Yuzhou is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, connecting Chang'an to Luoyang, and is a place where soldiers of all dynasties must fight. Under the leadership of Zhuyang County, the surrounding scenery is pleasant, after the troubled times, many people in the rivers and lakes walk around here, seeking opportunities, and competing for fame and fortune. Twenty kilometers to the south, there is a five-peak mountain, from the foot of the mountain to look at, the size of the five peaks, or the majestic, or the repair, each has its own form, the mountains are stacked, the clouds are entangled in the mist.

Walking on the mountain trail, I feel like I don't know the depths of the clouds.

If you look down from the top of the mountain, you can see a man and a woman walking on the mountain trail without the dense foliage.

"There is a five-peak view on the mountain, in the early years, when a batch of money and goods were transferred to Luoyang, Xijing, he had visited the master of the temple through this place, and he was a monk who was indifferent to fame and fortune. Tonight, I'll rest in the view. ”

"It's a pity, if it weren't for the loss of their mounts in a fight with Lin Lao Ghost and Xie Ding the day before yesterday, I would definitely be able to rush to the Valley of Forgotten Worries today. ”

Zhang Qingzi is still dressed in white, but her clothes are dirty, and she doesn't see the style of competing with snow in the past. She said worriedly: "Old Ghost Lin has achieved great sword skills in recent years, Xie Ding and him join forces to not lose to us, if we add Xu Qing, Xia Yunxian, and Wild Fox, how can we deal with it?"

Fang Zimo rushed these days, and the day before yesterday, he took on the main pressure of the flesh butcher knife and the Chang'an Sword King Xie Ding joining forces, and the internal rest was quite expensive, although he was tired, but his expression was calm. He comforted Haruko and said, "Didn't I send a message to Xiao Chu...... How many storms and waves you and I have experienced over the years, but we have not been as worried as we have been in recent days. ”

Zhang Qingzi subconsciously gently stroked her lower abdomen - you don't want it, you don't want it but regret it, such a contradictory and unique woman's psychology, Zhang Qingzi is no exception. She complained unsteadily: "If I hadn't forced you, you wouldn't have been willing to invite Chu Kexing to help!

The two walked to the middle of the mountain, a Taoist temple was hidden in the pine and cypress, and the quiet and clear stream on the side flowed down the mountain. Fang Zimo asked the Taoist boy who was sweeping the floor, and when he learned that the master had gone down the mountain to visit friends, he gave him some silver and asked to come to a quiet room to rest.

............

The sun went down early in winter, and after half a day of sword teaching, the housekeeper of Zhao Mansion invited Ye Yunsheng to eat in the mansion, because he was worried about his wife, Ye Yunsheng politely declined, took Ah Yu around the East Market, and bought an old hen to go home.

Ah Tan had already closed the stall, lay on the bed again, shrunk up, and slept soundly.

Ye Yunsheng let Ah Yu play in the yard, he boiled water, put rice, cleaned the old hen, stewed a pot of chicken soup, put mushrooms, vegetable leaves and old bamboo shoots, and waited for the soup to taste before entering the house to call his wife.

The chicken soup is so fragrant, Ah Yu bites the chicken thigh meat regardless of the hot mouth, Ye Yunsheng also sandwiched a chicken leg for Ah Tan, and filled half a bowl of chicken soup, Ah Tan blew for a while, took a sip, and put down the bowl for some reason.

Ye Yunsheng tasted the soup and chewed some bones, knowing that although he had not stewed chicken soup for a long time, the level had not regressed, the chicken skin was smooth, the chicken was tender but not rotten, and the soup was even more delicious. He saw that his wife looked like he couldn't speak, so he urged: "Eat while it's hot, warm your body." ”

"Official, the slave is lacking in body and has no appetite. ”

"Ah Tan, after eating meat and drinking soup, your body will have strength and your spirit will improve. ”

"Slaves can't eat it. ”

"What did you eat before?"

"No, I don't feel hungry, I don't want to eat. ”

A little annoyed, he picked up her bowl and said, "Drink the soup quickly." ”

"Mother, such a delicious chicken soup and chicken, you can eat it!"

Ah Yu made a second bowl of soup by himself, accompanied by some rice, and sandwiched a piece of chicken triangle, and ate it with a snorting sound.

Ah Tan took a sip reluctantly and couldn't help but vomit.

"Ah, it's spit on the hands of the officials!"

"Ah Tan, are you sick to your stomach?"

