The snow was still falling, and Fan Sizhen next to the stone mill in the garden finally finished fifty turns, panting and holding on to the stone mill, only to feel that his back was sore, and he couldn't straighten his waist at all, and the sweat on his face turned into hot steam, and it was white when it was cold, and it looked like the whole person was smoking.

"Wipe it off, and then change into dry clothes so you don't freeze. Begonia handed him a neat stack of clothes.

Fan Sizhen shook his head angrily, went into the inner room to change his clothes, and came out of the house after a while, shouting: "There is no place to take a bath, what should I do if I smell of sweat?"

Haitang glanced at him and said with a smile: "In the winter, the set of things made by your brother has not been shipped to Shangjing." ”

Fan Sizhen couldn't help but shake his head again and said, "My brother drove me to the north...... It's not for you to torture me. ”

"Jade can't be cut into a weapon. Haitang said calmly: "I remember when chatting in the palace, Fan Xian once said a sentence, I think it makes sense. ”

"What are you talking about?" asked Fan Sizhen curiously.

"Therefore, the heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically. ”

In fact, when Fan Xian said Mencius's words, he was thinking about the begonia chūn scene in the grass and reeds on the shore of the North Sea. However, Fan Sizhen and Haitang didn't know the man's dirty thoughts, Fan Sizhen listened to this passage, only to feel a cold air rushing to the top of his head, and said in a trembling voice: "Night...... You don't have anything to eat, do you?"

Haitang smiled and said, "I don't eat here at night." ”

While speaking, someone outside the garden answered extremely respectfully: "Second young master, subordinate to the east at night." ”

Fan Sizhen was surprised that this person answered so naturally, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Wang Qinian!

"After eating, I still have to come back. Haitang lost a sentence lightly in the back, through the wind and snow, and into Fan Sizhen's ears, making him shiver and extremely disappointed.

When he rushed to the fence, he turned around and yelled viciously: "I'm here to go to Beijing to earn money!

Haitang had already sat back on the recliner and said expressionlessly: "One thousand taels of silver, how can it be so easy to become ten thousand taels?" I feel that Fan Xian has pushed you too hard, don't forget, your silver is now in my hands. ”

Wang Qinian, who was outside the fence, glanced at Fan Sizhe, and signaled that this young master had better not offend Miss Duoduo, even Lord Fan didn't have a whole corpse in the hands of this girl, why are you bothering?

Fan Sizhen snorted angrily and pushed open the fence.

Wang Qinian smiled and saluted the begonias under the eaves and said, "Begonia girl, then I'll go." ”

Haitang glanced at him, suddenly calmed down, and said after a while: "Lord Wang, are you really going to be so anxious for him to take over the Cui family?"

Wang Qinian's heart trembled, he really couldn't imagine that the other party even knew about Fan Tisi's arrangement, and he didn't know how much tacit understanding there was between Fan Xian and Haitang, so he had to respond with a wry smile: "What did the girl say?"

Of course, Haitang was clear about Fan Sizhe's arrangement, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything anymore, but just advised: "Just start doing, don't be too anxious." ”

Wang Qinian asked his subordinates to take a hat and snow cape for Fan Sizhe, on the one hand, to block the wind and snow, and on the other hand, to cover his face. Then he saluted the begonias and prepared to leave the pastoral field next to the palace.

"Have you read the recent letter as well?" Haitang half-leaned on the chair, looking at Wang Qinian who was walking outside the fence with a smile.

Wang Qinian was stunned when he heard this, and said with a wry smile on his face: "Where is the duty, Miss Begonia forgives her sins, and please say a few words on behalf of the little old man in the letter, so that Lord Tisi will not bully my daughter." ”

Haitang laughed, thinking that this Lord Wang Qinian, who is resident in the Northern Qi Dynasty of Qingguo Honglu Temple, is really an interesting person.

―――――――――――――――――――――――― outside the garden was quiet, Begonia fell asleep on the chair with her eyes closed, Shangjing and Jinrì wind and snow were mixed, whistling by, the sound was soul-devouring, and the cold was pressing, this village girl slept very peacefully in such a cold environment, and the corners of her lips seemed to have a slight smile. With her amazing cultivation, nature does not accidentally invade the body, but can get closer to nature than ordinary people, such as the soft nature in chūn, such as the harsh heaven and earth in winter.

The snow, one by one, gradually became colorful in the sky, and the girl in the flower jacket under the eaves slept very comfortably.

I don't know how long it took, Begonia slowly opened her eyes, and her clear eyes reflected the snowflakes falling outside the eaves, as well as the ice that grew by the eaves, and couldn't help flashing a trace of joy and satisfaction.

