Xu Feng lay down on the bamboo chair after lunch, casually flipping through a collection of story books. The summer heat in autumn has not subsided, and the sun is still a bit venomous, but the grape trellis is still cool. He turned the pages of the book with his left hand, and his right hand hung by his side, revealing a centipede-like scar on his wrist.
Just as he saw the wonderful place, he saw Jin Shu, who usually took care of him, hurried in and shouted: "My lord, my lord, the Palace Master has come to our Green Bamboo Pavilion!"
Xu Lifeng didn't raise his head, he turned the pages of the book slowly as usual, and said with a smile: "Don't talk to me, it's not dark yet, how come the Palace Master will come?"
Jin Shu was sweating anxiously: "The Palace Mistress has already passed through the Moon Cave Gate, and is looking at that hibiscus flower in the front yard."
Only then did Xu Feng realize that it was true, the smile on his face gradually faded, his weak right hand was curled up and tucked under the wide sleeve. He secretly calculated the time, thinking that the Palace Master hadn't stepped into the Green Bamboo Pavilion for two or three months, why did he suddenly come today
He wished that that person would never come here for the rest of his life, but he had no ability to drive him out, so he had to stand up to meet him.
Jin Shu said from the side: "Young master, don't you change your clothes first? Oh, the hairpin on your head should be changed too. I remember there is a jasper one in the cage..."
Xu Feng couldn't help smiling wryly. That person used him as a male favourite, just to humiliate him, so why would he care what clothes he wears and what hairpin he uses? But Jin Shu was so kind, he couldn't bear to reprimand him, so he straightened his half-worn clothes and went straight to the front yard.
The hibiscus flower in the front yard was planted last year, because it was well planted, the flower bloomed particularly gorgeously, the red color was so dazzling, the owner of the Palace of Bliss stood in front of the flower tree, concentrating on admiring the flower tree. Will open unopened flowers.
The Palace of Bliss is regarded as crooked in the Jianghu, just because the most powerful kung fu can only be practiced by the combination of dual cultivation, so the selection of disciples in the palace has always only selected people with good looks, and the leader is naturally this Palace lord. I saw that he was wearing a light blue shirt today, his hair was tied with a golden crown, his pupils were black, and his eyebrows were drawn into his temples. Reflecting the delicate and fiery hibiscus flowers on the side, he looks more and more jade-like, smiling before he speaks, and has already taken full advantage of himself.
Xu Feng hated this person extremely, stopped three steps away from him, and called out lukewarmly: "Palace Master."
He Tingzhou ignored him, just looked at the flower again and again, and let Xu Feng let it dry for half an hour before he turned around and looked at him carefully with his eyes.
He Tingzhou usually came at night, and after suppressing Xu Fengxing's embarrassing incident, he often left before dawn, perhaps because he didn't like his appearance, so he didn't give him a second look. At this time, he didn't know what kind of evil he had been caught, and he looked at him as if he was looking at that flower.
Xu Feng was like a prey being stared at by a poisonous snake, feeling uncomfortable all over, so he could only say: "If the palace master likes this flower, just ask someone to dig it up."
He Tingzhou smiled slightly, and said: "If I change places, I'm afraid I won't be able to live."
These words seemed to have a deep meaning, before Xu Feng could figure it out, He Tingzhou waved his hand first: "Let's talk in your room."
This boy Jin Shu is very clever, he has already taken out the good tea to brew, and when He Tingzhou enters the room and takes his seat, he just serves the fragrant tea.
Knowing his identity, Xu Feng did not dare to sit in front of the palace lord, and stood obediently beside him, but He Tingzhou waved to him and said, "Sit down."
Xu Feng sat down with a heart hanging, thinking that this is also a great skill of this person, always smiling, making people guess him. Just like that day when He Tingzhou crippled his right hand, he was holding a sharp sword with a cold light in his hand, and the blood dripped down drop by drop, but the expression of affection and smile on his face was more moving than ever.
Xu Feng is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but when facing He Tingzhou, he always has such an indescribable fear. It was only because he offended this person when he was young that he fell into this absurd and ridiculous situation now.
