Chapter 2

On the big bamboo peak of Qingyun Mountain.

Zhang Xiaofan sat in his room in a daze, stunned.

It was a sunny afternoon, and the soft light shone in from the window of the room and sprinkled on the bluestone floor inside. Perhaps because there is also a sense of laziness in the air, the rhubarb and ash in this room also look a little lazy at this moment.

Rhubarb lay on Zhang Xiaofan's feet, buried his head in his two front feet, his eyes were half closed, his ears drooped down, and only the shiny tail swings from time to time.

And the monkey Xiaohui, who has always been active, also leaned on the rhubarb body at this moment, using the rhubarb's belly as a pillow, sleeping soundly with its eyes closed, and its body also fluctuates slightly with the breath of the rhubarb's stomach at this moment.

This quiet afternoon, as if everything is exactly the same as before.

Zhang Xiaofan's eyes looked blankly at the unknown place. This was the third day of his return to Qingyun Mountain.

Suddenly, as if he felt something, Rhubarb, who had been sleepy and confused, suddenly raised his head, opened his eyes, and even his ears stood up.

Zhang Xiaofan frowned, and then heard the sound of slow footsteps outside the door. After a moment, with a squeak, the door was pushed open.

The sun shone in and was a little dazzling for a moment. Zhang Xiaofan only saw a figure standing at the door, bathed in the sun.

After his eyes were slightly adapted to the sun, his face suddenly turned white, and Tian Buyi stood at the door with a gloomy face.

This is the first time in the past three days. Tian Buyi came to see him. In addition to his eldest brother Song Dayen, who delivers food to him every day, the first person he saw, presumably, other people, could not come to visit him because Tian Buyi was strictly ordered.

At this time, the rhubarb had already run over, his tail swaggered, and rubbed around Tian Buyi's feet, looking very happy. But the other animal, Xiaohui, was not so good-looking. On the contrary, he was disturbed by the good dream and was quite annoyed. He screamed twice, but after all, he knew that Tian Buyi was not the character he could provoke, so he did not dare to go up and be presumptuous.

After a few calls, Xiaohui staggered back to Zhang Xiaofan's **, leaned on the quilt, and fell asleep again.

Tian Buyi lowered his body, looked at the rhubarb at his feet, stretched out his hand, and touched its head. The rhubarb barked low twice and rubbed his palm with his head.

Tian Buyi patted the rhubarb's head, stood up straight, and looked at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan didn't dare to look at him and shouted in a low voice, "Master."

Tian Buyi looked at him for a long time and did not answer him. He slowly approached, and Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously stepped back.

But Tian Buyi didn't move. He just sat down slowly in the chair. Zhang Xiaofan was a little scared, but he was more at a loss. In fact, since he returned to the mountain, he had expected to face such a situation, and even worse, to face the interrogation and reprimand of more people. He had long been psychologically prepared.

However, in this warm and quiet afternoon, when Tian Buyi, who had been respecting him like a god for many years, sat silently in front of him, he only lowered his head, his mind was blank, and he could not say a word.

I don't know how long it took to hear Tian Buyi slowly say, "Lao Qi."

Zhang Xiaofan's body shook and replied almost like a conditioned reflex: "Yes, Master."

"Do you have anything to say to me?"

Zhang Xiaofan slowly raised his head and looked at Tian Buyi. Tian Buyi looked at him blankly and couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

After a long silence, Zhang Xiaofan shook his head slowly.

Tian Buyi stared at the apprentice, and his hand in his sleeve slowly clenched his fist.

"Just now," Tian Buyi said slowly, as if he could hide his feelings in this way: "This morning, Qi Hao from Longshoufeng came to send a message. Tomorrow morning, the head, Xuan Zhenren, will see you in the Yuqing Hall of Tongtianfeng."

Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, and this moment finally came.

The cool mountain breeze gently blew in from the outside of the open door, as if it was still the sound of bamboo waves in the bamboo forest in the distance, but the people in the room didn't feel it.

Xiaohui seemed to fall asleep again, and Rhubarb also lay down again and ignored them. Only Tian Buyi was still watching the disciple.

Look at him deeply.

"Have your brothers been neglecting you these days?"

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and said, "No, my brothers are all good to me..."

Tian Buyi stopped talking, and the room replied with silence.

For a long time, Tian Buyi suddenly took a breath, as if he had made some determination. He shook his head and stood up, and walked out of the door without looking back or saying a word.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the familiar back and was at a loss.

