Changqing Ci

The houses on Lingyun Mountain are all built against the mountain, and the structure of Ziying Pavilion is the most refined. It is not attractive, but it is better than the sun.But in the Chenyun Pavilion next door, there is Bilin Xiuzhu.Spring and autumn, evening clouds and green trees, are the places Mu Chen is most proud of.

He likes to play chess, and often sits quietly by the chess board alone, with a calm expression, meditating on the chess board, when Wei Ling's words come, he is here alone, and he does not see his apprentice Zhou Man.

She sat opposite naturally, picked up the white piece with Sujing's long fingers, stared at him for a while, then placed the piece carefully, and said: "You came back quite early, how is the scenery in the imperial capital?"

There was a hint of sadness between Mu Chen's brows, but the corners of his mouth curled up, "It's fun, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, a gorgeous and extravagant place, streets and alleys, wine shops and dance houses, let me linger, the money is spent like flowing water, beauty is beauty, It made me see things I shouldn't have seen."

The slightly cryptic words made Wei Ling's fingertips stagnate, and the train of thought he had just thought of was interrupted. After contemplating for a moment, the inspiration disappeared, and she took a step casually, "Did you see the murder?"

A wrong move made Mu Chen gain the upper hand, and he happily made a move, forcing Wei Lingci to retreat, and said happily: "Ah Ci's face has not changed these years, and his brain has become smarter. A certain nobleman met on the way home. Assassin, the assassin shot quickly, but he cut his arm. I wanted to step forward to help, after all, our master is about to eat the king's salary. The imperial guards shot much faster than me, but it was led by Yuan Commander Under my hand, I caught him in two strokes."

"Such a trivial matter, did it scare you? Come back without stopping."

"No, no, cutting your arm is just a trivial matter, shed a few drops of blood, the man bleeds and doesn't shed tears, so he won't go home and cry, but when he heard that he died the next day, I was so scared that I couldn't sit still, even though I was a bystander , but I was so timid that I didn't dare to step on the ants, so I was so scared that I rode back for days."

The words between the words were read carefully, but they knew the clues. Wei Ling's eyes flashed with shock, "Do you know who did it?"

Mu Chen's evil color was slightly revealed, and the black spots on his fingertips were thrown in the air at random, and hit the bamboo leaves. The leaves in the bamboo forest swayed in the wind. He stared at Wei Ling's words and whispered: "There is a swamp in the southwest, and there is a miasma inside. It is everywhere, no one dares to step on it, but there are grasses growing, the grasses are very poisonous, and can be made into poison. The medicine is a hundred times more powerful than the herbs, and it will kill you if you touch it."

Southwest is the jurisdiction of King Xunyi of Pingnan, and its meaning is self-evident. Wei Ling couldn't understand the words, so he looked sideways at him, "You mean..."

The second chess piece in Mu Chen's hand was still thrown, and the sound of falling leaves became louder. He did not change his face, and continued to say: "There is a classic on Lingyun Mountain, which is made by mixing this grass with the other ten kinds of poisonous grass. More than its own toxicity, the poisoned person died immediately."

Wei Lingci didn't ask it anything, just said: "Where is the book?"

The falling leaves gradually stopped, the wind gradually died down, Mu Chen spread his hands open, his expression flamboyant, and he said with a smile: "I want to live two more years, I just took a peek at the books at Master's place."

Wei Lingci lowered his eyes, stared at the chess game with bated breath, and moved his fingertips over the two in the middle. Mu Chen suddenly approached her, his breath gradually approaching, and said in a low voice: "I have been there, the book is no longer there, this is Lingyun Sect's Only the master can see what the ancestors painted."

Mu Chen straightened up and twisted a strand of hair by her ear, the slightly comfortable light blue, the unpainted jade brow bone, he suddenly became interested, and reached out to touch her cheek again.

Just now, he lost his mind and was taken advantage of by Mu Chen. Now he understood, he immediately raised his hand and hit back. The back of Mu Chen's hand was numb from the shock, and he said unwillingly: "I have a bad temper, I don't want to marry you, you should marry the elder brother. Like a tigress, hurry up and leave."

Wei Lingci is so indifferent to anyone. Mu Chen feels that his junior sister is clearly in front of him, but it is very far away, making him untouchable. He has been suspicious all these years. Why is it changing so fast.

