Chapter 113: Settled (I)
Winter goes to spring, the grass grows and the warbler flies, Hengshan has been covered with a faint green, and the fragrance of grass is everywhere.
Li Zifeng wore a white shirt and stepped on the seventy-two stone steps, the mountain gate of the Hengshan faction had faintly appeared in front of him, and under the pale golden morning light, the three big red characters of the 'Hengshan faction' showed a different kind of solemnity.
"Senior Brother is back...""Senior Brother is back......" The disciples stepped forward to greet them warmly, not minding the semi-transparent white silk wrapped around Li Zifeng's eyes.
It's more than half a year away from the mountain. When I came back, I had a different mind than before. The corners of Li Zifeng's mouth hooked up a good-looking smile, and he temporarily put the door rules behind him, and calmly accepted the greeting of his junior brothers and sisters.
"Uncle!" A figure rushed down excitedly, and the disciples all consciously got out of the way, watching the figure pounce on Li Zifeng, "Uncle, you seem to have lost weight again, you must have had a hard time these days, right?"
Li Zifeng gently touched Qingyun's head, relieved and sad, in his impression, Qingyun should still be a child who pulled his sleeves and clamored to see the moon, and in a blink of an eye, Qingyun grew taller again, like a little adult.
"If Senior Brother doesn't come back, I'm afraid that Master will have gray hair again..."Xu Zining raised his eyebrows and said seriously, but the twitching corners of his mouth all showed a smile that was extremely suffocated.
Li Zifeng glanced at Xu Zining and said angrily, "If you want to laugh, laugh out! Beware of suffocating your body, when the master punishes you for copying books, you will have no strength again." ”
When the words landed, the disciples laughed, and Xu Zining blushed, "Senior brother, can you save some face?"
Li Zifeng feigned anger and said, "Now that you know that you want to save face, if you let the master hear it, be careful and let the master punish you until you lose face." As a second disciple, I don't know how to set an example for my younger brothers and sisters, but I follow suit. ”
Xu Zining tugged at his ears and shut his mouth in disdain.
The brothers were in harmony, only a lonely figure in the corner was particularly abrupt, Li Zifeng looked at the place where the figure appeared and frowned. Xu Zining followed his gaze and explained, "Oh, the Elder of the Law Ring has been waiting for you for many days, I'm afraid it's for ...... again."
The two of them knew that the three words He Yukun had become a word that everyone in the sect did not want to mention, and occasionally mentioned it inadvertently, but they were all full of disgust and spit, and even with the precept elder Yan Cheng, the number of times he walked out of the precept hall was much less, and today he learned that Li Zifeng had returned to the mountain, so he tentatively came out to see.
Li Zifeng retreated from all the disciples, and together with Xu Zining, he led Qingyun to Yuntian Pavilion as if nothing had happened.
The disciples have no way, and they have become a stain on Yan Cheng, and even the Dharma Precept Hall has become the laughing stock of the entire sect. Yan Cheng changed his previous seriousness and impersonal feelings, and he didn't even have the courage to stop Li Zifeng.
Li Zifeng returned to Yuntian Pavilion to change his clothes and rest for a while, and then came to Shangqing Yuan alone to meet Ouyang Ze, Li Zifeng took the tea tray in Mo Xuan's hand, walked into the study lightly, and put the hot tea and snacks on the bookcase.
Ouyang Ze sat in front of the desk, closed his eyes slightly, rubbed his slightly frowning brows, sighed tiredly, and didn't say anything. Li Zifeng sighed, "Master's headache is another offense?"
Ouyang Ze opened his eyes, stood up and stared at Li Zifeng for a long time, and said angrily, "Finally willing to come back?"
Li Zifeng lowered his eyes, "This time to destroy the Lingye Palace, Mu Linge also contributed a lot, and the disciple dragged Shen Gongzi to wander the rivers and lakes for a long time, so he had to come to the door... And Lord Shen Ge, really enthusiastic..."
For some reason, when Li Zifeng spoke, his ears kept being hot.
Ouyang Ze knew this, and the smile between his eyebrows and eyes grew stronger, and he had the feeling that Li Zifeng was going to visit his future father-in-law and brother-in-law to come back, and then coughed lightly and said, "Shen Gongzi, can I give you a problem?"
"Master joked. Li Zifeng avoided Ouyang Ze's compelling gaze.
After the greetings, the two entered the topic, now that the Lingye Palace has been destroyed, the court rebellion has been removed, the rivers and lakes of the court and the opposition have temporarily entered a relatively clear and stable state, and there are many fewer official documents to the various major sects, even the Hengshan faction, the head of the martial arts, has received official documents for a few days, and it is just a small dispute about renting land and shops, just send a few more stable deacon disciples down the mountain to deal with it, Li Zifeng read a few official documents, and closed them with confidence.
It's just that there is one thing, if it drags on for a long time, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction from the whole sect, and that is the disposal of He Yukun, the original disciple of the Fa Ring Elder.
