One is renewed, and everything is renewed. In March, the earth warms up, and all things in heaven and earth are thriving and thriving.

The deceased, no matter how beautiful his life was, was buried by time and forgotten by the world.

In the end, the rivers and lakes are still the same rivers and lakes.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the sky is clear.

In the early morning, Xiao Zhirou, Teng Sanshi, and Yun Jianping took a flat boat and went down the river to Liuyudu.

Half a month ago, Teng Sanshi rushed from Luoyang City to the Valley of Despair, and informed Xiao Zhirou of everything that happened in the Xianwang Mansion and the news of Luo Tianjin's death.

Xiao Zhirou was expressionless after hearing this, didn't say a word, completely ignored Teng Sanshi's comfort, and turned around and left.

thought that Xiao Zhirou had completely given up on Luo Tianjin. Unexpectedly, from that day on, Xiao Zhirou locked herself in the thatched hut of Liuyudu and did not appear again for half a month.

Teng Sanshi, Chang Wuregret, Yun Jianping and others were full of worries and took turns to persuade each other, but they were all turned away, and they didn't even see Xiao Zhirou's face.

They don't know what Xiao Zhirou is doing or thinking about when she locks herself in the grass hut, but they can occasionally hear bursts of piano sounds, melodious and tactful, meaningful, such as resentment, such as admiration, such as crying, it is the song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" that she and Luo Tianjin co-created.

Jiangtian is colorless and dustless, and the lonely moon wheel in the bright sky.

Who first saw the moon on the riverside? When did the river moon shine at the beginning of the year?

This morning, Xiao Zhirou suddenly appeared, she didn't explain too much to everyone, but just instructed Chang Wuregret to prepare incense and candle offerings, and then led Teng Sanshi and Yun Jianping to Liuyudu.

The blue waves are vast, and the rivers and the sky are colorful. The breeze is gentle, and the willows are still clinging, which can't help but make people feel refreshed and comfortable.

"Master, why are we here?"

"For worship. ”

"Whom do you worship?"

"One...... Someone who is very important to you and me. After speaking, without waiting for Yun Jianping to ask, Xiao Zhirou looked upright and ordered, "Ping'er, place the incense and candle offerings by the river." ”

"Yes. ”

Although she didn't know Xiao Zhirou's intentions, Yun Jianping still nodded very obediently, and carefully displayed the ingot candles and other worship objects prepared in advance by the river.

This scene, Teng Sanshi saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. He was not distressed by this sudden worship, but distressed by the torment of his precious daughter.

While Yun Jianping was displaying the offerings, Xiao Zhirou walked back to the thatched hut and piled up all the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the house to the riverside.

"Master, these are ......"

"It's all useless stuff. Xiao Zhirou said casually, "Ping'er, burn them all!"

Xiao Zhirou's tone sounded unhappy or sad, but her voice trembled slightly uncontrollably.

"This ......"

Looking at the yellowed calligraphy and paintings pieced together from fragments, Yun Jianping couldn't help but hesitate, and turned her hesitant gaze to Teng Sanshi who was standing aside.

Teng Sanshi looked at Xiao Zhirou, who was dead in ashes, with pity in his eyes, and sighed: "Rou'er, what's the trouble?"

"People are dead, and I keep them...... What's the use?" Xiao Zhirou spoke extremely slowly, and intermittently, trying to hide her chokeness.

"Rou'er, you...... Do you regret not going to Luoyang City that day?" Teng Sanshi asked, "If we didn't go back from Xuzhou at that time, but went straight to Luoyang City...... Maybe everything will be different. At the very least, you'll get to see him one last time. ”

"Everything is providential. Xiao Zhirou tilted her head slightly, as if she didn't want the tears in her eyes to fall.

The sun was shining, reflecting her beautiful eyes.

"Alas!" Teng Sanshi said helplessly, "He treats you like this, but you miss him, what a stupid girl." ”

"Dad, don't say any more. ”

"Daddy?"

