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Su Yan came back from the mountain and ran to Yongcheng. He had already packed his bags and was ready to go down the mountain at any time. There were no accidents along the way. It was only when he arrived in Yongcheng that he realized that he was facing an embarrassing situation.

Even if Ning Jian got Tianxin Grass from the palace, it was because Ning Jian was once a prince, and he and the emperor were brothers.But he, Su Yangui, is just a commoner, let alone seeing the emperor, even if he gets close to the gate of the palace, he will be driven away from afar.

After wandering around Yongcheng for a few days, he hit a snag again, and when he returned to the inn, Su Yangui lay on the bed and sighed long.Jing Shi said that there is only one Tianxin grass in the palace, which was paid 20 years ago, but Ning Jian found several Tian Xin grass, so he can barely comfort himself, the medicine is Ning Jian from Tianren Mountain. Picked.

"Let's go to Tianren Mountain first tomorrow." Talking to himself, Su Yangui slowly closed his eyes.

Until sleep was a little fuzzy, suddenly there was a light knock on the door: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Su?"

Surprised, Su Yangui sat up abruptly, tiptoed to the door, and asked, "Who?"

"My lord please."

"Who is your master?"

"You'll know when you see it."

Su Yangui frowned again, and laughed for a while: "People I don't know, I don't see them."

The people outside are also very good tempered: "When you meet, you will get to know each other."

Su Yangui couldn't help laughing for a moment, opened the door, and saw a man in brocade clothes standing outside, with lowered eyebrows.

"Going right now?"

"Yes, Mr. Su please."

Su Yangui was vigilant in her heart, hesitated for a while, and finally closed the door with her hands back, and followed the man downstairs.

In any case, even if the other party had bad intentions, at least he didn't intend to kill him now.

However, the man took him into a carriage and walked all the way out of the city. He only lighted something on the edge of the city gate, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city respectfully opened the gate and let them go.

The carriage became more and more remote, and gradually it seemed that the road could not be found.

Su Yangui raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that your Patriarch is planning to capture me, kill me, and bury my body in the wilderness?"

"Young Master Su is joking. If the Lord wants to kill someone, you don't need to cover it up."

Su Yangui couldn't understand what he heard, but he didn't want to talk about it. He just watched the carriage go for a while, and turned into a mausoleum.

"His grandma, what a hell of a night!"

The brocade-clothed man smiled slightly and stopped the carriage: "The lord is right in front, the villain can't go forward, Mr. Su please."

Su Yangui scratched her head, and finally walked forward bravely.

Further ahead is a repaired tomb, and there is a person standing in front of the tomb, just as Su Yangui walked over, he turned around.

Under the moonlight, I saw that the man was in his thirties, with a handsome appearance, with an insignificant dignity between his brows, but his outline was somewhat similar to Ning Jian.

Su Yangui thought through several thoughts in an instant, and finally bowed his knees: "The grass people see the emperor."

That person was Feng Ning'an, and seeing Su Yangui recognized him immediately, he couldn't help smiling: "Get up, you don't need to be formal in this barren mountain."

Su Yangui stood up according to his words, and couldn't help but peek at the current emperor curiously.

"You don't seem to be afraid of me?"

"The emperor is the son of heaven, and the people are your people. How can a son be afraid of his father?"

Feng Ning'an smiled: "This kid is really interesting."

Su Yan was embarrassed.Feng Ning'an was only ten years older than him. The flattery in his answer was because he wanted not to offend the emperor, but Feng Ning'an's tone was that of an elder speaking to a younger generation.

Feng Ning'an seemed to have seen through his mind, and said with a smile: "You are Ning Jian's apprentice, and the master is your father. In terms of seniority, I can be regarded as your father's generation."

Su Yangui was even more inexplicable, and finally said boldly: "The emperor didn't call the grassroots people here late at night, because he didn't want to be the father of the grassroots, did he?"

Feng Ning'an raised her eyebrows: "Of course not. I'm just too curious and want to meet you."

Su Yangui was even more speechless.

Feng Ning'an looked at him for a while, then pointed to the tomb behind him and said, "Do you know whose tomb this is?"

Su Yangui shook his head.

"The third son of the late emperor, my brother, Feng Ningxuan."

Su Yangui was shocked, and subconsciously raised her head to stare at Feng Ning'an, completely forgetting to restrain herself.

Feng Ningan said leisurely: "Two months ago, Ning Jian came to Yongcheng and asked me for something, which he said was for you to detoxify."

Su Yangui was even more astonished, and after a long while said: "The emperor gave it?"

"There is no such thing in the palace." Feng Ning'an's words made him even more surprised, "I told Ning Jian that the medicine was used up before Feng Ningxuan died."

Su Yangui didn't speak any more, and when he turned his head to look at the tomb, he couldn't help but sigh.

