On the Big Bamboo Peak of Qingyun Mountain.
Zhang Xiaofan sat blankly in his room, lost in thought.
It was a sunny afternoon, soft light came in from the window of the room, and sprinkled on the bluestone floor inside. Maybe it's because there's a bit of laziness in the air, and the big yellow and little gray in this room also seem a little lazy at the moment.
Rhubarb lay at Zhang Xiaofan's feet, buried his head on his two front feet, his eyes were half closed, his ears drooped, his whole body was up and down, only his shiny tail was wagging from time to time.
And the monkey Xiaohui, who is always active, is leaning on Dahuang's body at this moment, using Dahuang's belly as a pillow, sleeping soundly with his eyes closed, and his body is also rising and falling slightly with the breathing of Dahuang's belly.
This quiet afternoon, it seems that everything is exactly the same as before.
Zhang Xiaofan's gaze was blankly looking at unknown places, this is already the third day he returned to Qingyun Mountain.
Suddenly, as if feeling something, Rhubarb, who had been sleepy and dazed, suddenly raised his head, opened his eyes, and even pricked up his ears.
Zhang Xiaofan frowned, then heard slow footsteps outside the door, a moment later, with a creak, the door was pushed open.
The sunlight came in, it was dazzling for a moment, Zhang Xiaofan only saw a figure standing at the door, bathed in the sunlight.
After his eyes got used to the sunlight, his face suddenly turned pale, and Tian Buyi stood at the door with a gloomy face.
This is the first time Tian Buyi has come to visit him in three days, and it is also the first person he sees besides Song Daren, the big brother who brings him meals every day. Presumably, everyone else is because of Tian Buyi. Strictly ordered, not to come to visit.
At this time, Rhubarb had already run over, wagging his tail, rubbing against Tian Buyi's feet, looking very happy. But the other animal, Xiao Hui, didn't like it so much. On the contrary, it was interrupted by someone, and it looked quite annoyed. He is a character, so he didn't dare to go up and be presumptuous.
After calling a few times, Xiao Hui wobbled back to Zhang Xiaofan's bed, leaned against the quilt, and fell asleep again.
Tian Buyi lowered his body, glanced at Rhubarb at his feet, stretched out his hand, and touched its head, Rhubarb barked twice, and rubbed his head against his palm.
Tian Buyi patted Da Huang's head, stood up straight, and looked at Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't dare to meet his gaze, and called out in a low voice: "Master."
Tian Buyi looked at him for a while, but didn't respond to him, he approached slowly, Zhang Xiaofan took a step back subconsciously.
But Tian Buyi didn't move, just sat down on the chair slowly, Zhang Xiaofan was a little scared, but more was at a loss and at a loss. In fact, ever since he returned to the mountain, he himself had expected to face such a situation, and what was even worse, he would have to face more interrogation and reprimand by other people, and he had already been psychologically prepared.
However, in this warm and quiet afternoon, when Tian Buyi, whom he has always respected like a god, sat silently in front of him all these years, he could only lower his head, his mind was blank, and he couldn't even say a word. Can't say it.
I don't know how long it took before I heard Tian Buyi say slowly: "Lao Qi."
Zhang Xiaofan's body shook, almost reflexively replied: "Yes, Master."
"Is there anything you want to say to me?"
Zhang Xiaofan raised his head slowly, looked at Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi looked at him expressionlessly, couldn't see what he was thinking at all.
After a long silence, Zhang Xiaofan slowly shook his head.
Tian Buyi stared at this apprentice, and slowly clenched his fists in his sleeves.
"Just now," Tian Buyi spoke slowly, as if he could hide his feelings in this way: "Qi Hao from Longshou Peak came over this morning to send a message that tomorrow morning, Master Daoxuan, the head of the sect, will be in the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak. meet you."
Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, this moment finally arrived.
The cool mountain breeze blew in from the open door, as if it still carried the sound of the bamboo waves in the distant bamboo forest, but no one in the room felt it.
Xiao Hui seemed to have fallen asleep again, and Da Huang lay down again, ignoring them, only Tian Buyi was still watching this disciple.
Look at him deeply, deeply.
"In the past few days, have your senior brothers neglected you?"
Zhang Xiaofan shook his head, said: "No, all seniors treat me... treat me well."
Tian Buyi stopped talking, and the room returned to silence again.
After a long time, Tian Buyi suddenly let out a sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind, he shook his head and stood up, without looking back, he walked out the door without saying a word.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at that familiar figure from the back, in a daze.
