Chen Shi

Back in Siming, it was dawn, and Chen Zhi was about to go back to the house to take a nap. Among the shadows of the trees, two figures, one big and one small, were swaying furtively.When I approached, I heard the old housekeeper say: "Stand firmly on your feet, don't use the strength of your wrists, use the strength of your waist. Come, do it again."

Rong Yun took a deep breath, raised the axe, and swung it vigorously towards the tree trunk.

With a bang, the ax was nailed to the tree trunk.

The old housekeeper praised him "good", wiped his sweat off, and then taught him to pull out the axe, aim at the dent and chop again.

Chen Zhi looked at it for a while, but felt bored, went back to his room and fell asleep, and didn't wake up until the sun was high.When I went out, I saw a small table with a bowl of Yangchun noodles sprinkled with green onion, which looked pleasing, but unfortunately it had been left for a long time and it was already cold.He bypassed the little table and walked to the house of Rong Yun and the old butler. The two were sitting facing each other reading "Six Secret Teachings".After all, he is the housekeeper of a family. The old housekeeper has some knowledge in his stomach, explaining the meaning of words from time to time.

Chen Zhi returned to the study room, took out the "Health Cultivation Formula" and "Basic Boxing Technique", and returned to the door of the houses of the old and the young again, coughing dryly: "The class has started."

Rong Yun and the old butler hurried out of the room.

Chen Zhi put the "Health Cultivation Formula" in his sleeve and started teaching from "Basic Boxing".

Although she is weak, Rong Yun is full of perseverance. It was the first time she squatted on a horse, her face turned red and she insisted on holding on to half a cup of tea, but after taking a rest and squatting again, it took longer than the first time.Chen Zhi looked at it for a while, then went back to his room to read. When he came out in the evening, he happened to see Rong Yun, who was squatting on a horse, collapsed.

The old housekeeper explained: "Young master squatted all afternoon, the longest time was almost a stick of incense."

Chen Zhi was noncommittal, and only told them to go to the viewing booth for extra classes at night.

The soul is yin, and it is better to practice at night, so Chen Zhi taught the "Health Cultivation Formula" at night.Before his ascension, he had always been a believer in "not talking about strange powers and gods". He didn't understand magic, but after his ascension, he practiced painstakingly. However, he was not talented enough, and he was a half-assed person in practice. Now he wants to be a teacher, and he can't help but feel guilty.

The wind was strong at night, Rong Yun was wearing a plain white short gown and satin shoes with orchid pattern, showing a pair of slender arms, standing tremblingly in the wind and looking at him.The old butler thought that he was teaching the sect's secret technique, so he wisely avoided suspicion.

Chen Zhi handed him the "Health Cultivation Formula": "If there is anything you don't understand, ask again."

On the stone table in the pavilion was a jade plate, on which was the night pearl presented by Nian Wuxia.Rong Yun studied it carefully under the dim light, and after reading a few sentences, she couldn't understand: "Master, what word is this?"

Chen Zhi took a glance: "Li."

Rong Yun was silent for a while, then asked cautiously: "Is it the word in the name taboo of the master?"

Chen Zhi thought about it... What's his name?

Rong Yun couldn't wait for the answer for a long time, so she continued to read with a sad face, but after reading a few words, she couldn't understand again, so she had to ask: "Master, this word is not Liang."

Chen Zhi said, "Gen."

Rong Yun said: "I know Liang." She paused and looked at him expectantly, as if she hoped that he would compliment her a few words, or start an intimate conversation on this topic with more than [-] words.

Chen Zhi simply touched the book and read it.

Rong Yun's little face, which was illuminated by Ye Mingzhu, instantly dimmed. She continued to read while holding the book, and said after a while, "Master, I don't understand."

Chen Zhi asked, "What don't you understand?"

Rong Yun was so shy that she almost cried: "I can't understand anything."

Chen Zhi had no choice but to take the book and read it by himself, ready to explain it, but found...he couldn't understand it either.

……

Being watched eagerly by Rong Yun, Chen Zhi became more and more irritable.

He threw the book back: "You memorize the book first, and I will teach you after you know it well."

Rong Yun thought he was angry, so she quickly stood up and said, "Master, it's the disciple who is too stupid. Master, don't be angry."