There is reserve in the alienation, as if only the look in the eyes of her precious apprentice will be more tender, he can't help but wonder: "A Ci, do you like your little apprentice, you can marry him again when he grows up."

Mu Chen was flamboyant and flamboyant, and his brothers and sisters always spoke inappropriately. Wei Ling's words were well known, but what she said today made her, who was as calm as water, feel a little nervous.Trying my best to suppress the shaking heart waves, said lightly: "Changqing is a girl, stop talking nonsense."

Mu Chen was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, his expression was a bit exaggerated, he laughed and said: "No wonder she is so short, I thought the food on the mountain was not good, but I didn't expect it to be a girl's house, she was hiding it quite well, but I don't know why she pretended to be a girl. Men's?"

Wei Lingci's expression remained the same, and he said calmly: "I don't know, I haven't asked her, maybe it's for fun."

Children love to play and play, and I am the only one who enjoys it. These are trivial things. After laughing, Mu Chen restrained himself a bit, gathered his clothes and sat upright, and asked curiously: "Her identity should not be simple. When I was in the imperial capital, I accidentally heard that Prince Pingnan’s young son was also called Xun Changqing, Ah Ci, you should not be a burden, the palace of Pingnan Prince is already in turmoil.”

"Burden?" Wei Lingci raised the corner of his mouth lightly, looking at the emptiness in the bamboo forest, his expression froze, "Brother, if you say this, I will be a burden to you, to Master, and to Lingyun."

Mu Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly, and his face was deep. He knew that Wei Lingci was angry, so he simply apologized: "My fault... my fault, but I remind you in advance that Xun Changqing may not stay in Lingyun Mountain for a long time. If you If you want to protect this child, you need to think of a way, she will probably return to the Imperial Capital."

"Of course I understand, senior brother just needs to be wise and safe." Wei Lingci put down the chess pieces and turned around to leave.

The sky was a light gray with a congealing dampness that meant it was about to rain.Wei Lingci couldn't help taking two steps, her skirt swayed with the wind, a drop of crystal rain fell on her cheek, she reached out to touch it, but the rain was heavy.

Just after taking two steps, I saw a light-colored figure, walking quickly, holding an umbrella in his hand, and he did not forget to hold an umbrella in his left hand, he should have come to deliver an umbrella.

Under the dense curtain, she stopped, Xun Changqing walked quickly, the rain splashed under her feet, and there were little shadows. When she saw someone in the rain, her first reaction was to hand her the unopened umbrella in her hand.But Wei Lingci leaned over slightly and got under her umbrella, took the handle of her umbrella, and the mist floated.

She asked lightly, "How do you know I'm in Chenyun Pavilion?"

After Xun Changqing freed his right hand, he reached out to wipe away the raindrops falling from the corner of his eyes, and moved into the umbrella involuntarily. Come to return the book, and casually said that you are in the Chenyun Pavilion, and I just came out when I saw that the weather was not right."

Wei Lingci looked at her with lowered eyes, and saw that her shoulders were wet, so he moved the umbrella a little to her side, the autumn rain was falling, and there was a faint chill, "I played a game with your uncle, the weather is not good, hurry up Let's go back."

He put his hand on Xun Changqing's shoulder to block some of the rain. Wei Lingci was taller than her, and this move was effortless.But when Xun Changqing noticed it, his breathing became short of breath, and he felt a hot burning fire from his shoulders and melted into the bone marrow, which was breathtaking.

Her rationality told herself that she should open the umbrella in her hand and avoid Wei Ling's words, but her hands couldn't move, and she lost the alienation she had maintained over the years.She lowered her eyes and stared closely at the umbrella in her hand. She tried her best, but couldn't open it.

Xun Changqing didn't open the umbrella until the two returned to Ziying Pavilion. She stared at the umbrella in her hand with an annoyed look on her face. .

After the two changed their clothes, the rain stopped for a while, and a guest left and returned.

Zhou Man stepped back again. She smiled cleverly after seeing Wei Ling's words, showing two canine teeth, and the dimples on her cheeks also showed out. Coupled with a pair of big smiling eyes, she looked very cute and attracted a lot of attention. Xun Changqing looked sideways.

"Uncle Wei, just now my master asked me to invite you to the uncle's place. He said that the three of you gathered together. He also said that you haven't had a drink together for many years. He also invited the master master."

