Ambition of the Wind and Cloud

For the few apprentices, Ying Zheng taught them very carefully, without the perfunctory mentality they had at the beginning.

For the chosen personal disciple Bu Jingyun, he has no reservations, and he almost teaches everything he has.

Other masters would hold back when teaching their apprentices, but Ying Zheng didn't.This does not mean how much he believes in his disciples, the real reason is that he is not afraid of being surpassed at all.While the apprentice is constantly improving, why isn't he constantly surpassing himself?He is confident that he can go further before his apprentice surpasses himself.The useless emotions of fear and apprehension will only stop him from moving forward.

While Fengyun Shuanglang's martial arts continued to improve, the end of the year was also approaching.

There was joy everywhere, busy with decorating lanterns and festoons, and buying new year's goods.Even the people in the Tianxia Congregation, who were busy in the past, had a little more joy on their faces.Wen Chouchou distributed some money to everyone according to gang rules, and everyone felt that even his clown face and impermanence hat were quite pleasing to the eye.

In the Tianxia meeting, Yingzheng was checking the important affairs of the gang, when someone came to report: "Guild leader, Miss, please see me."

Before the words were finished, a villain like a snow dumpling rushed in, and pushed the person who passed the message away: "Go away, go away, I see my father, why do you need to pass it on? It's just unnecessary!" said Let's go, rushing towards Yingzheng Office: "Daddy is a villain, he hasn't come to see You Ruo recently, You Ruo misses Daddy!"

Ying Zheng caught the villain steadily, wondering if he spoiled this daughter too much, and recently he has become more and more daring in front of him, daring to do and say anything.

Stretching out his hands to pinch the white and tender face with baby fat, Ying Zheng looked at her little face wrinkled with satisfaction, and said vaguely: "Father, don't pinch it, your face... your face is going to change." long."

Ying Zheng put You Ruo on the ground according to his words: "Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't checked your exercises and course progress recently."

As soon as the words came out, You Ruo's expression changed immediately, she blinked her eyes, looked at Ying Zheng pitifully, and grabbed his cuffs with both hands: "Father, it's a big day tonight, you have the heart to let your daughter , Spend the New Year's Eve with those old men and old women?"

"What old man and old woman, that's your teacher."

"Don't want them to be teachers! My father is obviously a thousand times better than them, why should I learn from them?" Speaking of this, You Ruo showed some determination that he had learned recently, and when he turned to Ying Zheng, he softened again : "Father, if you can teach those children, why can't you teach me?"

"You Ruo, even if you are my own daughter, I will not accept you as my disciple if you do not meet my standards. Therefore, if you want to become my disciple, even if it is only a registered disciple, you still need to work hard."

You Ruo's talent in martial arts is not bad, slightly better than Qin Shuang's, but it's not the best either.But Youruo didn't need to worry about his own situation, so he was no different from ordinary children of this age group, naughty and playful, unwilling to practice martial arts.Although Ying Zheng intervened from time to time, she was only able to complete the minimum set by Ying Zheng.The progress and state of mind naturally cannot be compared with Fengyun Shuanglang and others who spend the whole day practicing martial arts.

Ying Zheng sometimes felt that You Ruo was too noisy, while Bu Jingyun and the others were too quiet, not like children, not as angry as a child of this age should be.If the two phases are combined, he can probably save a lot of worry.

You Ruo pursed her lips, but she also knew that Ying Zheng would not care if he usually acted coquettishly and caused minor troubles, but when it came to Ying Zheng's principles, he would never compromise.She opened her mouth, and just about to say something, she heard someone report: "Master, 'Kong Ci' asks to see you."

It stands to reason that ordinary servants are not qualified to directly ask to see the gang leader, that is to say, 'Kong Ci' is the only maidservant in the first floor of the world, and she is the person who serves the four young masters, so she has this face.