Just when Tian Buyi was about to leave the room, he suddenly stopped again, but still didn't look back, Zhang Xiaofan called out in a daze: "Master..."
"Old Seven!" Tian Buyi's voice was still steady, but behind that, there was a faint flow of strange emotions.
"Let me ask you one last time, are you really an undercover agent sent by another faction to spy on our Qingyun Secret Law?"
Zhang Xiaofan bit his lip, and knelt down to him slowly, "Master, I'm not, I didn't do anything wrong to you!"
He said in a low voice, facing Tian Buyi, as if speaking to his own deep heart at the same time, so firmly said.
In the sunlight, there seemed to be a soft sigh, when Zhang Xiaofan raised his head again, that familiar figure had disappeared.
Zhang Xiaofan stared blankly at the door, maintained this posture for a long time, then slowly stood up, walked back to the bed and sat down.
The monkey Xiaohui was startled awake by his movement, turned his head and saw Zhang Xiaofan, smiled with his mouth parted, as if after sleeping, he started to regain his energy, and jumped on him as if he was a little restless.
Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously turned his arms around, hugging Xiao Hui in his arms, but his eyes were still looking outside the door. After a while, he said in a low voice with a voice that only he, or even Xiao Hui, could hear: "You know, I promised that person back then, I would never say anything, never say anything..."
Xiao Hui didn't know if he understood, but it obviously didn't care very much, stretched out his hand, and grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's hair affectionately.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't move his body, let Xiao Hui move, he just said slowly: "Only you, Xiao Hui, now only you are by my side to accompany me..."
Xiao Hui yelled "Zhi Zhi" twice, then laughed, not sure if he understood. In the distance, Rhubarb seemed to be asleep again. In its sleep, its tail quietly curled up and shrank under its body.
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The sun was still shining softly, Du Bishu who was standing outside the door couldn't help but opened his mouth and yawned, but after a while, the faint sense of sleepiness disappeared, and Tian Buyi walked slowly away from Zhang Xiaofan's residence come out.
"Master." Du Bishu called out, while carefully looking at Tian Buyi's face, hoping to see something from his face, but Tian Buyi was expressionless, just nodded slightly, and walked past him like this , walked towards the Shoujing Hall.
Du Bishu stood respectfully by the side, waiting for Tian Buyi to go far away, looking at his back, he was thinking of Zhang Xiaofan, he couldn't help but sighed. On the Big Bamboo Peak, no one expected that such a thing would happen to this ordinary little junior in the past.
At this moment, even he, who is usually lively and active, couldn't help but feel a little bit unmotivated, and he was even faintly worried about Zhang Xiaofan.
He didn't know how long it took for him to be so preoccupied, until a call came from behind: "Senior Brother Six."
Du Bishu was startled, turned his head to look, couldn't help being startled, saw Zhang Xiaofan came out of the room at some point, and stood behind him. The monkey Xiaohui was lying on his shoulder, looking at him with a grin, but Dahuang didn't follow, most likely he was still sleeping.
"Uh, Junior Brother!" Du Bishu frowned, and said, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Xiaofan glanced at him, and said slowly: "Senior Brother Six, I want to go for a walk in the back mountain."
Du Bishu was stunned when he heard the words, feeling a little embarrassed. Since returning to the mountain, although Tian Buyi didn't directly order everyone to monitor Zhang Xiaofan, his teacher's wife Suru has already secretly confessed to everyone.
It's just that at this moment Du Bishu couldn't bear to see the haggard face of the honest little junior brother in the past, but he didn't dare to violate the teacher's intention anyway, so he said after a long while: "Junior junior brother, you, you know that now... I, I …”
Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head silently, and said softly: "Master Uncle Daoxuan will let me go to Tongtian Peak tomorrow, I want to see the place before."
Du Bishu's body trembled, his mouth opened slightly, and suddenly he felt hot in his eyes for no apparent reason. The young man standing in front of him at this moment seemed to have become the ordinary child when he just went up the mountain many years ago. At the dinner table, he bet with him that Master A family who advanced the appearance of the kitchen...
But he did not dare to disobey the order of the master, he was in a difficult situation, when he heard footsteps suddenly, the two turned their heads to look, but it was Tian Linger who came over with a complicated expression.
This is the first time Zhang Xiaofan saw Tian Ling'er in three days, her face was slightly pale, she seemed a little haggard, presumably these days, she was not very at ease, but she was still so beautiful in this sunshine .
Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head.
