It's Shadow Guard and Bai Yueguang [Rebirth]

On the back hill of Yaoyue Gate is a geomantic treasure land, where many disciples who died accidentally were buried.

It is said that Master dug the tomb of a prince from the previous dynasty in this land, so he confirmed that it is suitable for burial.Buried here, the next life will be full of luxurious and wealthy descendants.

In the past six months since the elder brother left, Fu Shijiu has silently replaced the duties of the former elder brother, getting up early every day to watch the younger brothers and sisters practicing swords, and arranging the assignment of tasks in the master's sect.

The difference is that Fu Shijiu didn't move into the inner courtyard to live in, but just packed out a room that was not spacious as a residence.

The Double Ninth Festival was approaching, and when Fu Shijiu was sorting out his letters, he saw a letter from his junior brother.

In the letter, Xiaoshi said that he would go back to Shimen on Chongyang, because the fifth prince was dispatched to northern Xinjiang, and he was busy making connections these days, and he didn't want his informant to see him, so he sent him off for a few days.

Seeing the news, Fu Shijiu finally showed a little smile on his bitter face.

In the past six months after the elder brother left, the master has been taciturn, except for teaching the younger brothers and sisters martial arts and reading.From time to time, he would sit in front of the senior brother's tombstone, drinking to himself.

After checking the account books, Fu Shijiu sent his junior brother to the town to bring back new clothes and food supplies for the tall children, and then he took his sword up the mountain to find the master.

Since the elder brother left, the relationship between him and the master has also undergone subtle changes.

This kind of change... Even Fu Shijiu, who made a living by killing people, had the first reaction to this kind of behavior: immorality.

But when he was picked up, in Fu Shijiu's eyes, this man was like a savior.When he was a child, he tried everything possible to get the attention and love of the master, but the master's attitude towards him was always hot and cold.

One second the whip was still hitting him, and the next second he told him softly that the swordsmanship of the long sword was passed on to him alone, and he was very talented.

So being held in this man's arms, treating him like a treasure, and looking at each other over and over again, in addition to the sense of immorality, Fu Shijiu was also a little greedy for this feeling.

When I was a child, I wished to receive Master's love and care, and it finally came true.

Of course, after waking up, it's more self-sabotage.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, it was the moonlight, and Fu Shijiu saw the man sitting in front of the tombstone at a glance. He walked up quickly, "Master, it's time to go back."

"..." The man didn't speak, and continued to drink the wine in his hand without saying a word.

"The twentieth junior brother will be back for the Double Ninth Festival." Fu Shijiu added.

Hearing this, the man finally put down the flagon in his hand, his eyes regained a little clarity, "Xiao Shi is coming back..." The excitement in his tone couldn't be concealed, and he kept repeating these words.

Fu Shijiu didn't speak.

It is indeed a happy thing for Xiaoshi to come back.

But no matter how he told Master, Master ignored him. As soon as Xiao Shian was mentioned, he immediately stopped drinking and stopped mourning at the tombstone.

Fu Shijiu narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists.

Helping Master back to the dormitory in the inner courtyard, Fu Shijiu dipped a towel in water, sat on the edge of the bed, and wiped Master's face.

Suddenly, there was a rough touch on the back of the hand.

It is obvious that it is rough because of holding the sword all year round.

"Zhu'er, when are you willing to move into the inner courtyard?"

The tone of the man's mouth was a little drunk.

Fu Nineteen's breathing stagnated.

Although the master did not prevent him from entering and leaving the inner courtyard, the inner courtyard did not have any spare room for him.

The residence of Junior Brother Xiaoshi when he was a child was originally a small attic, but after he left, it was once again abandoned as a utility room.The elder brother's remains must not be touched, the other rooms are either the master's study or the collection room.

"..." Fu Shijiu didn't answer the drunken words.

After wiping, he just wanted to take out the water in the basin and pour it out.

Before getting up, I only felt a strong arm from behind.

It's not the same as the previous aggressive hug.

It seemed that he just wanted him to sleep by his side, just like when he was just getting started when he was a child, he slept next to his master and listened to his master telling stories.

"Nineteen, thank you for helping to take care of the teacher's door during this time."

Fu Shijiu: "I should do it."

"You have been sensible since you were a child, but the more sensible you are, the more I feel indebted to you. Obviously when you were young, you were very clingy, but at that time I had been negligent to you and isolated you from the same family. Thorn punishes you...I'm sorry."

Hearing Master's murmur, Fu Shijiu lowered his eyes.

Regarding his previous events, the master actually remembered everything.He was not happy to hear this apology.

Fu Shijiu forgot how he fell asleep in the end. Anyway, this was the first time he slept beside Master since he was an adult, and he just slept peacefully.

