004 The time of parting
But those who have been wandering on the rivers and lakes for one or two years, there is no one who does not know Yu Zhenzi and his people; But anyone who knows Yu Zhenzi and his people don't know when he will be in the rivers and lakes. It was in the month after the appearance of the legendary Cold Domain Cheats, Yu Zhenzi successively killed several difficult opponents for the martial artists who desperately wanted to swallow the Cold Domain Cheats alone, and those were all martial arts figures who had long been famous in the rivers and lakes, and then, Yu Zhenzi established a desperate valley that made the Jianghu people tremble for many years.
And when Yu Zhenzi's notoriety spread all over the rivers and lakes, and everyone was famous and in danger, it is said that there were only two people who were not moved by his name. One of them is Meng Shenshan, the old master of the Xuanmen. Meng Shenshan is now close to the sixtieth year, and at the age of twenty-four, he was a well-known figure in the martial arts. He has been dominant in the rivers and lakes for decades, and when Yu Zhenzi was rampant in the martial arts, Meng Shenshan had already sealed the sword and no longer won the battle for martial arts masters. It is the reputation of Yu Zhenzi that still cannot shake the majesty of Meng Shenshan. On the contrary, as the largest gang in the rivers and lakes, Xuanmen has experienced decades of ups and downs, justifiably expanding its power, and now it is now the overlord who dares not to obey orders.
The other person is in the opposite situation with Meng Shenshan.
Speaking of which, this person and Meng Shenshan are also very involved. Meng Shenshan once had a son, but he did not succeed his father's mighty hero, and he was short-lived, and died young before he arrived. Meng Shenshan only has one daughter left under his knees. This daughter is different from her brother, not only has Meng Shenshan's iron fist been inherited, but her domineering is even more than that.
This daughter's name is Qiu Ling, she was not by her father's side when she was young, and she only found Xuanmen to recognize her father when she was ten years old. At that time, Meng Shenshan saw that his daughter was young but courageous, and he was overjoyed, so he gave Meng Qiuling a black jade token passed down from the ancestor of the Xuanmen Sect as a gift. Within a few days of Meng Qiuling getting the Black Jade Order, she was framed by a traitor and fell into an extremely insidious poison. That's when the man appearedβ
His name is Bai Feng, and he is under the disciple of the Xiaoyao Immortals, and the people in the rivers and lakes call him the prodigal son. He promised to relieve Meng Qiuling of the poison on her body, but he had to take her back to see Master Yaoyao Immortal. Meng Shenshan agreed at that time. Unexpectedly, seven years later, Meng Qiuling was already a wife when she came back. Meng Shenshan was so angry at first that he wanted to kill Bai Feng, but he couldn't stand his daughter's pleading, and he cherished Bai Feng, who was actually a rare talent among young people, and finally had to push the boat down the river.
At that time, Yu Zhenzi had already begun to cut off the rivers and lakes, but the prodigal son Bai Feng unexpectedly left Xuanmen with his and Meng Qiuling's children who were less than one year old, and since then he has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes unknown.
Zhong Min felt like he was about to faint. She had heard her master say that it was a pity that he couldn't compete with Meng Shenshan in his life, and what was even more regrettable was that he couldn't make friends with the prodigal son Bai Feng. Bai Fengqi is a person, and the world knows that he worships under the door of the free immortals, and his martial arts are enough to laugh and be proud of life. However, Master Yu Zhenzi's desire to befriend him like that didn't seem to be just because Bai Feng's martial arts could match him.
The second monk of Bai Xingpeng was confused, and kept asking after him: "Xiao Min, what do you see, is there anything strange about this thing on my body?" β
Zhong Min shook his head. She looked at the place where the river bounced, and suddenly felt that the future was full of hope. There is also the freshness and excitement that has just sprouted, which makes the world twice as wide. Bai Xingpeng called her name, Zhong Min came back to her senses for a long time, in order not to look at the shocking black jade token, she took off the clothes draped on her shoulders, put them on for Bai Xingpeng and buttoned her clothes.