Tian Ling'er walked up to the two of them, facing Du Bishu, but the corner of her eyes was on Zhang Xiaofan, and said: "Senior Brother Six, my father said that Xiaofan won't do anything, let him do it! "
Du Bishu was startled, Zhang Xiaofan's body seemed to shake, he turned around slowly and looked in the direction of Shoujing Hall, but he saw the entrance of the hall was deep, and there was no figure of Tian Buyi.
Zhang Xiaofan bowed slowly in the direction of Shoujingtang, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Master."
Tian Linger stood aside, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, she pursed her lips, turned and walked back.
Seeing her go far away, Du Bishu suddenly said: "No wonder this morning my junior sister and senior brother Qi Hao from Longshou Peak had a big quarrel."
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, said: "What?"
Du Bishu said: "Senior brother Qi Hao came here in the morning, and after talking with Master and Mistress, the younger junior sister pulled him aside, unexpectedly after a while, it seemed that the younger junior sister said something, which made senior Qi Hao very embarrassed , Junior Sister got angry." Du Bishu paused, glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, and continued, "I guess she probably asked Senior Brother Qihao to intercede with Senior Uncle Cangsong for you, and that's why the quarrel broke out."
Zhang Xiaofan gave a low wry smile, didn't know what to say, shook his head, and walked towards the back mountain.
Du Bishu looked at his back from behind, but saw the monkey Xiaohui lying on his shoulder, playing with his hair from time to time, his appearance was quite funny, but when he thought about Zhang Xiaofan's fate waiting for him tomorrow, he couldn't help it. He frowned and sighed heavily.
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Zhang Xiaofan hadn't walked the mountain road leading from the Big Bamboo Peak to the back mountain for a long time, along the way, he could see the greenery beside the road, and the singing of birds could be heard from a distance from time to time.
The oncoming mountain wind blows on his face, bringing a touch of coolness, and following this winding path, it seems to be back in the past.
It turns out that nothing has changed here! Even the white clouds floating in the distance, on the mountainside of Dazhufeng, seem to be exactly the same as before.
The monkey Xiao Hui was very happy, jumped off Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, screamed "Zhi Zhi", ran to the nearby grass, and suddenly climbed up a big tree, swinging on it.
Looking at its appearance, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help showing a faint smile, recalling the scene when he met Xiao Hui back then, it seemed that the pressure on his heart was slightly relieved at this moment.
Walking, walking, Xiaohui was on top of his head, scurrying back and forth excitedly at the top of the big tree, but Zhang Xiaofan's eyes gradually only looked to the front, that piece of emerald green bamboo forest that gradually became clear.
How many memories are frozen here!
He stopped in front of the bamboo forest.
When the mountain wind blows, countless black-jointed bamboos dance against the wind and make noises, as if they are also welcoming the return of old friends.
Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath, the fresh, sweet and free air in this world only belongs to this place.
Then he walked in.
The emerald green bamboo forest is as dense as before. In the soil under the tall and verdant bamboos, there are countless bamboo shoots breaking through the ground and growing freely here.
Before he knew it, he went to the place where he used to do his homework on chopping bamboo. He saw that the thin black knotted bamboo seemed to be thicker now.
The bamboo shadows whirled and the bamboo waves burst forth, as if they were also surrounding him.
The past is like a tide, rushing to my heart.
He stared blankly at everything around him, as if he was a little crazy.
"Zhang Xiaofan!"
Suddenly, a soft and slightly pleasant call sounded from the depths of the bamboo forest.
Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, the voice was so familiar, but he never expected to hear it in this place anyway. He immediately turned around, looked towards the place where the sound came from, and was suffocated for breath. In a bamboo shadow, Baguio was standing there with a smile in his aqua green clothes, showing a little tenderness and a little bit of tenderness. Looking at himself obsessively.
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"You, why did you come here?" After the two of them stared at each other like a fool for a long time, Zhang Xiaofan said nah-na.
Baguio walked over slowly, with a gentle smile in his eyes, and said softly, "I'm here to see you!"
Zhang Xiaofan felt excited, subconsciously clenched his lower lip, and said after a while: "But, if someone finds out, you will be too dangerous!"
Baguio shook his head and said, "I don't care, I just want to see you."
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, this was the first time he heard Baguio express his heart so directly. As if noticing Zhang Xiaofan's surprise, Bi Yao blushed, and then said: "Your Qing Yun Sect has been as stable as a mountain for more than a hundred years, you have already relaxed your guard, I went up the mountain secretly, and no one noticed."
