The more Gao Yuan thought about it, the more unbelievable he felt, and hurriedly summoned someone to order: "Please Miss Qin to come here." ”

After a while, Qin Yu finally walked into the study, compared to half a year ago, she seemed to have become thinner, but she was still elegant and elegant, and her breath was like Zhilan.

The moment she stepped into the door, Gao Yuan had almost concluded in her heart that the person who broke into the barracks that night was definitely not the real Qin Yu!

However, in order to confirm his judgment, he still invited Qin Yu to sit down and asked, "Yu'er, I want to ask you, since you went home, Zhu Ning sealed the Qin Mansion, have you ever had a chance to come out?"

He actually felt a little guilty about Qin Yu in his heart, after all, he had wronged her in his heart, and because of his own reasons, the Qin family was under house arrest by Zhu Ning for half a year.

Qin Yu didn't mean to blame him, she naturally sat down next to Qin Xu and replied, "No, although Zhu Ning didn't coerce us and didn't make any radical moves, he kept a close watch on each of us, and there was no chance to sneak out at all." ”

However, after saying this, she still frowned slightly: "What are you asking for?"

Gao Yuan hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "Late at night on the day of Zhu Ningfeng's mansion, a person who looks exactly like you came to the barracks, and she hinted that the third brother was the real murderer of the former king and the crown prince. ”

Qin Yu's face changed drastically, "Could it be that someone would use the disguise technique to impersonate me?"

Gao Yuan nodded with a gloomy face, and then suddenly shook his head, "I'm not sure...... Because, I just thought of another possibility, and I think it's a big possibility. ”

"Transfiguration is just a legend, and it is not a simple matter to actually make a human skin mask and imitate other people's voices. In the hundreds of years of the Great Wilderness, only sixty years ago, there was a person in the martial arts called 'Scholar with a Thousand Faces', but this person has been out of the martial arts for at least forty years, and it is estimated that he has died of old age. Qin Xu added.

"Maybe he has apprentices. Qin Yu said.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is said that the 'Scholar with a Thousand Faces' is arrogant and arrogant, and the possibility of accepting apprentices is very small. ”

Qin Yu smiled and said, "Dad, how can you, a person who reads and talks about Taoism, know this kind of legend on the rivers and lakes?"

Qin Xu sighed slightly: "Others call him 'Scholar with a Thousand Faces', he was also a 'scholar', in that era, he was originally a famous erudite at that time, but because of an accident, he was disheartened, and he turned to study the secret art of poison, and since then he has embarked on an evil path. ”

Qin Yu said disapprerovingly: "If you encounter setbacks, you will be willing to fall, and people with this kind of ambition will not succeed in anything." ”

Qin Xu said: "Yu'er, I have taught you many times, you don't really understand others, don't judge at will, you forgot again." ”

A hint of shame appeared on Qin Yu's face, and he snorted, "Got it." ”

"It shouldn't be a disguise technique, I carefully recalled the scene at the time, and I think the biggest possibility is that someone poisoned me and caused me to hallucinate. ”

Gao Yuan said categorically, "I haven't seen Yu'er for more than ten years, and I almost didn't recognize her when I saw her for the first time, how could this person find out the relationship between me and Yu'er in such a short period of time, and still make a human skin mask so quickly and change his voice?"

"But if it's something like a psychedelic drug, he can adapt to the hallucinations I had at the time and push the boat with the flow. ”

"If it is poison, it may be inseparable from the Zhu family. Qin Yu said in a deep voice, "The first king and the crown prince both died of poisoning, and he sent people to confuse you with poison, causing your brothers to be suspicious of each other. ”

"It seems that this account will be recorded on Zhu Ning in the end," Gao Yuan's face finally soothed a little, "Anyway, I finally solved a knot in my heart, otherwise, I really don't know how to face the teacher and Yu'er in the future." ”

Qin Yu smiled: "Why, did you think that my father and I could still harm you, you are too villainous." ”

This was originally just a joke, but I didn't expect Gao Yuan to kneel down towards Qin Xu's father and daughter, kowtow and apologize: "It's all my fault, if I had listened to the teacher's advice at that time, I wouldn't have fallen into such a situation, the third brother would not have died, and you would not have been implicated, teacher, please stay with me, I am willing to ask you for advice for the rest of my life, study diligently and enlighten, and die without regrets!"

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Qin Yu was startled and hurriedly went to help him, "This can't be all blamed on you, the world is unpredictable, my father can't know everything about your situation at that time, even a smart person like your third brother can make mistakes, how can you take all the blame on yourself?"

Gao Yuan still insisted on kneeling on the ground, "Teacher, you will always be my teacher, please stay." ”

Qin Yu was a little helpless, looking up at his father, Qin Xu's expression was a little complicated, and he said slowly: "After all, the teacher has done something sorry for you, not only sorry for you, but also sorry for my own conscience, I don't have the face to be your teacher anymore." ”

"No," Gao Yuan raised his head, "it was Zhu Ning who threatened you with the lives of the teacher's family, and this account should be counted on his head, you can't be blamed." ”

Qin Xu sighed and said, "Do you want to know the real reason why I compromised with Zhu Ning?"

Gao Yuan was stunned.