You Ruo obviously knew about this, and she raised her small eyebrows: "No! It's fine for those people to rob me of my father in normal times, but they still want to rob me of my father after Chinese New Year. It's really disgusting!" In her heart, Fengyun Shuanglang who has not met has already been marked with a big cross.

Ying Zheng couldn't help laughing when she saw her standing in front of him with her arms outstretched, as if defending her territory, "You know again?"

"I don't care, dad has to stay with me today anyway!"

"You Ruo, don't be self-willed." He raised his voice and said to the person who was at the door: "Let her in."

After Ying Zheng said a word, You Ruo obediently kept her mouth shut even though she was reluctant.Strange to say, ever since she developed such a temperament that fears nothing, the mud bodhisattva and the little fire monkey have joined hands many times but have not been able to escape her clutches, and Wen Chouchou has been tossed so much that he will detour when he sees her from a distance. Only Ying Zheng can make her obedient.

Even Ying Zheng didn't need to say anything, as long as he showed a slight tendency to be unhappy, You Ruo would restrain his claws and behave like a little quail.

Right now it is more important to make dad happy, let those people go for now.You Ruo showed a dangerous gaze from an angle that Ying Zheng couldn't see, she was not in a hurry, wait until those people provoke her father or her, and see if she can kill them!

After 'Kong Ci' came in, he bowed respectfully to Ying Zheng and You Ruo: "I've seen the leader, I've seen the eldest lady."

You Ruo directly glanced to the side, and let out a soft snort from the wings of his nose, making no secret of his disapproval towards 'Kong Ci'.

"What's your business?" Ying Zheng said, "Could it be that some of them asked you to come?"

'Kong Ci' shook his head: "No, it's not the idea of ​​Master Feng and Master Shuang, it's the servants who dare to make their own decisions, and implore the lord to accompany them tonight. Master Shuang said that tonight is big, but what about the first floor in the world?" There are no decorations, and there is really no atmosphere for the New Year. So Master Feng has been cutting window grilles since early in the morning, just to make the first floor of the world look more festive. The slaves know that although the young masters did not say it, they are still very happy. I hope the boss can come back."

Seeing Ying Zheng seriously consider Kong Ci's words, You Ruo became impatient, grabbed Ying Zheng's arm and rubbed it, like a cat that is about to explode but trying to restrain its claws.

Ying Zheng tapped her on the head: "Go back and tell Shuang'er and the others that I will go there with You Ruo at night."

'Kong Ci' smiled happily: "Yes, this servant will let someone prepare a table of good food and wine."

Ying Zheng looked at the sky and sighed softly.Thinking back to those years, he didn't spend a few New Year's Eve properly with his sons, and even in the next few New Year's Eve, the eldest son was sent away and never returned to Beijing.In the past, he didn't care about it, but now he couldn't even meet him even if he wanted to, so he was melancholy.Treating four children like this now may not mean making up for regrets.

With the sound of firecrackers, in the hall on the first floor of the world, Nie Feng was sticking to the scissors and concentrating on cutting the paper. His hands were extremely dexterous, and after a while, the patterns on the paper were lifelike.Putting aside another cut window grille in his hand, Nie Feng rubbed his somewhat sore eyes, and yawned slightly, but there was a quiet and warm smile on the corner of his mouth.

Duanlang wanted to help his friend, but he was clumsy and always cut the scissors. Angrily, he threw the scissors aside, crumpled up the half-cut paper and couldn't see the pattern, and threw it out viciously. .

Bu Jingyun was quietly carving something with his head down, looking a little out of tune with the bustle around him.Unexpectedly, he was hit by a ball of paper on the head, and finally raised his head.I saw Duan Lang laughing arrogantly: "It's New Year's Eve, and you still have your dead face, Master will definitely be disappointed when he sees it. You are smiling!"

"Mind your own business." After Bu Jingyun finished speaking, he continued to lower his head to complete the unfinished work, as if there was no Duanlang in front of him.

