"It should have been safe, they shouldn't have caught up so quickly." Chu Hongze, who was relaxed, said.

Qi Lao nodded in agreement, "Well, it's safe for the time being, but for the sake of safety, we can't stay here for too long, rest for a while and continue on our way." ”

"I understand, master." Chu Hongze naturally understands this truth.

Finally escaping the crisis, the three of them will inevitably relax, even though they know that safety is only temporary.

Being able to take a break, Chu Hongze looked at Qi Lao next to him and asked his own question: "Master, where have you been?" Why didn't I find you? ”

The sudden inquiry made Qi Lao's hand holding the trunk stiffen without a trace, and he half-squinted his eyes to look at his apprentice, seeing that he was only showing concern, and his heart was slightly relieved.

"I left the wedding when I had something to do, and I went to run errands." Regarding Chu Hongze's question, Qi Lao answered like this.

However, his vague answer was the same as not saying yes.

"Master, why don't you call the apprentice to come with you if you have something? How inconvenient is it to act alone, right? Although he said vaguely, Chu Hongze, who had always believed in him very much, accepted this statement.

What if you don't accept it? Anyway, what Qi Lao didn't want to say, no one could let him say it himself.

But being an apprentice is always thinking about his master, and accepting it is one thing, but this does not make Chu Hongze really settle down.

Especially at this time, the sharp-eyed Wen Ruyi found an abnormal dark mark on the clothes on Qi Lao's arm, and her experience as a doctor told her that this trace should be left after the blood stains dried up.

Thinking that Qi Lao might be injured, she sniffed the air intently again, and sure enough, she smelled a faint smell of blood.

Although the taste was light, she couldn't escape Wen Ruyi's sense of smell, she was too familiar with this kind of smell.

After hesitating for a while, Wen Ruyi still said his thoughts: "Master, you ...... But you're hurt? ”

As soon as these words came out, Qi Lao felt that his eyelids subconsciously jumped, and the injured right arm also reflexively contracted, and he hid behind him.

"Is there one?" Qi Lao didn't really want to tell the two people in front of him about his injury, especially his apprentice, who was known by his apprentice, and he would inevitably be nagged by him.

Therefore, he refused to admit that he was injured at first.

couldn't stand Wen Ruyi's nose, plus she had her own natural sensitivity to the smell of blood, and her observation was still meticulous, even if Qi Lao wanted to hide it, she still noticed it.

Wen Ruyi nodded affirmatively: "Absolutely, master, is your right arm injured?" ”

At the moment when Qi Lao was hiding his right arm, Wen Ruyi immediately deduced that the place where Qi Lao was injured was his right arm, "Master, don't cover it up anymore, I know everything!" ”

Her affirmative tone surprised Chu Hongze, but what was even more surprised was that Qi Lao was injured.

I saw Chu Hongze looking at Qi Lao anxiously, and asked anxiously: "Master, what's going on?" How could you get hurt? ”

In his cognition, the master is a very powerful existence, not to mention that there is anyone in the rivers and lakes who can beat the master, even if it is really a tie, with the master's ability, it is not more than enough to escape the birth?

How so, hurt?

"Master? What the hell is going on, tell me quickly! The more Qi Lao showed a casual expression, the more worried Chu Hongze became.

For him, Qi Lao is not just his master, more than ten years of earnest teaching, so that he has regarded Qi Lao as a family member, and now he heard Wen Ruyi say that Qi Lao was injured, how could he not be in a hurry?

"Yes, master, don't hide it anymore, what happened? How could you get hurt? Wen Ruyi also had a worried attitude, Chu Hongze called Qi Lao Master, and she shouted along.

What's more, she still likes this mysterious old man very much, after all, Qi Lao was also very good to her at the beginning, and they are still fellow villagers from the same place, seeing Qi Lao injured, she felt uncomfortable.

The two of them asked one after another to make Qi Lao look a little helpless, and finally he could only say, "Hey, it's just that I was accidentally scratched, you just asked me, I don't know what's going on, it's just a small injury, it's not a big deal at all, don't worry, it's okay." ”

The matter has come to this, but Qi Lao still chose to conceal it, he can't let his injury become a burden for the futile and Ruyi, if they know, needless to say, they will be worried and can't put it down.

"Accidentally...... Deceitful. However, Chu Hong Shize didn't believe Qi Lao's explanation at all, "Master, tell me honestly, where did you go in the days you disappeared?" ”

Qi Lao's concealment made Chu Hongze feel the nest fire, and when he was angry in his heart, the momentum of the people belonging to the royal family involuntarily exuded.