... and obliquely implying that he is stupid!

Chen Zhi snorted coldly: "If you know you're stupid, go back and study hard."

Rong Yun's eyes turned red all of a sudden, she stood there for a while, then grabbed the book, bowed and ran away hastily.

Chen Zhi went to the night market to carry two jugs of wine but found nothing.He was fishing by the pond, and all the fish in the pond were thrown into his hooks, and they were all shaken off.

Chen Zhi said, "Are you fishing?"

Jie Wu put away the fishing rod, took off the elixir from the hook, and threw it back into the water again. The fish that had been eagerly hooked just now swam away in disgust: "This is called fishing."

Chen Zhi looked at the bare fishhook and said, "This is called imitating Jiang Taigong, Dongshi imitates, neither fish nor fowl."

None said: "Dare to ask why Xizi came here?"

Chen Zhi said, "How about the analysis of "The Secret of Health?"

Junwu looked at him in disbelief: "You can't even understand such a superficial book as "The Secret of Cultivation"?"

Chen Zhi has a thick skin and a thick wall: "I said if I don't understand, will you hire someone else?"

Jie Wu Qiyan weakened all of a sudden, and said with a smile: "If you say you don't understand, I'll write the analysis right away."

"Go." Chen Zhi waved his hand, without any guilt or shame.

None stretched out their hands: "Where are the books?"

"Give it to him."

"Then how do I write the analysis?"

Chen Zhi frowned and said, "Could it be a lonely copy? Don't you have it here?"

Jie Wu said: "Every book in your study is carefully selected by me, there is absolutely no ordinary..."

Chen Zhi took out the eclectic "The Story of the Moon" from his sleeve.

Junwu praised: "This book is amazing, the description is very deep, and it can be used as an enlightenment education for Rong Yun's children."

Chen Zhi threw the book back to him: "Follow me to Siming."

Jie Wu shook his head: "No. I can't leave Nanshan for the time being."

"Why?" Chen Zhi asked with concern, "Could it be that the box's influence on you hasn't been eliminated? What kind of box is that, and why is it so powerful?"

Jie Wu didn't answer directly, and only said that there should be a copy in the master Zhou of the underworld, and let him borrow it temporarily.

Rao Chen Zhi went and returned quickly, but when he couldn't get it, it was already dawn.After spending a whole morning, Jie Wu finished analyzing the whole book, and then taught it hand in hand. After confirming that Chen Zhi would not mislead his disciples, he let him go.

When Chen Zhi returned to Siming, he saw Rong Yun holding a pen, sitting in a daze in the yard, so he walked behind him and coughed heavily.

Rong Yun was so frightened that the pen in her hand fell off. Seeing him, she immediately stood up excitedly: "Master, you didn't run away from home!"

Chen Zhi: "..." What kind of plot is running away from home?

Rong Yun knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "We woke up in the morning and didn't see Master. I thought you were out to visit friends."

Chen Zhi said, "Didn't you run away from home?"

Rong Yun bit her lower lip: "I, I made a mistake, Master, don't be angry."

Knowing that it was Cui Yan, but because she was too young, she couldn't bear to be shameless, and always felt that it was inappropriate to bully the small with the big, especially, those kindnesses, resentments, entanglements, and entanglements had long been forgotten...

Chen Zhi had all kinds of feelings in his heart: "Have you memorized the book?"

"The memorization is finished." Rong Yun said, "I recited it all night yesterday, and I got a little experience."

Chen Zhi frowned: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Rong Yun opened her mouth cautiously: "The eight trigrams of Qiankun, Xun, Zhenkan, Ligendui, respectively correspond to the intestines, spleen, gallbladder, liver, kidney, heart, stomach and lungs of the human body. Therefore, the first sentence of "Cultivating the Body" means..."

Chen Zhi looked expressionless on the surface, but in his heart he had already pinched and pinched the unwritten "Analysis of Health Cultivation Formula" into a ball of waste paper.

Why not make waste paper?

Anyway, Rong Yun figured it out on her own.

His face was so ugly that Rong Yun couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to. The voice of the explanation became smaller and smaller, and finally, she closed her mouth and didn't dare to say a word. She just opened a pair of big watery eyes. , looked at him pitifully.

