old grace

From the very beginning when they first met in Jianghu, Xie Qinghe knew that Fu Chuan had an extremely sensitive and cautious heart.

The younger brother is extremely demanding on himself, he pursues the ultimate in everything, and refuses to give up even if he falls short.

He and Xie Qinghe had been separated for six years, and there was such a big scandal just after they reunited. Xie Qinghe directly expressed his dissatisfaction and blame.Will he really not be sad?

Xie Qinghe believes that after the incident in Fu'an County, the person who was most shocked and regretful was the younger brother himself.

Fu Chuan was not cautious enough.

Six years ago, when the situation was at its most dangerous, there was the arrogant Liang Anhou Mansion on the one hand, and the family of relatives who were not to be outdone on the other. Under Fang's twists and turns, Fu Chuan and Han Lin not only did not suffer, but successfully entered the capital.After entering Beijing, Fu Chuan did not get carried away with complacency. He was always on guard against Han Lin. Now between Han Lin and Lang Hui, who are in control of the overall situation in the court, Fu Chuan is also working very well, and there is no mistake in the general direction. .

He probably never thought that he would fall into the hands of Widow Wang and Da Lang.

Seeing Fu Chuan kneeling on the ground for a long time, Xie Qinghe was a little worried about his knees.

He is also almost 20 years old, and he is not as frivolous as a child. It is very uncomfortable to be punished to kneel when he is old.Fu Chuan was solid-minded again, bowing his head and kneeling obediently, and would not intentionally adjust his center of gravity to make his knees more comfortable.

"You stand up first. Brother Shi didn't want to make you sad when he talked to you." Xie Qinghe didn't shy away from his pity.

Fu Chuan hesitated for a moment, then stood up, bowed his head and said, "I did such a stupid thing, and I don't deserve to be taught by senior brother."

This is intentional.Back then at the Star Observatory, Fu Chuan made such a fuss once.At that time, the two hadn't made up their minds, and Fu Chuan had really done something stupid. Xie Qinghe just said something to him, and he turned around and ran away, thinking that he didn't deserve to be taught a lesson.If he really didn't want Xie Qinghe to restrain him, he should turn around and leave now. If he insisted on standing in front of Xie Qinghe and saying that he was too stupid to be taught, he still felt sad and couldn't forgive himself.

Xie Qinghe had no choice but to sit down in front of the couch, patted the edge of the couch: "Come?"

Fu Chuan hesitated for a moment, but he still couldn't help it. He kicked off his shoes, curled up on the couch, and lay his head on Xie Qinghe's lap.

This is the most intimate gesture between the two of them when they talked with each other since they were unsealed by "Master Uncle" in the carriage that day.Whenever Fu Chuan was sad, unable to dispel, and difficult to digest, Xie Qinghe would let him lie on his lap, touch his face, and reason with him.

Now that the two of them had resumed this posture, Fu Chuan felt a little dizzy when he touched his warm and firm thigh.

Xie Qinghe loosened his bun that had been tied up for a day, let his tight scalp loosen, and said, "Do you feel that you are naive and stupid, that you are on the defensive, that you can't guard against the people around you, and that you are being fooled? The shame that you think you can't control?"

Lying in his arms like this, Fu Chuan didn't have the slightest scruples about shame and shame, and nodded full of attachment: "Yes. I have read so many history books and heard so many stories about people's fickleness, but I still committed such a stupid... ..."

"It's not because you're stupid. You're not stupid at all." Xie Qinghe gently pinched his ear, lowered his head and kissed him, "You just want a mother too much. It's also the elder brother who sees it. I didn't have time to remind you. When you were in the capital, you were very lenient towards San Niang, you acted like a baby to her, relied on her, admired her... You have no chance to get along with Lady Liu, you want a mother."

Fu Chuan listened in a daze, and when he heard the word "Liu Niangzi", his eyes were wet unconsciously, but he never shed tears.

He was in it, and he didn't find out what was wrong with him at all.

He thought that he trusted the people around him too much, underestimated the "honest people" who were born in poor neighborhoods, and underestimated women from families too much, thinking that all women are benevolent women... until Xie Qinghe pointed out the real loophole in his heart, He suddenly remembered that he was also someone close to him, why was he guarding against Han Lin?He is also an honest man in a poor neighborhood, why is he guarding against Lame Li and Blind Wen?

The reason why he fell into the hands of the Widow Wang was because the Widow Wang was so in line with an orphan's fantasy of a mother.

