Master is unreliable

Late at night, Qingxiu Peak, Duan Li's room.

Chu Lan looked at the slightly transparent paper covering half of the table, and opened her eyes slightly: "This is?"

"It's Xingxuan paper." Duan Li put the intact jade pendant aside, and explained to Chu Lan: "This kind of paper can be changed in size at will, easily attached to anything, easy to carry, and hard to find .However, due to the scarcity of materials, no one has seen them for many years, and it is hard for him to find them.”

Chu Lan let out a cry, and looked curiously at the Xingxuan paper spread on the table, and found that it seemed to be a map.

Duan Li, who was sitting behind the table, waved to Chu Lan: "Lan'er, come and have a look."

Chu Lan walked over as she said, and Duan Li asked, "Can you see where the picture is drawn?"

Chu Lan looked carefully for a while, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "This is... Sang Conghai."

Sang Conghai is exactly the sea they are in.

The people who drew the pictures were very meticulous. With Sangcong Sea as the center, the surrounding towns, even small villages, and small islands in the sea were all carefully drawn and marked with names.

Looking at the familiar handwriting, Chu Lan couldn't help but feel hot eyes, and at the same time, deep self-blame welled up in her heart.

He lived with Liu Chengqi for so long, but he never knew what he did.Maybe it was late at night after he fell asleep, maybe it was when he and his friends in the village ran wild and couldn't get home, maybe it was...

He thought, at that time, the master must have felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't share even a little bit for him, he only wanted to cause trouble for him.

As if aware of Chu Lan's emotional changes, Duan Li put a hand on his shoulder. Chu Lan came back to his senses, and quickly wiped his eyes: "Master..."

Duan Li hummed, and didn't ask any further questions, just stretched out his hand to point somewhere on the map: "Look here."

Chu Lan looked over and found a few eye-catching red dots where Duan Li's fingertips were.He looked closer and found that there were markings around the red dot.

"Zhaojia Village, Pinggu Fishing Village, Anjia Fishing Village..." Chu Lan silently recited the place names circled by the cinnabar pen, and suddenly thought of something, he turned his head suddenly: "Master, the marked villages are all The village was slaughtered by the devil."

Duan Li stared, then got up, took the pen on the table, lit cinnabar, and circled the small fishing village of Yonglin.

Chu Lan's heart trembled, and she couldn't help clutching the hem of her clothes.

Yonglin, that is where he lived with his master Liu Chengqi for several years.

According to the order in memory, Duan Li circled two villages that were massacred by the bandits.

He suddenly noticed that Chu Lan beside him hadn't moved. He turned his head to look, and saw Chu Lan's gaze fell on Yonglin Fishing Village, her lips were clenched tightly, and her face was as white as snow.

Duan Li's movements paused slightly, and he coughed lightly and turned half sideways to block Chu Lan's view of the map: "Lan'er, it's getting late, go back and rest first. I'll clear up my thoughts for the teacher, and I'll tell you tomorrow." result."

Chu Lan shook her head, "No." He said, "Master, I want to stay."

"Okay." Seeing that Chu Lan's gaze was firm, Duan Li no longer insisted on asking him to go back.

It didn't take long for the master and apprentice to mark the villages that had been massacred in recent years.

Perhaps it is because Ming Guangzong and Xianmen have strengthened their defenses in the past few years. After Yonglin, fewer and fewer villages were slaughtered.Especially in the past two years, it has been a long time since I have heard of the magic robber massacring the village.

Duan Li put down his pen, his eyes fell on the place marked by cinnabar, but he saw that the positions of those red dots were chaotic, except for one place which was relatively dense, the rest of the red dots were very scattered.

He looked at it for a while, but didn't find any pattern, so he couldn't help but slightly frowned.

Duan Li naturally didn't feel that he was thinking in the wrong direction, and he didn't think that Liu Chengqi would be so boring. He took so much trouble to come up with such a picture, and even hid it so carefully.

He thought to himself, there must be some clues in this picture, but he didn't notice it.Just, what could it be.

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Chu Lan beside him muttering in a low voice: "Anjia... Anjia Fishing Village..."

"Ok?"

"Master." Chu Lan reached out and clicked on a red marked location on the map, "I remember that when the accident happened in Anjia Fishing Village, Master and I were nearby. Master even took me there to see it."

