Qingfeng Xu Xu

"If you feel sleepy, go to bed early. If you lie on your stomach like this for a long time, your back will hurt."After Wu Jinghua and Li Jihua left, Xu Qingjiu lay on the table. He didn't know what he was thinking. It was already midnight, so Xu Mulin had no choice but to persuade. After hearing this, Xu Qingjiu still lay on the table, He just turned his head and looked at Xu Mulin,"Senior brother..."

"What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

"Do we really want to stay here for the New Year?"

"Qingjiu doesn’t want to stay? If you don’t want to stay, I’ll take you back to Tianzong after two days of rest."

"Not really, I just suddenly missed Master. Although I always thought he was annoying before, now that we haven’t seen him for so long, I still miss him a little. If we don’t go back, he will be left alone to celebrate the New Year. In the past, when Master Li and Uncle Zhou were around, he could go and have a drink with them, but now...I suddenly understood why Master was so depressed before we left Tianzong. He must be reluctant to leave us."

"I used to get a headache when I saw you bickering and arguing, but now I haven’t heard it for a long time. Does Qingjiu want to return to Tianzong? Or should we write a letter to Master tomorrow? I just happened to send it out together with the letter to Ji Chu."

"It's better to write a letter. The master is not close to the leader. Yi Lao and the others will definitely invite him to come with them. In previous years, they didn't return to Ziqing Hall after drinking until midnight. It's a rare trip for us, so we must have a lot of fun."

Listening to what Xu Qingjiu said was so reasonable, Xu Mulin said with a smile:"It seems that what Qingjiu said about missing Master is just a cup of tea."

"We have been out for so long, but he hasn't even written a letter. He doesn't miss us, and he doesn't care. I can think of him for a while, and it has been a master-disciple relationship for many years. Thinking about it this way, I have to play for a while. When he thinks of writing us a letter, we can go back. Xu

Mulin still smiled very softly and said:"Okay~ I will listen to you.""

Now that Li Jihua has been found, the real culprit who killed Li Haoyuan has been exposed, and now there is no end of the road, Xu Mulin thought, except for Li Haoyuan's spirit in heaven, the master should finally be relieved. Thinking about it this way, everything is over, except for the death of Li Haoyuan. Wuzhou was a little more dangerous when they met Qiu Ji and the others, but everything else was resolved smoothly. So when Wu Jinghua proposed to let the two of them stay in Taiyuan at first, Xu Mulin had no plans in mind, and just thought about whatever Xu Qingjiu decided.

In the past, at Ziqingtang, we would carefully decorate every New Year's Eve, but after all, there were only three people, so no matter how we arranged it, it would still seem deserted. Now that I am staying in Taiyuan, the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month have not yet passed, and Wu Jinghua's house He had already started to buy all kinds of New Year's goods. I don't know how many trucks were transported, big and small, and Xu Qingjiu was dazzled.

Zhunjiang looked at an open letter placed on Xu Enze's stack of books, as if he wanted to pick it up from time to time. He looked at it in his hand. During the chess game, Zhunjiang kept peeking. It wasn't until he saw a few words clearly that he looked at Xu Enze knowingly and asked:"That was what Qingjiu and the others wrote for you. letter?"

"Why don't you just take it and take a look at it? What kind of virtue is this?"

Zhunjiang's little moves naturally couldn't escape Xu Enze's eyes, but he never pointed them out. It seemed to be a bit of a show off.

"Not interesting. Zhunjiang couldn't help but said in disgust, but he stopped peeking at the letter and asked Xu Enze directly:"It's almost the New Year, when will they come back?""

"...He said he would come back after the Chinese New Year in Taiyuan." Xu Enze's original proud expression suddenly became a bit lonely,"I'm afraid he won't start his return journey until at least the Lantern Festival, but..."Xu Enze had already calculated the move, but at this moment he hesitated to take back his hand, threw the chess piece back into the chess basket, then took the wine bottle at hand and poured it directly into his mouth, as if he was drinking to drown his sorrows.

"What's going on? Do you want to light up Jiumulin?"Seeing that Xu Enze seemed to be getting more and more excited after hearing these two names. After drinking a bottle of wine, he had already picked up another bottle. Zhun Jiang stepped forward to stop him,"You are not such a hypocritical person. Although you haven't drank for a few months. I've seen it, but it must be like this. It's just that now that Li Haoyuan's matter has been found out, Du Shengyang is at the end of his strength and can't survive for a few days. You don't even need to do it yourself. Why can't such a happy thing make you feel relieved?"