Duan Lang's eyebrows twitched fiercely, endured and endured, Fang said: "You really deserve a beating!" If he didn't think that beating people during the Chinese New Year would ruin the atmosphere, he would have already been beating up!

Zhao Huafeng stood in the corner watching this scene, holding his face in confusion: "Duanlang, why do you always like to provoke Bu Jingyun?"

"Whoever makes this young master look at his face will be angry!" Duan Lang said angrily.

"Speaking of which, do you have any wishes for the New Year?" Qin Shuang asked.

"Of course it is to revive the reputation of Duanjia in the hands of this young master! I want people in the world to think of Duanlang when they mention Duanjia!" Duanlang replied without hesitation.

Nie Feng tilted his head: "I haven't considered this issue, as long as I can be with Master and senior brothers." Nie Feng's wish has always been just to have a family. At the same time, now, this position is naturally replaced by Ying Zheng and others.

Bu Jingyun was silent for a while, and said two words coldly: "Revenge." Anyway, since Ying Zheng already knew, he didn't care if Nie Feng and others knew about it.

"What about revenge?" Duan Lang asked.

"There is no future." The carving knife in Bu Jingyun's hand paused, and a deep mark was drawn on the statue.

"Could it be that you planned to die with your enemy from the very beginning?" Duanlang looked at Bu Jingyun with a strange look in his eyes. He didn't understand Bu Jingyun's mentality at all. Are you afraid you won't be able to defeat your enemy?

"It has nothing to do with you." He is alone, so what is the future?Since he can't forget the revenge of killing his father, he must kill 'Xiong Ba'.Previously, he was always entangled in his heart when he thought about all the good things that 'Xiongba' had done to him.Now he has figured it out, since 'Xiong Ba' has always cared about his kindness to him, and after avenging his father's killing, he just wants to give his life back to 'Xiong Ba'.

Duanlang glanced at the statue that was badly carved by Bu Jingyun: "The person on it should be Master Hefeng, right?"

Two people, one big and one small, are holding hands, very warm, their hairstyles and clothes have been sculpted, only their faces are blank.At this time, there was a deep cut on the face of the older man, which was exactly the knife that Bu Jingyun had just carved in a daze.

Duanlang snorted lightly, put his hands behind his head, and said disdainfully: "Duplicity! At that time, he acted so indifferently, but in his heart he still longed for Master's attention, right?" Jingyun was labeled as duplicity.

Bu Jingyun didn't answer, but silently put away the damaged statue carefully.He never bothered to hide anything, but the way he expressed his emotions was different from others.

Before his death, his mother Yu Nong hoped that he would shed tears for her, which meant that he had a little bit of mother-child affection for her.He couldn't shed tears, so he climbed up the mountain alone to pick ginseng for her, hoping that her illness would recover.Unfortunately, he could never give Yu Nong what he wanted, and Yu Nong never really understood what he did, so Yu Nong passed away with resentment towards him.Except for his stepfather Huo Butian, no one really knew him.

And this point, he didn't need to explain it to Duanlang.

The atmosphere in the hall became a little stiff.Seeing this, Nie Feng greeted everyone: "Everyone help me to paste these window grilles, and I will be happier when Master comes."

Probably because of the anticipation in their hearts, although this is the first New Year spent by four of the five children without their relatives by their side, the feeling of loneliness has dissipated a lot.

***

When the dusk was getting darker, under the leadership of 'Kong Ci', several children pasted the window grilles on the first floor of the world one by one.

Nie Feng ran the most happily. After pasting the last window grille that symbolized reunion, he put his small face in front of the window and let out a sigh of relief.Looking at the dense white mist on the window, he wiped it with his hands curiously.

"what?"

Rubbing his eyes with his sleeve, Nie Feng smiled pleasantly and said, "It's Master!"

