Embers

Apart from swordsmanship, Ye Bozhou is also good at two things, as mentioned earlier, one is the tea ceremony, and the other is calligraphy.

He knows hundreds of tea making methods, and can smell the quality of tea leaves just by smelling them. He could use the most suitable method to brew different teas to bring out the best taste, but he likes to study blindly, and often makes nondescript and strange things. smell.

Calligraphy is excellent.

In front of the embers was a long scroll, on which was written a line of big characters: look up to the sky, and bow down to others.

The gestures are vigorous and powerful, showing their sharpness, horizontal and vertical strokes, done in one go, really "the pen draws the dragon and the snake, and the iron draws the silver hook".Contrary to Ye Bozhou's usual gentle and elegant style, this word is firm and powerful.

Although Ember is still young, she has already discerned the good and bad of characters, and she is very amazed at the moment, and loves this word very much.

"Do you like it?" Ye Bozhou smiled.

It was rare for Ember to fully affirm something.

"If you like it, just study hard." Ye Bozhou got up and walked to the bookcase, raised his hand to grope for a while, and pressed lightly on an inconspicuous place, and the bookcase was suddenly disconnected from the middle and moved to the two sides, revealing a secret door. out.

Pushing open the door, there is a different world inside.

A fairly empty space, with a cushion in the middle, and various characters on the wall. The font is Ye Bozhou's handwriting.

"What's the surprise? This is the place where the teacher retreats." Ye Bozhou glanced at the characters and smiled.

"It was memorized by my master when he was creating the Jieyou sword technique."

There was a stack of papers piled up in a corner of the room. It looked like it had been a while, and it was already covered with dust.

"That's the words written by the teacher in his spare time. It can be used as a copybook for you."

Ember was still expressionless, but the light in his eyes had already betrayed his good mood.He walked over and carefully picked up one to watch, and suddenly had a question: "Then why keep them so secret?"

It is really incomprehensible that such amazing words were thrown in the secret room without any care by the master, neither cherishing nor letting others see.

Ye Bozhou smiled lightly, stood against the light, his expression was unclear:

"Jin'er, remember, a person's words can often reveal his heart. The font and content are all inadvertently expressing his true thoughts. What a person is thinking, caring about, and liking, if you study carefully, you will be able to find out what you are thinking. You can see it in his words."

"And if someone really sees through your heart, it will be very dangerous for you."

Ember was silent, looking down at the hill in front of her, and suddenly felt that the black and white writing in her hand became very hot.

At noon, an unexpected visitor came to the yard.Of course, this is just Ember's personal thoughts, Ye Bozhou is quite happy to see it.

"Sister, come to find Jin'er. Huh? What is this? A pastry made by your master?"

Ye Bozhou unceremoniously took the box from Li Mei's hand, opened the lid, glanced at it, smelled it, and instantly showed a harmless smile:

"It's so inconvenient to hold this heavy box, why don't you keep it with the uncle first? Go and play first."

Li Mei felt that it made sense, she nodded with her eyes wide open, and looked as if she could stay as long as she wanted; Yu Jin, who had already seen through the scheme of his unscrupulous master, turned her head away with a sneer.

Seeing the two of them going out, Ye Bozhou hastily closed the door. Just as a pair of thieves' hands were about to reach for the box, he heard a half-smile above his head, "Junior brother, do you even lie to children?"

Looking up, there is a gentleman on the beam, just looking at him leisurely.

"Why are you here?" Ember asked very rudely.

Li Mei looked at him cautiously: "It was my master who wanted to come for dinner, so I followed..."

rubbish?As expected, birds of a feather flock together, if there is a thick-skinned master, there must be a thick-skinned uncle.

Deliberately asked: "Are you here to eat too?"

Li Mei really panicked with embarrassment: "No, I'm here to find you!"

Ember was suspicious: "Why are you looking for me?"

Li Mei's eyeballs flicked left and right. In fact, he didn't know why he came, but when he heard Master said that he was going to sit with Fifth Martial Uncle, he subconsciously offered to follow him.

Suddenly, he saw a qin covered in dust standing in the corner, and he had a flash of inspiration: "I'm here to play the qin for you!"

Looking nervously at Ember, this person is best at refusing, what should he do if he refuses again.

Unexpectedly, Ember nodded very simply, and began to grind: "Flick it."

Ye Bozhou and Su Jiujiu were sitting in the study chatting and laughing when the tinkling piano sounded.

Ye Bozhou: "Brother, don't you have a cook in your yard?"

Su Changjiu raised his forehead: "Going home to visit relatives, his home is in Nantou, and he won't be able to come back in a few months."

Ye Bozhou euphemistically suggested: "The things made by Fengqilou at the foot of the mountain can be called delicacies from mountains and seas."

Su Changjiu smiled leisurely: "Some delicacies from mountains and seas will get tired of eating one day."

Ye Bozhou: "Ordinary side dishes lack oil and water."

Su Jiujiu: "But it feels like home."

Ye Bozhou: "There are many senior brothers in the sect, and the taste of family is stronger."

Su Jiujiu: "I always love quietness."

Ye Bozhou: "As a master, your own livelihood has been settled, what can your apprentices do?"

