Sir, this sword is a keepsake

The shadow of the sun flies away.Nangong Fuyun came back with three eggs carefully, fearing that something might go wrong.After the three of them ate the scrambled eggs, they began to eat the fruits and vegetables in the yard.

"Monk, you live by the lake, why don't you have any fish to eat?" Nangong Fuyun couldn't help but said.

Seeing Shen Fang and the others' astonished and reproachful eyes, Nangong Fuyun smiled disapprovingly, and said, "I said that on purpose, just now I purposely glanced at the monk's room and smelled a familiar smell, Unexpectedly, this monk has hidden several jars of wine in the house."

She lifted her chin, and said to the monk who seemed to have never heard of it, who was still counting the newly sprouted flowers on the pergola, "Tell me, am I right?"

"That's right, the poor monk is a wine and meat monk."

The wild monk said calmly, his eyes still loving and focused on those flower buds the size of fingernails, "If you want to eat meat, I still have some bacon cured last winter."

"..."

I don't know whose stomach it was, but it let out a very promising cry.The wild guest monk returned to the room without saying a word, and when he came out again, he already had a pile of bacon wrapped in oil paper in his hand. He passed the vegetable field, folded some leeks on the ground, and went to the stove to cook it himself. The dishes are served.

Accompanied by the sound of sizzling, the smell of stir-fried bacon with leeks flooded the courtyard overwhelmingly, provoking the three of them to secretly swallow their saliva.

After the pot was out, the wild monk passed the dish on the rough stone platform with a blank expression, "The poor monk didn't mention it earlier because he was really reluctant, so please don't mind..."

Hearing his frankness, two of the three of them stopped their chopsticks in mid-air, feeling a little embarrassed, Shen Fang said sincerely: "If there is anything that needs to be done below, Shen Fang will never refuse."

Ye Keseng glanced at the three of them, "After eating, help me go to the back mountain to chop some firewood, Nangong's family, just accompany me to watch the chess game."

"..." Although Nangong Fuyun thought it was no big deal to watch a chess game, she subconsciously didn't want to take orders from this monk, but because of his short-sightedness, she hummed obediently.

Seeing the three eating happily, the monk said casually, "Eat meat as you like, but wine is useful, so I can't give it to you."

……

Compared with the old forests in the deep mountains they climbed over the mountains, the forests in the back mountain are not dense. You can see the traces of someone hacking, it should be that wild monks often come here.There were birds chirping in the forest, and occasional rustling sounds in the soil. Shen Fang always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

After he finished chopping firewood, he walked out of the forest. Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, and the white sunshine made people sleepy, he just wanted to find a cool place to lie down and close his eyes.It should be near the end.In this case, it has been a couple of hours since he left the courtyard of the savage monk.Shen Fang walked back with a large basket of firewood on his back.

Back in the courtyard, I saw Nangong Fuyun sitting cross-legged in front of the chess game, as if immersed in her own thoughts, without realizing that Shen Fang had returned.

"Where's Zhuang Li?" Shen Fang unloaded the machete and the firewood he carried back. When he left, Zhuang Li was cleaning up the row of crooked fences for the wild monk.But right now, Zhuang Li is neither inside nor outside the courtyard.

Nangong Fuyun heard Shen Fang's question, without moving her head or raising her eyes, she said softly, "Ask him."

As soon as the words were finished, Monk Ye Ke walked into the courtyard with a bamboo basket on his back. There was a string of wet footprints behind him. It seemed that he had just returned from the lake.

"Hey, the work is still done very quickly. I, every time I cut firewood, I have to be busy until the sun goes down." He put the bamboo basket against the wall, looked at the sky, and then stood there without moving. Staring at Shen Fang, "What's wrong?"

"Where's Zhuang Li? Didn't he go to the lake with you?"

"He has something to do and won't be back for a while."

Nangong Fuyun finally turned her face away, fixed her eyes on Ye Keseng, and then at Shen Fang who looked worried, "What does this mean?"

"You two can rest assured, staying there is his own decision, and I have nothing to do with it, but he also asked me to convey to you, before he comes back, don't go to the lake to look for him without authorization, otherwise, you may be killed. killed him."

Nangong Fuyun narrowed her eyes half-believingly, a pair of peach-blossom eyes looked at the wild monk like a fox, and Shen Fang hummed, "Is this enough firewood?"

"Can you cut it again?"

"Ah."

"That's fine, then you go, or if you stay here, you'll be thinking and worrying about your friend." Ye Keseng had a kind smile on his face.

