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"Master is dead." This young man was dressed in white, he was fifteen or sixteen years old, his eyebrows were extremely delicate, and there seemed to be spiritual energy flowing.

Qiao Wangzi was very calm, thinking what does this have to do with him?

He put down his pen, closed the scriptures he was copying, and clasped his palms together: "Amitabha, my lord, please mourn."

The young man in white frowned and looked at him: "Are you stupid?"

Qiao Wangzi looked innocent: "The me in front of you is no longer the original me. I didn't know what I bumped into a year ago, and I have completely forgotten the past for many years, and I don't even know who I am."

The young man in white stared at Qiao Wangzi for a long time, then sighed leisurely: "Master said before he passed away that he regretted it and wanted to invite you back. He is gone now, how long are you going to be angry? Don't you, Qiao Wangzi? Zizhen intends to guard the green lantern for the rest of his life?"

Wang Zi?prince?Qiao Wangzi was pondering over his name, and could only bite the bullet and laugh at him: "I really forgot everything."

The young master didn't believe it, and mentioned many things about the past in order to test Qiao Wangzi.Qiao Wangzi was very calm, he didn't know anything at all.From his mouth, I learned that his name is Zhu Ranmo, and he is "Qiao Wangzi"'s younger brother. It's just that "Qiao Wangzi" made some mistakes a year ago and was expelled from the school by his master.

Qiao Wangzi has extreme romantic feelings by nature, but the successive setbacks made him hate life, especially after being completely abandoned by real life.It's not that he didn't think of committing suicide in the hesitation after crossing, but his timidity made him deepen his hatred for life and this world.He didn't have the courage to die, so he could only forcefully formulate a set of rules to avoid the world.The bottom line is not to make any changes in your life.Qiao Wangzi believes that every small change is a flattery to the world, and the most effective way to fool the world is to keep the perspective of a tourist and keep time forever.

Out of this kind of rebellion, he decided to seize the opportunity of Zhu Ranmo to escape from the temple - there is no more radical change than instilling thinking.

"Master asked me to go to Hua Zhenyun with the Jiling Sword. Although it's uncomfortable to live under the fence, it's what Master ordered before he died, so I can only go."

"Don't think about it too much, Master is here to let you live well, otherwise how can you survive as a child and a half? I don't know who Hua Zhenyun is, but the person who can let Master take care of him shouldn't be too bad. "Qiao Wangzi got to the point, "If you are afraid, I will go with you."

Zhu Ranmo was overjoyed, and discussed with Qiao Wangzi about leaving the temple.

Three days later, Qiao Wangzi packed her luggage, went to the main hall to find the abbot, and respectfully expressed her willingness to return to vulgarity. The abbot sighed, said some precious words, and let Qiao Wangzi leave.

On the way out of the temple, I said goodbye to several familiar monks, and it happened that a young monk was chanting scriptures.Zhu Ranmo suddenly asked Qiao Wangzi: "Do people really have reincarnation?"

The road down the mountain was slippery, and he pulled Zhu Ranmo across the thin snow with one deep foot and one shallow foot: "Yes, I can."

"I guess the master has been entrusted to a good family. He lives in the house of Cangyanluozhao. He was born like a precious moon and auspicious clouds. He has the talent to manage the world. He will be prosperous all his life. His wife is virtuous and his son is filial, and he lives a long life."

Zhu Ranmo smiled and said: "Then I'd rather die early." There were a few grains of frost on his eyelashes, which had turned into water droplets, and they would stick to the ends.

Qiao Wangzi and Zhu Ranmo are going directly to Shenwu Valley to join the valley owner Hua Zhenyun.Qiao Wangzi's horse had a very violent temper. Not long after he walked, he suddenly put up his front hooves and roared, trying to throw Qiao Wangzi off the horse.Thanks to Qiao Wangzi's agility, he escaped the risk of being trampled to death by a horse.But the horse ran away, and the luggage on it was gone.

In desperation, the two of them could only take one horse together. They were afraid that the horse would be exhausted, so they dismounted from time to time and walked slowly for a while.The journey had to be prolonged. In order to protect Ji Lingjian, Zhu Ranmo chose to walk in the barren mountains and ridges, and he didn't see anyone for several days.The two tried their best to save dry food, but they still ran out of ammunition and food, and there was no game in the mountains in winter, so they were forced to pick up wild vegetables to eat.When they finally arrived at Shenwugu, the two of them were already pale and emaciated, looking like savages.Moreover, Zhu Ranmo was allergic to something, so small red dots appeared on his face, which was very spectacular.

Fortunately, Hua Zhenyun told the guard that Qiao Wangzi and Zhu Ranmo were not beaten out as beggars.Following the turns leading the way, Qiao Wangzi kept looking at the building of Shenwugu, and felt that staying here should be a good choice.