If Sanniang and the Widow Wang were to change places, Fu Chuan would only fall through more thoroughly!

Seeing Fu Chuan, Xie Qinghe was stunned, thinking of how happily and courteously he was by Madam Liu when he was in Fu Wei's memory world, even if Madam Liu couldn't see him at all and didn't know his existence, as long as he could see Madam Liu eating and drinking Drinking tea and looking at the account book, you can live a whole day happily, and your heart becomes particularly soft.

"Junior brother." Xie Qinghe leaned closer to him and kissed his forehead, "Next time, I will find you a caring and loving skin, so that you can live a good life, okay?"

Fu Chuan's eyes were full of water, but he shook his head and refused: "I have a mother. My mother is the best in the world."

Xie Qinghe echoed: "Yes. Mrs. Liu is the best."

Fu Chuan was still a little overwhelmed, he thought it was an IQ problem, but he didn't know it was an EQ problem.

Xie Qinghe gently stroked his forehead, comforting him: "It's difficult for a person to introspect and redeem himself in the midst of emotions and desires. It's not that you're not careful enough or smart enough to take precautions. Now that you know the crux of the matter, you won't jump into the same thing again if you think about it." It's a pit. It's not your fault, I saw it years ago, and it was my fault that I didn't remind you earlier when I was soft-hearted."

Fu Chuan rolled over on his lap, hugged his waist, and said in a muffled voice, "Senior brother used to teach me a lesson, but now he only pampers me."

Xie Qinghe was a little itchy when he hugged him, and he couldn't help laughing: "Then what can I do? It's all like this. If you hug him day and night and kiss him, can you still lower your face and reprimand him?"

"Seven people died in 460. Fifty-three were killed and wounded by the rebels after the city was broken." Fu legend.

At this time, when it comes to the tragedy in Fu'an County, it's not that Xie Qinghe doesn't let it go, it's that Fu Chuan doesn't let it go.

Xie Qinghe's hand stroking his forehead subconsciously slowed down.

When Han Hui sent someone to send a letter to Fu, the mess in Fu'an County hadn't been cleared up. The exact number of more than 400 people must have been determined after Da Lang personally collected them.Da Lang didn't tell Xie Qinghe, but he told Erlang.

Erlang wants to intercede for Dalang.

In Erlang's mind, the dead were indeed innocent, and there was no need to abolish Dalang's cultivation as punishment, right?

Da Lang gave him such an accurate number of deaths.

Erlang didn't go to the cemetery, nor did he collect the corpse himself, and he didn't have the difficult understanding that Dalang had acquired late at night fighting the corpse.

He still wants to intercede for Da Lang.

While Xie Qinghe was waiting for the meal in the lobby of the mansion, Erlang followed Fu Chuan to the kitchen to look at the ingredients and order.

Before he pleaded with Fu Chuan, Fu Chuan first asked him about the details of Fu'an County.Fu Chuan couldn't believe Han Hui's news.Fu Chuan's own news channel didn't come back so quickly, so it's better to ask Erlang directly.

As Xie Qinghe thought, Fu Chuan, who was also educated by the Hanjiang Sword Sect since childhood, could not forgive the immoral things that happened in Fu'an County.

Judging from the status of the ruler of one side, Fu Chuan did not suffer much, and what the Widow Wang and Da Lang did could not be called a betrayal of him.

Throughout the ages, in times of great controversy, which side of the princes does not have the lives of innocent people in their hands?General A is rich, General B is lustful, and General C is famous. The master should rely on the generals to defend the land and conquer the world. Can you give moral training to the generals every day?Don't make a joke and erase all the scandals, whitewash peace and turn black into white, and spread the tragedy of robbery and adultery into a few romantic stories about Xu Cai bestowing concubines?

Just because Fu Chuan is not a prince fighting for hegemony, but the heir of the Hanjiang Sword Sect, the moral requirements of outsiders are far higher than those of ordinary people, and they don't simply conclude with winners and losers. It cannot be forgiven by the upbringing of the Hanjiang Sword Sect.

"I want senior brother to reprimand me." Fu Chuan whispered.

"If you don't know your mistakes, you will naturally be reprimanded. Now that you know your mistakes and the crux of the matter, why do you want your brother to reprimand you? To expose your mistakes, shortcomings, and discomfort, and hit you on the face, Does it hurt your mind and your emotions?" Xie Qinghe helped him up, looked into his eyes, "There is no one in this world who does not make mistakes, and senior brother will also make mistakes. If you make mistakes, make up for them, don't always dwell on the past .”

