Although Hengshan is not high, but the momentum is majestic, the mountain range stretches magnificently, covers an extremely wide area, along the seventy-two stone steps up, you can see the magnificent mountain gate, there are hundred-year-old pine trees standing on both sides, the three big characters carved and painted red above the mountain gate faintly come into view: 'Hengshan School'.

Li Zifeng rushed back day and night under the strict 'protection' of several shadow guards, and when he arrived, it was early in the morning, and the morning bell sounded in the mountains, stretching for a long time.

It has just rained here, the mud on both sides is soft, although the water traces and fallen leaves on the stone steps have just been cleaned, it is still difficult to hide the slippery moisture, Li Zifeng walked on the stone steps with slightly tired steps, every time he came back from a mission in the past, no matter how tired he was, he always had to run to Shang Qingyuan as fast as possible to recover his life, but now, ...... The joy of anticipation is gone.

But fortunately, there was Qingyun, which made him see a glimmer of hope in the numb days.

Li Zifeng suddenly thought of what Lingxi had told him before leaving Yeyang City, the jade pendant that he had resisted without any regret, turned a few corners, and returned to Ouyang Ze's hand again, I'm afraid that he would be angry again, right? Li Zifeng smiled bitterly, but it didn't matter, in the past few years, he had long been used to Ouyang Ze's anger from time to time.

When his thoughts drifted to the clouds, a brisk footstep hurried down, Li Zifeng came back to his senses, thinking about who was so unstable, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the person he would think of for a long time during his time outside, Qingyun.

"Uncle ......" Before Li Zifeng could speak, Qingyun rushed down and pounced, Li Zifeng couldn't care about being tired, opened his arms to catch him on his body, and smiled gently, "Why are you running so fast?" ”

"Uncle, Qingyun misses you. Next time you go out again, will you take Qingyun with you?"

Li Zifeng silently Qingyun's little head, "I haven't seen you for a month, Qingyun has grown taller again!"

At this time, a hearty voice came, "This kid is really with you, stubborn, I heard that you will come back today, so I will come to the mountain gate early in the morning to wait, and no one will listen to me." ”

You don't need to look to know that it is Zhou Wenxian, a personal disciple of Elder Su Yan Haiyi. Li Zifeng took Qingyun's little hand and thanked Zhou Wenxian, "Thank you." ”

Zhou Wenxian smiled, and accompanied Li Zifeng into the mountain gate, after all, Li Zifeng used to be the chief disciple, Yu Wei is still there, and now he is also doing things by the side of the master, and the disciple who guards the door does not dare to slack off, and respectfully salutes, which can be regarded as a greeting.

Along the way, there were occasional disciples passing by who greeted him, and there was no other topic, the atmosphere was a little awkward, Zhou Wenxian coughed lightly, "It was the head of the sect who asked me to take Qingyun out to the mountain gate to meet you." ”

"Oh. Li Zifeng responded softly, as if Zhou Wenxian had just said something that had nothing to do with him.

Seeing what Zhou Wenxian was going to say, Li Zifeng took the first step to speak, "Look at this hour, the morning exercise should be halfway through, you go over quickly, you don't have to accompany me." ”

Zhou Wenxian finished his words and couldn't say anything more, at this time, He Yi, a disciple of the deacon elder, hurriedly came in their direction, and looked behind him from time to time, one of them was not paying attention, and bumped into the two.

He Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly apologized, "Senior brother." ”

"What are you thinking?!"

Zhou Wenxian only blamed him for walking without looking at the road and being careless, but Li Zifeng found the panic in his eyes that he tried his best to hide, his face was also a little pale, and he frowned, "Why is your face so bad?

He Yi smiled deliberately, "Oh, no, I... Probably just didn't sleep well last night, and I suffered from the wind chill again. ”

Zhou Wenxian was very dissatisfied with his explanation, "If you are cold, go to Elder Yaodan to take a look......

He Yi seemed to be frightened, and hurriedly shook his head, "Oh, no! I'll just drink some hot water." I... If you have something else, you will leave first. With that, without waiting for the two to respond to anything, they hurried away.

