The rivers and lakes are full of vests

As soon as Fu Peibai returned to Cang Qiong Peak, she was greeted warmly by everyone. People around her kept talking to her. She responded out of courtesy, followed by a series of flattery.

She couldn't bear to hear it, and hurriedly said a few perfunctory words before hiding in the room. Inside the room, Xie Jingming was sitting at the table reviewing a book. When she saw Fu Peibai, she immediately stood up and said in surprise: "Ah, Ah Pei, Why did you come back so soon, body, is your body better?"

Fu Peibai put down the Mingxiao Sword wrapped in cloth strips, poured himself a cup of tea, and said while drinking, "Okay, I'm fine now."

Xie Jingming stared at the long cloth that was obviously wrapped around a sword, and asked curiously, "This, is this your sword?"

Fu Peibai hummed, thinking how she would refuse if Xie Jingming asked to see Mingxiao Sword, but Xie Jingming didn't say anything, but he was very sensible.

She stared at the delicate young man with red lips and white teeth, and suddenly became curious about Xie Jingming's family background. Apart from stuttering, he had obviously been strictly taught in etiquette and dealing with others, unlike an ordinary young man.

"Jingming, what does your family do? I remember you said you have two older brothers, right?"

Xie Jingming sat up straight at once, looked a little nervous, and stammered even worse, "I, my family, yes, are in business, and I have two older brothers."

"Why are you so nervous, I just asked casually, just seeing that you are not like an ordinary son, why do you want to come to Tianji to learn martial arts? Did your family send you here?"

"No, no, I want to come by myself, I think, to become stronger."

This coincided with Fu Peibai, she patted the other person's shoulder, "Okay, let's work hard to become stronger together."

Xie Jingming smiled shyly.

"By the way, why didn't you see Senior Brother Wei?"

"I, I haven't seen him for several days. I went to ask yesterday, asked his roommate, and the person said that Senior Brother Wei retired from the sect. Why, why didn't he tell us?"

Fu Peibai didn't think much about it, and sighed: "Maybe it's an urgent matter at home."

However, what they didn't know was that Wei Xiao didn't go down the mountain at all, but was imprisoned in a secret prison on Qingliao Peak.

Rather than saying that this is a secret prison, it is better to say that it is a secret cave hidden underground, surrounded by solid rock walls, and the exit of the cave is a sealed iron door, leaving only a small opening less than a palm wide for ventilation.

The entire cave was dark, there was no torture as imagined, and there was no interrogation. After the person who captured Wei Xiaolai threw him into the cave, he never showed up again.

The iron gate was closed tightly. Wei Xiao hadn't had any water for three days, and his body was exhausted, so he could only lie weakly on the ground. There was a sound, and a ray of light poured in from the opening of the iron door.

He struggled to open his eyelids, but he didn't have the strength to look up to see who it was.

The person who came crouched down, pinched his chin, and forced him to raise his head.

Wei Xiao opened a slit of his eyes and looked at the man in front of him, who was Lu Wencheng's bodyguard, Wu Zhong.

Wu Zhong looked down at Wei Xiao, the strength in his hand seemed to crush his jaw.

"The suzerain said to deal with you directly, but I see that you are still useful, which is why your life is spared. Right now, I will ask you to answer. If the answer is satisfactory, I will spare your life."

Wei Xiao looked at him, and slowly opened his lips, "If you want to kill, then kill, stop talking nonsense."

Wu Zhong let go and stood up, stepped on the back of his hand, and crushed him hard.

Wei Xiao was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and held back his cry.

"Want to die? It's not that easy. There are many ways to make you open your mouth. I want to see how tight your mouth is."

At night, there was a depressing humming sound in the secret cave, but there was silence outside the cave.

......

On Chaoquan Peak, Xing Guang hurriedly knocked on the door of Lu Yanran's room. After a while, the door opened. Lu Yanran was wearing a robe and looked at him with a tired expression, "What's the matter?"

"Wei Xiao is gone."

"Come in and talk."

After the door closed, Lu Yanran said in a low voice, "Have you mobilized other spies to look for it?"

"I've searched, but I didn't find him. He disappeared after the inner sect competition. There are only two possibilities. One, he has already been disposed of by Lu Wencheng, and two, he was arrested and locked up somewhere for interrogation."

Lu Yanran nodded, "I see, you go down."

After Xing Guang left, she walked to the table, wrote "Piece No. [-] exposed", and then tapped a few times on the window sill. A white carrier pigeon flew from the dark night sky and landed on the window. bar.

She put the letter into a small bamboo tube and tied it to the pigeon's feet. After patting the pigeon's wings, the pigeon fled back into the night sky with a flutter.

......

The next day, Fu Pei got up before dawn. She carried the candlestick to the bamboo grove, and then found a thick tree to lean against and sat down, looking through the Mingxiao sword manual by the dim candlelight.

Every move and style of this sword manual is very novel and ingenious. It has similarities with Tianji swordsmanship and other schools of martial arts swordsmanship, but it is more original and new moves.

She looked at each page carefully, waving her arms from time to time, imitating the movements on the sword manual, and saw the dawn at this glance, but she only read less than half of the Ming Xiao 72 sword style.

