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After Zheng Dongting and Zu Beiqiu accepted Lian Qingyan's protection, under his guidance, they hid in a farmer with a quiet environment set up by the Tianshan faction in the outer suburbs of Yangzhou.

This is the secret place set up by the Tianshan Sword Sect to protect the children of the Baidao chivalrous family who were hunted down by the underworld, the key witnesses of the huge Jianghu case, and the famous martial arts master who was seriously injured and hunted down by the enemy.This kind of place is called a hermit house in Jianghu.

This kind of place is very secretive, and only the disciples of prominent families and senior celebrities in the Jianghu have the opportunity to live here. Zheng Dongting, who has been in the Jianghu for nearly ten years, is flattered, but Zu Beiqiu is the one who feels guilty.

The hermit house is isolated from the outside world, and the food they eat all day long is rough tea and light food. Most of the pots and pans used for meals are filthy.The place where he lives and eats is full of dust, which makes Zu Beiqiu's life worse than death every day.

"Junior brother, every time it's time to eat, you are frowning, as if your parents have just died. It's really frustrating. After living here for less than ten days, I think you have lost weight twice. If you don't eat, you will be hungry one day Die." Zheng Dongting glared viciously at Zu Beiqiu, who was holding the thick rice in his hand like an old monk in meditation.

"Brother, this green vegetable is bland and tasteless, but a whole block of salt is put in the tofu. The rice smells sour, obviously it was made two days ago. How can I eat this kind of food?" Zu Beiqiu said with a sad face.

"Junior Brother, now you and I are being hunted down by the whole rivers and lakes. If you eat more food, you will have more strength when you escape." Zheng Dongting said earnestly.

"Rather than live to eat such a meal, I would rather die." Zu Beiqiu sighed dejectedly.

"His grandma, I have endured you for ten days, I can't bear it anymore!" Zheng Dongting slapped the table hard, furious, "Do you know what an honor it is for us to live in the hermitage of the Tianshan School? There are only dozens of guys with this honor. You fat bastard who was born in the blessings and doesn’t know the blessings, open your mouth!” Zheng Dongting raised his wrist, grabbed Zu Beiqiu’s jaw, opened his mouth wide, and then He raised his hand to pick up the vegetables and tofu on the table and poured it into his mouth.

Zu Beiqiu hastily stretched out two fat hands, wanting to pat the food in front of him, but saw Zheng Dongting standing up abruptly, slammed his left leg on the table hard, and pressed his two hands on the table at the same time. under.

Zu Beiqiu had no power to resist, and could only watch as Zheng Dongting viciously poured a whole plate of rotten rice and leftovers into his mouth, and took out two chopsticks to stab his throat vigorously up and down until these He didn't stop until the food was stuffed into his mouth smoothly.

"..." Gu Nianfeng looked at the scene in front of him, coughed twice, "cough cough..."

As soon as Zheng Dongting saw Gu Nianfeng at the door, he paused, immediately took off his left leg, and let go of Zu Beiqiu.

"Brother Gu, my junior is not sensible, I just teach him a lesson..."

Gu Nianfeng smiled and said, "It's okay. Dongting, did you eat it yourself?" Gu Nianfeng said while feeling deeply that he got used to swiping Zheng Dongting's favorability...

Zu Beiqiu quickly fell to his knees and vomited vigorously, but unfortunately the food had already entered his stomach, so he couldn't vomit for a while.

"Senior brother, you..." Zu Beiqiu staggered up from the ground, went to the tea table beside him and poured himself a cup of hot tea, and drank it in big gulps, dispelling the taste of rough tea and light food in his mouth. Can't help but startled slightly.

"Is there a warmth in my stomach?" Zheng Dongting sneered.

"Exactly. At this moment, I only feel comfortable all over my body, as comfortable as soaking in a warm water pool. Is there really a panacea in these meals of the Tianshan School?" Zu Beiqiu asked with a little joy.

