At the farthest end of the right side of the palace, there is a small wing, in the middle is a small living room, and on both sides are living rooms, although the area is small, but it is also very compact.

Shen Lingxiao and his entourage were placed here.

After several Kongtong disciples cleaned up the room, they invited them to the dining hall for dinner, but Mrs. Fang refused, saying that her party was already very disturbed, and she couldn't make trouble for Guanli anymore, so she still cooked and ate by herself. The disciples had no choice but to go to the room to borrow pots, bowls, chopsticks, etc., and brought rice, noodles, vegetables, firewood and other things, and also moved a small square dining table and four stools, which were placed in the center of the hall.

At the moment, Mrs. Fang's mother and daughter lived in one room, and Shen Lingxiao, Yin Tianjin, and Fang Yi lived in another. Fang Ru saw that although this place was a little damp, there were flowers and trees on the outside and a kang inside, the environment was quiet and quiet, and there was a kind of homely warmth, and she liked it in her heart.

Fang Ru stood at the window, looking at the lilac trees outside the window, clusters of small white flowers blooming all over the branches, and a faint fragrance wafting in the wind.

"Mother, this place is really nice. Fang Ru said suddenly.

Mrs. Fang, who was wiping the kang board, stopped and glanced at her, sighed faintly, shook her head, and continued the work in her hand.

"Mother, what are you sighing for?" Fang Ru asked coquettishly.

"It's okay, what's the good thing about sending people under the fence?" Mrs. Fang didn't raise her head, "The hard days are still ahead!"

"I'm not afraid of hardship...... Mother, I'll help you!" Fang Ru snatched the rag from Mrs. Fang's hand and wiped it seriously.

"Silly girl!" Mrs. Fang looked at her daughter, her eyes were very complicated, mixed with love, guilt, helplessness, and confusion......

Shen Lingxiao found a few stones in the courtyard and set up a stove under the eaves, so that he could cook and eat on this stove.

And so it went on for a few days.

In the evening of this day, Yin Tianjin half-squatted in front of the stove to light the fire, Fang Ru helped Shen Lingxiao choose vegetables and buy vegetables, and Mrs. Fang was busy making steamed buns and copying vegetables. It didn't take much time, and the meal was already on the table.

Fang Yi nibbled on the steamed buns while picking up vegetables, and praised vaguely in his mouth: "Well, my mother is so delicious!"

"Delicious?" Mrs. Fang smiled, "It's really weird! I used to have big fish and meat, but I haven't heard you say anything about deliciousness; now it's just vegetarian dishes and steamed buns, but you say it's delicious...... I see you, you're hungry, and you think everything tastes good!"

"Maybe!" Fang Yi also smiled, "Everything in this place is good, but there is no meat to eat, it is uncomfortable!"

Shen Lingxiao smiled and explained: "Monks pay attention to not killing, so in the view, they are not allowed to eat meat. ”

"We're not Taoists!" Fang Yi muttered, suddenly remembered, pointed at Shen Lingxiao and said, "Hey, Senior Brother Shen, aren't you a Taoist?"

Shen Lingxiao said with a smile: "It's true that it's a Taoist, but I'm not a monk, and meat can be eaten." ...... Actually, a monk can also eat it, but it's better not to eat it in the contemplation. ”

"Senior Brother Shen's words, you are honest!" Yin Tianjin interjected, "Which of those Taoists walking on the rivers and lakes is not a man who eats meat and drinks alcohol? I have met a middle-aged Taoist, that guy, hey, amazing! In one meal, I ate three plates of braised beef, two hooves, a whole roast goose, and drank thirteen bowls of white wine!"

"Wow, that's really amazing!" Fang Ru also followed her brother and admired.

"I think it doesn't matter if you eat meat or don't drink or not. Shen Lingxiao was serious and authentic, "Cultivation is to conform to nature. A person should eat vegetables, eat meat, and drink wine; Taoists are also human beings, so why can't they eat meat and drink alcohol? Therefore, I believe that the important thing for a cultivator is not whether he kills or not, but whether he really has a Taoist heart. ”

"Dao Heart, what is Dao Heart?" Fang Yi was puzzled.

