Sir, this sword is a keepsake

Shen Fang couldn't find any pheasants or ducks, so he only stabbed a few fish in the ditch and brought them back. On the way back to the Fengyu Pavilion, he was already hungry and his stomach was growling.I thought Zhuang Li would jokingly say something, but he glanced at the ingredients he brought back, and started busy lighting the fire with satisfaction.

Shen Fang had nothing to do for a while, so he comforted him casually: "Go down the mountain tomorrow morning and have a good meal", but Zhuang Li laughed again.

"What's so funny?"

Zhuang Li shook his head, the flames lit up at this moment, making his eyes sparkle, "I'm good at grilling fish." After speaking, he grabbed a stick with fish skewered on the left and right and grilled it.Soon, the scent aroused Shen Fang's appetite, and he swallowed lonelyly.

"Hurry up, if you can't wait, there are some fruits over there, you can eat some to fill your stomach first."

Shen Fang looked slightly embarrassed and didn't move, watching Zhuang Li numbly tossing the two fish over and over again.

"All right."

Finally, after Zhuang Li's voice, Shen Fang suppressed his excitement, stretched out his hand to take the grilled fish that belonged to him, said "thank you" solemnly, and started to gobble it up without worrying about burning his mouth.

"What is there to thank, today I will grill you fish, and tomorrow you can eat my good." Zhuang Li smiled faintly, lowered his head and ate his portion silently.

After being full, the two of them jumped up and found a place to take a bath.

When Shen Fang came back, he saw that Zhuang Li had hung his coat by the bonfire, and he was lying in the pavilion wearing only an inner shirt, with hay spread under his body.Seeing this, Shen Fang, who was somewhat restrained, also took off his coat, hung it aside, and sat cross-legged on the grass leaves spread outside the pavilion.It was cold in the spring, and he wanted to use the bonfire to warm his body.

"You learned all these from your master?" Shen Fang asked curiously.In the past few days, he has vaguely noticed that although Zhuang Li has many instincts and habits to live by, his nature is lazy and undisciplined.Come to think of it, whether it is the level of lighting a fire or grilling fish, it can only be created by experience.

"It can be regarded as self-taught. Before I met my master, I wandered freely for a while."

Shen Xin thought, this person just wanted to say "freedom".

"A person with an ordinary background like you must be very curious about my experience."

Shen Fang shook his head exaggeratedly, while bending over to add a handful of dry branches.

"When I was very young, my father abandoned my mother. My mother abandoned me in order to become a concubine in another family. However, I wandered around that family for a year, waiting for her to change her mind. Unfortunately, I only waited until she died of illness. information."

"Later, I met the master who wandered there and took me back to Beihuang."

Those who heard it felt dejected, but those who said it said it lightly and in a few words.

"You asked me a question, so I'll ask you a question instead, it won't be too much." Zhuang Li said suddenly.

Shen Fang was stunned, and suddenly remembered the conversation between the two when they went up the mountain, and couldn't help being a little funny, "Hey, you are a bit grudge-minded."

"Who holds grudges? I just bit you, don't you still think about it?"

"Okay, let's make this rule today, ask one question for another, come on, ask quickly."

Zhuang Li smiled slyly, "You must think that I want to ask about the sword manual, but I don't, I want to know how that scar on the back of your right hand came about."

Shen Fang wasn't surprised that Zhuang Li found this scar, but he didn't understand why he was interested. After thinking for a while, he said, "Do you know Gushan Sword Court?"

"Slightly heard."

"The young master who offended them many years ago was hit by this sword without paying attention."

"Oh? The young master of Gushan Sword Court, how can you compare with the young master of Yongxia Villa? It sounds like there is something else going on."

"What other secrets can there be? If you are young and ignorant, you will offend me with your words."

"Isn't your father standing up for you? Oh, I know, it must be his father standing up for him. Because of your father's status——"

"That's right," Shen Fang interrupted Zhuang Li, "how can it be so complicated, a question that has been agreed upon, isn't it a little bit of a stretch for you to follow the vines?"

Zhuang Li saw that Shen Fang really didn't want to say anything, and was turned off. He sighed, and then said, "Okay. Then you ask, oh yes, don't you ask me who my master is, I just want to tell you Who is my master..."

Shen reassured, can it still be like this?

"You don't even know my master's name, but it's not an exaggeration to say that he is the best in the world in terms of lightness kung fu and pupil art." Zhuang Li said softly, "It's a pity that I have learned [-]% of my master's lightness kung fu, but Hantan Ying is It’s always not enough.”

"Why?" Shen Fang blurted out, and after asking, he wondered if this was the second question.

Zhuang Li didn't realize it, "Master said that my heart is restless, the opportunity has not come, I am a handsome young man, it's time for the world to roll, how can I be quiet?"

"That day at Yongxia Mountain Villa, your deliberate indifference and aloofness also bluffed me, who knew you were like this..."