Qingyun pouted, he was also touched, and his expression was slightly dissatisfied, "It's so strange." ”

Li Zifeng lightly nodded Qingyun's forehead, signaling him not to talk about adult affairs, Zhou Wenxian said, "Don't blame Qingyun, He Yi, this kid has been flustered lately, and he doesn't know what evil he has fallen into!

"Oh?" Li Zifeng frowned slightly, recalling the smell of almonds wafting from He Yi's body when he just passed by, and asked unconsciously, "Has he been obsessed with eating almonds recently?"

"Almonds?" Zhou Wenxian said in surprise, "I haven't heard of it!"

"Uncle, it's here. Qingyun pouted and shook Li Zifeng's hand dissatisfiedly.

The two came back to their senses, stopped in front of a spacious courtyard, and the three eye-catching big characters on the plaque 'Shang Qing Yuan' came into view.

"The morning exercise is probably not over yet, I'll go over first, and I'll serve tea to the master in a while. ”

"Go ahead!"

Seeing Zhou Wenxian leave, the gate of Shang Qingyuan opened with a 'squeak', Mo Xuan heard the movement and quickly came out to greet him, "Senior brother is back?" I asked you this morning!" Xu saw that Li Zifeng looked a little tired, and closed his mouth in disdain.

Mo Xuan was holding a tray in his hand, and the clothes that Ouyang Ze needed to change after practicing were neatly placed on the tray, and Li Zifeng naturally took it, "I'll send it, you can go and do something else!"

Li Zifeng took his clothes and walked into the inner courtyard, Ouyang Ze was wearing a white practice uniform to practice swords, a long sword moved around, the sword light flashed, the white figure was churning up and down, the sword aura was fierce, the trees were rattling, and the fallen leaves fluttered and fell slowly.

Li Zifeng just watched from a short distance, holding his breath and concentrating, looking for the essence from Ouyang Ze's swordsmanship. After a while, Ouyang Ze stopped and put away his sword, Li Zifeng bowed his head slightly, and respectfully walked over and handed over the handkerchief, "Master." ”

Ouyang Ze stared at him for a long time before taking the handkerchief in his hand and wiping his sweat, "You're back?"

The tone was cold, so cold that there was no emotion, Li Zifeng ignored Ouyang Ze's indifferent face, and still kept his posture unchanged, "Yes, the disciple is late to come back." ”

Ouyang Ze's hand paused, frowned, and threw the handkerchief in his hand at Li Zifeng, "Come in." ”

After entering the house, after Li Zifeng served Ouyang Ze to change clothes, Mo Xuan came in with breakfast and put it down, and then silently retreated. The atmosphere fell silent for a while, Li Zifeng packed up his changed clothes, avoiding Ouyang Ze's probing gaze, "Disciple sent your changed clothes to the miscellaneous workshop to be washed. "Then he turned around and left.

"Come back!" The voice of the command sounded behind him, and Li Zifeng turned around, "What else does the head of the family command?"

"Put down what you have in your hand and sit down to eat together. Ouyang Ze scooped a spoonful of porridge and drank it.

Seeing Li Zifeng's hesitation, Ouyang Ze frowned, looked at Li Zifeng, and then filled a bowl of porridge, and then took out the plate and put five vegetarian buns and pushed them aside, "Give you two choices, first, sit down and eat, and second, take Qingyun back to Beifeng." ”

Li Zifeng was stunned, in the face of Ouyang Ze's naked threat, the resentment in his heart decreased a little, at this time, his stomach was growling uncontrollably, so he no longer hesitated, sat opposite Ouyang Ze, took a spoon, and naturally drank porridge.

Ouyang Ze looked at Li Zifeng's way of eating, and the mixed feelings in his heart were tumbling again, he hadn't seen him for a month, he seemed to have lost a lot of weight, I don't know what danger he encountered again, or he hadn't eaten and slept well for a few days. Thinking of this, Ouyang Ze sighed in annoyance, but the person who rebelled against the master for the so-called blood and family affection, everything he did now was just atoning for his sins. Why should I pay so much attention to him?

After eating a few bites, he no longer had the appetite to eat, so he immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks and ordered, "Come to my study immediately after eating, and carefully review the situation of your absence." With that, he got up and left.

Li Zifeng looked at Ouyang Ze's departing back and sighed heavily.

(End of chapter)