Su Jiujiu: "Isn't this brought here?"

Ye Bozhou: "Others?"

Su Jiujiu: "I'm driving you all down the mountain."

"..."

Ye Bozhou bitterly grabbed a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, gnashing his teeth: "I said, why do you give me delicious food like this, I dare you to have such a skill!"

Xiaxianmen will distribute monthly silver to everyone in the sect. Although the amount is quite a lot, it is still fixed, but it has to be allocated by itself, otherwise no one will sympathize if they run out of money at the end of the month and drink Northwest Wind.

Ye Bozhou's heart is like a mirror, his third senior brother must have spent all the money, so he came here to eat with the cheek.The fist is clenched, I really want to beat him out with Jieyou swordsmanship!

The situation over there is tense, but here there is harmony.

Ember was practicing calligraphy with a brush in hand, while Li Mei was playing the piano.He wasn't very focused on playing, and he couldn't help but look up at Ember from time to time, to observe his expression, to see if he frowned, and if he thought he didn't play well.

At the end of the song, Li Mei knelt behind the piano nervously with her arms down and waited for Ember to comment. Ember wrote a piece of paper and put down her pen. She glanced at him and frowned: "What are you afraid of?"

Li Mei replied honestly: "I'm afraid you won't like it."

Ember got up, walked in front of him, stood still, looked down at him, without saying a word.Li Mei's palms were covered with sweat, and she lowered her head involuntarily.

Li Mei gradually began to feel that trying to speculate on Ember was a very dangerous thing.Even though he was only seven years old, he was still a year older than him.

When Li Mei was about to cry, a hand appeared in front of his eyes.

Lifting her head in disbelief, Ember was stretching out her hand towards him with a look of disgust. "Quickly get up, if Third Martial Uncle sees it, he'll think I'm bullying you." The voice was muffled.

Li Mei's face suddenly burst into two big dimples.

Today's meal was quite plain, Yu Jian picked up a piece of green vegetables and chewed, looking at his master suspiciously.Ye Bozhou's eyes flickered, and Su Changjiu looked contemptuous.

"Cough," Ye Bozhou coughed, "Isn't it the Chinese New Year, we need to save some money and buy some New Year's goods, so that we can have a good New Year."

Su Changjiu snorted coldly.

Seeing this situation, Ember suddenly understood, and was a little bit dumbfounded.He, Ye Bozhou, is obviously the proud son of heaven, and he was spoiled by the big guys since he was a child, so he seems to be in the eyes of money, and he is extremely picky.

"Speaking of which, what has happened to the Devil's Cult recently?"

Su Changjiu became serious: "Nie Budu's martial arts are advancing rapidly, and his disciples are also constantly plundering young girls from the people, and selecting suitable talents from them to train them, so as to expand the Devil's Cult."

Ye Bozhou said indifferently: "It seems that the Demon Cult is going to make a big move."

"Cut," Su Jiujiu disdainfully said, "What can they do? Can Tu Guangbaidao rule the world?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was stunned, and his hands and feet suddenly became cold.Looking straight ahead, Ye Bozhou on the opposite side also looked gloomy.

Is it...? !

Su Jiujiu managed to suppress the horror in his heart, and comforted himself: "No way, he, Nie Budu, can't even survive the age of 25, and now he's only fifteen, so it's impossible for him to reach that level in ten years."

Ye Bozhou frowned: "The younger you are, the more daring you are to think and do, not to mention that you have seen the progress of Nie Budu's martial arts with your own eyes. I'm afraid, his ambition doesn't stop there."

Su Jiujiu: "But all the current actions of the Demon Cult have not offended us, and we have no reason to interfere with them."

Ye Bozhou: "And we can't either. There are many righteous martial arts sects, and the Xiaxian sect has always been in a neutral position. At this time, I think that with the prudence of the sect master, I will definitely not be that early bird."

Su Changjiu sighed: "Besides, our Baidao is not very harmonious. The Qinghua faction of the Wangchen faction confronts each other, the Lishan faction has its own schemes, and the underworld has the Shenfu. From this point of view, the situation is really chaotic. very."

Ye Bozhou: "There are still four years until the martial arts conference. I don't know who can stand on the highest position this time?"

The two looked at each other and said no more.

Before the rise of the Devil's Cult, all factions in the Jianghu had maintained a relatively balanced state. Although there were many open and secret battles, no one dared to act rashly.

And now the growing strength of the Devil's Cult has begun to faintly break this balance. Although it is not obvious yet, those who are interested have already sensed the danger.

The martial arts conference is held once every seven years, and those who defeat all the masters can succeed as the leader of the martial arts.The current martial arts leader is Lu Yuzhi, the head of Xiaxian Sect.

Lu Yuzhi is a cautious person, good at adopting the golden mean, and has always balanced the relationship between the various factions. If the next martial arts leader changes to someone who has something to rely on, I am afraid that there will be changes in the world.

"Is the martial arts conference only Bai Dao can participate in?"

Suddenly, Ember spoke.

Ye Bozhou pondered for a moment, then said: "There is no express regulation, but no demon sect has participated in it for a hundred years."

"What about this time?"

this time?