Just as Tian Buyi was about to walk out of the room, he suddenly stopped again, but still did not look back. Zhang Xiaofan shouted in a sternal, "Master..."

"Lao Qi!" Tian Buyi's voice was still stable, but behind that, there was a faint flow of strange emotions.

"I ask you for the last time, are you really an undercover agent who sent to spy on our Qingyun Mifa?"

Zhang Xiaofan bit his lip and slowly knelt down to him: "Master, I'm not. I didn't do anything wrong to you!"

He said in a low voice to Tian Buyi, as if he were also talking to his deep heart at the same time.

In the sun, there seemed to be a gentle sigh. When Zhang Xiaofan looked up again, the familiar figure had disappeared.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the door and maintained this posture for a long time before he slowly stood up, walked back to the bedside and sat down.

Monkey Xiaohui was awakened by his movements. He turned his head and saw that it was Zhang Xiaofan. He cracked his mouth and smiled, as if after sleeping, his spirit began to recover and jumped on him with some movement.

Zhang Xiaofan subconsciously wrapped his hand around and held Xiaohui in his arms, but his eyes still looked out of the door. After a long time, with a voice that only he could hear, or even Xiaohui, he said in a low voice, "You know, I promised that man at the beginning, and I didn't say anything about death or death..."

I don't know if Xiaohui understood it, but it obviously didn't care much. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's hair affectionately.

Zhang Xiaofan did not move his body, let Xiaohui move, and only said slowly in his mouth, "Only you, Xiaohui, now only you are by my side..."

Xiaohui "squeaked" twice and laughed. I don't know if he understood. In the distance, Rhubarb seemed to fall asleep again. In his sleep, its tail quietly rolled up and shrank under his body.

The sun was still shining softly. Du Bishu, standing outside the door, couldn't help yawning, but after a moment, the original faint sleepiness disappeared, and Tian Buyi slowly walked out of Zhang Xiaofan's residence.

"Master." Du Bishu shouted and carefully looked at Tian Buyi's face, hoping to see something from his face. However, Tian Buyi was expressionless and only nodded slightly. He walked past him like this and walked towards Shou Jingtang.

Du Bishu stood aside. It was not easy for Tian to go far away. Looking at his back, he thought about Zhang Xiaofan and couldn't help sighing. On Dazhufeng, no one expected that such a thing would happen to this ordinary little brother in the past.

At this moment, even he, who has always been lively and active, can't help but feel a little energetic, and he is even more worried about Zhang Xiaofan.

I don't know how long it took for him to be so distracted, until a cry came from behind him: "Sixth brother."

Du Bishu was shocked and turned his head. He couldn't help but be stunned. Zhang Xiaofan came out of the room and stood behind him. Monkey Xiaohui lay on his shoulder and was looking at him with a cracked mouth and a smile. However, Rhubarb did not follow him, and he was probably still sleeping.

"Uh, little brother!" Du Bishu frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Xiaofan looked at him and said slowly, "Brother Six, I want to go to the back mountain."

Du Bishu was stunned when he heard the words, and he was a little embarrassed. Since returning to the mountain, although Tian Buyi did not directly order people to monitor Zhang Xiaofan, Su Ru, the master's wife, had secretly told everyone.

At this moment, he just looked at the haggard face of the honest little brother in the past. Du Bishu was a little unbearable in his heart, but he did not dare to violate the meaning of the master anyway. After a long time, he said, "Little brother, you, you know now... I, I..."

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head silently and whispered, "Tomorrow, the head of the Taoist Xuanshi will let me go to Tongtian Peak. I want to see the previous place again."

Du Bishu's body was shocked and his mouth widened slightly. Suddenly, he inexplicably felt that his eyes were hot. At this moment, the teenager standing in front of him seemed to have become the ordinary child when he just went up the mountain many years ago. On the dinner table, he bet with him on the appearance of his master's family who

But it was the order of the master, but he did not dare to disobey in any case. He was in trouble. Suddenly, he heard a sound of footsteps. The two turned their heads and looked over, but Tian Linger came over with a complicated expression.

This is the first time Zhang Xiaofan has seen Tian Linger in the past three days. Her face is slightly pale, as if she is also a little haggard. Presumably, she is not very relieved these days, but in this sunshine, she is still so beautiful.