She got up regretfully, put the book in her bosom, and walked towards the residence. Halfway there, a young man in a crow-blue school uniform suddenly appeared on the road and stopped her. She vaguely remembered that this was from Qingliao Peak. Unified school uniform, that is the people under the suzerain, so he took the initiative to bow his hands and salute: "I have seen you, brother."

The man's attitude towards her was neither cold nor indifferent, and his tone was businesslike, "I take you to Qingliao by the order of the suzerain."

Fu Peibai was stunned, "Dare to ask brother why?"

"I don't know, the peak master just ordered me to take you there."

"That's why Senior Brother Lao."

Immediately, the two walked towards Qingliao. This was Fu Peibai's second visit to Qingliao. The last time was to send Lu Qingwan back. When she thought of this, her eyelids twitched, and she saw the black figure running towards her from a distance.

Lu Qingwan smiled brightly, ran to her in a few steps, took her arm, and called "A Pei" affectionately.

The man retreated to the side knowingly, lowering his head and closing his eyes.

Fu Peibai was a little embarrassed, he hastily pulled out his arm, and said seriously: "Second Miss, men and women can't kiss each other, don't always be like this, it's not in line with etiquette."

Lu Qingwan didn't care, and entangled him again. She said to the man, "Go down, I'll take Ah Pei to where he lives."

"Yes", the man walked away after saluting.

Fu Peibai was a little confused, and forgot to pull his arm back again, "Live? Second Miss, what do you mean, why should I live in Qingliao Peak?"

Lu Qingwan's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and she walked while holding her arm and said, "This is what Daddy meant. You don't know what day tomorrow is, do you?"

Fu Peibai shook his head in a daze.

"Tomorrow is Daddy's [-]th birthday. In fact, he didn't celebrate his birthday very much in the past, but it is worth making some arrangements in his [-]th year. So he invited some close friends to prepare a family banquet. Daddy asked you by name. join in too."

Fu Peibai was startled, "Isn't it appropriate? I'm just an outer disciple. How can I attend the suzerain's birthday banquet? It's absolutely necessary. Where is the suzerain? I'll go and tell him." A masculine voice.

"Are you looking for me?"

Lu Wencheng strode over, seeing the intimate posture of the two holding arms in front of him, he squinted his eyes and smiled.

"The disciple has met the suzerain."

"Wan'er met Daddy."

Lu Wencheng supported Fu Peibai's bowing arm, and said softly, "I heard you looking for me when I was a little far away, so what's the matter?"

"The disciple just heard from the second lady that the suzerain's birthday is tomorrow, and he wants the disciple to participate, but after careful consideration, the disciple felt that it was inappropriate, and asked the suzerain to allow the disciple to return to the sky."

"It's okay, it's just a small family feast, with some individuals in general."

"It is precisely because of this that it is inappropriate. Family banquets are naturally only for the suzerain's family members and close people. The disciple is just an insignificant outer disciple. It is really out of courtesy to participate together."

Lu Wencheng laughed softly, "Why are you so old-fashioned and pedantic at such a young age? Tomorrow is my birthday. I, the host, didn't say anything. What do you care about? You can still say the words of my suzerain. Stop listening?"

"Disciple...don't dare."

"Then you will temporarily stay in Qingliao tonight, and go directly to the Yunyang Palace to have a banquet tomorrow."

"Yes", Fu Peibai reluctantly agreed, looking at Lu Wencheng's leaving figure, quite melancholy.

"A Pei, why aren't you happy? Do you know what it means when Dad brings you to his birthday banquet? He values ​​you very much, favors you, and will vigorously train you in the future."

Fu Peibai naturally knew about it, and was very grateful for the opportunity Lu Wencheng gave her in the first place. Because of this, she was able to stand here now, but facing the high expectations of her elders, she was unavoidably apprehensive, fearing that she would disappoint the other party's expectations and cultivation. , not to mention how much of this sudden attention was due to Lu Qingwan?

She sighed faintly, did not speak, and was led by Lu Qingwan to an independent small courtyard.

The yard is elegant and clean, the furnishings in the house are simple yet elegant, and incense is still quietly burning in the corner. Her nostrils are fluttering. Compared to this smell, she still prefers the quiet and cold fragrance.

A set of ivory-white robes was placed on the table, with matching jade pendants and jade crowns beside it. Lu Qingwan stepped forward to pick up the robes and shook them off.

An exquisite ivory-white robe appeared in front of Fu Peibai's eyes. The robe looked plain and clean, but the fabric was of the highest quality at first glance. The neckline, waist, cuffs, and hem of the robe were all embroidered with cloud patterns. Beautifully crafted and looks like a great value.

"Apei, quickly put on and try to see if it fits."

Fu Peibai touched the soft and silky fabric, but her thoughts were pulled back to the night when she was drunk in Xingyang City a few months ago. She remembered that the peak master's clothes she grabbed in the dark seemed to have the same touch, smooth and cold. .

"Ape?"

Fu Peibai came back to his senses and took the robe, "Then please trouble the second lady to go outside and wait."

"it is good."