"Slaves really can't eat it...... Why don't you wait until you're hungry and the slave eats it hot, okay?"

Ye Yunsheng panicked in his heart, suppressed his emotions, and said to Ah Tan with kind words: "Ah Yu brought a piece of bean cake from Zhao Mansion, saying that it was for his mother to eat, let her bring it to you to taste a little, okay?"

Ah Yu had already run into the house with his legs and took a piece of bean cake out, "Mother, this bean cake is delicious!"

Ah Tan smiled reluctantly, pinched and took a bite, as if swallowing a mouthful of the most bitter medicinal powder in the world, put the bean cake in front of Ah Yu's table, and said, "Mother is not hungry, Ah Yu can keep it for herself." After saying that, he didn't have the energy to deal with it, so he got up and went back to the house.

"Dad, my mother is so strange, I haven't eaten anything, does she want to finish all this after I fall asleep?"

Ye Yunsheng looked at the door of the house in a daze, turned around and smiled at Ah Yu, "Yes, eat all the delicious food you can't fit in your stomach!"

After eating, I accompanied Ah Yu, waited for the little guy to yawn, and rushed her to bed. Ye Yunsheng didn't wait for his daughter to fall asleep, so he closed the door and walked out of the alley.

He went down the tunnel through the secret door, entered the stone cave, and in the underground Sanqing Palace, stretched out his finger and flicked the copper pipe erected in the middle of the table.

In just a moment, the statue of "Lingbao Tianzun" turned around, revealing the secret door.

Holy Hand Lao Li stood angrily outside the door of the Huangquan Medical Garden, glaring at Ye Yunsheng: "Do you want to deaf my ears?"

Ye Yunsheng said angrily: "Ah Tan is sick, looking for you to see a doctor, I'm in a hurry." ”

"Do people quit the rivers and lakes with their brains?"

"I'm not in the mood to quarrel with you, hurry up and follow me. ”

"Look at your panicked and anxious look...... What is the condition?"

"Can't eat. ”

"Then you wait until she's hungry and feed her!" Lao Li jumped to his feet angrily, pointed at Ye Yunsheng and scolded: "Don't rely on your previous friendship with me, and lose your mind to trick me!"

"It's not that I don't have an appetite, I haven't eaten for a day. Who is there who is not hungry for a day? and the pulse is not visible...... I can only find you. ”

Lao Li thought about it for a while and said, "Ten taels of silver." ”

"Good. ”

He went to get the medical box and followed Ye Yunsheng out of the secret door.

When he was about to arrive at home, Ye Yunsheng said to him: "There is a gold ingot at home, but it will be of great use later tonight, so I will owe you some days for this consultation fee." ”

Lao Li turned around and left without saying a word, and his collar was pulled by Ye Yunsheng, "Hey, don't tear my clothes!"

"Don't lose your temper, it's coming. Hurry up and help Ah Tan take a look!"

For the sake of the doctor, Lao Li went directly into the house and sat on the edge of the bed, fortunately, Ah Tan slept in clothes and did not need to wake up. Ye Yunsheng lightly broke Ah Yu's hands and feet holding his mother, and motioned for Lao Li to take the pulse.

This ride is the time to take a stick of incense.

Lao Li originally looked relaxed and slightly disdainful, but when he let go of his fingers, his face was already full of solemnity.

The two came to the courtyard in front of the house, and Lao Li said to Ye Yunsheng: "The medical scriptures have not been loaded, and I have never seen such a pulse, it seems to be stable and chaotic in it, it seems to be transparent but sluggish and difficult to solve, there is no injury on the outside, there is no invasion on the inside, it is strange!"

Ye Yunsheng even trembled when he heard it: "Even you don't know, so what should I do?"

Lao Li's face tightened, and he could only say: "I'll go back and ponder, you can observe and see if there is anything else in the next few days...... Don't be too nervous, this disease is too big, it's also a chronic disease, it's better to be sick urgently, I can always figure out a way!"

Ye Yunsheng sent Lao Li out, returned to the house and looked at his wife, worried, and when he looked at his daughter again, he couldn't help but feel sad......

That's probably it, it's useless in the world. Nothing can be done but look and listen.

He hated, hated, and couldn't help but take a sword to kill indiscriminately - Nine Difficulties, Wei Xian, Xu Qing, and Monk Tinghai. Anyway, the sword is dead, it doesn't matter if you are good or bad, it's all gone.

After thinking about it for a long time, he looked up at the sky—it was already dark.

