As soon as the Shen time of late autumn passed, the originally abundant sunlight became lazy, refusing to sprinkle a large amount of sunlight on the earth, the blue sky gradually became thicker, and the white clouds drifted slowly, the autumn wind blew through, and blew off the leaves, and the miscellaneous disciples held brooms to sweep, making a 'rustling' sound.

Shang Qingyuan's study was burning with a warm stove, sandalwood was elegant, and the hot tea on the bookcase exuded a burst of fragrance, Ouyang Ze stared carefully at Xu Zining standing in front of him through the bookcase.

Lu Shiqing and Xu Zining rushed back to the mountain at the beginning of the afternoon, changed into neat clothes after returning, and came to Shangqingyuan to resume their lives after a hurried lunch, and an hour later, Lu Shiqing retired and left. Xu Zining also wanted to retire, but was left behind by Ouyang Ze. When the door was closed, Xu Zining couldn't help but shudder.

Before the turmoil caused by his senior brother's concealment of his background, Ouyang Ze left himself, but he never said a word, Xu Zining just lowered his head and stood stiffly.

After another cup of tea, Xu Zining couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately knelt on the ground in his robe and kowtowed, "Master, the disciple really shouldn't hide the past, please ask Master..."

Ouyang Ze put down the scroll in his hand and sighed lightly, "Raise your head." ”

Xu Zining's body shook and straightened up, but his head was still lowered, and he didn't dare to look directly into Ouyang Ze's eyes.

Ouyang Ze rubbed his frowning brows, "You kept your head down when you came back to your life, and your Senior Uncle Lu left for a while, but you still kept your head down, and the teacher didn't take a closer look at you." ”

Xu Zining's body trembled again, Ouyang Ze's gentle voice, he was really not used to it. Not daring to hesitate any longer, he tentatively raised his head and met Ouyang Ze's eyes, Ouyang Ze's eyes that couldn't see emotion made him drum in his heart.

Ouyang Ze looked at him again, finally sighed lightly, and said, "Sure enough, you and your father are becoming more and more alike, and after following the teacher for so many years, the teacher didn't even see it." After that, he picked up the teacup and drank the tea that was just hot, the slightest bitterness spread in his heart, and Ouyang Ze smiled helplessly.

There was silence in the study again......

Ouyang Ze's expression was inexplicable, as if he was recalling, "After your father left the sect back then, there was no news, presumably this day must be very difficult, right?"

Listening to Ouyang Ze's words, Xu Zining was slightly stunned, and then his heart was sour, "Since the day my disciple remembers, I feel that my father's life is very busy, and he has been working hard for life, and then he saved some silver taels before he reluctantly opened a teahouse to make a living. ”

Ouyang Ze put down the teacup in his hand, and the teacup collided lightly with the tabletop, making a crisp sound, "He is really a loyal and courageous person, after so many years, he has not forgotten to avenge his family." Your father's vision is really good. ”

Xu Zining opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. Ouyang Ze exhaled deeply, and there seemed to be a lot of sadness in his eyes, "How much do you know about your father's affairs?"

Xu Zining shook his head and said calmly, "The disciple really doesn't know much, the disciple only vaguely remembers that my father mentioned that the most sorry thing in his life is his teacher." At that time, the disciple was young and didn't understand what his father meant, and it wasn't until that day that the killer sent by the Lingye Palace broke into the door, and the disciple vaguely knew something. Now that I think about it, I understand that the 'teacher' in my father's mouth is the ancestor!"

Ouyang Ze continued to ask, "What else?"

"And a few 'senior brothers' who have always taken care of him......"

Ouyang Ze sighed heavily, "Many years have passed, and the sect party doesn't care so much about your father's affairs, and later received a secret report that Lingye Palace had sent a large number of killers to secretly find Xu Yiping and his wife, so he also sent people to find your whereabouts before the killers in Lingye Palace, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late." ”

Ouyang Ze seemed to fall into deep memories, remembering that year, when he arrived with people, he found that the home of Xu Yiping and his wife had been razed to the ground, and the heavy rain washed the ground, but it could not dilute the smell of blood in the air.

Xu Zining also seems to recall, he hid in the cabinet that day, until there was no noisy sound outside, braving the heavy rain, crying helplessly, but he didn't dare to cry out loud, lest he attract a killer who may come back at any time, back then, he dragged his father's body to the corner with a small body to settle down, covered with a straw mat, and wanted to find tools to dig a pit to bury his father's body, but the tools were not found, but he heard footsteps from far to near......

【Memories】

Seven-year-old Xu Zining, crying and placing his father's body in the corner, found a straw mat to cover it, and cried while dealing with it, the crazy rain hit his face, mixed with tears, and flowed into his mouth.

He ran around like crazy, trying to find a shovel to dig a hole, but he didn't want to, and there was a noisy footstep sound not far away again, and he was startled, thinking that the killer was unwilling to come back again, so he hurriedly ran back to the house again and hid in the cabinet with the mechanism.

The sound outside is from far to near......

"Senior brother, the situation here is not right, it smells of blood. ”

"What's the point?!Don't hurry up and find someone!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a sigh, "Senior brother, I found two people here, and they were both ......"

After a moment of silence, it seemed to dawn on someone, "What about the children? What about their children?!"

"I didn't find it, I didn't find a third person here except them. I didn't see any children. ”

"Then what are you still stunned for, looking for it! Why don't you hurry up and find it?!"

"Yes. The crowd searched again, but they found nothing......

[End of memory]

Xu Zining came back to his senses, "The disciple thought at that time that it was the killer of the Lingye Palace who had found it. I didn't dare to come out, and I used the mechanism in the cabinet to escape to the back door. I didn't expect it to be you. Xu Zining's eyes were clouded with a light mist.

"It's really not easy for you, at such a young age, you are so smart, and it is true that the teacher brought you back to the mountain back then. Ouyang Ze turned the tea cup on the table, "Zifeng... I've known your origins for a long time, haven't you?"

Xu Zining was taken aback, now that Li Zifeng was down, he didn't invite Ouyang Ze to see him, he didn't want to add fuel to the fire because of this matter, "Master, senior brother, he didn't know, it was the disciple who kept concealing it." ”

Ouyang Ze chuckled, "If the teacher really investigates, he won't wait until today." His description of Wang Zhuang's death was full of doubts, and he was obviously protecting something. After thinking about it for a long time, it is possible that he will not hesitate to disobey the rules of the door to protect him, and it must be the junior brother he brought out. As a teacher, I knew that there must be a secret in this matter, but I didn't expect ......"

Xu Zining knelt down and sat down......

(End of chapter)