Bai Xingpeng was suspicious in his heart, but it was no longer good to continue to ask, and of course he was very dissatisfied with Zhong Min's reaction. Zhong Min said, "Xingpeng, do you want to know who I am?" Bai Xingpeng smiled and said, "From outside, I know that you are a figure in the rivers and lakes." As he said this, he suddenly turned his face away and looked at him the other way.
Zhong Min followed the direction of his gaze and saw a raised high ground in the distance, Bai Xingpeng said: "I have been living in the village for eighteen years, but one day, someone told me a lot of things about the outside world......" He raised his head, and his thoughts flew back to the indelible memory. Zhong Min listened to what he said and knew that the person in his memories was the jade man Wang Xiaoyue, so she naturally thought of the four villains who killed Wang Xiaoyue.
At this time, Zhong Min suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the four villains. Those four guys have been flying for many years, and probably after seeing Bai Xingpeng wearing the holy order of Xuanmen by chance, they didn't dare to risk angering Xuanmen and Meng Shenshan, ignoring the principle of cutting down the grass and eradicating the roots, and even escaped in the end. Of course, Bai Xingpeng didn't know that the four evildoers didn't dare to kill him at all, but if he knew, she might not be able to talk to him like this here.
Bai Feng must have hidden the truth from her son for eighteen years, if she told Bai Xingpeng everything she knew at this time, Bai Xingpeng might not be able to believe it. Moreover, at this moment in her heart, there is also an idea that cannot be known. She even stubbornly believed that it was not that she deliberately did not tell the truth, because even if Bai Xingpeng knew the truth, the person who told him should be his father Bai Feng.
Bai Xingpeng finally said: "Xiaomin, you will leave here after you are injured, right?" β
Zhong Min's heart jumped, he didn't dare to look into his eyes, and muttered, "Yesββ...... It will definitely be-" Bai Xingpeng cupped her face and said, "If I said that I would also go with you, what would you think?" β
"Oh, no!" Zhong Min blurted out two words of refusal, and immediately explained: "That's impossible, how could your father agree?" Bai Xingpeng smiled and said: "I will agree, when my father knew that there was a jade Xiaoyue, he knew that his son would fly out of this small mountain village one day." Zhong Min snorted: "I am different from Wang Xiaoyue, Mr. Bai doesn't like me." β
Bai Xingpeng took her hand and walked towards the bulging high ground over there.
Standing on the high ground, I realized that it was a place that could feel wide on all sides. Bai Xingpeng stopped in front of a raised tomb, and there was a tablet standing in front of the tomb, which was engraved: The tomb of the jade king Xiaoyue, the iron hook and silver drawing skills are extraordinary, and it is obvious that it is not from the hands of ordinary people.
Bai Xingpeng saw Zhong Min staring at the words on the tombstone, so he said, "My father carved it." My dad is good at everything, but it's too light. When Aunt Xiaoyue died, I was like crazy, and I had to find the four wicked people for revenge, but my father said: 'You go to the four wicked people to take revenge, don't say that you don't have that ability, aren't the four wicked people also pitiful?' There are many things that I can't understand at once. He also said that the four wicked people have their own reasons for killing, but no matter how many people have to kill innocents, they can't kill innocents in vain. So I told him that I must seek revenge on the four evildoers. β
Zhong Min smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this. She is Yu Zhenzi's apprentice, of course she understands what Bai Feng means by what she said, the four wicked people have wandered the rivers and lakes all their lives, and they really don't live a happy life. Moreover, those like them who have seen too much of the bloody wind and rain in the rivers and lakes are often reluctant to prevent similar things from happening, because, as long as the Cold Domain Secret Book exists for one day, Wang Xiaoyue is destined to no longer live.