He Tingzhou looked around the room, frowned and said, "This room is clean, but it's a bit deserted."
Xu Feng would never answer, Jin Shu secretly worried for him, and hurriedly said: "Young master always likes to be quiet, but he can live a comfortable life, but if the palace master is willing to come often, it will be much more lively."
These words were too straightforward and presumptuous, He Tingzhou seemed to listen but didn't listen, but he didn't care about him, he just said to Xu Feng: "I never asked, how old are you this year?"
Xu Feng was very strange, he didn't know why he asked this, and said: "My zodiac sign is Dragon, and I am twenty-two years old this year."
He Tingzhou nodded, showing a very strange smile, and said: "Then I am six years older than you."
Then he asked, "When is your birthday?"
"I was adopted by Master since I was a child. I don't know when I was born. I only took the day when Master picked me up. July 12th is considered my birthday."
"Where are your biological parents?"
"Twenty years ago, there was a severe drought in central Hebei. On the way my parents led me to escape, they contracted the disease and passed away one after another. I wandered for a while and met Master just now."
He Tingzhou's expression moved slightly, and he asked, "Apart from this, do you have any other relatives?"
When Xu Feng was interrogated like this, he raised his guard early and answered carefully: "I used to have an older brother, but he was lost on the way to escape. I haven't heard from him for many years, and I don't know if he is alive or dead."
After hearing this, He Tingzhou just stared at him intently, sighed softly, and said, "So, you still have an elder brother."
Xu Feng thought to himself whether I have an elder brother or not, what does that have to do with you? Could it be that this person wanted to arrest his long-lost brother to threaten him? Then he thought of his current situation, He Tingzhou's handling of him was as easy as handling an ant, and there was no need to go through such a lot of trouble.
Having said that, he didn't dare to speak casually anymore, and when He Tingzhou asked about his life experience, he would just blurt it out.
He Tingzhou didn't pursue it, and talked to him for a while with a pleasant face, then turned his head to look at the sky outside, and said to Jin Shu: "I think it's almost time, you can ask someone to come over and set the meal."
Jin Shu beamed with joy, bowed and said yes, and trotted out.
Up and down the Palace of Bliss, no one knows that the palace master doesn't like to eat at the same table with others, and only his most confidant hall masters have the opportunity to drink with him a few times. Up. Today, someone actually ordered dinner to be served in Cuizhuxuan, it was not his family's young master's luck.
Jin Shu gave orders, and not long after, a few girls in green clothes came over with food boxes. After setting the dishes and chopsticks, he stood on the side to serve.
Xu Feng looked at the table, and saw that four of the five dishes were his favorites, especially the sweet and sour fried fish, which was the most sour, sweet and tender. He has always liked to eat fish tails, now that He Tingzhou greeted him, he was not polite, he picked up his chopsticks and grabbed the fish tails.
Unexpectedly, before touching the fish, there was a "snap", and it collided with He Tingzhou's chopsticks.
Both of them were taken aback.
Xu Feng withdrew his chopsticks first, and said with a smirk, "Palace Master, use it slowly."
The next best thing to do is to sandwich the Sixi Pork.
The result was another "snap", and the two pairs of chopsticks collided again.
Jin Shu raised his eyebrows while watching, and one of the maids couldn't bear it anymore, and burst out laughing with a "puchi".
Xu Feng was not sure if He Tingzhou did it on purpose, so he simply stopped chopsticks. He Tingzhou stared at the table of dishes in a daze, and pondered: "So you like to eat these too."
Then he grabbed the fish tail and put it into Xu Feng's bowl.
Xu Feng was taken aback, holding the bowl like a hot potato, neither eating nor not eating. He usually eats a lot, but this day because He Tingzhou was sitting across from him, he only ate half a bowl to be full.
He Tingzhou didn't eat much, and kept staring at Xu Feng during the dinner, but when Xu Feng looked back, he turned his gaze away as if nothing had happened.