I love Ning Jian, but Ning Jian would rather kill herself for his third brother; I want to rely on Tianxincao to save my life, but Feng Ningxuan is the first to use up the medicine.He even began to wonder if he had any enmity with Feng Ningxuan in his previous life.

"Ning Jian didn't say anything when she found out, she just asked me for a long sword, then came here and knelt in front of the tomb for three days."

"Why?" Su Yangui was surprised again.

Feng Ning'an smiled: "Who knows? Ning Jian didn't spend much time in the palace since she was a child, and she wasn't close to anyone. She only respected his third brother. This is the first time that she came here for someone else. Please help, it is precisely because of this that I want to see you. Probably, you also want to see Ning Jian's third brother, right?"

There was a bit of irony in his words, but Su Yangui had no time to think about it, he just kept repeating Feng Ning'an's words in his mind.

Kneeling in front of the tomb for three days... Kneeling for three days?Why?

"I asked Ning Jian where he was going in the future. He said that he would first go to Tianren Mountain to collect medicine, and then go back to Yi Lian Mountain to find his uncle." After some time, Feng Ning'an said again: "If you want to find him , might as well go and have a look.”

Su Yangui was stunned for a long time before she realized it. Looking back, she found that Feng Ning'an had already walked a long way.

"My country is busy with affairs, and I can't get away during the day, so I have to wrong you to come to meet at night. There are guards here, so leave before dawn."

Su Yangui stood there, not knowing how to answer.

"If you see Ning Jian, tell him, remember to visit his third brother's grave next year on Qingming."

In the last sentence, no emotion can be heard, but the voice is lingering, dyeing the dark night with a touch of loneliness.

In the wilderness mountain tomb, the children of the royal family are buried.Because of this person, I met Ning Jian; because of this person, I fell in love with Ning Jian; because of this person, I couldn't get what I asked for; because of this person, I almost lost my life.

They didn't know each other, never saw each other, and now face each other in front of the tomb, separated by yin and yang.

Su Yangui stood for a long time, finally knelt down when the sky was floating white, and kowtowed three times reverently.

Going to Tianren Mountain, gradually, there is less news about Ning Jian, and what I hear occasionally is that a handsome young man passed by somewhere, or a bandit was beaten back by a master when he was about to rob, etc. .

On the other hand, Su Yangui stood on Tianren Mountain, looking at the strange rocks and steep mountain walls under the cliff, thinking that Ning Jian picked Tianxin grass from such a place to detoxify himself, and couldn't help but secretly happy Feel scared.

Tianjianmen of Yilian Mountain is the most famous sword sect in the south, one is in the west and the other is in the south of Tianren Mountain, separated by thousands of miles, when Su Yan returned to the foot of Yilian Mountain, it was already scorching summer.

The momentum of searching for Ning Jian in the Jianghu has also passed, no one has found a trace of clues, and the remaining people who are unwilling to give up are also extremely peaceful.Of course there are people who don't believe the rumors and come to trouble Su Yangui, but Su Yangui is at the end of his life, and he can hardly find any copper coins, let alone a peerless sword.

Walking up the mountain road, it was just noon when we reached the top of the mountain. Su Yangui was sweating profusely and stood there panting in rags. It took a long while before he felt someone approaching.

Before he could speak, the other party waved his hand and said, "Where is the beggar, get down, this is not where you came from."

Su Yangui's face froze, and it took a while to smile: "This senior brother, the younger brother is here to ask to see the head."

The person who came to chase him away was a young man in his twenties, not much older than him. Hearing what he said, his face blushed immediately, and he said after a long while: "Who are you? Is the head of the sect you can meet casually?"

Su Yangui hesitated for a moment, but still smiled and said: "Actually, I came to look for Ning Jian, just thinking that he might not be here..."

"Little Uncle?" The young man froze for a moment.

Su Yangui secretly heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that calling himself "Senior Brother" was not an injustice.

"Yes, brother, please pass it on for me."

"Little Master has already gone down the mountain."

"That's why I want to see the master." Su Yangui gritted her teeth.

"Who are you?" The young man also got a little impatient.

Su Yangui sighed secretly, and finally said: "Little brother Su Yangui, logically, he should be regarded as Ning Jian's apprentice."

The young man looked at him suspiciously, and finally said "wait" before turning around and walking back.

Su Yangui had no choice but to wait.Fortunately, not long after, the young man ran back and said, "The head is welcome."

Tang Yuli, the master of Tianjianmen, is an old man in his 60s or [-]s, but he looks very energetic and has sharp eyes. Standing there, he can't find a hole in his body.

When Su Yangui walked in, there was no one in the room, he hesitated for a moment, then bowed slightly: "Su Yangui met Senior Tang."

Tang Yuli turned to look at him, and snorted for a while: "Stinky boy, in terms of seniority, you should call me Shigong."

Su Yangui fell silent.

"Forget it, Ning Jian didn't say that he had taken in apprentices. A kid like you with an unstable foot and sloppy feet would shame me if he went outside and said that he was from my Tianjian sect."

