[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

"Did that Miss Zixuan find Young Master Gu?" Shen Bailing asked in a deep voice.

While leading the way, the book boy shook his head and replied, "Of course not. Our young master didn't even tell her where he lived. How could that girl find him? I should tell her not to tell her. That girl would beat someone up." It's really pungent, if you come to the door and find that the young master is already engaged, you can't get angry and make a big fuss? Although those Jianghu chivalrous women look good, they are not worthy of our family status..."

Shen Bailing frowned slightly, and snorted coldly.

The book boy was stunned for a moment when he heard it, he stopped talking, bowed his head and walked forward, his pace was a little faster than before.

In silence, the two turned around the screen wall, bypassed the main hall, and walked through the corridor to a moon cave gate.Inside the Moon Cave Gate is a courtyard with unique rocks, plants and trees. Many flowers are planted in the courtyard. Butterflies and bees are flying everywhere, and the fragrance is tangy.

Behind the rockery, under a peach blossom tree, was sitting a young man, dressed in brocade clothes, rich and handsome, holding a painting in his hand, and was so engrossed in it that Shen Bailing and Shutong didn't even notice that they were in front of him.

The book boy glanced at Shen Bailing, stepped forward a few steps and respectfully said: "Master, Qingming is back."

He yelled a few times before the young master came back to his senses. He carefully covered the scroll, then got up and looked over. Seeing that the old gentleman standing behind the book boy was not the old gentleman he had been expecting, he couldn't help being stunned. , looked at the book boy blankly: "Qingming, this is..." He frowned and said, "Where is the old man?"

The book boy hurriedly said: "The old man is not at home, the young man who opened the door was probably a relative of the old man, so Qingming boldly invited him, invited him to relieve the young master's worries."

Mr. Gu looked at Shen Bailing with a warm gaze, and he cupped his hands and said, "It turns out that he is a relative of the old man. I, Gu Liufang, dare to ask you your name?"

Shen Bailing didn't answer, but just looked him up and down indifferently. There was a bit of resentment in his heart because of the failure to find someone, but after he learned that this was the person who cheated Zixuan's feelings, his displeasure had already grown Cheng was furious, seeing Mr. Gu at this moment, he didn't look very good, and thought to himself: This person looks like a human being, but he is a messy person. First, he had a matchmaker's talk with that Miss Lin, and then he To provoke Zixuan, if Zixuan really married such a person, she would be really unfriendly...

In his eyes, the handsome Mr. Gu in front of him is like a fire, and sooner or later, Zixuan will be burnt to death.But thinking of Zixuan's affectionate appearance when he mentioned his sweetheart, he couldn't help but get a big head. Zixuan's girl is extremely stubborn, the more you force her, the more counterproductive it is. It is really difficult to make her give up on Mr. Gu.

But if this Mr. Gu is allowed to take the initiative to stay away from Zixuan... Thinking of this, Shen Bailing's eyes suddenly brightened, and his expression became much gentler.Gu Liufang was a little uneasy at the side, seeing his face getting better gradually, she was also relieved, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Young master..."

"My surname is Shen." Shen Bailing said lightly.

Gu Liufang groaned, nodded and said, "Young Master Shen, I have something to do..."

"The painting in Young Master's hand seems pretty good." Shen Bailing interrupted him, only looking at the scroll in Gu Liufang's hand intentionally, "Can I borrow it for a look?"

Gu Liufang was startled, hesitated for a moment, and handed over the scroll.

Shen Bailing took the painting and looked at it in the sunlight, only to see that the green ink on the scroll was lifelike, but the painting was a beautiful woman in a purple shirt, holding a small lantern in her hand.Looking closely at the woman's appearance, isn't it exactly Zi Xuan?Shen Bailing was even more angry in his heart, but his face was filled with admiration, and he praised: "The lotus is like a face and a willow is like an eyebrow, this woman is really a rare beauty. Such a beauty, what a pity... oh, what a pity!"

Gu Liufang's complexion changed slightly, and she hurriedly asked, "What's the pity?"

Shen Bailing closed the scroll, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I can't get married with Mr. Gu!"

Gu Liufang suddenly showed a gloomy expression. More than one person had said this to him, but he couldn't accept his fate. He immediately said, "Why? Could it be that I have nothing to do with her?"

Shen Bailing glanced at him, and said coldly: "It's not just fate? Let alone marrying her, if you get closer to her, she will be in great trouble. If you really hope that this woman will live a happy life, you must You have to stay as far away from her as possible, and it is best not to see her for life, otherwise this girl will be restrained by the young master and die early."

Gu Liufang was dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "This, how is this possible?"

Shen Bailing threw the scroll back into his arms, and said with an inscrutable expression on his face, "You don't believe me, don't you even believe my uncle Guaxian? He personally asserted that you must marry Ms. Lin as a wife, so you are not afraid If you kill the girl you love, don't you even care about your father's life? Young Master, you have offended his old man by trying to withdraw from the marriage. If you don't get married as soon as possible, you may have endless troubles."