Duan Li's eyes lit up, that's right, Liu Chengqi must have found something there, he said softly: "Lan'er, do you still remember, did Liu Chengqi go to the scene of the other fishing villages where the accident happened? "

Chu Lan was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Master, please give me some time, I will think about it."

That happened many years ago, and Chu Lan was very young at the time, so it's normal that she couldn't remember it for a while.

Duan Li nodded and didn't force him.For a while, neither of them spoke, and the room fell silent.

Duan Li sat at the table for several hours and felt his body was a little stiff. He stretched his shoulders and neck to feel more comfortable.

From the corner of his eye, he inadvertently glanced at Chu Lan, who was bowing his head in thought, and he realized it belatedly. It seemed that Chu Lan had been standing the whole time since he entered the room.

He felt tired just sitting, and Chu Lan stood for several hours.

No, not only during these few hours, he also beat Chu Lan during the day... no, several times.Chu Lan still has to cook for him and clean up the dishes.

Duan Li couldn't help rubbing his nose, feeling distressed and a little angry at the same time, he thought: This silly boy, why doesn't he know how to talk when he's tired.If Meng Chun was here, he would have been screaming a long time ago. Even if he was sitting on the floor, he would not stand for such a long time.

Thinking like this, Duan Li pulled Chu Lan over and said, "Come on, sit here and rest for a while." Saying this, he got up and pushed Chu Lan into the seat.

Chu Lan was thinking about something, and when she realized it, she was about to get up.Duan Li couldn't help but hold him down: "Sit down and don't move."

Chu Lan was at a loss for a moment, then suddenly realized, he said, "Master, I'm not tired, it's you..."

"Sit even if you're not tired." Duan Li fiercely said, "Just sit there and think, if you can't figure it out, you are not allowed to get up, do you want to disobey the teacher's order?"

"...Yes." Chu Lan replied in a low voice, but when she lowered her head, she found that her suppressed mood eased a lot with this little episode.

He exhaled lightly, and his eyes fell on the map in front of him again.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Lan suddenly raised her head, and Duan Li, who was pacing in the room, seemed to be aware of it, and turned her head as well, their gazes collided in mid-air.

Chu Lan said a little excitedly: "I remembered. Not long after returning from Anjia Fishing Village, Master handed me over to the care of Grandma Li next door. He said he had something to do and left for half a month."

Duan Li's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice, "It seems necessary to visit those villages."

Chu Lan immediately said: "Master, I will go too."

Duan Li didn't intend to exclude Chu Lan at all, and nodded when he heard the words: "Okay, it's getting late, you can go back to your room and rest, tomorrow morning..."

After a pause, he said: "Forget it, there's no need to be so troublesome, you can sleep with me today."

Chu Lan was still very excited because of her discovery, but when she heard Duan Li's words, her face turned red.He stood up, almost biting his tongue in a panic: "No... no, I'll go back to sleep. I'll come to see Master tomorrow morning."

The door opened and closed, and Duan Li's sentence "Run slowly, don't fall" was divided into fragments by the sound of the door opening and closing.

Early the next morning, Chu Lan really did what he said, and stood guard in front of Duan Li's room early in the morning.

Duan Li opened the door and saw the little door god standing at the door with his shoulders straight, he couldn't help laughing and said, "How early are you up?"

Chu Lan scratched her hair in embarrassment: "I can't sleep."

Duan Li can understand his mood after thinking about it.

Chu Lan fetched water swiftly, and seeing that Duan Li had finished washing, she asked, "Master, do you want to tell Master about this?"

Duan Li pondered for a moment and said: "Don't tell him yet, and Ming Guangzong will not report it for the time being, let's go and have a look first."

Chu Lan was startled for a moment, but then realized that he was worried that too many people would know about it, and there would be too much movement, which would attract the attention of the people behind the scenes.

"Then..." Chu Lan clenched her fist quietly, "Master, shall we set off now?"

Duan Li looked at Chu Lan's expression of urgency and fear, and said thoughtfully, "Don't be so anxious."

Chu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Then I'll make breakfast."

"No need." Duan Li stopped him, "Let's go out to eat today." In fact, he doesn't like eating outside very much, he just wants Chu Lan to have a rest.

After breakfast, the two of them walked with their swords in their hands. The difference was that this time the person with the swords was Duan Li, and Chu Lan became the one who "sneaked the car".