Fu Chuan nodded and said, "Of course I will be responsible for this matter. Both Han Lin and Wang Niang will deal with it."

Xie Qinghe thinks that Fu Chuan is only guilty of not being strict with his subordinates and not being good at teaching disciples. The matter in Fu'an County is thousands of miles away. The responsibility is not great.Fu Chuan obviously didn't think so.

There was a pause between the two of them talking, Xie Qinghe thought that it could be uncovered, just happened to bring hot water outside, and took advantage of the situation to wash his feet and go to bed.

Because of the mention of the matter in Fu'an County, the two of them were not in an affectionate mood, so they packed up and were ready to rest directly.

Xie Qinghe had just changed into his pajamas, and wanted to ask Fu Chuan whether to sleep in the same bed with him, or to sleep separately, when he saw Fu Chuan took out a volume of scriptures, carried the futon to the window, spread the futon on the floor, Turning around, she tucked Xie Qinghe's quilt and asked, "Then shall I blow the lamp?"

Xie Qinghe said quietly: "You know, I don't allow you to kneel."

"I know that elder brother cares about me, but." Fu Chuan turned his head and looked at the dark night outside the window, "I have been educated since I was sensible, and I have to find a place to go when I have difficulties in my heart. The futon I took It’s very thick, and it’s not uncomfortable to kneel on.”

At this point, Xie Qinghe can't force Fu Chuan to go to bed and rest.

He got up and walked to the window, checked the futon that Fu Chuan put down, it was indeed relatively thick and soft: "Don't be too late."

Fu Chuan knelt in front of the window, Xie Qinghe went back to bed and lay down, closed his eyes, the younger brother breathed slowly and slowly, and only occasionally turned over a page of scriptures very carefully.Xie Qinghe naturally couldn't sleep.He lay quietly, thinking to himself, I can't forgive little junior brother.

Even if he was right next to Fu Chuan, living in the same room with Fu Chuan, he couldn't persuade Fu Chuan to let go of his guilt and lie down to rest peacefully.

This feeling is powerless.

Xie Qinghe thought, from now on, this can no longer be the case.

... I don't want to be separated from my junior again, let him be taken advantage of by his own weakness, let down by others, and feel guilty for his transgressions.

After a stick of incense.

Fu Chuan was still flipping through the book.

Xie Qinghe sat up abruptly, and walked to the window.

Fu Chuan hurriedly suppressed the scriptures and asked, "Brother, did I bother you to rest? I'm going outside... huh?!"

Before finishing a sentence, Xie Qinghe lifted him up, pressed him on the couch, and slapped his butt twice.Fu Chuan let out an ah in astonishment, and was beaten twice by Xie Qinghe again, cold hairs protruding from the back of his neck.

Before Fu Chuan could figure out the situation, Xie Qinghe had already carried him back to the bed and stuffed him into the bed: "Are you comfortable? Are you going to sleep?"

Fu Chuan: "..."

Xie Qinghe made a gesture to turn him out of the bed, Fu Chuan was so frightened that he hugged the pillow quickly: "Sleep, sleep!"

Xie Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief just now.

After going to bed, Xie Qinghe closed his eyes, and Fu Chuan slowly leaned over and leaned into his arms: "Brother."

Xie Qinghe took advantage of the situation to hug him, and exerted a little force on his arm, letting Fu Chuan know that he cared: "Huh?"

"People cannot be resurrected after death, how can we make up for it?" Fu Chuan asked.

"There are still many people alive in this world. They don't have enough to eat, they don't have enough clothes to cover their bodies, they can't afford to suffer from illness, and they have nothing to live in. You still have a lot of things to do, how can you have time to worry about them?" Xie Qinghe turned his body sideways They all hugged each other, pulled the quilt, and the two embraced each other, "You are acting like a baby today. Senior brother is by your side, so you are allowed to act like a baby. It's just that this problem has to be corrected slowly. If you are a man, you should take responsibility." , I will just hug my senior brother and say, I want my senior brother to reprimand me, I am going to kneel, what is going on?"

Fu Chuan stood next to him embarrassedly, groaning, "I'm not a man now, I'm a little girl."

Xie Qinghe smiled angrily at him: "Little Junior Sister?"

Fu Chuan quickly promised: "I won't be like this in the future. Senior brother, am I annoying you again?"

Xie Qinghe paused with his arms around his shoulders, and said, "I have never been bored with you. I just regret that I didn't bring you by my side and let you grow up alone in Hanshan. Junior brother," said here , Xie Qinghe was silent for a moment, "Your temperament is too introverted and sensitive, and it is easy to be unhappy. Now that you have a senior brother with you, live a more relaxed and cheerful life, okay?"