"What a panacea! The son of the nouveau riche, this is the feeling of drinking and eating. That is to say, you rich children who have never suffered or starved have never tasted this feeling." Zheng Dongting walked to his side and snatched him With the teapot in his hand, he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp, "You haven't eaten two or three bites these days, don't you know you're already starving?"

"These days there is faint abdominal pain and dizziness, so that's the reason. Hey, I'm a little more comfortable now." Zu Beiqiu stroked his stomach with a satisfied look on his face.

Zheng Dongting looked at the empty bowls and plates on the table, secretly hated that he had shot too hard just now, and didn't leave himself today's rations.

Seeing him angry, Gu Nianfeng stretched out his hand and patted Zheng Dongting's shoulder, comforting him: "Junior Lian will come later, when the time comes..."

At this moment, a blue shadow suddenly floated from the courtyard of the hermitage into the room like a gust of breeze.It was Lian Qingyan who came back from outside with a green and yellow rice basket in her hand.

"Hero Lian!" Zheng Dongting and Zu Beiqiu respectfully said together when they saw him.

"Hey, Brother Zheng, Brother Zu, you and I have known each other for a few days, and we are already familiar, and every mouthful of Lian Daxia actually makes me a living." Lian Qingyan smiled and put the rice basket in her hand on the table, " These days, I have been investigating the suspects in the murder case of the Luo family on Jiangnan Road, and although I have not made any progress, I have managed to secure a banquet at the fisherman's house in Taihu Lake." As he spoke, he gently opened the lid of the rice basket, and there was a sweet fragrance immediately Lingering in the living room of the hermitage.

"It smells so good!" Zheng Dongting and Zu Beiqiu, who hadn't seen any delicacies for many days, gave a heartfelt admiration at the same time.

"Water rice and shrimps, steamed green vegetables, shark's fin and crab powder, lotus leaf winter bamboo shoot soup, lotus root powder and ham dumplings, plus a pot of Huadiao wine that is just perfect for the aroma of the crab powder." Lian Qingyan neatly placed these delicious dishes on the table, "These days, brother, I can only bring you some rough tea and light food. Brother Zheng has been in the world for a long time, it doesn't matter. Brother Zu was born in a rich family, these days have been reduced a lot, and Qingyan really feels guilty. Come on, let's drink up today. Enjoy it."

"Hey, Hero Lian, uh, no, Brother Lian," Zheng Dongting moved his chair, looked at Lian Qingyan, but sneaked up to Gu Nianfeng's side, and poured a glass of Huadiao wine for him with his right hand, "Although my junior brother He was born in a rich family, but he was not spoiled. These days, he doesn’t think about food and drink, and he loses a lot because he misses his wife and is worried, not because he is greedy for good food and wine. After my enlightenment today, he has already After thinking about it a lot, he has a big appetite and is full of wine and food. So, he can't enjoy this meal."

Zu Beiqiu looked helplessly at the delicious food and wine in front of him, heaved a long sigh, took out the lightness kung fu secret book Zheng Dongting gave him from his bosom, saluted Gu Nianfeng and Lian Qingyan respectfully, turned and went to the next room to practice kung fu.

Gu Nianfeng looked at Zheng Dongting's glass of wine and didn't move.Zheng Dongting gave a wry smile.

"Drinking on an empty stomach is inevitable. Come on, drink some lotus leaf winter bamboo shoot soup to warm your stomach." Zheng Dongting politely pushed the light green winter bamboo shoot soup on the table in front of Gu Nianfeng, and secretly used his internal strength to bring this pot of bamboo shoots to the table. The soup, which was already somewhat warm, added firepower, making the clear soup gurgle immediately.

Seeing Zheng Dongting unintentionally showing this trick, Lian Qingyan couldn't help opening her eyes wide: "Brother Zheng, what a pure inner strength, Qingyan is really impressed."

