On the way back to Xiling Mountain from Jiangzhen, Xiao Jiu was always depressed, and Fengxi looked strange.

Finally, at noon one day, I couldn't help but ask.

"Xiao Jiu, something seems wrong with you! This time I went down the mountain, but I encountered a setback? ”

Xiao Jiu was originally depressed, and he didn't eat a few bites of food, so he just lowered his head and pondered.

Hearing Feng Xi's question, he came back to his senses, only to realize that he had unknowingly crushed all the food in the bowl.

"I ......" Xiao Jiu originally had a stomach full of grievances in his heart, but when he really wanted to talk about it, he didn't know where to start.

"That's it, if you really don't want to say it, the senior sister won't force you, let's hurry up after eating! You've been down the mountain for half a month, and if you go back a day late, you'll be punished one more point. ”

Nodding, Xiao Jiu quickly pulled the rice chop in the bowl clean, wiped the corners of his lips with his sleeve, and then planned to leave.

"Senior sister, I'm full, let's go quickly!"

After walking for about seven or eight days, the group finally arrived at the foot of Xiling Mountain, Fengxi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, turned around and asked:

"Xiao Jiu! I have a question, how did you manage to avoid Senior Brother Confucianism and go down the mountain smoothly? ”

"Huh?" Xiao Jiuwan didn't expect that Fengxi would have such a question.

Glancing at the few brothers behind him, Xiao Jiu finally decided not to make it public.

"This matter is Xiao Jiu's secret, you can't say it, you can't say it, hehe!"

"You...... You stinky boy! It's a shame that I'm usually so good to you, that I even hide it from me! ”

After finishing speaking, Fengxi turned around in a dashing manner and strode towards the direction of Shimen.

Xiao Jiu hurriedly followed out panting.

"Senior sister! Senior sister, wait for me! ”

When the brothers behind him saw the two of them chasing after me, they immediately began to gossip in groups.

"You say that this Xiao Jiu is really stupid, you can't see it!"

"That's it, how obvious! Senior Sister Fengxi just likes him! ”

"Isn't it, when I learned that this kid escaped from the mountain, the most anxious person was Senior Sister Fengxi, who bore the brunt of going down the mountain in front of Uncle Jinchen and asking for orders, and along the way in order to find him who could not eat or sleep well."

Although the muttering of several people was small, they did not escape Xiao Jiu's ears, after all, his teleportation technique had been practiced to the point of perfection, and such a little distance would not be a problem.

It's just that when he learned that Senior Sister Fengxi liked him, Xiao Jiu's heart didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

However, before Xiao Jiu had time to think about this problem, a bigger problem appeared.

In the Qingyin Palace, Master Jin Chen was sitting on the main seat with a serious face at the moment.

The eyes of a certain master on the chair next to him were even more fierce, as if he was eager to eat Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu was so frightened that he knelt in the hall, didn't dare to say a word, and waited quietly for the hair to fall.

"Xiao Jiu, do you know what's wrong?"

"The disciple knows that he is wrong, and he is at the mercy of the master." After finishing speaking, Xiao Jiu immediately kowtowed, looking well-behaved.

Before Jin Chen on the main seat could speak, Qing Yuan on the side had a rough voice, and the Hedong lion roared:

"Do you know you're wrong? You rebel! There should be a limit to playfulness! Flouting the rules of the door so much, is this how the teacher teaches you on weekdays?! ”

The more Qing Yuan thought about it, the more angry he became, and the louder he scolded, so frightened that Xiao Jiutou didn't dare to lift it, and kept kneeling on the ground and trembling.

"Okay, Senior Brother Qingyuan, don't be too angry." Seeing Qing Yuanqi's face red and red, Jin Chen on the main seat also had to speak out to stop it. "But Xiao Jiu, don't blame your master for being so angry, you are really too stubborn! is so unskilled in learning and escaping down the mountain, in case there are three long and two short, how do you want me Xiling Mountain to explain to your father? ”

"That's it! Xiao Jiujiu~ What you Jinchen said is right! You're so naughty! ”

Liao Yuxing, who was sitting on the right side, saw that the atmosphere was so tense, and couldn't help but speak out to ease the atmosphere.

"Xiao Jiu knows that he is wrong, and he doesn't ask for forgiveness, but he asks for punishment."

At this moment, Xiao Jiu's heart is like ashes, his beloved is married, and he is still the person he has always regarded as a brother.

This time I went down the mountain, and I almost lost my life.

It can really be said: the rivers and lakes are sinister, and people's hearts are unpredictable!

Since both the master and the master wanted to punish themselves, then he simply accepted it calmly, anyway, he was already a dead heart, and he was not afraid of any punishment.

"Reprimand? Hum! You ......"

"Senior Brother Qingyuan!!" Without waiting for Qing Yuan to say anything more, Jin Chen had already stopped it again.

Then his face softened a little before he continued: "Xiao Jiu, this seat is not just bent on punishing you, but wants you to remember that no matter when, you are my disciple of Xiling Mountain, and you must abide by the rules of the door and not exceed the rules!" Do you understand? ”

"Xiao Jiu understands."

Hearing his pertinent reply, Jin Chen spoke again:

"Fengxi, Shaoqing, you take Xiao Jiu to the ancestral hall to find your uncle Yuanyuan, and give him a punishment!"

This kind of punishment is the most fair and just, if Xiao Jiu is handed over to Qing Yuan, I am afraid that the punishment will be too much.

She knows Senior Brother Qingyuan the best, and at this moment he is angry, and it is inevitable that he will not be light or heavy.

"The disciple obeys."

