After Zhao and Li left, Gou Yifang also left the school, not caring about the gourd on the podium, and walked quickly to the west of the town, there was not much time for him to go to the restaurant to help cook, for him, cultivation, studying, and imperial examinations were too far away, and the rice jar at home and his father's wine debt were the immediate troubles.

When he walked out of the side hall of the school, the Jiang brothers deliberately asked and answered in front of him and said, "Dog Tail is in such a hurry to go back, do you know that you don't have the talent for cultivation, or are you in a hurry to go home to see your mother?"

"That's what you're wrong, he wants to see his mother, but he can't go back to his own house, he has to go to Gu Qingyuan's house. ”

Then there is the laughter in the room, and these so-called children's unscrupulous words among children are often the most hurtful.

Gou Yifang's eyes were slightly red, his small hands were clenched into fists, but he didn't look back, he had been suffering from such cold words since he could remember, he knew that if he turned back and argued, it would only bring more vicious words, so he could only leave quickly.

Finally, when the moonlight has completely occupied the sky of the town, after finishing a day of study and labor, Gou Yifang rubbed his red and swollen wrists and walked on the way home, the house in the town had already been sold by Xiucai to exchange for wine and drink, and now he lives in a thatched hut by the grave in the west of the town.

Half an hour later, Gou Yifang stood outside the dilapidated thatched hut next to the grave, sighed, forced himself to put aside the grievances in the school and the little illusions he had about the cultivation, and pushed the door open.

There was no one in the room.

"Ahh Gou Yifang whispered in his hometown dialect.

No one answered.

Gou Yifang shouted loudly again, but there was still no sound.

Gou Yifang swallowed nervously, thinking of the various legends about the mass grave in the town, he struggled to pick up the kitchen knife from behind the door, and carefully walked around the house, only to find some messy footprints, pointing in the direction of the mass grave.

Gou Yifang looked at the cold and bright moonlight, hesitated for a moment, and gritted his teeth and walked in the direction of the mass grave.

The grave is not big, just a sunny hillside, Gou Yifang hurried over the mountain, along the way several obviously artificially dug up graves turned into the night sky to reveal black soil, like abscesses rotting out of the earth, an old man in black sat with his back to Gou Yifang on the broken tombstone left by the deceased, inhaling dry smoke, the smoke condensed but not dispersed, glowing with a strange black, the moonlight illuminated it, reflecting a burst of gloomy light, several corpses still hanging with carrion knelt around the old man, as if worshipping the king.

Gou Yifang now knew how the empty tombs came from, and suddenly felt a burst of stomach juice.

At the feet of the old man lay Xiucai on his side, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

"Grandpa, it's my father lying next to you, I'm going to take him home for dinner," Gou Yifang endured his fear, making an innocent look, as if he didn't feel the slightest strangeness to the corpses moving around, the strange old man and the unconscious father.

The old man looked at Gou Yifang with interest, and said with a grim smile: "Okay, your father has drunk too much, you can come and help him." ”

Gou Yifang stood motionless, trembling and reluctantly smiled: "It seems that my father has a lot of fun with you today, so I won't spoil the old man's interest, and I'll come to pick up someone later." ”

The old man tilted his head, intentionally or unintentionally, aimed his toes at Xiucai's temples and shook them, "Okay, you can go." ”

"I'm leaving. Gou Yifang pulled the corners of his mouth, but his feet were motionless, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead

The old man laughed and said: "Stinky boy, you're still playing tricks, you want to go back to the town to find Zhou Zhe's kid to deal with the old man, you should go." ”

Gou Yifang smiled reluctantly and said, "I don't understand what the old man said." ”

Looking at the condensed black smoke above the old man's head and the rotting corpses around him, Gou Yifang's heart was gradually filled with despair at this time.

But then, the old man's words brought Gou Yifang from despair to heaven: "Gou family's baby, are you willing to practice with me?"

Gou Yifang opened his mouth and stuttered and stood in place.

