Big dream 18 years

Chapter 14

Everyone in the room looked cold.Qin Songfeng first asked: "Then what is the martial arts method of the master? Is it a direct lineage of Zuishibao, or did he take refuge in it with his skills?"

"Direct lineage, this also makes me puzzled." Xuan Chongzi checked the inheritance of Zuishi Castle, "Master Han only has one disciple, Chu Xun, and Chu Xun has four disciples, Yan Du, Shang Tongtian, Li Xiao, Tu Wanwan. Yan Du was killed together with Chu Xun 20 years ago. Later, Shang Tongtian was killed by Gao Yi. Li Xiao and Tu Wanwan died in the melee. They didn’t confiscate their apprentices before they died. Tu Wanwan’s martial arts It's not worth mentioning, could it be that Li Xiao or Shang Tongtian kept a hand and secretly recruited disciples, or there was a genius with extremely high understanding in Zuizun Castle?"

Pei Yongguo said: "Li Xiao bought a few brothel dancers and took them as concubines, taught them martial arts, and often led them to kill and commit murder. Is there anyone among them who has obtained Li Xiao's true biography?"

Xuan Chongzi shook his head slightly: "He doesn't look like a woman."

A piercing voice suddenly sounded: "Everyone, don't forget that Li Xiao still has an apprentice who is far away in the sky and close in front of you!" Wang Hu took a big step forward with his arms in his arms, staring at Ji Shuliu like a knife .

Ji Shuliu was upset.He once lied to himself that maybe Li Xiao had fled far away, and now someone else is in charge, but how could there be an extra master in Zuizun Castle out of thin air, who else could it be if it wasn't Li Xiao!Under Wang Hu's aggressive gaze, he stood up from the bed, lowered his eyes and said, "Hero Wang is joking, I'm not good at learning, how can I be a master."

Wang Hu sneered: "It's difficult to pretend to be a master, but it's very easy to pretend to be mediocre. Think back then when you worked so hard to keep Li Xiao's body alive, how many lackeys' loyalty you earned from Zuishi Castle?"

Ji Shuliu frowned and looked directly at him, and said in a deep voice: "I have received countless favors from Zuizun Castle, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely compensate those who have suffered from it. But the mysterious master of Zuizun Castle can never be me , the most urgent thing is to find out his origin."

Wang Hu was talking nonsense, just for the sake of provocation, but immediately changed the subject after hearing the words: "Compensation? Hehe, that's good, you go dig Li Xiao's grave for me."

Ji Shuliu said directly: "I can't."

"What kind of bullshit do you want to fuck your mother!" Wang Hu wanted to punch him on the spot, but just as he raised his arm, Pei Yongguo and the young Wudang disciple immediately pulled him back, and they took a while to coax him with nice words. Persuaded him to leave and replaced someone to guard.

The exchanged people stopped making noise, and the room was silent for a moment.Xuan Chongzi glanced at Qian Rui, and said to Pei Yongguo, "Has Qu Ze arrived yet? Why don't you ask him about the origin of the master at Zuishi Castle first."

Pei Yongguo also took a look at Qian Rui, and replied, "I arrived the day before yesterday, locked in the backyard, and someone took turns guarding it. I'll ask."

Qian Rui's complexion changed slightly, but he hesitated when he opened his mouth and did not speak.Xuan Chongzi took a step forward and said: "Quze is soft and not hard, it is better to let Mr. Qian ask. If Mr. Qian can't ask, no one else can ask."

Pei Yongguo said: "That's true. Young master Ji, is there anything else that needs to be paid attention to about the injury of Taoist Xuan Chongzi?" Ji Shuliu shook his head, and he continued, "This way, please."

The three of them left with him, walked across a small bridge, bypassed several rockeries, and arrived in front of a small building built against the mountain in the depths of the villa.The paint marks on the small building are relatively new, which is obviously different from the simple and simple style of the surrounding houses.Pei Yongguo explained: "The cell is in the basement of this building. Mr. Qian can enter alone, and I will wait outside to guard." Qian Rui bowed to him and walked in between the two guards at the entrance of the small building.

Ji Shuliu stared straight at the dark door, his heart was beating wildly, he was eager to know Qu Ze's current situation, but also afraid to know what he looked like now.Qu Ze is still young, only in his early thirties, but is he already ruined?

Putting one hand on Ji Shuliu's shoulder, Qin Songfeng casually asked Pei Yongguo about the Jianghu people who were invited this time.Ji Shuliu couldn't get in the conversation, so he simply closed his eyes, silently feeling the heat of Qin Songfeng's hand to calm himself, only vaguely heard that his uncle and aunt would arrive in a few days.