Hearing that Shizun arranged it like this, Fengxi also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, she didn't want Xiao Jiu to be punished too heavily, Shizun arranged it like this, Uncle Yuyuan is a person with clear rewards and punishments, and he will not be as extreme as Uncle Qingyuan, and it will also make Xiao Jiu suffer a little bit of flesh and skin.

The Wu Ling faction has always had strict rules, and it is not without precedent for disciples to flee down the mountain privately, and after learning about this, Yu Yuan couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Xiao Jiu, can you really withstand any punishment?"

"Yes, uncle."

Sighing, Yu Yuan had no choice but to take a few whips from the shelf.

"There are gold, silver, and hemp whips in this seat, and you can choose for yourself!"

Without waiting for Xiao Jiu to speak, Feng Xi hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"Uncle Yuyuan, Xiao Jiu just escaped down the mountain, how many whips are you going to punish?"

"Five golden whips, ten silver whips, and twenty hemp rope whips! For a practitioner, this is nothing. ”

Hearing this whip count, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart, "Then the silver whip!" ”

"Hmm!" Nodding, Yu Yuan hurriedly beckoned his disciples, tied Xiao Jiu's hands and feet to the bench, and prepared for execution.

At this moment, Xiu Li, who learned of Xiao Jiu's return, hurried over and finally rushed over.

Broken steps forward, kneeling on the ground and saying:

"Master Yuyuan forgives me, I beg you, let my son-in-law go! Xiuli is willing to take the place of my son-in-law and bear the whipping! ”

Xiao Jiu didn't expect that at this time, Xiuli was willing to be punished for himself, which was really rare. In any case, it was his own idea to flee down the mountain without him, how could he let a woman accept punishment instead of him!

"Sister Xiuli, go back quickly, Xiao Jiu is responsible for doing things alone, and he will never affect the innocent! Uncle! Let's go! The disciple is ready. ”

"Nope! Don't hit our son-in-law, don't! ”

Yuyuan was almost used to such a scene, and after Feng Xi on the side came back to his senses, he immediately pulled Xiu Li who was blocking in front of Xiao Jiu aside.

Originally, it was just a matter of a few whips, although she couldn't bear Xiao Jiu to be punished, but if Xiao Jiu hadn't been whipped today, she would return to the Qingtian Palace, maybe Uncle Qingyuan would punish him again!

For the sake of the overall situation, she couldn't let Xiuli stop her.

"Xiuli, I know that you are thinking about Xiao Jiu, but you have to think about it carefully, since Shizun let Xiao Jiu come here to receive the punishment, she has her own reasons, and no one can bear the mistakes he made on his behalf!"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiuli finally stood in place, affirming Fengxi's statement.

The silver whip was withdrawn, for Xiao Jiu, a person who had no internal strength to cultivate his body, it was simply miserable, and every whip on his body seemed to be carved into the bone marrow.

In the end, I only felt a numbness behind me, and I could hardly feel any pain.

"Childe!!"

Looking at Xiao Jiu's open back, Xiu Li's heart seemed to tremble.

It wasn't until the last whip fell that Xiuli immediately stepped forward, and before he had time to wipe away the tears on his face, he hurriedly helped untie all the ropes on Xiao Jiu's body.

"There is Uncle Lao Yuyuan."

Feng Xi on the side took advantage of the unpreparedness, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said to Yu Yuan, who was collecting the whip.

"It's okay, it's all within your part, if you make a mistake one day, this seat will never show mercy~"

One sentence made Feng Xi laugh out loud.

"Senior Sister Fengxi...... I was tired of reporting to Uncle Jinchen, and I said...... Xiao Jiu has already been punished......"

Supported by Xiu Li, although Xiao Jiu trembled in pain, he still saluted to Fengxi politely.

"Go back and raise it! You don't have to worry about the rest! ”

After finishing speaking, Feng Xi immediately turned around and left without looking back.

Maybe as she gets older, she becomes more and more sensitive! She didn't know what kind of affection she had for Xiao Jiu, she used to only treat him as a child and only take care of him as a junior brother. However, gradually he grew up, and the relationship between them became closer and closer, and now she is not sure what she thinks about Xiao Jiu.

Instead of figuring it out, just think that you are in the same state of mind as before, and don't think about it too much, so that you won't be troubled.

But when Fengxi rushed back to the Qingyin Palace, there was no one in the hall for Jin Chen and the others.

"Senior sister is here to find Uncle Jinchen, right? Uncle Shi has already returned to the Splendid Pavilion. "A little boy walked in from the door, twelve or thirteen years old, very cute. Speaking is even more smart and beautiful, just like Xiao Jiu who just went up the mountain a few years ago.

"Thank you, junior brother, for taking your leave."

After finishing speaking, Feng Xi couldn't help pinching the little boy's meaty little face, and then crossed it and walked out of the gate of the Qingyin Palace.

"Senior sister, go slowly."

When he returned to the Splendid Pavilion, Jin Chen was meditating in the hall, and Feng Xi stepped forward lightly and saluted:

"Master, Fengxi has completed the task of handing over you to the disciple, Xiao Jiu received ten whips, and was helped back to the meditation room by his maid."

Jin Chen didn't reply immediately, but slowly opened his eyes, looking at Fengxi with sharp eyes.

Her apprentice, she knows best.

From the tone of her narration, she could clearly feel her intolerance and distress for Xiao Jiu.

"Do you know why Xiao Jiu was punished today?"

"Flee down the mountain, flout the rules." Although she felt sorry for Xiao Jiu, it was also Xiao Jiu who made mistakes first.

"More than that!"