Zhang Xiaofan nodded silently, but then thought, now everyone in the righteous way knows that Bi Yao is the daughter of the Demon Sect Ghost King Sect Master, if someone finds out that he is talking with her again at this moment, the consequences will be obvious.
Bi Yao is so smart, he saw the hesitation on Zhang Xiaofan's face at a glance, the original smile was gradually replaced by a sad look, and said softly: "If you are worried about something, then I'll go."
Zhang Xiaofan looked at her, but seeing Bi Yao's face, although there was joy, but he couldn't hide the haggardness, thinking these days must be because of worrying about himself. Suddenly, his heart became hot, and he blurted out: "What else can I worry about, can I be worse?"
Bi Yao was startled, looked at him, Zhang Xiaofan smiled wryly, and said: "It's okay, no one will come now, you can talk to me!"
Baguio smiled, nodded and said, "Okay."
But after saying this, the two looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say. The atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and they felt a little embarrassed.
After a while, Bi Yao said angrily, "Idiot, talk!"
Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head, but his mind went blank, he really didn't know what to say to this beautiful woman. Just out of the corner of his eye, he looked to the side, and saw a thick black-jointed bamboo lying on the ground not far away, which had decayed for half a year, so he walked over and said, "Sit down!"
Baguio burst into a smile, like a flower blooming, unparalleled in beauty.
She walked over and was about to sit down when Zhang Xiaofan suddenly grabbed her and said, "Wait a minute."
Baguio was startled, and said, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Xiaofan got down, wiped the black knotted bamboo with his sleeves vigorously, wiped out a clean spot, then got up, without looking at Bi Yao, lowered his head and said: "You sit down now!"
Bi Yao put away her smile, the corners of her mouth twitched, her bright eyes only looked at Zhang Xiaofan's figure, after a while, she sat down slowly, then pulled Zhang Xiaofan, and said: "You sit down too!"
Zhang Xiaofan blushed, said: "I, I can just sit on the ground..."
Unexpectedly, Bi Yao pulled him hard, pulled him over and sat on the bamboo together, and said angrily, "Sit if you tell me to! What are you doing sitting on the ground?"
Zhang Xiaofan smiled awkwardly, only felt a faint fragrance around him, faintly wafting in from the tip of his nose, reaching his deep heart. He couldn't help but turned his head to look at her, only to see that Bi Yao was also staring at him, his eyes were watery, with an indescribable tenderness.
Never realized, even when the two of them were trapped in the blood-dropping hole under the Necromancer Abyss, Zhang Xiaofan didn't feel that he was so close to her. After a while, he suddenly said, "Biyao."
Baguio smiled and said, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Xiaofan stared at her, said: "Why are you so nice to me?"
Bi Yao was stunned for a moment, then slowly shifted her gaze to the land in front of her, a little confusion seemed to appear on her face, and she said, "Yes! Why am I treating you so well?"
Above the heads of the two of them, the bamboo leaves swayed gently in the mountain wind, as if they were whispering something.
"You know my family background and the past, right?" After a long while, Bi Yao said quietly.
Zhang Xiaofan nodded lightly, said: "Yes."
Baguio slowly said: "My mother hasn't been here since I was a child, and my father is busy with the important affairs of the Holy Church, so he rarely has time to take care of me. The people around me always look at my father's face and always greet me with a smile. Flattery."
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment, then said: "Your father actually still cares about you."
Baguio nodded and said, "Yes. But I didn't understand it until I met you."
She stared at Zhang Xiaofan, and said quietly: "Xiaofan, I will never forget those days in the bleeding cave."
Her voice seemed a little far away at the moment: "It turns out that in the dark, even when I am dying, I can find someone to rely on."
Zhang Xiaofan was moved in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.
A jade-like hand stretched out, and Baguio gently took his hand, and there was a touch of tenderness from her soft skin.
She took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and gently wiped the stain on the cuff when Zhang Xiaofan wiped the bamboo for her just now.
"Since I was young, I don't know how many people have flattered me and given me many rare treasures, but..." She raised her head, stared into Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, and said softly, "Even if all the treasures in the world are placed in front of my eyes , is not as good as the sleeve you wiped the bamboo for me."
At this moment, the voices of the whole world suddenly disappeared.
Only the gentle eyes of this beautiful woman surrounded him.
How many years later, when you look back on the past, do you still remember that someone whispered your heart to you
Do you remember those fanatical words of innocence because of youth
It's like an oath deeply engraved in my heart, never to die and never give up!
Have you opened your arms and embraced the one you love
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Without knowing what started, in that gentle silence, he opened his arms and hugged the beautiful woman beside him tightly.