[Hidden] legend

1.

The time has passed.

Zhang Xiaofan lay on the window, tightened the coat he was wearing, blinked and blinked again, but there was still no candlelight at the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Hui woke up because of the action of him pulling his clothes, dazedly rubbed against his legs, lay down in a ball and then fell asleep, which actually brought him a little warmth.

Zhang Xiaofan touched Xiao Hui's head with his hand, and waited for another cup of tea, but there was still darkness beside the sparkling water at the foot of the back mountain.

Zhang Xiaofan withdrew his sour staring gaze, rubbed his eyes, got down from the couch with Xiao Hui in his arms, opened the door and was about to go back to his residence, when suddenly he was startled by a "who" outside.

Xiao Hui in his arms let out a dissatisfied cry, causing people in the distance to squint their eyes: "Xiao Fan? It's already this hour, you're not in your room, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Xiaofan saw Senior Brother Song walking over, he didn't bother to answer, he hurriedly asked: "Is senior brother going to the back mountain?"

It's late autumn, and it's cold in the middle of the night, disciples with high cultivation level are not afraid of the cold air, but Xiaofan was only hit by a palm a few days ago, and his own skills are weak, Song Daren saw that he was wearing thin clothes, so he quickly clamped the lantern pole Under the armpit, come over and wrap the outer shirt for the younger brother: "Why don't you know how to wear thick clothes? Look, I'm freezing to death, it's midnight, what am I going to the back mountain for?"

Xiao Hui was woken up again by Song Daren's movement, and angrily scratched Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, while Zhang Xiaofan controlled its paw and asked in doubt: "Then why is the senior brother still in the yard so late? Is it from the Taiji Cave?" Came back from there?"

Tai Chi Cave is the place where the disciples who have cultivated to the third floor of Dazhu Peak go to practice. Zhang Xiaofan has only practiced the second floor for half a year, so naturally he has no chance to go there. Hold on tight, I'm back early, your fourth brother is still working hard in the cave." As he spoke, remembering that Master had nothing to say to Xiaofan, he added: "Xiaofan, you also have to work harder. Son."

Zhang Xiaofan knew that Senior Brother Song was comforting him, but he still nodded seriously, Song Daren patted him on the shoulder, and went back to the original question: "By the way, you haven't said anything yet, ran to the empty house here What are you doing here? Where we live has the most sunshine, do you still want to change houses?"

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head, he couldn't tell the truth, he didn't know how to lie, so he just stood there bored, Song Daren looked at the monkey and said to himself: "Isn't Xiao Hui running around, come and look for it? That's fine, It's so late, go back to sleep quickly. Look at your cold lips are turning white."

The latter said "Oh", turned around and walked towards his room, stopped after a few steps, and called out to Song Daren who was about to go back to the first room over there: "Brother, did you go to the back mountain tonight? "

Song Daren looked at him, then looked at the room that Xiaofan had just walked out of, and said clearly: "Oh, you are thinking about delivering meals to Senior Ding, he has ordered that you don't have to go there for two days, his You can cook for yourself at the residence, it’s okay. You can cook less these two days, rhubarb is always stealing, and you’ve gained a lot of weight.”

Zhang Xiaofan pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Yes, Xiaofan knows...Elder brother, let's rest earlier."

Going back to the room and closing the door, Xiao Hui, who was woken up three times and couldn't sleep at all, started jumping up and down in the room, Zhang Xiaofan took off his coat and lay back on the bed occupied by Da Huang, his body gradually warmed up, but still Can't sleep much.

Little Hui is very skinny, relying on his dexterity, Zhang Xiaofan can't hit him, he will always mess up the house, at this moment, it is taking off Zhang Xiaofan's light blue coat hanging on the screen and putting it on itself, and then from I stole a few chestnuts from the cabinet, sat on the table and crunched them endlessly, and the skins of the chestnuts were all over the floor.

Zhang Xiaofan didn't bother to take care of it, he turned over, and Rhubarb, who was sleeping on his bed, raised his tail again, making him want to sneeze.

Ever since the monkey and the dog established a good friendship, Zhang Xiaofan has become less and less important in his own room. Master's pet dog can't be beaten or scolded, and his own monkey can't be beaten or scolded, and he doesn't listen to it. One bed is half occupied by rhubarb every night. Xiao Hui occupies half of the half, and one can imagine how depressed he is for a young man who is 16 years younger.It's hard for Xiao Hui not to sleep at this moment, he can stretch his body, but he still can't sleep well.

Zhang Xiaofan sat up from the bed irritably, picked up the chestnut skin that Xiao Hui spat at the foot of the bed and threw it over: "Eat, eat, look at you fat, you have eaten all the chestnuts I use for cooking, when the time comes you go Help me to ask Brother Ding if you want it!"

Xiaohui dragged his long clothes to avoid the chestnut skins thrown by Zhang Xiaofan, gritted his teeth unwillingly, and picked up the one on the ground and threw it back, Zhang Xiaofan was too lazy to talk nonsense with it, lay down again and covered his head with the quilt, letting Xiaohui throw anything in a mess The little thing came over, but it didn't make a sound.

After a while, Xiao Hui calmed down, Zhang Xiaofan was so bored, he propped up the quilt a little, and happened to see Xiao Hui sitting obediently by the bed, looking at him intimately with a pair of round eyes.

Zhang Xiaofan then pulled down a little of the quilt, and said softly: "Tell me, Brother Ding hasn't been here these days, did Master Madam say something to him?"

