startled autumn

At this moment, someone knocked on the door.

"It's me." It was Ye Tao with a soft yet firm voice.

Shen Zhiqiu didn't know why she came after nightfall, so she glanced at Han Bi hesitantly, and Han Bi smiled at him, saying, "Go and open the door, it's probably about the sword manual."

Shen Zhiqiu had already told Han Bi about the cause before, but now that the consequences had come, he no longer hesitated, and opened the door openly to answer.

Ye Tao first smiled slightly at Shen Zhiqiu, and from the corner of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of Han Bi's figure under the light, and felt that his eyes were like lacquer, with a faint light, so sharp that it was frighteningly sharp. Focusing on Shen Zhiqiu, he said, "Mr. Shen, I have something that I want to return to its original owner."

What she held in her hand was a sword manual.

"Wei Tingzhou joined Chipei as a guest teacher that day, not only because of his reputation as a hermit, but also because of this sword manual that I don't know how to get." Ye Tao paused, and felt a little bit hard to say, "He I gave this sword manual to my father. Not only that, even though he didn’t say it clearly, we saw that this was Mo Yi’s Misty Rain Life, but no matter how insinuating, he was unwilling to reveal the origin of the sword manual. The only way is that I've seen others perform it, so it will come naturally'..."

Shen Zhiqiu frowned, and asked: "How many people have read this sword manual?"

Ye Tao replied: "Except for my father, there should be none... If he hadn't been ill in bed these few days, this sword manual would not have passed into my hands."

Shen Zhiqiu was speechless for a while, and Han Bi listened to it, and he roughly understood the reason for the incident. At first, Ye Jingzhou was just coveting the sword manual of Yan Yu's life, and felt that Wei Tingzhou was amazing, so he let down his vigilance and caused disaster; Fortunately, Ye Jingzhou acted hesitantly and did not dare to easily offend Mo Yi, so he did not release the sword manual to the public for a long time. It was not until Ye Tao came to power that others saw this Mo Yi's masterpiece for the first time.

Han Bi pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Yanyu has such a unique knowledge in his life, why are you willing to return it to its original owner?"

"Since I was instructed by Mr. Shen, I should reciprocate. I don't have any other thoughts." Ye Tao answered decisively, and couldn't help but glance at Han Bi. Shen Zhiqiu had a very close relationship, but he didn't know that the two of them were so sticky, riding horses side by side during the day, and talking at night by candlelight, as if... they didn't want to separate for a moment.

Hearing her words, Shen Zhiqiu couldn't help being a little confused: "I never gave you advice."

"Probably it was unintentional. I used to be stagnant in martial arts, but now I suddenly made a breakthrough." Ye Tao bowed to Shen Zhiqiu cautiously, and expressed his gratitude, "If I come back again in the future If there is a chance, I would like to invite Mr. Shen to compete again."

When she said this, she smiled softly, and she couldn't see the half ferocity when holding the sword.

Shen Zhiqiu opened his mouth slightly, and was about to answer, when Han Bi responded in a calm manner: "He's not free."

Ye Tao could only look at Shen Zhiqiu, Shen Zhiqiu paused, although he was puzzled, he finally nodded.

"Since Mr. Han has put down his words, I won't force you much." Ye Tao smiled suddenly, turned her head and said goodbye and went back to the room without making too much entanglement.

Han Bi glanced at Shen Zhiqiu with a half-smile, and said, "Why should I answer for you if you didn't ask me?"

Shen Zhiqiu replied without thinking, "You have your own reasons."

"I see that you and Ye Tao seem to be very speculative." Han Bi paused subtly, and then said meaningfully: "It seems that we are much more speculative than when we first met."

Shen Zhiqiu didn't know why he suddenly had such an idea, and immediately shook his head seriously: "No.

Hearing this, Han Bi raised his eyebrows, wishing to hear more about it.

"I met Ye Tao with a sword, and there was only a winner and a loser. Apart from that, I didn't say a few words." Shen Zhiqiu said slowly, and seemed to remember something suddenly, and smiled slightly, "I saw you for the first time. You have the feeling of meeting an old friend, how can you compare?"

Hearing what he said, Han Bi's heart softened already, but he still sighed in a pretentious manner: "I thought you would prefer to get along with people who understand swords, but I don't know anything about swords."

Shen Zhiqiu comforted: "You just don't know swords, but I don't know anything except swords. Comparing the two, you are still much smarter than me."

This sentence of persuasion was thoughtless, if it was another person, maybe he would take the opportunity to say a few words of love, but Shen Zhiqiu was really like what he said, he didn't understand anything except swords, even if he praised others, he would repeat it over and over again. Can spit out the phrase "much smarter than me".

Han Bi was very interested in teaching him some sweet words: "At this time, you should say: It's okay if you don't know swords, as long as you know me..."

Shen Zhiqiu was taught: "I remember."

This attitude was too correct, and while Han Bi couldn't help being amused by him, he couldn't help thinking that although lovers in this world are very different, they will always find a way to fit together after getting along for a long time. Appropriately, it ran farther and farther in his heart, which made him unexpected, and when he finally realized it, he couldn't take his eyes off again.

The two lingered for a while without saying a word, and then came back to the topic again. The sword manual was flipped through several pages by candlelight. After a rough reading, Shen Zhiqiu sighed: "This is indeed Misty Rain."