"Hey, don't dare, show your shame." Zheng Dongting didn't seem to care about Lian Qingyan's admiration, he just forced a smile, raised the glass in front of him and drank it down.

Gu Nianfeng picked up the spoon, took a sip of the soup, and nodded slightly: "Your control over your internal force is more subtle."

Zheng Dongting smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

Gu Nianfeng couldn't help but glanced at Zheng Dongting. Although he knew Zheng Dongting's thoughts, he was still in a delicate mood when he saw the client being so courteous unconsciously.

"Brother Zheng, with your strength of character and martial arts, you should have shined brightly in the Jianghu. Why have you only had the false title of a Jianghu headhunter in the past ten years, and ended up in a field where people always look at you?" Lian Qing Yan didn't notice Zheng Dongting's strange attitude before and after, so Wen Sheng asked curiously.

"My family is unfortunate." Lian Qingyan's words reached Zheng Dongting's heart for a moment, and he was filled with emotion, "I was originally the eldest son of Baimabao in Shanxi. Although I was a concubine, I was known as a child prodigy Back then, my aunt strictly ordered me not to practice martial arts in order to fight for her son to be the young master of the White Horse Castle. My mother died of depression because of this. I was only five years old at the time. In order to fight for my mother, I pleaded that night A loyal servant took me away from home and rushed to Chang'an to join the Guanzhong Sword Sect. Unexpectedly, I ran into my master on the way..."

"The scum of the rivers and lakes, Mu Tianhou..." Lian Qingyan frowned when she heard this, and took a breath of cool air, as if she foresaw Zheng Dongting's next tragic situation.

"Although the master is notorious all over the world, he is dressed like a living fairy. Not only the loyal servants are confused by him, but I am also impressed by his peerless lightness kung fu, and I am willing to be defeated by him. I have studied martial arts for ten years, who knows ..." Having said that, Zheng Dongting slammed his fist on the table, raised his head and drank another glass of wine.

"He handed over all the martial arts he secretly learned to you?" Lian Qingyan showed a look of unbearable expression.

Gu Nianfeng also felt that Zheng Dongting was really unlucky.

"Every martial art is not only firmly memorized, but also deeply engraved in my mind. I can't forget every move and foot. When I entered the rivers and lakes, famous posters from various sects and schools were handed over to Baimabao, claiming that If I dared to use all kinds of martial arts to walk around the rivers and lakes, I would immediately lose my martial arts. I had to swear in the street that I would never use these martial arts for the rest of my life. Even so, I couldn’t stay in White Horse Castle, and my aunt couldn’t wait to drive me out The door. Since then, I, Zheng Dongting, have become a lonely soul without a master in the rivers and lakes. I don’t have to think about making contributions and being a chivalrous man. I can save my life, drink some flowers and wine, and earn some rewards. It’s already earned.” Said At this point, Zheng Dongting gave a wry smile, and continued to grab the flagon with his hands.

Seeing his dejected look, Gu Nianfeng stretched out his hand and pressed it on his palm thoughtfully: "Dong Ting, if you feel wronged, it proves that you still have a bottom line. If you feel confused, it proves that you still have pursuit .If you feel pain, it proves that you still have strength. If you feel hopeless, it proves that you still have hope. In a sense, you are not lost.”

Zheng Dongting felt the warmth on the back of his hand, and couldn't help but startled slightly.Before Zheng Dongting came back to his senses, he suddenly withdrew his hands and went back.

Lian Qingyan continued to ask: "Brother Zheng, have you ever thought about finding another way to join a famous teacher and learn art again?"

Zheng Dongting subconsciously scratched the back of his hand, trying to erase the weird feeling just now, and said casually: "It's difficult. Now my mind is full of various schools and schools of kung fu, just like a painting full of tortoises and cranes." Yannian's drawing paper, there is no place to add something on it."

"Oh, Mu Tianhou really misunderstood my son." Lian Qingyan couldn't help feeling for Zheng Dongting's rough fate.