I have seen Cui Yan's extraordinary talent long ago. With a demon pill and the unreliable Jiang Yi, she can become a celestial master. Learning an entry-level spell book is really nothing, but...Chen Zhi still has the same heart Displeased: "Now that you know it, let's practice it yourself. You are not allowed to step out of the room until you are familiar with it!"

After he finished speaking, he shook his sleeves and left. Rong Yun suddenly followed him two steps: "Master."

Chen Zhi pretended not to hear, and left him behind.

The old butler found it dark in Siming Mountain and came back. He knew that Chen Zhi was back, but he didn't say anything, he just studied and practiced with Rong Yun.

Looking at the figure of an old man and a young man relying on each other, Chen Zhi couldn't help feeling a little sad when he remembered that he had never said that the old housekeeper only had three months to live.

Three days later, Rong Yun had learned the mental method disguised as the "Health Cultivation Formula". Chen Zhi checked it again and saw that he had practiced it perfectly, so he continued to teach other knowledge.Seeing that the old housekeeper's life was not long, he decided to give Rong Yun a good face so that the old man could leave at ease.Sure enough, after he changed his attitude, the old butler behaved much more freely, not as cautious as before.

As the saying goes, the king of Hades tells you to die at the third watch, and no one dares to stay until the fifth watch.

Two months later, Ji Wu's prophecy showed signs. The old butler fell ill. He coughed at first, and then he vomited blood slowly. Later, he couldn't even get out of bed.Even though he knew the ending, Chen Zhi still invited a doctor from the foot of the mountain to give him various soups and medicines.Rong Yun even stayed by the side of the sick bed, never leaving her.

On a certain day in the third month, the old butler's spirit suddenly improved a lot, and he leaned on the bed and talked with a smile.He sent Rong Yun out and asked Chen Zhi to take care of Rong Yun until he reached adulthood. He also said a lot of good things: "Young master has a lot of bad luck. The only lucky thing is to be able to worship a real person as a teacher. You are honest and simple by nature, and you will definitely be good in the future." Be filial to the real man and repay the real man."

Thinking of Yan Beijiao's ambition and Cui Yan's insidiousness, Chen Zhi is extremely skeptical of Rong Yun's "honesty and simplicity".

However, when someone left a last word, no matter how ignorant they are, they would not pour cold water on it, and Chen Zhi fully agreed.

In the evening, the old housekeeper who insisted on giving Rong Yun a hard time finally kicked his legs and reported to the underworld.Chen Zhi shed tears and watched him meet with the ghost messenger. When he turned his head, Rong Yun burst into tears and almost couldn't breathe.

After all, he is a seven-year-old child, Chen Zhi thought as he exited the room and went to sleep.

In the past few days, he has been concerned about the old housekeeper's Yangshou, and he hasn't slept peacefully for a long time, and this time he slept a little deeply, and when he woke up, it was already the next morning.After he finished washing, he went to see how Rong Yun was crying, but he was in vain.Just about to go out to look for other places, suddenly Fuzhi opened the closet mentally, and all the clothes and shoes inside were cleaned up.

……

It seems that when he said that he ran away from home, it was not an unintentional statement, but an expression of his thoughts.

Chen Zhi sneered and had no choice but to go out and look for it.

Jie Wu made it very clear that if Rong Yun could not be the emperor in this life, the whole world would continue to suffer.The matter is of great importance, no matter whether Rong Yun is stupid, lame, or both, he has to find a way to put him on the throne - not going.

With this belief in mind, he found someone in a cave in a mountain col when it was almost dark.

Rong Yun was leaning on a large luggage similar to her own, sitting by the woodpile and lighting a fire.

Thanks to Chen Zhi's merciless pressure on him, the son of an aristocratic family who was supposed to discriminate between five grains, is now able to skillfully use fire folds to light a fire, and he also knows how to skewer dry food and roast it hot.

Chen Zhi watched from the side for a while, seeing that he had tidied himself up quite neatly, so he didn't go in to disturb his interest in night tours, but ran to a nearby hill, and caught a tiger over with the fixation technique.

It was so dark outside the cave that you couldn't see your fingers. Occasionally, the rustling sound of the night wind blowing on the treetops was gloomy and cold.