Bai Xingpeng said: "I also know the secret book of the Cold Domain, Aunt Xiaoyue said that it not only harmed her life, but also killed the other eleven jade people and those who were involved with them, and there were many people who robbed the jade people, most of them killed each other, and many of them died a bad death." Xiao Min, you are from the rivers and lakes, you should know the sins of the cheats of the cold region. Aunt Xiaoyue said that the final result of the robbery was those who were alive and dead, and they didn't even see the shadow of the so-called supreme martial arts classic. β
"Any idea what that means? Aunt Xiaoyue said that there is no cold domain cheats in this world at all, and someone deliberately spread such rumors, the purpose is to make the rivers and lakes chaotic, so that they can make profits. Therefore, compared to the four evildoers, the person who spreads the existence of the secret book of the Cold Domain is a hundred times more hateful! β
When he said this, he almost gritted his teeth, and Zhong Min couldn't help but fight two cold wars in his ears when he heard it. Bai Xingpeng kowtowed three times in front of Wang Xiaoyue's tomb, and only after standing up did he say, "You don't have to be so afraid, I'm not targeting you." After pulling her down a few steps, he said, "I want to get out of the village, in addition to wanting to see the outside world, I also want to find the person who spreads the secret book of the cold region." Don't laugh at me, my dad said that when a person wants to do something, don't ask if it's right or not, because only after you have done it will you know whether you should have done it or not. That's why, when I went to chase the four evildoers, he didn't stop me. In addition to these, I also have one of my greatest wishes, which is to find my own mother whom I have never met. β
"Huh?" Zhong Min couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard his last words. She knew that Bai Xingpeng's mother was Meng Qiuling, the daughter of Meng Shenshan, and this woman had become famous to the point of almost being as famous as her father Meng Shenshan in the more than ten years since her husband Bai Feng retired to the rivers and lakes. When people mention Xuanmen, they will think of Meng Shenshan, and when they mention Meng Shenshan, they will also think of his daughter Meng Qiuling. Mortals can't help but have their hearts beat as long as they hear the words "Meng Qiuling", so Zhong Min's surprise is not just because Bai Xingpeng suddenly asked to find his amazing mother-in-law.
Bai Xingpeng didn't think too deeply, he was full of fantasy to depict the appearance of his imaginary biological mother. Like all sons, he imagined his mother to be as good as she could. Although Zhong Min felt that some of his words were exaggerated, Meng Qiuling was not only domineering and capable, but also beautiful. Therefore, she was sure that no matter what Bai Xingpeng thought, he would never be disappointed after seeing his mother.
They walked hand in hand, and when they just walked to the door where they could see the house, Luo Xia's group of friends had been waiting at the door for a long time. Seeing that Bai Xingpeng and Zhong Min were intimately thinking about coming here, Luo Xia was furious, grabbed a wooden basin for feeding chickens at the door and threw it over, and said loudly: "I thought you died outside, big bastard!" β
She seems to be scolding Bai Xingpeng, but she will die outside, and at this time there should only be Zhong Min who is injured. Huzi and Donkey Egg are also quite dissatisfied with Bai Xingpeng for a strange woman, throwing away his partner who has been playing since childhood. They don't scold like Luo Xia if they want to, they are a little afraid of Bai Xingpeng's face, and they don't want to annoy the relationship for many years because of this.
After Luo Xia scolded, she turned around and left, followed by Huzi and Donkey Dan. Zhong Min was embarrassed for a while before saying to Bai Xingpeng: "Xingpeng, I'm sorry. β
"What did you say?" Bai Xingpeng hugged her with a smile and said, "They are like this, don't take it to heart too much." "Thinking that I will leave here soon, leave the land where I have lived for 18 years, and leave my partner who has lived together for 18 years, to be honest, I am still reluctant in the end.
Zhong Min looked at him quite reluctantly, and asked worriedly, "Don't you want to leave?" He lowered his head and said, "Actually, Luo Xia is a good girl, she is much better looking than me, and she likes you very much-" Bai Xingpeng interrupted: "What nonsense are you talking about?" That girl just went against me, when I was a child, when Huzi and Donkey Egg didn't play with me, they all listened to the girl's command, and we often fought because Xia'er was unhappy. At first, I kept losing, but then Aunt Xiaoyue taught me some ways to win in a fight so that I didn't lose. But you said that Xia'er loves me, not that I said you, the girl in the mountains doesn't even know what 'love' is. β
Zhong Min was relieved. She had just taken a few steps forward when she looked up and saw Mr. Bai standing at the door. The prodigal son, who once didn't care if the sky fell, as soon as he saw her, his eyes were sharp as if he would immediately see through her whole person. Bai Letian's indifference doesn't mean that he doesn't understand the world, he even has insight into her true identity, she is the one who succeeded Yu Zhenzi as the owner of the Desperate Valley, will Bai Feng let his son go with her?
