Still pity the grass and trees

The door opened, and a petite—in fact, too petite—figure walked in.Xie Wufeng stared at him coldly. Although he had thought hard and conjectured in his mind a few days ago, he still felt a strange freshness and alertness when he saw the real person at this moment.

The man smiled brightly at him, walked calmly to the Eight Immortals table in a calm way that did not match his appearance, pouted slightly at the waist-high stool, then leaned on the edge of the table to borrow strength, twisted his buttocks left and right, Fei It took a while to sit on it, and the two little feet in red embroidered shoes kicked in the air, looking innocent and innocent.

"Thank you, young master, don't come here unharmed."

The voice is also crisp and melodious, very immature.

Xie Wufeng has traveled the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and has experienced a lot of wind and rain. At this moment, he couldn't maintain his composure, raised his eyebrows, and said sarcastically: "The leader of Ancuo is so powerful, and his methods of deceiving people are first-rate."

The other party smiled, but his mouth was not forgiving: "It's just each other. I never expected that the dude with sloppy steps and unstable dantian back then is actually the number one swordsman today."

Xie Wufeng snorted coldly.

The next life has a cute, innocent and lively little face, seemingly harmless, but when she frowned and curled her lips, she revealed a mature style. Compared with the dirty, shy and timid dumb girl back then, she was simply It's a world of difference.She seemed to be unaware of Xie Wufeng's hostile gaze, she was still leisurely, resting her chin on one hand, tilting her head to pick up snacks from the table, babbling loudly.Fortunately, Ji Tanyin was not present at this time, otherwise his jaw would drop in shock. How could he have thought that the abducted girl who was rescued in Shangqiu that day turned out to be the famous leader of the Xifan Sect!

Xie Wufeng pressed his right hand on the hilt of his sword and asked, "When did you arrive in Xiangyang?"

Ancuo glanced at him, swallowed the snack slowly, and said, "A few days ago."

"Old man Gongqian is in your hands?"

"Ah."

"Then—" Xie Wufeng was interrupted by Ancuo before he could ask, "It's useless, his knowledge is limited, and he can't directly prove that person's conspiracy."

"20 years ago, you met Ji Heng? Tangjiabao murder, you know the inside story?"

Ancuo's hand holding the teacup paused in the air, the word "Ji Heng" was like a thin embroidery needle, buried in the bottom of his heart for many years, and had grown together with his flesh and blood, he thought it would not hurt anymore, but when touched At that time, you can still feel its existence. "Long-winded, what exactly do you want to know?" She raised her face and looked at Xie Wufeng, clearly expressing her displeasure.

Xie Wufeng naturally wanted to grasp everything that happened that year in detail, but he saw that the other party was shying away, his arrogance and calmness were gone, like an irritated kitten, so he changed the phrase: "The truth. "

Ancuo laughed at himself: "I told you, do you believe me? I am the leader of a cult, with a surly temper and moody temperament. I am best at seducing young and upright men, attracting them, and imprisoning them. Such a big devil must be full of nonsense. .”

She is not talking nonsense, these are the descriptions of the current leader of Xifan Sect in the Central Plains martial arts, and Xie Wufeng has also heard of it.Although he knew that Ancuo was 35 years old, what he could see was the appearance of a young girl. The other party said these words coldly, which somehow made him feel a little sad.Rumors are as fierce as tigers, and how many people in the world know that the female devil who is rumored to have nine men to sleep every night is actually a little girl who will never grow up, unable to love or be loved.

These thoughts were just a change, Xie Wufeng did not show sympathy, and calmly said: "You just need to tell me everything you experienced back then, and I will judge myself."

"Why?" Ancuo tilted his head mischievously, and suddenly began to act like a spoiled child, "Why should I trust you, the impermanent customer has always been cold-hearted, when did you start meddling in your own business?"

Seeing that Xie Wufeng didn't answer, he deliberately looked around the room and said in surprise: "Hey, Ji Shaoxia didn't come today? Why, after knowing your true identity, we parted ways with you?"

This woman is really vengeful, but if something goes wrong, she must return it intact.Xie Wufeng sneered: "Okay, if you don't want to say it, then wait to kill the demons! By then, it will be no wonder that Ji Heng can survive!"

An Cuo was furious: "If you kill the devil, you will kill the devil, so what does he have to do with Ji Daxia? I just need to send someone to save him and keep him safe from now on!"

"Master," Xie Wufeng saw that she was angry, but instead recovered his demeanor, straightened his sleeves politely, "You don't even ask, would he be willing? If he was willing to listen to your explanation 15 years ago, he would not be where he is today situation."

Ancuo was speechless, with his fists on his knees, trembling imperceptibly.She only has such a small body, but she has to hold a lot of pain beyond her appearance, so she looks tense and fragile. "Back then... how did you know?"