Xiao Hui tilted his head, Zhang Xiaofan was lying on his side, and said: "Master told me to rest and clean up, and avoid going to the back mountain, and handed over the job of delivering meals to Senior Brother, did Master give birth to Brother Ding for that day's incident?" Angry? But Master is so powerful, and all he cares about is the future of Dazhufeng, how could he be angry about such a thing?"

Xiao Hui moved his eyes, Zhang Xiaofan continued murmuring: "Master said... Brother Ding won't stay in the Big Bamboo Peak for a long time, maybe he will go down the mountain at some point... I even forgot, Brother Ding is not from Qingyun sect Man, sooner or later he has to leave... Xiaohui, tell me, it would be great if he was really a disciple of Big Bamboo Peak... No, no, if he is a disciple of Big Bamboo Peak, he must be the strongest one, and he must be there every day If he practiced in Tai Chi Cave, he probably wouldn’t be familiar with me. But if he was, he wouldn’t leave..."

"Senior sister said that senior brother Qi Hao is the most powerful... I know I can't compare, but it would be great if I wasn't so stupid. At least, I wouldn't be knocked down by Jing Yu. In that case, maybe the master wouldn't be born." So atmospheric..."

"Xiaohui, in the past, you have always been in the mountain behind Dazhufeng, have you never been outside the mountain, have you? I have only been in Caomiao Village since I was a child, and I have never visited the town. If Brother Ding leaves here, he will go Let's travel around. He is so capable, he must be popular everywhere. The sixth brother has been down the mountain for half a year... When will I be able to go down the mountain? However, it is probably useless for me to go down the mountain. I'm sure you'll be laughed at... but you can probably be a cook too, don't you think?"

Zhang Xiaofan looked towards the bed, but Xiao Hui was nowhere to be seen, he leaned over slightly, only to find that the little guy was sleepy again on his coat, Zhang Xiaofan smiled silently, reached out to gather the shirt up, After burying the monkey, he lay down again, breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly closed his eyes.

2.

The water was shimmering, and the figure in the water was swaying, but at least it looked normal, without red eyes or red hair.

Ding Yinshu washed his face with water, the cool mountain stream drove away the tiredness on his body, he stood up straight, looked at the stream from a distance, the clouds were light and the mountains were green, but the maple leaves were golden and red nearby, falling with the wind, covering the ground. Splendid, and some fell into the water, drifting away with the stream.

He took a few steps back, turned around and walked back to the courtyard. He was about to chop firewood when he heard someone approaching in the distance.

Ding Yin has seen that figure every day for the past six months, and Ding Yin is very familiar with it, but he didn't say hello to him, instead he bent down to pick up a piece of wood, picked up the hatchet, and continued the work at hand.

Xiao Hui ran to the yard first, and probably hadn't seen Ding Yin for a few days, now he danced up and down at him, very excited, Ding Yin smiled, Zhang Xiaofan had already come here with the bamboo basket on his back He called out very familiarly: "Brother Ding, I'm here to deliver something to you."

Ding Yin looked at him, Zhang Xiaofan put down the bamboo basket, and put a few parcels wrapped in paper inside on the wooden table in the small courtyard: "Brother Ding, have you used up all the candles here? How much will I give you?" I brought some. I also have some clothes. I found some thick ones from the senior brother. It’s cold, and although they are a bit worn out, they are still wearable. Ah, I got up early this morning, so I made some for you. Xiaocai, you haven’t eaten breakfast yet, right? My senior sister suddenly said today that she wants to eat pine nuts, brother Ding, do you still remember where I saw the white pine forest with you last time?”

Ding Yin frowned: "Can't you buy some from the mountain? Look for pine cones and peel the pine nuts yourself. It's very troublesome and hurts your hands."

Zhang Xiaofan turned around with a smile: "It's okay, I'm thick-skinned, I'm not afraid of hurting my hands, if someone takes me from the mountain, if my wife finds out, I'll definitely scold my senior sister and say she's not doing a proper job. Brother Ding, return the firewood after you cut it. Is there something? I can cut it for you, you can take me in later..."

Ding Yin interrupted him: "I have something to do, I can't go today."

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, Ding Yin put down the hatchet, walked to the table, looked at the things on the table, and said softly: "Your senior brother said that the Qimai Martial Arts will be a year and a half away, you disciples have to prepare for it, You shouldn't slack off anymore. You should practice more exercises on the peak, you know?"

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his gaze: "I'm not slack..."

Ding Yin saw that he habitually hooked his hands together in front of him, and knew that he must have said something wrong to make the other party think about it. He was about to explain, but there were another footsteps over there.

Zhang Xiaofan felt Ding Yin's hand on his shoulder but did not speak. He looked up curiously at him, but found that the other party was looking at the sky from the direction coming from the main hall, so he also raised his head and happened to see Yu The elder brother who came with the sword fell to the ground.

Song Daren seemed a little anxious, he clasped his fists as soon as he landed and said: "Senior Ding, Daoxuan Daoxuan from Tongtian Peak has an invitation, and the teacher has already gone there first, and the disciples came to give the transmission. Seeing that the master is in a hurry, I must not delay it."

Ding Yin recalled the last time when Daoxuan came to look for him, and secretly thought that it was only half a month or so, and it could not be that the sealing method was confirmed to be feasible.

But since Tian Buyi has already reached Tongtian Peak, Ding Yin dare not delay, he nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you." Then he patted Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder: "Thank you for bringing these, hurry up Let's go back."

Zhang Xiaofan wanted to say something more, but senior brother and Ding Yin moved quickly, before he could make a sound, the two had already left with their swords, and soon they were out of sight.

-TBC-