Since it was Mu Chen's banquet, Wei Lingci couldn't shirk it, so he nodded in agreement.Just don't worry about Changqing in the next ten days. Although no one on Lingyun Mountain dares to do it openly, there are still people in the dark. Before she left, she warned: "If you are afraid at night, call Zijin, and I will come back in about an hour or two." gone."

This is treating her like a child, Xun Changqing curled his lips, a little unhappy, "I'm not afraid, master just go."

She curled her lips and frowned, her tone raised slightly, she was really a little silly, Wei Lingci couldn't help but raised her hand and pinched her cheek, with a hint of mockery in her smile, "It's up to you, pay more attention to what's going on around you, Be alert."

Is her alertness poor?Xun Changqing looked at the disappearing back of the courtyard gate, and another inexplicable knot was formed in his heart, lingering and entangled...

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Zhou Man spread the word that it was Mu Chen's banquet, and the master and apprentice had a few drinks, but when they arrived, they found out that Wang Pingjun borrowed the site of the head Xu Ke. The chef from the big kitchen in the Zong came over to cook, and a few odd girls were busy there.

When Wei Lingci passed by there, he turned his head slightly and saw Zijin picking vegetables inside, and his footsteps froze. Thinking of Xun Changqing's cleverness in weekdays and his understanding of her martial arts, he thought nothing would happen.

Wang Pingjun is very happy today, looking at Wei Lingci's eyes becoming more and more ambiguous, he specially poured wine for Wei Lingci, but Wei Lingci did not touch his lips, and only drank the tea on the side, but Mu Chen treasured Wang Pingjun a lot I drank most of the year's good wine.

The head of the house, Xu Ke, looked at the joyous situation, and kept twirling his beard, not smiling.At the meeting, Mu Chen talked a lot, talking about the interesting things he had been away these days.

"A young man married a wife, but he didn't see her face, only saw his future mother-in-law, who was beautiful, and guessed that her daughter must be beautiful, so he decided to join their family. On the wedding night, he found that the new wife was extremely ugly. It is so ugly that there is no one uglier than her in the world, and the young man quit, clamoring for divorce."

After finishing a paragraph, he was thirsty, so he took up the wine glass and drank it all.

Wei Lingci interjected: "Retired?"

"The door-to-door son-in-law can still withdraw. Later, he really couldn't stand the appearance of the new daughter-in-law, and said to the mother-in-law, why don't I marry you."

The absurd words, the three of them heard that he was making nonsense, so they ignored him, and Mu Chen himself also made fun of it.

During the period, Zijin brought fish soup in, and looked at Wei Lingci's direction for a while. The latter only stared at the tea in the cup, and he couldn't stay in the room for long. Zijin delivered the soup to the table and then turned and left.

After a moment of silence, Wei Lingci raised his head, looked at Xu Ke who was seated above, and smiled slightly, "Master, I want to go down the mountain and go home to see my mother."

Xu Ke also raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes were inquisitive, and he wanted to refuse, but Mu Chen interrupted again, "Shangrao, there is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, it is very beautiful, junior sister, let me go with you, and meet my aunt by the way, Let me stay for a few days."

"It's a good idea, Second Junior Brother, you have only been back for two or three days, and it's too comfortable to go down the mountain again. Tomorrow, I will go to the martial arts school to teach the new disciples, and Zhou Man's martial arts progress is very slow. Qingbi, but the difference is far, if you accept it and don’t care about it, you are not competent as a master," Wang Pingjun immediately interrupted Mu Chen.

Mu Chen raised his hand and drank another glass of wine, not daring to refute, whoever made him the elder brother made sense.

Seeing that Mu Chen didn't speak, Wang Pingjun scooped up a bowl of fish soup and handed it to Wei Lingci, and said gently: "Since Ah Ci wants to go, then go, and take Changqing along the way to experience it, it's okay, master Say, don't you?"

Wang Pingjun was the leader, and Wei Lingci still took the fish soup handed over by himself. Listening to Xu Ke, he said, "It's okay. It's better to take the disciples to practice, than to wander around and never return."

Pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, Mu Chen was at fault, imitating the big brother, scooped up a bowl of fish soup, and brought it to Xu Ke with his own hands, hurriedly flattering him, and said with a smile: "Master said it, disciple will change it next time."

Xu Ke ignored him and just drank his soup with his head down.Seeing that he drank the fish soup, Wei Lingci also raised his hand to scoop up a spoonful of fish soup and put it in his mouth.