Still pity the grass and trees

Li Congning held a grand banquet in Jingdexuan to welcome Zhu Yuege and his party.Ji Tanyin got the news and waited at the gate of the courtyard early in the morning.Li Chengyi followed behind him like a tail, holding a handful of melon seeds, spitting out the skin in his mouth, causing the boy to sweep the whole place with a broom.

"Master, I heard that the flower pavilion master looks like a fairy, is it true?" He raised his chubby face, showing a funny expression that was pretending to be ambiguous.

Ji Tanyin pretended not to hear, Li Cheng also thought about it, and immediately changed his words, pulling at the corner of Ji Tanyin's clothes and acting like a spoiled child: "Brother Ji..."

Ji Tanyin had no choice but to take his fleshy hand and said, "Sister Hua is indeed beautiful."

Li Cheng also refused to let go: "How beautiful? I heard that she will be 30 years old."

Ji Tanyin looked at the pedestrians and carriages passing by on the other side of the street, and absently responded a few times.Li Cheng also bulged his cheeks, and complained that Ji Tanyin ignored him: "You only like Master and don't like me, I'll call him here!"

"Don't run around!" Ji Tanyin quickly hugged him, pointing to a group of majestic men in the distance, "Look, they are here."

Zhu Yuege and several disciples from the Xiongtu Escort arrived first, and Li Conning Huayueying was last, walking side by side, chatting occasionally.

Ji Tanyin happily called: "Sister Hua!"

Hua Yueying looked over, her beautiful eyes immediately bent into crescent moons, and said with a smile, "Xiao Ji, I haven't seen you for a while!" She left Li Congning behind, walked to the gate in two or three steps, held Ji Tanyin's hands, and looked him up and down. Fan, said with pity: "Why are you so haggard?"

Ji Tanyin had a sore nose. He felt an inexplicable closeness to Hua Yueying, so he said truthfully: "I am worried about my master. I think you have heard about it."

Hua Yueying's eyebrows trembled, and she lowered her eyes and sighed: "We parted in Shangqiu that day, and I never expected the current situation."

"Sister Hua, do you really believe that Ye Mo is my master?" Except for Xie Wufeng, he has rarely mentioned this question to others recently, and every time he opens his mouth, the wavering in his heart seems to deepen.

Hua Yueying pursed her lips, put her bare hands on Ji Tanyin's shoulders, and looked at Li Chengyi who was staring at her with burning eyes: "Whose child is this?"

"My son," Li Conning cut in at the right time, and said loudly, "Master Hua Pavilion, let's go in and talk?"

"Okay, then I would like to thank Escort Li for his kindness." Hua Yueying took Ji Tanyin's arm and stepped across the vermilion threshold.

Li Congning intended to win over Zhuyue Pavilion, and the drinks, food, and lodging were all prepared extremely exquisitely.

Apart from Hua Yueying, there were five people from Zhu Yue Pavilion, and Li Conning set up another seat, accompanied by several well-known escorts.

Tea is served first, and everyone eats once.Hua Yueying took the main seat, accompanied by Li Conning and Tan Fengxuan, and Ji Tanyin, Li Chengyi, and two vacant seats below.

"Is the young master still awake?" Li Conning said in a bad tone, and told the servant girl, "Hurry up and call me to meet the guests!"

Hua Yueying quickly persuaded: "Li Escort, don't get angry, it's normal for young people to sleep too much."

Li Cheng also shook his head and complained: "Brother got up early and went to a private meeting with the beautiful sister!"

Li Congning's face darkened in an instant, and he couldn't say anything serious to his beloved young son, so he stared bull-eyed and signaled him to keep his words down.

Tan Fengxuan said: "The pavilion master laughed."

Hua Yueying shook her head, and asked quite curiously: "Su Wenxiongtu's Young Master of the Escort Bureau is handsome and good at swordsmanship. I don't know which girl from Sansheng is lucky enough to form a good marriage with him?"

Li Congning snorted and said, "It's a matter of no shadow, it's hot to shave your head."

Tan Fengxuan took a look at her husband, and said: "To tell the truth, I don't know which girl Chengyang is in love with. It is said that there is only one meeting, and he will go to the place where he first met every day to wait."

"It's actually like this." Hua Yueying picked up the teacup, skimmed off the foam with the celadon lid, thoughtfully.

She was considerate, and stopped asking questions about Li Chengyang, and instead chatted about gossip in the martial arts world.Li Conning was also calm, he didn't mention Xi Fanjiao, Ye Mo and the leader of the martial arts, just joking along with him.

Not long after, the topic came to the old pavilion master who passed away. Li Congning said with emotion: "The previous pavilion masters of Zhuyue Pavilion are very mysterious. I was lucky enough to meet your master once. Although he doesn't talk much, he is a kind-hearted person. With such a prestigious Assassin organization, but with a heart of benevolence and righteousness, it is rare, rare."

