Still pity the grass and trees

This competition was a big blow to Li Chengyang, he came from a wealthy background, he learned from Yushan Excalibur, he is a person who attaches great importance to face and loves fame.Losing to his junior brother who had always been inferior to him was not only unexpected, but also made him feel ashamed. Although Ji Tanyin did not show off as a winner, every meeting between the two seemed to remind him of this defeat, so he started Consciously or unintentionally avoiding Ji Tanyin.

For Xie Wufeng, this is simply what he wished for.He always asks Ji Tanyin to drink in his room at dusk, and when night covers the world, Ji Tanyin becomes five or six times drunk, resists a few times when he wants to refuse, and then is hugged into bed by him, and they share the quilt.

After three consecutive nights, Ji Tanyin finally discovered the clues of the conspiracy, sat up holding the quilt, and angrily accused Xie Wufeng: "You did it on purpose!"

Xie Wufeng laughed out loud, with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

Ji Tanyin punched him indiscriminately, felt dizzy, lay down again, and asked, "How long has Uncle Huang been away?"

"It's been seven days."

"I don't know what he found out..."

Ji Tanyin's words lacked confidence, because he was upset and couldn't tell what result he was looking forward to.If Tang Lianwei and his wife were killed by Ji Heng by mistake, would he still be full of adoration as before when he saw Master again?I'm afraid I have a grudge.

In order to divert this bad thought, he forced himself to think about other things, and asked casually, "Did you see my elder brother today?"

Xie Wufeng shook his head.

"He seems to be avoiding me." Ji Tanyin turned sideways, put his right hand under his ear, and looked at Xie Wufeng in distress, "I always feel that I am not as close as I was when I was a child."

Xie Wufeng turned his head and saw Ji Tanyin's lips pouting slightly, with a childish look, he couldn't help pinching his cheek lightly, and said: "You said it was a child, can people not grow up?"

There are many martial arts heroes coming and going in Xiangyang city.Since the attack on Xiyan Mountain Villa and Hengshan faction, dozens of local gangs have strengthened their defenses. Walking on the street, six out of ten people hang their knives and swords.

Facing the sun, Li Chengyang walked listlessly.Some time ago, in order to defend against the villains of the Xifan Sect, he was busy with his father, and finally had a rest time. He should have been in the mansion with his junior, or read and painted, but he really couldn't calm down.

He couldn't forget the competition three days ago.Although Li Chengyang kept reassuring himself that it was just a momentary miss, he didn't have the courage to ask his junior to win back.If you lose another game, what face will you save!

Sleeping at night, in the dream is also the light of Ji Tanyin's sword, magnificent and chilly, Li Chengyang suddenly opened his eyes, rose under the moon, and practiced the Yushan sword technique over and over again in the courtyard.

But no matter how much he practiced, he knew in his heart that he was no match for Ji Tanyin.He wasn't jealous, he just hated, hated himself for not living up to expectations.

When I left the mountain three years ago, Ji Heng once told you earnestly, that my master has taught you all of my martial arts, and what kind of realm you can achieve in the future depends entirely on your own luck.

Over the past few years, Li Chengyang has not neglected his martial arts, and practiced diligently every day, but his swordsmanship did not improve at all.Before Ji Tanyin's arrival, no one discovered this fact, even he himself was complacent, because his senior friends were praising him, praising him for his youthful talent and extraordinary talent.

Talented, this word has been pasted on his head since he was a child, Li Chengyang has never doubted it - after seeing Ji Tanyin wield a wooden sword in a decent way at a young age, and he still couldn't memorize the sword manual at that age When he was young, he also thought about whether he was "innately gifted" or whether his parents needed him to be "innately gifted".

Li Congning kept telling him that the Xiongtu Escort Bureau would definitely be handed over to him in the future, and those unfinished ambitions needed to be fulfilled by him.It is necessary to be competitive, and it is unfilial to live in mediocrity.

So far, Li Chengyang's performance has satisfied Li Congning and his wife.He played the role of "young bodyguard head", and he acted steadily and understood the general situation, which made the old bodyguards in the bureau full of praise.Although occasionally envious of his ten-year-old brother who can act like a baby with his parents, he knows that his brother is different from him, and it is normal to spoil him when he grows old.

It's just that this illusion seems to be shattered.Now that Ji Tanyin has defeated him, what should he use to deceive himself and others, to confirm that he is worthy of a great job!

Li Chengyang walked aimlessly along the main road in the city. He was the young owner of the famous Xiongtu Escort, and many people knew him. Along the way, there were many people from martial arts who greeted him and looked at him with awe, approval and scrutiny.Li Chengyang tried his best to deal with it for a while, but he was overwhelmed by deep boredom, so he turned into a narrow path and walked towards the lush flowers and plants.