"Guess, so I still need the leader to explain it to me."

Ancuo fiddled with the agate ring on his index finger, was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled: "20 years ago, I was 15 years old, and my sister was [-] years old."

She talked about the past many years ago. The two sisters sneaked out of Yunnan, wanting to go north to meet the world, but they encountered a thrilling adventure.It was the first and only time in her life that her heart fluttered, and it happened at that time. The luck of narrow escape and the sweetness of the first love made that short period of time vividly unfold in the memory forever.

The whispering continued for two quarters of an hour, ending with a sigh.

The sun was setting, and the lights were not on in the room, and the darkness began to spread, eager to swallow the two figures who were sitting and standing.Xie Wufeng pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I know." He asked again: "Do you know the whereabouts of Ji Heng?"

An Cuo pinched the hem of his clothes worriedly: "I don't know, I didn't bring many people with me when I went out of Xinjiang this time. Hero Ji has indeed left Yushan, and he must have heard the rumors in the Jianghu."

Xie Wufeng glanced at her: "That person must be chasing him secretly."

An Cuo took a quick breath, and said intermittently: "He, he... is strong in martial arts, so nothing will happen."

There were vague shouts and shouts from outside, and the screams of the prostitutes rang out. The two looked at each other, showing vigilance.Ancuo jumped off the stool, Xie Wufeng pulled out half of the Shensha sword, and was about to go out to see what happened, when the door was knocked open, a woman ran in, and said anxiously: "Sister, it's not good! Haven't come back yet!"

The one who came in was the one who had previously dressed up as a prostitute. After washing off her disguise, her appearance was not unfamiliar—it was the woman who claimed to be Yunman's mother when she was in Shangqiu.

Zhai Yingshi disappeared, and the news was like a bolt from the blue, which made Ancuo furious, and scolded Zhai Yingshi for being crazy.She rushed out without looking back, leaving a final sentence: "Thank you, young master, contact me again!"

Xie Wufeng put his sword back into its sheath, not in a relaxed mood.The Tangjiabao murder case was clarified back then, now it is clear at a glance who is stirring up wind and rain in the martial arts world.It's just that although he understands it, he can't make his fellow martial artists see it clearly. They have too deep prejudices, and they are still immersed in the grief of losing their relatives, friends, and masters.Zhai Yingshi was originally the most favorable witness, but now he also told the other party to get ahead first. It really is a well-organized and well-planned plan.

Can this game of chess be turned over...

When he left Chunyi Building, there was already a lot of people turned upside down, many disciples wearing Xuandaomen costumes ran rampant in the courtyard, under the table, in the corners, they searched everywhere.After leaving the gate, lanterns were lit on the street, and the servants of the Zhai Mansion were also asking questions at the top of their voices.

The precious daughter was lost, and Zhai Yu was so worried that the city was full of wind and rain. Several martial arts sects who had good friends also provided manpower support.Li Conning brought Wan Kezhang, Hua Yueying, etc. to visit Xuandaomen, originally to threaten Zhai Yu to withdraw from the hegemony, but before they could talk a few words, Zhou Xiaowan rushed into the main hall with red eyes, shouting loudly that her daughter was gone.

After all, Hua Yueying was a woman, and she was full of sympathy, so she also ordered her bodyguard to look for Zhai Yingshi.Li Conning was disdainful in his heart. He even suspected that Zhai Yu's so-called lost and recovered daughter was a fabricated lie. It is reasonable to say that the family reunion has been going on for three months, but this girl never walks outside, and she has never seen a shadow. Who knows if it is true? Fake.However, he was concerned on the surface, sent a few bodyguards to help find someone, and then returned to the bodyguard with Wan Kezhang from the Niutou Gang.

In the Dongkua courtyard, Tan Fengxuan wore her long hair in a tangle, wearing gray clothes and trousers, brandishing a steel knife, with a heroic posture and a vigor of a tiger.Li Conning hadn't seen his wife practicing kung fu for a long time, so he clapped his hands and praised: "Madam's saber technique is already proficient, it can catch up to Naifu."

Tan Fengxuan made a move of "sweeping autumn leaves", and the tip of the knife glowing with silver light drew a full arc. The sycamore tree beside it moved without wind, and it really shook many dead leaves.She smiled with satisfaction, put the steel knife back on the weapon rack, turned to Li Conning and said, "Young poor."

Li Conning took out a handkerchief to wipe his wife's sweat. Tan Fengxuan put his shoulders and asked, "How is today?"

"Hmph, that old fox. Do you still remember when I first took over the Escort Bureau, I handled a big business and almost screwed up."

In fact, Tan Fengxuan didn't have much impression of it, but it must have been Li Conning's poor handling at the beginning, so she asked, "Which one?"

