The three of them sat down in the room, and Feng Yao looked at Xu Qingchen with interest, which made Xu Qingchen a little narrow.

After a long time, Xu Qingchen coughed dryly and asked, "Isn't the Shen Sect Master here?"

Yang Fan replied, "The door master has been out for a while, and after she came back, she had a lot of things to deal with, and she has been very busy during this time. Xu Gongzi ...... In the future, I will call you Brother Qingchen, the master of the door values you very much, and said early on that you would come to take refuge."

Xu Qingchen smiled and said, "The reason why I came here is because I know that Shen Men mainly deals with Night Feather Xiaozhu."

Feng Yao made a gesture to stop, and Xu Qingchen was puzzled.

Yang Fan explained with a smile: "At the moment, there are not many people in the Thorn Sect who know about this, so it's better to say less."

Xu Qingchen was puzzled: "Why?"

"The new master has just ascended to the throne, and he was unknown in the rivers and lakes before, so his foundation is unstable. During this time, there were many people who ran away from the door, and the owner of the door did not have time to win people's hearts. Brother Qingchen, this matter can be thought out slowly, and you can't be in a hurry."

Xu Qingchen nodded, and asked again, "Then ...... now?"

Feng Yao smiled and said, "Take it easy, the days of the Thorn Gate are still very comfortable. Wait a minute, let Yang Fan find you a place to live, and officially meet the master tomorrow. You kid is very sincere and has a great appetite for me, so you can come and talk to me in the future."

Xu Qingchen asked again: "I'm ashamed to say that the younger generation has no experience in walking the rivers and lakes, and the thorny door ...... What do you usually do?"

Yang Fan smiled and said, "You'll know later."

…

Shen Xiangzhi was indeed very busy, if it wasn't for Feng Yao to handle a lot of things for her, she would have been anxious a long time ago.

In the large study of the door owner, Shen Xiangzhi sat behind the bookcase, added the last touch to the case file at hand, and then breathed a long sigh of relief. It's finally over.

Pushing the door out, looking at a thorny door of Nuoda, familiar and unfamiliar.

If you have been in the Thorn Gate for more than 20 years, you will remember that on a rainy night eighteen years ago, an old monk suddenly visited, and the old master received the monk secretly. As for what the two talked about, no one knows.

Eighteen years ago, the Thorn Gate was no different from now, except for a few more buildings.

Shen Xiangzhi slowly paced in the corridor of the Thorn Gate, and the passers-by just nodded in greeting—the new rules she had set, and she didn't have to nod her head when she saw her.

She used to take a walk around the back mountain before nightfall, and if she had enough time, she would also go to see the tomb of the old man. Just stood in front of the tomb for a long time, without speaking or expression.

Before I got to the tomb today, I saw someone already standing there. When I got closer, I saw the person's face clearly, and it turned out to be Xu Qingchen.

Xu Qingchen heard Shen Xiangzhi's footsteps, and hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hands when he saw the comer: "Master Shen, I haven't seen you for many days."

Shen Xiangzhi nodded lightly and asked, "Arrived today?" After speaking, he stood in front of the tomb of the old master.

Xu Qingchen replied, "Yes."

"How did you come up with the idea of coming here?"

"Master Feng said, let me go around the mountains more and get acquainted with it...... Whose tomb does this belong to?"

"Qiao Fei, Old Master Qiao."

"I heard that Old Master Qiao is a hero."

"Heroes?"

"I listened to what Master Feng said, saying that the old master is very upright and ......."

"It's just a fallacy of others." Shen Xiangzhi interrupted Xu Qingchen's words, his eyes staring coldly at Qiao Fei's tomb.

Xu Qingchen was very surprised by these words, he thought that Shen Xiangzhi and Qiao Fei would have a good relationship, but listening to her tone, it seemed that ...... Not so good.

Xu Qingchen looked at Shen Xiangzhi quietly, although he had met a few times before, but this woman's aura made him not dare to look too closely, and now he didn't know where he had the courage to really look at Shen Xiangzhi from head to toe.

"Is it pretty?" Shen Xiangzhi suddenly spoke, her voice flat and without tone.

"Well......" Xu Qingchen replied, "Master Shen, although I haven't seen much of the world, I seem to see people more deeply than others, this should be my talent."

"See

What's wrong?"

"You seem to be in a hurry."

Shen Xiangzhi turned his head to look at him, and the meaning of his eyes was: continue.

Xu Qingchen swallowed: "It seems that there is not enough time, but you are obviously very young...... You can't be a breathless person."

"Two people." Shen Xiangzhi suddenly said these three words for no reason.

"What do you mean?"

"On this trip, I met two people who surprised me. One is you, and the other is next to Li Fenglan, who seems to be called Twilight."

"I know Twilight Childe. We, did you surprise you?"

"You don't have much experience, but you can see my problems, and I once suspected that there was a relationship between the two of you."

"Childe Twilight does think I have something to do with him."

"So, is there one?"

Xu Qingchen shook his head: "I am an orphan, I was picked up by my master on the mountain since I was a child, and I have no contact with the outside world. I'm the only apprentice of the master, and I'm sure we're not related."

"Who is your master?"

"I'm sorry, but the master won't let me say it."

After speaking, the two were silent, staring at Qiao Fei's tombstone without saying a word.

After a while, Xu Qingchen cautiously asked, "Door master, can I ask a question?"

"Don't ask."

This answer is very counterintuitive.

Shen Xiangzhi explained: "All I have is the secret of this body, so let me keep it."

Xu Qingchen was surprised: only this secret? Then how do you count your martial arts?

Shen Xiangzhi turned to face Xu Qingchen - she was obviously not tall, and she was only as high as Xu Qingchen's mouth, but she felt unusually tall and oppressive.