"Master has never led me well, and now even his death is unclear. I have to avenge him and find the real culprit." Zheng Dongting sighed.

"Mr. Mu passed away?" Gu Nianfeng raised his eyebrows and asked unexpectedly.

"Killed by a mysterious man who was good at using the right-hand sword with the left-handed cloak sword."

Gu Nianfeng lowered his eyes thoughtfully and began to think.

Lian Qingyan exclaimed: "But all the swordsmen in the world who can mess with swordsmanship are left-handed swordsmen!"

"That's why it's a strange case. Well, to be honest, it's hard to find anyone with such strong martial arts in the Jianghu."

Lian Qingyan let out a long breath when she heard this, raised her hand to drink a glass of wine, and suddenly laughed.

Gu Nianfeng said: "Why is Junior Brother even smiling so happily?"

Lian Qingyan smiled and said: "I was just thinking, although brother Zheng has been unfortunate all his life, the strange situation is rare in the world. Thinking about it from the positive side, this is also an advantage. These are top-notch Talking material can make him fascinated many girls who yearn for the Jianghu."

"Oh, is that so?" Zheng Dongting was stunned for a moment, and gave a wry smile, "I really never thought about it. I didn't even tell him about my life experience. I don't know whose family's girl would like me These bad days."

"You must know that the lone star of Tiansha attracts girls' pity the most." Lian Qingyan leisurely drank another glass of fine wine, and raised her glass to pay tribute to Zheng Dongting.

"Brother Gu doesn't think so, does he?" Zheng Dongting smiled and raised his glass to drink.

Gu Nianfeng frowned and replied: "Well, it's really pitiful."

Seeing his smiling face, Zheng Dongting suddenly felt that the person in front of him seemed to have an indescribably charming charm, which made his heart tremble.

The curvature of the corners of Gu Nianfeng's lips is as gentle as a spring breeze, and the gentleness in his eyebrows and eyes makes people intoxicated at a glance, unable to extricate themselves.

Zheng Dongting's mind was full of Gu Nianfeng's gentle brows and eyes.

Gu Nianfeng couldn't understand Zheng Dongting.Obviously, he has realized that his gentleness is nothing more than an illusion, and he has already discovered the indifference under gentleness, but why is this guy...still so stubbornly staying in the illusion.

You shouldn't be stupid...Zheng Dongting...

"Qiu Tong! Are you Qiu Tong? Brother! I found Qiu Tong, she is on this tree!"

The piercing roar called out the three people who were drinking and talking.I saw a woman in apricot yellow clothes standing on an apricot tree under the moonlight.In the night, the woman in the yellow shirt covered her face with an off-white silk scarf.

"Senior Sister Luo, you should be practicing at Wangyunxuan, why did you end up in Yangzhou?" Lian Qingyan asked in shock.

"Qingyan, I received a letter from Feige about the murder of the Luo family, and immediately flew all the way from Tianshan to Yangzhou. I heard from my seniors that you have taken care of Beiqiu at the Guanyue Tea House and placed them in a hidden house in Tianshan That's why I came here directly." Luo Qiutong was a little out of breath when he said this.After traveling thousands of miles, thinking about it, even if she had outstanding physical skills before, she couldn't stand it now.

Lian Qingyan secretly glanced at Zheng Dongting and Zu Beiqiu, coughed, and said: "So, senior sister didn't see the letter I sent you?"

"No, is there anything more important than the destruction of my Luo family?" Luo Qiutong sighed miserably and said in a hoarse voice.

"Cough, of course... no." Lian Qingyan raised her eyebrows.

"The key witnesses in the massacre case are Jianghu arrester Zheng Dongting, and the sad autumn. It is rumored that Zheng Dongting's bow and arrow kung fu is unparalleled in the universe. This man is always with his quiver. He must be Brother Zheng." Luo Qiutong took a look and was staring Her ancestor Beiqiu was slightly taken aback, "Where is Beiqiu now?"