Rong Yun hugged the small stall, huddled in a corner of the cave, and told herself silently in her heart: The old housekeeper is gone, and from now on, he is the only one left in this world. No matter how dangerous the future is, he can only make it by himself In the past, there was no one to rely on.

As he thought about it, his tears fell.

The tragic death of parents and the pictures of being cared and loved in the past come to mind alternately, like a mirror in water and moon in water, elusive and unattainable.He was crying sadly when suddenly there was the sound of a tiger roaring outside.

He jumped up in fright, and ran to the fire, as if he wanted to find warmth from the fire.

However, the fire in the dark forest is a signpost, leading the tiger to find the place slowly.When the huge tiger head with black and yellow stripes appeared at the entrance of the cave, Rong Yun was startled and screamed.The extreme fear made him weak all over, and he clearly wanted to stay away, but he couldn't feel his legs at all.

Seeing the tiger walking towards him step by step, as long as he pounced forward, he could bite off his own throat, and a crisp "settling" solidified the crisis.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost created, Chen Zhi finally walked out from behind the tiger like a savior.

"Master!"

The terrified Rong Yun let out an earth-shattering cry, as if she wanted to vent her grievance and panic, she sat down on the ground, crying loudly.

Seeing that his clothes were almost stained with sparks, Chen Zhi pulled him away a bit, and was about to let go when he was done, but was firmly grabbed by the arm.Rong Yun sobbed and said, "How did Master find me?"

Chen Zhi said, "Passing by."

The look in Rong Yun's eyes slowly dimmed: "Then can Master... can he sleep in the open for another night?"

Chen Zhi said: "I have a home and a bed, why should I sleep in the open?"

Rong Yun was silent for a while, and then said: "Then can I go back with Master and stay overnight before leaving?"

Chen Zhi sneered and said, "Do you think my house is an inn? Come whenever you say, leave as soon as you say."

Rong Yun watched with tears in her eyes: "Then can master lend me the small axe?"

"doing what?"

"Before the tiger wakes up, I'm going to kill him."

Chen Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.Just when she felt that Rong Yun was different from Cui Yan and Yan Beijiao, she was slapped in the face.Sure enough, a person's personality may be slightly affected by the environment, but the essence will never change.

He said, "What happens after you kill the tiger?"

"I will leave here obediently." Rong Yun lowered her head.

Chen Zhi said: "Have you forgotten that you have joined my sect? Are you trying to defect by leaving the sect without my permission?"

Rong Yun was taken aback: "No! Master, I don't have one."

Chen Zhi stared at him without saying a word.

"I left because I was afraid of embarrassing Master."

"What's the meaning?

Rong Yun looked up at him, then quickly lowered her head to look at her toes: "I know Master doesn't like me. However, Master promised the housekeeper to take care of me, so I can't break my promise. If, if I leave by myself, I won't be considered Master I broke my promise."

Chen Zhi was speechless for a moment.Should it be said that he is considerate and considerate, or is he pretending to be smart?

Of course it's smart.

Chen Zhi said, "Who said I want you to leave?"

Rong Yun looked up in surprise.

Chen Zhi said: "I accept you as a disciple, so naturally I intend to accept you as a disciple. You just need to remember the first rule of the school, as long as I ask you to do, no matter right or wrong, you have to do it. Now The first thing I want you to do is go back, have a good rest, and continue studying tomorrow!"

For Rong Yun who was ready to wander around, this was a surprise.He hurriedly agreed, packed up his things clumsily, and followed Chen Zhi out. When he passed the tiger, he flinched and asked timidly, "Is this tiger dead?"

"No." Chen Zhi said, "It will live nearby in the future, and if you act rashly again, it will eat you."

Rong Yun immediately expressed her loyalty, saying that from now on, Master will do what she says.

After returning home, Chen Zhi was about to go to sleep, when Rong Yun stood at the door and asked in a low voice: "Master, can I come in?"

Chen Zhi walked out impatiently: "What are you doing?"

Chen Zhi held his own small footbath and said, "I boiled hot water for Master to soak his feet."

……

That's very considerate.

But Chen Zhi firmly refused: "Take care of yourself, don't come in and out of my territory casually in the future."

