Still pity the grass and trees

No one would have imagined that Zhai Yingshi's visit to the Xiongtu Escort was actually to marry Li Chengyang.She came alone, she was covered in white, with a hairpin of white flowers, sitting alone in the Jingde Pavilion, her face was still pretty, but there was a gloomy atmosphere.

The teacup on the table billowed with mist, as if she had lost her eyesight, she turned her head to the left, and saw Li Chengyi standing outside the threshold.

The four eyes met, and each other was startled.

"Sister," Li Cheng also struggled across the high threshold, smiling at Zhai Yingshi, "Sister is really beautiful, no wonder my elder brother likes it so much."

"Cheng Yi," Zhai Yingshi read out the other party's name somewhat abruptly, "Really?"

Li Cheng also nodded, stared straight at her, and slowly approached her, his eyes open and innocent.

Zhai Yingshi left the chair, half knelt down in front of Li Chengyi, and at eye level with him, tentatively stroked his hair.

Li Cheng also wrung his hands nervously, looking obedient, with a little timidity, he became that much-loved young master again.

"Sister," he asked with red eyes, "can I hug you?"

After a cup of tea, Zhai Yingshi was taken to the main house to meet Li Congning and his wife.

Li Conning couldn't let go of the unjust death of his son. Although he knew that Zhai Yingshi was also a victim, he still couldn't control his anger. He said angrily, "What are you doing here?" hospital?"

"Your voice should be quieter." Tan Fengxuan got up from the hospital bed, opened the curtain a little bit, and asked gently: "Miss Zhai, is your mother feeling better?"

Zhai Yingshi saluted the two of them and replied: "Thank you auntie for caring, now my mother's left hand can move."

Tan Fengxuan nodded and said, "You came to the bodyguard bureau, what's the matter?"

Zhai Yingshi expressed his intention in a few words, and raised his face anxiously, not daring to look at Li Conning, but biting his lip, and looking at Tan Fengxuan pleadingly.

Li Congning sneered: "Absurd! You are nothing more than a crying cat, my son is dead, dead! What is the use of you marrying here!"

Zhai Yingshi was neither humble nor overbearing, calmly said: "Uncle and aunt are getting old, I am married, so I can assist the bodyguard bureau and educate my uncle."

Li Conning opened his mouth, wanting to refute something, finally snorted and turned his head away.

Tan Fengxuan pondered for a moment, and said: "Marriage is not a trifling matter, let alone a dark marriage. Chengyang's death, the culprit is not yours, you don't have to pay for the rest of your life. We are all sensible people, and we don't want to delay you Happiness in the future. What's more, it must be your idea to come here, and your parents don't know about it?"

Zhai Yingshi was silent for a moment, with a stubborn expression on his face, and insisted: "Chengyang treats me with deep affection and righteousness, and it is only right that I perform my filial piety on his behalf. Auntie doesn't know, I am almost 30 years old, and love matters, what should I do?" What else is there to hope for. I am willing to marry Chengyang, and I hope my uncle and aunt will be happy! I will tell my parents afterward, and they will definitely not stop me!"

After saying that, he nodded.

Li Conning said in a rough voice, "I can't bear it!"

Li Cheng also helped Zhai Yingshi up, begging: "Father, mother!"

Tan Fengxuan tied up her white hair with a wooden hairpin, looked at Zhai Yingshi helplessly, and sighed: "Miss Zhai, let me ask you, if Chengyang is still alive, would you agree to his marriage proposal?"

Zhai Yingshi pursed her lips hesitantly, and answered honestly: "I don't know."

"I don't know, but I don't want to," Tan Fengxuan coughed non-stop, and was forced back on the mattress by her husband. She stretched out a dark yellow hand from the curtain and shook it gently, "Go back. If you want Recognize me as a godmother, come and have a look from time to time, I am very willing, this marriage, let it go. Don't be discouraged, what about getting older? Maybe, the fate is still to come. After all, it is Chengyang I have nothing to do with you..."

Her words were choked with sobs, and Li Conning also shed tears.Zhai Yingshi bowed twice, covered her mouth and left the room.

After leaving the yard, she walked around without thinking, the scene in front of her was blurred, and she didn't stop hastily until she bumped into someone at the corner of the flower garden.