Bai Xingpeng was also stared at by his father, so he couldn't raise his head a little, called "Dad" hastily, and pulled Zhong Min to bury his head and run into the house. Mr. Bai followed behind without saying anything, put a bowl of a pot of hare meat brought by Luo Xia and brought it to the table, and casually beckoned Bai Xingpeng and Zhong Min to come over and eat.
Bai Xingpeng sat down next to his father absentmindedly, and suddenly said, "Dad, Xiaomin's injury is almost healed, right?" β
Mr. Bai said coldly: "I know my own injuries best, and if I say it, it will be soon." Zhong Min listened to his words with thorns, his face turned red and white for a while, and he couldn't help but say for a while: "Mr. Bai, I'm really sorry to disturb you these two days." I'm fine now, and I'll be able to leave the village right away. β
Bai Xingpeng immediately couldn't sit still, but Mr. Bai preemptively said before he spoke: "Xingpeng, you bring the sword you brought back with you that day here." Bai Xingpeng heard his father speak to him so harshly for the first time, and he went without saying a word. Mr. Bai said to Zhong Min again: "Miss Zhong, you come to the study with me." Zhong Min didn't know what he was going to say to himself, so he just followed closely.
Bai Feng's study is elegantly furnished, just like an ordinary scholar lives, no wonder people in the mountain village call him "sir". Mr. Bai sat down behind the desk and asked Zhong Min to sit opposite. After a pause, he spoke, "Miss Zhong, if I guessed correctly, you should be a disciple of the Desperate Valley Lord. Yu Zhenzi's martial arts are unique in the world, Bai Mou has heard of it more or less, as his disciple, your martial arts cultivation should not be bad, no wonder you can kill the notorious four evildoers. β
Zhong Min hurriedly said: "Mr. Bai has won the award, and it is purely a coincidence that he can kill the four evildoers. β
Bai Feng waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be humble with me. I know you're not a girl who is willing to be lonely, you want to leave, and you want to take Xingpeng with you, don't you? Zhong Min hurriedly lowered his head and muttered, "No...... No, it's Xingpeng who ......" Bai Feng sneered: "You and Xingpeng just met in Pingshui, to be honest, if you want me to let Xingpeng go with you, I really can't rest assured." β
Bai Xingpeng took out the sword, and when he didn't see his father and Zhong Min, he found here, just heard his father's last words, and hurriedly stepped into the door and shouted: "Dad, I've grown up, you don't want to worry about this, and you don't worry about that." β
Bai Feng raised his head and looked his son up and down a few times, and sighed: "That's it, the bird knows how to fly out of the nest when it grows up, not to mention that my son is already an adult." Saying that, he asked Bai Xingpeng to return the sword he brought to Zhong Min, and called him to himself, and said meaningfully: "If the bird is not flying high, it will not be able to realize how strong the wind and rain outside is; If people do not travel far, they will never know the world and the hardships of life. β
Bai Xingpeng knelt down and choked up: "Dad, it's my son who is not filial, and now I'm going to leave you." Bai Feng stood up, touched his son's head and said, "Xingpeng, remember that the tired bird will eventually return to the forest, if you feel that the wind and rain outside are strong, think about your father, think about your father at home and waiting for you to come back." β
Zhong Min saw that this father and son, who had been dependent on each other for 18 years, were now going to be divided into two places for her, and there was no doubt that this was a bad thing she did to kind people. In particular, there is a selfish element in her actions, will these cause her to regret it later? She didn't know, and she didn't want to think about it anymore.
In order to get rid of the faint guilt in her heart, Zhong Min once again recalled the blood feud she bore on her shoulder. Yes, she can't help but take advantage of what she can, and this should be a great opportunity for her. If she grasps it, what she brings to Xingpeng may not be misfortune. After Xingpeng goes out, can't he go to his mother who he hasn't seen for eighteen years?
Thinking of this, Zhong Min's heart finally settled down with comfort. Since it is destined by heaven, then the people who are in the hands of fate will settle their own destiny!