Thinking

Xiao Zhi retreated respectfully and went back to the Shenyingwei Mansion of the Xiao Clan. He saw the servants from the other courtyard waiting there. When he saw Xiao Zhi, he passed a food box and said, "My lord, this is what the young master ordered. It's still hot, adults will use some."

The servant delivered the things and left, Xiao Zhi silently looked at the food box, and entered the Shenyingwei Mansion.

Xiao Zhi was busy outside for several days and never came to see Qi Si. This evening, Qi Si went back to the other courtyard. Just as he entered the front hall and got a cup of tea, he was about to drink when he heard a familiar voice——

"Come here and see if you have regressed."

Qi Si turned around abruptly, almost spilling the tea in his hand.

He was so pleasantly surprised that he put down the teacup and ran into the courtyard like a gust of wind, and threw himself into Chong Yi's arms.

"Master!"

Chong Yi was dressed in white, his face was still handsome and unrestrained, he patted Qi Si on the back with a smile: "Not steady at all."

Qi Si stood up straight and looked at Chong Yi carefully, seeing that he was still the same, he smiled and asked, "Did Xiao Zhi ask Lu Yingqiu to find you?"

But Chong Yi asked: "Xiao Zhi? Lu Yingqiu said you asked someone to find me, so it should be him."

Qi Si looked at Chong Yi with mixed feelings, and asked him: "Master, do you know everything?"

Chong Yi nodded, with a more serious expression, patted Qi Si on the shoulder and said: "Life is always like a businessman. A man must be broad-minded and able to take on great responsibilities."

Qi Si had already calmed down these days and had no more complaints, and replied: "My father died fighting for his country, and I am here only to do my best for the covenant between the two countries. , I won’t be able to accept it for a while, Master, don’t worry.”

Chong Yi saw that he had experienced things and was more mature, so he didn't worry about him, and asked: "You sent a letter saying that you need to find me for something, it seems that this is not the case, what's the matter?"

"I was poisoned on the way to Changyu, called Zhu Yanshou... I almost lost my martial arts, but the poison was cured later, but my internal energy is often weak..."

Chong Yi was displeased when he heard this: "Almost abolished martial arts? Who is it?"

Qi Si looked helpless: "...that is a masked assassin, I don't know who it is."

Chong Yi pulled his wrist to feel his pulse, and frowned.

"It's because the heart is damaged. There's nothing you can do for now. Try not to fight, and fight calmly. After a while, I'll go to the Western Regions to find a prescription."

Chong Yi let go of his hand, looked at Qi Si, and sighed.

Master has always been unrestrained and casual, seldom so serious, Qi Si is not used to it for a while.

Looking at his expression, Qi Si asked, "Master, it's actually not my fault..."

Chong Yi smiled: "Of course it's not your fault, but you have to practice martial arts more diligently. You can't count on luck when you encounter trouble."

Qi Si asked again: "Master, Yu... Brother Seventh Emperor, is he in the palace? How are you doing?"

Chong Yi said: "Lu Yingqiu told me that he was very unhappy at first, but he gradually got better when he heard that you were doing well, but he asked to live outside the palace, and now he lives in the Seventh Prince's Mansion in Jiangliang. Also comfortable."

Qisi felt more at ease now, but he didn't know if he would become a complete stranger when he met Yu Ke in a few years?

Qi Si hadn't seen Chong Yi for a long time, and missed Chong Yi very much. He couldn't finish talking, and asked him again: "Master, how long can you stay this time?"

"It won't be long. Some things have to be handled outside the border, and I have to find a prescription for you. Although your heart disease is not fatal, it is a hidden danger after all."

Chongyi raised the Chunshan Sword, and Chao Qisi made a silent gesture: "Come here, let's see if you have been lazy these days?"

After finishing speaking, Chong Yi neatly held his sword and got up, Qi Si didn't care about anything else, took the sword obediently, and let Chong Yi test his sword skills first.

In the courtyard, the two master and apprentice stood opposite each other, Qi Si stood upright, dressed in common clothes, holding a narrow and long sharp sword in his hand, the light of the sword was like water, his eyes were focused, and his body seemed to be gathering strength, ready to move at any time.

Chunshan sword in Chongyi's hand was not out of its sheath, he was dressed in white, chic and handsome.

"Should I let you do something?" Chong Yi casually took two steps, with a smile in his eyes.

Qi Si shook his head, and replied very frankly: "I can't beat it if I let it."

He tried his best to concentrate and stared at Chong Yi's movements, but he couldn't help thinking about many things and was a little distracted.

"You have to be calm, your body is not healed, don't hold on if you feel uncomfortable." Chong Yi reminded.

"understand……"

Before Qisi finished speaking, the Chunshan sword in Chongyi's hand was already in motion, his figure was like lightning, and the sword was like clouds, stabbing and whirling, he had already struck in front of Qisi.

