Still pity the grass and trees

When Ji Tanyin woke up, he was in a carriage.

The road is rough, the wheels run over gravel from time to time, and the bumps are severe.He opened his eyes and stared at the dangling tassels on the roof of the carriage. The first thought in his mind was that it would be better to ride a horse.

The next moment, memories from before he fell asleep came flooding back, slapping him hard on the face, forming a weird and stiff expression.

Ji Tanyin took a hard breath, sat up and opened the door.Xie Wufeng sat on the shaft of the car, leaning his back against the carriage, felt the movement, turned his head and glanced: "Are you awake?"

Ji Tanyin shrank her neck back and stared at him coldly.

Xie Wufeng nodded his chin towards the depths of the carriage, "There is water, and there is half a crystal goose, it is a bit fatty after cold, just eat it, now we are walking on a mountain path, so there is no way to buy food."

Ji Tanyin seemed to have never heard of it, his lips were as gray as a wall, his hair was dry and white, his messy black hair was wet from the tears flowing from his dream, and he stuck to his cheeks tightly, looking weak and embarrassed, but he looked at Xie Wufeng's face His gaze was sharp and his strength was heavy.

Xie Wufeng tightened the reins, Zhuifeng Zhuyue raised his head and neighed, his running speed gradually slowed down, and finally stopped.

While the carriage was stilling slowly, he kept leaning sideways, meeting Ji Tanyin's eyes, with a layer of pity shrouded in his eyes.

Ji Tanyin has never been so keen before, he caught this sympathy, the sympathy from his friend who treats him sincerely, and suddenly became angry.

"Draw the sword!" Ji Tanyin drew out the Yingxue sword and stabbed at Xie Wufeng.

Xie Wufeng twisted his body gently to avoid the sharp edge of the sword, seeing Ji Tanyin's agitation and fierce sword wind, he had no choice but to jump off the carriage.This is a narrow mountain path with dense forests on both sides. Because of the drought, the trees show a listless withered yellow.Ji Tanyin rushed out of the carriage, his breath was not concentrated, his foot was not stable, but he didn't stop at all, and stabbed at the place where Xie Wufeng was standing.The fierce battle the night before exhausted his strength, and his internal energy has not yet been adjusted, so Yushan swordsmanship is not as light as usual, but the whistling wind of the sword is full of the anger of the sword wielder.

Xie Wufeng didn't fight back, but just hid.His movements are strange and unbelievably fast, like a piece of flimsy silk, and like a ghost in a folk tale.He can borrow strength from the ends of the most slender branches, and he can also retreat from Ji Tanyin's impenetrable sword light, with his sleeves swaying like an immortal.Ji Tanyin played a few tricks with him, and the feeling of deja vu gradually awakened his memory. He was startled and angry at the moment, and asked: "That night outside the courtyard wall of Ren Chengwei Zhang Dahu's house, was it you!"

"It's me. I'm just a regular customer, so I shouldn't hide it from you."

No regulars!Ji Tanyin's mind went blank, he didn't have time to think, but these three words reflexively aroused anger, which made Yingxue sword swing wilder and wilder.

Not long after, a set of Yushan swordsmanship was used to the end, and only the last move, Hanging the willow willow, Ji Tanyin raised his breath suddenly, and slanted Xie Wufeng's chest from bottom to top. When he dodged sideways, the tip of the sword shook and stabbed straight Carotid arteries.He thought that Xie Wufeng would successfully evade, just like the previous dozens of moves, Jianfeng couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes, so this blow had no reservations.Unexpectedly, Xie Wufeng suddenly stopped his erratic steps, and calmly faced the stabbing sword.

In an instant, Ji Tanyin was in a panic, and blurted out: "What are you doing!"

Amidst his rapid panting, the Yingxue sword managed to stop the castration, and stopped an inch in front of Xie Wufeng's throat, the tip of the sword trembled slightly and hummed.

Xie Wufeng stood with his hands down, his face was calm, his calmness was cruel to Ji Tanyin: "Look, even if I lie to you, you still don't want to kill me, do you?"

Ji Tanyin lowered his arm, and the Yingxue sword plunged into the dry loess. His Adam's apple rose and fell several times, and suddenly he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".

"Ayin!" Xie Wufeng hurried forward, took him into his arms, and tapped Tanzhong, Jiuwei, Juque, Shenque and other acupoints.He wanted to carry Ji Tanyin back to the carriage, but Ji Tanyin refused, so he had to help him and walked back step by step.

The interior of the carriage was very dark. When Ji Tanyin opened the door, the sunlight outside finally found a chance and rushed in enthusiastically.With the help of the light, Ji Tanyin found that there was still a figure lying in the carriage, with a tall, slightly fat body, a bald head, half-open lips, and a wisp of dried blood imprinted on the chin.That is Monk Jinlian.

He was stunned, and his eyes instantly became wet.

Xie Wufeng gave him a gentle push on the back: "The true energy in your body is rushing around, and you may hurt your lungs. It's important to adjust your breath quickly."