The word "land" is like separating the two houses with the Chu River and Han border, and they are separate camps.

Rong Yun's eyes were red, she nodded after a while, and ran away wiping her tears.

Chen Zhi: "..."

Bullying a seven-year-old child, this wicked person makes him feel inferior.

What if I can't sleep in the middle of the night?

Nanshan has nothing.

I'm used to him visiting in the middle of the night from time to time, so I don't sleep at all at night, and prepare delicious food and drinks, just waiting for him to come.

Chen Zhi consciously picked up the wine.

Jie Wu said: "I haven't drunk the last time."

"Last time it was rice wine, this time it's burning knives." Chen Zhi put the wine on the table, opened the mud seal, and drank it with his head raised.

It was the first time for Jie Wu to see him pouring himself wine so boldly, and asked curiously: "What happened? The relationship is not going well?...Rong Yun is only seven years old, so you can't be too beastly!"

Chen Zhibai glanced at him.

None said: "It's not Rong Yun who is it, is it the old housekeeper?"

Chen Zhi wiped the wine stains on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "What does it feel like to let go?"

None of them picked up the wine jar and put it down again.

Chen Zhi said, "I mean you treat Han Qing."

"Why do you say 'let go'?"

"Haven't you seen him for a long time? You won't go when he seeks you."

Jun Wu thought for a while and said, "Probably... you breathed a sigh of relief. You said last time that your obsession is to revitalize the family, but your family is no longer there. Is your obsession still there?"

Chen Zhi said: "My life started with Chen Zhi and ended with Chen Zhi. I have never drank Yiyuan water, and I don't know who it was in my previous life. Therefore, that life is my whole life. Rather than saying that I can't let it go, it's better to say that I can't let it go. , there is nothing to let go. Because once I let go, I don’t even know who I am.”

None said: "Letting go is not giving up, it's just looking at it from a different angle. But compare me and Han Qing with you and Rong Yun... I have to remind again that Rong Yun is only seven years old this year. You can't be too beastly!"

Chen Zhi said: "When I looked at Rong Yun, I thought that he would become Cui Yan's second and Yan Beijiao's third in the future."

None said: "Yan Beijiao's father died and his mother died. Cui Yan's father did not love his mother or loved him. It was a childhood misfortune. He developed freely when his temperament was uncertain, and slowly formed his future personality. Although Rong Yun's parents He also died early, but there is still you as a master. Guiding him correctly and preventing him from going astray is not one of the homework that a master needs to complete?"

Chen Zhi asked very sincerely: "Who is Shan Bushe who was originally going to be reincarnated?"

None said: "It's too late to regret."

The two ate and drank and talked all over the place until dawn.

Fearing that Rong Yun would run around again, Chen Zhi hurried back drunk.

Siming Mountain has beautiful mountains, clear waters, outstanding people, and is full of aura of contentment, which is very suitable for seclusion and health preservation.But when Chen Zhi stepped into this place this time, he felt a murderous intent.

He thought of Rong Yun who was left alone in the room, and panicked, soaring to the top of the mountain, he saw several sneaky figures slowly approaching their residence below.

"Out of control."

He rode a cloud to the top of these people, used the freeze technique to freeze them, and then dragged one of them up the mountain.

Rong Yun, who was studying in the morning, was used to Chen Zhi's disappearance, so she greeted obediently, and looked curiously at the person dragged up by him.

"Get the rope." Chen Zhi told him.

Rong Yun obediently brought the rope, and according to his instructions, tied each person tightly round after round.

Only then did Chen Zhi unlock the man's body-holding technique, and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing in Siming Mountain?"

The man looked at Chen Zhi expressionlessly, his pupils were indifferent, his mouth moved slightly, Chen Zhi thought he was about to speak, but saw a trace of black blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and died of taking poison.

Chen Zhi had heard of dead soldiers, the one who assassinated Yan Beijiao was the Southern Qi's dead soldiers, but it is extremely difficult to cultivate such a person who regards death as home, and it is not easy to use, he did not expect to appear on their mountain.

He remembered that he still left a few people on the way, and hurried back to keep alive, but when he arrived at the place, he found that the heads of those people had already been beheaded.