He took out a piece of gold from the closet, which was a reward for saving Zhao Yu and Zhao Yuanwai.

Stepping on the cold night wind, he soon came to the outside of the Ning family's house in the west of the city. As soon as he reached the stairs, the door was opened, and a man burst out and struck him.

Before he could figure it out, his hand had already been handed over naturally, and with an upright "push the mountains and seas," he slapped the man in the face, and actually exerted ten percent of his internal strength! This man seemed to have been hit by a galloping horse, and fell backwards like a fly, until he fell down at the end of the front yard.

"Oh, Ye missed, is the senior hurt?"

It was an old man who went out to attack him, and when he had just fought a palm, he had seen the appearance of the other party clearly, and he shouted bad in his heart, this janitor who followed the third room ten years ago was extraordinary, and the small methods of the Ning family were even more amazing and unfathomable. It's just that he didn't expect a tentative palm, but he changed all of Ye Yunsheng's skills, and this internal skill is the "Bright Light Divine Guard" handed down by Lu Xianren, which is really powerful and incomparable. The old man was sent out before he could even change his moves.

While Ye Yunsheng was speaking, more than a dozen people had already climbed over the wall, and their short crossbows were fired vigorously, shooting at him.

The wall is only three steps away from him, where is there a way to dodge the short crossbow made by the Kaining family.

The old man in the courtyard had already shouted: "Stop!"

Seeing that Ye Yunsheng was about to be pierced by more than a dozen sharp arrows, there was no trace of panic on his face, and his internal breath was like a river rushing for a moment, and he was gone for thousands of miles.

With his left hand, he stretched out two fingers and pinched the trick, his fingertips pointed towards his trouser legs, and his right hand seemed to hold something, and slowly walked forward......

All the sharp arrows in the air suddenly stopped, as if they had encountered an invisible and untouchable wall, and froze in the air.

He lowered his hand, and the arrows fell to the ground.

More than a dozen Ning family guards holding short crossbows on the wall held their breath, and for a moment they wondered if they were dazzled by a mistake......

Ye Yunsheng had no time to look at these people's surprised and suspicious expressions of life. He entered the door, walked to the old man, bent over with his fists, made a big salute, and said in his mouth: "Ye missed, if the seniors are to blame, please teach a lesson." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Ye Yunsheng, why did you withdraw from the rivers and lakes? Isn't it a pity that this martial arts is too much!" When he said this, blood gushed out of his mouth, and the blow just now had already caused him internal injuries.

Ye Yunsheng held his body, crossed his qi inside, calmed the chaotic breath in the old man's body, and pushed the blood through the palace, fortunately, the old man's internal skills are not bad, and after years of practice, the qi roots are as calm as the roots of a big tree, and they recovered in only half a pillar of incense.

He said to Ye Yunsheng: "The old man was moving his muscles and bones in the courtyard, and he was going to sleep with a little sweat, but he felt a monstrous murderous machine outside the door, like a mountain toppling...... The old man still wanted to come to the Ning family for trouble at night, but he didn't expect it to be you. ”

Ye Yunsheng was extremely ashamed of what he said, and lowered his head to admit his mistake, "It's been quite difficult in recent days, and I'm also upset, plus my son is sick, his condition is complicated, and he was harmed by Jiu Yan and others, so he had a killing intention in his heart, and he didn't want to go all the way, and his internal breath was already all over his body, but he didn't notice it, so he missed and injured his seniors." ”

At some point, there was a woman standing in front of the hall, with long hair scattered and wet with droplets, wearing a plush gown, a blue dress inside, and clogs on her feet.

Ning Yaoyue's face was full of frost, and she said to everyone in the courtyard: "Since this person has injured Zuo Lao, he has offended our Ning family, you wait to take him down and escort him to the backyard, I will personally ask him for the blame!"

Hearing Sister Yaoyue mention Zuo Lao, Ye Yunsheng only found the old man's name in his memory at this time-Ning Zuojian.

Afterwards, he and Ning Zuojian both showed helpless wry smiles.

And when Ye Yunsheng saw Ning Zuojian's expression, he couldn't help but feel even more ashamed.

In the conversation between the two of them before, the people around them had already heard it, knowing that he was Ye Yunsheng, how could they take Ning Yaoyue's words seriously. The guards of the Ning family surrounded him, the sword drawn out, the sword drawn out, and the dart also pointed at him, which was quite like a saber rattling, but everyone's expressions couldn't help but laugh. He was hugged by the crowd and taken to the backyard, where he was locked up in a stone room.

