as usual

He took the small charcoal stove on the table and hugged him, with a look of contentment on his face, he changed his mind and turned a corner: "Didn't you even bother to wear a blouse in winter before? When did you become afraid of the cold? gone?"

Qinghe put his hand on the hotter part of the charcoal stove, and replied with a smile: "Senior, I remember wrongly, I have always been afraid of the cold. By the way, I don't know why Senior Nanxun came to see me?" Nanxun clapped his hands and said: "I almost forgot. I came to ask you where you went a few days ago, and how is that big monster?" Qing He also guessed that she would ask this question, so he told her everything in detail.

Nan Xun was surprised after hearing this, and she asked in amazement: "You brought him back just like that?" Qinghe knew from her words and expression that she also disagreed with his behavior, and he found that he hadn't gotten any since he came back. Over the approval of his handling of this matter, his brows furrowed unknowingly.

Seeing his frown, Nan Xun was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject: "Yesterday, the master had something to do with me. Before we finished talking, he heard a servant boy next to the elder come to look for him. After listening, the master looked serious. Sent me away first. I heard the servant boy say the secret realm, Qinghe, what kind of deed, what did you do to make the elders so interested? I have seen them for a while, and they are afraid that they will come to three halls Interrogation." As soon as she finished speaking, she rolled her eyes, and she immediately realized it, and said in a low voice, "Could it be the matter you just mentioned?"

Qinghe was silent, and said after a while: "Senior, do you also think that I did something wrong?"

Nan Xun reached out and poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "I know your original intention must be good, but have you discussed this matter with the elders?"

Qinghe shook his head.Nan Xun was surprised again: "You really dare to do it."

Qing He replied: "I'm afraid that the elders will insist on killing him."

Nan Xun picked up the teacup to cool it down, took a sip and said, "You don't believe that the elders have bigger hearts than you."

Qing He said in a deep voice: "No, I'm afraid they take hatred too seriously."

Nan Xun tapped on the table with his fingers, and said, "They are all people who have already attained the Tao, and they will regard the emotions and desires less than you." Qinghe didn't speak, and the room suddenly fell into silence.

After a while, Nan Xun asked again: "Haven't you thought about avenging your brothers and sisters?"

Qing He replied: "It is more painful for him to imprison a monster indefinitely than to kill him directly."

Nan Xun put down the teacup and said, "It's good that you can think clearly, I believe your actions have been carefully considered."

Qing Hejing felt a little better after she relieved her, nodded to her and said, "Thank you, senior." After that, the two sat together and chatted for a long time, and they didn't leave until the sun was sinking.

In the middle of the night, Qinghe couldn't fall asleep, and he repeatedly thought about what senior Nanxun asked him during the day: Have you ever thought about avenging your younger brothers and younger sisters?At that time, he didn't answer this question directly, but now he faces his heart directly, and the answer he got surprised even himself: no.

The next few days were calm, so calm that Qinghe thought that this matter would be left alone. Unexpectedly, during the mid-month break, Qinghe was suddenly sent to the Jingxin Palace, a place of trial.On the way, the anxiety he felt before was gone.He organized in his mind how to respond to the elder's possible questions, and he walked there in a short while.

Jingxin Hall is not as lively as the mountain gate, it is remote and quiet, next door is the punishment hall in charge of punishment.Today's weather is a bit gloomy, and it seems that this slightly barren place is a bit infiltrating.On the left side of the hall is a dead tree with a crooked neck, its branches twisted into claws, and a vulture parked on it, crooked its neck and looking at this strange visitor.

Qinghe kept walking, walked to the door and stretched out his hand to push it away.The hall was dimly lit, the faces of the elders were shrouded in shadows, and the air was filled with stale smells that hadn't been cleaned for a long time.He went in and bowed to the elders one by one, and said, "I don't know why the elders called the disciples here?"

The real person sitting in the middle spoke first: "I heard that you locked the dangerous Chenghuang into a secret realm." Qing He replied yes.The elder asked again: "Has anyone among us asked for instructions before?" Qing He thought that you already knew it, so why bother to ask, but still replied respectfully: "No."

The elder was a little angry, and tried his best to suppress the anger in his voice: "You know that opening the door of the secret realm is risky, but you still open it privately, do you know your mistake?" Qing Hedan heard that there was nothing to refute, and pleaded guilty: "The disciple knows wrong."

Hearing that he admitted his mistake, the elder simply became dumb, and asked, "Why didn't you kill Cheng Huang to pay the disciple's blood debt?" After talking with the master last time, Qinghe knew the reason for wanting him to guard the secret realm and could not get their approval. He agreed, so this time he changed his angle and replied: "A monster that even the elders can't subdue together, the disciple can't kill him by himself."

