Zhong Liying thanked him: "What Miss Sima said is that I will work hard!" ”

Sima Hongyan looked at Zhong Liying after hearing this, as if he was hesitating about something in his heart.

Zhong Liying saw that Sima Hongyan had something to say, so she said: "Miss Sima treats me with all sincerity, I am very grateful in my heart, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Sima Hongyan saw that Zhongli's English was sincere, so he said, "Okay." I do not understand something very clearly, and I want to ask you, but I am afraid that it will embarrass you, so I hesitated for a long time just now, and I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

Zhong Liying said calmly: "I have told the girl about my life experience, what else can't I tell you?" ”

Sima Hongyan nodded and asked, "After I have seen your martial arts, I found that you and my little sister Ban Lingruo's martial arts routines are extremely similar, I wonder if you have ever learned the same kung fu?" ”

Sima Hongyan's question surprised Zhong Liying, and he looked at Sima Hongyan blankly, not knowing how to answer.

Ban Lingruo also saw Zhong Liying and Mo Shao fighting, but didn't find any similarities. Hearing Sima Hongyan ask, his curiosity soared. Asked Sima Hongyan and said, "Sister." What did you say? Am I similar to Miss Zhongli's martial arts routines? How is this possible? I learned my martial arts from Yixiang Valley, and I haven't learned any other martial arts before or since. What's more, I also saw Miss Zhongli's kung fu, but I didn't find any similarities? ”

Sima Hongyan said to Ban Lingruo: "What you said is that there is no similarity in the moves, and I admit that you are right." But each school of martial arts will have some unique routines, but others can't imitate them. ”

Ban Lingruo still didn't understand Sima Hongyan's words, and asked strangely: "Routine?" What routine? ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Let me explain it like this!" For example, Xiaomei, before each move, your body will lean forward and your steps will be wrong. In addition, although you use a long sword, the scabbard of your left hand will be used as a secondary attack, and you have a faint way of sword moves. Miss Zhongli is the same as you, but she uses dual swords, and the usage is similar to yours. And she will also lean forward when she makes a move, and her steps are wrong. Although these small movements are subtle, they must be habits that were formed unintentionally when you were learning martial arts. So I guess if you have practiced the same martial arts, you will form the same habits. ”

Ban Lingruo was stunned when she said these words, in fact, she didn't even pay attention to these little habits, but she didn't expect them to be remembered by Sima Hongyan in her heart.

Ban Lingruo thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's a coincidence?" ”

Sima Hongyan said with a smile: "It's not surprising that some people happen to have the same movements, for example, when a normal person holds a long sword, he will hold it at the balance point in the middle of the sword body, which is normal." But just as you both hold your swords close to the hilt, so that you can draw your swords and use the scabbard of your left hand as a weapon, so far I have only seen the two of you do this. ”

After Sima Hongyan finished speaking, Ban Lingruo and Zhong Liying subconsciously looked at the long sword in their hands, and sure enough, the position they held was indeed the same.

Even Ban Lingruo couldn't speak, just looked at Zhong Liying in surprise.

Zhong Liying didn't look at Ban Lingruo, she lowered her head and was silent.

Sima Hongyan saw that Zhong Liying didn't speak, so he said: "Miss Zhongli, I'm not embarrassed, if you don't want to say it, forget it." I also saw it by accident, so ......"

Zhong Liying suddenly interrupted her and said, "No, you're right. The provenance of the two of us in martial arts does have some origins. ”

Ban Lingruo was even more surprised, and asked, "Miss Zhongli, is it?" Have you also learned my Yixiang Valley's martial arts? ”

Zhong Liying didn't answer, but asked, "Class girl, may I ask what is your master's name?" ”

Ban Lingruo said: "Master has never told me her name, I only know that people in the rivers and lakes call her a lonely bird." ”

Zhong Liying smiled bitterly: "Alas! After all these years, she still refused to use her last name. I won't hide it from you, in fact, your master is my aunt who left home many years ago, Zhong Lique. ”

Sima Hongyan and the others were a little surprised!

Ban Lingruo was surprised, but still a little incredulous. Asked again, "Are you sure that my master is your aunt?" ”

Zhong Liying said: "Actually, as soon as you said that you were a disciple of Yixiang Valley, I guessed that you might be my aunt's disciple." However, I did not have the keen observation of Miss Sima, and I found the similarities between the two of us from such a small place. If Miss Sima hadn't said it, I wouldn't have mentioned my aunt's matter. ”

Ban Lingruo said: "You just said that your aunt left home many years ago, and she still refuses to admit Zhong and leave home, what is going on?" ”

Zhong Liying recalled it well and said, "I only learned about my aunt when I accidentally listened to the conversation between my grandmother and my father. My father was not married when she left home, and my aunt was only eighteen years old at the time, and my aunt fell in love with someone at that time, and I don't know who it was, but my family was strongly against it. Later, her lover also left her aunt without saying goodbye because of my family's opposition. The aunt was disheartened by this incident and hated everyone in the family from then on, and it is said that she took advantage of a family trip and said goodbye without saying goodbye, and has not been heard from since. ”