"Well, I can't tell. Shen Lingxiao shook his head, thought for a while and added: "The master once said: Dao heart is nature. I think that means what I just said, just go with the flow!"

"Alas, the more you talk about it, the deeper it gets, don't talk about this!" Fang Yi shook his head and touched him lightly with his elbow, "Senior Brother Shen, since you also like to eat meat, let's go to the mountains tomorrow to catch game!"

"Hehe, okay!"

"I'll go too!" Fang Ru excited.

Mrs. Fang glared at her and said with a slight annoyance: "Where are the girls going?"

"Just go!" Fang Ru saw that her mother was still glaring at her, she was busy soft, hugged her neck and coquettishly begged for help: "Mother, stay in the house all the time, it's boring and suffocating!

Mrs. Fang was helpless, sighed lightly, and said, "Okay then! It's just that you have to be well-behaved, and you are not allowed to be naughty;

"Got it!" Fang Ru was overjoyed, and kissed her mother's face several times in a row.

"Don't be irritable!" Mrs. Fang pretended to be displeased and glared at her, but her eyes were full of smiles.

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With a "whew", a stone flashed out and flew towards a pile of dense grass. Almost at the same time, there was a "squeak" in the grass, and the tip of the grass moved, and then it fell silent.

"Heh, it's hit!" Fang Ru stood up and clapped his hands repeatedly.

Shen Lingxiao smiled, picked up the stunned hare from the grass, and handed it to Fang Yi who was following behind.

Fang Yi took it happily, and said respectfully: "Senior Brother Shen, you are so powerful...... This guy is hiding in the grass, how did you see it?"

"Hehe, use your ears!" Shen Lingxiao smiled.

"Use your ears?...... Then why didn't I hear that?"

"Senior Brother Fang, have you ever practiced the secret weapon technique?"

"I've practiced. Fang Yi scratched his head and said with a slight shame: "...... It's just that the practice is not good. ”

"Actually, I'm not good at training either. Shen Lingxiao shook his head humbly, "The master often teaches us: to practice hidden weapons, we must not only practice hair, but also practice dodging and catching. Therefore, you have to use both eyes and ears. Only when you have good eyesight can you hit the target with one hit, and if you have good ear strength, you can calmly dodge hidden weapons. ”

"Well, that's what Daddy said. Fang Yi sighed lightly: "But I...... It's just stupid, and it's not good to practice...... Senior Brother Shen, do you have any other tricks? Teach the little brother!"

"Nope. Shen Lingxiao stared at his eyes and said, "Senior Brother Fang, there is another important reason why you can't practice the secret weapon well: your internal cultivation is not enough!"

"Yes. Fang Yi nodded, "Senior Brother Shen, I will work hard...... After a while, when my internal strength has entered the realm, you will teach me again, okay?"

"Okay!" Shen Lingxiao smiled: "Actually, you can't preach, but practice together!"

"Ouch, you keep talking about martial arts, secret weapons or something, suffocate to death!" Fang Ru pursed her lips, "Are you still hunting?"

"Of course!" Fang Yi pointed to the mountain col on the right side and said, "Senior Brother Shen, let's go over there and fight!"

Shen Lingxiao glanced at the hare in his hand that began to kick around, and said, "It's enough to eat!

Fang Yi's brother and sister were not yet happy, and they both said that it was still early and refused to go back. Shen Lingxiao had no choice but to comply, but he decided in his heart that he would no longer catch wild meat.

As soon as the three of them turned the mountain pass, they suddenly heard a "hula" sound, and the upper body of a wild boar with messy hair was exposed on the grass tip next to them, and they were fleeing in a hurry.

Shen Lingxiao refused to make a move, so he shouted: "Senior Brother Fang, fight!"