They did not take his acupuncture points, nor did they bind him, but left him alone in it.

After a while, he heard Ning Yaoyue outside speak: "No one needs to watch here, let's disperse." ”

Ning Yaoyue walked in and closed the door, her eyes turned on Ye Yunsheng, and said softly: "This stone room is used to punish those who make mistakes in the family, so it is a little simpler. ”

"It's okay, I'll leave when I'm done. ”

"You say it first, I can do it. ”

Ye Yunsheng pulled out the stool, sat down and said, "I want to ask the Ning family to help me send two urgent letters." ”

"To whom?"

"Chu Kexing, Yun Wujing. ”

Ning Yaoyue thought about it for a while and said, "Chu Kexing should have arrived near Sanssouci Valley, in fact, there was news yesterday, but I didn't tell you at the time, because I couldn't get the accuracy of the news." It has been confirmed today that Chu Kexing is indeed going to Sanssouci Valley to Kaifeng with Fang Zimo. ”

Ye Yunsheng showed joy, and muttered: "It's really good that Xiao Chu and Zimo are together...... Zimo, a stubborn donkey, can be regarded as enlightened. ”

Ning Yaoyue asked: "Since Fang Zimo has already made an appointment with Chu Kexing, presumably Yun Wujing will not be left behind, the four of you were in Chang'an back then, and who doesn't know the depth of friendship?"

"Zimo won't contact Lao Yun. ”

Seeing Ning Yaoyue's surprised look, Ye Yunsheng couldn't help but explain to her: "After the Dingfeng Bo Sword Club lost, how could Lao Yun's temper endure it, so he shouted to take revenge on those people on the other side." Zimo kept his word, refused to agree, and stopped him, so he beat Zimo, and his nose and face were swollen...... If it was a happy event, Zimo would definitely go to Lao Yun, but in this situation, he would never do it. ”

Ning Yaoyue only shook her head and sighed, "You men are really ...... 's life is gone, and he still cares about face. ”

Ye Yunsheng smiled faintly: "Because face is often more important than life." ”

"As I said earlier, it is inconvenient for the Ning family to meddle in this matter, but sending letters is a business, and no one can say anything. It is estimated that it will take more than ten days to send the letter all the way to Lingnan, so it is said that it has been more than a month since Yun Wujing arrived, what else can be done?"

"I know, but that's all I can do. His eyes were gloomy, he had no look, and he looked lonely and sad. "I can't help but think every night, if something happens to Zimo, how will I face my former friends and myself in the future......"

The room was silent for a while, touching her long hair, and there were silky droplets of water in her hands, Ning Yaoyue looked at Ye Yunsheng quietly, her eyes were different from yesterday. When I looked at him before, I was looking at a friend who I hadn't seen for a long time, but now I look at him, but I look at him like a lonely woman looking at a man with a heartbeat.

He lowered his head, but he didn't know if he noticed the other party's silky mist and lingering gaze, and hurriedly refreshed himself and said, "No matter what, you have to help me this time." ”

She stepped off the stool, her fingertips slowly moving on the table.

"Of course I'll help you. ”

When there is some distance, looking at her face is kind and natural, and the look in her eyes is soft and gentle.

As she got closer, she could feel each other's breathing, and her face suddenly became cold and unfamiliar, and her eyes were as sharp as two throwing knives.

He was already holding his breath. But the other party spat on his face with the smell of wine, and the rhythm became faster and faster......

"San Lang, I just mustered up the courage to marry you in front of the elders in the family, but what about you? You left, leaving nothing behind. Leave me behind, let the entire Ning family laugh at her, the person Ning Yaoyue is going to marry doesn't want her!"

"It's not that I don't want you! It's just that I didn't think about it, I just went out to wander the rivers and lakes, and I didn't plan to start a family so early. ”

She pressed her hands on his chest, and said softly, coldly, and meaninglessly: "Do you know, all these years, I have imagined that you suddenly appeared in front of me, saying that you would take me away and fly away, and at the same time thinking that if you appeared, I must ......."

He was like being caught in a big hole, motionless, "What do you want to do?"

"Bite you. ”

............

In the quiet room of Wufeng Temple, on the old wooden bed, Zhang Qingzi was frantically biting Fang Zimo. Fang Zimo was also biting Zhang Qingzi frantically. The two were naked and uncovered, hugging each other, their hands intertwined, their legs coiled, and it was difficult to distinguish each other.

