Embers

Zheng Yijun's big wedding was still very lively, the Zheng family's business was very big, and there were many people attending the banquet, people from all over the world, those who had business dealings, relatives, friends, and neighbors all came.

Since Tan Suyu is the lord of the Heaven Killing Palace, people from the Jianghu are naturally indispensable for this wedding.

From far away, you can hear the voices of people, and the sound of firecrackers is deafening.

The welcoming team swaggered past the main street early in the morning, and couldn't see the end for a long time.

The second son of the Zheng family got married, and Mr. Zheng was very happy. He immediately announced that no matter who they are, whether they are invited or not, they can go to the back hall to have a glass of wedding wine and a full meal on the day of the wedding.

I can't wait for the ordinary people in the whole city to know about this matter, and those who have money or not will come over for a meal.

The gate of Zheng's mansion can be described as empty.

Ye Bozhou and Ember struggled through the crowd and squeezed to the door. The servant had sharp eyes and immediately recognized Mr. Ye, who often came to have tea with the old man, and Ember, the second young master's good friend, and immediately turned around and invited them in.

Ye Bozhou handed him the congratulatory gift, saw people coming and going in the backyard, and said with a smile: "This seat must be full, right?"

The family member was miserable: "No, they are all here. The old Lin's dog bit my second young master last time. My second young master refused to let him be held accountable. That's the way it is. Who would have thought that his shameless It’s so thick, it’s a shame to show up!”

Ye Bozhou couldn't help laughing.

"Every one of them looks like they haven't eaten!"

Ye Bozhou's popularity in this family is very good, he is good-looking without airs, gentle as jade, all the family members are willing to talk to him when they see him.

"Oh, Ah Jin, Uncle Ye, you are here!"

Zheng Yijun came out of the inner hall in a bright red dress, and walked over quickly when he saw them.

Ember looked at him, with a proud expression on his face, and couldn't help but think back to the young man in floral clothes when he first met him.

Sure enough, the power of time should not be underestimated. Now that this person has married, his demeanor has calmed down a lot, and the longer he grows, the more he looks like jade.

Ye Bozhou took out a small package from his arms and handed it to him, blinking narrowly: "Your Uncle Su asked me to bring it to you. Recently, there are many trivial matters at the door, so he can't come in person, so he entrusted me to give it to you." Send a message, groom officer, happy wedding."

Zheng Yijun was a little disappointed at first, but when he touched the package, he immediately understood what it was, and couldn't help showing an ambiguous smile.

"Uncle Su's kindness, this junior understands!"

Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Ember immediately understood something, the corner of his mouth twitched, speechless.

Zheng Yijun arranged for someone to take them to the inner hall to find a place to sit down, and then he went to the door to entertain the guests.

More than half of the people were already sitting in the inner hall, some of them were businessmen with dignity and status, some were relatives of both parties, and some were people from the Jianghu.

One of them was included.

In order not to bump into the newcomers, he didn't wear the red robe he was used to today, but changed into a long lake blue gown, but it couldn't cover up the aura that was hard to ignore.

Ember suddenly stiffened.

Ye Bozhou also frowned slightly, but soon smiled again.

Nie Budu took the initiative to come over.

"Brother Ye, long time no see."

He smiled and spoke familiarly, as if he had a good relationship with them.

Ye Bozhou smiled and said, "Long time no see, Hierarch Nie."

Nie Budu's lazy gaze lingered on his face for a moment, and then fell on Ember's face again, "Is this your disciple?"

Ye Bozhou smiled: "Exactly, Jin'er, why don't you say hello to Hierarch Nie?"

Ember nodded expressionlessly: "I've met Hierarch Nie."

Nie Budu glanced at him very quickly, said some polite words, and then chatted with Ye Bozhou as if nothing happened.

Only Ember could understand the deep meaning in that look.

He pursed his lips tightly.

Ember should have been sincerely happy for Zheng Yijun's wedding, but Nie Budu's existence always made him unable to concentrate.

He just sat and drank there so calmly, there were empty seats on the left and right, and no one dared to go next to him.

Ember forced herself not to look at him, but the stiffness all over her body had already betrayed the fluctuation in his heart.

Ye Bozhou patted his hand calmly.

Only then did he come back to his senses: "Master."

Ye Bozhou smiled and poured him a glass of wine: "Try this, Xiaxianmen doesn't have such good wine."

He whispered again: "The relationship between Shi Tiangong and the Demon Sect is not as tense as the relationship between Bai Dao and the Demon Sect. It is normal to invite him."

Ember nodded silently, and lowered her head to drink.

After the ceremony, the bride is sent to the bridal chamber, and Zheng Yijun comes down to toast.

When it came to Ye Bozhou and Ember's table, Ye Bozhou quickly replaced his wine with a glass of water.

Zheng Yijun smiled gratefully.

He was supposed to stay to make trouble in the bridal chamber, but Ye Bozhou thought about Ember's poor condition, so he led him to leave early.

On the way back, it was already dark, and the moon on the [-]th was the roundest time in January. The moonlight was clear and fell on the ground, and the ground was covered with hoarfrost.