"Teacher, you're here. ”

............ In the stone path on the bank of the Yuquan River outside the park, the thick snow is paved early, and at this time there is a person who is slowly stepping on the snow, and the wind and snow seem to disappear at this moment, and only the rustling sound of the person falling on the snow with every step can be heard.

The man's feet were not shoeed, so he stepped on the snow, firm and sincere, and soon reached the front of the garden, stretched out his hand, gently pushed open the fence, went straight to the eaves, stretched out his palm on the head of the happy begonia, and said, "Come and see you." ”

One of the four great masters in the world, he is regarded as a god by all the people of the world!

If Fan Xian was allowed to watch this scene, he would definitely accuse the other party for being so ordinary, far worse than Zhu Shuai, and not even as good as Ye Liuyun's style of stepping on half a boat and chasing the waves.

Especially when he took off the hat on his head and revealed the big bald head, he didn't have a sense of detachment from the world, just a very simple and common old man. It's just that the pure white sè simple clothes on his body, and the feet he wears, declare his identity as an ascetic, although after returning from the temple that year, he has never done penance again.

Begonia respectfully bowed deeply to the teacher, and then invited the top person in the world into the house, served tea, like a little girl, sat on the ground beside him with an innocent face, and only in front of this great master, Begonia would be so obedient.

Kuhe's face was clear, his lips were extremely thin, his eyes were sunken deeply, but his gaze was more profound, he looked at his real closed disciple with a trace of pity, and said with a smile: "I came from Xishan as a teacher." ”

Begonia looked strange and asked in surprise, "Have you found the body of Lord Sean?"

Kuhe slowly put down the teacup in his hand, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "In a cave between the cliffs, the remains of this old friend were found. ”

Haitang frowned and said, "The cliff of the West Mountain?"

After Kuhe returned from the south, he could not go into retreat, and some people in Northern Qi guessed that the great master should have been injured, but they didn't know that the terrifying duel that took place in a place that no one knew about...... Who is the other party, some people guess that it is Sigu Sword, some people guess that it is Ye Liuyun, and some people guess that it is the great master who is the most hidden in Qingguo, no one thought that it was Wuzhu and he were both defeated.

And after the bitter lotus was healed, the first thing to switch on was to carefully inquire about Sean's movements after returning to China, although this great grandmaster was a little faintly angry about the fighting spirit of the mother and son in the palace, but Tianyi inherited the wind of the temple, rarely interfered in political affairs, and it was not good to say anything, but for Sean's life and death, this great grandmaster who seemed to be difficult to haunt foreign objects for a long time, was very important.

The cliff in Xishan has been searched many times, and Sean's body has not been found up and down the mountain, which has become the most stinging problem in the Northern Qi court, if the old man is still alive, I am afraid that the Uesugi Tiger who was under house arrest in the mansion will be active again.

However, for Begonia, since Senior Brother Wolf Tao asserted that Sean was stabbed with a scimitar, she would naturally believe it.

The Great Grandmaster of Bitter Lotus has never doubted the judgment of his first disciple.

So the people of Northern Qi were just thinking about one question - where is Sean's body?

............ I don't know how much effort it took to search, Xishan was turned over, and the whereabouts of Sean and the mysterious person were not found, after all, the people of Northern Qi couldn't figure out how to think about it, there were people in this world who could climb up like geckos on the cliffs that were as smooth as mirrors in Xishan.

Later, it was the Kuhe National Master who spoke, and the Northern Qi people stopped the search, but they didn't expect this great master to put down his identity and go to investigate in person. I don't know how much effort it took for Bitter Lotus to finally find Sean's body in the cave of the cliff in this snowstorm day.

Haitang looked at the teacher in surprise, only then did she notice that the teacher had a small wound on both ankles, and asked with concern: "How can that cliff get down?"

Kuhe shook his head lightly, smiled and sighed: "It's a little troublesome to go down, but it's not that it can't be done, just tie a rope, but I can't think of the person who was forced down the cliff by Wolf Tao...... It was possible to escape lightly. ”

Haitang lowered his head slightly and said, "Maybe he has something like a hook on him." ”

"There's no place for hooking. Kuhe looked at her with a smile, "You were so surprised before, of course, you also remember the appearance of the cliff of the West Mountain." ”

Haitang sighed and said, "I really can't figure this thing out. But months have passed, and isn't Lord Sean's remains eaten by the mountain goshawks?"