Hearing Xiao Zhirou call Teng Sanshi "father", Yun Jianping was taken aback, looking at Xiao Zhirou with a sad expression and Teng Sanshi with a sad face, dumbfounded, helpless, and surprised for a long time.

"Not bad!" Facing Yun Jianping's stunnedness, Xiao Zhirou was not surprised, and said indifferently, "I am a member of the Teng clan, the daughter of Teng Sanshi." Actually, it's not a secret, it's just that I've been avoiding it. ”

Seeing Xiao Zhirou take the initiative to admit the relationship with him, Teng Sanshi was surprised and delighted, his heart was full of emotion, and he was full of excited old tears, and nodded again and again in agreement: "Yes, yes, my good daughter, you are finally back......"

"This ......" Yun Jianping looked at Teng Sanshi's father and daughter in a daze, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

"Ping'er, in fact, Yun Chasing Yue is also a member of the Teng clan. ”

"What?"

Xiao Zhirou's "honesty" once again surprised Yun Jianping, and she said in disbelief: "My father ...... Also from the Teng clan?"

"That's good!" Teng Sanshi continued, "Actually, Yun Chaiyue's real name is Du Xiang, and he is the righteous son raised by the old man. ”

"This ...... How is it possible?" Yun Jianping was ownerless, and the six gods were uneasy, "Dad never told me about ......"

"The grievances and grievances of the previous generation have nothing to do with you. Xiao Zhirou soothed, "Yun Chaiyue doesn't tell you the truth, because I don't want you to add to your troubles." ”

"No wonder Dad has such an attitude towards Master...... Strange, it turns out that you have known each other for a long time. Yun Jianping thought for a moment and said ignorantly, "But why ......?"

"Dad and Xiao Gu Master don't just know each other? ”

Before Yun Jianping could finish speaking, a slightly hoarse laugh suddenly came from a distance.

Immediately afterwards, a flat boat slowly came from the river. The one who drove the boat was the second disciple of the Desperate Valley, who often had no regrets, and the person standing at the bow of the boat was the Holy Lord of Longxiang Mountain, chasing the moon in the clouds.

In a moment, the light boat docked, and Chang Wuregret rushed to Xiao Zhirou with an arrow step, and pleaded guiltily: "Valley Master, Yun Chasing Yue led people to break through the Valley of Despair, and threatened the lives of the disciples in the valley, and the disciples had no choice but to bring him to Liuyu to cross the ......."

However, in the face of Chang Unrepentant Confession, Xiao Zhirou turned a deaf ear, and only looked at Yun Chaiyue, and the eyes of both of them were very complicated.

"If it weren't for Senior Brother going to Yangzhou to inquire about the news, if he wasn't in the valley, I wouldn't let them succeed easily. ”

The "senior brother" in Chang Wuregret's mouth refers to Tang Afu.

Not long ago, Tang Afu heard that there was news of the bloody Tang family's gang of horse thieves in Yangzhou, so he took leave from Xiao Zhirou at the beginning of the month, and now he is far away in Yangzhou, and he doesn't know anything about what happened in the Valley of Despair.

"It's not your fault......! I was invited. ”

"What?"

In the face of Chang Wu's regret shock, Xiao Zhirou no longer said much.

Seeing this, Teng Sanshi couldn't help frowning, and a touch of thought flashed in his old eyes.

"Daddy!"

With an excited shout, Yun Jianping trotted all the way forward, as if she was surprised by Yun Chasing Yue's sudden appearance.

"Good!" Yun Chaiyue replied with a smile, and then bowed respectfully to Teng Sanshi, "I've seen my father-in-law!"

"Something happened to the leader of the martial arts alliance, do you know?" Teng San slammed his face, quite with the intention of asking the teacher for guilt.

"I heard one or two on the way here. Yun Chaiyue prevaricated, "Luo Tianjin has done a lot of injustice, and I am not surprised that he has today's fate." ”

"Now that you know, why don't you go to Luoyang City to mourn?" Teng Sanshi said unhappily, "Long Xiangshan is now a famous and decent family, and you are not a pagan demon, how can you be so ignorant of the rules?"