I saw that Ying Zheng was wearing a black brocade robe with gold trim, and his whole body almost melted into the night.There was a sweet-looking girl on his left, jumping and jumping all the way, so happy.

'Kong Ci' stepped back with a smile, brought up the hot dishes one by one, and the timing was just right.

Although You Ruo didn't want to see Ying Zheng's four disciples, including the new oil bottle Zhao Huafeng, but because his father was with him on New Year's Eve, he was in a good mood, so he didn't make trouble.

"This is the sweet and sour pork tenderloin that Missy likes, this is the mapo tofu that Master Shuang likes, this is the leek scrambled eggs and pork lung soup that Master Feng likes, this is the fried shrimp that Master Lang likes, this is Mr. Zhao's favorite Beggar chicken, this is Master Yun's favorite tomato..."

"Yun'er doesn't like tomatoes," Ying Zheng said suddenly.

There was a moment of embarrassment on the face of 'Kong Ci': "I'm sorry, boss, Master Yun took an extra bite at the meal last time, and this servant thought... this servant immediately asked someone to re-make the dish that Young Master Yun likes to eat. Come up."

"No need." Ying Zheng pointed to a dish in front of him: "Just put this in front of Yun'er."

'Kong Ci' was a little surprised: "This is not what you like, the leader..." He sighed secretly in his heart, Master Yun actually had the same taste as the leader.However, even she didn't notice it, how did the gang leader notice it?

"I don't pay attention, just put it in front of him." This is the truth. Although Ying Zheng has preferences, his appetite for food and drink has always been weak.

Bu Jingyun looked up at Ying Zheng, then quickly lowered his head, clenching his chopsticks slightly.

He had to admit that at that moment just now, he was almost shaken by Ying Zheng's seemingly careless care.Perhaps it was because Ying Zheng possessed the warmth and tranquility that he longed for.

After dinner, Miss You Ruo began to show her 'fangs' to the honest man Qin Shuang, but soon she realized that bullying the honest man was meaningless, so she began to pinch each other at Duan Lang.In fact, it's just some children's dialogue that you hurt me and I hurt you.

Nie Feng poked half of his head out of the window, reached out his hand to catch the piece of crystal falling in his palm, and whispered: "It's snowing!"

He had secretly made a wish in his heart, and made a rule quietly, if it snowed tonight, then his wish would come true, no wonder a common snowflake made him so happy.

Ying Zheng looked at the villain standing by the window, slightly absent-minded.

When Nie Feng was a child, his temperament was indeed somewhat similar to Fusu's, he was just as well-behaved, he loved to laugh, and his heart was full of ideals.Although he mourned Fusu's misfortune and was angry with him, but in Yingzheng's heart, what settled down over the years was more his longing for his eldest son.Nie Feng's presence by his side somewhat comforted Ying Zheng's thoughts.

At this moment, like an ordinary father, he stepped forward to tighten his robe for Nie Feng.

Nie Feng turned his head, his little face turned red with excitement, and pointed out the window with one hand: "Master, fireworks!"

As soon as the clear and clear child's voice fell, there was a deafening sound beside the ear, and the sky was lit up, and the fireworks that rose into the air were burning to the extreme.

Many years later, Nie Feng learned of Ying Zheng's true identity, and asked Ying Zheng suspiciously if it was because his personality resembled his son when he was young that he treated him so well.

Ying Zheng replied that Nie Feng was Nie Feng, and Fusu was Fusu. Although he cared a lot for Nie Feng because of the similarity between Nie Feng and his son, he never misidentified anyone.Although he missed his son, he didn't want Nie Feng to become another Fusu.

However, the relationship between master and apprentice and family is so complicated that even the parties can't tell.

It's rare for You Ruo to "meet opponents in chess", quarreling with Duan Lang, turning his head abruptly, and happened to see the warm way of getting along with Ying Zheng and Nie Feng. When I took her out to watch the lanterns, I just gave up.