Zhuang Li protested, "That's not deliberate, it's my other side."

"Okay, okay." Shen Fang echoed with a smile, and listened to Zhuang Li said, "That day when Bei Mingyuan was injured, I was really very angry, after all in Yanzhi Mountain, when Master was not on the mountain, I was the one who depended on him for life. "

Shen reassured, it turned out that the bird was called Bei Mingyuan, and he was immediately stunned, "You two are the only ones in Yanzhi Mountain?"

"That's not accurate enough. It's not just Yanzhi Mountain. Most of the time, there are only the two of us within a hundred miles." Zhuang Li corrected, "There were still some herdsmen in the past, but when they always bullied me, my master drove them away. Yes, haha, my master is very powerful."

Seeing that Shen Fang over there suddenly stopped talking, he turned sideways, resting his head on his elbows, and looked at Shen Fang.

"Tired? Come and rest when you're tired. Look at how virtuous I am. The bed has been made for you."

"Zhuang Li, are you..." Shen Xin jumped up suddenly, wanting to scold him for being sick, but after hearing what he said earlier, he couldn't speak for a while.

Zhuang Li snorted softly, then lay down again, "Sometimes you just can't take a joke."

Shen Fang asked again: "Where is your master from?"

"He has been wandering for so many years, I suspect he has forgotten where he came from."

Shen Xin thought, perhaps Zhuang Li's master and father had known each other back then.Zhuang Li yawned again.

"Try closing your eyes?"

"What are you doing?" Zhuang Li asked alertly.

"Close your eyes and maybe fall asleep after a while."

"I don't sleep, I still have business to ask you."

"I like to sleep or not, and I'm not your father." Shen Fang wanted to slap himself as soon as he said it.

Unexpectedly, hearty laughter broke out in the pavilion, and Zhuang Li was amused, "Shen Fang, it's more interesting when you talk like this, don't pretend to be a gentleman all day long."

Shen Fang was stunned, "If you don't know how to use words, don't use them indiscriminately! That... tell me, what's the business? Spring and Autumn Nineteen? Wuxianglou?"

"Well, where are you going to chase Wuxianglou?"

"If Wuxianglou really did it, their base is clear, but they may not be able to see their landlord."

"Do you still think there is someone else?"

"The injury was caused by the sword. There is nothing wrong with it. Wuxianglou's martial arts are mysterious. If it is a weapon commonly used in martial arts such as swords, there is no need to hide it. Moreover, I heard that not only their ordinary disciples do not wear swords, but even the landlord Nangong Lingyun and several other masters occasionally showed up with empty hands, unless——

Shen Fang paused, "Their weapons can also cause knife wounds. Of course, this is also my intuitive speculation, and it is not impossible to target Wuxianglou. Anyway, we will soon go to Lanzhou gone."

"What if the sword manual cannot be recovered?"

Shen Fang knew that this was the question Zhuang Li really wanted to ask.He thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "I'm happy to see it happen."

"Happy to see it come true?" Zhuang Li was startled for a moment, but then he became sober.

"The emperor is waiting for the cloud and the rain. The sword manual is just a symbol and a handle to him. To us fish and shrimps in the rivers and lakes, it is a priceless treasure. It is better to be taken by Wuxianglou than to be dusted in the palace. I sink Can't zoom in and die."

Zhuang Li sat up all of a sudden, and said seriously: "Do you think you can solve this problem once you die?"

"Of course not." Shen Fang shook his head, "Actually, I have been thinking all this way, besides disobeying the emperor's order and offering the sword manual with both hands, is there a third way to go, if so, I will not do it I can't help myself."

"There are hundreds of people in Yongxia Villa, my parents, and the life of my senior brother who has already lost... Could it be possible to rise up and become a traitor?"

Seeing the change in Zhuang Li's face, Shen Fang's voice gradually became lower and he did not continue.

Zhuang Li was surprised, and frowned, "Is this something you've been thinking about..."

Shen Fang asked without answering, "Zhuang Li, have you ever thought about what the imperial palace is like?"

Zhuang Li was stunned, then laughed and said, "Interesting, the dignified Young Master asked me, this little thief, what the palace would look like. If there is a chance, I would like to go in and have a look, but it's a pity that such a place is difficult to enter. Out……"

Speaking of this, he realized that he had said something wrong, secretly glanced at Shen Fang's face, but couldn't see anything clear.

"My father said in person that day that he sent me to the palace to deliver the sword manual as a 'proton', so that the emperor would not be worried about Yongxia Villa." Shen Fang glanced at Yiweijian standing aside, "I have unlimited desires. You, Xi Xiaoyao Sword, who knows that one day something will happen so badly that you will become someone else's object, a bird in a cage..."

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, "But if this can avenge the elder brother, the villa will be peaceful, the world will be peaceful, and Shen Fang's disappointment alone may really be nothing."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly turned his head and stared into Zhuang Li's eyes, which startled Zhuang Li.

