Qingfeng Xu Xu

"Is it about the reason why Jihua gave up practicing swordsmanship and became obsessed with the art of Qihuang?"

"Sorry, I was just curious, so I asked Butler Wu to find out more."

"What you were curious about at the time was why you didn't see Jihua." Li Jichu turned to look at Xu Mulin, and smiled without paying much attention:"Let's go down the mountain first, it's getting dark soon."

Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu followed Li Jichu and walked down the mountain. Xu Qingjiu looked at Li Jichu's back and felt inexplicably that Li Jichu was carrying too many things. He also remembered that he and Xu Mulin went to find Li Jichu today. At that time, Li Jichu was lying in front of Li Haoyuan's tomb crying. At this moment, he finally realized Li Jichu's helplessness and the tenacity that the owner of the village saw in Li Jichu.

"Brother Jichu."When they reached an open area, Xu Qingjiu pulled Xu Mulin two steps ahead to catch up with Li Jichu,"It's dark and there's still moonlight. If there's no moonlight, just carry a lamp. Hall Master Yi told me today that only when you are strong can you protect yourself and others at the same time. However, if a group of people who are not strong enough gather together, the power cannot be underestimated. Don’t worry, you will not only be able to protect yourself, but also protect others. One person, me, senior brother, and those disciples in the village who have always believed in you, right senior brother?"

"Qingjiu must not look down upon brother Jichu. Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu with a smile and said,"However, Qingjiu is right. Brother Jichu, don't worry. Why should you be afraid of those who only dare to hide behind you?" Our Qingjiu is also very powerful."

"Why are you making fun of me, senior brother? Li

Jichu looked at the two of them and smiled:"I don't think Mulin meant this. He was very sincere.""

After Xu Qingjiu heard what Li Jichu said, he ran away even more embarrassedly. He couldn't help complaining that Xu Mulin and Li Jichu were playing tricks on him. Behind him, Xu Mulin was slightly startled when he heard what Li Jichu had just said. Xu Mulin smiled and turned to look at Li Jichu. Li Jichu just smiled and tilted his head, then raised a finger and made a hissing gesture on his lips. Xu Mulin also smiled immediately and turned his head to look away. Xu Qingjiu’s smile is a little deeper

"There shouldn't be any danger in your trip, but I'm not entirely sure whether those people have set their sights on you now."After a long silence, Li Jichu said:"So I still can't completely guarantee that your trip will be safe. If you encounter any problems or encounter any suspicious people, make sure you are safe first and don't take risks. Protect yourself, otherwise..."

Xu Mulin interrupted:"Brother Jichu, don't worry. Since I promised you, I have confirmed that I can protect Qingjiu and myself. However, I'm afraid brother Jichu didn't make this decision at the beginning, right?""

"In fact, I had this idea when I first met you, but I was not sure whether you would agree."Li Jichu said frankly.

Xu Mulin did not make any tests and asked bluntly:"Has my master been here?"

When Li Jichu saw Xu Mulin, his words were full of doubts, but his expression was already very determined. Li Jichu couldn't hide it anymore,"Yes, it was the day you arrived, but you left less than half an hour after arriving. I really didn’t hide it from you two on purpose, it’s just that the situation forced me to do it."

"Will Master help you find out the real culprit who killed Master Li?"

"I really can't take care of everything now, otherwise I don't want to put Uncle Xu in danger. They were the three best friends back then, but now only Uncle Xu is left."

"My master, apart from the matter of Master Li, has he told you anything else?"Xu Mulin was silent for a while and suddenly asked again.

Li Jichu looked at Xu Mulin suspiciously and thought for a moment before saying:"In addition to my father's matter, there is also Jihua's matter. Uncle Xu only mentioned it. The reason why I hide something from you and Qingjiu is because I don’t want you to get involved, and nothing else. mulin...Do you still have any doubts?"

"It's nothing, I should be worrying too much."Xu Mulin thought for a moment and replied. Xu Mulin has understood all Xu Enze's concerns and concealments so far, but he still has a vague doubt. Is Xu Enze planning so much just to find the real murderer of Li Haoyuan?