The old man raised his hand to the black smoke and continued: "You have been bullied since you were a child, you have eaten up the eyes of the world, and your inner grudge against the world is very comparable, although you are forbearant and restrained, how can you hide it from the old man? You are naturally intelligent, you act in an eclectic way, how can you surpass Gu Qingyuan if you follow Zhou Zhe Tianqingsi's set of rules? How can you raise your head in front of your mother? It's better to follow the old man, I will teach you the real practice, the kind without taboos, after learning that you and your father will no longer have to live in this ghost place, no one will dare to laugh at your mother's affairs, from now on, only you can bully others, no one can bully you anymore, how about it?"

Gou Yifang knelt on the ground with his cheeks buried deep in the grave of unknown people, crying loudly.

"Old man Ding Yuan, from now on he will be your master. The old man waved his hand to disperse the black smoke and laughed loudly, as if he was demonstrating against someone.

A sigh came from the small temple ten miles away.

It was getting late, and the town was gradually falling silent from the hustle and bustle of the day, and the last golden afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the dark blue castle, showing a little ancient and desolate atmosphere.

Zhao Xifeng returned home, took out the spirit card given by Zhou Zhe from his book bag, and held it in his hand to play carefully.

Today, the moment Zhou Zhe took out the gourd, he felt the position of his heart tremble suddenly, as if in response to some primitive desire, it seemed that the gourd was calling him to step forward, Zhao Xifeng faintly felt in his heart that as long as he wanted, it seemed that he could lift the gourd at any time and drink all the water in it.

However, for a moment, out of a special sense of danger, he found that Zhou Zhe's gaze seemed to lock on all the children in the side hall in an instant, as long as someone showed something strange, they would be noticed immediately, but Zhao Xifeng didn't want to be found out that he was different from everyone else, so he had to forcibly hold back and not look in the direction of the podium, and then throughout the morning, this feeling of being observed did not subside, so he kept restraining himself from looking, not wanting to, and devoting himself to his schoolwork, as soon as he stayed up until the end of school, he immediately pulled Li Xuan away, and the moment he stepped out of the gate of the school, the cold sweat was soaked all over his body。

Zhao Xifeng looked at the spirit card in his hand at the moment, and always felt that the eyes on the spirit card were a little uncomfortable, so he pulled the mattress, wrapped the spirit card in it, and walked out of the door.

The sky outside the door had completely darkened, and the starlight and moonlight drove the sunset into the other side of the earth, sprinkled on Zhao Xifeng.

Zhao Xifeng vaguely felt that it seemed that the cold that had accompanied him since he was a child became especially serious at night, especially at night when the starlight was exceptionally bright. And this extremely fatal body cold in the eyes of Zhao Wu and the town physician is not very uncomfortable for Zhao Xifeng, and even has a special comfort and coolness, so as long as Zhao Wu allows, Zhao Xifeng always enjoys the starlight in the courtyard on a clear winter day.

At this moment, the boy closed his eyes and stretched out his two pink and white hands as far as possible, feeling that this was as if it belonged to him with a satisfied expression.

If Zhou Zhe was present at this time, he could see that these starlight fell on Zhao Xifeng's body, and they did not reflect or blur, but turned into tiny stars, penetrating into the body through every pore on the skin, a small part of them flowed through the whole body with the blood, and most of them penetrated into the bones, quietly changing his bone structure at the same time, quietly precipitating, like a mini galaxy.

In the moonlight, Zhou Zhe sat on the podium in the side hall of the school, his fingers tapping the gourd again and again, thoughtfully.

Guo You, the guard outside the side hall, stood with his hands down, looked at the direction of the podium with complicated eyes, and said slowly: "Lord Zhou, if I am not mistaken, this gourd is the famous mountain and sea gourd of the Tianqing Division's cabinet, such a heavy weapon is actually placed on the podium of an academy in a remote town for the enlightenment and cultivation of a group of children, if there is a mistake, wouldn't it be worth the loss?"