Kuhe's two snow-like eyebrows fluttered slightly, and said gently: "That cave is extremely shallow, it stands to reason that there should have been a fierce bird to help Mr. Xiao go to the sky, but I didn't expect that I went down the rope and saw Mr. Xiao's intact remains, and there were several dead birds next to him, and the birds had turned into dry bones, and his body was not decomposed except for some dehydration." ”

Haitang was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled calmly: "It's so poisonous." ”

Kuhe nodded lightly, and changed the topic very usually: "Let's talk about Fan Xian, a young man, I'm very curious about him." ”

Haitang sighed in his heart, but his face did not change at all, and he told Fan Xian everything he did in Beijing with a smile, knowing that he could no longer hide anything for Fan Xian at this time, and said softly: "The night after Sean left Beijing, Fan Xian stayed in the mission, but no one saw him with his own eyes, and when I went the second time, he was lying on the bed...... At the beginning, the senior brother thought that the man in black who fell off the cliff with Sean was him, and he was indeed a person who was very good at using poison. ”

In this world, there are only two people who have ever touched the temple, Sean and Kuhe, and now that Sean is dead, only Kuhe is left. The emperor worked hard to rescue Sean back to Northern Qi, but Kuhe tried his best to kill him, and now he knows that Fan Xian may be the last person Sean saw before he died, with Kuhe's attitude of being so careful about the secret of the temple...... Haitang didn't know what trouble her words would bring to Fan Xian, but she knew that the seemingly gentle teacher in front of her was actually a great wise man with a pearl of wisdom in his hands, and he changed the topic before, so he naturally nodded a little bit about himself.

To Begonia's surprise, Kuhe did not continue the topic, but looked at her meaningfully and smiled, took another sip of tea in the cup, and said: "Duoduo's tea is getting better and better." ”

"The teacher is falsely praised. Begonia replied gently.

............ "I think, I know who Fan Xian is." Kuhe suddenly said very softly, this sentence has no head and no tail, which makes Begonia a little confused, and looks at the teacher in a daze.

Kuhe slowly stood up, and a very mellow smile appeared on his face: "Before this young man came to Northern Qi, he went out for the division and was injured, I think you must be very curious, who in this world can hurt me." ”

The national teacher bitter lotus, representing the jīng spirit of the Northern Qi Dynasty, so his injury has been hidden, although Haitang knows, but he has never heard the detailed process from the teacher's mouth, at this time, when he heard it, he immediately condensed his attention.

"It's a blind man. Kuhe turned around, looked at the wind and snow outside the apprentice's garden, and said leisurely: "It is a blind man who has seen it many years ago as a teacher, and has never forgotten it. ”

Haitang was shocked, thinking that it was already a very shocking thing for someone in this world to be able to hurt the teacher, but she didn't expect that the other party was not a well-known great master, but a ...... Blind!

Kuhe continued to say leisurely: "It's very strange that this blind man with terrifying strength is ...... But I seem to have forgotten something, and I forgot that many years ago, I had met with him. ”

Begonia listened quietly.

"This blind man has been gone for many years. The smile on Kuhe's face rose again, "I didn't expect to suddenly appear in this world again, and the first person to find is the teacher. ”

Begonia became more and more incomprehensible.

"This blind man, who once taught the idiot who looked at the sword in Sigu, once beat Ye Liuyun and abandoned the sword, and eventually became a generation of grandmasters. Kuhe sighed: "I guessed it was him back then, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to find me this time, which is completely different from his style of not seeing people in previous years." ”

Haitang suddenly asked, "Could it be that this blind man is the most mysterious great master?"

Kuhe shook his head, and his eyes that seemed to be able to perceive a qiē also showed a hint of confusion: "No, he has never needed this kind of false name for a blind man. As for the most mysterious of the four of us...... It should have been in the palace of Qingguo. ”

Haitang is a little puzzled, since no one has ever seen that mysterious great master, why is the world sure that there is that person's storage, and that person is stored in the palace of Qingguo?

"It's simple. Kuhe laughed, "Many years ago, Sigu Jian tried to enter the Qingguo Imperial Palace three times to assassinate their emperor. ”

Haitang whispered in surprise, she knew at this time that the Sigu Sword of Dongyi City had done such a crazy thing, but with the realm of a great grandmaster to be a killer, even if Emperor Qingguo was the most powerful person in the world, it would be difficult to resist.

As if guessing what she was thinking, Kuhe said softly: "People who know about this matter think the same as you, thinking that the Sigu Sword has a great success...... Unfortunately, he failed four times in a row in one month, and although he was not injured, he did not have any effect. ”

Haitang frowned and said, "That blind man...... Was it in the Qingguo Palace at that time?" she always believed that the blind man who could hurt her teacher was most likely the mysterious Grand Master.

