Night falls.

Sheng Xuan dug a pit in the open space in the forest and made a fire, "I have to spend tonight in the wild, and now the insects and snakes are gradually rising, and I have wronged you." ”

Qiong also tilted his head and replied: "There is nothing wronged, you pampered young master can adapt to it, let alone me." She spread out a coarse cloth blanket on the ground, sprinkled some insect repellent medicine around, sat on the blanket with her knees crossed, took out white flour steamed buns from the package and roasted them beside the fire, and when the surface was slightly browned, handed him one, and stuffed the other into her mouth: "Oh! ”

Sheng Xuanyan took the steamed bun and listened to her mutter: "I'm not a pampered person, since we made a love and made a marriage contract, you always seem to want to hold me and hide it, I'm such a comfortable person, and it's not suitable for the golden house to hide Jiao." ”

"yes." He replied, "I can't lock you up." ”

After a pause, he added, "I'm not willing to give up." ”

Hearing this, Qiong Yi pinched his face with a smile, and Sheng Xuan said with some emotion: "Qiong Yi, you don't seem to have anything to be afraid of except for being sneaky." ”

"Well, it's not." Taking a bite of the steamed bun, she snapped her fingers and said: "I am afraid of a lot of things, I was afraid of being scolded when I was a child, I was afraid of pain when I learned martial arts and practiced swords, I was afraid of pain when I was young, I was afraid of suffering when I ate, and I was afraid of death when I lived...... and then asked him: "What about you?" I really don't see anything you're afraid of. ”

Sheng Xuan replied: "I'm only afraid of 'losing'." ”

Joan also smiled: "Everyone is afraid of this. ”

Sheng Xuanyan also smiled, "So, you can't leave me." ”

"Don't leave, don't leave." Joan agreed without hesitation, leaning on his shoulder to watch the dancing flames.

"Joan, I have to wait until midnight tonight." Sheng Xuanren returned to the topic: "At that time, the yin qi was the heaviest, and the ghost qi was the strongest. Take advantage of that time to clear some ghostly energy, so as to determine the exact location of the broken town seal. ”

Joan also bowed: "Okay." I'll stay away then. ”

*

Yan Tingshen sprinkled a circle of insect repellent powder on the ground and said to Su Ye, "Let's just spend tonight." ”

Su Ye entered the circle and sat down cross-legged: "Okay." ”

The two of them squinted and rested for a moment, and Su Ye suddenly asked: "Brother Yan, you have known Sheng Xuan for a long time, with your understanding of him, will he hate my words that night?" ”

Yan Ting knew that Su Ye was still angry about the unreasonable nonsense before the northward trip, and replied: "Xuan complains that although he is young, he is talented, calm and responsible, and he knows which is more important. After a pause: "So, he won't be hated because of your momentary gaffe, don't worry." ”

Su Ye let out a long breath.

"What about you?" Yan Tingshen asked him.

Su Ye raised his eyebrows: "Me? I was dizzy before, I forgot about Luo Yao's ghost seal, and I forgot the responsibility he has always shouldered, what I said to him, really, it hurt enough, and I couldn't ......hold back my mouth," sighed, Su Ye leaned back, looking at the little night sky exposed by the dense branches and leaves, "Actually, I have always admired him, that kind of responsibility has to be overwhelmed by others, but he dares to take it and do it." ”

"I'm different from him. Completely different. Su Ye clenched his fists: "I have known him for decades and are close friends with each other, most of which is because I am looking forward to becoming this kind of person from the bottom of my heart." ”

"Why don't you tell him?"

Su Ye glanced at Yan Tingshen and turned around: "How can it be so easy to say......"

Apologizing for what he said wrongly, Su Ye could only think about it in his heart, and if he really put it in his mouth and let him say it, he couldn't spit out a word after a few sticks.

*

"By the way, you and Su Ye haven't reconciled yet, if you don't talk about it, won't there always be a gap?" Joan also suddenly thought of this and was a little puzzled.

Sheng Xuan shook his head resentfully, "There's no way to say." ”

"How can I not say it, when I quarrel with my younger brothers and sisters, who is at fault and who apologizes, if you forgive, you should also tell the other party."

"I've known him for too long, and that agreement was a long time ago, and it's not clear in a few words." Sheng Xuan lowered his eyelashes and sighed.

"Since I made friends at a young age, this friendship is even more precious." Qiong Yi said: "Su Ye is a very good person, but sometimes he is a little anxious, and you know it." ”

After being silent for a long time, Sheng Xuan said in a low voice: "...... yes, I know. He's always been the person I've aspired to be, just like you, Joan. Casual and straightforward, affectionate and righteous, always chasing what you want to do, which is completely different from 'me'. ”

*

"Okay, it's really hard to understand." Yan Tingshen had no choice but to spread his hands.

*

"When a friend has a gap, it's the stupidest way to keep it secret!" Qiong also tugged at his arm: "After the seal is loosened here, after the four of us meet again, you must have a good talk with him." ”

Sheng Xuanyan pondered dumbly, and finally said, "Okay." ”

*

"Otherwise." Su Ye stood up: "I'd better apologize to him!" ”

"Huh? Go now? Yan Ting was about to get up, and Su Ye sat down again: "Of course, we will meet next time." ”

Yan Ting smiled deeply: "Cheng." ”

Silence had returned to the woods, and the rustle of insects and the wind rustling the treetops was one of the few noises of the night. Qiong also crossed his knees with Sheng Xuan, meditated and ran the exercises, just waiting for the time to come, while on the other side, Yan Tingshen and Su Ye planned to rest early and continue to rush the next day.

