Qingfeng Xu Xu

In Guxia Manor, Li Jichu was busy arranging the funeral arrangements and dealing with people from other sects who came from afar to carry out the funeral for his father. He had just arranged for the owner of Longyin Manor when he saw the housekeeper running towards him from a distance.

"Eldest Young Master, two young masters came outside. They said they were from Tianzong."

"Tianzong? Aren’t there already several people here?"

"The two young masters claimed that their surname was Xu, and they were the descendants of Tianzong...."

"The surname is Xu, Uncle Xu?"Before the housekeeper finished speaking, Li Jichu hurriedly walked out. When he arrived at the door, he did not see his father's friend Xu Enze, but two young men who looked a few years younger than him.

"Mr. Li."Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu saw a young man wearing mourning clothes coming out. Looking at his appearance, they concluded that this man was the eldest son of Guxia Village, and they saluted together.

"I have met the two young masters, but Jichu has never seen them before. May I ask what they are called?"

"I am Xu Mulin, a disciple of Xu Enze from Tianzong’s Ziqingtang. This is my junior brother, Xu Qingjiu."

"They turned out to be Uncle Xu’s two great disciples. I heard my father mention them before. Today I finally got to meet these two virtuous disciples."

"It is inconvenient for Master to come, so we specially asked two of our senior brothers to come on his behalf to express our condolences. I also ask Brother Jichu to express his condolences and stop by."

"Is Uncle Xu okay? I sent someone to send a letter to Uncle Xu a month ago, but I haven't received a reply yet, and I haven't seen Uncle Xu coming. But I was too busy to take care of myself, so I didn't send any more greetings."

"My master is fine, it’s just that it’s temporarily inconvenient to come, but he said he would come to worship in person in a while"

"Okay, nothing will happen. It's really rude. Please come into the house and drink some tea. It's been a hard work coming all the way."

Li Jichu personally led Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu to the two guest rooms reserved in advance.

"Mr. Li, there should be a lot of people in the house now. My junior brother and I can live in one room, Mr. Li can keep the other room for other people."

"Thank you Mulin for your understanding. I will feel sorry for you two for the time being. My father and Uncle Xu have known each other for many years. They are both friends and brothers. I have often heard my father mention them to our brothers before. However, unfortunately, I have been in poor health since I was born and cannot travel far, so I only get to see them today. If you two don't dislike me, you can just call me Ji Chu. Calling me Young Master will make you feel more divided."

"Junior brother and I are both a few years younger than you. If you don’t mind, we will call you brother Jichu."

"I am just a few years older than you two. If you two don't mind, then I will accept the title of brother."

Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu bowed their hands in unison and said,"Brother Jichu."

Li Jichu also bowed and returned the courtesy:"Brother Mulin, virtuous brother Qingjiu."

"I just heard from brother Jichu that a letter was sent to Master at the beginning of the month?"

"Yes, Master Xu didn’t mention it?"

"I'm afraid I was delayed on the way. It was about seven or eight days ago when Tianzong received the obituary of your sect. Master heard about it and then sent me two here, so I came a little late. If Brother Ji Chu If you are busy with something, you can arrange for me and my junior brother to help."

"That's right, brother Jichu, there's no need to be polite. Senior brother fell ill again on the way, so it was delayed for some time."

"Mulin is sick? It's better now. I'll ask the housekeeper to find a doctor to check on you?"

"It's already fine, but it's a bit cold. These days are busy times. Brother Jichu doesn’t need to be distracted by such trivial matters. Brother Jichu also doesn’t want to see me outside. If something happens, just be a member of the family."

"There's nothing going on right now. Everything is handled by the disciples in the village. You guys have been working hard all the way, so you should rest first. If you can't find me for anything, just find any disciple and ask me to come. Someone may come again in a while, so I will go to the front hall first instead of chatting with these two wise brothers here."

"Sorry for bothering you, brother. Brother, please go and do your work first."

"Okay, I'll take my leave now."

"Brother Jichu walked slowly."

After Li Jichu left, Xu Mulin stood at the door for a long time. He remembered that he always felt that Xu Enze was a bit vague. Combined with Li Jichu's words just now, he felt more and more that Xu Enze had concealed a lot of things.

"Senior brother, has Master told you anything else?"

"No, I have told you everything Master told me before. Master said before that he received a letter from Master Li last month, and guessed that it might have been delayed on the road. And brother Jichu sent the letter at the beginning of the month. Could it be that he was delayed on the road again? Or, as Master guessed, the disciples of Guxia Village were negligent? That means the letter arrived after we left Tianzong? Otherwise, could it be that Master deliberately concealed something from us?"