Sima Hongyan sighed: "Leaving home for love, your aunt is really affectionate." ”

"yes!" Zhong Liying said: "My aunt's move made the family angry, it is said that my father sent people to search in many ways, but there was no news for many years. Everyone thought she might be dead. Later, when my grandmother died, someone was mourning and crying in the mourning hall in the middle of the night, and my father guessed that it might be my aunt. However, my aunt had been away from home for many years, and my father did not send anyone to find out her whereabouts, nor did he tell us anything about her. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Alas, no matter how you say that blood is thicker than water, you should still go to her and persuade her to go home." ”

Ban Lingruo felt that Sima Hongyan's words were inappropriate, and quietly pulled her sleeve.

Zhong Liying said: "I think so too. Regardless of whether my aunt was right or wrong before, she is still a person from Zhongli's family after all, and after so many years, she should be found back. But now it seems that she was right not to come back, otherwise, otherwise...... Alas! ”

Everyone knew what Zhong Liying meant, but they didn't say anything.

Zhong Liying continued: "Later, on my brother's eighth birthday, someone sent my brother a gift, and at that time, no one said who gave it to him, only that it was a distant relative, but I already knew that there was an aunt in the world, so I guess it must have been given to my brother by my aunt." Although I was still young at that time, I remembered what the person who gave the gift had said at the time, and he said that the gift was sent by Yixiang Valley. Later, when I went into the ancestral hall of my family to look through the family tree, I learned that my aunt's name was Zhong Lique. ”

Shi Jinyan asked, "Then Miss Zhongli, did your martial arts be taught by your family?" ”

Zhong Liying shook his head and said, "No! When my brother and I ran away from home, my brother practiced for two years, but I didn't learn the family martial arts, and it wasn't until I came to Tianling Mountain that my brother began to teach me martial arts. ”

Sima Hongyan said: "Then I think it must be that when you escaped, you brought the secret book of family martial arts?" ”

Zhong Liying said: "Miss Sima, I found that I can't hide anything from you!" Indeed, when we escaped from home, my mother gave us the family heirloom martial arts cheats and the "Book of Strange Bags". Although my aunt left home at the age of 18, she was able to learn from her family. When I overheard my grandmother talking to my father, I heard my grandmother praise my aunt for being a rare and intelligent person. ”

Sima Hongyan said with a smile: "Because although you and Xiaomei have the same martial arts routines, their moves are different." The main reason is that your aunt's martial arts are taught by the family, and your martial arts are learned from books. ”

Zhong Liying said: "Yes, my brother was only twelve years old after all, and he didn't read a lot of books, and we copied down a lot of words that we didn't know, and we didn't know it until we went to the market town under the mountain to find someone to ask." ”

Sima Hongyan said: "It is also because of your aunt's martial arts that you will be sure that not only will she not die, but she is also very likely to be a lonely bird in Yixiang Valley." ”

Zhong Liying said: "Yes." My family has never had distant relatives, but they have always intersected with Yixiang Valley, which is not difficult to guess. ”

Ban Lingruo said: "I have never seen Master smile in all the years I have studied art with Master, and Master always likes to sit in the room in a daze when he is fine, and he sits for most of the day. It turns out that she still has such a deep heart in her heart! ”

Zhong Liying said: "Originally, I just thought that my aunt was still alive and living in Yixiang Valley through my memories when I was a child. Today, after Miss Sima said it, I am even more sure that Miss Ban's master is my aunt. I didn't expect that I still have a relative alive, and you don't know how happy I am at the moment. ”

As she spoke, Zhong Liying cried with joy, and kept wiping the tears on her face with her hands.

Sima Hongyan comforted: "Okay, now that I know my aunt's whereabouts and have the opportunity to go to Yixiang Valley to see her, I think she must miss her family very much." ”

Ban Lingruo said: "Yes, I will take you personally!" Master has been so bitter these years, and she will be very happy to see you. ”

Unexpectedly, they inadvertently found a relative for Zhong Liying, and the four of them were all happy in their hearts, and as they chatted more and more, they became more intimate with each other.

Several people talked unconsciously in the house for a long time, until Yan Hong came to look for them, and the four of them stopped.

Yan Hong's identity, Sima Hongyan is not convenient to tell Zhong Liying for the time being. She called Yan Hong to another room and talked to Yan Hong about it. only said that Zhong Liying and the Mo family had a grudge, and the Mo family chased her so far that she happened to be installed by herself, so she came to help. promised Zhong Liying not to mention her life experience, and Sima Hongyan naturally didn't mention it to Yan Hong.

Yan Hong understands that the Mo family is not a good thing, and it is certainly not a good thing to chase a girl everywhere, but about the innocence of other girls, Yan Hong is too lazy to delve further. Hearing Sima Hongyan say that Zhong Liying could be trusted, he didn't ask any more. However, he was particularly careful about the Mo family's participation in the Five Nations Competition, and at the same time reminded Sima Hongyan and the others to pay attention to it.