I don't know how long it took before I met a big stream with rippling blue waves and bushes of reeds. A few black ducks were flopping on the water, combing the feathers on the side of their necks leisurely.He felt that his mind was open, so he walked towards the stone arch bridge over the stream, wanting to climb up and look into the distance.

The path is narrow, and a clump of sloping bushes blocks the corner leading to the stone bridge. Li Chengyang hurriedly rushed to the right without looking at it. The woman in a sky blue skirt staggered and fell to one side.

"Miss, be careful!" Li Chengyang quickly leaned over to grab her, wrapping his arms around her waist, feeling his slender waist, and at the same time smelled a faint and elegant fragrance from the tip of his nose.He was stunned for a while, and looked intently, and saw that the girl was wearing a man's bamboo hat, under which her face was covered by a pink and white gauze scarf, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes that were full of autumn water.

"Where did Deng Tuzi come from, let go of my lady! Are you looking for death!" A girl in plain white shirt ran from behind anxiously, her tone fierce.

There was a gust of wind when she moved, and it happened to lift the veil of the woman in her arms, revealing a bright and delicate face. Li Chengyang's heart beat heavily, he hurriedly let go of her, and made a deep bow: "I am reckless, offending the girl." gone."

The girl in plain white clothes shoved Li Chengyang unceremoniously, and asked, "What's your name? When you go back, tell the master, I'll take your skin off!"

Only then did Li Chengyang care to look at the girl, and after a look, he found that this girl was somewhat similar to her young lady, but her facial features were weaker.He said sincerely: "I, Li Chengyang, just recklessly bumped into your young lady, I'm really sorry."

"Li Chengyang?" The girl's attitude was slightly restrained, "Young master of Xiongtu Escort Bureau?"

"Exactly." Li Chengyang replied, while quietly looking at the woman wearing a hat, their eyes met unexpectedly, and both of them blushed.

The girl tightly held the young lady's arm, and she could see that the master and servant had a good relationship, she angrily scolded: "You think we are afraid of you at the Xiongtu Escort? It just happens to settle the old and new grudges together! A few days ago at the weapon shop... "

"Xinling!" The woman stopped abruptly, she grabbed the girl's hand, "Let's go back."

The girl called Xin Ling reluctantly followed the young lady and turned around. Before leaving, she pouted and raised her eyebrows, and gave Li Chengyang a hard look.

Li Chengyang turned a blind eye and just stared at the light blue figure obsessively. The other party had walked a few feet away before he woke up as if he had just woken up from a dream. He took a step forward hesitantly and said, "Dare to ask the girl's name?"

The woman paused and did not answer.But the girl Xinling turned around and glanced at him, she didn't know what expression she had from a distance away.

That night, a banquet was held in Xikuanyuan of Xiongtu Escort Bureau to greet Mrs. Li and the young master who came back from visiting relatives at their natal home.Mrs. Li's real name is Tan Fengxuan, the only daughter of Tan Fangquan, a well-known swordsman in Shandong. Immediately, they became very close, and even Xie Wufeng, who was always picky, handed her a glass of wine during the banquet.

Li Chengyang's youngest brother, Li Cheng, is also a darling, chubby, although he is only ten years old, but when he speaks, he always puts on the airs of an adult and uses his accent, which makes everyone laugh frequently.

Li Conning hugged his second son on his lap, lovingly rubbing his little head, Li Chengyang laughed along with a dazed expression, chewing a chicken wing for a long time, the bones were almost gnawed, and he didn't feel it.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?" Ji Tanyin nudged him lightly with his elbow.

Since losing the competition that day, Li Chengyang often avoided Ji Tanyin and turned a blind eye to Ji Tanyin not staying in his courtyard at night.Ji Tanyin intends to repair the relationship with him, and always abandons Xie Wufeng when eating, and takes the initiative to sit beside him, but Li Chengyang still can't let go of the defeat, so he leaves the table in a hurry every time.Seeing that he was more absent-minded than usual today, Ji Tanyin thought that something serious happened, so he asked this question.

Li Chengyang came back to his senses, as if he had been caught for doing something bad, he tried to cover it up by saying "nothing".A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, but fortunately his skin was darker and not conspicuous.

Tan Fengxuan noticed the situation here, took a piece of chopsticks for Li Chengyang, and said with a smile: "Why are you out of touch, mother is back, aren't you happy?"

The banquet suddenly fell silent, and Li Chengyi imitated his tongue with a childish voice: "Yes, Chengyi is back, brother, isn't it happy?"

Only then did Li Chengyang withdraw his attention from the woman he met during the day, and made a face to his younger brother: "I'm happy, why are you unhappy? I'd be even happier if you lost some weight!"

Li Cheng also raised his voice to retort: ​​"Father said, this is called wealth!"