Her words made the eyes of the three people under the tree widen at the same time, and they all wondered if they heard it wrong just now.Only Gu Nianfeng was still calm, looking at Luo Qiutong without joy or sadness.

"Qiutong, it's me, I'm Beiqiu, don't you recognize me?" The grievance, sadness, love, and shock in Zu Beiqiu's heart were mixed together, and he couldn't control himself for a while.

"You are... Beiqiu!?" Luo Qiutong subconsciously took off the gray and white silk scarf covering her face, revealing a beautiful face, her crystal eyes full of confusion, "Are you Zu Beiqiu? Zu Beiqiu, who is known as the book of fortune telling in Zhouzu's family? My husband-in-law from ten years ago?"

"Yes, yes, it's me. I'm the Zu Beiqiu who married you into your ancestral home ten years ago." Zu Beiqiu patted the apricot tree, unwilling to believe that the lover he missed day and night could not recognize him.

Luo Qiutong looked at Lian Qingyan who half covered her face with her hands for help.

Lian Qingyan nodded hastily: "Senior Sister Luo, this person is indeed Zu Beiqiu. Senior Sister, I know you are obsessed with this martial art, but you can't even remember Brother Zu's appearance, isn't that too exaggerated? "

"Are you Luo Qiutong still human?" Zheng Dongting scolded, staring blankly.

"I'm sorry, Beiqiu. Ten years have made me forget a lot of things. I can't remember your face." Luo Qiutong showed a look of unbearable, "I remember when I ran away from home ten years ago, I once I left you a letter asking you to marry someone else, so why have you never married for so many years?"

Zu Beiqiu raised his head with tears in his eyes: "It used to be difficult for the sea to be water, but Wushan is not a cloud!"

"If you let him marry, he will marry. Are you his wife or his mother?" Zheng Dongting said angrily.

Luo Qiutong bit her lip lightly, endured Zheng Dongting's bad words, and jumped down from the apricot tree: "Qingyan, I came to Yangzhou to investigate the murderer of the Luo family murder. I heard that he left the Luo family alive that day Mr. Zheng and Beiqiu are the only ones in Zhuang, I don’t know if they saw the murderer.”

"The Luo family is all dead now, Qiu Tong, my ancestral home is your only home, since we meet again now, you can go back to Yizhou with me." Zu Beiqiu held Luo Luo expectantly. With both hands of Qiu Tong, he said excitedly, "Qiu Tong, I have waited for you in the ancestral garden for ten years, just to renew the relationship with you. Now you have accomplished martial arts, and you have been in the world for ten years , it's time to go home with me!"

"Sad autumn, I have studied martial arts for ten years. I hope to be able to travel all over the rivers and lakes to fight for justice. I don't want to be trapped in the ancestral garden. I have taught my husband and my son for a lifetime. What's more, now that I have blood and deep vengeance, I must Looking for the murderer, it is even more impossible to be with you."

Having said this, Luo Qiutong gave Zu Beiqiu a sorry look: "I was young and weak, and I succumbed to my father's pressure to marry you. I thought this life was nothing more than that. Who knows that you love me deeply and take care of me?" I am very touched by you. And my mentor taught me painstakingly, which made me realize the true self hidden deep in my heart. When I was 16 years old, I practiced Yanshu Feiyunzong and decided to run away from home. I am owed, but I don’t regret it, because these ten years of life are the most fulfilling and happiest time in my life. This is something you and Zuyuan can never give me, and I don’t expect to get it from you. Sad Qiu, we are completely in two worlds now, it is impossible to get together again."