"Miss Zhai," Ji Tanyin heard that the Hengshan faction had found the night demon, and impatiently went to Li Conning to verify it. Unexpectedly, he met Zhai Yingshi who was crying on the way.

Zhai Yingshi sat down on the stone bench beside him, and vaguely agreed, "Young Master Ji."

Seeing her turning her head to avoid her gaze, Ji Tanyin knew it was inconvenient to stop and disturb her, so she greeted her and left.

"It's true." In the small courtyard in front of the main house, Li Congning described to Ji Tanyin the progress of the hunt for Yemo and Huayueying. Disciples from the Villa and Zisong Society surrounded the mountain, and Ming Biaohua sent me a letter, asking me to gather heroes from all walks of life to go up the mountain to kill the devil."

Ji Tanyin clenched her fists: "I'll go too!"

"You..." Li Congning paused for a moment, but he didn't stop him after all, but only told him: "You are just recovering from a serious illness, so take care of your body."

"Ah."

One of them lost his son and the other lost his father. They looked at each other from both sides, and had nothing to say but goodbye.

Ji Tanyin returned to the East Chamber along the same road, and when he passed the flower garden, he saw Zhai Yingshi still sitting on the stone bench in a daze.He hesitated for a while, then walked forward silently, and sat down beside her.

Zhai Yingshi's tears were dry, and she stared blankly at a muddy footprint. There were many crushed fallen flowers and dead leaves in the narrow and shallow pit. It was dirty and sticky, and it no longer looked like a summer branch.

"Do you hate me too?" She asked Ji Tanyin.

Ji Tanyin shook his head.

"I'm sorry for Li Chengyang, and I'm sorry for Xinling...do you know Xinling?"

Ji Tanyin said: "I don't know."

"Of course you don't know," Zhai Yingshi rubbed her eyes and smiled sadly, her expression suddenly became a little fanatical and crazy, "Not many people know her, let alone mention her, who will miss her in the future... "

Ji Tanyin was silent.

Zhai Yingshi wiped her tears with her sleeve, like a desperate person grabbing a floating straw, just poured out: "She treats me just like Xie Wufeng treats you."

Ji Tanyin was taken aback, and said "oh" in a low voice.

"She thought I didn't understand, but actually... there's nothing in her eyes..."

"What about you?" Ji Tanyin asked, "Do you like her, or my elder brother?"

"I don't know, I don't know..." Zhai Yingshi cried again, buried her face in her arms, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

She can't go back to the past and force herself to ask the answer, the only certain thing is - no one will love her again, and she will never love anyone again.

Ji Tanyin left quietly.Back in the East Wing, Xie Wufeng was not there, and after asking the maid Xiaoyu, I found out that someone came to visit him.

Xie Wufeng had no relatives and no reason in Xiangyang, Ji Tanyin was worried that some enemies would come to his door, so he hurried to follow.

In the end, two dark and honest middle-aged men came, their hands were full of calluses, and they claimed to be the masters of Lianfeng Knife Foundry [Note].They held two scabbards made of refined iron, which were thin but hard, with fine patterns engraved on them.

When Li Chengyang cut off Xie Wufeng's rosewood scabbard, Xie Wufeng jokingly asked for compensation, but Li Chengyang actually took it seriously and asked people to inquire about it, and finally found Lianfenghao, and asked them to carefully burn and cast two pairs of scabbards as gifts. Thanks to Wufeng and Ji Tanyin.

One of them said: "The story of Mr. Li has been spread all over the world. He was clearly framed by others to kill that woman, but in the end he killed himself. It's really... Sigh. We admire this kind of integrity. Hurrying to forge the scabbard is also worthy of the trust."

Xie Wufeng was silent for a long time, took out a tael of silver from his sleeve, and said, "I'm sorry."

The two masters refused to accept it, and left in a hurry after bowing to each other.Ji Tanyin put on a brand-new scabbard, stared at the sun for a while, and wondered wildly, if the senior brother expected what happened today, would he give him a murderous sword.

The next day, Li Conning, Ji Tanyin, and Xie Wufeng set off for Jingzhou with more than [-] bodyguards. At the gate of the city, they met Zhai Yu who was leading [-] elites from the Xuandao Sect who were also on their way.