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head.

Tian Linger walked to the two of them and looked at Du Bishu, but the corners of her eyes were all on Zhang Xiaofan's body. She said, "Brother Six, my father said that Xiaofan won't do anything. Let him go!"

Du Bishu was stunned, and Zhang Xiaofan's body also seemed to shake. He slowly turned around and looked in the direction of Shoujingtang, but he saw that the mouth was deep, and there was no figure of Tian Buyi.

Zhang Xiaofan slowly bowed in the direction of Shoujingtang, lowered his voice as if he was still choking, and said, "Thank you, Master."

Tian Linger stood aside and seemed to want to say something, but finally she didn't say anything. She squeezed her mouth and turned around and walked back.

Watching her go far away, Du Bishu suddenly said, "No wonder the little sister and Qi Hao of Long Shoufeng quarreled this morning."

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment and said, "What?"

Du Bishu said, "In the morning, Brother Qi Hao came here. After talking to the master, the little sister pulled him aside. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long. It seemed that the little sister said something, which made Brother Qi Hao very difficult, and the little sister got angry." Du Bishu paused, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and then said, "I guess she probably asked Brother Qi Hao to plead with Uncle Cang Song for you, so she quarreled."

Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say. He shook his head and walked to the back mountain.

Du Bishu looked at his back from behind, but when he saw the monkey Xiaohui lying on his shoulder, he grabbed his hair and played from time to time. It looked quite funny, but when he thought of waiting for Zhang Xiaofan's fate after tomorrow, he couldn't help frowning and sighing heavily.

The mountain road from Dazhu Peak to the back mountain, Zhang Xiaofan has not walked for a long time. All the way, he saw the greenness on the roadside, and the birds came from the distance from time to time.

The oncoming mountain wind blew on his face, bringing a trace of coolness. Following the winding path, it seemed to return to the past.

It turns out that nothing has changed here! Even floating in the distance, the white clouds on the mountainside of Dazhufeng seem to be exactly the same as before.

Monkey Xiaohui was very happy. He jumped off Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder and shouted, rushed to the grass next to him, and suddenly climbed up another big tree and swung around on it.

Looking at its appearance, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help showing a faint smile. He remembered the scene when he met Xiaohui, as if the pressure in his heart had also decreased a little at this moment.

Walking, Xiaohui was on his head, running around excitedly at the top of the big tree, but Zhang Xiaofan's eyes gradually only looked ahead, the gradually clear, green bamboo forest.

How many memories are frozen here!

He stopped in front of the bamboo forest.

The mountain wind is blowing, and countless black bamboos are dancing in the wind, as if they are also welcoming the return of old friends.

Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath. The fresh, sweet and free air that only belongs to this place.

Then he walked in.

The green bamboo forest is also as dense as before. In the soil under the tall and green bamboo, countless bamboo shoots break out of the ground and grow freely here.

Unconsciously, he went to the place where he used to do bamboo cutting lessons here. He saw that the thin black bamboo at the beginning seemed to be thick now.

Bamboo shadows, bamboo waves, as if they were also surrounded by him.

The past is like a tide, coming to my mind.

He looked at everything around him in a stuation, as if he was a little crazy.

"Zhang Xiaofan!"

Suddenly, a soft and slightly surprised call sounded from the depths of the bamboo forest.

Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked. The voice was so familiar, but he didn't expect to hear it in this place anyway. He immediately turned around and looked at the sound. Suddenly, he breathed and suffocated. Suddenly, in a bamboo shadow, Baguio was dressed in water and green clothes that reflected the surrounding environment. She stood there with a smile, looking at herself with a little tenderness and obsessiveness.

"You, why did you come here?" After two people staring at each other like a fool for a long time, Zhang Xiaofan said.

Baguio slowly came over, even with a gentle smile in her eyes, and said softly, "I'm here to see you!"

Zhang Xiaofan was so excited that he subconsciously clenched his lower lip and said for a long time, "But in case someone finds out, you are too dangerous!"

Baguio shook his head and said, "I don't care. I just want to see you."

Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked. This was the first time he heard Baguio say so directly. As if noticing Zhang Xiaofan's surprise, Biyao's face was also red, and then she said, "You Qingyunmen have been as stable as a mountain for more than a hundred years. You have been on guard for a long time. I secretly went up the mountain, and no one noticed."