"He... killed my parents."

After hesitating for a long time, Ember still spoke in a low voice.

Ye Bozhou raised his hand and rubbed his head: "Master knows."

Ember's breath stagnates: "You know?"

Ye Bozhou looked at him with some distress.

"Don't you know, when you mention Nie Budu for so many years, you feel a little wrong, and then think of you becoming a beggar without father and mother, is everything still unclear?"

Ember calmly breathed a sigh of relief: "...um."

He raised his head, looked at Ye Bozhou's gentle eyebrows, and couldn't help but want to ask, didn't you check me when you first accepted me as your apprentice?

But there is no need to ask.

As smart as Ye Bozhou, didn't he have any doubts?It's just that I deliberately don't want to know.

He is so precious to you, how can he be willing to doubt you?

Ye Bozhou sighed, and took his hand again: "Let's go, let's go home."

Come back home?

Ember looked at the moon from a place he couldn't see, his eyes were blank.

Is the lower string door his home?

As if knowing what he was thinking, Ye Bozhou stopped, turned around and took him into his arms, whispering in his ear: "Where I am, is your home."

……

……

"Here, what you want."

Fu Yan gently raised his hand and pushed the package on the table over.

Ember slowly picked up the package, her fingertips were icy cold.

Fu Yan listened for a moment, and couldn't help chuckling: "Are you ever afraid? Things are brought to you but you dare not face them?"

Ember pursed her lips, with unpredictable emotions in her eyes.

"Open it and have a look, aren't you afraid that I'll cheat you?"

Ember opened the package and stared at the contents inside.

A book was lying quietly inside, with four large characters written on the cover: Cuohuaxinjing.

"Wrong Flower Heart Sutra", the thing that Nie Budu would give his whole family to get if he killed his family back then, was hidden in the lower string door.

The magic kung fu that has changed the color of the world for a hundred years, and the "Cuo Hua Xin Sutra" that makes people have supreme power after practicing, are just right in front of him.

His fingertips were trembling.

"I said, Mr. Qiao San, don't you hate Xiaxianmen?"

Ember didn't speak.

He used to not be called Ember, a name full of sorrow, he used to live a noble life, and like Zheng Yijun, he had a father who was a bit strict to him.

But everything has been destroyed.

Fu Yan propped his chin with a look of interest: "Xiaxianmen took away things that should belong to your Qiao family, but people's lives were taken from your Qiao family. In this way, there is no enmity between you and Xiaxianmen?" ?”

Ember clenched her fists.

"I don't know why the "Wrong Flower Heart Sutra" is in Xiaxianmen, and why the outside world thinks that I still don't know about it in my house. There must be something I don't know, I only know one thing, my enemy is Nie Budu .”

How Nie Budu's subordinates stabbed the sword into the hearts of his parents, how they humiliated him, and how they set fire to burn the supposedly prosperous Qiao family to ashes, he never forgot.

That bloody night is still vivid in my mind.

Fu Yan was silent for a while, then handed him a cup of tea.

Ember took it over and gripped the cup tightly.

"Then why do you need it this time? Simply want to get back your Qiao family's things?"

Embers remained silent.

Fu Yan reminded him: "You have to know that once this matter is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous. I will be returning to the palace soon, what will you do then?"

"..."

"Paper can't contain fire."

"..."

Ember whispered: "I will leave with Master."

Fu Yan raised his eyebrows: "You want to escape? Where are you going? With the strength of Xiaxianmen, where do you escape and still be arrested? Unless...you want to enter the palace?"

After saying that, he couldn't help laughing: "It's safe in the palace, and I really hope you can accompany me."

"No, live in seclusion in the mountains."

Ember stared at the words "Wrong Flower Heart Sutra".

Fu Yan said: "I can understand that you want to take your master with you, but you don't even think about it. Will your master go with you? The Xiaxian Gate is his home. He has stayed in the Xiaxian Gate for more than [-] years before you accompany him. He is only eight years old. In his heart, you will be more important than the whole sect? Have you ever thought that if this matter is discovered, Ye Bozhou will be the first person who will not tolerate you?"

Ember was dumbfounded, what Fu Yan said was not wrong at all.

Fu Yan knocked on the table and continued: "Even if he really agrees to go with you, you two just take a book of magic skills and live in seclusion in the mountains?"

"..."

Fu Yan sighed: "I know what you think about him, but it's impossible for the two of you to have offspring if you run away alone. After you both die, what if this book is discovered? What if someone finds out about it? What will you do in the hands of the person who is in charge, these consequences, have you thought about it?"

Fu Yan's speech was still as sharp as it was many years ago, making it impossible for Ember to retreat.

"how do you know……"

Fu Yan couldn't help but sneered: "You still can't see it? It was the first time I saw Nie Budu at the martial arts conference. You have a dark face, so you want to rush up and kill people? But I heard Ye Bozhou sitting next to you pat After shooting you, you immediately stabilized, and still can't explain the problem?"

Ember suddenly raised her eyes, what a keen insight!

Fu Yan yawned lazily: "So, you should think about the consequences, at least now that I send it back, no one will find out."