The two parties who had been beaten bloody met on a narrow road, and although the undercurrent was still surging, there was a sad feeling of sympathy for each other.Zhai Yu patted his horse forward, wanting to have a few words with Li Conning, to explain the truth he had found out——Hua Yueying placed Zhu Yuege disciples among the guards of the dungeon, and took the opportunity of inspection to throw the dagger to Li Chengyang, instigating him to commit suicide.

"Brother Li," Zhai Yu muttered, opening his mouth with difficulty.

Li Conning didn't look sideways, clamped the horse's belly, shouted "drive", and passed him by.

In two days, hundreds of knights rushed to Jingzhou from all over the Central Plains. Among them, apart from the elites of various sects, they were well-known masters in the martial arts world. Even a few seniors who were as famous as Ji Heng back then also came out of the rivers and lakes to fight the devil together.

The soldiers divided into two groups, one went to Zhuyue Pavilion to arrest Hua Yueying's party and subordinates, and the other went deep into Huading Peak to fight the night demon.

It is winter in Hitachi, the wind is harsh, the vegetation is whimpering, and the scenery is bleak.A female disciple of Hengshan sent to search the mountain in the south was suddenly hit by a black evil spirit and died on the spot.The crowd rushed there, and behind the waist-high weeds, they saw a hidden cave. The night demon was guarding the entrance of the cave. His clothes were torn, his eyes were dull, and he was neither human nor ghost. He looked extremely terrifying.

The mask and makeup on his face were somewhat mottled, but it was still recognizable that it was Ji Heng's face.

In an instant, Ji Tanyin felt his hatred soar, almost tearing his body apart.With tears in his eyes, he pulled out the Yingxue sword and rushed forward.

Ye Mo was injured by Ji Heng, his movements were slow, and his true energy was not as good as before. He could only condense a little black wolf, changing and biting in front of him.

In order to minimize casualties, the young disciples stayed on the outside of the formation, and Li Conning, Ming Biaohua, Zhai Yu, Xie Wufeng and more than [-] top masters stood in the formation.

The black baleful energy flowed from Ye Mo's hands, cutting grass and cutting leaves where it passed, and the fine leaves were sucked into the vortex, turning faster and faster, sharp as a knife, and flying in all directions.

There were a few exclamations and howls. Fortunately, after the battle of Baitaoxi, the disciples of all sects were on guard, and the demon slayers this time were all good hands, so the casualties were not serious.

Xie Wufeng used impermanence swordsmanship to suppress Yemo's actions, while Ji Tanyin, Li Congning and others searched for gaps, formed an exquisite formation, and attacked Yemo's vital points in an orderly manner.Fighting fiercely for half an hour, until the color of the sky and the earth changed, all trees cried together, wild beasts all over the mountain roared in terror, the Night Demon finally let out a desperate roar, knelt down shaking his bloody body, then tilted his body, and fell heavily on the ground.

More than a dozen swords were inserted into his chest at the same time.As he was dying, Ye Mo seemed to have regained some sanity. He lowered his arms and stopped struggling, his eyes stubbornly looked at the gray sky, and a line of turbid tears slowly fell down.

"Hua Yueying!" Li Conning pulled out his blood-stained spear forcefully, and stopped the woman who had sneaked out of the cave.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!" Hua Yueying screamed, her face full of dust, the corners of her mouth twitched strangely, "If you kill me, you will never find the "Supreme Martial Arts Book"! Develop a way to overcome the loss of sanity, really, really! Whoever saves my life, I will tell him!"

Li Congning kicked her down and raised his spear with trembling hands: "You hurt my son, today I..."

"I should take her life," Ming Biaohua stepped forward, "How many disciples died in my villa! And my hand!"

Hua Yueying opened her mouth wide and looked around in panic: "Really, really! I have a way to improve the Supreme Dafa, whoever practices it can rule the world! You can't find it in Zhuyue Pavilion, only I know! Who Save me, I'll tell him!"

Holding the sword, Ji Tanyin walked in front of her step by step, his numb face remained calm, only a frightening light flashed in his eyes, it was a flame that struggled to support and refused to be extinguished.

The voices of the surrounding debates gradually decreased.Ming Biaohua, Hu Han, Li Conning, etc. all stopped talking, and Ji Tanyin took the initiative by default.