Qi Si quickly turned around on his back, moving lightly, slipped the long sword along his waist in his hand, and resisted the first move, the blade of the sword clashed with Chongyi's scabbard.

"Three inches on the left shoulder! It was too late just now."

"Okay!" Qi Si dodged suddenly, jumped up and shouted with high spirits.

Chongyi didn't stop, his clothes were lifted up like snow, his sword was moving faster and faster, his movements couldn't be seen clearly, but he didn't show any urgency, he was very calm, a burst of flying flowers and raining sword shadows immediately surrounded every one around Qi Si's body direction.

Qi Si greeted him with all his strength, and the corners of his clothes fluttered with his movements.

It seems to be back in Fanghua Temple in Luyang City. The sound of soldiers and swords in the courtyard is clear, and the sound of mountain streams and springs outside the courtyard blend together. On the hillside outside Fanghua Temple, a gust of spring breeze blows slowly, carrying peach blossoms and rhododendron petals. fell in the courtyard.

The petals in the memory turned into reality, floating down silently, entangled with the sword light, lingering and fragrant.

But Qi Si was not concentrating today, and soon Chong Yi saw the loophole and picked it up with a sword.

After a short fight, Chong Yi stepped behind Qi Si's back, lifted the long sword upside down, and tapped Qi Si's back shoulder with the hilt.The movements seemed random, but they were powerful, and when he stumbled, Qi Si fell forward unsteadily.

"Ding--"

Qi Si almost fell down, the long sword in his hand was taken away by a sword flower on Chong Yi's wrist, and he wailed in his heart.

He only passed thirty strokes today.

"Get up." Chongyi casually put away the Chunshan sword, and took Jisi's saber, leaning leisurely in front of the doorpost in the corridor, his white clothes fluttering in the breeze.

"Master, you are using a new move today." Qi Si stood up, patted the dust off the hem of his clothes, and rubbed his almost strained back.

Chongyi's tone was still relaxed, with a half-smile on his face: "You have made great progress, but you are still young, so your skill is naturally weaker."

He asked again, "Today's recipe is called 'Fanghua', remember?"

"Remember." Qi Si's breathing has not yet subsided, he has a good memory, and he has memorized the moves just now.

After Chong Yi came, Xiao Zhi didn't come again, maybe he was busy again.

During the days when the academy was going to be in class, Qi Si practiced swords with Chong Yi every day when he got up in the morning and went back to the other college after class. He also had to practice mental techniques to help him control his mind. Handle him softly.

When demonstrating movements, Chong Yi seldom draws his sword out of its sheath, which is somewhat similar to Xiao Zhi's habit. The long sword with the sheath is like a different person. Raised with the action, it looks great.

Xiao Zhi often gives advice to Qi Si, and Qi Si has practiced with him for a long time, and unconsciously, there will be a slight shadow of Xiao Zhi in his movements.

Chong Yi looked at him with a smile that was not a smile: "Yes, quite calm."

Qi Si: "..."

I stayed with Qi Si for a few days, and this morning, Qi Si was going back to the academy, and Chong Yi was leaving too.

Xiao Zhi still didn't come to see him, but he sent a message from Xiao's Shenyingwei Mansion, saying that he was away on errands during this period, so that Qi Si could rest assured.

In a blink of an eye, autumn is far away, and Qisi ushered in the first winter in Yan Country.

During the state of Jin, Qisi lived in the south of the Yangtze River, and winter was the season of frost and white mist, while Yan Guochangyu was located in the north of Lingbei, and there were several heavy and light snowfalls in the winter, and the rustling snowflakes made him see As soon as it is bright, the clear and pure white world after the snow is even more like a dream.

When the first snow fell, it was in the evening, and Qi Si was almost wrapped in a quilt and lay on the railing of the promenade by the door to watch the heavy snow all night.

The next day the Master gave a poem in class——

"Today I come to think, rain and snow..."

"Snowfall in Yanshan Mountain is as big as a mat, and pieces of snow blow down Xuanyuan Terrace..."

"Chaimen hears the dog barking, and returns home on a snowy night..."

Qi Si was lying on the table, the fire in the room was warm, and he heard his master recite poems, and his heart was filled with emotions.

The state of Jin is in the south, there is no such snow, and there are no people who return at night.

When can I go back?

Cao Lumin was at the side, and found that something was wrong with Qi Si, taking advantage of his wife's inattention, he patted Qi Si on the shoulder: "Sick?"

Qisi sat up, shook his head, and smiled.Pull up your spirits and trace the poem stroke by stroke.

Lu Yingqiu told him that when he is far away from his hometown, he will regard the world as a writer, with the sky and the ground, his heart is broad, and he does not need to be confined to a square inch of land.