The day before the Double Ninth Festival, it was the eve of dinner, Fu Shijiu was watching the servants busy in the kitchen, and the smoke was so heavy that he couldn't keep his eyes open.

While flipping through medical books, he supervised the work while sneaking away.

"Senior Brother Twenty is back!"

"Wow! Brother Twenty's prosthetic limb looks so good!"

Fu Shijiu paused, immediately dropped the book, and ran out the door.

Sure enough, there was a young man about his age standing outside the courtyard. Because of the lack of limbs, his figure was extremely thin, and he was surrounded by many juniors and juniors.

"Senior Brother Nineteen!" Little Twenty saw Fu Shijiu, kicked away the little brother who was hanging on his lap, and ran towards Fu Shijiu.

"Xiao Shi!"

I haven't seen you for a few years, but the timid junior in my impression seems to be a lot more cheerful.Soon, Fu Shijiu's attention was attracted by the prosthetic limbs on Xiaobai's body.

I don't know what kind of jade it is, the whole body is pure white, although there are knife marks on it, it can be seen that the stone is very strong.

It's not the kind of wooden prosthetic limb you had when you left school.

Xiao Shi realized that his senior brother was looking at his prosthetic limb, "The prosthetic limb given by the master in the palace said it was made of stone, which was strong and resistant to beatings. It turned out that the wooden prosthetic limb given by the master was broken within two days. Senior brother, after a while How is it? I heard that senior brother half a year ago..."

"Yeah. I left due to illness." Fu Shijiu remembered the necromancer incense that his elder brother gave him before he died, and lied perfunctorily, "I'm doing well, how about you? That prince didn't make things difficult for you, did he? You wrote a letter saying that the turnover at hand is not enough."

"He treated me...very well, and then I paid double the amount of silver in arrears." Speaking of this, Xiao Shi couldn't help laughing, "Master came to see me once." Said Master, Xiao Shi's His expression cooled down quickly.

"Master went to see you? When did it happen?" Fu Shijiu hadn't heard about it, so he was a little curious.

Xiao Eran didn't answer the conversation, but quickly changed the subject.

After dinner, Fu Shijiu was playing the sword manual in the courtyard, and vaguely noticed that the master had summoned Xiao Shi into the inner courtyard, but for some reason, the two of them were still talking outside the courtyard in the end.

Fu Shijiu didn't concentrate on his sword practice so much, so he listened carefully and noticed that his younger brother's tone seemed unhappy, and so did his master.

At night, Xiao Yan didn't return to his original residence in the inner courtyard, but lay down with him.

His room was not big, and it was still very difficult for two people to lie side by side.

"Brother, during these days, Master...hasn't bullied you, right?" When lying side by side, Xiao Shi hesitated for a while before asking.

He didn't understand why, "Bullying? Why did Master bully me?"

"I worry too much."

Fu Nineteen:?

The shady relationship between him and Master is a secret after all, but it can't be called bullying.

He didn't dare to confirm with Xiaoshi what bullying was referring to.

Xiao Shi was silent for a while, then asked again, "And senior brother, have you ever... chased after your sweetheart?"

Chasing your sweetheart?

Hearing this question, Fu Shijiu hurriedly turned around, propped his head on one hand and looked at Xiao Nian in disbelief, "Does Xiao Nian have a sweetheart?"

Xiao Shi didn't speak, but the piercing eyes said everything.

Fu Shijiu felt cold.

Immediately, he still laughed, "Really?"

"Really. I got to know each other when I was on a mission in the palace. I didn't say anything about the specific characters, and I didn't dare to say the name of the other party. Except for the senior brother, I don't know who to ask..."

Fu Shijiu didn't answer.

Getting acquainted in the palace must have nothing to do with him.

This moment is beyond words.

"Brother?"

Fu Shijiu wanted to say something, but only bitterness stuck in his throat.

When I was a child, I would say "Senior Brother Nineteen I like the most" and "Senior Brother Nineteen is the best to me" when I was young, it seems that it is really childish.

Only he thought that after leaving the teacher, he would become sworn brothers with him and live together like a senior brother and a master.

"Senior brother?" Little Twenty didn't notice Fu Shijiu's complicated emotions, so he asked again.

"Which family's girl? How does she treat you?"

Xiao Shi hesitated, "It's not a girl."

Fu Shijiu clenched his fists.

For a while, I almost didn't breathe directly.

"Although I often scold and beat me, but—"

This time, Fu Shijiu didn't wait for the younger brother to finish speaking, and interrupted irritably, "I don't have a sweetheart, ask me what to do? Tomorrow I have to get up early to practice swords, and I'm going to sleep." After shouting, he turned his back and lost A quilt was given to Xiao Shian, and he wrapped himself in another bed.