Xu Enze and Zhun Jiang competed for the wine bottle in their hands. Zhun Jiang did not give in at all and insisted on Xu Enze telling him the reason before he would give up. Xu Enze simply stopped competing with Zhun Jiang and sat silently with his hands spread out. Looking at the roof.

Both of them were silent, and Zhun Jiang did not urge him, because Zhun Jiang knew Xu Enze very well. If Xu Enze was willing to talk, then there was no need to urge him. If he was not willing, then no matter how hard he forced it, it would be useless.

"Are you pleased? But this matter...Can it really be over?"After being silent for a long time, Xu Enze was still looking at the roof, seeming to be talking to himself.

"What does this mean? Why isn't it over?"

"Is Du Shengyang really the last person?"

"Is it possible that there is someone behind Du Shengyang?"After saying that, Zhun Jiang also started thinking at the side, but he didn't have a clue,"Although Du Shengyang's martial arts ability is not very outstanding, he is tactful, knowledgeable, and does things neatly. If he doesn't do it, he will do it. In a desperate situation, such a person seems to be born for today's world, so it is reasonable for him to achieve his current achievements, and it may not necessarily be because of someone's behind-the-scenes guidance."

"Maybe, after all, so far, none of the bait I'd cast out earlier has moved."Speaking of this, Xu Enze seemed to feel a lot more relaxed,"It would be better if I could come back before the Lantern Festival. I can't count on the New Year's Eve dinner, and I don't know if I can have a reunion dinner during the Lantern Festival."

At this moment, Xu Enze is also a little confused about what he is thinking. Fortunately? Regret? Maybe he is just deceiving himself.

Xu Enze saved Xu Qingjiu from Du Shengyang many years ago, but Xu Enze has always been strange. Du Shengyang had previously been with him. Xu Chongshan has no close contact at all. How could Du Shengyang have any plans for a child? Only someone who knew something about Song Nianci and Xu Enyi would do such a thing behind Xu Chongshan's back. Therefore, Du Shengyang is most likely just a child. Act as ordered.

Xu Enze deliberately put Xu Qingjiu into chaos, which could not only confirm Du Shengyang's attitude, but also bring the possible person behind the scenes to the surface. But I didn't expect that Xu Enze's original plan was based on""Chi Se San" acted as a matchmaker and persuaded Xie Chi to deal with Du Shengyang together, but he did not expect that Xie Chi actually made the determination to die. Xu Enze thought about it, and the only people he could think of who could be related to this matter were Qiu Ji and Su Mu. Although this matter was slightly different from Xu Enze's original plan, at least the result was the same. It was just that Du Shengyang had been hiding for nearly two months, and almost all the disciples of the Yuanyang Sect were in Luzhou, but Du Shengyang seemed to have disappeared as if he had disappeared from the world. The traces can be found. How could it be possible without anyone's help?

Besides, Zhun Jiang's words were not convincing to Xu Enze at all. It was just Xu Enze trying hard to convince himself to agree with Zhun Jiang's analysis. But Xu Enze also knew that he had thrown the bait into the bottomless pool from the beginning. Even if he regretted it now, he could not prevent the situation from stopping, so Xu Enze was hoping that this matter would really end with Du Shengyang. , on the one hand, I hope that"whoever wishes to take the bait" will be able to completely kill all the conspirators.

"If that's the case, that would be great. Can you let me take part in it? I miss Mulin's cooking."Although Zhun Jiang was still a little concerned about Xu Enze's sudden depression and sadness, seeing that Xu Enze seemed to have figured it out again, he felt that Xu Enze might just be a little unfounded because he suddenly relieved his hatred and found it difficult to accept it for a while.

"It depends on my mood then. My Mulin's cooking skills are unparalleled. Even if I can't eat it on the Lantern Festival, I will definitely be able to eat it every day in the future."Xu Enze said, becoming more and more proud.

"That can't be bad. It's not easy to serve you every day for more than ten years."Zhunjiang retorted.

"My apprentice is happy with it, do you want you to take more care of it?"Xu Enze couldn't possibly be at a disadvantage,"You don't have such an apprentice, do you?"

