The cold wind blows, the branches are blown to the ground, and the birds flutter their wings and sweep overhead, occasionally making dull calls.

A spacious carriage drove on the fairly flat mountain road, heading in the direction of the Hengshan faction, bumpy all the way, making Li Zifeng's already pale face even more sickly, and he couldn't help coughing a few times. Xu Zining took out the kettle and handed it over at the right time.

The letters to the family were one after another, and Lu Shiqing could no longer be completely recuperated by Li Zifeng, so on the sixth day of cultivation, he hired a carriage to set off back to the mountain, and prepared enough wound medicine, painkillers, heart pills, hemostatic cloths, and a change of clothes along the way.

It was only half a day's journey from the location of the Hengshan faction, the mountain road was rugged, the terrain was getting higher, and the carriage could no longer move, so Lu Shiqing paid the silver taels and sent the coachman back. Li Zifeng's wound was examined again, and as expected, the hemostatic cloth was stained with specks of blood.

Xu Zining was so anxious that he burst into tears, and looked at Lu Shiqing with begging eyes, "Senior Uncle, Senior Brother's wound has repeatedly burst, and it is unbearable to go on like this." ”

Lu Shiqing didn't say a word, helped Li Zifeng to sit on the flat stone, neatly cleaned the wound, changed the dressing, bandaged, and checked the pulse, "Can you still hold on? It's not far from the mountain gate, if it doesn't work, we'll rest for half a day." ”

Li Zifeng held up his spirits, looked up at the fine sunlight sprinkled by the sky, and said with a smile, "No problem, if you hurry up, you can reach the sect before dark." If you delay for another half a day, when it gets dark, and a few more wolves and dogs come out, won't it take more energy? ”

Lu Shiqing smiled bitterly and sighed, Li Zifeng's breathing was sluggish, his breath was unstable, and his pulse was slightly disordered. This injury and bumps along the way, I am afraid that it caused the internal injuries that were not good a few days ago.

Xu Weixiang was a rough man and a straight intestine, so he couldn't stop sighing, "What's the matter, boss? I knew that the eldest prince was injured, and I didn't know how to understand, and I urged him again and again. ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Shiqing scolded in a low voice.

At this time, there was a faint sound of footsteps around, and several people immediately became vigilant, but after a while, they relaxed again, and it was Jing Zhuxuan's attendant, and the leader was Ouyang Tian's personal guard Ouyang Xun, Ouyang Xun stepped forward and saluted, "Uncle Lu, eldest son, second son." ”

Lu Shiqing frowned, "Why are you here?"

Ouyang Xun replied respectfully, "On the orders of the old master, I am here to welcome you back to the mountain." As he spoke, he looked at Li Zifeng, who had a sallow face, and pointed to the simple soft sedan chair carried by two strong men not far away, "The old master knows that the eldest prince is inconvenient, so he specially prepared a soft sedan chair." ”

Li Zifeng smiled bitterly and shook his head, he didn't expect that one day, he would be regarded as a person with limited mobility, and he would be carried back soberly, seeing Xu Weixiang muttering something again, Li Zifeng hurriedly got up and took the first step to thank him, "Thank you for your understanding, there is Lao Ouyang's guard." ”

Ouyang Xun politely returned the salute, "Please." ”

The twilight is shrouded, the lights are on, and the Hengshan faction is faintly sprinkled with orange-red light, which is reassuring. Even if he was forcibly supported, seeing that he stepped into the mountain gate, Li Zifeng could no longer hold his heavy eyelids and fell asleep.

Jing Zhu Xuan

The lights are bright, the stove is just the right amount of heat, and the burning soothing herbs are soothing. Li Zifeng was not carried back to Yuntian Pavilion, nor was he sent to the Danfang for treatment, but was ordered by the old master Ouyang Tian to be sent directly to the inner room of the Jingzhuxuan Medicine Hall and placed on a soft couch. Mingsu sat on the edge of the bed, took Li Zifeng's pulse, and let go of his hand for a long time.

Ouyang Ze was anxious, and nervously rubbed the cold sweat on his palms, "How is he?"

Ming Su stood up and saluted, "Senior brother in charge, rest assured, Zifeng's body has been completely cleared of toxins, and the rest is only external injuries, fainting is caused by running around for days and not being physically exhausted, just need to recuperate for a while." ”

Hearing this, Ouyang Ze did not breathe a sigh of relief, he also knew a little about medical skills, in Li Zifeng's breathing, he clearly detected the subtle stagnation and disorder, but Mingsu's medical skills are excellent, and Jing Zhuxuan's medicine hall is an excellent place to cultivate, he relaxed slightly, "That's good, give him the best medicine." ”

Ouyang Tian, who was standing on the side, frowned, and after a little contemplation, he waved his hand and beckoned his personal attendant, and ordered, "Go and bring the ice toad and immortal grass pill from the old man's medicine pavilion to him to take." ”

"Yes. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, the ice toad has the effect of removing the poisonous roots, and the fairy grass pill is a pill made of a variety of thousand-year-old fairy grasses. Seeing that Ouyang Tian took out almost all the treasures in the medicine pavilion in order to save Li Zifeng, his gratitude was overflowing, "Thank you, Dad." ”