The meeting place is even more splendid, and these red sandalwood carvings have directly become the symbols of RMB, which is dazzling.Zhu Ranmo had never seen such a formation before, and his face was obviously nervous.

After the steward took away the Jiling Sword, he left the two of them in the living room. When they made some movement, several disciples on the side flew sideways.Qiao Wangzi and Zhu Ranmo could only be like migrant workers in the subway, afraid to sit when there was a seat, and stood restrained.The butler didn't come back until they were both about to faint from hunger.

"The owner of the valley is in retreat. He asked me to tell you that since Ye Congyun is dead and the spirit sword has been returned to Shenwugu, he will not pursue the past. You two will stay in Shenwugu to practice peacefully. Don't worry about the past."

He called another disciple casually: "You take them to their residence."

The little brother who led the way looked friendly, and when he got to a place where the housekeeper couldn't see, he stuffed a sweet-scented osmanthus cake for each of them.

He looked at Zhu Ranmo and smiled: "I just saw that you couldn't stand still, you haven't eaten for a few days?"

Qiao Wangzi said: "Anyway, I haven't seen meat for a year."

The little brother took them to a Datong shop. It was daytime and there was no one there.He tidied up two unoccupied places, and said, "You can sleep in the same room with me. My name is Gao Chengwen, and it turns out that I belong to Yaowanggu."

In the past few years, Shenwugu has devoted himself to expanding the gang, annexing many small sects, and picking some talented disciples from them into the valley.

Gao Chengwen talked about some things about Shenwugu. For example, there are many disciples here, but very few of them can learn Shenwugu's exquisite martial arts. Most of them are assigned to refining medicine, running a business, making swords, or simply being A servant who does errands.The owner of the valley, Hua Zhenyun, has been in seclusion all year round, and ordinary disciples hardly see him, but he is always the greatest authority in Shenwu Valley, followed by his son Hua Tianbi.

Qiao Wangzi and Zhu Ranmo were taken to the bathroom, Chengwen brought two sets of blue clothes and put them aside.

"It's time for Master Shaogu to have dinner. I have to serve the dishes. After you wash and change, go to Yanyu Hall. You can eat after Senior Brother Wei Fengye finishes his training."

The two of them rinsed their bodies tremblingly with cold water, and Zhu Ranmo said, "I don't think we are entering a martial arts sect, but going to a rich family's family."

Qiao Wangzi also felt the same way: "But Shen Wugu is really magnificent, like a palace."

Zhu Ranmo laughed at him: "Do you know what the imperial palace looks like?"

I have been to the Forbidden City!Qiao Wangzi retorted unconvinced.

Zhu Ranmo wanted to pick the pimple on his face, but Qiao Wangzi hurriedly stopped him: "Don't pick it, it's time for a scar in the future."

He put down his hands obediently: "What do I look like now?"

"The country and mountains of the motherland are red."

Qiao Wangzi and the others came out just in time to catch up with the disciples carrying vegetables and walking towards the residence of Master Shaogu. The two of them hid aside for fear of getting in the way, and they saw that there seemed to be endless dishes, hot and cold, meat and vegetables. Yes, there are more than 40 varieties in total.

Qiao Wangzi has endured the heat of the sweet-scented osmanthus crisps Gao Chengwen gave him until now, and recited a poem in pain: "The wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks, and there are starving bones on the road."

Zhu Ranmo was also so hungry that he wanted to eat people, so he couldn't stop nodding when he heard this.

As soon as he entered Yanyu Hall, he met Wei Fengye.Wei Fengye is specialized in disciplining the "half-way" disciples, and he himself looks like he is only about twenty, and his eyes exude a piercing beauty amidst a sea of ​​green clothes.

He checked around and found those two unfamiliar faces. Qiao Wangzi reported his family name: "We are under Ye Congyun's sword master Ye Congyun..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Wei Fengye laughing disdainfully.

"Ye Congyun, a young boy who deceived his master and exterminated his ancestors, is not worthy of being called a sword master. He is almost a scum in the martial arts. But I heard that although Ye Congyun is a loser, his appearance is elegant. Why are the two apprentices one bald and the other pockmarked?" , all of them are human-like."

He is the King of Hades here, and the disciples under him could only laugh at him as soon as he opened his mouth.Qiao Wangzi didn't think that being competitive at this time was a sign of wisdom, so he smirked a few times, while Zhu Ranmo took a few steps closer to Wei Fengye.

He filled the teacup and threw it straight at Wei Fengye.Wei Fengye dodged sideways, the teacup seemed to have eyes, turned a corner behind him, wiped his left arm at a strange angle and returned to Zhu Ranmo's hand.