"That's because God is blind! Just give you one, give me two."Zhun Jiang seemed to be really angry. He threw the wine bottle in his hand at Xu Enze, stood up and walked out.

Xu Enze was splashed with wine, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he looked at Zhun Jiang's reaction and laughed happily. Laughing so hard that tears came out of her eyes. Maybe she thought that she would be the only one left to celebrate the New Year this year, so she stepped forward and pulled Zhun Jiang back, who had already left the house.

"Brother Changhuai, don’t be angry. Don’t be angry. When they come back, they will definitely ask you to come and eat the food made by Mulin. Then let Qingjiu accompany you to the mountains to collect herbs. Qingjiu, too, has grown so big in the blink of an eye. He is obedient and obedient. He is capable and will definitely satisfy Brother Changhuai for once."

Zhunjiang seemed to still be angry, but after hearing Xu Enze's treatment, he reluctantly followed Xu Enze back to the house.

"Brother Jichu has already replied to the letter. Master must have also received the letter, right?"

"The one that was sent together was probably only six or seven days later than the one that arrived at Guxiazhuang, but it should have been received."Xu Mulin sorted out some of the things Wu Jinghua had sent to him. In the past few days, Xu Qingjiu went to see Wu Jinghua when he had nothing to do. He said that the two of them had won the bet, but Xu Mulin always felt that it was not that simple. If he kept losing, who would I am still willing to compete with you all the time, but seeing Xu Qingjiu in high spirits, I don’t intend to expose it. But after reading the reply letter from Li Jichu today, Xu Mulin seemed to be less interested in Xu Qingjiu.

"What happened to Qingjiu?"

"We haven't seen Master for almost four months. When we left Tianzong, Master was depressed because of Zhuang Zhu's affairs. Later, because he was busy with Ji Hua's affairs, he neglected to contact him. But now, Zhuang Zhu's matter has also come to light. , the matter that Master helped Brother Jichu find out has finally come to an end, and we should feel some comfort in our hearts, but we have never received any news from Master from beginning to end. Doesn't he care at all about our situation outside?"When Xu Enze was mentioned in the previous conversation between the two, Xu Mulin informed Xu Qingjiu about Xu Enze secretly helping Li Jichu investigate Li Haoyuan's death, and some analysis of why Xu Enze wanted to conceal it.

"Perhaps it was because he could also get the news about us from Jichu and knew that everything was going well with us, so he did not ask too many questions. Furthermore, Master must be assured of us and knew that we were acting safely."

"Then Master doesn’t miss us? Don't you reply to any letters you receive?"Xu Qingjiu played with a small jade-carved sword on the table boredly. When Wu Jinghua saw it before, he thought it was very novel, but now he found it very boring.

Xu Mulin stood up and walked to Xu Qingjiu's side, looking at Xu Qinghua Jiuxiao said:"Master's personality is like that. He usually makes noises with you and seems very uncharacteristic. Now that I haven't seen you for so long, I must miss you. It's just that you are so proud as you wrote in your letter. If he is Let me write you a reply. When we get back to Tianzong, do you have to find some fun and go out and make fun of him?"

"That's not necessarily true. I'm still thinking of bringing him some interesting things as gifts when I go back."Xu Qingjiu stood up and looked at Xu Mulin and defended. After saying that, he became angry with Xu Enze again,"Forget it, forget it, if you don't want to write, then we won't write. We will go back slowly after the New Year."After saying that, Xu Qingjiu stood up and prepared to go back to the room with determination. When he walked to the door, he seemed to remember something again. He turned around and said to Xu Mulin:"Brother, I will go out for a walk with Jing Hua tomorrow. There is no need to wake up during breakfast. I'm sorry, I'm going to sleep until Chenshi is full of energy and then go out directly. I may come back later. Have a meal...Just go with Jihua. I went to bed, and my senior brother also went to bed earlier."

"...good."Since staying at Wu Jinghua's house, Xu Qingjiu has gone out every three or five days. Although he still bickers and fights with Wu Jinghua like the first day from time to time, most of the time, it is still a"serious" competition. On the contrary, he spent less time with Xu Mulin. Hearing that Xu Qingjiu said he was going out again, Xu Mulin wanted to stop Xu Qingjiu and ask him what he was going out for, but after thinking about it, he still didn't ask. Perhaps, this day will always come, but Xu Mulin cannot stop it.