……

Before it was completely dark, Shen Fang returned to the courtyard again. He came to the gate of the front yard and looked at the dark lake in the distance, but he didn't see anyone.

"This savage monk, will there be any problems?"

"If there was, we would have been slaughtered long ago if we ate his food." Nangong Fuyun had arrived behind Shen Fang at some point, and wanted to startle him by making a sudden noise, but Shen Fang had already sensed that someone was approaching. .

"Is that chess game interesting?"

"Interesting, I saw the astrolabe."

"Astrolabe?"

"Well, it's just that I don't know what year, month and day the astrology is."

"Do you understand astrology?"

"I understand a little bit." Nangong Fuyun sighed suddenly, "However, that monk should understand it very well, but he has been watching it for so many years, but he didn't see why. After I figured this out, I felt that I was wasting Time. This chessboard was left by Guixuzi, I think we can ask him when we get to Shangqingguan."

"Haven't your parents mentioned Ye Keseng to you?"

Nangong Fuyun shook her head and said, "They died too suddenly, and they didn't plan to let me alone—"

The voice stopped abruptly, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she bit her lips lightly, but Shen Fang didn't notice her slip of the tongue, and looked at the dead lake with fascination.

There was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground behind him. Looking back, he saw that it was the wild guest monk who was moving out the jars of wine from the house.

"Why are you in a daze there, man, looking at Jinghu Lake is like looking at a mirror, and you can only see yourself," the voice of the wild guest monk came from inside the house, "It's getting dark, come in quickly and stay .”

Sensing the meaning behind Ye Keseng's words, Shen Fang's eyes suddenly sharpened, "Is there danger outside tonight?"

"To be precise, there will be changes in the lake." The wild guest monk shrugged, "You don't care about your own safety, you should also consider him, success or failure depends on it."

The wild monk didn't intend to explain. After moving the three jars of wine, leaving the door open, he turned and entered the house.

Nangong Fuyun didn't delay, she glanced at Shen Fang, "It's still the same sentence, if he wants to harm us, we are dead." After speaking, she smiled, "The bacon is still quite delicious."

"Have you noticed that the wild monks drink and eat meat, but they don't fish. There are no fishing nets in the courtyard. Does this mean that there are no fish in the lake?" Shen Fang followed Nangong Fuyun and said in a low voice , heard Nangong Fuyun laughing lowly.

At least, this so-called Mirror Lake has a deep connection with Yanzhishan martial arts, and it may be the key to practice.

Shen Fang stepped into the house, and the wild guest monk saw that everyone had come in, so he inserted the wooden latch casually.With a thud, accompanied by the sound of the wood being fastened, Shen Fang suddenly realized where the strange feeling when he was chopping wood came from.In that not-so-small forest, he did not see a single living creature.

A smell mixed with lamp oil and herbs caught his attention.From where he couldn't see, there was the tinkling of iron plates from time to time.

The room was more spacious than he had imagined, and a row of clean cloth curtains on the right barely separated the two spaces.He lifted the right curtain, and saw a bamboo bed placed against the wall at a glance. Earlier, the wild monk was on this bed through the window, and was startled by Shen Fang and the other three.

In front of the bed is a low wooden table, together with four blue cloth futons, on the straw mat.

"There is only one bed. This straw mat barely allows the two of you to lie down."

"This..." Shen Fang frowned, knowing that Nangong Fuyun and Nangong Fuyun were different, and it was very wrong, so he heard Nangong Fuyun say, "Forget it, I'll just sit on the rattan chair outside for a night." After speaking, he retreated outside the curtain.

"Humble house, the hospitality is not good." Ye Keseng said so, but it was just perfunctory. He shook his feet, took off his cloth shoes, and sat cross-legged on the bamboo bed.

Shen Fang took off his shoes and sat down on the nearest futon. The two fell into meditation without talking.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and in the stillness of the Spring Mountain night, Shen Fang's heart was restless and rebellious.His sanity and thoughts seemed to be deformed and distorted by an invisible web, and a heart beat like thunder when the wind and rain were blowing together.

He saw himself in the vast green ocean, and after looking closely, he realized that it was not the ocean, but the endless grassland.There is a huge red drum standing in the sea of ​​grass, which is being ravaged by violent and savage gangsters.The huge red drum sometimes turned into a white cocoon ball covered with stinky fluff, and sometimes turned into his own face... The expression on that face was so despicable, ferocious and painful.

dong dong dong dong!

dong dong dong dong!

When Shen Fang was sweating profusely, someone pushed him awake.Shen Fang opened his eyes - at some point, his eyes closed.