"Yes, my teacher passed away six years ago, and I miss him every day."

Ji Tanyin sat next to him and listened silently to the conversation of the elders. Hearing this, he couldn't help but think of Ji Heng, and felt very uncomfortable for a while.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside Xuan, and a person pushed the door in and said casually: "Apologize, I'm late."

He was dressed in emerald green clothes, and was blown by the sudden autumn wind. His whole body was bright and bright, and he should have looked like a flamboyant nobleman, but he had an elegant and good-looking appearance. Looking at him, it was only pleasing to the eye. , without a trace of vulgar temperament.

As soon as Ji Tanyin turned his head, the emerald green floating in his vision made him dazed.

Xie Wufeng closed the door behind his back, cupped his hands to Tan Fengxuan: "Sister Xuan." He saluted Li Conning hastily.

Li Congning didn't care about his contempt, pointed at Hua Yueying and introduced: "This is the Lord Huage of Zhuyue Pavilion, can Mr. Xie recognize it?"

Xie Wufeng seemed to have just noticed the beauty on the main seat, took a fixed look, and curled the corners of his lips without a smile.

Hua Yueying also smiled: "Mr. Xie and I can say we know each other well, or we can say we don't know each other."

"Oh?" Tan Fengxuan was interested, "How do you say that?"

Xie Wufeng took a seat beside Ji Tanyin, poured a cup of strong tea from the pot, poured it with his head up, glanced at the dazed young man from the corner of his eye, and teased, "Stupid?"

Ji Tanyin's face became hot, and she turned away awkwardly, picked up a piece of snack from the table, and muttered in her mouth: "It's not too hot to wear so much."

At this moment, Hua Yueying had already told Li Congning and his wife about the acquaintance with Xie Wufeng at the beginning, and teased: "If I didn't see it on the arrest warrant later, I would only think that Mr. Xie is Xiaoji's cousin."

Tan Fengxuan asked: "Could it be one of your enemies who wants to borrow a knife to kill someone?"

Xie Wufeng said twice: "Then he really miscalculated."

"A few days ago, the government issued an announcement saying that you were captured and that you would be cut in half in a few days. What's going on? It really confuses me."

Just as he was talking, Li Chengyang arrived.He just came back from the outside, with beads of sweat on his forehead and red mud on the soles of his feet, he bowed deeply as soon as he entered the door, saying hello to Huayueying, and greetings to his parents.

With a straight face, Li Conning reprimanded him a few words.

Li Chengyang responded obediently, obviously absent-minded, only the image of the woman he liked flashed in front of his eyes, and the phrase "what a coincidence" she said to himself today.

Tan Fengxuan saw her husband's nostrils fluttering and his temples twitching, so he knew he was going to lose his temper, so she quickly ordered her maid to prepare vegetables.

Li Chengyang was unaware of this, sat down next to Li Chengyi, and pinched his younger brother's face.

Li Cheng also seized the opportunity to act coquettishly: "Brother, don't you want to teach me how to archery? I haven't seen anyone in the past few days."

Li Chengyang said: "I will teach you in the afternoon."

Li Cheng also rolled his eyes wildly, locked on Hua Yueying, and asked with a smile: "Which fairy is the elder sister you adore, is she as beautiful as the Master Hua?"

Li Conning shouted: "Chengyi!"

Li Cheng also pouted and made a grimace, pestering his brother with questions.

Hua Yueying smiled and said: "The young master of Li Biaotou's family is really a treasure."

In order to prevent his brother from uttering embarrassing words again, Li Chengyang kept holding vegetables for him.After a while, he noticed a warm gaze from the opposite side, so he took a chicken leg and handed it over, apologetically saying: "Little brother, I have neglected you these days."

Ji Tanyin greeted him with a bowl, but unexpectedly, the chicken leg was caught halfway, and the two pairs of chopsticks collided in the air, secretly competing with each other, and couldn't stand.

Ji Tanyin bumped Xie Wufeng with his elbow, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

Xie Wufeng didn't answer, snatched the chicken leg from Li Chengyang's hand, put it in front of his eyes for a moment, and then threw it into Ji Tanyin's bowl.

boring.Ji Tanyin glared at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

After the meal, each of them rinsed their mouths, and Li Conning invited Zhu Yuege and his party to enjoy in the garden.

Hua Yueying declined and said: "Let's talk about the business first, Li Escort went to great lengths to entertain us, if I don't explain clearly, I will feel sorry."

She is a smart person and has a clear understanding of the situation. Li Conning simply did not go around and said in a deep voice: "Then please come to the study to explain."