Xu Feng only felt that this person was weird everywhere, but he couldn't tell where the blame was. Although he has been a male favorite for three years, he is actually not familiar with He Tingzhou. He only knows that this person is lustful, lustful, and romantic. If he meets a beauty he likes, he will try his best to get her. Back then, it was because he ruined this person's good deed and saved the beauty he was thinking of so much that his martial arts were abolished and he was humiliated in this palace of bliss.
Xu Feng touched the scar on his wrist, quietly concealing the disgust in his heart, not showing it on his face.
He is no longer the high-spirited young man who wielded swords in the rivers and lakes.
He knows that in many cases, only patience can be exchanged for opportunities.
After the two had eaten, the girls in green clothes withdrew one by one. He Tingzhou walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and finally took out the notebook on the couch, flipped through it, and said with a smile, "Is this what you usually read?"
Xu Feng turned hot, and said: "Xu is a rough man, so what he sees is of course commonplace things."
"It's interesting to see."
He Tingzhou sat down on the side of the couch while talking, and asked Jin Shu to move the lamp over, and read the book with relish.
Xu Feng didn't want to disturb him, so he had to sit beside him. Seeing that it was getting late, Jin Shu winked at him, meaning it was time to wait for the palace lord to go to bed.
Xu Feng pretended not to see, wishing he could turn into a log and muddle along. But he also knew the identity of his male favorite, He Tingzhou came here just to sleep with him. Whether he wanted to or not, there was no escape from the torment. He just took it as a punishment, lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and passed it after a while.
With his mind set, Xu Feng nodded to Jinshu.
Jin Shu got the order and hurried in to tidy up the bed.
He Tingzhou is so skillful, all of this naturally cannot escape his eyes, he raised his head and asked: "What kind of charades are you master and servant playing?"
"It's getting late, I'll let Jinshu go in and make the bed."
"Well, it's time to rest."
Xu Feng took a step forward, and said stiffly, "I'll serve the Palace Master to bed."
He Tingzhou was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows, and asked in surprise, "What did you say?"
Xu Feng was even more surprised, and asked, "Does the Palace Master not want me to serve you?"
"Of course not!"
After He Tingzhou understood what he meant, he almost jumped up from the couch, the movement was so loud that Xu Feng was startled. He also knew that he had lost his composure, and when he looked at the young man with low brows and pleasing eyes in front of him, he felt impetuous for a while.
He still vaguely remembered Xu Feng's appearance in the past, he was clearly a brat who went out of the rivers and lakes, but he dared to jump out and point a sword at him. However, the young man who was in high spirits back then has been ruined by himself.
He Tingzhou took a deep breath, fearing that Xu Feng would be frightened by speaking out his thoughts, so he said softly, "Go to sleep first, I will come to see you when I am free."
Xu Feng didn't expect to escape so easily, he couldn't believe it: "Will the Palace Master not stay overnight?"
"Don't stay, don't stay."
He Tingzhou waved his hand, and left without looking back, without any trace of his usual calm demeanor.
The appearance of running away in the wilderness looks like Xu Feng is some kind of vile and shameless adulterer. I am afraid that if he stays for a long time, his innocence will be tarnished by him.
Xu Feng was in a state of confusion, and almost couldn't tell who was the male favourite.
On the contrary, Jin Shu made the bed and came out, seeing that his young master failed to keep the Palace Mistress, he was heartbroken for a while, until before going to sleep, he still had an expression of hatred for iron.
Xu Feng ignored him and went to bed by himself. He was spared the pain of beating him, but this time he slept soundly, and he fell into a dream not long after.
In my dream, I heard the sound of "De'er" and "De'er" horseshoes, as if I went back to the year when I was nineteen years old. He just came down from the mountain and walked alone on the official road leading to Luoyang.
The scorching sun made people sweat all over their foreheads. Xu Feng complained softly while wiping his sweat. He read too many novels on the mountain, and he only wanted to be a hero and fight for justice, but he didn't know that it was not the same thing until he went down the mountain.
The first one is that you can't wear white clothes. The wind and sand on the road are heavy, and it becomes dusty after wearing it for two days. Washing clothes can wash people to death. Another one is that you can't eat big pieces of meat and drink heavily, otherwise you will run out of money in two days, and you can only sell coolies to work. The green steel sword on his waist was used by him to chop firewood and hunt.