"Qiu Tong, I don't know what is in this damn Jianghu that is worthy of your nostalgia, but my feelings for you will not change for three lifetimes. At the time when my brother and I went to your house to retire, I wanted to see you in my heart. At the same time Let me vent the grievances in my heart for the past ten years, but I never really thought about separating from you. Now that the Luo family is gone, you have been the wife of my ancestor Beiqiu all your life, and this will never change. We are destined to be Together, how can we be people in two worlds?" Zu Beiqiu's eyes were slightly red when he said this.

Gu Nianfeng felt strange looking at the tragic scene in front of him.How did a master like Mu Tianhou who didn't care about anything for martial arts teach two apprentices who hit the south wall and didn't look back?

"Luo Qiutong, even if my younger brother keeps on messing with you, I will arrest you and soak you in a pig cage." Zheng Dongting was furious.

"You..." Luo Qiutong glanced at him and smiled faintly, "You have good internal skills, but when it comes to martial arts, you are far from my opponent. I advise you not to bring shame upon yourself."

Gu Nianfeng chuckled, Zheng Dongting's martial arts, in his opinion, even Qing Yan might not be Zheng Dongting's opponent, of course, the premise is that Zheng Dongting is willing to break his promise.

"Qiu Tong, brother Zheng is only in a momentary mood, you don't need to take his words to heart." Lian Qingyan couldn't help but wink at Zheng Dongting, reminding him not to be impulsive.

At this moment, Zheng Dongting was so angry by Luo Qiutong that he couldn't see Lian Qingyan's wink.

"Qiu Tong, I don't believe that you don't miss the relationship between husband and wife at the beginning. Since you passed the door, I have loved you deeply and cared for every detail. You love cleaning, so I cleaned the ancestral garden spotlessly. You love painting, and I To practice the painting skills of Guihe Yannian for you. You love food from all over the world, and I recruit famous chefs from all over the world to renovate the patterns for you every day. You miss the Luo family in Jiangnan, and I opened the Luoying Forest in the ancestral garden to comfort your homesickness. Don't you remember all of this?" Zu Beiqiu said this, tears streaming down his face.

Luo Qiutong sighed and said: "You want to keep me by your side in vain. It's just your wishful thinking. My heart has never been on you, and I won't in the future. I only love Jianghu."

"You heartless living widow! I, Zheng Dongting, have been in the rivers and lakes for ten years. I think I have seen all the shameless people in the world. This is the first time I have seen someone like you. Today, for my junior brother, I will compete with you Do something." While speaking, Zheng Dongting took out the bow and arrow and aimed at Luo Qiutong.

"Beiqiu, now that we have reached this point, I think we should have nothing more to say. I don't want to force you to provide clues about the murderer. I will go to various rivers and lakes wharves in Yangzhou to inquire now, and we will leave now. , there will be no date." Luo Qiutong cupped his fists, imitating men's etiquette and saluted Zheng and Zu, without even glancing at the bow and arrow in Zheng Dongting's hand from the corner of his eyes.

Lian Qingyan sighed in a low voice, walked over to stand side by side with Luo Qiutong, cupped her hands and said, "Senior Sister has just arrived in Yangzhou, I should accompany her on a visit, the two of you will take a rest in the Tianshan hermitage first, and wait for me If the two of you find the real murderer, you can leave safely. If Senior Brother Gu is worried, stay here with them."

"Hey, Luo Qiutong, you really think we don't exist!" Zheng Dongting bowed his bow for a long time, but it seemed like he didn't see it at all, which made him annoyed for a while.

Gu Nianfeng raised his hand and signaled Zheng Dongting to put down his bow and arrow: "There are some things that cannot be forced. Besides, this is a matter between the two of them."

Zheng Dongting took a deep breath and put down his bow and arrow angrily.

"Slow down, Qiu Tong. You don't need to go around looking for the murderer." Zu Beiqiu wiped the tears from his face vigorously, and suddenly said loudly, "I did the Luo family murder."

His words were like a thunderbolt that exploded right above everyone's heads, and everyone involuntarily turned around and took a few steps back.Even Gu Nianfeng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zu Beiqiu.