Xiao Shi was a little dazed by the yelling, but still took the quilt obediently.

He didn't quite understand why his senior brother was so angry, but he was sensible and didn't ask any more questions, and quietly turned around and went to sleep.

In fact, Fu Shijiu was not asleep.

Can't sleep either.

The younger brother he loved since he was a child had only been separated for two years, and he was in love with the stranger who beat him and scolded him.

He silently gripped the corner of the quilt tightly.

This sore feeling is uncomfortable, indescribably uncomfortable.

Since the death of his parents, he hasn't cried over any grievances, whether he was bullied by his classmates or wronged by his master.But today, the tears just flowed out without disappointment.

When he realized that he was about to cry, Fu Shijiu turned over and got out of bed silently, jumped onto the roof, and touched his eyes with his sleeve.

The water-blue silk satin quickly became wrinkled and a little damp, but the tears at the corners of his eyes did not decrease at all.

"How old are you, still crying? It's so noisy." While wiping away tears silently, suddenly, a faint voice came from behind.

Fu Shijiu turned his head and saw that it was the master. He was so frightened that he swallowed back tears, and hurriedly saluted.

He obviously restrained his voice just now, even if he had a voice, it was not as good as Night Breeze's whistle.

"Don't use your sleeve, here," the man silently handed over a handkerchief, "Understood." After finishing speaking, the man pointed his thumb in the direction of his room, and lying inside was Fu Nian, who had rarely returned to his master's door. .

Fu Shijiu didn't answer, it was a tacit consent.

"Your thinking has been written on your face since you were young, and it hasn't changed when you grow up. It's so easy to guess." The man said lightly.

Fu Shijiu took the veil very spinelessly, and wiped his face.

He caught a glimpse of Master sitting next to him, quietly watching him cry.

After a while, Fu Shijiu was not too embarrassed, and closed his voice, clutching the dirty handkerchief in his hand.

"The supper just made in the kitchen." Seeing that he stopped crying, the man left this sentence, jumped off the roof and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

Upon hearing that there was food to eat, Fu Shijiu still followed.

From childhood to adulthood, Master is still like meeting him for the first time. He can see through all his thoughts and needs at a glance, and tolerates his actions.

At least for now, there is no one who treats him better than Master.Both emotionally and physically, Master gave him a great degree of comfort.Even if he didn't promise the future, Fu Shijiu has completely given up the idea of ​​establishing his own family after leaving the teacher.

News came from the imperial city that the killers sent by the Yaoyue Sect had defected and betrayed the emperor.

The edict was read out by the father-in-law in the palace. At that time, Fu Shijiu was correcting the posture of holding a sword by a junior.

After the last Double Ninth Festival farewell, this was the first time he had heard from Xiao Shian.

Unexpectedly, he deceived the emperor, betrayed his attitude, and betrayed the teachings of his teacher.

I saw the master and the father-in-law repeatedly apologized with a smile, and said in a low voice that they would deal with the betrayer.

But from his father-in-law's tone, Fu Shijiu realized that the betrayal of his junior was definitely not simple.

After the father-in-law left, sure enough, the master couldn't wait to summon him.

"That child Fu Yan...you heard it just now. The emperor sent him to monitor the fifth prince, but it turned out... a few months ago, he began to conceal the movements of the fifth prince, which caused the five princes to gather troops outside the pass and take down two cities. It was only when the news reached the capital that I knew he had rebelled. He was so obedient before, how could he..."

"..." Fu Shijiu wanted to say a few words for his junior brother.

But after thinking about it, he didn't want to defend him.

He didn't know the grudge between his junior and master, he simply couldn't understand why his junior didn't cherish him even though his master liked him so much.

"Nineteen, disciples who betrayed the sect, what should be the crime, you know." After a while, the man rubbed the bridge of his nose and continued, "A few of your senior brothers and sisters also had precedents for betraying the sect, but the impact is not so bad. I still thought about how to keep them alive or dead. But this time, Yaoyuemen received the favor of the emperor, but he deceived the monarch and was ungrateful..."

As he said that, Fu Shijiu saw a long sword thrown by his master.

He reached out to catch it, opened the scabbard and took a look.

The blade of the sword is cold, just touching it with your hand will leave a bloodstain.This sword, he had seen his master carry before, but maybe it didn't fit well, and it wasn't the one he wore most often.

"nineteen."

"The apprentice is here." Fu Shijiu understood what the man meant.

On the one hand, Fu Er is his junior brother who grew up together.He believed he had a reason.

On the other hand, the teacher's order is hard to break.

Master has treated him kindly over the years.

The man saw his entanglement, pretended to hesitate for a moment, and said again, "Actually, I wanted to ask you a long time ago, since you don't want to start your own family, are you willing to have another righteous brother from now on?"