Shen Xiangzhi said, "Twilight sees the flesh and skin, and you see the bones. If you can, please keep what you see about me secret."

What Xu Qingchen wants to ask is: Are you from the Li family or the Shangguan family back then?

…

The scale of the Thorn Gate is very large, but now there are not many people, and there are only about 100 people when they are full.

Old Master Qiao and Master Feng are good at management, and the Thorn Gate has been running well over the years, and the people at the bottom of the door are not worried about eating and drinking. There are all kinds of pharmacies and blacksmiths inside the door. After getting familiar with the facilities of the Thorn Gate, Xu Qingchen went to the blacksmith shop as soon as possible.

The steward of the blacksmith shop is a capable man, a swordsmith dug by Qiao Fei from Xuzhou. At present, the Jianghu sect, those who have the ability to forge their own swords, are all big gangs with heads and faces. The Songshan faction has become famous in the past two years, and it has not considered building a blacksmith shop in the sect. Look at the book

"The young man who came two days ago?" Liu Wei, the manager of the blacksmith shop, was shirtless, sweating and holding a hammer in his hand.

Xu Qingchen nodded: "Under the surname Xu, Shangqing Xiachen, I just joined a few days ago."

Liu Wei is a very bold person: "What? Want to build a blade at your fingertips? Say okay, you can only play one in two years, but you can repair indefinitely. In the past few years, there were a few boys who didn't care about the blade when they fought, and they caused a lot of damage to the door."

Xu Qingchen replied, "It's to build a blade, but ...... It's not for me."

"Who is that for?"

"A friend."

"Well, it wasn't allowed, but I see that your kid is pleasing to you, so it's okay to give you one. Tell me about your request."

"Double knives, two feet long, try to be as light and thin as possible."

Liu Wei touched his chin and asked, "What does the little girl use?"

"Yes."

"Hehe, I see, isn't my sweetheart?"

"No ......"

"There's something hard to admit, boy. I'll pick it up in a month."

"Then, thank you Brother Liu."

Life in the Thorn Gate, as Feng Yao said, is indeed very comfortable. Thorn Gate has its own industry, and there are several plots of land under the mountain, and the rent alone is much every year. Nowadays, there are not many people in the door, and the individual can get more money. Xu Qingchen calculated, this seems to be better than what he earned in the Yao family

And more.

He was sent by Shen Xiangzhi to Yang Fan's men. Yang Fan has a very high status in the Thorn Gate, in charge of Chengjing Hall, with more than 20 subordinates. Although Shen Xiangzhi values Xu Qingchen, he can't come up and entrust him with a heavy responsibility, he has to come step by step.

Yang Fan has a good temper and has no shelves, and he also has a natural affection for Xu Qingchen. The two of them had the right temper, and within a few days, they had nothing to talk about.

Of course, the Thorn Gate does not support idlers, and there is something to go up.

During this time, Xu Qingchen accompanied Yang Fan to deal with two disputes in the rivers and lakes, once when the mountain bandits who were fifty miles away killed a few passers-by, and the two cleared the mountain bandits' stockade. It's not a big mountain bandit, it's just a dozen people. Another time was when two small gangs at the foot of the mountain had a conflict, and the two went to mediate.

It's still challenging, and it's not boring.

Xu Qingchen likes such days very much, after all, what he does is a good thing that does not go against his will. And when he goes out, as soon as he says that he is a thorny man, others will look up to him. This feels very good, and Xu Qingchen's "hero's heart" hidden deep in his heart is deeply gratifying.

He had an illusion: it seemed that if he joined the Thorn Gate at the beginning, his life would be over like this.

"The new arrivals are not bad, especially Xu Qingchen, the young man is quite capable."

In the hall of the Thorn Gate, Shen Xiangzhi leaned on the throne of the main gate, and the backbones of the Thorn Gate in the hall stood straight and listened carefully to Master Feng's report.

Shen Xiangzhi asked, "Yang Fan, does Xu Qingchen have the ability to handle things on his own?"

Yang Fan nodded: "People are very smart, and they can understand a little."

Shen Xiangzhi nodded: "Over there in Luzhou, let Xu Qingchen take over."

Feng Yao frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Isn't it too early? He doesn't have much experience."

"How many people are there in Luzhou now?"

"When Xiong San left, he took twelve people with him."

"There aren't many people, let him go through the experience." You send a message to Xiong San, and in the future, Luzhou will listen to Xu Qingchen."

Yang Fan smiled bitterly.

Shen Xiangzhi asked, "Young Master Yang, what's wrong?"

Yang Fan shook his head and replied, "I thought you were going to let him take my place."

Yang Fan didn't have any crooked thoughts in his words, everyone here understood what he meant: Yang Fan has become more sick in the past few years, and he can't get out of bed when it's cold. When Qiao Fei was alive, he said that he wanted to resign from his position in the door and go home to recuperate. But Qiao Fei said that there was a shortage of manpower, so let him hold on for a few days, who knew that this support would be two years.

Shen Xiangzhi smiled rarely, and said, "Young Master Yang, please work hard for a few more days."

After speaking, Shen Xiangzhi stood up and walked down the seat, walked all the way to Yang Fan's side, took out a small medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to him.

Yang Fan asked, "What is this?"

"I went to the Medicine Immortal Valley a few days ago and asked for the medicine I asked for. Doctor Han specially told me to eat it when it was cold, so I'll leave it to you at this time."

When Yang Fan took the medicine bottle, he inadvertently touched Shen Xiangzhi's fingertips, only to feel a bone-chilling chill coming from her fingertips, even colder than his own hands.

Yang Fan's heart warmed and said, "Thank you for your concern."