The elder couldn't answer these words, he paused for a long time before continuing: "But you came back intact, it can be seen that you didn't do your best to fight."

Qinghe said to each other: "I was seriously injured by him that day, but for some reason he rescued me again."

The elder did not accept this reason: "Then you were still able to fight again at that time."

Qinghe argued: "Does the elder want the disciple to fight repeatedly? The disciple thinks that if the strength does not improve, he will only fail repeatedly. Instead of letting him continue to wander outside, it is better to put him under his eyes to reduce the chance of him hurting others , That's why the disciple took him in as a blood contract spirit beast." He went on to say: "Na Chenghuang took Ganmu, and now it is even more difficult to kill him. And as the elder said, opening the door of the secret realm is risky, so The disciple boldly suggested that it is better to let him guard in the secret realm. Regarding the matter of bringing him back privately, the disciple knows that he was wrong, so I ask the elders to punish him."

The elder turned his head and asked the other three people: "What do you think should be done?" In the silence, Qinghe's master said: "I think the situation has become like this, and I can't think of a better way now, just follow Qinghe's advice." What do you think, brothers and sisters?" The other two elders nodded in agreement after pondering for a while.

Now that the matter has been discussed, the elder sitting in the middle said: "You disregarded the rules of the house and trespassed in the secret place without authorization. You are now punished with [-] lashes. Go and receive the punishment yourself."

Qinghe's master lost his voice after hearing this: "Brother, is this too heavy? Qinghe also has a good heart, not to mention the seal is not good now." The elder sitting in the middle was merciless, with an unshakable majesty in his voice: "The rules of the Taihua sect are not just a piece of paper." He waved his hand and said, "Go down and receive the punishment."

Qinghe was still a little moved when he heard that the master was helping him, he bowed to leave, and tiptoed out of the hall.When he walked a long way along the bluestone road, he could still vaguely hear the sound of disputes coming from the hall.

Qing Ying felt that she was a little unlucky recently, first she was caught cheating, and was sent by the elders to look after her brother.It hadn't been a few days of comfortable life, and obviously just bumped into an elder on the road, and was called to take care of the injured again, and it was the same person as last time—his senior brother Qinghe.He looked at the man covered with white bandages from the neck down, and sighed inwardly.

I don't know how long Qinghe lay down before he woke up slowly. This time when he woke up, Qingying was still dozing next to him, but this time he didn't even have the energy to get out of bed and pour water.Qinghe was really thirsty, he couldn't bear his dry throat that was about to catch fire, so he had to wake Qingying softly: "Junior Brother, Junior Brother."

Qingying woke up, he yawned lazily, and teased: "Brother, you finally woke up. What did you do this time to be beaten like this?" Qinghe didn't answer, just stared into the distance On the tea set on the table, a word popped out: "Water!"

Qing Ying was ordered to act and he naturally did not dare to be negligent. When his senior brother finally had a sip of tea, he was counterattacked by what may have been the continuation of the last sentence: "This time my master caught me again?"

After hearing this, Qing Ying was blown up like a cat stepping on its tail, raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "Last time was an exception! This time it was just an ordinary encounter on the road. The reason he asked me to take care of you is that I have experience. If I have any experience, I’ll just help you pour some water.” Qinghe cast a sympathetic look and expressed his sincere gratitude: “Junior Brother, you’ve worked hard for you.”

Qingying forgot his injuries, raised her hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you so much, just lend me a few materials to strengthen the sword next time." readily agreed to the request.Unexpectedly, the boy sneaked a glance at the door, leaned close to Qinghe and whispered in Qinghe's ear: "Senior brother, I heard that you have hidden wine, can you let my brother and I have a good time too?"

Qing He blinked, and said with a puzzled expression: "Who said I have wine here? You can search in this room, if you find it, it's yours." Qing Ying curled her lips and said, "Cut, cheapskate."

The whip of the punishment hall is usually soaked in a special liquid, making it immune to healing spells when it hits a person.Under the premise that the healing spell was ineffective, Qinghe could only move around after lying on the bed for three or four days. This was thanks to his junior brother who came to give him medicine every day, otherwise he would have to sit up now.

Qinghe couldn't stay idle, and when he could get out of bed, he limped to the morning class, and was called behind the screen by the master after he finished.The real person looked him up and down, and greeted him: "Is the injury okay?" Qing He replied that it was not in the way.The real person nodded and got straight to the point: "We elders have discussed it. Although Chenghuang can stay in the secret realm, you, as the master of his blood contract, are responsible for teaching him and washing away the violence in his nature."

Qinghe agreed, and then said after a while: "Thank you, master, for defending my apprentice that day." The real person looked at him with kindness in his eyes, and said, "You came into my door.