Ji Tanyin was silent for a moment, without further arguing with him, he sat cross-legged in the carriage, silently recited the "Bodhi Sutra" of inner strength and heart method, and guided the true energy to travel around the twelve meridians and return to the dantian.Xie Wufeng sat on the shaft of the car, slowly rubbing two walnuts in his hands, watching him practice silently and with concern.

It took about two sticks of incense, and the fishy sweetness in the throat was finally suppressed. Ji Tanyin opened his eyes, met Xie Wufeng's eyes, and asked, "Are you really a frequent visitor?"

Xie Wufeng nodded, he was rarely nervous and guilty, and made a joke that no one liked: "I thought you would care more about who tried to kill you last night."

Ji Tanyin ignored him and asked forcefully, "Why did you lie to me? What's your purpose?"

"I didn't lie to you." Xie Wufeng said, "I never denied that I am a frequent visitor. Although I don't like this title, I never denied it."

Ji Tanyin was speechless for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, and asked Xie Wufeng fiercely why he deliberately let a few robbers kill him the day they first met.

His suspicious eyes and guarded posture made Xie Wufeng feel blocked, and explained: "It wasn't intentional, I was about to make a move, and you came here."

"You didn't even hold a sword!" Ji Tanyin said, and the scene of that day appeared in front of his eyes. He was very impressed by the first meeting with Xie Wufeng. At that time, what he held in his hand was clearly a willow branch... Ji Tanyin's expression suddenly brightened There was a subtle change, the black grape-like eyes opened slightly, the muscles at the corners of his lips twitched strangely, and then froze again, he looked at Xie Wufeng, with an imperceptible awe in his tone: "Could it be, your martial arts Have you reached that level?"

Ji Heng once said that when martial arts is practiced to a certain level, flying flowers and leaves can hurt people.Ji Tanyin had never seen his master perform before, so with Ji Heng's internal strength, it shouldn't be a problem.But Xie Wufeng is less than [-] years old, how can he have such abundant true energy?In addition, if his internal energy is pure and profound, why didn't Ji Tanyin notice it at all when he walked with him for a long time?

Xie Wufeng saw that he was confused, leaned over to take a box of pastries, and said to Ji Tanyin: "Eat something first, I will tell you slowly."

Ji Tanyin took the food box and held it in a daze, motionless for a while.He seemed to have strayed into the backstage in an exquisite shadow puppet show, and when he saw those silk threads and deftly flying hands, he was suddenly enlightened, and he was no longer amazed by the performance.Bit by bit of details these days are rushing into my mind, Ji Tanyin's expression is dull, and he said in a positive tone: "Your money is all stolen." As if burning his hands, he left the food box and a few snacks spill out.

"borrowed."

"You haven't paid it back at all!"

Xie Wufeng smiled sarcastically: "Who doesn't pay it back? Isn't the money of the rich coming from the poor?"

He has indeed made a lot of money along the way, and the rewards to the buddies are often one or two taels of silver. So this is the so-called "return"?

However, this is wrong!

Ji Tanyin looked at Xie Wufeng's face, the thick sword eyebrows, the straight nose tip, and the light-colored lips, he was clearly familiar, but overnight, he suddenly became a non-regular visitor... Ji Tanyin remembered the day before and had to say goodbye to him And sad, but at the moment I just feel stupid.In addition to the anger of being deceived, many different emotions emerged one after another, and they were entangled and mixed into an unspeakable pain.

Ji Tanyin picked up a piece of pastry from the overturned food box, and stuffed it into his mouth dumbly. Soon, his throat became very dry, and the area below the collarbone and above the chest was full and hot, and he began to cough.Xie Wufeng handed over a flat wine jug, which was exactly the one given to Ji Tanyin at the beginning, and he packed the two people's things in a hurry, but he didn't leave it behind.Ji Tanyin took the jug and took a sip. The spicy wine pushed the hard lump down the esophagus slowly, and the slight pain from the friction made his confused mind clearer.

Zhui Feng and Zhui Yue scratched their hooves impatiently, causing the carriage to shake.Ji Tanyin regained his strength after eating something, and said to Xie Wufeng: "I saved your life," he paused at this point, with an unnatural expression, "Although you may not need it, it did save you. Last night you Saved me too, and now we're even."

Xie Wufeng raised his eyebrows, he couldn't see any joy or anger: "Now that you know who I am, are you in a hurry to draw a clear line?"

"It's because you lied to me! For more than a month, you have had many opportunities to confess, why didn't you say it?" Ji Tanyin's pale face flushed with anger, and his chest heaved violently, "I treat you sincerely, but you... look Isn't it funny that I was tricked into running around!"

Xie Wufeng's eyes turned cold, and he stopped talking: "It's very interesting."

Ji Tanyin clenched her fists tightly, and her rapid breathing could be clearly heard in the carriage.He stretched his legs and touched the stiff body of Monk Jinlian, feeling that all this was so unreal.The ugly, ruthless, righteous and evil gangster in the legend was sitting in front of him at this moment. The arrogant and narrow-minded Jinlian monk actually stood up for him when he was in trouble, and now he lay silently on his back. By my side, I can no longer speak.