The hot tea was all sprinkled on Wei Fengye's sleeves. He looked at the sleeves for a long time, rolled his eyes, let out a "hum", and turned to face the disciples: "Eat!"

A young man who was eating at the same table as Zhu Ranmo and the others came over, and said in a low voice, "Brother Wei treats every newcomer like this. He just has a bad mouth, but he is not a bad person."

Before Zhu Ranmo and the others replied, he added: "Actually, he didn't say these harsh words before. Brother Wei always made us laugh when we were in Yanyu Villa."

Qiao Wangzi asked: "So you and him belong to the same school?"

The boy named Xu Qinglan scratched his head: "Yes, but now he doesn't let me call him senior brother, and he doesn't talk to me anymore."

Gao Chengwen returned to the residence a little earlier than Qiao Wangzi and asked enthusiastically, "How is it?"

Zhu Ranmo sneered, Qiao Wangzi broke into a cold sweat, and there were also witnesses in the Datong shop, their expressions matched each other wonderfully.

Judging from the reaction of this group of people, it was clear that nothing good happened. Gao Chengwen didn't ask any more questions, but only urged earnestly: "Wei Fengye belongs to Shaogu Master, and if you offend him, you will find yourself guilty." He transferred a direction, with his back to the other disciples, "It's inevitable that the newcomer will be a little angry, just bear with it. Let's treat this as... an initiation ceremony."

Qiao Wangzi just wanted to complain about the company's team building, and suddenly a very strange question popped up in his mind: "You said that Wei Fengye is the owner of Shaogu, what... people?"

Zhu Ranmo was also reminded: "What happened to Yanyu Villa?"

Gao Chengwen blushed slightly: "In order to preserve Yanyu Villa, the owner of Wei Zhuang gave his second son Wei Fengyu, who is now Wei Fengye, to the owner of Shaogu."

He stared at Zhu Ranmo again, and said in a softer voice: "Every time there are a few people with integrity, like Brother Wei, when he first came to Shenwu Valley, he was looking for death and life, but can fish live without water? What do you think?" right."

Turning off the lights, the sound of teeth grinding and snoring mixed together in the room where more than a dozen people slept, Zhu Ranmo was next to Qiao Wangzi through the quilt, and whispered, "Are you asleep?"

Qiao Wangzi replied in a low voice, "I'm awake."

Zhu Ranmo paused: "Go to sleep."

Then Qiao Wangzi heard a sob.This moment was too charming, he didn't speak any more coldly, but just surrounded Zhu Ranmo through the quilt.

Zhu Ranmo only struggled slightly once or twice.Qiao Wangzi entered the school three years earlier than him, and although he is similar in age next year, he always poses as an older brother. Zhu Ranmo began to dislike him.Once the master taught a very difficult mental method, and said that he would be rewarded with peach blossom candies after he memorized it.Zhu Ranmo didn't know a single Chinese character at the time, and it was very difficult to memorize it, but he loved sweets so much, and when others were sleeping, he couldn't help but think about the sweet and soft taste when he ran to the riverside and bridge to recite.

On the day when he was about to finish memorizing, Qiao Wangzi ran over, smiling with crooked eyes: "Xiao Mo, do you want some candy?" He spread out his palm, and in his hand was the peach blossom candy that Zhu Ranmo had been thinking about for a long time . "The grandma who sells sugar is about to move away. I was afraid that it would be too late, so I quickly finished memorizing what I asked for from Master. I know you like sweets, so here you are."

Zhu Ranmo smiled and took the candy, and he held the candy tightly in his palm.He ran to the river alone, and the pale moonlight covered half of the river.

When the master found him, he was already a little confused by the cold wind, and he refused to take the medicine when he returned to the house.Qiao Wangzi divided the medicine into two bowls and said, "I'll drink half of it for you. I'll drink this bowl and you drink that bowl." He raised his head and drank the whole medicine.

Zhu Ranmo stared at him dully, and suddenly gave him a sip, excited: "Why do you learn kung fu faster than me, and drink medicine faster than me! I don't drink! Whoever drinks is a bastard!"

Ye Congyun laughed at his rascal look, picked up the bowl, and told Qiao Wangzi: "You hold him down." Then he squeezed Zhu Ranmo's chin and poured the medicine into his mouth.

The strong bitterness instantly filled the whole mouth, and Zhu Ranmo struggled desperately.Mother's Qiao Wangzi, all the dregs of the medicine have settled in his bowl, can it not be bitter!He was so bitter that tears came out.

Qiao Wangzi circled Zhu Ranmo behind his back, smiled and took out a peach blossom candy and put it in his mouth.