the battlefield to the next generation, even with those grievances, how much he thought it would be good if he could bury all these things in the ground with his resignation.

But just like what he said to Qi Tianli before, there are many things in the world that backfire, and if he wants to avoid all this, the faster he will find him first.

Since he can't avoid it, he can only try to accept it, he thinks he knows this son well enough, he is the proudest in his life, and he has brought it up since he was a child, all his abilities are excellent, so good that he sometimes forgets that he is still a teenager now.

It was precisely because of this illusion that Qi Shun thought that his son would accept this, but the quarrel after going to the dungeon, or it could be called a rebuttal, made him understand that although his son has all his abilities very well, he is still a teenager after all, and he has never gone through so many detours, so his heart is still hot-blooded and has endless motivation.

He had the intention to give his son a detour to avoid, but his son didn't seem to want to accept it, but the more he was forced to do this, the more he might resist, it was better to wait until he thought it out for himself.

In the past few days, Qi Tianli has been practicing martial arts in the courtyard for more and more time, as a father, Qi Shun knows that he has something hidden in his heart, and he has not thought it out clearly, and he has nowhere to vent before he tosses himself like this.

Remembering that the army has been quite idle recently, it is better to find something for him to do.

Qi Tianli came to Qi Shun's study, and after the little guy who led the way in front of him entered the door to report, he respectfully welcomed Qi Tianli into the door, and then intimately withdrew and closed the door.

"Father."

Qi Shun's eyes never moved away from the book, and said calmly: "I have seen you always dancing with guns and sticks these days, don't you have something on your mind?" ”

Qi Tianli: "It's just that I'm used to leading troops to fight, and I'm cold and idle." ”

Qi Shun: "Oh? In that case, it is better to find you an errand for your father, and make you less idle. ”

Qi Tianli: "Father, please speak." ”

Qi Shun: "It's been another period of time since you came back, when you went to school in Tianyi Courtyard, the master in the courtyard valued you the most, if you have nothing to do these days, it is better to go to Tianyi Courtyard to see the master, and help Tianyi Courtyard do patrol work." ”

Qi Tianli replied: "Yes." ”

On a sunny day in winter, the birds chirp for a long time, and the scattered school houses are bright and clear under the shade of tree branches.

Qi Tianli walked out of a school building and looked back: "You can send it here." ”

The master, who was over half a hundred years old, looked at his most proud student with a complicated expression: "Your father must have also told you that it is better not to ask about some things." ”

Qi Tianli nodded lightly: "The student knows that he came here today just to catch up with the teacher." With that, he turned around and stepped on the path out of the academy.

Student A: "I've really had a headache listening to the lectures in the past few days, have you listened to everything the master just said?" ”

Student B: "Of course, my father and mother sent me to Tianyi Courtyard to let me learn from the past and the present, and cultivate myself, not to let me learn how to be lazy!" ”

Student A: "Hey, you're boring, by the way, I've heard something new recently, do you want to hear it?" ”

Student B: "What's the matter?" ”

Student A: "I heard that the shrine maiden who was retrieved by the high priest two years ago has already started studying, and it seems that the Blessing Ceremony should be held on time!" And I've heard that the shrine maiden is currently studying in Tianyiin! ”

Student B: "How do you know?" ”

Student A: "I've also heard from others, it seems that the witch came in to study for a few months and suddenly almost caused all the hermits to go out because of something, and in the end it was solved by the high priest, but the witch seems to be injured and has been recuperating from her injuries. ”

Student B: "Although the art of witch study is also located in Tianyiyuan, after all, it has a special identity, and besides, witches have never had any intersection with the outside world, so we can see it when we say we see it." ”

Student A: "That's right, but it's a good thing that the Fuyin ceremony can be held as scheduled." ”

Student B: "Even if it goes as planned, it will be four years from now." ”

Student A: "Then we have a hope......

The conversation of the young students gradually drifted away, and after listening to Li Zeyan, he set off a wave of points in his heart, and the new witch ...... He raised his head and took a deep breath of the indifferent and cold air, but there was a faint hint of irritability in his heart.

His life in the army for a long time had already separated him from the news in the banquet capital, and the news that he had found the new witch of the Chosen Daughter two years ago must have been shocking, and he wished that the whole country would know it, but he didn't know.

In the quiet courtyard, there was a strange sound suddenly, Qi Tianli, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has long been very good in both skill and hidden ability, and has long practiced the skills of deafness and clarity, last time in the dungeon, and now too.

He followed the sound and walked forward, raising his head, and a snow-white figure came into view.

The girl looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, muttering something to herself, not noticing that he was standing under the wall.