Ouyang Tian smiled and patted Ouyang Ze's shoulder, "It's okay, Zifeng will stay here to recuperate first, and the old man will recuperate for him." We must not toss like this anymore, otherwise, we will completely fall into the root of the disease. ”

Ouyang Ze looked at Ouyang Tian's unconsciously revealed kindness, his eyes were slightly hot, and he said that the next generation is true, once, he also longed for this warmth, but every time, he was coldly rejected by Ouyang Tian, and after a long time, Ouyang Ze no longer had extravagant hopes. came back to his senses and bowed deeply, "Daddy Lao is worried." ”

"Go and get busy with you! there's an old man here. ”

The night is deep and the cold wind is blowing, and the study of Shangqingyuan is still provided with a brazier, which is warm and makes people's bodies sweat just right, running all the way, and the body is tired. At this time, although Xu Zining always maintained a kneeling posture, he still couldn't resist the attack of sleepiness, yawning one after another, and his body shook slightly.

Xu Zining can't remember how long he's been kneeling, maybe two hours, right? Thinking of Li Zifeng, Xu Zining instantly woke up, and the pain in his knee followed, and he moved his knee to relieve the discomfort.

"Can't get on your knees?"

A majestic and caring voice came from behind him, Xu Zining trembled, saw Ouyang Ze slowly walk to the table in front of him and sit down, and hurriedly saluted, "Master, the disciple doesn't dare." ”

"Don't dare?" Ouyang Ze's voice was slightly cold.

Xu Zining couldn't stop shaking, and didn't dare to wait for Ouyang Ze to continue, so he kowtowed heavily, "Master, the disciple has failed your teachings, and the disciple knows his mistakes and is willing to be blamed." ”

Ouyang Ze was angry and laughed, "The teacher has asked you to kneel here for so long, just to listen to your words of admitting your mistakes and asking for punishment?" Seeing that Xu Zining was still stunned, Ouyang Ze threw away the official document in his hand and said in a deep voice, "If you want to ask for punishment and go to the Dharma Ring Hall by yourself, don't stick here!"

Xu Zining shook, and immediately understood what Ouyang Ze meant, and told the story of his experience in Weicheng and the things he had found, Ouyang Ze listened, his brows became more and more frowned, and he said coldly, "As a teacher, I don't ask why you entered and exited the fireworks land without reporting." But since you already know that King Qingping is in collusion with the Hengjiang merchant Ashqi, why don't you report it to the sect through the Linxiu Dart Bureau?"

"Ash's scheming and time is pressing, and the disciple has no time to report. ”

"In the two days of waiting, have you explored clearly, made good arrangements, and if there is an accident, how can you get out?"

Xu Zining's heart beat faster, if it wasn't for Senior Uncle Lu and Senior Brother arriving in time, the consequences would be unimaginable, thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder, "It's the disciple's negligence." ”

Ouyang Ze sighed heavily, a few months later, he sent Xu Zining down the mountain to secretly investigate, but now that he is making such a fuss, I am afraid that he has already startled the snake, and Ashqi must not be able to ask anything, everything has to start all over again. But when it comes to the royal family, the Hengshan faction is not good at interfering, and I am afraid that they will have to think of other ways.

Ouyang Ze rubbed his frowning brows with a little headache, and now the question was how to deal with Xu Zining's trespass in the land of fireworks. The disciples of the head of the sect went in and out of the flower building, spent a lot of money, and watched the singer play the piano and dance, which has spread in a small area of the sect, although they dare not say anything under the suppression, but so many pairs of eyes are watching, I am afraid it will not be good.

Xu Zining also understood what Ouyang Ze had been silent, and kowtowed guiltily to admit his mistake, "Master, the disciple disobeyed the rules of the door, entered and exited the flower building without authorization, and lost your face. Disciple... Willing to accept any punishment. ”

Ouyang Ze stared at Xu Zining, and said with a smile, "How do you punish you as a teacher, so that you can remember it?" said and threw a bill at him, "See for yourself." ”

Xu Zining picked it up and looked at it, this is the breakdown of all his expenses in Weicheng, which is converted into a total of one hundred and eighty taels of silver, Ouyang Ze continued, "In addition to normal food and accommodation, there are still one hundred and fifty taels of silver left, how do you repay it?"

"Disciple ......"

"For the teacher, you will be given two days of rest, and after two days, you will move to Beifeng to serve hard labor, there is no time limit, when you have earned enough one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and when you will move back to Yuntian Pavilion. ”

Beifeng is the bitter cold land of the Hengshan faction, and all the people in the sect who have made a big mistake will be punished to do hard labor there, where not only the environment is poor, not good to eat and sleep, but also to do a lot of heavy work every day, if the action is fast, only one or two silver will be paid after a day's work, so calculated, it will take five months to do it, how can you survive the five months of bitter cold life? Thinking of this, Xu Zining actually trembled, looked at Ouyang Ze begging with two steps on his knees, his eyes seemed to be watery, "Master!"

Ouyang Ze couldn't bear it in his heart, but this was also the best way to block Youyou's mouth, "For the sake of the teacher, your first offense, I will give you a special case, you can get two taels of silver if you finish your work on time every day, how about it?"

Xu Zining listened, it was not good to be disobedient again, since he had made a mistake, he would have to bear the consequences, sighed lightly, and kowtowed, "The disciple obeys." ”