"That's fine. If there are any more questions, I know everything I can tell you. I know I can't hide it from you either. Li Jichu looked at Xu Qingjiu who was not far away and said:"Although I have only known you and Qingjiu for a few days, I trust you very much and I hope you can also trust me. I am only a few years older than you. I want to be friends with you, but hearing you call me brother and brother every day always makes me feel a little uneasy.

Xu Mulin wanted to smile and said,"Ji Chu, are you repeating what I said before?""

"Mulin also speaks too frankly, which sometimes makes people feel a little too cold."Li Jichu said with a smile:"Although I know the intentions of those people, and I also know that many people have suspicions behind their backs, it's just that no one has ever asked me directly face to face. Although I changed my mind and realized that you didn't mean that, but At that time, I still felt a little bit hurt. However, now I want to thank you, Mulin, for being so honest with me, allowing me to really dare to face these comments, and making me firmly believe that I have a clear conscience."

"You are Welcome."Xu Mulin stopped smiling and said calmly:"However, Qingjiu said before that I have always been reluctant to say anything to people I am not familiar with. Li

Jichu sighed helplessly:"In Mulin's eyes, it turns out that I can only be regarded as someone you are familiar with?""

"Besides, if I don’t want to be friends with someone, I won’t agree to help."

"Speaking of which. Li Jichu said very seriously:"Mu Lin and Qingjiu haven't explicitly promised me to help me find Jihua.""

"The fact that we didn't leave with Hall Master Yi and the others shows that we have promised you."Xu Mulin turned his head and looked at Li Jichu and said, and then walked forward quickly.

Behind him, Li Jichu shook his head and smiled, and also walked forward. After walking a few steps, he saw Li Jichu standing in the corridor waiting. There was a purple figure next to Xu Qingjiu. Li Jichu paused, lowered his head and sighed, but walked over. But before he got closer, the man started complaining. If he didn't have something to talk to Xu Mulin and the others, He said, Li Jichu might have jumped into the wall nearby.

"Where would you go if you didn't take medicine?"Lu Xianyun looked at Li Jichu coming over and began to question him from a distance.

"What medicine? Brother Jichu, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"Xu Qingjiu saw Xu Mulin coming, and took a few steps forward to Xu Mulin. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Lu Xianyun yelling behind him.

"It's okay, it's just an old problem."Li Jichu walked up, smiled awkwardly, looked at Xu Qingjiu and said

"I knew something was wrong with you and you were still caught in the rain, so you just started looking for trouble for me without noticing. You were still running around in the rain. Do you think too highly of me, a charlatan?"Hearing Li Jichu's indifferent words, Lu Xianyun couldn't hold back his blame,"Is everything okay? How do you think it's okay? Does it count when you’re lying in bed and can’t move?"

Li Jichu couldn't bear it anymore and was about to step forward to shut up when he heard Xu Qingjiu couldn't help but say:"Doctor Lu, why are you nagging more than my senior brother?"

"......"Xu Mulin, who was standing aside, was innocently implicated, but he was helpless and had no way to refute.

"......"Li Jichu, who was also standing next to him, seemed to have heard something unusual. He looked at Xu Qingjiu and then back at Xu Mulin. He really didn't know where to start.

"nagging? Li Jichu, listen, what have you done to me, a charlatan? Can you please save me some trouble? Let me save my voice and my legs. I have been looking for you all day long."

"Okay~ But could you please shut up first? I don’t feel comfortable listening to you."Li Jichu heard what Lu Xianyun was talking about and spoke without mercy.

Seeing Li Jichu cover Lu Xianyun's mouth and push him away, Xu Qingjiu looked at Xu Mulin and frowned and asked:"Brother, I Doesn’t it also give you peace of mind?"

"No, I just don't worry a little bit sometimes."Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu and said gently, and then asked again:"Does Qingjiu also dislike that senior brother is always nagging and always taking care of you?"

"No, senior brother just said a few words occasionally. Now it seems that it is nothing compared to Lu Xianyun. Xu Qingjiu strongly denied,"Besides, senior brother doesn't always control me. Senior brother always supports me in whatever Qingjiu wants to do.""

Xu Mulin looked at Xu Qingjiu with a smile, and said as he walked forward:"Let's go, doesn't Ji Chu still have something to say?"

"Senior brother. Xu Qingjiu pulled Xu Mulin,"You always tell me to just be myself, but what about you?" Are you being yourself?"

