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Instructing Gao Che to deal with the follow-up incident, Shen Budu went to the hiding place of "Zhao Wu" that Sun Huamao said.

It was a house on the west side of Huzhou City. There were rumors of ghosts in the past, and the location was remote, so there were almost no other people living around it.Shen Budu didn't go through the main entrance, but walked around under a wall of the side courtyard, and jumped into the courtyard lightly, like a cat in the dark night, it landed silently on the floor tiles.

The yard was very quiet, and the house was pitch black, as if the owner hadn't woken up yet.Shen Budu looked around and walked towards the only house in the courtyard.Just as he stretched out his hand to push the door, there was a tiny crashing sound of rubble from the other corner of the wall, Shen Budu did not hesitate, turned his head and threw a divine fire towards that side!

A low sound of cursing came, and the man was startled by the fire, and fell off the wall unexpectedly, Shen Budu grabbed his neck with one hand, and lifted the black hood on his head.

It was a completely unfamiliar face, looking young, with a pair of dark eyes that seemed to be burning with fire, just staring at Shen Budu intently, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"I'm in a hurry, so I advise you to explain quickly." Shen Budu asked, "Why do you want to spread the Jade Fairy everywhere? Who is the person behind you and what is their purpose?"

Shen Budu intuited that there must be a messenger behind this person, and the developer of Jade Fairy could not be so young.

Zhao Wu said coldly, "No comment."

"Then you are determined to die?"

"Some things are much more important than my humble life, so what about death?" Zhao Wu sneered, his eyes flashing with complex ridicule, "Of course, a person like you who is so lofty and protects the common people will not understand. "

Shen Budu was startled, at the moment when he was stunned, Zhao Wu had decisively bit off the poison hidden in his mouth, and committed suicide.

Shen Budu's complexion fluctuated, and his heart sank heavily.

Listening to Zhao Wucai's words, it seems to know his identity?

But how is this possible! ?

His face was as heavy as water, and he quickly searched Zhao Wu's body, but found nothing that could prove his identity; he searched the house and yard again, but still didn't get even a trace of clues.

This Zhao Wu and the people behind him were really meticulous and meticulous to the point of frightening.

The sky was getting brighter, and the first ray of sunlight had pierced through the clouds and fell down, illuminating the small courtyard, diluting the depressing and treacherous atmosphere before dawn a lot.

However, Shen Budu understood that the matter of Fairy Yu was far more complicated than he had imagined before.

-

When he returned to the inn, Xie Yun had already woken up, and his complexion was much better than when he was injured, not so pale anymore.

Shen Budu went to the bed and sat down, and asked him: "Does your arm still hurt?"

Xie Yun shook his head: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

No wonder it doesn't hurt.

Shen Budu touched his head, and said softly: "Did you rest well last night? I'm sorry, I should sleep with you."

Xie Yun slightly opened his eyes wide, as if flattered, and looked at him a little at a loss.

Shen Budu thought, no matter how steady and calm Xie Yun behaved, he was only a twelve-year-old child in essence. He was frightened by being thrown into the wolf cage last night and suffered such a serious injury. Said, I must feel afraid of being wronged in my heart.

Since he wanted to be a good father, he should have slept with the child last night, comforted him, and prevented him from having nightmares at night.In the end, he left the child alone for the night, which is really a bit incompetent.

Fortunately, Xie Yun didn't know about his mental activities, otherwise he would have to vomit two liters of blood.

"The doctor said that the medicine needs to be changed every three hours, let me help you." Shen Budu thought about making up for it in other places, so he helped Xie Yun remove the gauze on his arm, and changed the medicine for him again.

The medicine has a miraculous effect in stopping bleeding, but it is impossible to heal the wound in a short period of time.The wound on the boy's right arm was still horrifying, extending from his shoulder down to his palm.

Shen Budu has fought countless battles, and no matter how seriously injured he was, he didn't feel much, but seeing Xie Yun's heartbroken, he felt inexplicably panicked.He put the powder on the young man as gently as possible, and said, "Open your palms, let me see."

Xie Yun spread out his hand as he said, revealing the bite wound running across his palm.

Shen Budu was distracted for a moment.

Xie Jianhuan also had a transverse wound on his right palm, because it had been a long time ago, and after applying the medicine to remove the scar, it no longer looked so obvious, only a shallow white mark remained.

How did the injury come about?

"From today, you will enter the Bihai Pavilion to assist me in alchemy."