"Tsk," the wild monk frowned dissatisfiedly, "you have something weird about you."

"Master's observation is very keen." Although Ye Keseng told them not to call him a master, Shen Fang still feared and respected him.

"Have you come into contact with that dirty thing in Beihuang? Is this the trouble you encountered in Lanzhou?"

"That's right... Xiliang and Beihuang colluded to create chaos. Thinking about it, it will not be peaceful outside for a long time." Shen Fang wanted to say that it is wise for the wild monk to continue to live in seclusion here.

"So, what year is this year?"

Shen Fang was taken aback, and said softly: "Yonghe 19 years."

Monk Ye Ke closed his eyes, as if thinking about something, then opened them, "You didn't ask me if I could help you, but reminded me not to go out."

"Since the master said that he is guarding Jinghu and others, it seems that Zhuang Li is the person the master is waiting for. Now that the wait is over, I don't think there is any need for the master to stay here. Therefore, I will take the liberty of talking too much." Just said a word." Shen Fang calmly said what was in his heart.

Ye Keseng smiled, he was not considered old, and when he smiled, the youthful spirit on his body overflowed like water vapor on the river.

"You are very clever."

The smile on Shen Fang's face was extremely light and light, "I originally wanted to go to Wuyou Peak to ask Guixuzi Daoist for help because of the fog cocoon. If the master can solve this trouble for me, it would be great .”

The wild guest monk pondered for a moment, and said, "There is indeed something beside Guixuzi, which is a sorcery that was born in this extreme northern place."

Shen Fang turned his head, looked at the monk on the bed, and said solemnly, "May I ask what it is?"

Ye Keseng scratched his head, cleared his throat, "Hualongzhan, have you heard?"

"Hualongzhan?" Shen Fang spit out the name lightly and shook his head.

"It seems that Shen Yucheng has hidden many things from his son."

Hearing this, Shen Fang frowned slightly, "Is this lamp related to Yongxia Villa? I hope the master will make it clear."

"The Hualongzhan has always been in Guixuzi's hands. I have never seen it with my own eyes. I only heard that it was transformed from a star stone that fell from the nine heavens. It contains the mysteries of heaven and luck. The evil fog used by the extreme north The essence of the technique is to disturb and stitch together the fates of many people, while the Hualongzhan is to make the fates return to their respective positions... However, you have to ask Guixuzi about the specifics," the wild guest monk pondered for a few seconds and asked Said, "Tell me the truth, why did you go down the mountain?"

Shen Fang closed his lips tightly, thought for a moment, and told the wild guest monk about the establishment of the Shenwu Pavilion, the recruitment of experts from all walks of life, the intimidation of various sects in the world, and the forcing of Shen Yucheng to send "The Nineteenth Spring and Autumn" into the palace.

The more Monk Yeke listened, the more surprised he became. He was a little surprised when Shen Yucheng asked Shen Fang to deliver the sword manual on his behalf.

"It's not right..."

"What's wrong?" Shen Fang asked quickly.

"Qi Di has been the emperor for so many years, and the country in Daliang can be regarded as a country with peace and prosperity. Just because the 20-year agreement is over, is he going to take the initiative to tear up his face and cause turmoil in the world?"

"The 20-year contract was originally intended to appease the people's livelihood and reorganize the country. Now that the imperial court's goal has been achieved, and the martial arts has declined so much, why should he kill them all?"

"..." The wild guest monk seemed extremely excited and spoke extremely fast, but Shen Fang still immediately understood what he meant.

"Before I went down the mountain, my father once said that it was because of a Spring Breeze Ballad that made Qi Di very uneasy."

"Is the word 'spring' taboo?" The wild monk sneered.

Shen Fang nodded, "In Lanzhou, I heard that those organizations in Xiliang were called 'Cuncao', and I think they chose this name on purpose."

"Inch Grass..." Ye Keseng's eyes were bright, "Have you fought this so-called 'Inch Grass'?"

Shen Fang shook his head, "I was even rescued by one of the swordsmen. He looked really good at swordsmanship. Senior, what do you mean by asking this? I personally think that no matter how skilled they are, if Daliang sent elite soldiers to attack them, It is also possible to win in one go... Thinking about it, it is only a matter of time."

The wild guest monk's eyes were filled with strangeness and a bit of regret.Shen Fang knew that he had something to say, but just waited silently.

Only the wild guest monk said in a hoarse voice: "It seems that the practice of martial arts is indeed not as good as the previous generation. You are born in such a way, and you have such attainments in swordsmanship at a young age, but you say these words..."