The most terrible thing is that he has no money to buy a horse, so he is really envious when he sees other people riding horses.
At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded on the official road again. Xu Feng looked back and saw a carriage galloping towards him. The two horses pulling the carriage were all snow-white without any trace of color. . The strange thing is that there is no driver in the carriage, only the two horses are allowed to run rampant, raising waves of dust.
When he was getting closer, Xu Feng saw clearly that one of the horses had a dagger stuck in its rear hip, and blood was flowing from it. The horse couldn't bear the pain, so it ran like this. It was difficult to tell the direction in the haste, the carriage gradually deviated from the official road, and soon it was about to hit a big tree in front of it.
Xu Feng secretly yelled that it was not good, and hurriedly used his lightness kung fu to catch up. His talent is not very good, but he has always been diligent in practicing kung fu, and he has a good foundation in kung fu. After a few ups and downs, he jumped into the carriage with ease.
The injured horse was obviously uncontrollable, Xu Feng made a decisive decision, drew out his sword and cut off the reins, allowing the two horses to gallop away, but the car body slowly stopped. Seeing the commotion for a long time, but there was no movement in the carriage, he felt surprised, but when he opened the curtain, he was shocked.
It turned out that the car was in a mess, as if it had been robbed by someone, and there was a person lying upright inside, with his face down, and he didn't know if he was dead or alive.
Since Xu Feng took care of this matter, he simply took care of it to the end, walked over and pulled the man's body, and sniffed his breath.
That man was a young man in his twenties, with a noble air and an extremely handsome appearance. Although his face was as white as paper, fortunately he hadn't died yet. Just as Xu Feng wanted to see if he was injured, he suddenly opened his eyes, and with a "poof", he opened his mouth and spat out a silver needle.
This was unexpected, if Xu Feng hadn't reacted quickly, he would have stabbed him blind. Even so, the silver needle also brushed past his cheek, drawing a long blood mark on his cheek.
Xu Feng quickly pushed the person away, and shouted: "Why did you plot against me?"
The young man turned even paler, and said in a low voice: "Evil thief, I would rather die than go with you."
Xu Feng wondered: "Who do you say is a villain?"
"Aren't you from the Palace of Bliss?"
Xu Feng had heard of the name of the Palace of Bliss in his travels, and immediately said: "The Palace of Bliss has bullied men and women, and done all kinds of evil things. How can we chivalrous people befriend such evil spirits?"
The young man showed suspicion, and didn't believe him for a moment.
Xu Feng then told how he saw the carriage running wildly on the official road, and how he took action to stop it. Unexpectedly, the young man didn't believe it, so he reported to the sect of his master. Although his school is not well-known in Jianghu, but it is also a well-known and upright school. After hearing this, the young man really felt relieved.
"Little brother," the young man panted, with a strange gleam in his eyes, "You and I met by chance, I shouldn't bother you, but now the situation is urgent, I want to ask you something."
Xu Feng didn't dare to agree casually, he just said: "But it's okay to say."
The young man's eyes fell on Xu Feng's saber, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I beg you to end my life with one sword strike, lest I fall into the hands of the Palace of Bliss and be humiliated by that villain."
Xu Feng was astonished. He never expected that the young man would let him kill himself, not to mention that he had never killed anyone, even if he wanted to kill, he couldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately. After all, he was young, so he messed up his hands and feet immediately, and said repeatedly: "This, this can't be done..."
The young man was very decisive, he didn't say much at the moment, he just rushed to snatch Xu Feng's green steel sword. But he didn't know whether he was injured or poisoned, and he couldn't exert any strength on his body, so he was restrained by Xu Feng in three or two strokes.
Xu Feng said: "You are afraid of being caught by the people from the Palace of Bliss, so just run for your life, why commit suicide?"
"You don't know how powerful the Palace of Bliss is. What's more, the owner of the palace came here in person this time. He can catch up in a short while, and he can't escape at all."