After an unknown amount of time, Qian Rui's figure finally appeared at the door.

"He doesn't know either." Qian Rui walked from the door to the outside. It was just at sunset, and the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the right half of his face. His expression was complicated and difficult to understand.

Pei Yongguo didn't ask in detail, and asked Qin Songfeng to take out the courtyard map of Bixiao Mountain Villa, pointing out the location where they were standing now and the house allocated to the three members of Chisumen today, then hurriedly bid farewell and rushed back to discuss with Xuan Chongzi.

It gets dark quickly in winter, and when the three of them followed the picture to the residence, it was already dark, and the snow covered the stars and the moon, making the night scene of the villa bright and clean.

During dinner, the three of them were silent, until after eating, Qin Songfeng pulled Ji Shuliu aside and asked him to live with him in the room on the left, and Qian Rui in the room on the right. There are a lot of people like tigers, some just can't understand that you were raised by Li Xiao, some hate you for keeping Li Xiao's body, and some really doubt you. Try to stay in the house these two days and don't go out, go out Just follow me, so as not to lead to speculation."

"I know." Ji Shuliu said sadly.

He went back to his room to take a bath with the hot water brought by the servant of Qiyan Mountain Villa, soaked in the steaming tub, and listened attentively to Qin Songfeng and Qian Rui's discussion in the open room outside.

Qian Rui's voice was tired: "...he really doesn't know the origin of that master. I asked him how he was doing in the Wudang School, but he didn't say a word, and asked him to nod and shake his head, but he didn't move."

Qin Songfeng sighed: "Brother Qu is still the same as before. How about his body?"

"Too skinny."

"Brother Qu is kind to our Chisu family, and also to my family. If I have a chance, I will discuss with Taoist Xuan Chongzi and take him home." Qin Songfeng then said something, his voice became lower, and the neighbors couldn't hear him. clear.

Ji Shuliu unconsciously raised his hand to grab the rim of the tub and clenched it tightly, his eyes stared straight ahead, until the water in the tub started to get cold, and he didn't realize how long he had been distracted.

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On the afternoon of the second day, when Pei Yongguo arranged to change the residence, the three of them packed up their things and moved to another house farther away.

Under the joint convening of Xuan Chongzi and Pei Yongguo, people from the Baidao Jianghu who had a grudge with Zuiribao entered Bixiao Villa one after another, and the villa became more and more lively.On the third day, Ji Shuliu heard that Huo Yong and Ji Ping were coming, so he went to visit and talked until the evening after dinner.Ji Ping kept patting him on the head with a gratified smile, saying that he had experienced a year in Chisu Gate and learned a lot.

Going back to Chisu Gate, as soon as he entered, he saw Qin Songfeng and Sun Chengxiu sitting and talking, making gestures and gestures, as if they were discussing martial arts.Just as he was about to avoid it, Qin Songfeng stood up and pulled him to his seat: "I have something to do with Senior Brother Qian, you two kids talk first, I'll be right back."

Ji Shuliu felt slightly embarrassed, cupped his hands embarrassedly and said: "Miss Sun." Sun Chengxiu also clasped his fists and said, "Brother Ji."

After a moment of silence, Sun Chengxiu broke the silence: "Have you heard? Zuishibao took revenge this time, killing eight members of Meng Shan's family."

Ji Shuliu sighed deeply and nodded.

"The poison in Daoist Xuan Chongzi seems to be all right, but according to him, there is another master in Drunken Sun Fort that even he dare not underestimate. Although we have many masters here, there are also many fellow martial artists. Being mediocre, winning with resourcefulness and financial resources, if someone finds a loophole to attack secretly, it will be hard to defend against." Sun Chengxiu said in a solemn tone.

Ji Shuliu said: "Master Pei acts cautiously and arranges for everyone to change their residence every other day, which may be safer."

"Master Pei himself is not a small danger. His family has a lot of money, and he contributed a lot of money to Baidao's siege of Zuishi Castle, but his martial arts are only mediocre. And he doesn't seem to care about his own safety," Sun Chengxiu looked relieved, " Probably because his parents, wife and children are gone.”

The muscles on Ji Shuliu's face twitched slightly.

Sun Chengxiu was a little distracted, and continued on her own: "It's almost the same as me. Back then, Zhuangzhu Pei's father was killed by Li Xiao, and Zhuangzhu Pei used all his wealth to fund Baidao to help him avenge him, so Shang Tongtian killed his wife and children. After my parents were killed by Li Xiao, my grandparents also focused on revenge, and were finally killed by Shang Tongtian."