Bihai Pavilion is the place where Shen Budu usually makes alchemy and weapons. At that time, he had accepted Xie Jianhuan as his apprentice for half a year, and the other party had already restrained the evil spirit in his body very well by building logs every day.Shen Budu wanted to further train his patience and concentration, so he asked him to follow him to learn alchemy.

At that time, Xie Jianhuan had already obeyed Shen Budu's words, although he hesitated for a moment, he still nodded in agreement.

Shen Budu taught him how to use burning stones to ignite the alchemy furnace, and he learned it quickly, and he mastered the trick after a few tries.It happened that a distinguished guest came to visit at that time, so Shen Budu asked Xie Jianhuan to guard the alchemy furnace, and went to Qingguang Hall by himself.

He originally thought that this would not be difficult for Xie Jianhuan, because the other party's temper had grown very calm at that time.

But he didn't know that Xie Jianhuan was originally afraid of fire.

During the years when he was wandering outside, he was besieged and killed by monks as a monster, and he fled into a mountain in a panic.There are caves everywhere in that mountain, and the monks couldn't find him everywhere, so they lit fire in every cave, intending to burn him out.

At that time, Xie Jianhuan, who was seven or eight years old, was forced by the raging fire and had nowhere to escape, so he could only rush out of the sea of ​​flames desperately, and then the monk guarding the entrance of the cave pierced his palm with a long sword.

He still escaped that time, but since then he has been terrified of flames. When he was guarding the pill furnace, he unconsciously recalled that experience. His hand was unsteady, and he accidentally dropped half of the burning stone into the pill furnace!

With a loud "boom", the pill furnace exploded directly, and the crimson flames instantly engulfed the entire Bihai Pavilion.

At that moment, Xie Jianhuan seemed to fall into the nightmare a few years ago again, turning into the fearful and desperate child in the sea of ​​flames with no way out.

He trembled for a moment, and his first reaction was to run, to run quickly—but in that state of extreme nervousness and fear, he could still remember that this was the Bihai Pavilion, the place where Shen Budu made alchemy, and there were countless precious treasures stored in it. Material utensils.

So he desperately overcame his fear, ran out and shouted for help.

But the Bihai Pavilion is originally Shen Budu's private place, and he doesn't like to be disturbed when he is refining weapons, so he usually has no one on duty here.And the nearby disciples were temporarily transferred because of the distinguished guests coming to Qingguang Hall.

Xie Jianhuan yelled a few times and saw no one came to help, so he fetched water by himself, gritted his teeth, turned around and rushed into the flames again.

When Shen Budu heard the news and rushed back in person, Xie Jianhuan had been burned in many places all over his body, and it was difficult to breathe due to the choking of the thick smoke.

Seeing his appearance, Shen Budu's heart ached terribly, and later he learned the reason why he was afraid of fire, his heart was even more aching and astringent, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.Xie Jianhuan didn't feel wronged, instead he blamed himself and felt guilty: "Bihai Pavilion burned down, and many precious materials inside were destroyed...Master, I'm sorry."

"Don't say stupid things." Shen Budu personally applied medicine to his burns, and the gap between his brows has never been loosened from the beginning to the end, "You can find the materials if you run out, and rebuild the Bihai Pavilion if it burns. If you have something wrong, where will I go Find another Xie Jianhuan?"

He asked Xie Jianhuan to spread out his right hand, and when he was applying the medicine, he saw the scar running across his palm, and his heart ached even more: "Is this the one that was cut by the sword?"

Xie Jianhuan nodded.

Shen Budu was silent for a moment, and said: "My ointment for removing scars, take it and apply it, it will be much better. And—"

He gently held Xie Jianhuan's scarred right hand, looked into his eyes and said, "Remember, nothing is more important than your own life, and you are not allowed to do anything that puts you in danger again. Do you hear me?" ?”

The long-lasting images in the memory gradually dissipated, Shen Budu lowered his gaze, looked at the shocking scar on Xie Yun's palm, and said softly: "Nothing is more important than your own life. Don't be so reckless next time, eh?"

Xie Yun's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he lowered his head and let out an "um".

-

Because of Xie Yun's injury, Shen Budu stayed in Huzhou City for a few more days.In the past few days, Gao Che has already dealt with the follow-up incident vigorously and resolutely.

He was originally the commander of the city guard army, and the real power was in his hands, because he took control of the entire city lord's mansion without much effort.According to what Shen Budu said, he searched for Fairy Yu from house to house, and threw all the stubborn ones into the prison, and even temporarily expanded another cell because there was not enough space in the cell.