Hua Yueying was still desperately begging for help, looking disheartened, ugly and embarrassed, she couldn't see her original demeanor at all.

Xie Wufeng looked at everyone's reactions calmly, all of them were filled with righteous indignation and dismissive of Hua Yueying's nonsense, but who knows if anyone's heart is shaken?

He urged: "Ayin, hurry up!"

Ji Tanyin's right hand trembled slightly, he raised his Yingxue sword, and stared down at the woman who was hugging his calf.

"Xiao Ji, Xiao Ji, let's be siblings..."

Silver light flashed.Ji Tanyin closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she saw the toes of her shoes wet with blood.

He looked around again, the people in front of him had different expressions, some were relieved, some were blank and sad, they were all talking, their lips opened and closed, but Ji Tanyin couldn't hear the content clearly, and there was only the monotonous whistling of the wind in his ears.

He felt tight in his chest and dizzy, so he opened his mouth slightly and exhaled, trying to fill the strong void in his heart.

A hand rested on his back, and then pulled him into his arms, the palm was slightly cool, and that temperature was familiar to him.Ji Tanyin's shoulders relaxed, he turned his head and looked at Xie Wufeng calmly.

The crowd dispersed one after another, leaving only Li Congning, Hu Han, Fang Lang and a few masters who besieged Yemo still exchanging greetings.Zhai Yu intended to reconcile with Li Conning, but seeing his indifferent attitude, he made a bow and left with the disciples of Xuandaomen.

Yin Yang Zhang Tong Liu Kui with his hands behind his back, walked slowly to Ye Mo's corpse, and asked with interest: "Tell me, who is this person? He can fake the Jade Mountain Excalibur, and his martial arts are not low. It's a pity that I became Hua Yueying's puppet."

Everyone was a little curious, Fang Lang said: "I want to know, just take off his mask and take a look-why, are you still afraid of cheating corpses?"

Tong Liukui snorted arrogantly, his expression was a little uncomfortable, as if he was angry after being exposed.He paused for a moment beside the Night Demon's body, bent down and quickly tore off the human skin mask.

An old, pale face appeared in front of everyone, with normal features, except for a brown birthmark on the left cheek, there was nothing special about it.Ming Biaohua, Hu Han and others surrounded them and looked at them one by one, feeling unfamiliar.

Li Conning was giving orders to his subordinates, when he accidentally glanced at him, he was startled.He approached quickly, pushed Ming Biaohua and Fang Lang away impatiently, and frowned carefully to identify them. After a long time, he sighed and said in an unbelievable and suddenly enlightened tone: "It turned out to be him."

Hu Han asked: "Who is it? Captain Li knows him?"

"He was the previous master of Zhuyue Pavilion, Hua Yueying's master. I heard that he died of illness six years ago, but unexpectedly..." Li Conning sighed again.

The crowd was silent for a while, and no one knew who said something: "It's treason!"

At this time, a thick smoke rose from the northwest of Huading Peak.A few tens of miles away, Zhuyue Pavilion, which had gone through hundreds of years of wind and rain, was razed to the ground and buried in a sea of ​​flames.Several people watched silently, with solemn expressions.

Not long after, Ming Biaohua, Fang Lang, Li Conning and others also bid farewell and left one after another.On Huading Peak, only Ji Tanyin and Xie Wufeng were left.

"The wind is strong," Xie Wufeng said, "Let's go down the mountain too."

Ji Tanyin nodded, walked a few steps and looked back, only to see Ye Mo's sword piercing through his chest, with his mouth open wide, blood red eyes still filled with a little muddy tears.He hesitated for a while, finally drew out the Yingxue sword, and chopped down the thick old tree beside him.

The huge canopy fell down, covering the body of Night Demon, Ji Tanyin turned around, and said to Xie Wufeng: "Let's go."

Xie Wufeng smiled, he suddenly recalled when they met for the first time, the two met a dead body on the side of the road, Ji Tanyin sweated profusely, and dug a pit to bury the old man.

Now, he has encountered great misfortune, and has also deeply experienced the cruelty of the world. He has lost his innocence and become resolute and mature, and he still has that precious compassion.

This is what Xie Wufeng does not have, perhaps, this is the reason why he loves Ji Tanyin.