"I have to tell you, it's not because he threatened me with the lives of Yu'er, Madame, and everyone in the Qin Mansion, although this is also one of the important reasons, but it is not the main thing,"

"The main reason is because of my own life, if I don't promise him, I will die myself. Do you understand, I am a greedy person who is afraid of death, a selfish person, I have always prided myself as a noble person, and I will never violate my conscience and steal my life, but when it comes to the edge of life and death, I flinch. ”

Gao Yuan's expression finally became surprised, he never imagined that the teacher he respected so much would say such a thing to him, he turned his head to look at Qin Yu, but found that her face was very calm, obviously Qin Xu had already said this to her.

Gao Yuan thought for a while, and then said: "The teacher is the world's great Confucian, if he is harmed by the traitor like this, it is the loss of the entire Great Wilderness, and now the Southern Chu is declining, and the anti-thief is in charge, an upright person like the teacher, Nanchu can never be lost again, and the teacher should spare his life!"

Qin Yu on the side couldn't stand it anymore, as if he was ashamed of Gao Yuan, and frowned: "You have overdone this sycophant." ”

Qin Xu bowed slightly, "What you said is indeed what I thought at the time, but in fact, its weight is not so heavy in my heart, I care more about Yu'er and her mother than the name." ”

"I'm afraid of death, that is, I am afraid of death in the simple sense, what you just said may become an excuse for many people to go with the flow, but I can't convince my own heart. ”

After saying this, he sighed again and said, "Get up." ”

Gao Yuan still knelt on the ground, was silent for a long time, and said sincerely: "Even so, it is easy to say that you can honestly face your heart like a teacher, how many people in this world can do it?"

Qin Xu was silent for a long time, and finally sighed, got up to help Gao Yuan, and said with relief: "It is my Qin's luck to have a student like you. ”

"In that case, well, I promise you that I will stay here in the future. He glanced at his daughter again, and there was a little smile on her face that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years, "This is also what Yu'er meant." ”

Qin Yu looked around as if nothing had happened, pursed his lips, and his face was slightly hot.

"I don't understand how you and my dad are playing dumb riddles. After settling Qin Xu's family, Gao Yuan came to the city gate tower to continue to observe the training, and Qin Yu didn't have anything important to do, so he followed.

In fact, it is not so complicated, it is nothing more than the words "seeking truth from facts". Gao Yuan replied.

"It's that simple?" Qin Yu was puzzled, "Isn't this a truth that even three-year-olds understand?"

"That's the truth," Gao Yuan nodded, "but what a three-year-old child understands, he may not understand when he grows up." ”

Qin Yu was thoughtful.

"It's not shameful to be afraid of death, and it's not shameful for a villain's heart, but if you find a reason or excuse because you're afraid of other people's criticism, it's shameful, deception is not only deceiving others, but also deceiving yourself. ”

Gao Yuan sighed slightly, "The reason why the teacher has such a pair of eyes that can see through is because he can always look at everything realistically and honestly face his own heart." If I can be like the teacher, how can I be confused by that illusion?"

Qin Yu smiled: "You only said a few words on the surface, did you secretly communicate so much?"

Gao Yuan looked at her bright smile, and his mood gradually became relaxed and happy, "How can I secretly, from beginning to end, in front of you." ”

Qin Yu shook his head and sighed: "Alas, compared to you, in front of my father, I look like an outsider, I really don't know if you are his child or I am his child." ”

Gao Yuan looked at Qin Yu with a malicious look and smiled: "Well, actually, it's not impossible for me to be his child, it's not impossible to ......."

Qin Yu immediately understood what he meant, glared at Gao Yuan, and said angrily: "No positive shape!"

Gao Yuan didn't dare to overdo the joke, and hurriedly followed Qin Yu's previous words and said: "But then again, after all, the teacher and I are teachers and students, and when I talk to the teacher, naturally every sentence has to be carefully figured out, but you and the teacher are father and daughter, of course there is something to say between the father and daughter, and it doesn't need to think too much, and I don't need to delve into every sentence, I can understand the deep meaning that you didn't hear, and it is also a matter of course." ”

Qin Yu smiled: "When you say that, I feel balanced in my heart, and it seems that it is because I am closer to my father." ”

Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "Of course. ”

But then Qin Yu's words made him immediately uncalm.

"I think it will be of great benefit to you to maintain this pure teacher-student relationship between you and my father, so for the sake of your progress, you still don't want to be my father's child. After Qin Yu finished speaking, he suddenly blinked slyly, smiled and ran away.

"Hey, Yu'er, don't go. Gao Yuan looked at Qin Yu's lively back, and stood helplessly in place with a bitter smile.

But soon, his smile became satisfied again, and he gradually felt that this Lingqiu City, which had brought him pain, seemed to have a more taste of home from this moment on.

The blue sky is cloudless, the bleak autumn wind blows, the sound of geese comes from the sky, the horses' hooves step across the muddy river, the clouds fall and the dust looks up, and a vast and vast hill is faintly visible in the distance.

Compared with Qingqiu Mountain and the Demon Forest, which are full of vitality, Xuanyuan Hill seems monotonous and barren, there is only an endless earthy yellow as far as the eye can see, there is no grass and trees here, and there are no birds and beasts, riding horses and galloping in this vast world, a gust of wind blows in the face, Yun Luochen only feels a pride stirring in his chest, and he can't help but let out a long howl.

Lisheng sat quietly behind him, his hands around his waist, not knowing what he was thinking.