Gu Mufeng put his arm around Qingtong's shoulders and said warmly, "We haven't been together for a long time, I miss you very much." ”

Qingtong moved slightly, without saying a word or struggling. Gu Mufeng lowered his head and whispered something in her ear, only to hear Qingtong smile "Ge", reach out and hit him in the chest, and the two held hands and walked deeper into the forest along the stream.

Li Xiangru saw that the two of them had gone far away, and wanted to follow them again. Then I thought again: "A man and a woman are alone late at night, it's nothing more than the love of men and women, even if you follow up, you can see an unsightly picture, and it's really not interesting to look for mold." With this in mind, he turned and walked out of the woods and returned to the view.

In the morning class the next day, Li Xiangru paid attention to Gu Mufeng and Qingtong, but only saw Gu Mufeng, but did not see Qingtong. "Gurgled" in his heart, thinking: "Could it be that Senior Sister Qingtong escaped from Wudang alone in order to cover up the fact that she was pregnant, as she said last night?" But there were still hesitations and doubts in her heart. I thought again: "I'm afraid that I'm too careful, maybe Qingtong has something else to leave." “

Just as he was thinking, the morning class had ended, and Xun Yuhe stopped him. He followed Xun Yuhe to the room, and Xun Yuhe asked, "How have you practiced your swordsmanship these days?"

Li Xiangru reported the recent progress to Xun Yuhe, and asked Xun Yuhe for advice on the obstacles and questions encountered during the practice. Xun Yuhe answered two of these questions, but the rest of him has not yet understood the rest, and he will not be able to answer Li Xiangru after some time.

Li Xiangru withdrew from Xun Yuhe's room and met Xuan Gui on the way. Although I often see them in the morning class, they just look at each other from a distance, and often when the two of them meet, they both turn their heads away. The two hadn't spoken in months. Since the last time Gu Mufeng forced Li Xiangru to swear not to have more intersections with Xuan Gui in Broken Jade Terrace, the two have consciously avoided each other. At this time, it is too late to avoid face-to-face.

Xuan Gui bowed slightly, and said, "Xiangru is good senior brother!" Li Xiangru hugged his fists and returned the salute: "Senior sister is good!" Xuan Gui raised his eyes and looked at Li Xiangru, and stopped talking. The two walked with their backs to each other, walked a few steps, and suddenly heard Xuan Gui shouting: "Senior brother Xiangru!" Li Xiangru stopped, turned around, and asked, "Senior sister, is there something?"

Xuan Gui looked at the disciples of the sect who seemed to be coming and going, paused, and said to Li Xiangru: "Please go to the secluded place in front to talk." Li Xiangru nodded, followed her for more than ten zhang, and came to the back of the two locust trees. After looking at no one around, Xuan Gui said: "The young sister didn't return last night, and there was no one in the morning class today. I thought she was with Senior Sister Qingyou, I asked her just now, and Qingyou didn't know where Qingtong went last night. I noticed that Qingtong's behavior was a little abnormal recently, and I couldn't ask her why. She didn't come back overnight, I was worried, but I didn't want too many people to know, so I had to discuss it with you. “

Li Xiangru was slightly shocked in his heart, and thought, "Senior Sister Qingtong is really gone." This matter is related to her reputation and the happiness of her life, and it also involves Gu Mufeng. If it is passed out, it will also greatly damage the reputation of my Wudang. I'll keep it a secret for the time being, and I'll report it to Master and Uncle when I find an appropriate time. Then he said: "Don't worry, although the younger sister of Qingtong is young, she is also steady and self-controlled on weekdays, and she is quite measured in her work, and she is expected not to do anything out of the ordinary." She went out and didn't return, maybe there was some important urgent matter going down the mountain, and she didn't have time to tell you, you wait, let's see the situation. Xuan Gui nodded and said: "I'm worried that something happened to her, after all, she is still young and not deeply involved, I always feel that she is not normal recently, and she is a little hidden, thinking that there is something to hide from me." Li Xiangru thought to herself: "She has an adulterous affair with another man and a fetus in her womb, how dare she tell you." But he said: "It's going to be fine, you can relax for the time being." In another day or two, she will not come back and make another plan. We'll talk about what to do then. Xuan Gui said: "Since Senior Brother Xiangru said so, let it be up to you!" Li Xiangru said: "Master has something to do with me, then I'll go first." After he left, Xuan Gui also walked in the other direction.