Han Bi had expected it a long time ago, so he just lowered his head and sipped his tea, and said, "Since Ye Tao can return the sword manual to the original owner, she must be willing to shake hands with you to make peace."

"I don't have any enmity with her. How can we talk about peace? Besides, I think her swordsmanship is very orthodox. You once said that she is not valued in Chipei. If she doesn't have a tenacious heart, she will definitely not be able to achieve such an achievement... If In another ten years, she is very likely to become a master." When Shen Zhiqiu talked about swords, his words immediately became more verbal, but he couldn't help sighing in a low voice: "She has a talent in martial arts, she shouldn't be wasted like this. "

Ye Tao was only two decades old, and she was able to fight decently with her predecessors. If it wasn't for her status as a woman, she might have been famous in the world long ago, and she wouldn't have to be forced to entrust her to someone else, wasting all her abilities for nothing.

Although Shen Zhiqiu was brooding over this matter, after all, Han Bi was not a narrow-minded person, and the sourness between the two of them was just a mediation, and he was forgotten in an instant. He knew that the person in front of him was just He loves talent so much that he regrets Ye Tao's talent, just like regretting a sword that has been covered in dust for several years.

"Ye Jingzhou suppressed her all the year round, but it wasn't entirely due to prejudice. It was probably because she was afraid that she would bring Chipei's unique knowledge to her husband's house after she married, so she was not allowed to practice Chiyan's mentality, but she couldn't suppress her later. , so he had to do everything possible to let her marry his chief disciple, and have a close relationship—in the end, Ye Jingzhou still can't accept that he wants to be passed on by a woman." Han Bi knows a lot about Chi Pei, so he can say Out of nowhere, he changed the subject immediately, "You praised her for being a great talent in the future. As far as I know, it is absolutely impossible for you to hear this sentence from Ye Jingzhou."

Ye Tao has a shrewd personality and is cautious in her actions, but because she has not been valued all year round, she has always been vaguely unconfident. Because of this, she revealed the sword manual when she was exchanging lessons with Shen Zhiqiu, and wanted to take advantage of it in exchange for a draw; However, Shen Zhiqiu recognized her talent in public. Immediately after the two fought, she tried her best in front of everyone for the first time.

Since then, no matter how noisy or thorny the road is, nothing can stop her.

Shen Zhiqiu: "I'm just telling the truth, the rest is up to her."

Han Bi gave a "hmm" and concluded, "She is a smart person, if she breaks down and then builds up, she will definitely gain something."

Shen Zhiqiu's eyes lit up, and he sighed: "I hope that one day, I can fight her again."

"..." Han Bi thought for a while, but still coaxed him narrow-mindedly: "Why don't you let Xiao Shaoling fight her."

Shen Zhiqiu asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Han Bi was clearly talking nonsense in a serious manner, but his tone was soft and caring: "Your elder brother likes to compete with the strong most. You are a junior, so how can you not give him this great opportunity? Besides, Xiao Shaoling is a master of swordsmanship, and he can compete with the strong." It will be beneficial for Ye Tao to fight him once."

Shen Zhiqiu said straightforwardly, "Ah Xuan, you have treated the elder brother very well."

Han Bi thought to himself: You are too easy to deceive.

"The leak of the sword manual is a foregone conclusion. I'll let someone tell Yue Yin to prepare him mentally." After Han Bi finished speaking, he called Han Banbu into the room and gave some simple instructions.

After Han Banbu walked away, Shen Zhiqiu slowly turned over a page of the sword manual, and said in a low voice: "Actually, senior brother has long proposed to disclose Yan Yu's life to the public in the past two years, but he did not expect it to be revealed so early. .”

"Yan Yu has been a master of the inner sect all his life, so Xiao Shaoling is willing?" Han Bi raised his eyebrows.

"The reason why Mo Yi became Sword Sect is because the disciples in the sect have swords in their hearts and are not afraid of anyone's challenge. If they only care about selfishness in everything, it would be not magnanimous enough." Shen Zhiqiu paused, and added again, "Brother intends to open the ring , everyone who comes here will have to fight with him, as long as he is pleasing to the senior brother, he can enter my Moyi Mountain Gate."

Han Bi shook his head and smiled, "After all, we still have to fight."

"Later, Junior Brother Yue said that he wanted to bury Xin Zhaijian on the spot, so he stopped Senior Brother..." Shen Zhiqiu couldn't help laughing as he spoke, and then wherever he looked, he fell on the text that had just been opened. On a page of the sword manual, his eyes froze suddenly, his mouth was half-opened, but he never spoke.

Han Bi: "What's wrong?"

Shen Zhiqiu didn't have time to answer him for a while, but just flipped through a few pages of the sword manual in his hand, his face became more and more solemn.

Guan Shanyao said:

[Today's small theater smells sour! 】

Han Bi: You and Ye Tao just had a sparring session, and you became very affectionate, and you became very talkative, and now you even praised her the whole night, which is completely different from the first time we met.

Shen Zhiqiu: ...Huh?

Han Bi: Maybe this is discrimination.

Shen Zhiqiu: I am not, I have not.

Han Bi turned around, his back was desolate.

Shen Zhiqiu thought that he regretted that the two of them failed to discuss each other when they met, so he made up his mind: Well, I will accompany you for as long as you want to fight tonight.

Han Bi said solemnly: In this case, there is no time to delay.

……

Early the next morning, Shen Zhiqiu huddled under the quilt, determined not to fight Han Bi again.