"And I feel that what Brother Jichu just said was a little strange, and I feel like there is something unfinished."

"There are still a few days left for the funeral of Master Li. Brother Jichu is busy with work and may not have time to explore these matters. Furthermore, it is not appropriate for us to interfere in the affairs of brother Jichu's own sect when we first come here. Let's put this matter aside for now. After the funeral, I'll see if I can ask brother Jichu. If it really doesn't work, I'll ask Master when I get back."

"...good. If Master really wanted to hide something from us, would he still let us come here?"

Xu Mulin thought for a while and then said:"I don't know either."

Xu Mulin answered like this, but suddenly he thought of Xu Enze's previous reactions and answers to Xu Mulin's questions. They seemed so reasonable, but also seemed too reasonable. Xu Mulin also thought of Xu Enze's sudden confession to him. After hearing about Xu Qing's events more than ninety years ago, he felt that Xu Enze's sudden mention seemed to have an ulterior motive. Thinking of all these anomalies, Xu Mulin seemed to be sure that Xu Enze must be hiding something, not only after the sudden death of Master Li Xu Enze may not know as much about this matter, including those related to Xu Qingjiu, as he admitted frankly.

Xu Qingjiu fell on the bed and tossed around, moaning about backache and leg cramps. Xu Mulin was sitting at the table, looking like he was drinking tea leisurely, but his mind was rapidly thinking about the unusual things these days. After thinking for a long time, he still didn't have enough information and couldn't think of anything more. The clues about cause and effect came to her, and she rubbed her fingertips on the cup, her thoughts drifting so far away that Xu Qingjiu didn't even realize when she was in front of her.

"...Senior brother, senior brother!"Seeing that Xu Mulin didn't respond, Xu Qingjiu shouted back Xu Mulin's thoughts

"Um?"

"What is senior brother thinking about? I was so obsessed with my thoughts that you didn’t respond for a long time."

"Just thinking about these things. Did you just call me? Xu

Qingjiu sighed and said,"Senior brother, it's useless even if you want to break your head. If the master really intends to hide it, then we have no way of knowing it anyway." After traveling for days, I am almost falling apart. I was lying on the bed just now and wanted to ask my senior brother to pour me a glass of water." As he said that, Xu Qingjiu poured himself another glass of water and drank it in one gulp, and finally continued:"I haven’t felt any pain since I’ve been traveling for the past two days, but now that I stopped, I started to feel uncomfortable everywhere in my body. Senior brother, why do I feel that nothing is wrong with you?"

"I was okay, but I didn't feel very comfortable on the first day, but I got used to it later. Seeing Xu Qingjiu lying on the table with no energy at all, Xu Mulin continued:"Do you need me, senior brother, to give you a squeeze on your shoulders and legs?"

Xu Qingjiu smiled and said:"You are so weak. I just lie down for a while, but that's all."..."

"Are you hungry?"

"Um."Xu Qingjiu replied with a smile, while nodding one after another. As soon as

Xu Qingjiu finished speaking, he heard a knock on the door. Xu Qingjiu sat up hurriedly, and Xu Mulin had already stepped forward to open the door. Standing at the door It’s the housekeeper I just met outside.

"Mr. Xu, our eldest son has arranged for me to deliver some food to you two. In addition, my eldest son asked me to tell the two young masters that the eldest son is busy during the day and would like to come over and see you two again after he has finished his work in the front office."

"Thank you. What do you call your senior?"

"My surname is Wu. Young master, just call me Butler Wu."

Xu Mulin took the food box and gestured sideways:"Butler Wu, please come in and have a cup of tea."

"Thank you very much for your kindness. I apologize that I have something to do over there, so I won’t come into the house to disturb you. If you two young masters have nothing else to do, I’ll take my leave first."

"Butler Wu, wait a moment. I would like to ask Butler Wu something, is it convenient?"

"Mr. Xu is too polite. Mr. Xu, it’s okay to say it."

"I just heard that Butler Wu was called the eldest son. I also heard from brother Jichu before that he had a younger brother, but why didn't he see him today?"

"The person Xu Gongzi mentioned was our second son. Butler Wu seemed to sigh with regret, and then continued:"The second young master ran away from home after a quarrel with the old village owner. He has not been found yet.""

"runaway? Now that Master Li has passed away, has he not come back?"Xu Qingjiu also got up and walked to the door.