Ji Tanyin felt the urge to cry again, he forced himself to calm down and think about the messy situation.It is certain that the killer last night came from a gang that abducts and sells young children, but the identity cannot be guessed from the martial arts routines, clothing, and weapons used.The only thing that was clear was that they wanted to take Ji Tanyin's life.

why?Did I find a clue that I didn't realize it?

Xie Wufeng raised his whip, waved it lightly, and chased the wind and the moon raised his front hooves in the air, and started galloping.

The bumps under her body disrupted her thoughts, and Ji Tanyin hugged her knees, leaning on the carriage that was warmed by the sun, meditating.The half-opened compartment door drifted past Xie Wufeng's clothes from time to time, and when he saw it, he felt a sharp pain in his heart, and said harshly, "Hey, where are you going?"

Xie Wufeng said: "The front is Zhecheng. I stayed in this county for a while a few years ago. I know there is a temple in the suburbs of the county. I plan to send the fat monk there. The weather is hot, and it will rot if I put it in."

When he spoke, his tone was extremely flat, as if a person who was alive the day before was about to "rot" suddenly, which was a very normal thing.Ji Tanyin recalled that on the first day they met, when he buried the body that had been pecked by crows, Xie Wufeng also had the same stand-by attitude.A strange intimacy suddenly surged up, and the anger in my heart was relieved a little.Ji Tanyin thought, apart from pretending not to know martial arts, Xie Wufeng did not pretend to be hypocritical.

At sunset that night, they finally arrived at the remote Yuanjue Temple.The incense in the temple is not very strong, but the green smoke is always there.When several monks saw them carrying long swords around their waists and carrying a dead body to enter the monastery, they were shocked and ran to the backyard, shouting for the abbot.After a while, the master abbot came to the gate of the temple unhurriedly, put his hands together to Ji Tanyin and Xie Wufeng, said Amitabha, and then looked at Monk Jinlian's blood-stained monk's robe and the hideous wound on his chest.Ji Tanyin explained the purpose of his visit and asked the abbot to cremate Monk Jinlian in the temple. The abbot Nianxu pondered for a while, sighed after a while, and agreed to their request.

Xie Wufeng took out 20 taels of silver as incense money, but the abbot refused to accept it, and he didn't insist anymore.Seeing that the visitors were not malicious, the monks in the temple appeared from the corner one after another and greeted each other.At that moment, the abbot ordered his disciples to pile up firewood, lay the body of Monk Jinlian flat, and light a torch. A dozen or so monks formed a circle and recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra.

The golden tongue of flame jumped up, devouring the corpse greedily and swiftly. Ji Tanyin bit her lip, her slight whimper was hidden in the crackling of firewood and the monk's chanting.In fact, he doesn't have a deep friendship with Monk Jinlian, and he once echoed and laughed when others teased Monk Jinlian's feet.Now, how much he regretted being so rude!

It was already midnight when the funeral was over, the abbot Liu Ji Tanyin and Xie Wufeng stayed overnight and had some fast food.Ji Tanyin was worried that the hunt would continue, so he would implicate all the monks living in the temple, so he bowed deeply and declined his kindness.

The two left Yuanjue Temple and returned to the carriage.Zhuifeng seemed to notice that Ji Tanyin was in a low mood, so he put the slender horse's face up to him humanly, and rubbed against his chest.Ji Tanyin hugged Zhuifeng's neck, combing his mane lightly, and the crickets sounded from all around, making the silence not so monotonous.After a while, he raised his head and said to Xie Wufeng: "Let's part here."

Xie Wufeng leaned on the carriage, and said in a strange way: "Why, are you also afraid that I will be implicated?"

Ji Tanyin didn't answer, Xie Wufeng asked again: "How is your body?"

Ji Tanyin's internal injuries were not healed, and he had a fight with Xie Wufeng during the day, and he was even more seriously injured. After a little luck, the pain in his dantian was unbearable. He resisted the discomfort and said, "It's okay."

Xie Wufeng sighed, and begged in his voice: "Ayin, do you have to be so born?"

When Ji Tanyin came to say goodbye the night before, Xie Wufeng had already made up his mind to part ways with him. If Ji Tanyin really went to Kaifeng Mansion to look for him in the future, he would definitely not even see a trace of him.But even though he thought clearly, he was still melancholy, and got drunk that night.Hearing the sound in the middle of the night, he didn't take it seriously at first, and when he rushed to the scene slowly, he saw Ji Tanyin fighting with people with disheveled hair, and when a sharp sword was about to penetrate his back, Xie Wufeng felt like falling into an ice cellar.

He broke off a branch and threw it vigorously. When Ji Tanyin greeted death with an earthy face, he felt that he was also turned into ashes.

At that moment, he understood that the bondage had already occurred and was out of his control.

Ji Tanyin looked at Xie Wufeng and didn't speak for a while.He pursed his lips, grabbed the edge of the sleeve with his thumb and index finger, and pulled it several times in a row.

He is a soft-hearted person, although Xie Wufeng lied to him and even saw his jokes, but...

"Be careful!" Xie Wufeng pulled Ji Tanyin behind him, drew the Chensha sword out of its sheath, and cut off a flying arrow!