In her mind, the Lantern Festival with only herself and her father must be very beautiful.Unexpectedly, it was not only me and Ying Zheng who were traveling, but even the oil bottles followed.When seeing the carriages traveling, Youruo's face turned blue.

This time, You Ruo was especially on guard against Nie Feng - she was really frightened by the idea that Nie Feng and Ying Zheng were father and son last time, so she separated Nie Feng as soon as she came up.As for Bu Jingyun who was walking on the other side of Yingzheng, You Ruo raised his eyebrows, just follow, anyway, this is just a boring gourd, without any threat.

All kinds of lanterns light up the ten-mile long street, like a soft light belt, gently shining on the passers-by.

People's faces are full of joy, this place is within the sphere of influence of the Tianxiahui, and the taxation of the Tianxiahui is not heavy now, and they also have spare money to buy some new gadgets for the girls at home.

You Ruo's eyes lit up when she saw those fresh snacks, doughnuts, shortbread, candied haws... She tried almost all of them.Ying Zheng was worried that the roadside snacks were not clean, so he didn't allow her to eat more, and only allowed her to have a bite of each.You Ruo was depressed for a moment, and soon began to "share" the snacks with the children.

Qin Shuang and Duanlang were taken out by adults before, so they are not "ignorant of the world" like Youruo, but Nie Feng and Zhao Huafeng, who have been living in seclusion with their parents for the first time, are inevitably a little excited when they see these snacks for the first time , did not stop talking.You Ruo saw that Bu Jingyun had been following behind Ying Zheng with arms folded, and took advantage of Bu Jingyun's inattention and stuffed a candied haws into Jin Jinyun's mouth.Bu Jingyun frowned, after all he didn't do such indecent things as throwing up food.It's just that the sweet and sour taste is not what he likes, so he struggles to eat it.

Ying Zheng stood aside, watching the scene quietly.Perhaps it was because the lighting was too soft today, which made his usually sharp eyebrows look a lot gentler: "Yun'er, haven't you tried these?"

Bu Jingyun looked at him blankly for a while, then shook his head almost invisibly.In the past, although his stepfather cared about him, he was busy with the affairs of the villa at first, and then he was busy taking care of his sick mother, so he didn't have time to take him out to play.

Bu Jingyun didn't care if he could come out to play, but at this moment, in such an environment, the joy of the people on the street really infected him.Bu Jingyun's eyes reflected the light of the lamp, he thought, he felt a taste called happiness.

In a daze, a hard rod was stuffed into his hand.Bu Jingyun lowered his eyes and looked at the extra thing in his hand. It was a seven-color glazed wind lantern, exquisite and compact, and extremely beautifully made.Bu Jingyun glanced at Ying Zheng who handed the wind lamp to him again, and there seemed to be a little more confusion in his calm black eyes.

"They all picked up the lights, but you didn't." Ying Zheng pointed to You Ruo, Nie Feng and others.

Like it?Nor did it.But why, feeling the weight in his hand and the residual temperature on the rod, he was reluctant to let go?

A group of people flocked to the river with lights of various colors. Someone lit the fuel, and then let the lights in their hands fly until they were hidden in the sea of ​​lights that filled the sky, flying farther and farther.There are also people whose lanterns cannot fly, so they write their own wishes on the lanterns, and then put the lanterns into the river and go down the river. The scene is quite spectacular.

Flying lanterns on the Lantern Festival has the meaning of illuminating the future, and Nie Feng and others followed the flow of people to release the lanterns.Seeing this scene, Bu Jingyun pursed his lips tightly, and hid the lamp in his hand back, with a flash of uneasiness in his eyes.

When Ying Zheng saw it, he was a little funny, "It's just a lamp, if you don't want it, you don't have to let it go, just take it back."