However, after Gao Che's investigation, it was confirmed that the sons of several wealthy merchants in the city were in collusion with Sun Sheng, and they did many things that killed innocent people, murdered and raped them, so they arrested all these teenagers who were in their mid-[-]th and [-]th birthdays and handed them over to the victims. Disposal of parents and relatives.

I heard that a little girl who was rescued was caught and blinded in the animal cage, and these rich men once sat outside the cage with Sun Sheng to enjoy and have fun.The girl's father was so indignant that he grabbed a sharp knife and rushed forward, gouging out the eyes of those rich and young with screams.

This is just the beginning. The relatives of other victims will never feel less grief and anger than this father.

Shen Budu nodded after hearing this, and found that the high commander was indeed a talent, and it was right to hand over Huzhou City to him.

When Xie Yun recovered from his injury, the turmoil in Huzhou City had basically subsided.Shen Budu declined Gao Che's reluctant persuasion, and continued southward with Xie Yun according to the original plan.

Adjacent to Huzhou City is Yongqing Town. This place is not considered rich, but the folk customs are simple and the townspeople are warm and hospitable. It is a rare and clean place in the Northern Wilderness.

Because there was a wasteland to go after leaving Yongqing Town, there was no place to rest on the road, so Shen Budu took Xie Yun to stay in Yongqing temporarily for a day, and prepared enough water before going on the road.

It just so happened that there was a temple fair in the town on this day, which was much more lively than usual, with dragon dancers, opera singers, and lantern-watchers...it was dazzling and dizzying.Shen Budu thought that Xie Yun had been lying on the bed for several days recuperating from his injuries, and he must have been bored long ago, so he took him to the temple fair after shopping.

"There are too many people, follow me carefully."

Shen Budu took two steps in front with difficulty, and found that it was easy to lose a child in this environment, so he looked back at Xie Yun, and grabbed his hand.

Xie Yun's mind was shocked, and his throat felt a little dry at that moment. He looked down at the hands they were holding, and then raised his eyes to look at Shen Budu's back. His ears felt a little hot, and he raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose, covering his eyes. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Holding hands, the two walked around half the street, tasting some local delicacies while walking, which was very pleasant.Shen Budu bought another cotton candy for Xie Yun, and was about to ask him if he was tired from walking, and if he wanted to find a place to rest, when a loud cheer suddenly came from a tall attic in front of him.

Both Shen Budu and Xie Yun were attracted, and turned to look there.It turned out that someone was throwing a hydrangea ball to recruit relatives. The girl in the attic came out with the help of the maid, showing a beautiful young face, which attracted excited applause from the spectators downstairs.

"The daughter of the Du family is well-known. I heard that not only does she have a good-looking appearance, but she is also well-versed in books and etiquette. I saw her today, and she is indeed so!"

"I don't know who is so lucky to catch that hydrangea and become Miss Du's husband!"

"Hey - it's started, I'm going to start throwing it!"

Who wouldn't want to marry a beautiful woman who is both talented and beautiful and go home, seeing the daughter of the Du family pick up the hydrangea ball in her slender hand, the crowd downstairs instantly boiled up, and everyone stood on tiptoe to fight for the ball.

Miss Du took a deep breath, closed her eyes and threw down the hydrangea, and turned her head nervously, not daring to look at it.

The attic was very lively, a group of men pushed and pulled, desperately trying to grab the ball, the hydrangea was thrown around in the crowd, a young man was so excited that he slapped the ball with too much force. Crowd, fly towards Shen Budu!

Due to the super fast reaction speed developed over the years of receiving knives, swords, and hidden weapons, Shen Budu was faster than his brain, and he raised his arm to catch the hydrangea.

The crowd was stunned—where did this shameless brat come from, he was so accurate at picking up the mistakes! ?

Shen Budu was also confused - who am I, where am I, what am I doing picking up the hydrangea when I have nothing to do! ?

In the attic, Ms. Du smiled relieved when she saw that the person receiving the hydrangea was a handsome young man with Zhilan Yushu.The master of the Du family also seemed very satisfied with this cheap son-in-law, and said to Shen Budu with a smile on his face: "Young master, please come up to the attic!"

Shen Budu thought it was nothing, and was about to refuse with an apologetic face, but Xie Yun who was beside him spoke before him.

There was no more smile on the boy's face, he stared at Master Du and Miss Du in the attic, and said expressionlessly, "He can't go."

Master Du was stunned: "Why?"

Under the eyes of everyone, Xie Yun held the marshmallow in his left hand, grabbed Shen Budu's sleeve with his right hand, and said four words forcefully:

"He's my father."

The author has something to say:

Being forced to recognize your father is the most fatal.

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