Mentioning this, Li Zifeng didn't hide it, "When the disciple entered the mountain gate, he saw the Fa Ring Elder, but the disciple left in a hurry, and he had time to come forward to meet him in the future, which was really rude." ”
"If you don't see it, you won't see it! He looks like this, and he can't say anything other than pleading. ”
It was a big mistake for the elders of the sect to avoid it, but Ouyang Ze, as the head of the sect, did not blame him for it.
"There is such a scum in the Dharma Ring Hall, which should be an example, and it is also because the teacher is too indulgent on weekdays. ”
Li Zifeng frowned and didn't speak, Ouyang Ze suddenly looked at Li Zifeng deeply, "Zifeng, the matter of the sect disciples, let's leave it to you to deal with!" Ouyang Ze's eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, "Don't be merciful!"
Li Zifeng was slightly stunned, stood up and gave his hand to receive the order, "The disciple obeys the order!"
Walking out of the gate of Shangqing Garden, Li Zifeng waved his hand and beckoned the two accompanying disciples, "Go to the back kitchen and let Uncle Wu cook a meal for one person, it must be He Yukun's favorite food on weekdays." ”
The attendant disciples were stunned, and they didn't dare to say anything, so they went down to prepare. Li Zifeng looked at the other attendant disciple and ordered, "You go to Luhua Pavilion and ask Uncle Lu for something......
In the gloomy and damp dungeon, several guards with cold expressions and strong bodies, led by Xing Minyun, walked through the long dark passage, walked to the end of the dungeon, and held He Yukun's cell, He Yukun's hair was scattered, and the domineering look in his eyes was no longer there, and when he heard the movement of unlocking in front of the cell door, he couldn't help but shrink into the corner.
Two months of detention has already made him a soldier, and I don't know which day he will be sent to Huangquan Road.
He Yukun pressed tightly against the damp and cold wall, picked at the moldy dead grass piled up in the corner of the wall with one hand, and asked with trembling lips, "You... What are you going to do?"
The iron chains bound to his body made a dull 'bang-la-la-la' sound as his body trembled slightly.
With neat clothes and a basin of hot water in his hand, Xing Minyun took the lead and arched his hand, "Senior brother, on the orders of senior brother, let you clean up and go to a place." ”
An hour later, He Yukun was escorted by the guards, and without avoiding suspicion, he went straight to He Yukun's residence, Tianhuayuan, through the bluestone road. He Yukun was a little stunned for a while, and he didn't understand what Li Zifeng was going to do.
But at this time, he can't do anything but be at the mercy of others.
In Tianhua Garden, the spacious, bright and warm inner hall in the past is a solemn atmosphere today, with white flags, black flowers, coffins, tablets, white candles, incense burners... In particular, on the wall in the middle of the front, there is a big black word 'lay', which indicates that this place has been arranged as a mourning hall.
Li Zifeng was dressed in a white shirt with a black belt around his waist, and was kneeling in front of the spiritual seat. The white cloth fluttered on both sides, setting off a cold wind, He Yukun was startled, turned around and wanted to run, but was fiercely escorted by two guards.
"Scared?" Li Zifeng looked at the three names on the spiritual throne and said coldly, "These three people, you never took them to heart, did you?
Three names, three lives: Xu Weixiang, Shi Yi, Shi Yu, but these three people are just representatives of He Yukun who were killed, and the countless dead secret guards at the foot of Shi Qingshan that night are still engraved in Li Zifeng's mind.
"Big... Senior brother..."He Yukun called out humbly.
"Don't dare to be!" Li Zifeng interrupted sharply, stood up after offering incense to the three of them, turned around and looked at He Yukun coldly, "You senior brother, I don't dare to be." He Gongzi. ”
Li Zifeng looked at the spiritual position again, then turned the bronze ring on his middle finger, symbolizing the chief disciple, and said faintly, "Kowtow to the spiritual position of each of them!"
He Yukun hesitated, and after the two guards who escorted him got the order, they dragged him to kowtow in front of the spiritual seat, and every time he kowtowed, his forehead would hit the ground heavily, and after the dull sound, what remained on He Yukun's forehead was a dark purple bruise. Then, the two guards threw He Yukun to the ground like a sack.
He Yukun was so shocked that his abdominal cavity turned over and he couldn't get up for half a day.
Li Zifeng looked at it coldly, waved his hand, and immediately a small square table was brought by the attendant disciples, placed next to the white flags, and arranged dishes, all of which were He Yukun's favorite dishes.
"Come and sit!"
Rao is a stupid person, he understands what this move means, He Yukun didn't dare to go over, and was once again sat opposite Li Zifeng by two guards, and Li Zifeng poured hot tea in the empty teacup in front of him.
Li Zifeng looked at the spirit position again and smiled at He Yukun, "Do you know, they left in a hurry, and they have never had the opportunity to have a good meal like you." ”
He Yukun's whole body was paralyzed, his lips were pale, his head was sweating, and his whole body seemed to be collapsed, and he suddenly felt that this place was like the Yama Palace, and Li Zifeng was the white impermanence who came to ask for his life.