In the bustling storefront of Ning Xiang Pavilion, no matter how crowded it is, there is an empty table.

Regular customers know that as long as Xie Ye is in the Black Rock Cliff, he will come and sit for a while every day, whether it is to drink a pot or pour a cup. The proprietress Yan Hong deliberately reserved a seat for him. In fact, no boss would dare to give this to a second drinker.

But these days, the tables are suddenly empty. So some people said that Xie Ye went to the dart, some people said that Xie Ye was sent to fight against Jiang Shaoyun, and some people said that Xie Ye left his hands and wandered the world. The rumors were repeatedly dismissed, and time slipped away quietly in the rumors. Even the people of the Feather Sword Sect couldn't figure out where Xie Ye went, until a merchant who returned from the south came back and said: Xie Ye is on the north bank, looking at the river platform.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have had the guts to orchestrate the most ruthless scoundrels on the South Shore behind their backs.

No one dared to ask what had happened to the Feather Chasing Sword Sect anymore. Since the Feather Sword Sect chose to remain silent, it must be a big matter. recalled the previous clues, in order to find some clues, but only remembered that there was a quarrel in the Chu family one day.

Heh, this pair of partners for twelve years, Purple Feather and Black Evil, have not fought less, nor have they slapped the table. The first time they met, Chu Tao threw his Sven to feed the dog. Although he was meticulous in front of others, in front of Xie Junhe, he was finally forced to scold with his fist.

Can...... No matter how fierce the quarrel is, no matter how hard the beating is, no one has ever said that they want to break up.

It's just that this time, without warning, is it really going to break up?

"Brother, where did you drive Jun and Big Brother to?" Chu Xuehai widened his eyes and rushed into the study and said loudly.

Chu Tao, who was playing with his own strings, raised his head lazily and smiled lightly: "When will I catch him?"

"Don't fool me, you quarreled a few days ago and shook the ground! Who in the whole house doesn't know except for pretending to be deaf and dumb?" Xue Haidao, "If you didn't make him angry, who else would it be?"

"Xuehai ......" He looked at his sister helplessly and got up, "Is your brother so unreasonable?"

Xue Hai thought for a moment before replying: "But Jun and eldest brother are not unreasonable! Even I, who has been locked in my home all day, have heard rumors on the street - they all say that you drove him to the north shore!"

For this sister whose elbows are turned out all day long, Chu Tao is accustomed to it: "Can't I send him out to do things?"

Xue Haijian didn't believe it: "Then when will he come back?"

Chu Tao suddenly fell silent, leaving only a plausible smile and turning his back. Xue Hai stared at his back and asked for a long time before he said: "If you miss him, practice the sword moves he taught you, he is not here, don't be greedy and ridiculous." ”

"Don't change the subject!" Xue Hai was so anxious that his face turned red.

Chu Tao finally told the truth: "Xu is two or three months, Xu is four or five months, Xu is a year, or maybe ...... Never coming back......"

"Brother!"

"Don't be willful, Snow Sea. Chu Tao said in a low voice, which suppressed her anxiety. He caressed her shoulder and walked slowly towards the outside of the courtyard: "Take a walk with my brother, okay?"

She looked up and saw Chu Tao's extremely thin and pale face in the shade, and her heart softened. "Brother...... I'm sorry. ”

Chu Tao coughed slightly in the wind, smiled and shook his head, but when he laughed, his originally bright eyes were sharp and hard, as if the glimmer of a star was in the dark night, and he was about to burn out. His injuries must have never healed. She snuggled lightly into his arm, leaning on her brother's shoulder, as she had done as a child when she had never found her father in her dreams.

The two walked slowly along the flower path. Spring is charming, flowers and branches are pretty, and the fragrance of the courtyard is dotted like a carpet of flowers. All of them are Sweilan's masterpieces, with the help of Duan Shiyu and Li Zhaolin. The entire Chu family is now as delicate and elegant as Zhilan Garden.

"Sister Vilan is really ingenious. Xue Hai smiled sweetly.

"There are many things in the world that do not fulfill people's wishes. Chu Tao sighed softly. There was a faint sadness between his eyebrows. I don't know if it's because of Wei Lan or because of Xie Junhe.

"Brother......" she also became melancholy. Looking up, in the pure blue clouds, there seems to be a faint sorrow. "Is it true that Jun and Big Brother are not coming back?"

Chu Tao didn't answer, just stared at her, gently ruffling her forehead.

She finally learns that her brother is not as omnipotent as she always thought.

"If I can keep him...... It's hope, he's still on the South Shore. He coughed coldly, and blood was seen in the pal. "Xuehai, maybe one day, you have to get used to not being taken care of by Junhe, without me, without Uncle Wang. Yes, there will always be a time when you will grow up, and there will always be a day when you will leave this courtyard...... Near or far, the day will come. ”

Chu Tao's words were vaguely ominous. "If one day, we will no longer guard you, you can only rely on your own strength to take care of yourself - maybe Junhe is right, the swordsmanship he taught you will eventually work, and you have always liked to dance and play with swords, since you have learned, you need to practice diligently - although it is hard, after all, it will be a reliable self-defense technique in the future. ”

Xue Hai bowed her head for a long time, really puzzled, why her brother, who had never opposed her sword learning, designed and built a double sword for her first, and asked Junhe's eldest brother to teach her swordsmanship: "Don't worry, isn't it you? Who dares to bully Chu Tao's sister?" she pretended to joke lightly, but her words suddenly seemed heavy.

As I walked, I came to a dusty courtyard.

"Brother, do you remember? When I was a child, I was often locked up in that room by you to practice calligraphy. ”

Chu Tao smiled. It was just a practice room, and there was just a sand table in the room, which was said to be a sand table for practicing calligraphy, but it was actually a sand table for practice. Holding a huge pen and writing, and being able to control it freely, must have a strong arm strength. My father loved to be alone in this house, so he came here with his father. After the death of my father, this house became a place where the snow sea passed the time.

He took out a copper key from the crack in the stone under the eaves and raised it in front of the sea of snow: "Let's go and have a look." When you were a kid, you didn't throw me less sand!"

As soon as Xue Hai stuck out his tongue, he laughed.

The door of memory opened, and in the dim room, the huge sand table was still there. The mischievous little snow sea when he was a child still seems to be shaking in this room, with an unbridled smile.

Chu Tao stretched out his clothes, and he had already flown to the edge of the sand table, and took advantage of the situation to hook up the huge pen that was set aside. In front of the sea of snow, he rarely showed his skills. On a whim, Xue Hai applauded: "Brother, you should teach me something else besides that flying step!"

"Remember, Sea of Snow. Suddenly, the pen walked the dragon and snake, the footwork drifted, and a huge pen seemed to be born on the sand table as smoothly as it slashed, making a slight rustling sound, Chu Tao's posture was also like a flying crane in the sky, leaping and tumbling on the edge of the sand table, without a trace. In an instant, two vigorous words were left on the sand table: no thoughts.

"If the pen is like a sword, then the swordsmanship of the Feather Sword School will no longer produce these two words. ”

The sea of snow was extremely surprised. However, Chu Tao seemed to be reluctant to give more advice: "He will understand." ”