Xu Mulin stopped, turned around and looked at Xu Qingjiu, confused:"Why do you think of asking this?"

"Just, I feel that my senior brother has been in a bad mood lately. Is there anything that is bothering me? Senior brother, you can talk to me, maybe I can help him. I also hope that senior brother can be happy and do what he wants to do."

Xu Mulin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said:"It's nothing, it's just that I have never encountered these things before when I came out this time, so I am inevitably a little worried, fearing that if I can't handle it well myself, Qingjiu will be killed by an innocent person. Implicated, but now it seems that Qingjiu is really powerful. It’s the senior brother who is too worried."

"So that's it. Xu Qingjiu nodded and said,"No wonder I always feel that senior brother is always wary of something." He said with a smile,"Senior brother, you can rest assured. With Qingjiu here, no one can hurt senior brother.""

"OK, I'm relieved."Xu Mulin also smiled and said,"Let's go."

"Um."

The two of them followed in the direction where Li Jichu and the others had just left. On the way, Xu Qingjiu thought of something again and said,"Senior brother?"

"Um?"Xu Mulin, who was walking in front, looked back at Xu Qingjiu and replied.

"What was the name of brother Jichu you just called directly?"

"Nothing. Xu Mulin chuckled and said,"It's just that he told me just now that we always call him brother and brother, and he feels uneasy."

Xu Qingjiu smiled and said,"Do you think we are not close enough to him and are too outsided?""

"Probably"

"I actually admire brother Jichu quite a lot, so I wanted to call him that. Brother, why? In the beginning, my senior fellow apprentices all called him Mr. Li."

"It's okay, he is a few years older than me after all."

Xu Qingjiu couldn't help laughing when he saw Xu Mulin. He looked at Xu Mulin with a funny face and said,"It turns out that senior brother is indeed quite independent. Brother Ji Chu said that it was because of senior brother that he was unsteady, and he even brought me along with him. Yes, I'm afraid I'm too embarrassed to say it directly in front of my senior brother."

"...Is that so?"

"That must be the case. Did brother Ji Chu still say that his senior brother was a little indifferent?"

"Have it?"Xu Mulin asked with a frown.

If Xu Qingjiu and Xu Mulin hadn't known each other for many years, and they had only known Xu Mulin for a short time like Li Jichu and the others, then Xu Qingjiu would have had this feeling when he first saw Xu Mulin. , but he and Xu Mulin have lived together almost inseparable for so long, and he has experienced all the care, thoughtfulness, and patience with which Xu Mulin treats others. Sometimes he even feels that Xu Mulin treats him like a child.

"No."Xu Qingjiu denied again,"Senior brother, should I continue to call him brother Jichu from now on, or should I just call him by his first name like my senior brother?"

"all good."

Xu Qingjiu thought seriously,"Let's call him Brother Ji Chu, which is more respectful."

"...It seems that Qingjiu really admires him"

"It's not all because of this reason"

"Yeah?"

"Yes, didn’t senior brother just say that? How old is he compared to you?"

Xu Mulin smiled and shook his head, as if he was defeated by Xu Qingjiu's teasing.

The two walked in the direction that Li Jichu had just left for a long time, but they never saw Li Jichu and Lu Xianyun.

"Senior brother"

"Um?"

"Did we go the wrong way?"

As soon as Xu Qingjiu finished speaking, he heard Li Jichu's voice behind him.

"Mulin, Qingjiu, why are you here? Xu

Qingjiu scratched his head in embarrassment and giggled. Xu Mulin replied seriously:"Nothing, just walking around." Are you done talking?"

"Well, send him away. Li Jichu walked up and said,"Let's go, go to your room or my study?" I asked Lao Wu to prepare some late-night snacks, and we talked while eating"

"Either way."Xu Mulin replied

"Just go to your room, otherwise that idler will come again later."As he said that, he raised his hand to signal Xu Mulin and Xu Qingjiu,"Let's go."

Xu Mulin took two steps forward and came to Li Jichu's side. He also raised his hand and said respectfully:"Okay."

Li Jichu was slightly surprised, thinking: I haven't seen you for a cup of tea, why are you so polite? He looked sideways at Xu Qingjiu, and he was convinced. He just smiled without saying anything, and went to the hotel alone. Go forward.