Fang Yi hurriedly knocked out the stone in his hand, but he missed it. The boar was almost hit, and became more and more panicked, and screamed, and ran down the hill with a rolling belt, and fled without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"Alas...... Missed again!" Fang Yi was frustrated and threw away the stone he had just picked up.

Shen Lingxiao smiled and said, "Don't be discouraged, there are still many beasts on this Kongtong Mountain, and there will be opportunities to practice in the future!"

After that, an elk and a group of hares appeared, Fang Yi failed to hit, and his heart became more and more frustrated, shaking his head and saying: "Hit again!

The three of them continued along the valley trail. Suddenly, a yellow dog sprang out from behind the tree and pounced on a cluster of flowers, Fang Yi really looked at it, and with a flick of his wrist, the stone in his hand flew out and hit it on the head. The dog screamed, staggered, spasmed and hissed a few times, and remained motionless.

"Ahh

"Little yellow, my little yellow ......" A hunter-like man suddenly jumped out from behind the tree, squatted down, and stroked the dead dog and sobbed sadly.

Shen Lingxiao stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said apologetically: "Uncle, I killed your dog by mistake, I'm sorry!

When the hunter heard this, he stood up violently, grabbed him by the chest, and roared angrily: "Compensate me!

"This ...... Uncle, you should pay for it...... How much?"

"Who wants your money...... Compensate my little yellow!"

"This ......" Shen Lingxiao was in trouble, "Uncle, your Xiao Huang is already dead, how can you compensate?"

The hunter let go of his hand and said sadly: "My little yellow is a Qingchuan dog, and I only bought it from western Sichuan last year......

"How much did it cost?" asked Shen Lingxiao.

"Forty taels...... A few days ago, someone bought it for eighty taels of silver, and I didn't sell it!" the hunter turned his grief into a bargain.

"This ......" Shen Lingxiao was in trouble, "Uncle,...... Can...... A little less?"

"One or two can't be missing!"

Shen Lingxiao took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, I'm a poor ghost...... I only have these taels of silver on me!"

The hunter pushed his hand away and said angrily: "Then pay a live Qingchuan dog!"

"Uncle, it's impossible to compensate your Qingchuan dog. Shen Lingxiao discussed in a low voice, "As for the silver, we really don't have that much on us." ...... How about I'll give it to you another day?"

The hunter sneered and said, "Trick the three-year-old child...... Where are you going?"

"You?!...... Aren't you making trouble unreasonably?!" Fang Yi couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to push him.

"You still dare to hit people?!" the hunter was furious, turned his target, and grabbed Fang Yi's chest.

"Who beat you?" Fang Yi glared at him angrily, "Let it go!"

The hunter still held on, and shouted angrily: "Where did the guy come from, he dared to come to our Kongtong Mountain to spread wild!"

Fang Yi thought that he heard that his party was a foreigner, so he deliberately made things difficult, and the angrier he became, kicked him over, and scolded: "You have to inch in—"

How was the hunter willing to give up, he got up with a bone, rushed over with red eyes, and was already knocked to the ground by Fang Yi's punch, and half of his face was blurred by blood in an instant.

Shen Lingxiao was shocked, hurriedly pushed Fang Yi away, bent down to help the hunter, and apologized.

"What are you doing?!" A sudden angry cry came from the mountain road.

Shen Lingxiao felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw a tall Taoist running over quickly, followed by a girl in an emerald green shirt, and after seeing their faces clearly, his eyes suddenly straightened.

The person who came was none other than Zhong Zhiling and Sang Qinghong.

"Huh, Brother Shen, why are you?!" Zhong Zhiling also recognized him, very surprised.

"Hmm...... It's me...... Brother Zhong,...... Hello Miss Sang!" Shen Lingxiao stood up and greeted him in a curt.

"Zhong Daochang, Miss Sang, it turned out to be you! Okay! It's good! I'll invite you to comment on this ceremony!" The hunter snorted and got up, shook off Shen Lingxiao with one elbow, wiped the blood from his nostrils with the back of his hand, and said hatefully: "They killed my hound, not only did they refuse to pay compensation, but they also beat people!"