After they left, Li Cheng also acted like a spoiled child, asking his brother, master, and wife to play together.

It is the season when sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, and the courtyard is full of fragrance, which makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally.Li Cheng also climbed trees to catch fish, causing the house to fly like dogs and dogs. When he was tired from playing, he asked Ji Tanyin to compete with him in throwing pots. Whoever lost would drink plum soup.Xie Wufeng and Li Chengyang sat on the stone bench beside them, watching the game.

Xie Wufeng suddenly said: "You will be sighing all the energy in the world."

Li Chengyang was taken aback, and then realized that he had been sighing, couldn't hold back his face, and pretended to cough a few times.

He met a woman he liked again today, although he still didn't know her name, but she nodded to him when she left, indicating that she already had an impression of him.

Next time, Li Chengyang thought to himself, he must ask Fang Ming for advice.

Xie Wufeng tapped Shensha Sword lightly, and asked: "When will you pay me for the scabbard?"

"Stingy." Li Chengyang leaned back, staring at a cloud slowly passing by in the sky, and suddenly asked: "Are you treating Tan'er the same way I treat...?"

A few feet away, Ji Tanyin squinted his eyes, leaned forward slightly, held a token in his hand, and was gesticulating left and right to aim at his head, with his lips pursed into a line, looking very serious.

Xie Wufeng looked at it for a while, and said: "I'm afraid it's not the same."

The study room was burning with rich agarwood, the door was closed tightly, and the white smoke was scattered in countless ways, and finally became invisible.

Li Conning got up, and cupped his hands at Hua Yueying: "With the words of the pavilion master, I feel relieved."

Hua Yueying returned the gift, and said flatly: "In the future, Li Escort will become the leader of the alliance, but don't forget the benefits promised to Zhu Yuege today."

To show his respect, Li Conning arranged for Zhu Yuege and his party to stay overnight in a private courtyard next to the hot spring.That night, Huayueying served wine and dishes, invited Ji Tanyin to come for a drink, and asked about various experiences after the farewell.

The thrilling journey along the way, Ji Tanyin summed it up in a few words, Hua Yueying frowned, patted the back of his hand, and sighed: "It's really close to death, you have suffered."

"It's nothing," Ji Tanyin smiled sheepishly, "Thanks to Xie Wufeng, otherwise I would have died long ago."

"Speaking of him..." Hua Yueying dragged on, then narrowed her phoenix eyes suddenly, and asked forcefully, "What's the matter with you? I saw everything at the banquet today."

After Ji Tanyin drank a few glasses of wine, color was already showing on her face, and her cheeks became more and more gorgeous when she asked her this question.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Hua Yueying poked his forehead resentfully: "You."

"He is a loose and frivolous person, you have to care about yourself."

Ji Tanyin gave a muffled "hmm", seeing that it was getting late, she said goodbye to Hua Yueying.

Hua Yueying sent him to the gate of the small courtyard, and asked if there was any progress in the child abduction case she encountered in Shangqiu. "You claimed to have clues, what happened now?"

Ji Tanyin shook his head distressedly, the two tokens taken from the killer were not a breakthrough, and the whereabouts of Gongqian's old man was unknown, this case has come to an end.

Hua Yueying pondered for a moment, and said: "[-]% are made by Xifan Sect, otherwise how could you practice Ye Mo's evil martial arts? Don't worry, the major sects have formed an alliance, and the first thing to do is to encircle and suppress Xifan Sect. After arresting the leader of Ancuo, we will be able to settle the matter."

Ji Tanyin left the courtyard and walked back to the east wing along the dark path.Passing by the garden, there is a crisp sound of dead branches breaking from behind the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

Just when the wind was raging, Ji Tanyin tensed his nerves, quietly pressed the hilt of his sword, stared at the front intently, and shouted: "Who!"

"Me." A familiar voice.

Xie Wufeng came out from the depths of the bushes, holding a bowl of gauze lanterns in his right hand, and the hazy light reflected the moon in the sky.

Ji Tanyin relaxed and asked, "Why are you here?"

Xie Wufeng shook the lamp in his hand, "Waiting for you."

"Why don't you go in? Sister Hua even asked about you."

Xie Wufeng simply said: "I don't like that woman."

A good atmosphere can always make him stiff, Ji Tanyin replied: "But I like it."

"You are not allowed to like it."

"Why don't you allow it, I'll just—" He paused, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, and the gentle moonlight fell down, shining brightly.

Xie Wufeng pinched Ji Tanyin's chin, and kissed fiercely, the force seemed to eat him up.He didn't let him go until the tip of Ji Tanyin's tongue was numb and trembling all over, and said in a faint voice, "You are not allowed to tell others that you like it."