chasing autumn

Yu Huolian was in a coma for two days, and her high fever gradually subsided.

When he woke up, he felt that his eyes were still in a daze, the injury on his back was still throbbing, and his whole body was weak.He looked around and realized that he was in a room in the main altar, which was the room he lived in before moving to Chunshan Book House.When he opened his eyes, the hunchback was coming in from the outside, holding a medicine bowl in his hand. Seeing him awake, he was overjoyed and said, "You finally woke up."

The hunchback carefully helped him up and handed him the medicine bowl.

"Uncle Tuo," Yu Huolian said, "The wound on my back...is it the medicine you applied for me?"

The hunchback glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and said, "...Yes."

It was a dream, it really was a dream! ——But that warm feeling is so real...

The hunchback said, "Are you in trouble again?"

Yu Huolian was still recalling that "dream", but her thoughts were interrupted by the hunchback's words. He looked at the hunchback silently, paused, and didn't want to bring up the past, raised his head and drank the concoction in the bowl, and asked Said: "Where is my father?"

The hunchback took the medicine bowl, sighed faintly, and said, "It's in the Bajiao Pavilion."

Inside the octagonal pavilion.

Zhan Hao is sitting at the stone table, talking with Leng Qing.

Seeing Yu Huolian approaching, Leng Qing hurriedly knelt down on one knee towards him, and said loudly: "Your subordinate will see the young master!"

Yu Huolian said to Leng Qing: "You go down first!"

Hearing this coldly, he didn't move. He just glanced at the suzerain, as if he was asking for instructions from the suzerain.

It was only then that Yu Huolian realized that her father was present, and it was too presumptuous for her to order Leng Qing like this, so she looked nervously at Zhan Hao, only to see Zhan Hao raised his hand slightly, signaling Leng Qing to retreat.

Yu Huolian hesitated to take a few steps forward, but stopped at the stone steps in front of the pavilion.He was hesitating whether to climb the stone steps, but finally gave up and stood outside the pavilion with his hands down.

Zhan Hao looked at him expressionlessly, picked up the tea bowl at hand and took a sip of tea, and said in a calm tone, "You can say whatever you want."

Yu Huolian didn't expect her father to speak first, and for a while, the words that she had planned earlier in her mind suddenly became a little confused. He collected himself and said in a deep voice: "I know that father will definitely not listen to the boy's explanation, but the boy still begs father to forgive me. .”

After finishing speaking vigorously, he stood still, waiting for Zhan Hao's reply.But after waiting for a long time, Zhan Hao didn't make a sound, he was a little anxious, and looked up at Zhan Hao, only to see that Zhan Hao was also looking at him, his eyes like torches.His heart trembled, he was suddenly a little scared, subconsciously raised his robe and knelt on the stone steps, and said in a low voice, "Father, I'm sorry."

"Get up." Zhan Hao said suddenly.

Seeing that Yu Huolian was still frozen in a daze, Zhan Hao slowly stood up and walked over, stretched out a hand to support his arm and gently helped him up, smiled slightly, and said, "You should do it." doing."

Yu Huolian stared fixedly at the gentle expression on Zhan Hao's face, and couldn't help feeling a warm feeling in his chest, but he was still a little uncertain: Dad, is this... forgiving me?

Zhan Hao patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "If you don't go back, Bao Zheng might become suspicious!"

Yu Huolian was startled when she heard this, and thought that she had indeed been in the main altar for many days this time, if he did not show up in the Kaifeng government office at this time, I am afraid that the previous efforts would be in vain, so she hurriedly nodded and said: "Yes I'll go back now, baby." Yu Huolian saluted Zhanhao after saying that, then turned and left.

Zhan Hao stood in the pavilion, watching Yu Huolian's figure gradually disappearing.Probably due to kneeling in the rain for too long before, Yu Huolian's footsteps were unsteady, far from being as brisk and quick as usual.Zhan Hao watched, feeling a little pain in his heart, he was even thinking, Qiu Niang, why isn't he our child... But soon, the beating of the death drum in the jail rang in his ears. The scene where the blood of the brothers was poured for him emerged before his eyes, and the expression on his face suddenly changed from a warm smile just now to a serious and cold one, the fist behind his back was tightly clenched, and his fingertips turned white.

"What do you want me to forgive you?!..." He said to himself, "forgive you for sending Mo Fei to frame your fellow sect? Forgive you for fighting with me to save Mo Fei's life? Forgive your blood relationship—no way The blood relationship of the Hunjun?!... How can we talk about forgiveness or not, there is only hatred between you and me!!"

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After Mo Fei returned to Zhulin Xiaozhu with Mr. Qin, he has been taught and reprimanded by him, saying that he should not act recklessly, should not contradict the suzerain, and must not spread the secret of the suzerain's identity, etc.For several days in a row, Mr. Qin said when he got up, when he was eating, and before going to bed, he was so annoyed that he wanted to find two pieces of cloth to plug his ears, but because Mr. Qin saved his life after all, he used cloth to plug his ears. In the end, he still didn't have the nerve to do it, so An Sheng listened, but he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

Today, the sun had risen to mid-heaven, and Mo Fei was still lying on the bed, unwilling to get up. I don't know if it was because he didn't want to listen to Mr. Qin's nagging anymore, or because he was really tired.He was lying down, looking at the bamboo leaves outside the window, muttering something, suddenly his stomach growled a few times, urging him to get up and look for something to eat.He came to the kitchen, flipped through it randomly, and felt that something was wrong, "At this time, Lao Qin should be cooking, why is there no movement in his room." He thought, and walked to the door of Mr. Qin's room , tapped lightly, no response.He called out and waited for a while, but there was still no answer.He wanted to break in, but he still felt something was wrong, so he held his breath and put his ear on the door panel to listen to the movement in the room, "It's strange, Lao Qin doesn't know martial arts, I shouldn't be able to hear his breathing." It's here..." Just as he was thinking, his heart suddenly trembled, and a bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart. He didn't care, and kicked open the door, only to see Mr. A dagger was thrown, and there was a pool of blood on the bed!

"Old Qin!!!"

Mo Fei screamed and ran over, reached out his hand to check his breath, then trembled all over, his eyes were almost bleeding, and shouted: "Who killed you?! Who is it?!"

He searched carefully in Mr. Qin's room, hoping to find clues left by the murderer, but on the wooden table beside the bed, he found a letter under the teacup.

Mo Fei quickly picked up the letter, looked at the cover, and said in surprise: "For the suzerain?" He was full of doubts, couldn't help but opened the letter, took out the letter, and saw a few big characters on it:

I did what I promised, and I hope you do too.

---Qin Zheng

Mo Fei's hand holding the letter couldn't help trembling, he took a few steps back weakly, and sat limply on the stool, his eyes were empty.

After a long time, he suddenly shouted heart-piercingly: "What promise?! Is it just taking your life in exchange for my life?! Is it just for this sentence?!"

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