Ji Shuliu didn't know what it was like in his heart: "I heard that at the beginning, Lord Han's murder was not serious. After Chu Xun became the owner of the castle, Zuixun Fort began to kill innocent people indiscriminately. However, Chu Xun only became the owner of the castle for five years. People surrounded and suppressed him, but his disciples still persisted in their obsession."

Sun Chengxiu said: "It's no wonder. After all, Drunken Sun Fort has entered the underworld, and all the recruits are from the underworld. When a group of villains gather together, of course they become more and more fierce." She inadvertently saw Ji Shuliu's complicated behavior Pause for a while, "Let's not talk about this. How is Qiyan Villa now, have you stepped up your guard?"

Ji Shuliu secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Strengthen, Liu Junwen is in charge of these days' affairs."

"Brother Qin, what about the twins? Are they growing fast?"

"Growing very fast, about this tall." Ji Shuliu gestured with his palms sideways, and a smile began to appear on his face, "Walking is also much more stable than before. Li'er is very active and likes to imitate Brother Qin's boxing. She played decently, she is really talented. Ask her to be quiet, she always comes to listen to my teaching, neither loud nor noisy, as if she can understand everything, but when I asked her if she could understand, she just laughed and refused tell me……"

Talking about the interesting things in Qiyan Mountain Villa, both of them felt a lot more relaxed. After talking about Qin Songfeng and Qian Rui's return and talking with them for a while, Sun Chengxiu went back to rest.

Qian Rui returned to his room early, leaving only Qin Songfeng and Ji Shuliu sitting opposite each other.Qin Songfeng's face once again showed the strange smile he often showed when he mentioned Sun Chengxiu: "How is it?"

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Ji Shuliu doubted, "How about what?"

Qin Songfeng said: "Have you taken a fancy to Chengxiu? Work harder, I think you are good enough for her."

Ji Shuliu turned pale with shock: "No!"

Qin Songfeng smiled and said, "Don't be embarrassed..."

Ji Shuliu interrupted before he could finish speaking: "No! I'm really not sorry!" After a moment of shock, "Why do you think this way for no reason? Miss Sun is indeed very kind, but I have never been critical of her." Think differently."

Qin Songfeng examined his expression: "That day at the Zhou family's fake wedding banquet, you always looked at her, and when you returned to Qiyan Villa, you even dragged her to talk."

Ji Shuliu blushed anxiously: "I'm just looking for an opportunity to apologize to her, because her family members were all killed by Zuizunbao."

"What did she say?"

"She said that she didn't care about my insistence on collecting my elder brother's body, because she didn't want to humiliate the body like the people in Drunken Sun Castle."

Qin Songfeng nodded and said, "That's right, Chengxiu has a sense of righteousness in his life." Looking at Ji Shuliu, he laughed again, "You really don't think about it? Chengxiu is serious and strong, and marrying a Jianghu person will easily conflict with each other. If you marry You can learn from each other's strengths."

Ji Shuliu said helplessly: "Ms. Sun is a good friend, but I don't think of the relationship between a man and a woman at all. Besides, you know me too. I don't look like a man who can be someone else's husband." He stared at Qin Songfeng's face, becoming more and more suspicious Get up, "Isn't your elder brother really trying to match the two of you? Are you testing me?"

"That's my sister-in-law's wild imagination. It's impossible. I taught Chengxiu's saber technique. Count me as half my apprentice. I have taught her for so many years, but I have never seen her as a woman."

Seeing Qin Songfeng's sincerity, Ji Shuliu was overjoyed. He pursed his lips to hide his smile, and said curiously, "No wonder she always discusses martial arts with you. But isn't her saber technique handed down from family?"

"Yes, but it was almost lost. Sun's family is small, and several generations are single-handed. Chengxiu's grandfather was born with disabled hands and could not practice martial arts. Her father passed away early. She is too young to learn martial arts, so she can't understand the family tradition at all. The sword book. It happened that the Sun family had a good relationship with my family, so her grandfather made the decision and passed me a copy of the Sun family's sword book, so that I could teach her after learning it."

Ji Shuliu counted the years: "You were not very old then, were you?"

"I just turned fifteen, the year I became famous." Qin Songfeng smiled, "I was taught by Senior Brother Qian, but at that time there were rumors in the world that my swordsmanship was much better than Senior Brother Qian, so Grandpa Sun thought I was a bit talented. I can practice well."