Su Ye closed his eyes for a long time and didn't feel sleepy, tossing and turning, and couldn't help but talk: "Brother Yan, are you asleep?" ”

“…… Fell asleep. ”

Su Ye choked and asked again, "Do you have any plans for the future?" ”

"Am I in the future?" Yan Tingshen opened his eyes, "Let's be admitted to serve in the governor's mansion under the five clans." ”

"I thought you would go back to Yan's house to serve as an errand boy." Su Ye said casually: "No wonder you still have so many books in your luggage." ”

He thought for a moment, "In this way, I haven't heard much of you talk about the family. ”

"Because I didn't stay in the Yan family for a long time, and it wasn't pleasant, I only left the master's side four or five years ago and was recalled to the Yan family as a protégé."

"Master? Do you still have a Master? Su Ye became curious: "I've never heard you talk about it." ”

"Yes. He is a lonely guest in the deep mountains of the walled village, he is a noble person, escapist from the world, few people have heard of his origin, my swordsmanship is learned from him, but the master he taught me is the sword technique, but I said to cultivate the sword. I've been practicing for a long time, and it's become my current sword technique. Yan Ting pillowed his hands and smiled warmly: "I was born very humble, I have a mother but no father, my aunt is the concubine of the head of the Yan family with the same surname, I don't have a father, and I don't know who this person is." It's really calculated, and it doesn't have any blood relationship with the Yan family, but it just follows his mother's surname, which sounds like it's related to this family. ”

"I've been a subordinate since I was a child, and later, hmm...... Young and ignorant, unwilling to admit the life of a slave, and unwilling to be bullied and humiliated, he got into trouble, and when he was sold cheaply, he successfully ran away and met my master. The master saved me and A-Niang, and we lived a peaceful life in the deep mountains, until A-Niang was seriously ill later, and the Yan family sent someone to find me, saying that there was a scarcity of people in the door, and my biological father may be the head of the family, willing to adopt me to raise me and teach me skills, so I returned to the Yan family under the persuasion of the master. ”

Su Ye was a little embarrassed, but Yan Tingshen said lightly: "I don't need this kind of 'father', and I never thought of staying in the Yan family for a long time." ”

"Then which clan do you want to test?" Su Ye asked, "Do you want to test my clan?" The conditions for my family to command the governor's mansion and defend the platform are very good, and with your strength in Qingfeng Jixue to return to the top of the list, you will definitely be able to take on a big position! ”

Yan Tingshen said with a smile: "With your friendship with me, I will test your family, can you open a back door?" ”

"No, no, no! The most important thing about taking the exam is fairness and justice, even if you are my brother. ”

Yan Tingshen laughed: "Just kidding." Yichuan Feng Shui cultivates people, if I didn't fancy the position of the Su Governor's Mansion, why would I have to work so hard to compete for the top spot in the assessment of Qingfeng's study, just to ask the Su family for a nomination. ”

Su Ye was relieved: "That's good." I'm waiting for the day you get through. ”

"Tsk." Yan Tingshen closed his eyes and changed his words: "No, it's not possible." When you become the patriarch, won't I, as a brother, become your subordinate and listen to your command? I have to reconsider, Guangyang's customs are not bad. ”

"Huh? I became the patriarch and can I still treat you badly? Besides, it must be more than ten years later, and my father's body is still fine! ”

"yes."

“……”

*

The time has come.

Sheng Xuanyan opened his eyes, and the fire next to his feet was about to burn out, leaving only a cloud of ashes. He looked around at the woods, but did not see the floating ghosts, one hand combined the index finger and middle finger, in the form of a sword technique, the other hand was flat on his chest, the blue true qi overflowed, around his body, he closed his eyes and sensed the movement of the ghost's breath with his spiritual sense, and stood still for nearly a pillar of incense.

Qiong had also regained consciousness from his luck and concentration, and when he saw Sheng Xuan's resentment probing the demonic aura, he quietly stood on the side to protect the Dharma for him. After a long time, Sheng Xuanyan opened his eyes: "In the northwest." ”

He said to Qiong Yi: "Don't move here, I'll go back when I go." "Let's go in the direction of the detection, and go away.

Even if he wanted to take him with him, Joan didn't want to go with him, so she sat down and waited for him to return.

Sheng Xuanyan relied on the wisp of ghost qi he captured, and really saw two or three unconscious wandering ghosts wandering in the forest, raising their swords to kill ghosts, and under the sword qi, those sneaky ghosts turned into dust and dispersed. He searched the ghost wandering several times, but still found no gaps in the seals or nails.

"Strange, isn't the Evil Point here?" Sheng Xuan said resentfully, and thought: "Also, a few wandering ghosts, I'm afraid they didn't come out of the cracks." If I had known that there would be such a vision, I should have written down the nail diagram in advance, and followed the wandering ghost breath to find it, but I didn't know its source, which was really troublesome. ”

After patrolling this area for a long time, Sheng Xuanyan made sure that there was no more sneakiness before turning back to find Qiong Yi.

At this time, it was already the third watch at night, and Joan was also a little sleepy, and was leaning on the tree to nap, when he came back and beckoned, "Did you find it?" ”

Sheng Xuan shook his head resentfully: "It's just a ghost." ”

"Rest well, and look for it tomorrow."

Leaning against the tree and sitting down, he stretched out his arms and said to her, "Go to sleep." ”

Joan also fell into his arms at once.