Sang Qinghong glanced at him, turned her head to stare at Shen Lingxiao, and asked coldly, "Shen Shaoxia, is that the case?"

Shen Lingxiao became more and more embarrassed, lowered his head with a red face, and said softly: "...... It's not that they won't pay for it,...... Not that much silver......"

"It's none of Senior Brother Shen's business!" Fang Yi saw that Shen Lingxiao had suffered for others, so he couldn't help it, and stepped forward and said, "This girl: The dog, I killed it, and the person, I also beat it!"

Sang Qinghong Huo Ran turned his head, looked at him coldly, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Oh...... Brother Zhong, Miss Sang, I forgot to introduce you," Shen Lingxiao pointed at Fang Yi's brother and sister, "This is Fang Yi, the young lord of Chaotian Fort, and this one is his sister Fang Ru." ”

"Really?" Sang Qinghong sneered, "I also said who dared to be so arrogant, but it turned out to be the dignified young castle master of Chaotian Castle...... Lord Fang Shaobao, the rule of your Chaotian Fort is to beat people if you don't have money?"

Fang Yi's face flushed, and he argued, "...... Miss Sang, Senior Brother Shen also said just now, it is indeed not that we are unwilling to compensate, but ...... We didn't have that much silver with us......"

Fang Ru saw that she had bullied Shen Lingxiao and bullied her brother again, and finally couldn't help it, so she snorted with her waist crossed: "Hey, what are you fierce...... What are we doing with you or not?!"

Hearing this, Sang Qinghong raised her eyebrows, suddenly turned her head to look at her, and said sharply: "What are you doing with me?...... Miss Fang, you came to my Kongtong Mountain without authorization, and you also injured my people in Kongtong Mountain for no reason! You say, what are you doing with me?!"

Fang Ru was overwhelmed by her momentum, didn't dare to look at her anymore, turned her head sideways, and muttered, "We didn't mean to......"

Zhong Zhiling inspected the hunter's injury, put his mind at ease, and dissuaded: "Senior sister, forget it, don't make any noise! Uncle Hu is just a skin injury, no big problem!"

The hunter surnamed Hu saw that the other party knew Zhong and Sang, and Zhong Zhiling was a little protective of them, so he was embarrassed to make things difficult, so he said, "Miss Sang, forget it...... I'm out of luck!"

At that moment, Shen, Fang, and Zhong took out all the silver taels on their bodies, scraped together about twenty taels of silver, and compensated the hunter surnamed Hu, and he left in a daze.

On the way back to the Ask Palace, Zhong Zhiling asked them about their intentions, and Shen Lingxiao said it briefly, and told the news of Duan Hongzi's death.

Zhong and Sang were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and they immediately stood on the ground.

“...... What are you kidding?!" After a while, Zhong Zhiling began to react, pulled Shen Lingxiao's sleeve, and said in a trembling voice: "Say it quickly!

Shen Lingxiao stared at his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhong, this matter is absolutely true...... Three days ago, Yun Lingzi's predecessor had already taken people to the Valley of Providence, preparing to retrieve the remains of Broken Hongzi's senior......"

Sang Qinghong clenched her teeth, tears rolled down, suddenly roared sadly, turned around, and ran down the mountain.

"Senior sister, what are you doing?" Zhong Zhiling hurriedly chased after him.

Sang Qinghong didn't answer, and ran even faster.

Zhong Zhiling didn't understand her intentions, so he was in a hurry, jumped with his arms, and grabbed her arm.

"Don't pull me!" Sang Qinghong pushed him, "I'm going to the Valley of Providence!"

Zhong Zhiling was willing to let go, and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister, since you have already returned, let's go after seeing the third master...... We haven't been back for so long, everyone must be worried......"

Sang Qinghong couldn't help it, so she had to give up, wiped her tears and choked up: "Okay, I'll listen to you." ...... Senior brother, you let go. ”