Qingfeng Xu Xu

Xu Qingjiu tiptoed to the bed. There was no moonlight tonight, and the room was so dark that she couldn't see anything. But when she heard Xu Mulin's breathing was very steady, she felt relieved and walked softly to the table. , Xu Mulin's clothes passed by on the way, covered him and lay on the table, closing his eyes and falling asleep.

The next day, Xu Mulin opened his eyes and saw Xu Qingjiu sleeping soundly on the table. When he woke up after a good sleep, Xu Mulin already felt that the pain was not as painful as yesterday. Holding his other hand, he stood up and walked to Xu Qingjiu. He originally wanted to take Xu Qingjiu back to bed, but he still didn't dare to force it, and he was afraid of putting her back to bed. Xu Qingjiu woke up. I had no choice but to go out to the kitchen, prepare some ginger soup, and order two boiled eggs. When I returned to the room, I met Xu Qingjiu who was running out of the room in a hurry.

"Qingjiu, are you awake?"

"Senior brother."Looking at what Xu Mulin was holding, Xu Qingjiu hurriedly stepped forward to take it. Just as he was about to continue complaining, he heard Xu Mulin speak.

"I wanted to leave you a letter, but there was no pen and paper in the room. Thinking of you, I fell into a deep sleep. The kitchen is not far away. I'll wait for you.Just came back. You know, I always wake up earlier than you. I happened to go out to get some fresh air. I couldn’t sleep comfortably lying on my stomach. I thought it was very cold at night recently and was afraid that you would catch the cold, so I went to ask for a bowl of ginger soup and eggs for you. , apply it on my eyes, it’s effortless, and the wound no longer hurts, I didn’t force myself, really"

"Sleeping on my stomach is uncomfortable and even hurts me"

"It was accidentally injured. Xu Mulin defended,"Drink the ginger soup quickly. It will cool down in a while.""

"How can you hold it when it's so hot? Why did they just prepare ginger soup?"

"It's cold outside, so I just cover my hands while holding it. It should be prepared for the night watchers. It is already a cold season now."

"You know it's cold and you don't buy more clothes?"

Xu Mulin didn't dare to refute any more.

Xu Qingjiu looked at Xu Mulin's coat that was draped on her body and had not had time to take it off just now. She pretended to be angry and said,"Then you don't know how to wake me up or take the coat." Go, or just wait in the house until I wake up and let me go to the kitchen to retrieve these things?"

"...I didn't expect it before, next time...Definitely next time, okay?"

"Do you want this situation to happen again?"

Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu, pursed his lips and said nothing, but couldn't help but chuckle. Xu Qingjiu was educating him confidently, hoping to make Xu Mulin realize his mistake, but when he saw Xu Mulin pursed his lips Lips, but couldn't hold back the smile on his face. Finally he couldn't hold back his serious look and started laughing along with Xu Mulin.

"Qingjiu, are you not angry anymore?"The two of them giggled for a while, Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu and said

"Brother, I'm not angry...It's true that I'm a little angry, but more importantly, seeing you hurt makes me really sad, just like it's hurting myself, do you understand?"

"I see. I understand that Qingjiu treats me not only as a senior brother, but also as a family member."

"Just understand. From now on, you, me, and Master, we all need to be good, always be good"

"Well, it will."

After Xu Mulin deeply reflected on his mistakes, Xu Qingjiu finally relaxed a little from his recent emotions.

Xu Qingjiu was a person who lost everything at a very young age. He originally thought that he might even lose his own life. When he lost, he was fortunate enough to be rescued by Xu Enze, and later he was carefully cared for, loved, and even indulged in his own willfulness by Xu Enze and Xu Mulin. However, Xu Qingjiu was enjoying these things that he thought he would never experience again in this life. When feeling, Xu Qingjiu still has some unreal feelings from time to time, and from time to time he is afraid of losing everything again. Originally, he had been staying in Ziqingtang, and these feelings have gradually faded away as time goes by. But recently, because of Xu Mulin’s Then he got sick and injured, and the feelings that had faded came back again, even much stronger than before. When Xu Qingjiu stood outside the house last night, she was thinking that maybe it is really rare to find something lost, and it should be cherished, but after experiencing People who have lost and recovered are more likely to worry about gains and losses. If they lose again, Xu Qingjiu doesn't know whether he can bear it. But Xu Qingjiu also knows that he shouldn't always worry about others and blame himself, so he has been trying to comfort himself. Wanting to get out of these emotions, just like Xu Enze told him at the beginning, look forward, everything in the past has passed.

Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu had eaten in the room, but Butler Wu asked someone to bring it to them For breakfast, the disciple who brought the meal heard that Li Jichu was busy greeting the guests who came to express their condolences today, so he might not have time to come over. The two of them thought that it was hard to go out and walk around with people coming and going outside, so they could only stay there In the room, he asked the disciple to tell Butler Wu that he wanted to borrow some books to read if it was convenient. Not long after the disciple left, another disciple came with some books of all kinds. The two of them were reading in the room. After studying for a day, a disciple would bring food to him at meal time. It was not until long after Haishi that the two of them were ready to rest, and then Li Jichu came with a look of no energy.

"Is there something wrong with brother Ji Chu coming here so late? If you have a tiring day, go to bed early. If you have anything to do, you can discuss it another day."

"Mulin, I heard that you were injured. I'm really worried. Come and see you."

"I just accidentally hit it, but the wound was a bit deep and looked serious. It's much better today. Brother Jichu has been working hard recently. Qingjiu and I didn't help much when we came, but caused trouble to brother first. , Mulin feels really guilty"

"How did brother Jichu know? Did Butler Wu tell you that?"

"Butler Wu? Does he know it too? Li Jichu felt strange, but after thinking about it, he understood clearly,"That's right. If Lao Wu hadn't gone to call him, he probably wouldn't have come.""He was also a little embarrassed about Xu Qingjiu and Butler Wu's deliberate concealment,"Qingjiu, your senior brother was injured on my farm, and you still asked Butler Wu to hide it from me? Fortunately Xianyun told me, otherwise I wouldn't know now"

"Brother Ji Chu, don’t be surprised. I didn’t mean to hide it from you."

"How could I blame Mu Lin? I also know that you are afraid of causing me more worries, so you asked Butler Wu not to tell me yet. Thank you for your understanding, I feel really ashamed. I have so many things going on today that I haven't been able to leave. I thought it was too late now to bother me, but I still don't worry. I really need to see how badly you are hurt."

After listening to Li Jichu's words, Xu Qingjiu was curious about a person's name first:"Xianyun? Is it the doctor from yesterday?"

"Yes, his name is Lu Xianyun. He is a charlatan I picked up many years ago. He has some skills, so he has stayed in the village."

"I didn't have time to ask him his name yesterday, so I have to thank him in person another day."

"Mulin, there's no need to be polite. I'll take care of his food, food, and accommodation at the farm. Even if he's thanked you,"

"Brother Jichu, I have been hearing a lot of noise from the village today. Are there many more people here? It's inconvenient for my senior brother to be injured. If there is anything I can do tomorrow, Brother Ji Chu can just come and call me. Originally, I came here two days ago just to help Brother Ji Chu."

"Today? Not many people came, and those who came would be seen on the day of the funeral. Zhuang Shang's disciples can handle it for the time being, but I would like to thank Qingjiu. Just help me take care of your senior brother. You came all the way, but I didn't take good care of you. After everything is settled, you have to formally apologize to Mulin."

"When Brother Ji Chu said this, Mulin felt even more ashamed."

"Brother Jichu, senior brother, please stop being so polite. We are all so familiar with each other...."

"Light nine."

Li Jichu chuckled,"Qingjiu is quite outspoken. But what Qingjiu said is right. Although we have not met for a long time, you and I both feel that we have met so late."

"Too late to meet? What brother Jichu said is very appropriate."Xu Qingjiu also laughed and said, but she was also curious about who the person Li Jichu mentioned with a hint of annoyance in his tone,"By the way, who is the person that brother Jichu just mentioned?"

"Yuanyang School, Du Shengyang"

"Du Shengyang?"

"Mulin, do you know him?"

Xu Qingjiu first explained:"It's not that we know each other. I just encountered something when passing Jiangning Mansion on the way here, and it happened to be related to the Yuanyang Sect."

"Jiangning Mansion? What’s going on with Rashomon Hall?"

"yes. I met several disciples of the Yuanyang Sect in Jiangning Mansion, and later heard about Luoshengtang."Xu Mulin only briefly summarized what he had seen and heard before. In fact, he just wanted to know more about the questions he had always been curious about, so he asked directly:"I wonder if brother Jichu knows the inside story?"

"Before my father's accident, the master of the Luosheng Hall came to see him once, but they talked about it in the study. I don't know what the specific matter was. Not long after the accident in Luosheng Hall, my father also had an accident."Li Jichu sighed, and subconsciously expressed the doubts he had always had in his heart,"So I can't help but connect the two things together, but I don't have any clues. Apart from being full of doubts, I also get nothing."