"I see that your horse is very loyal. The one that was not injured ran back again. Let's abandon the cart and ride the horse, and we will be able to go much faster."
The young man just shook his head and said with a stern smile: "No, if I fall into the hands of the palace lord, I will be ashamed and humiliated, I'm afraid it will tarnish the family's reputation, and the brothers and sisters in the family will no longer be able to hold their heads up. "
Hearing what he said, Xu Feng guessed that his background must be extraordinary, and seeing him so fierce, he couldn't help being moved chivalrously, after thinking for a while, he made up his mind, and stretched out his hands to hug him.
The young man was surprised: "What are you doing? Let go!"
Xu Feng carried him out of the carriage, jumped onto a big tree beside the road, and placed him between the branches of the tree trunk, covered by the lush leaves, without showing any traces.
The young man said, "What do you mean?"
Xu Feng rolled his eyes at him, and said: "Even if the people from the Palace of Bliss catch up, they must follow the ruts of the carriages. As long as I drive the carriage and continue forward, they will never expect you to hide here."
The young man is so smart, he immediately understood his meaning: "Little brother, this is too dangerous, you are not the opponent of the Palace of Bliss..."
"Don't worry, I know myself well, and I won't fight head-on with them. Although I can only do a little bit of hard work, I can still escape if I want to." He guessed that something happened to the young man, and his family members would be eager to find him. Delay for some time and help him escape.
After Xu Feng said this, regardless of how the young man tried to persuade him, he said "there will be a period of time", and then lightly jumped down from the tree, put the uninjured horse back into the cart, whipped the whip, and drove the cart to Juechen. and go.
Because the sun was scorching and there were no people on the official road, Xu Feng drove the carriage for half an hour, when he suddenly heard the sound of hooves coming from behind him, there were as many as a dozen riders. His heart was beating wildly, knowing that the people from the Palace of Bliss were chasing him, he hurriedly swung his whip even more urgently. Suddenly, a silver bell-like laughter rang in his ears.
"Young Master Murong, my palace lord kindly invited you back to Bliss Palace as a guest, why don't you even give this little face?"
This woman's voice is delicate and soft, seductive to the bone, it is clearly coming from a distance, but it seems to be close to the ear, it tickles the heart, and it is almost uncontrollable.
Only then did Xu Feng know that the young man's last name was Murong, and he didn't know if he was from the Murong family. He was just at the young age, and after hearing the woman's laughter, he felt his blood surging, and couldn't help but look back.
I saw that there were more than a dozen people following behind him, and the leader was a man in Tsing Yi. The man in Tsing Yi was wearing a bamboo hat, his face could not be seen clearly from a distance, only a pair of hands holding the reins were exposed. His fingers were slender and strong, with distinct joints, reflecting the black reins in his hands, they were really as white as jade.
The man in Tsing Yi waved his hand, and immediately a rider jumped out and chased after Xu Feng. The rider on the horse was a woman, not too young, but she was very charming and beautiful, she smiled and said: "Little brother, are you tired of driving on such a big day? My sister will wipe your sweat for you. "
The voice is so charming, it is the owner of the laughter just now.
Xu Feng's heart fluttered, and he almost fell into her way. He quickly calmed down, gritted his teeth and continued to drive.
The woman was very good at riding, and she caught up with her in a short time. She pulled out a whip as if she was juggling, and said with a smile, "How did you run away, little brother? Don't be afraid, my sister loves you."
She spoke coquettishly, but she was merciless in her strikes, and a "shua" whip flew towards Xu Feng's face.
Xu Feng had already drawn out his saber, dodging sideways, and swung his sword back. But his martial arts were mediocre, and he didn't have much experience in fighting enemies. He only took ten moves under the woman's hand, but the long sword was caught by the whip, and he threw himself off the carriage with the sword.
For such a small character like him, the woman naturally wouldn't bother with him, she just smiled at him, flew onto the carriage, and said: "Mr. Murong, please."
As he said, he went to lift the curtain, but then he said "Hey" and shouted: "Murong Fei is not in the car!"