Zhou Zhe picked up the mountain and sea gourd, poured out a bowl of wine, raised his head and drank it, his face flushed slightly, and then said with a smile: "The old monk refining the town has entered the Fan fence, plus the seven royal families and the five surnames of Jiangnan have settled in one after another, at this moment, the number of masters in Panlong Town is comparable to that of the capital, how can Xiao Xiao easily make a mistake here? The mountain and sea gourd is a treasure left over from the last starlight descending, which is very beneficial for these children to get close to the vitality of heaven and earth, but this is only one aspect, more importantly, I want to use this gourd to find the owner of the star stone of this star tide." ”

Guo You's expression was shocked, and he asked, "Lord Zhou is saying that Xingshi, who has no clue about all forces, has already recognized the master, and is among these students?"

Zhou Zhe nodded and continued: "Not only that, the master and I both guessed that the owner of the star stone this time may be the bloodline left by the senior sister in the world. ”

"You mean that Princess Yongle still has an heir left in the world?!" Guo You raised his head in shock, his voice even trembled, seven years ago, Princess Yongle returned to visit relatives, but was attacked and killed by the four Kui of the White Sea at the foot of Panlong Town, Guo You was in the town at that time, and the people of the town were suppressed by Xinghui and couldn't move, and I don't know what the situation is outside the town, but Princess Yongle has been the most admired royal family in the hearts of all the people of Dazhou since she was a child, and at this moment Guo You heard that the princess may still have an heir, and couldn't help but be excited, and I can't wait to immediately mobilize the power of the whole town at this time to investigate thoroughly.

Zhou Zhe poured out another bowl of wine, and said while drinking: "Yes, the ever-bright candle in the palace of Senior Sister has been extinguished all these years, if it is not for the fact that Senior Sister is not dead, then there must be bloodline left in the territory of the Great Zhou, echoing with the bloodline of Liancheng, and the last place where Senior Sister came was here." The master stayed in the town for five years, in addition to exploring the secret of the starlight, a large part of the reason is also for this, our Tiankei Division doesn't care about the royal bloodline, but the descendants of the senior sister can't stay outside and suffer. ”

Guo You asked in a deep voice: "Dare to ask Li Guoshi how many years can he gain? It is a blessing for the descendants of Yongle to be alive, if Lord Zhou has any arrangements, he can use the place of the lower officials, and I hope not to see the outside." ”

This time, the wine was not poured into the white bowl again, but was directly raised by Zhou Zhe and poured several large sips, and the wine in the Hune was still endless.

Zhou Zhe drank until his cheeks were red, remembering Zhao Xifeng's naughty and stubborn appearance, he shook his head and said: "Originally, there was a child, and he was very similar in all aspects, but unfortunately the age is not right, let's take a look." ”

The two were silent for a while, speechless for a long time, the royal blood flowed outside, and the whereabouts of the owner of the star stone were unknown, which turned out to be the real reason why Zhou Zhe continued to stay in the town after Li Chunhao.

Zhou Zhe put the mountain and sea gourd back in its place, got up and jumped off the podium, and walked to the courtyard outside the side hall, with a clear glow under the moonlight.

Guo You slowly followed and said: "Lord Zhou, Mr. Zheng asked me to bring you a message, after the Fengqing Festival, in the spring of the next year, the young daughter of the head of the Emperor Jizong will come to the town, I hope you can hang a student in the school, please bother to guide." ”

Thinking of the little girl he had seen in the capital, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Zhe's mouth, and he said: "She is the daughter of her predecessors, and she should do her best, but that girl is the pride of the sky, like Gu Qingyuan, she is a character who is destined to support the backbone of Da Zhou in the future, and I am afraid that there is only a limit to what I can teach her." ”

Guo You smiled and said: "My lord is humble, at least for now, Da Zhou is supported by many people like you." ”

Zhou Zhe didn't answer, just waved his sleeves, and left the school with a slight drunkenness and moonlight, and disappeared at the end of the street.