At this moment, although he was dressed as an ordinary person and sat on the branch of a tree in the woods with Wen Ruyi in his arms, the aura around him was full of strong oppression.

No matter how you say it, he is also the Rui King of the Dragon Teng Kingdom.

However, it is a pity that his sense of oppression has no effect on Qi Lao at all, and Qi Lao still looks like nothing has happened, "I was really accidentally injured, when did the teacher lie to you?" Have a little trust in your master, okay! ”

"Don't think about diverting the topic, master, your old man hasn't told you yet, where have you been these days?" Qi Lao's reaction was obviously to divert Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi's attention, but unfortunately, he did not succeed.

"Master, just tell us, you don't know, the prince returned to Mu Zirong's palace to find out your news, otherwise it would not have been discovered, master, don't let us worry, okay?" Wen Ruyi also interjected.

She and Chu Hongze's expressions both had a hint of sadness, but this appearance was the most unsightly for Qi Lao.

Qi Lao looked away, then waved his hand, and said with some irritability: "The teacher has not gone anywhere, so he has been staying in the city." ”

This time he didn't lie, because it was, and he stayed in the city and watched secretly.

"Really?" Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi couldn't help but be a little skeptical.

"Of course it's true! What kind of eyes are you two looking at, put it away, put it away. The suspicion of the two of them made Qi Lao's heart a little unhappy: "Why do you think that the teacher will lie to you?" Besides, what are you doing to deceive you? ”

"Because I've always been deceived by you before." Recalling the scene when he was a child, he followed Qi Lao to learn art, Chu Hongze couldn't help but roll his eyes, and he didn't have the slightest appearance from before.

Although Wen Ruyi didn't know what the situation was at that time, she still echoed Chu Hongze and said, "Master, we just care about your old man!" ”

"Hey, the husband and wife are up, aren't you?" Seeing that the two of them said one sentence to me, Qi Lao couldn't help but joke.

The word "husband sings and women follow" made Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi a little embarrassed, especially Wen Ruyi, two suspicious red clouds flew on her fair little face.

"Master, don't make fun of us." Chu Hongze couldn't help but smile bitterly, "You're shy if you don't look at Ruyi." ”

"Huh." Qi Lao laughed for a while, and then stopped making fun of them, "I have indeed stayed in the city all along, and I have been looking for you some time ago when there was chaos in the city." ”

"Looking for us?" Wen Ruyi was surprised.

"Well, after separating from Ze'er, I went to do errands while observing the situation in Mu Zirong's mansion, but then I heard that Ze'er left with Ruyi, so I went to look for you. But I've searched many times and haven't been able to see any of you, so I'm wondering if you've left here. Thinking back on his own experience these days, Qi Lao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Actually, Ruyi and I will leave because of the beads." After hesitating for a moment, Chu Hongze still truthfully explained the reason why he and Wen Ruyi left Mu Zirong's mansion, "Master, I once told you about Ruyi's beads, right?" ”

"yes, I know." Qi Lao gestured and motioned for Chu Hongze to continue.

Chu Hongze glanced at Wen Ruyi, and only after getting her permission did he continue: "At Mu Zirong's wedding, there was a sudden news that an assassin had broken into his mansion. So I took advantage of the chaos to find Ruyi, and checked the situation by the way, but I didn't expect to meet Mu Zirong who also came to find Ruyi, and then I fought with him, injured him while he was not paying attention, snatched his beads, and then left with Ruyi. ”

In this way, Chu Hongze slowly told Qi Lao about his experience with Wen Ruyi during this time.

Qi Lao listened carefully to his story, and after he finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ask, "Then are you getting one bead or two?" ”

"Only one." Thinking of this, Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi were a little disappointed, and the most disappointed of them was Wen Ruyi.

You know, they could have gotten two beads, but they only got one because of Wen Ruyi's own reasons.

"Just a bead?" Qi Lao pondered with his arms, his eyes fell on Chu Hongze and Wen Ruyi, and he drifted for a while, "Oh, you didn't get hurt when you snatched the beads from Mu Zirong at that time, right?" ”

Although they didn't know why Elder Qi would ask this, the two of them were still stunned after listening to his words, "This ......"

How could it be that there were no injuries?

Not only Chu Hongze, but even Wen Ruyi, a "weak chicken" who does not need to pay for combat effectiveness, was also seriously injured, of course, not as serious as Chu Hongze.