Li Congning shook his head: "Before I asked in detail, I suddenly came to report that his daughter was missing, saying that he had slipped out with the girl in the afternoon and hadn't returned. The whole sect was in turmoil. Hua Yueying stayed to help him find her daughter, I got impatient, so I came back." Just after finishing the sentence, she noticed that her wife had a strange expression, she wobbled and took a step back, wondering: "What's wrong?"

"Chengyang," Tan Fengxuan suddenly had an uneasy premonition, "he didn't come back either."

Xiangyang City tonight seems to be noisier and brighter than before, with torches and lanterns illuminating the city in a brilliant light.The peddlers shrank to the cornices on both sides of the road, bent over to protect their carts, and made way for those martial arts heroes who rode horses and hung swords.Ji Tanyin was absent-minded and didn't pay attention to the surrounding situation. After walking for a long time, he finally arrived at Chunyi Building.

Based on his shallow experience, brothels all over the world are basically the same, with a strong aroma, warmth, dim lights, and lingering music.The same is true of Chunyi Building.The disciples of Xuan Dao Sect made a mess before, and now they have left. The prostitutes put on makeup again, and then arranged their temples, and their babbling songs lingered endlessly.

Looking at the opposite door with lacquered gold double doors and red doors separated by seven or eight zhang, Ji Tanyin became timid.If he came rushing to see Xie Wufeng hugging left and right, immersed in tenderness, how embarrassing the scene would be, maybe he would be ridiculed by the other party.But if it is said to turn around and go back, Ji Tanyin is not willing, because in the bottom of his heart, he still has a lot of infatuation and a little expectation for Xie Wufeng.

Adjacent to Chunyi Building is a restaurant named "Xiang Lan Xiao". When Ji Tanyin was hesitating on the side of the street, Xie Wufeng was drinking at the railing on the second floor.It's also strange that the pair of hands that are usually very steady slipped off today holding a few peanuts.He casually turned his head, followed the rolling peanut with his eyes, and saw Ji Tanyin wearing dark blue satin clothes.Xie Wufeng thought he was dazzled and would be stunned, but when Ji Tanyin was about to melt into the grotesque scene, he woke up like a dream and turned over from the second floor.

Ji Tanyin was only a few steps away from the Chunyi Building, and was feeling uneasy, when suddenly he noticed a strong wind coming from the upper right, and quickly lunged and turned around, drawing his sword out of its sheath.Xie Wufeng was in the air, changing his figure in a hurry, lightly tapped the Yingxue sword with his toes, and landed beside him.

Ji Tanyin saw the person coming, and slowly lowered his arms. He seemed to be in a daze, with black and white eyes open, and his mouth was pursed in silence.

Xie Wufeng was also at a loss for words, but just looked at him calmly.

Not seeing each other for three days, it seemed like thirty years had passed, Ji Tanyin looked at Xie Wufeng with hatred and resentment in his eyes, more of a grievance, which made people feel distressed.

Xie Wufeng couldn't help but soften his tone: "Ayin, what are you doing here?"

Ji Tanyin tilted his head slightly, deliberately not looking at him, with an arrogant expression and a little cuteness: "You don't care about me."

Xie Wufeng smiled lightly and teased him: "Do you know where this is?"

"Of course I know," Ji Tanyin couldn't bear being looked down upon by him, and angrily said, "If you come, why don't I come?"

"I..." Xie Wufeng knew that it was the bodyguards who followed him in the afternoon who informed him, so he couldn't explain clearly for a while, and then changed the topic: "If you want to drink and listen to music, I will take you to other good places."

"Who wants you to take it?" The anger accumulated in the past few days suddenly broke out, and Ji Tanyin blurted out: "I'm here to whore/stay!"

These two words completely amused Mr. Gui, who was watching the excitement at the door. He was a wretched middle-aged man, who laughed uncontrollably.Ji Tanyin blushed, and added something, but couldn't hear clearly.Xie Wufeng turned his head and glanced at Mr. Guigui, then pressed Ji Tanyin's shoulder and pushed him to the road outside: "Don't mess around."

When Ji Tanyin was touched by him, she immediately shrank back and dodged, until she retreated to the intersection of light and shadow.Before Xie Wufeng's palm could touch the long-lost temperature, it froze in mid-air in embarrassment. "Okay," he lowered his face, approached Ji Tanyin step by step, and said sarcastically, "You go whoring, I'll ask you, will you?"

Not to be outdone, Ji Tanyin fought back forcefully: "Someone taught me!" Even so, he didn't try to enter Chunyi Building again.

At this time, the place where the two were standing was the entrance of an alley, sandwiched between brothels and restaurants, out of the reach of the lights, the surroundings were dim and gloomy.