Zhang Xiaofan nodded silently, but then he thought that now everyone in the right path knows that Biyao is the daughter of the demon king suzerain. If someone finds out that he is talking to her again at this moment, the consequences are unknown.

How smart Biyao was. At a glance, she saw that there was a hesitant look on Zhang Xiaofan's face, and her original smile was gradually replaced by gloom. She whispered, "If you're worried about anything, I'll go."

Zhang Xiaofan looked at her, but although there was joy on Baguio's face, he could not hide the haggardness. Thinking that these days, it must be because he was worried about himself. Suddenly, his heart was hot and he blurted out, "What else can I worry about? Can I be worse?"

Baguio was stunned and looked at him. Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter. No one will come now. You can talk to me!"

Baguio smiled and nodded and said, "Okay."

But after saying this, the two looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say. The atmosphere suddenly cooled down and was a little embarrassed.

After a long time, Baguio said anguly, "Duird, you talk!"

Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head, but his mind was blank. He really didn't know what to say to this beautiful woman. Just as the corner of his eyes looked aside, he saw a thick black bamboo not far away, which had been rotten for more than half a year, so he walked over and said, "Sit down!"

Baguio smiled, like flowers blooming, unparalleled.

She walked over and was about to sit down when Zhang Xiaofan suddenly grabbed her and said, "Wait a minute."

Baguio was stunned and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan put his body down, wiped hard on the black bamboo with his sleeve, wiped out a clean place, and then got up without looking at Baguio. He lowered his head and said, "Sit down now!"

Biyao put away her smile and moved the corners of her mouth. Her bright eyes only looked at Zhang Xiaofan's figure. After a long time, she slowly sat down. Then she pulled Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Sit down, too!"

Zhang Xiaofan blushed and said, "I, I can sit on the ground..."

Unexpectedly, Biyao pulled him hard, pulled him over and sat on the bamboo together, and said anguly, "I told you to sit down!" What are you doing sitting on the ground?

Zhang Xiaofan smiled awkwardly and only felt the faint fragrance around him, which came faintly and floated in from the end of his nose to his deep heart. I couldn't help turning my head to look at her, and I saw that Baguio was also staring at him, with eyes like water and indescribable gentleness.

Never noticed, even when the two of them were trapped in the blood pit under the abyss of the dead, Zhang Xiaofan did not feel that he was so close to her. After a long time, he suddenly said, "Buio."

Baguio smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan stared at her and said, "Why are you so kind to me?"

Baguio was stunned for a moment and slowly moved her eyes to the land in front of her. There seemed to be a faint confusion on her face and said, "Yes! Why am I so kind to you?"

Above the two of them, the bamboo leaves swung gently in the mountain wind, as if they were also gently telling something.

"Do you know my family background and the past?" After a long time, Baguio was quiet and authentic.

Zhang Xiaofan nodded gently and said, "Yes."

Baguio said slowly, "I haven't been here since I was a child. My father is busy with the major events of the sect of the Holy Religion. He has little time to take care of me. People around me look at my father's face and always greet me with a smile and flattery."

Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment and said, "Your father actually cares about you very much."

Baguio nodded and said, "Yes. But I didn't understand it before. I didn't know it until I met you.

She stared at Zhang Xiaofan and said quietly, "Xiaofan, I will never forget the days in the blood hole."

Her voice, which sounded at this moment, seemed to be a little distant: "It turns out that in the dark, even when I'm dying, I can find someone to rely on."

Zhang Xiaofan was moved, but he didn't know what to say.

A jade-like hand reached over, and Baguio gently took his hand, and a faint tenderness came from her soft skin.

She took out a handkerchief from her arms and gently wiped the stains left on the cuffs when Zhang Xiaofan wiped the bamboo for her.

"From childhood to my age, I don't know how many people have flattered me and given me many rare treasures, but..." She raised her head, stared into Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, and said gently, "Even if the treasures all over the sky are in front of my eyes, they are not as good as the sleeves you wipe for me."

At this moment, the voices of the whole world suddenly disappeared.

Only the gentle eyes of this beautiful woman surrounded him.

How many years later, when you look back on the past, do you still remember that someone whispered to you?

Do you remember the naive and fanatical words because of the youth?

It's like a vow deeply engraved in the heart and never give up!

Have you opened your arms and hugged your beloved in your arms?

I don't know what started. In the gentle silence, he opened his arms and hugged the beautiful woman beside him tightly.