Until the two were satisfied and their breath was stable, Fang Zimo hugged his wife and silently looked at the river of time in the dark.

"I miss the time when we traveled together and founded the Xinyi League. Ah Sheng, Lao Yun, Xiao Chu, we walked north and south together, and I still remember that once the employer said that it was to send a box of jade, but it turned out to be two heads when it was sent to the place. The person who received the goods opened the box and fainted in fright, and several elders of their family came out to fight with us, and the embarrassing scene ......"

"Eat a trench and grow wise, and then you will open the box and check it before each transfer. When I checked it for the first time, Lao Yun also said that the people of the Xinyi League were not afraid of giving away heads, and they would collect money anyway. ”

"I've been thinking that if I had won the Nine Tribulations back then, maybe the four of us brothers wouldn't have parted ways. ”

She gently inserted her hand into his hair and gently combed it, the emotions in her eyes were complicated and difficult to describe.

"Actually, the most bitter thing is you, it was Lao Yun's idea to establish the Xinyi League at the beginning, but it turned out that the person in charge of the alliance let you do it. ”

"I'm really tired to this day. For some reason, whenever I want to give up, I think that one day, when my brothers return to Chang'an, there is a place where they can gather and talk...... This place was built by everyone together, and its name was come up with together...... How nice is that. ”

"So, this time, no matter what, we're going to break through!"

Fang Zimo just smiled. "Haruko, the more you try to break through, the more panicked and scared you become. In fact, after walking the rivers and lakes for a long time, I am really numb, and I no longer seem to have so many thoughts and considerations about injury and death as before. When I left Chang'an this time, I only thought about it once, and I didn't think about it anymore. Do you know what I thought?"

"Looking for a chance to get everyone together again?"

He hugged her tightly, smelling the familiar breath of her, from the partners who fought side by side all the way to the husband and wife who lived in the same room, it seemed to go with the flow, maybe this was fate......

Fate, love but not.

Destined, get but not love.

It seems that from the beginning to the present, she has never said a word of love to him, and she has been coquettish once.

Fang Zimo admired Ye Yunsheng's dedication and talent for swords, but what he admired even more was that at least when he was young, he admired his womanhood even more.

Smelling the smell of Qingzi's body, Fang Zimo thought about Ye Yunsheng in his heart.

You are not more handsome than me, nor are you more capable than me, why does she like you more?

"I think, if I die, you go to Yunsheng. He is by your side and you will live happier than you are now. ”

Zhang Qingzi pressed against his head, tears flowed, and her mouth read: "Don't, don't!" She read it several times, and the words came out of her heart: "He has his life, and I won't be with him." I am your wife, no matter what, I will accompany you, live with you, and die with you!"

She buried her face in his broad chest and choked in a low voice, "I know that in this world, you need me more than anyone else. ”

He smiled and sighed, laughed and wept, and said with a smile: "I only wish you well......"

The night is almost over.

They hugged each other and fell asleep.

............

When Ye Yunsheng returned home, it was already the middle of the night.

Physically and mentally, he was a little tired.

The lack of sleep for a long time made him a little trance-like, and what happened before was already vaguely in his memory as if a dream had just passed. Only the damage to his knees caused by the stone cot in the stone room to punish the Ning family's wrongdoers could remind him of his real existence.

Furthermore, the internal strength is profound, and sometimes it is not used.

He didn't even enter the house, so he went directly to the cellar and healed Jiang Shouhua Yungong for two hours. After his internal strength was exhausted, he recovered his luck for a while, talked to Jiang Shouhua, and informed Chu Kexing that he had gone to pick up Fang Zimo and Zhang Qingzi, so that he could be relieved.

Jiang Shouhua looked at him with a strange expression.

He asked, "What's the matter, but what's the matter?"

Jiang Shouhua said hesitantly: "How is the fragrance on your body different from yesterday?"

How did he explain this? And it was still the current situation, no wonder Jiang Shouhua looked incomprehensible, and his expression was so weird.

Probably the uselessness of the world is like this, why care what she thinks?

He fetched a bucket of water from outside, boiled a bowl of hot noodles, gave her to eat, cleaned up, and went back to the house.

His wife and daughter were still sleeping soundly, Ah Yu was about to fall down at the end of the bed, he hugged his daughter and put it back to his wife, and then he didn't move, fell on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

The feeling of the rivers and lakes was so close—so real, so false, so crazy.

And there will always be calm, immersed in the night.