"Brother Jichu thinks there is something fishy about your father's death?"Li Jichu's words hit the doubts that had always been hidden in Xu Mulin's heart.

Xu Mulin's sudden question suddenly woke up Li Jichu. Only then did Li Jichu remember his previous agreement with Xu Enze, so he had to change his words:"Father has always been in good health, and now The incident happened so suddenly. As a son of man, I couldn't help but couldn't accept it for a while, so I had many doubts."

Li Jichu's sudden change of words was naturally difficult to convince Xu Mulin. Xu Mulin continued to ask:"Brother Jichu sent a letter to my master earlier. Didn't he want to discuss this matter with him?"

It's only human nature for a junior to send a letter to his father's former friend to inform him of his death. It doesn't necessarily mean he has another purpose. Xu Mulin's words were just an attempt to deceive Li Jichu.

"Mulin said it right. I was worried that I would make some omissions. I thought that if Uncle Xu could analyze this matter from the perspective of a bystander, he might be able to discover some key points that I had missed, so I sent a message to him. But I regretted it as soon as the letter came out. First of all, this is still an internal matter within Guxia Manor. If the disciples in the manor know that I asked outsiders to intervene in this matter, it may cause the disciples in the manor to become suspicious of each other. My temporary takeover of the affairs of the village has already caused disobedience from many people, which will put me in a difficult situation; secondly, even if there is really something hidden about this matter, and my father's death is really not an accident, then I will ask for help in a big way. Outsiders will probably only make the people behind the scenes disappear, making it impossible to find out the truth from now on."

Li Jichu had previously sent a trustworthy person to deliver a letter to Xu Enze, and later received a reply saying that he had personally delivered the letter to Ziqingtang on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, so it was impossible for the letter to be delayed as Xu Mulin mentioned before. Xu Enze did not receive it on the way. It can only be that Xu Enze concealed the matter from beginning to end and did not mention it to his two apprentices. But if Li Jichu followed Xu Mulin's previous words, it would be This aroused further suspicion and simply denied the intention of needing Xu Enze's help. In this way, even if Xu Enze received the letter later, the matter of finding out the truth had nothing to do with Xu Enze.

"It turns out that it was Mulin who was abrupt."Li Jichu's words were very convincing, but Xu Mulin still had a grudge against Li Jichu's inconsistent remarks at the beginning.

"Things in the Jianghu world are so complicated. Mulin, when you first entered the Jianghu world, you were able to piece together the connections based on just the little bits and pieces of what you saw along the way. You were already very delicate and quick. Of course, since I already feel that this matter is strange, I will not let it go easily. Out of filial piety, I must investigate this matter secretly, so that I can comfort my father's spirit in heaven."

Xu Mulin guessed that Li Haoyuan's death was strange based on only some details. Li Jichu felt that concealing the truth about this point might be counterproductive, so he simply found another way. What he just said not only rejected Xu Enze's possible help, but also rejected it. Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu’s potential to help others

"Brother Jichu will definitely be able to take charge of the affairs of Guxia Village in the future."Xu Mulin heard Li Jichu's overtones clearly and naturally he didn't say much.

"But if the master receives the letter and knows about brother Jichu's request for help, will he have time to check the details then?"What Xu Qingjiu was talking about was, of course, whether there was any abnormality in Li Haoyuan's body. Although Xu Qingjiu did not understand Xu Mulin as thoroughly as Li Jichu's words when he arrived, the simpler his thoughts, the more he could reveal things that others had not noticed. The key point is,"Master has known Master Li for many years. If he receives a letter from Brother Jichu, he will definitely come in person. Perhaps he can discover some missing key as Brother Jichu originally thought."

Although Li Jichu did not expect Xu Qingjiu to ask this question, he was only slightly stunned and said:"Uncle Xu has been traveling in the world for many years and is aware of the undercurrents and many taboos among sects. Perhaps when he receives my letter, , would also feel that my request was inappropriate and too abrupt. Of course, my father had a deep friendship with his uncle during his lifetime. Even if he knew this, he would probably come and I would have to apologize and explain to him."

Li Jichu thought of these words almost instantly. In fact, they were watertight enough. However, Xu Mulin still reaffirmed the suspicion that Xu Enze had concealed something from Li Jichu's words.

Xu Mulin The reason for this certainty lies in the question raised by Xu Qingjiu. Now Xu Mulin has a very clear understanding of the cause and effect of this matter.