"Zhuang Li, your master must have told you that if I want to retreat and hide, you will deceive me with illusions and try to get me to send the sword manual into the palace, right?"

Although Zhuang Li was horrified in his heart, he didn't look away.

"Look at your appearance, I'm right. If that's the case, then you must not let your master down." Shen Fang straightened his back, his face was faintly visible in the shadows, Zhuang Li couldn't see it clearly, so he just hummed lightly One sound.

"The two people from the Qinling Sword Sect today are right. The sword manual presented by Yongxia Mountain Villa really chills many martial arts schools. Although my father didn't explain it to me, I understand his difficulties."

Zhuang Li sat with his knees hugged, "You seem to talk a lot tonight."

Shen Fang scratched the tip of his nose with his fingers, "It seems to be like this." He leaned towards Zhuang Li, and said in a bad tone, "I won't be caught in your cold shadow again..."

Zhuang Li was so anxious that he opened his mouth to defend himself, but when he saw Shen Fang getting up and walking towards him, he suddenly became inexplicably embarrassed, and rearranged the bedding a few times with his back to Shen Fang.Unexpectedly, this action of his made Shen Xin feel flustered when he stepped into the pavilion. He felt that the pavilion was getting smaller and smaller, and there was no room for two men to sleep together.Both of them said in their hearts: "It's no wonder I'm the one who disturbed my mind."

At this moment, the two people who were standing and lying down saw a star passing across the sky at the same time, leaving a bright yellow streak of fire on the purple satin-like night!

meteor!

Shen Fang walked around Zhuang Li who was lying on his back, and leaned out of the pavilion, and Zhuang Li sat up almost at the same time, leaning on the low railing, and looked at the night sky.

The second meteor flew past again, dragging a tail to cut the night, falling to the earth at a scalding speed, almost fleeting.The two stared at the sky in a daze, waiting for the next one with bated breath, their hearts beat once, twice, three times——

"Here we come!" Zhuang Li called out, "Do you want to make a wish?"

"Yes." Shen Fang grinned, looked up at the starry night, and said loudly: "I, Shen Fang, in the next life, want to be a ranger, with one person and one sword, free and easy, wandering in the endless mountains, rivers, sun and moon " After finishing speaking, he saw Zhuang Li staring at himself with a dumbfounded face.

"Look what I do?"

"...Ordinary people wouldn't say it, let alone say it so loudly."

"Anyway, it's just the two of us, so why don't you tell the world about Shen Fang for me? Come on, you can speak up too."

"I don't."

"Zhuang Li." Shen Fang said threateningly.

Zhuang Li was speechless, rolled his eyes, "Shen Fang, you are so naive, you don't think I'm afraid of you because of your rough voice, you have to put a sword on my neck to look good—"

Seeing that Shen Fang turned around and raised his sword without any hesitation, he quickly waved his hand, "I'll just do it..."

As soon as the words fell, another meteor swung past with its long tail.

"I, Zhuang Li," Zhuang Li still closed his eyes in a dignified manner, muttering, "I, I hope that I won't be hungry again in this life, and I also hope that when there is thunder and rain, there will always be a place to stay."

"Also, I hope that Shen Fang will be able to get what he wants in this life."

When he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Fang staring at him. Those amber eyes were like two bright flame butterflies, especially bright in the vast night.The two looked at each other, at just the right distance, and saw another burning star fall into each other's eyes.

Shen Fang's heart skipped a beat just so unexpectedly.

All the clouds seemed to be at rest.The starry night is vast, and only the blue pool of water is moving between the sky and the earth.The ice-cold pool water gradually flowed over Shen Fang's body. During the ups and downs, he saw the light blue liquid in his body flowing slowly, making the sound of gurgling water, and he suddenly became thirsty.

Sparks whizzed past his ears, the meteor did not ignite the earth, but ignited a strange and secret feeling in his heart.

A silent tremor spread all over his body, and when Shen Fang came back to his senses, Zhuang Li had already lay down again.

A series of questions beginning with "Could it be" floated up in Shen's heart, which made his heart skip a beat.Immediately afterwards, I wondered if I had a dream, or, was I just caught in the shadow of the cold pool again?

In the end, he just said softly, "Thank you."

Zhuang Li smiled, "Too polite."

Shen Fang shook his head, knowing that Zhuang Li didn't understand what he meant, "In the past, I spent my time practicing swords day after day on the mountain. Only after the big brother had an accident, did I feel that some things in the world gradually became real."

"It's a bit of a mystery, but it's still a compliment, it sounds like a good thing."

These were the last words they said tonight.

The meteor shower ended, and the heaven and earth returned to their solemnity and solemnity.Shen Fang didn't fall asleep for a while, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhuang Li curled up into a cocoon, with his arms wrapped around him, and his head buried deep in his chest.Thinking about Zhuang Li's wish again, his heart felt astringent.