At the beginning, during the Huashan Martial Arts Conference, Teng Sanshi chased the moon for the sake of protecting the clouds, and used the Xiangxi Teng clan as a guarantee, and promised to educate Longxiang Mountain to return to the right path in public, so there is this question today.

"My father-in-law knows that I hate Luo Tianjin to the core, and I wish he had no place to be buried, so how could I go to mourn?"

"Bastard!" Teng Sanshi said angrily, "The old man doesn't hate Luo Tianjin, but feelings belong to feelings, and rules are rules." Of course, he deserves to die, but after all, he is the leader of the martial arts alliance, even if you don't respect his person, you should respect his position. Such a simple truth, do you still use the old man to teach you?"

"My father's anger has been relieved, and I have been exalted. Yun Chaiyue seemed to be worried that Teng Sanshi would not give up, so she hurriedly changed the topic and asked Yun Jianping, "......What are you doing?"

"Master asked me to lay these offerings by the river......

"Are you worshipping Luo Tianjin?" Yun Chaiyue suddenly realized, looked at Xiao Zhirou with resentment in her eyes, and asked, "Rou'er, Luo Tianjin has hurt you so badly, why are you worshipping him?"

"First, whether to worship or not is my business, and it has nothing to do with you. Xiao Zhirou said indifferently, "Both, even if I don't worship, there are always people here who should worship, isn't it?"

As soon as these words came out, Yun Chaiyue couldn't help but be stunned, and her eyes became more and more tangled when she looked at Yun Jianping.

"Ping'er, burn quickly!"

"Yes. ”

Under Xiao Zhirou's urging, Yun Jianping didn't dare to slack off, stuck out her tongue at Yun Chasing the Moon, and then took the calligraphy and paintings to the candle and lit them.

"These are...... Luo Tianjin's calligraphy and paintings?" Yun Chaiyue recognized the owners of these calligraphy and paintings at a glance, and laughed, "It's good to burn them out! ”

Under the attention of several people, the raging fire burned the calligraphy and paintings, and pieces of ashes rose to the sky like catkins, drifting on the river with the wind.

Xiao Zhirou looked at the ashes flying in the sky, and suddenly felt sadness coming from it, and she couldn't help herself.

"Master, burn the ......"

"Ping'er, kneel down and bow north!"

"What?"

Xiao Zhirou's words not only made Yun Jianping stunned, but also made Teng Sanshi and Yun Chaiyue's faces change, and even Chang Wuregret, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but be stunned.

"Master, you let ...... 'me' bow to the north?" Yun Jianping looked blank, "Why is this? I don't know the Lord of the Luo League......

"Get on your knees!"

Xiao Zhirou's stern words trembled Yun Jianping's frightened body, and at the same time, her legs weakened, and she subconsciously knelt on the ground.

From the first day Yun Jianping met Xiao Zhirou, Xiao Zhirou has always treated her with a pleasant face and love, and she has never been so strict. Today's "angry denunciation" is unprecedented.

As if realizing that she was too harsh, Xiao Zhirou's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of pity, and then her tone softened, and she said softly: "Ping'er, if you don't worship him today, I'm afraid you will regret it for the rest of your life." ”

"Rou'er, what do you mean by this?" The monk who was like a second monk was puzzled, looked at Xiao Zhirou who was worried in confusion, and hesitated, "Although Luo Tianjin is the leader of the martial arts alliance and can afford to bow down to these juniors, but today you ...... Something seems anomalous. What the hell is going on?"

"Chasing the moon in the clouds!"

Xiao Zhirou turned a deaf ear to Teng Sanshi's confusion, but cast a solemn and deep gaze on Yun Chasing the Moon, who had a tangled expression and mixed tastes, and said word by word in an unquestionable tone: "I invite you to come in the hope that you can fulfill your past promises. Now that Luo Tianjin is dead, are you ...... It's time to tell the truth!"

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