Fu Chuan also wants to live a more heartless life, but he has always been free and easy on the surface, and always cautious in his heart.

After hearing Xie Qinghe's words, Fu Chuan rubbed against his shoulder, and softly agreed: "Okay."

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The next morning.

Xie Qinghe woke up on time, and Fu Chuan leaned on him in the posture of an octopus again, sleeping soundly.

Xu Shi hadn't slept soundly in these years, and he was next to the elder brother again, listening to the familiar heartbeat and rubbing against the familiar body temperature, Fu Chuan slept very deeply, and he was not at all on guard.Xie Qinghe's feeling is also very strange - in the past, he was a bit overwhelmed by Fu Chuan.Now that the junior junior brother has become a junior junior sister, there is something missing in that place, so it's... hard to describe.

Wanting to get up, but also not wanting to disturb Fu Chuan who was sleeping soundly, Xie Qinghe closed his eyes again, resting his mind.

After about half an hour, Fu Chuan woke up.

Practitioners are not quite the same as ordinary people when they sleep.Ordinary people have different breathing rates when they wake up and when they are asleep. To the extent of Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan, the real energy circulates continuously during the day and night, and the breathing rate of sleeping and waking is similar.

Therefore, Fu Chuan didn't know that Xie Qinghe was resting with his eyes closed.

Seeing that Xie Qinghe's eyes were closed and his chest was rising and falling freely, he refused to take back the hands and feet that were only holding Xie Qinghe on his back. Instead, he continued to hug Xie Qinghe, tilting his head, and carefully looked at Xie Qinghe's young and handsome face. all over.

Because of Xie Qinghe's practice, his beard, hair and nails grew very fast, and the beard came out overnight.

This is also very novel to Fu Chuan.

The so-called Shunfan Nixian, monks have abnormal physiological conditions, such as not letting the essence leak out, or controlling metabolism.

Xie Qinghe reached the realm of icy muscles and fine bones very early, that is to say, his body hardly produces dirt, does not increase or decrease, and his metabolism returns to zero.There is no such thing as long hair, nails and beard, and even the appearance basically stays and never changes.Only after the body is injured, will it decompose and regenerate muscle and re-grow.

Fu Chuan grew a beard before he entered the Tao, but after he entered the Tao, it didn't increase or decrease, and he didn't let the beard grow back.

——Eldest brother doesn't even have a beard, how can he have the qualifications to grow a beard as a child?

Now Xie Qinghe has not only regained his youth, but also grew stubble overnight, which made Fu Chuan feel very novel.

He was lying on Xie Qinghe's body, the distance between the two was very close, Fu Chuan could see the thin down on Xie Qinghe's face, and naturally he could also see the thicker stubble.Stubble is not uncommon.However, the stubble that grows on the face of the elder brother is very rare!Other people's stubble is not good-looking, so how can the stubble on the face of the elder brother not be good-looking?Very sexy, I really want to lick it...

It's close at hand, but it's a strange coincidence.Fu Chuan stuck out his tongue, licked Xie Qinghe's chin, and licked it again.

Half of Xie Qinghe's neck turned red, and his ribs felt numb, so he had to open his eyes.

Fu Chuan actually choked himself, and sat up abruptly: "Morning, senior brother."

Xie Qinghe thought for a while and said, "I seem to remember that my junior brother made rules for me."

Fu Chuan rushed forward immediately: "Yes, yes, this rule must be followed."

When Xie Qinghe pressed him on the bed and kissed him twice, then let him go and was about to get up, Fu Chuan said disappointedly: "This is what the big brother said."

Xie Qinghe patted his head: "It's inconvenient at this time. Get up, Senior Brother will tie your hair for you."

Fu Chuan became happy again, and got up to get the comb: "Eldest brother hasn't combed my hair for a long time."

The two were combing their hair and thrushes in the house. Outside the door, the three hundred black-armored knights sent by Han Hui to escort Xie Qinghe were also ready to go, and the team led them to say goodbye.Fu Chuan's hair was only half combed, and he ordered through the door: "Go."

Hearing the sound of horseshoes outside the door, Xie Qinghe asked: "Are you very dissatisfied with Han Lin?"

Legend of Fu: "He wanted to kill the young emperor, but I caught him. Since then, he and I have really been on bad terms."