During lunch break, Qi Si secretly ran to the lake in the backyard of the academy, sat in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and watched the frozen lake covered with flying snow, and the snowflakes fell to the ground and made a slight rustling sound.

A deep and pleasant voice behind said: "This is the first time you see such snow?"

"Xiao Zhi!"

Looking back, Qi Si saw Xiao Zhi's slender figure, walking towards the snow-covered corridor on the lake. He hadn't seen him for a long time, and Qi Si was very pleasantly surprised. He immediately jumped up and ran to hug him vigorously.

Xiao Zhi was wearing a blue military uniform, his tall and straight body formed a picture with the heavy snow behind him and the promenade. He looked a little thinly dressed, but he didn't seem to be cold. He probably had practiced martial arts for many years and was not afraid of the cold.

There was a cloak on his arm, and he picked it up and draped it over Qisi's shoulders.

Qi Si felt that the cloak was very warm, and said, "There is no such snow in the south."

Xiao Zhi had handsome eyebrows and clear eyes reflecting the snow-covered lake, and said: "The little snow in the south of the Yangtze River is also very beautiful."

Qi Si sat down with him in the pavilion, saw his dusty appearance, and asked, "Just came back?"

Snowflakes fell between Xiao Zhi's black hair, and there was light frost on his eyebrows and eyelashes, which set off his stern face, but his expression was gentle.

He nodded: "The place I went was too far away, and I was delayed for many days. When I came back, it happened to be snowing heavily, so I came to see you."

Qi Si said: "My master came to see me a while ago. He said he would go to the Western Regions to help me find a prescription. You helped me find him?"

Xiao Zhi nodded and smiled: "It's good if you come, he didn't spend more time with you?"

"My master has always come and gone as he pleases, and I can't keep him."

Xiao Zhi stayed with him for a while, got up and sent him back to the outside of the academy courtyard, then turned and left.

Qi Si looked back at Xiao Zhi's tall and straight back as he left, and remembered the phrase "returning on a snowy night".

After Xiao Zhi came back, he didn't go out to do business for a long time, and he often came to accompany Qisi as before. In winter, Changyu had a few big and small snowfalls.

Qi Si is also familiar with the winter here. Every morning and evening, facing the snow or the winter sun, he practices martial arts and swordsmanship, and Xiao Zhi is always by his side.

Half a year passed quickly, time was like water, and in the blink of an eye, the academy had a holiday, and the Spring Festival was coming.

During this year, the wars between Jin, Yan, and Great Liang did not really break out, all the people in the world escaped a catastrophe, there were no natural disasters in four seasons, it was considered a year of peace and good harvest.

Emperor Yan Guosu decided to host a banquet on New Year's Eve to entertain his ministers and celebrate the festive season together.

After the post was posted, Qi Si was also invited as "Prince Yu Ke of the Kingdom of Jin".

Ever since he came to Changyu of Yan Kingdom, Qisi has never entered the palace except for the days when he was brought back to the Imperial Palace of Yan Kingdom. Let him live freely outside the palace.

The palace banquet on New Year's Eve should be the first time I entered the palace to participate in the ceremony banquet after the covenant ceremony, and it felt a little sudden.Xiao Zhi told him that he would go too, so that Qi Si did not have to be nervous, and that His Majesty would not make things difficult for him, so Qi Si felt at ease.

A few days in advance, the officials sent by the palace sent Qisi a palace banquet dress, which shows that Emperor Su is careful.

A few days before New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily. Thousands of households in Changyu City were covered with snow, and the road was covered with snow on both sides.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Qisi changed into the prince's attire, and the palace servants came to pick him up, so Qisi took the banquet invitation and took a carriage to the Yan Kingdom Palace.

After a long time, Qi Si once again entered the Palace of the Kingdom of Yan. The palace was even more solemn in winter, with snow piled up beside the vermilion walls and bright tiles. , Qisi felt a little heavy in his heart.

When they arrived in front of a palace gate, there were waiting palace people waiting to send a message that Emperor Su wanted to see Yu Ke first.

Qi Si was then taken by the palace servants to Sudi's study, the road was silent, only the footsteps of the palace servants on the palace road echoed in the verandas of vermilion walls and green tiles.

In the study room, Emperor Su Chen Jun was standing by the window looking out of the house—the sky was clear at the moment, and the evening clouds gathered in the far horizon, illuminated like fire by the warm afternoon sun, and the panoramic view of the imperial city, mountains and rivers was gorgeous and spectacular.

The eunuch sent a message, and Qi Si went in.

Emperor Su turned to look at him, the study room was a little dark, Qi Si grew taller, tall and straight, with a fair face, the palace servants took off the cloak for him.

Qi Si is wearing a luxurious dress, with a brilliant look, which is quite different from when he first came.

Emperor Su glanced at it, was in a daze for a moment, and sighed: "You probably look like your mother."