Su Yangui's face was even darkened, and it took a while before he asked cautiously: "Senior Tang, do you know the whereabouts of Ning Jian?"

"do not know."

"He came back earlier and didn't say anything?"

Tang Yuli glanced at him: "That kid doesn't like to talk, so he hid in the back mountain when he came back, and ran away a few days later."

Su Yangui thought for a moment @, thought for a while, and said: "Then, can I go to the back mountain to have a look?"

Tang Yuli looked at him, and finally called the young man who had sent the message: "Take him to the back mountain to have a look."

The young man agreed, and led Su Yangui out with a look of curiosity.

"Are you really the apprentice of the little uncle?"

Anyway, Su Yan was lost in thought, when he heard the young man's question, he hurriedly stopped talking: "No, I just learned some self-defense skills from him."

The young man smiled: "Let me just say, how could the little master accept apprentices."

Su Yangui has always been reluctant to be called Master Ning Jian, but now when someone else said it, he was a little annoyed: "Why is it impossible?"

The young man froze for a moment, and said: "When the little master was on the mountain, he didn't care about people at all, so it's hard to imagine how he taught the disciples."

"Ignore people?"

"That's right, my master also said that the little uncle has been like this since he was a child. Every year, he would go down the mountain for some months. When he came back, he would just hide in the back mountain and practice swords by himself. He didn't talk to him very much. My master and others All my uncles say that he is very talented, so he looks down on others, and we don't get close to him."

Su Yangui felt a little uncomfortable hearing this.

He could imagine Ning Jian ignoring people, but it would be too unfair to say that Ning Jian looked down on people.

"Ah, I'm sorry, just pretend you didn't hear what I said just now... The back mountain is here..." The young man seemed to know he had made a slip of the tongue, and quickly apologized.

Su Yangui smiled, and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

The back mountain is a small flat land, and there is a huge boulder standing on the edge of the cliff. When Su Yangui approached, he saw countless mottled sword marks on the boulder, some deep and some shallow, as if years of wind and rain had passed.

"This is all left by the little uncle. The head once joked that when the little uncle is away, this is the only stone he can see and think about."

What else was said by the man behind, Su Yangui didn't pay attention to it, but subconsciously stretched out his hand to caress the sword marks on the stone, and slowly closed his eyes, as if he could see the man standing there with a serious expression. The sword, one cut and one stab, is so serious that it makes people's heart beat.

When I opened my eyes again, my eyes were a little blurry.He thought that when he arrived at Yi Lian Mountain and saw Tang Yuli, he would always be able to ask some news about Ning Jian, but apart from the sword mark on the stone, he didn't get anything at all.

There is no elixir here, and there is no Sky Heart Grass, so why did Ning Jian come back?

Thinking of this, Su Yangui turned around and ran back, the young man chased after him from a distance, until he rushed into Tang Yuli's room, and finally stopped.

"Why did Ning Jian come back?"

Tang Yuli was holding tea in his hand, and when he saw him rushing in, he didn't get angry, but slowly put down the cup: "Of course I haven't been back for a long time, so I came here to see my uncle."

"In that case, didn't he say anything to you?" Su Yangui's words became more aggressive.

Tang Yuli smiled: "Yes, he asked me to send some things to Xiaoyao Shanzhuang for him, and said, don't let people find the source."

What was sent, Su Yangui naturally knew, but he didn't give up: "Is there anything else?"

"Also, he said he was going to do something that might affect the Heavenly Sword Gate, so let me be prepared." Tang Yuli sighed, "Since you know it's troublesome, just don't do it, this kid, that's it How capricious."

"He's not willful!" Su Yangui blurted out.

Tang Yuli looked at him as if he was looking at something very interesting, and didn't speak.

Su Yangui's face became hot, he lowered his head for a while, and said in a muffled voice: "Since Senior Tang doesn't know where Ning Jian is going, this junior will take my leave."

Tang Yuli didn't leave him behind, and watched him walk out of the door angrily, before saying quietly: "He also said that he probably won't come back again."

Su Yangui's figure outside the door froze clearly, and turned around in panic, but Tang Yuli had already turned around and stopped looking at him.

Jing Shi's words echoed in his ears again, when Su Yan returned down the mountain, he was a little staggering, but he didn't dare to stop.

──If a person really wants to disappear completely, he either has to change his face completely, or... die.

What is the reason for not coming back?

That person knelt in front of his third brother's tomb for three days, asked his uncle to send the Tianxin grass and letterhead, took a long sword from the palace, and took away the troubles that had been added to him, and then disappeared.

Thinking of this, Su Yangui couldn't help but feel a hint of hatred.

It's just that together with the hatred, there is a deeper anxiety and tension, which makes him unable to sleep peacefully in the ruined temple and mountains in the middle of the night.

He didn't know what happened to Ning Jian, what Ning Jian wanted to do, and where to go to find Ning Jian.