Outsiders only know that Han Lin and Fu Chuan had conflicts over the matter of finding Walang. The real reason was that the two had irreconcilable differences in their future plans.Han Lin is a minister of power. If the emperor had not been abolished, how many ministers of power would have ended well?Fu Chuan didn't want to break the current balance. Once the young emperor lost his country, he would inevitably fall into a great struggle.

Xie Qinghe only listened to Fu Chuanchuan's sentence, and understood the danger, and said: "It's too early to turn your face."

Fu Chuan was also very helpless: "He did it on purpose. At this time, there are disturbances everywhere, and it is impossible to sit on the Diaoyutai, and there are horsemen watching from the north. Killing the young emperor is to lift the table in advance, and Han Lin is not so stupid. He just Want to know what I think in advance.”

Han Lin and Fu Chuan can't break up at the moment, Han Lin needs Fu Chuan's combat power, and Fu Chuan needs Han Lin's power.

If Fu Chuan allows Han Lin to kill the young emperor, Han Lin can fully trust Fu Chuan.If Fu Chuan has the heart of a hero, he can completely delegate to Han Lin and let Han Lin do it. After the young emperor dies, he can also support a new emperor from the royal family. There are many little princes left by the previous emperor.

The problem is that with Fu Chuan's upbringing, it is impossible to bet and sacrifice the young emperor's life.

Now that Han Lin has tested Fu Chuan's bottom line, knowing that Fu Chuan will not abolish the emperor to support him, he will naturally feel jealous of Fu Chuan.

The interests and goals of the two are no longer consistent, and it will be a matter of time before they part ways.

"I'm not necessarily opposed to him abolishing the emperor and standing on his own. It's just that the situation is still unclear." Fu Chuan wanted to protect the young emperor, not because he had much loyalty to the royal family of Hou Zhao, but just because he didn't want to see the chaos of the princes. "Senior brother, After the practice was spread, there have been many changes in the past six years, but according to my guess, there will be no great achievements in four or five years, and the real change will be ten years later."

The outer sect disciples of the Hanjiang Sword Sect are usually selected between the ages of 12 and 15 for the inner sect.Ordinary people at the bottom of the mountain naturally cannot compare their talents and intelligence with the outside disciples of the Hanjiang Sword Sect. Even if the practice of "Big Break and No Bending" lowers the threshold of practice, Fu Chuan believes that it will take at least 16 years to cultivate a real monk.

Xie Qinghe shook his head and said: "You only do what you should do, and you don't have to think about the variables brought about by the practice. If you look forward and backward, nothing will be achieved."

While speaking, Xie Qinghe had already combed Fu Chuan's hair.

Fu Chuan looked at it twice in front of the mirror, and held Xie Qinghe's lapel flatteringly: "Brother, I need your help."

"Well, what's the matter?" Xie Qinghe asked.

"The cultivation methods we have taught are all born out of "Big Bending", but I still practice with one heart. A few years ago, the elders of the Zongmen came to shame me, and I was almost beaten. Now the Zongmen teaches Patriarch Xian Huayu, she put on a village girl's shirt and pretended to come to check on me, if it wasn't for Sanniang's quick-wittedness, I would have been tricked by her again..." Fu Chuan muttered.

Xie Qinghe listened without changing his face, feeling a little amused in his heart.Fu Chuan was a little credulous about women, when he was in Yangliuhe Manor, he was cheated by Mo Qiangwei once, and now he has not learned his lesson, and was almost cheated by Patriarch Xian Huayu.

"Now they suspect that I stole the secret book of Zhibaodong, and they are very opposed to my dissemination of the practice of "Big Twist and Unbend". It's just that they haven't got proof, so it's not easy to arrest me. They have always troubled me these years, Forcing me to compete with them..."

Fu Chuan looked at Xie Qinghe expectantly: "Is there any way, big brother, to let me hide the origin of my practice?"

Xie Qinghe smiled and said: "You might as well think about it, when you were the head disciple in Hanshan, if you suspected that someone stole the secret book of Zhibaodong, what would you do?"

That was of course beating him, beating him, beating him crazily, until he showed his feet.

The Hanjiang Sword Sect of this era is far more powerful than the Hanjiang Sword Sect controlled by Shangguan Shiyi and Xie Qinghe in later generations.The Hanjiang Sword Sect of the later generations dared to be so rampant and bullying. It makes no sense for the Hanjiang Sword Sect to be cautious at this time, right?Fu Chuan was thoughtful.

"You don't have to worry too much about this matter, I will handle it." Xie Qinghe said.