At noon on the third day, Li Xiangru practiced Tai Chi swordsmanship as always in the broken jade platform, when he practiced the thirty-fifth move "left and right whirlwind style", the rotation to the left and right should have been like flowing water, in one go, but after practicing for several days, he always felt that his breath was not smooth, and it was always difficult to achieve the point of doing whatever he wanted, using it at will, and he practiced more than ten times in a row, and he was sweating and feeling tired, so he sat on the grass to rest.

After resting for a while, I heard a rush of footsteps on the mountain road, as if someone was running. When she stood up and looked, it was Xuangui running towards her. In order to allow him to concentrate on practicing Tai Chi swordsmanship, Xun Yuhe ordered the disciples of Wudang not to go to the Broken Jade Platform for half a year, so as not to disturb Li Xiangru.

Xuan Gui came to the broken jade platform at this time despite the ban of the master, it must be about Qingtong. Li Xiangru stood up to greet Xuan Gui, and sure enough, Xuan Gui said as soon as they met: "Senior Brother Xiangru, Qingtong has not been heard from for three days, and now the head of the family also knows about this and orders everyone to go out to look for it." We divided into several groups of people, some searched near Wudang Mountain, and some went down the mountain to search for various counties and towns, and no matter what the result was, we would report back within ten days. I went down the mountain with Master, Qing Shui, and others, and before I went down the mountain, I thought that you didn't know yet, so I came to tell you the news. ”

Li Xiangru saw her running delicately and panting, her face was covered with sweat, and she was a little moved in her heart. said: "It's hurt that you came all the way to the junior sister, since all the senior brothers are going out to look for Qingtong, how can I, as a disciple of Wudang, stand by and do nothing." I'll go back now, make sure to Master, and go down the mountain with you. Xuan Guixi said: "That's great." But you're practicing Tai Chi swordsmanship, will the master agree?"

Li Xiangru said: "Master has never cared much about my time, but he tests me every half a month, and only passed me a few days ago, and he is quite satisfied with my swordsmanship progress, I think he should agree to my request." Xuan Gui said, "That's very good." At that moment, the two returned to Wudang together.

Li Xiangru came to Xun Yuhe's room, and explained to Xun Yuhe that he was going down the mountain to find Qingtong, Xun Yuhe said: "I have arranged for Qingtong to disappear, you still have to concentrate on practicing swords!" Li Xiangru was stunned, and said in the future: "Master, I have a matter that has been held in my heart for a long time, and I don't know whether to talk about it?" Xun Yuhe said: "What is the matter, don't talk about it." ”

Li Xiangru bent his knees, knelt down and said, "The fault of this matter lies with the disciple, please forgive the master." Xun Yuhe saw him solemn and solemn, and asked in surprise: "What is the matter, you get up and speak." ”

Li Xiangru still knelt on the ground and said, "I'm still kneeling and saying it well." Otherwise, the disciple's heart will be uneasy. Xun Yuhe said: "Okay, if you want to kneel on the ground, let it be, just say it!"

How will Li Xiangru find out that Gu Mufeng and Qingtong have a private relationship, how Gu Mufeng poisoned himself in the tea in order to kill himself, but he almost poisoned his uncle Yufeng. He told Xun Yuhe about the conversation between Gu Mufeng and Qingtong that he heard in the maple forest a few days ago. Finally, he said: "The disciple was confused for a while, and for the sake of the reputation and future of Senior Sister Qingtong and Senior Brother Gu, he concealed this matter, did not make it clear to the master in time, and violated the rules of deceiving the teacher, so as to cause today's results, please punish the master." ”