Xie Wufeng sighed softly, he felt that he was out of control, and fell into Ji Tanyin's trap willingly, he used a pair of clear red eyes to seduce him, but he knew nothing about this attraction.Extremely helpless, he asked, "Ayin, what exactly do you want from me?"

Ji Tanyin was stunned, he felt that Xie Wufeng was unreasonable, he was clearly the one who needed the answer, why did he initiate the question first!

Xie Wufeng said: "You always don't believe it, do you want me to dig out my heart and show it to you?"

In the dark night, each other's faces were blurred, Xie Wufeng's tone was agitated, and there was a little inexplicable emotion in his voice, which suddenly stirred Ji Tanyin's heartache.He didn't know how to answer, he was still in a daze, and suddenly he heard "OK", followed by the sound of the sword being unsheathed.

"What are you doing!" In an instant, all the messy thoughts faded away, Ji Tanyin threw himself together without thinking, and hit the hilt of Shensha Sword with his palm, pushing the blade back.

Xie Wufeng took advantage of the situation and hugged him tightly, hugging him tightly.Ji Tanyin struggled twice, but he didn't use all his strength. For this embrace, he was both greedy and afraid, love and hate intertwined.Not knowing how to vent this complicated emotion, he simply stepped on Xie Wufeng's shoe and crushed it hard a few times.

Xie Wufeng let out a "hiss", and grinned in the darkness, enduring the boy's revenge.

After Ji Tanyin had vented, she leaned wearily on Xie Wufeng's shoulder, feeling dazed and sad, not knowing where they were going.

"I didn't want to tell you, but you fool," Xie Wufeng pinched the back of his neck lightly, "I already have you, how can I fall in love with vulgar makeup like Ming Yan again?"

Ji Tanyin was dizzy, and it took a while to understand the meaning of Xie Wufeng's words, implying that there was something else hidden about that matter.The hope that was almost wiped out in his heart was like a spark falling into a frying pan, burning up rapidly, and he hurriedly asked, "Then why are you..."

"My original intention was to get close to her, but who knows that woman is used to flirting, and she would sit on my lap when she came up." Xie Wufeng paused for a while, and said apologetically: "It's useless to talk, I was also at fault, and I should have pushed her away in time .”

Ji Tanyin couldn't fully accept this explanation, and wrinkled his nose: "Why didn't you explain clearly at that time?"

"There were outsiders at the time."

"Where are there outsiders?" Ji Tanyin tried to recall, "You mean Pavilion Master Hua? She treats me like a brother and sister, not an outsider. Just yesterday, she drove Mingyan back to Jingzhou."

Xie Wufeng smiled wryly, noncommittal.

Ji Tanyin still had many doubts in his heart, and he refused to give up until he got an answer, asking: "Why do you want to get close to Ming Yantao?"

At this point, Xie Wufeng had no choice but to tell the truth, saying that he saw Mingyan wearing a familiar rosewood token that day.

"Really?" Ji Tanyin was horrified, and took out two wooden plaques from his pocket, "The same as these two?"

"I shouldn't admit my mistake," Xie Wufeng took the token, and motioned Ji Tanyin to follow him to a bright place, "It's dark here, it's not good to see."

After walking a few steps, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps from a group of people in the depths of the alley. Groups of torches were held up in the air, and the orange light reflected anxious faces.

"Stop! Who's there!"

"Miss, is it Miss?"

A group of people rushed to them, holding torches and shaking them in front of Xie Wufeng and Ji Tanyin. After seeing their faces clearly, they all sighed in disappointment.The leader was the thirteenth disciple of Xuandaomen, who was suspicious of their actions hiding in the dark, and shouted: "Sneaky, what are you doing in this dark place?"

Xie Wufeng said: "The two of us are in love with each other, so what does it matter to you if we talk about our innermost feelings here?"

The man choked, raised his hand, motioned the followers behind to follow, and said contemptuously: "The addiction to broken sleeves is disgusting!"

Ji Tanyin blushed, wanting to reason, but this group of people were all Lianjiazi, and they were anxious to find Zhai Yingshi, so they quickly ran away, he felt aggrieved, and said angrily, "Which sect of disciples are these? Rude and overbearing."

Xie Wufeng didn't take it seriously: "People from Xuandaomen don't have the same knowledge as him."

Ji Tanyin felt strange: "Why did you make such a big commotion?"

Xie Wufeng sighed: "The disappearance of their young lady is a great trouble."

Ji Tanyin nodded, suddenly startled: "Xuandaomen, is that Miss Zhai!"

Xie Wufeng looked at him sideways and asked, "Yes, why, do you know her whereabouts?"

Ji Tanyin's right eyelid twitched, she licked her dry lips, and said, "Brother, when he left the residence in the afternoon, he made an appointment with Miss Zhai, and when I left the escort agency, he still hadn't returned."