Everyone laughed and had a good meal.

Within two days, Li Cheng also found out that his eldest brother had changed.He no longer played with himself, dressed up and went out alone in the early morning, and returned home in a daze in the evening, and went into the house after dinner, no one was there.Li Cheng also went to his courtyard and knocked on the door, shouting and making noise, only got a sentence "I'm so annoying".Angry and curious, the young master sneaked in over the wall and punctured the window paper of Li Chengyang's bedroom. He wanted to see what bad things his elder brother was doing, but he found that Li Chengyang was just staring at the oil lamp in a daze.He immediately complained to his parents, and at the same time locked Ji Tanyin as his new playmate.

Ji Tanyin loves Li Chengyi very much, and is willing to play with him, but he misses Master and Huang Chiu, so it's hard for him to cheer up.Before leaving, Huang Cho left a message that if everything goes well, he can return to Xiangyang in ten days, but now the time limit has passed, but there is no news.The pigeon that Ji Tanyin sent back to Wenling Peak [-] days ago was intercepted halfway, or the master had other intentions after receiving the letter, but it was nowhere to be seen.These unsatisfactory things made him worry a lot.

Li Cheng also finally set his sights on Xie Wufeng, this idler who lives in the house, plays with flowers all day long, drinks and has fun.

He asked the servants around to confirm the whereabouts of Xie Wufeng, then he walked into the garden with his hands behind his back and his head held high. He put on a look of experience and asked proudly: "Hey, they say you are impermanent." Guest, is it true?"

Xie Wufeng was lying on an old tree basking in the sun. This place was discovered by Ji Tanyin. It is hidden, dry and cool, very suitable for taking a nap.He glanced at Li Chengyi: "What do you think?"

"I don't think so," Li Cheng was also eloquent, "Brother Xiao Ji said that the appearance of the non-regular customer is very ugly."

The corner of Xie Wufeng's mouth twitched, secretly slandering Ji Tanyin how much he hated him for concealing his identity back then, "ugly" was not enough, but "very ugly".

Li Cheng didn't care about this either, his attention quickly shifted, he pointed to a big tree next to Xie Wufeng, and shouted in surprise: "Got it! Help me catch it!"

It is indeed rare for cicadas to survive this month.Xie Wufeng silently thought that children are really troublesome, slowly raised his upper body, took out the Shensha sword and weighed it, then pointed the tip of the sword at the big black cicada, and flicked his wrist lightly.

"Oh," Cicada huddled into a ball and fell to the ground, Li Cheng stomped his feet in dissatisfaction, "I told you to catch it, but what are you doing with it! How can I play with it!"

Xie Wufeng yawned lazily: "It's not dead, you pick it up and have a look."

Li Cheng was also dubious. At this time, the cicada on the ground squirmed, and he quickly picked it up. After observing it, he was overjoyed and stared at Xie Wufeng with adoring eyes, saying: "Did you faint just now? You are amazing!"

Although Li Chengyi is young, he was born in a family of martial arts, so he can see the quality of kung fu.He knows that swordsmanship has been practiced to the extreme, and what he pays attention to is the ease of retraction and release. Xie Wufeng's dexterity is really amazing.

"Master!" Li Chengyi's eyes lit up, he held his cicada and bowed to Xie Wufeng, "Accept me as an apprentice!"

Master Xie Wufeng is still alive, and has no plans to accept apprentices.But he is playful by nature, looking at this silly little fat man, he thought of playing a prank: "You can accept it, but I have to test you for a few days to see if you understand etiquette."

Li Cheng is also a little witty ghost, so he changed his address immediately: "Understand understand! Just tell me, master!"

Xie Wufeng couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth, he beckoned for Li Chengyi to come forward, his two black heads got together and murmured for a long time.

Ji Tanyin passed by the corner gate and accidentally caught a glimpse of this scene. Although he felt puzzled, he didn't take it seriously.When it was time for dinner, when the lights were lit in the house, Li Chengyi suddenly stepped into the room with his chubby chest, and gave him a deep bow as soon as they met: "Hi, Mistress! Please have dinner, Mistress!"

Ji Tanyin was taken aback, looked around to the left, then to the right, and finally met Li Chengyi's serious gaze, with a bad feeling in his heart: "Chengyi, who is your name?"

"Call you, Brother Xiaoji!" After saying that, Li Cheng also poohed twice, "No, it's my teacher, I worshiped Wu Changke as my teacher, and he said that you will be my teacher from now on!"

Ji Tanyin's face was blushing, and he heard a strange noise coming from outside the window, like silk rubbing against a carved porch, delicate and soft, mixed with a faint laughter.

"Thank you Wufeng!" He pushed Li Chengyi away and rushed out, so angry that he wanted to hit someone, "I won't talk to you anymore!"