"Ever since the second young master suddenly fell in love with Qihuang's surgery many years ago, he has often quarreled with the old owner.After the quarrel, he left home and disappeared without a trace. He said that he had been searching for rocks and medicine in the mountains and fields all year round, but his whereabouts were uncertain. On the day when the old owner of the village died, the eldest son arranged for people to search everywhere, but it was still difficult to find the trace of the second son."

"I think I went to a place where there is no news. I think there will be news soon."

"The second young master of our family was originally a talented young genius. In the past, the old manor owner was always proud of the second young master. He thought that the second young master would be able to pass on the swordsmanship of our Guxia Village. Unexpectedly, things were unpredictable. It was really disappointing. It hurts."The old housekeeper lamented beside him, and was about to burst into tears. But thinking that there were outsiders present, he finally endured it."The two young masters, please eat first, and I won't disturb you. Later, I will arrange for the village disciples to come over and bring some hot water to the two young masters. If anything happens, the two young masters can just send someone to call me. I'll take my leave now"

"I'm sorry to trouble Butler Wu, but please convey this message to the eldest young master for me. My junior brother and I are waiting for Brother Jichu to arrive."

"yes."Butler Wu bowed to say goodbye.

"Butler Wu walked slowly."

Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu finished their meal. Xu Qingjiu and Xu Mulin analyzed what Butler Wu just said, but Xu Mulin was always absent-minded. Xu Qingjiu thought that after all, those were other people's private matters, so they couldn't The conversation continued. Xu Mulin asked about the location of the kitchen and wanted to send the used dishes, chopsticks and cutlery to the kitchen. Xu Qingjiu volunteered, saying that he had rested for a long time and just happened to go out for a look, so he carried the food box Out. On the way back, Xu Qingjiu suddenly felt unwell in his stomach, so he asked a passing disciple about the location of the toilet. Xu Qingjiu had just finished relieving himself in the toilet, and without paying attention, he got close to the person walking towards him. They bumped into each other.

Xu Qingjiu took a few steps back before regaining his balance. He looked up and saw that the man opposite him was also staggering a few steps and had just regained his balance.

He saw that the man was wearing indigo blue clothes, with what appeared to be something embroidered in black thread on the hem. He has the pattern of a galloping horse, a fan on his waist, and his hair is simply tied on top of his head, tied with only a ribbon of the same color as his clothes. Apart from that, there is no other decoration on his body, but it still makes him look handsome. Feofan's face is a bit more chic, and his posture is a bit more upright, but he is still approachable.

"I'm so sorry. I was distracted just now and accidentally bumped into the young master. Please forgive me."

Before Xu Qingjiu could react, he heard the person opposite apologize repeatedly.

"It's okay, it's okay. I didn't pay attention to the road and accidentally bumped into the young master. Please forgive me."

"My Excellency, Xie Chi, may I ask what you call the young master?"

"This is Xu Qingjiu. Xie Chi? This name sounds familiar"

"I'm just an unknown person, or maybe I have the same name as someone else."

"May I ask where the young master comes from?"

"The following is from Longyin Village"

"Longyin Village? Xie Chi? I'm sorry for my poor eyesight, but I didn't recognize Master Xie."

"Mr. Xu is overly praised. They are all appreciated by various sects. How dare I call myself the owner of the village in front of Tianzong?"

"Master Xie is too humble. How many people don’t know how famous Master Xie is today? When I heard about Master Yi from the sect, I really wanted to get to know Master Xie. I thought he was an older senior, but I didn’t expect Master Xie to be a senior. The Lord is so young, I admire him even more"

"Mr. Xu was so complimentary that Xie was frightened."

"I heard Master Yi tell it before that the masters of swordsmanship today: Tianzong, Guxia, Yuanyang, and Jisheng are tied together, but only the masters of swordsmanship are the masters of the Longyinzhuang family."

"Mr. Xu is being humble. Tianzong is the leader in swordsmanship. I just took advantage of the Du family. How dare I get such praise from Mr. Xu?"

"Mr. Xie is too humble....The current situation is not suitable. If there is an opportunity in the future, I would like to thank Master Xie for your generous teaching. I really want to personally learn Master Xie’s sword skills."

"How dare Xie show off? If Mr. Xu doesn’t mind it, I’d like to learn Tianzong swordsmanship."

"Okay, that's settled. Xu Qingjiu thought that he would be too abrupt, but when he saw that Xie Chi did not show any displeasure or embarrassment, he was very happy,"It's getting late, so I won't disturb Master Xie.""

"Okay, see you later Mr. Xu"

"Thank you, owner. Goodbye."