After Xu Feng fell to the ground, he remained motionless until he heard the woman's cry, then he jumped up and rushed forward with lightness kung fu. It turned out that he knew that he was not the opponent of Bliss Palace, so he thought of a way to save his life, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was attracted by the carriage, he took advantage of the opportunity to escape.
His idea is good, but there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. He just escaped a hundred feet away when he heard someone humming and laughing. The laughter was close at hand, as if it sounded close to his ear, Xu Feng's heart trembled, and before he could turn around, he was grabbed by the vest and dragged back upside down.
Xu Feng felt his head spinning for a while, and after a while, he was thrown to the ground again. This time he fell so hard that he managed to raise his head, only to realize that it was the leader in Tsing Yi who had arrested him. The man had already taken off the bamboo hat on his head at this time, Xu Feng couldn't help being slightly taken aback after seeing his face clearly.
He had heard the bad name of the Palace of Ultimate Bliss for a long time, and thought that these evil spirits were crooked, and they were all ugly-looking people. Unexpectedly, this man in Tsing Yi, with handsome eyebrows and slender lips, was even more handsome than the man in the painting.
Xu Feng was in a daze, the previous woman had already stepped forward to give her a blessing, and said: "Palace Master, I don't see Mr. Murong, I'm afraid...he has already escaped."
The palace lord smiled: "Murong Fei has been poisoned by the 'spring entanglement', and he is determined not to escape far."
He pondered for a while, and said: "Send someone to turn back and look for it along the official road, especially the hidden places by the roadside. Don't miss it."
Seeing that he had guessed well, Xu Feng couldn't help but sneak a peek, but saw that the Palace Mistress was also looking at him, and said to the woman: "Liu Yue, come and judge the driving boy."
Liu Yue answered yes, walked up to Xu Feng with a whip, and said: "Little brother, you are still so young, I am reluctant to kill you. As long as you obediently tell the whereabouts of Murong Fei, I will report to the palace master." I beg you to spare your life, how about that?"
Xu Feng gave a "bah" and cursed: "Shameless person, who wants you to spare!"
"It's really stubborn."
Not only was Liu Yue not angry, but she laughed so hard that her flowers trembled wildly. Laughing and laughing, suddenly with a flick of his wrist, the whip slammed on Xu Feng's body. She controlled her head very well, and it didn't hurt any vital parts, but it could make people feel excruciatingly painful.
When Xu Feng first entered the rivers and lakes, why was he subjected to such torture? Immediately, he let out a muffled grunt and called out "ah", but he refused to show weakness and immediately gritted his teeth.
Liu Yue didn't give him a chance to catch his breath, and quickly whipped and whipped, and fell down like a torrential rain.
Xu Feng couldn't bear it anymore, and rolled on the ground in pain, and couldn't suppress the screams, which kept escaping from his mouth. The dusty shirt on his body was soon stained red with blood, and mixed with the dust on the ground, he looked very miserable.
Liu Yue stopped for a while and asked, "Tell me, where is Murong Fei?"
"I-I don't know..."
Liu Yue naturally didn't believe him: "What's the relationship between you and Murong, are you willing to work for him like this? Could it be that you also fell in love with him because you saw him handsome?"
Xu Feng only supported himself with one breath, and said: "It doesn't matter that I met Mr. Murong by chance."
"Then why are you refusing to reveal his whereabouts?"
The wound on Xu Feng's body was burning and painful, and he managed to move the corner of his mouth, and said word by word: "Seeing the road is rough, draw your sword to help."
Liu Yue paused when she heard that, and said to the Palace Master, "Is this kid stupid?"
The Palace Mistress clapped his palms and smiled: "Okay, it's a good way to see an injustice, and it's a good one to draw a sword to help."
After finishing speaking, he picked up Xu Feng's green steel sword from the ground, and looked at him with a half-smile.
When Xu Feng met his gaze, he felt a chill in his heart, and his body trembled involuntarily, and then he heard the Palace Mistress say in a low and pleasant voice, "I'd like to see, if you are abolished The right hand of the sword, how can you be a chivalrous man?"