Kuhe smiled and shook his head: "At that time, the blind man was with the young lady of the Ye family, in the south of the Jiangnan in Qingguo, repairing the inner library. ”

"Miss Ye Family?" Haitang was even more shocked, although she is the most famous figure in the younger generation today, she also knows how great each of them is in the secrets of the year that the teacher said today, and how she has changed the appearance of the world.

Kuhe turned the topic back very softly and naturally, turned to look at Begonia and said, "Now you understand, right?"

Begonia shook her head with bright eyes.

"Who is Fan Xian?" Kuhe looked at his female apprentice calmly.

"Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son...... The son of the mistress of the Ye family. ”

............ Begonia was shocked, but also confused, Fan Xian...... How did the illegitimate son of the Household Department Shangshu of the Southern Dynasty have a relationship with the Ye family again? The Ye family? The Ye family that used commerce to control the world at the beginning? The Ye family that set up the Supervision Yuan, repaired the inner library, and continued to leave a legacy to the present day?

Kuhe rubbed his hands, sat down, and sighed: "Sean has been locked up by Chen Pingping since then, so he doesn't know the identity of Miss Ye's family, but he happens to know it as a teacher." The blind man can only be the servant of Miss Ye's family, and this time he will be transferred out of Beijing for the teacher, naturally to facilitate Fan Xian's work, and Fan Xian's identity will emerge, he is the descendant of Miss Ye's family. ”

Haitang shook his head, and dared to express his opinion in front of the teacher: "Although this reasoning is credible, it is too reluctant, in case the one is blind...... The master was just unwilling to be lonely in the mountains, so he went out of the mountain to challenge the teacher, and it had nothing to do with Fan Xian's northward journey. Besides, wasn't the Ye family destroyed back then?......"

Before the words were finished, Kuhe had already laughed: "One thing can't explain too much, but if you think about Fan Xian's current official position in the Southern Dynasty, and then think about the changes in the Southern Court after he came out of Shanzhou, too many details are combined, and the truth of the matter is very clear, don't say anything to destroy the door, the shopkeepers of the Ye family were still alive and well back then, and it is not surprising that there are people in the Nanqing Imperial Court who retain a trace of blood for Miss Ye Family." ”

Haitang laughed sadly, for a while he didn't know how to speak, the teacher was right, even if Fan Xian was Fan Shangshu's illegitimate son, even if he had the name of a poet and a master, with his status and status, it was far from being able to reach today's height, let alone holding the Supervision Institute in his left hand, and the inner library in the right palm - the Supervision Yuan and the Inner Library, this was not the most powerful thing left by the Ye family to the world back then!

Could it be that the gentle young man who corresponded with him from time to time still had such a complicated and pitiful background behind him?

"You just retold the little poem that Fan Xian read in the restaurant...... Kuhe gently patted the female apprentice who was still in thought, and said with a smile: "You only found out from this little poem that the other party is the author of the Stone Record, but if you experience it carefully, you may find that Fan Xian is still expressing some other feelings through this small speech, such as anger, such as unwillingness." ”

Xia rì Shangjing 100-year-old pine house, Fan Xian and Begonia drinking, once recited a small poem.

"Stay in Yuqing, stay in Yuqing, suddenly meet a benefactor; Persuade life, help the poor and help the poor. Hugh is like my ruthless uncle Jiān who loves money and forgets his flesh and bones! It is multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, and there is a sky. ”

The begonias in the winter garden recited in his heart, and finally realized the feelings that the teacher said, Huo Ran raised his head and was shocked.

At this time, Fan Xian, who was far away in the hot springs in the Cangshan Mountains of Nanqing, if he knew that this pair of masters and apprentices was so sloppy, and he would have decided his origin with this little resignation, he would definitely jump out of the hot springs angrily, run naked to Shangjing, scold him, and then explain that this was written by Lao Cao, but it happened to be somewhat similar to his own life experience.

It didn't take long for Begonia to regain her composure and asked softly, "This matter is big or small." "Now that I know Fan Xian's life experience, of course, I can think that there will definitely be many problems between him and the Nanqing royal family, and how to use it is a matter that needs to be carefully considered.

"Fan Xian is the news of the descendants of the Ye family...... Let the whole world know. ”

Grand Master Kuhe said very gently.

"Blind?" Haitang was a little confused in his heart, not knowing how to protect Fan Xian's interests as much as possible.

Kuhe sighed leisurely and said, "Although blind...... He doesn't seem to know me, but I think that since he wants to deliberately take action and leave these clues, maybe ...... It is the mouth of the teacher who hopes to pass guò as a teacher to tell the people of this world this interesting news. ”

The great master finally came to a conclusion: "The blind man doesn't want to wait any longer, he wants to urge Fan Xian to speed up his pace." ”