After the sound of firecrackers, a child's cry suddenly came from my ears. It turned out that a five or six-year-old child had separated from the adults.Now that they met, there was no reason to let it go. After some twists and turns, Qin Shuang sent the child back to his parents.The child's parents were very grateful to Qin Shuang, and took his hand to express their gratitude to prepare a meal. Qin Shuang declined several times, and said that the elders in the family were still waiting for him, so they were able to escape.

"If Yun'er gets lost, I wonder if I can find my way home?" Ying Zheng asked suddenly.

Bu Jingyun was silent for a while: "I know the way."

"That's okay." Ying Zheng didn't understand why he would ask such a question at that moment, but he asked it because he wanted to, without any special reason.

After Bu Jingyun grew up, he would no longer get lost due to ignorance of the way. It was only then that he realized that the heart can also get lost.And he had already unknowingly walked into a fork in the road.

Because of something on his mind, Bu Jingyun was one step behind Ying Zheng, and he didn't want to, it was this step that caused him to be pushed far away by the flow of people.

Just trying to swim against the current, a hand suddenly stretched out, pulling Bu Jingyun aside.With the flickering of the candle, Bu Jingyun carefully protected the lantern, and suddenly felt a chill in his neck, and the sharp and hard metal touched his neck, because the visitor's hands were not serious, and soon fell on his tender neck. There was a bloodstain on it.

The vital point was pinched by someone, Bu Jingyun didn't frown, but just looked at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him without sadness or joy.

The man tapped several big acupoints on his body one after another, and then moved his feet lightly, leading him to a remote courtyard.

As soon as a few people landed, someone greeted them immediately.

One of the young girls shook the snare drum in her hand, looked Bu Jingyun up and down, and said in a soft voice: "After working for so long, I only caught such a small shrimp? If the city lord blames it Come down, let me see which one of you can afford it!"

"Boss calm down, it's really because the old man Xiongba has strong martial arts and high vigilance, we don't want to take it lightly."

Another female doll who looks like a twin sister with the little girl sneered: "So, you caught a small shrimp, and you want to make up for it?"

"No, boss, I think this kid is useful, so I spent so much effort to catch him from Xiongba."

"Oh? How do you say that? Could it be that Xiongba would go out of his way to find such a child?"

The man wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Boss, you don't know, this is Xiongba's new disciple, and he is the only closed disciple. It is said that in order to protect his safety, Xiongba also accepted three named disciples as disciples." He used it as a cover, it can be seen that Xiong Ba is not ordinary to this son!"

The girl's eyeballs rolled around: "You mean... as long as this child is in our hands, Xiongba will definitely come here?"

"At that time, we can set up a net to capture that old man Xiongba, and then gain the trust of the city lord?"

"That's right, that's it, boss, look..."

"This is our first important battle, just give it a try. If it succeeds, I will give you a great credit."

Bu Jingyun was tied up at the corner of the wall, listening to their discussion, he wanted to use his internal force to open the acupoints on his body, but found that the dantian was empty for a while.

The female baby noticed his movements, and laughed twice: "Don't waste your efforts, since we caught you, we must be fully prepared."

Her twin sister continued: "As early as the moment you tapped your acupuncture points, we gave you Shixiang Cartilage Powder. In the next two hours, you may not be able to use your internal strength, so don't waste your energy in vain. You'd better pray that you have a place in Xiongba's heart. If Xiongba is willing to come over within two hours, nothing will happen to you."

"If Xiongba hasn't come over after two hours, we have no choice but to kill you to vent our anger."

Bu Jingyun did not expect that such a thing would happen to him once he came out.Although he practiced martial arts diligently in the gang, this is the first time he has personally experienced the dangers of the world.

It seems that there are more potential enemies of Master than I imagined.If you want the world to help the Lord, there are many people.

For some reason, Bu Jingyun was sure that Ying Zheng would definitely come to find him.But, couldn't he do nothing but wait to be rescued?

Bu Jingyun looked at his hand, which had become indistinguishable from an ordinary child, and his eyes darkened.