These words made Gu Liufang's face even more gloomy, but Shen Bailing was in a good mood.Since both the book boy and Mr. Gu regarded him as the nephew of the old man, he simply pushed the boat along the way, and deliberately made the situation very serious by using the name of Gaoren Guaxian, in order to force Gu Liufang to get married as soon as possible, so that he could marry him as soon as possible. Give up on Zixuan.

Just at this moment, another servant rushed into the small courtyard, and before reaching the front, he said loudly: "Young master, master...he just vomited blood again, madam called you over!" The voice was very anxious .

Both Gu Liufang and the book boy were very shocked, only to hear the book boy blurt out: "How is this possible? Didn't the master get up from the bed yesterday, why... and..." After speaking, he showed a thoughtful look, He glanced at Gu Liufang.

Shen Bailing was also quite surprised, but when he changed his mind, an expression of "I knew it earlier" naturally appeared on his face, and he said lightly: "Young Master Gu, that's all I have to say, it just depends on how you choose."

Gu Liufang looked at him, then at the servant who sent the message, the look in his eyes gradually dimmed, he just stood there blankly, as if he had turned into a dead tree, a dead stone, and all the vitality in his body disappeared.After a long time, I heard him calling in a low voice: "Qingming."

The book boy quickly agreed.

Gu Liufang said: "Go and tell the butler to send someone to the Lin Mansion in the east of the city to discuss the date of marriage... just say, the sooner the better." The tone of voice was actually very calm, so calm that it was a bit weird.

The bookboy was taken aback, stared blankly at him for a long time before he came back to his senses, and said with a happy face: "Young master, you just need to understand, I'll go right away!" He said happily and ran out.

As if Gu Liufang didn't hear anything, she just lowered her head expressionlessly, looking at the painting in her hand, a trace of pain gradually spread in her eyes.

When stepping out of the gate of Gu Mansion, Shen Bailing's heart was full of joy.He thought that he had done a great favor to Zixuan, and thought that he could free Zixuan from a karmic relationship with only a few casual words, even walking a little briskly.

As soon as he turned the corner of the street, he suddenly remembered the letter he got in the senior man's room before, and hurriedly reached into his arms.He tore open the cover as he walked, shook out a thin piece of letter paper inside, and read softly to the sunlight: "More than a month ago, I accidentally had a hexagram, and I learned that a friend came from the sea of ​​darkness. I am very familiar with it. Chenzhou is famous for its drunken jujube and fried noodles. I am yearning for it, so I decided to set off to Chenzhou to evaluate it. That." The letter reads "Gua Immortal Divination Operator" in cursive script, the handwriting is the same as that on the envelope, obviously it was written by one person.

Shen Bailing felt extremely helpless, and traveled thousands of miles from Minghai to Jiangdu, but he didn't expect that the old Guaxian was tired of eating Jiangdu's delicacies, so he turned to Chenzhou's snacks.But fortunately, the old man still left this letter for himself. Now it is just a little more travel, but he feels at ease in his heart, so he doesn't need to worry any more.

At the moment, Shen Bailing didn't care to think about the relationship between Zixuan and Mr. Gu, so he just walked out of the city quickly, summoned the Spring Water Sword, and flew northward to Chenzhou day and night.

The higher the terrain was, the higher it went to the north, but the scenery looked down from the sword had changed in a few days. One morning, after a hasty breakfast in the roadside inn, Shen Bailing set out on the road again with the sword.Just at the dawn of dawn, the continuous mountain range is reflected, and the mountain mist is hazy, like a layer of gauze wrapped around the peaks, adding warmth to the greenery.In the mist, however, a long river flowed out like Bai Lian. From a distance, it was silvery and flowing eastward.Looking from a high altitude, Shen Bailing only felt that his heart was full of joy, and the wind and dust of eating and sleeping in the past few days were swept away.

Since ancient times, the rivers and lakes have been densely populated, and the larger the river, the more densely populated it is.When Shen Bailing settled down, he also asked people about it, and he knew that the long river was the Huai River, and the Chenzhou City he was going to was just north of the Huai River, so when he set out on the road again, he walked along the Huai River. A city appeared in the field of vision.

Chenzhou, also known as Huaiyang, has been here for thousands of years since the Fuxi clan established its capital here in ancient times, and there are countless historical sites.The human emperors of all dynasties have attached great importance to this place, and it is also very important for monks.Rumor has it that the Fuxi family had taken a fancy to this treasured land by the Huai River, not only built their capital here, but also set up an innate gossip formation to protect the capital, and no monsters would dare to make trouble here if they were captured by the power of the formation.Shen Bailing had read about it in ancient books when he was practicing in the Qionghua Sect. He also told Xuan Xiao and other acquainted juniors that one day they would be free to visit the ruins of the Immortal Family. The jokes at that time are still in my ears, but they cannot The flow of time.

Now standing in front of the gate of the ancient city in person, but alone, Shen Bailing let out a long sigh, and a sense of desolation suddenly surged into his heart.

At this moment, a familiar cold voice suddenly came from behind, calling softly: "Bailing...brother?"