Ji Shuliu blinked: "I've heard about your fame many times, and you are very domineering. They said that after Brother Qian caught the real culprit who killed Brother Qu Wu's master, suddenly hundreds of people gathered to surround Qi Yan At the gate of the villa, framing Big Brother Qian and exonerating Fifth Brother Qu is suspected of colluding with Zuishi Fort, forcing you to hand over Brother Qian and let them deal with it. In the end, you jumped out of the wall to fight alone, saying that you are the master of the second sect, the ruler of the Chisu sect It's up to you to beat them all away."

Qin Songfeng laughed when he heard it: "It's too much, there are hundreds of people, at most a hundred. They also save face, they can't fight around, they can only fight with me alone. I won 24 games in a row, they are embarrassed The battle continued, and I also felt that it would be too embarrassing to lose to me, so they all left."

"More than 20 people are also very domineering. You are only 15 years old. I didn't understand anything when I was 15 years old."

"It's really nothing. They don't have masters at all. I became famous because of my young age. If it were changed to now, I wouldn't be afraid of them swarming up..." Qin Songfeng paused intentionally, "Even if I can't beat me, can't I escape? ?”

Ji Shuliu laughed along with him, and suddenly became a little worried in the middle of the laugh: "Since you are so good, the Sun family really didn't intend to recruit you as a son-in-law?"

"I can't see it, you are more sophisticated than before." Qin Songfeng smiled and looked Ji Shuliu up and down, making him a little guilty, "Grandpa Sun's intention was a little bit like this at first, and he wanted to entrust Chengxiu to my care. I dissipated my family wealth and asked others to take revenge. But Chengxiu didn't want to stay out of it, and wanted to practice her sword skills to take revenge in person, and I only regarded her as an apprentice."

Ji Shuliu echoed: "It's good for you to be masters and apprentices."

"Of course."

Qin Songfeng paused for a moment, turned solemnly, and glanced at the prison cell of Bixiao Mountain Villa in the northwest direction: "Half of the people who surrounded Qiyan Mountain Villa back then were recruited by the murderer's accomplices, who had received benefits from the murderer before. He was seized and threatened to seek revenge from Senior Brother Qian."

"So shameless!" Ji Shuliu thought they were just meddling in their own business.

"The other half is to look for the Chisu sect to be bullied. After my father and uncle passed away, there are no masters in the sect. Although senior brother Qian is brave and resourceful, his swordsmanship is not outstanding to be honest. Our business is still going on. It was possible to go on, one is through the friendship left by my father, and the other is through Qu Ze's righteous help. So once Qu Ze left, they felt that they had an opportunity."

Ji Shuliu said: "I have always envied the loyalty of Brother Qian and Fifth Brother Qu."

Qin Songfeng glanced northwest again: "I can't be ungrateful, not only Senior Brother Qian wants to save Qu Ze, but I also want to."

Ji Shuliu realized that he went out with Qian Rui just now, and it was probably related to Qu Ze, and it was probably not satisfactory, so he grabbed his arm and said, "I want to too!"

Qin Songfeng stood up and patted Ji Shuliu on the shoulder: "Don't tell outsiders this, be careful that they suspect you. It's getting late, go to bed first."

The two tidied up, turned off the lights and lay down.Ji Shuliu squinted at Qin Songfeng's figure in the dark, imagining that he was only fifteen years old, appearing alone at the gate of Qiyan Villa and surrounded by a single pair, winning 24 games in a row with one sword, and he was fascinated.Only Qin Songfeng can use a set of light and agile soft sword swordsmanship with a magnanimous and magnificent momentum.

When he woke up at dawn, Qin Songfeng had already left without knowing when, only the breakfast was left on the table.Ji Shuliu let go of several burdens on his mind last night, refreshed and eating happily, when he heard a "bang", a note wrapped with a small stone came in through the window, fell to the ground and rolled several times, Rolling to the feet.Ji Shuliu immediately held down his saber and pushed open the window, only to see that the snow outside the window was white and flat, without any trace.

He cautiously opened the note with the scabbard, bent down to see the content, his whole body stiffened immediately, and he almost couldn't straighten up.

"Death and life are too big. The virtue of setting up a grave is enough to repay the kindness of upbringing. Black and white are different ways, good and evil are like water and fire. From now on, you and I don't need to care about the old relationship. On the day of goodbye, the sword has no eyes."

The note was not signed, but the handwriting was indeed in the style Ji Shuliu was very familiar with when he was a child. After learning this style of handwriting, he recognized his own name, that person's name, and his first The word that can be called: big brother.

Li Xiao.