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"Now that I'm back, what does Master want to do with it?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Shangguan Shiyi was silent for a moment, and asked back: "If you were in my position, how should you decide? One side is a mature and steady disciple who is fully capable of carrying the world of the sect, and the other side is a young and childish disciple who has yet to grow up—what is the president's position?" What will happen, and whether it will die in the middle of the journey, no one can guarantee—— my little disciple, who will you choose to be the next head?"

"You picked him up and you thought you were responsible for him, and you must give him everything you promised."

"But, Xie Qinghe, you have to be clear. The Hanjiang Sword Sect is not your private property, and it is not something you can give to whoever you want! Establishing a disciple of the head is not a division of the sects! It is said that the inheritance of the sect is the most important thing. , you might as well reflect on it, your selfishness towards Fu Chuan's 'reward' has surpassed the sect's inheritance?!"

It was rare for Shangguan Shiyi to reprimand harshly, Xie Qinghe couldn't help but lean on the couch again, and sat up slowly.

"Master doesn't need to subdue me with the inheritance of the sect. When you drove Fu Chuan down the mountain, did you know how my body was? You didn't know. If I had the phantom poison to attack my heart, I would have died outside long ago? You just drove my junior brother away like this." Come out, bet that I am not only alive, but also have a way to cure the poison?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Shangguan Shiyi sneered and said: "Your phantom poison is only caused by Shu Hanyun. Fu Wei has long been guilty of evil, and Shu Hanyun has been with him for ten years. Nian made an excuse to practice in seclusion, but on the surface he can't control him, but in fact he is in the same boat. You just have to come out of the mountain to take a look at Shu Hanyun's face now, the phantom poison can kill you, I should have been blind when I was in office, and I misread you! "

As the saying goes, you don't slap someone in the face when you hit someone, and you don't expose your shortcomings when you swear.The master and the apprentice quarreled, Xie Qinghe was still abiding by the rules, Shangguan Shiyi slapped Xie Qinghe's face directly, it was painful everywhere.

Xie Qinghe was so angry with his master that he wanted to swear, but at least he remembered the superiority and inferiority of the elders, so he suppressed the swear words.

"Okay. Even if you have a good plan, you know that my 'Phantom Poison' will definitely be cured. But can you really have a clear conscience for what you did to my junior brother? I do have a heart to repay my junior brother. I don't know that I can still live How long ago, when the sect's inheritance was unsustainable, it was the younger brother who brought the hope of inheritance to the sect. Aren't you just crossing the river and tearing down the bridge?!" Xie Qinghe asked.

Shangguan Shiyi looked at him with extremely stern eyes, and said, "Kneel down in front."

Xie Qinghe didn't talk back to him, and knelt down in front of Shangguan Shiyi, waiting to be dealt with.

"You are not in good health now, so I won't hit you. Telling you to kneel down is not to remind you of your superiority or inferiority, but to let you think about whether you have spent all these years in the mountains and wilds to rest your mind, which is less important?" I can’t tell which is more important? You actually paid for the inheritance of the sect, and gave it to someone who is not as good as you as a reward. The inheritance of the sect is not as good as your own selfish desires? What is public interest? What is private interest? Think about it carefully Think about it!" Shangguan Shiyi reprimanded.

Xie Qinghe did not agree with his thoughts: "Master said that I value selfish desires and not inheritance, and my disciples are not convinced. Although my younger brother is young, I already have the appearance of a young phoenix. Although I no longer shoulder the responsibility of the head disciple, I will still serve the sect. , listen to the orders from my younger brother."

"You know how absurd your words are!" Shangguan Shi Yi said angrily.

Before Xie Qinghe could reply, Shangguan Shiyi said angrily: "You are the first disciple, and he is the last disciple. You said that you want to assist him, respect him, and obey his orders. You don't know what kind of temperament you are. Don't you know? To me, you dare to argue and argue with me. What is he, a child, in front of you?!"

"Give him the name of the head of the sect, and steal the truth of the head of the sect. The appearance is not clear, and the truth is not clear, this is the root of the chaos!"

Xie Qinghe was taken aback by the training, and quickly said: "I won't..."

"Okay, even if you don't know how. Do you obey him? Does Li Nanfeng obey him? Does Chen Yibi obey him? An elite disciple of the outer sect, can he be dispatched? You think I don't know that you asked Qi Xinran to bring Chen Yiwei's letter ?Han Shan's staff are all assigned to you, how do you ask him to dispatch? Or in order for him to succeed to the head of the sect smoothly, it will take another 20 years to replace all the disciples from the inner and outer sects? !"

"Don't say he can tame it! If you really die, he may have a day to tame this group of people."

Shangguan Shi Yi emphasized sharply: "You are not dead! You still have to go back to Hanshan to 'assist' him!"

"My disciples have thought about all the things the master said." Xie Qinghe knelt on the ground, still refusing to bow his head, "but this is not the reason for the master to sacrifice the younger brother. He lived in Hanshan for 16 years as the head disciple. How can he deal with being stripped of his identity overnight?"

Shangguan Shiyi also refused to compromise, and insisted: "If he is the head disciple, he should focus on the inheritance of the sect and not care about personal gains and losses. If he does not attach importance to the inheritance of the sect, he only wants to lose his status and be unable to do so." Why do you want to be the head disciple?"

"...Aren't you making too much sense?" Xie Qinghe was stunned.

"What's the use of arguing with me here? Why don't you summon Fu and ask him personally, let him or you?" Shangguan Shiyi said.

"You know that your junior brother is respectful and humble, and you will never argue with me. If you ask his opinion on this matter, how can there be room for discussion?" Xie Qinghe was furious, "Your old man's life is five hundred years old. After living for hundreds of years, I am here to help the junior brother adopt a new disciple, so why is it too late?"

Shangguan Shiyi heard him talking nonsense in a hurry, raised his hand and patted his forehead: "I think your skin is itchy!"

Xie Qinghe patted himself on the forehead suddenly: "Come on! Just kill me!"

Shangguan Shiyi looked at him.

Xie Qinghe took a deep breath, and said in a low voice: "Master calm down. This disciple speaks without choice."

"I have nothing to say to you, just face the wall and think about the past." Shangguan Shiyi pointed to the Jinggong seat on the east side, which was the place where he meditated and practiced. Produced by Fu Chuan's workshop, it is embroidered with beautiful crane patterns.

Xie Qinghe used to argue with Shangguan Shiyi's ideas, neither the master nor the apprentice could convince each other, and both would reserve their opinions.

It's just that Shangguan Shiyi is the head of the sect, no matter how much dissatisfaction Xie Qinghe has in his heart, he must obey the sect's interests, that is, he must obey the head's decision unconditionally. If he closed the door and quarreled with the master, he would never say anything else Any opinion against Master come.

Shangguan Shiyi was also very tolerant. After knowing Xie Qinghe's thoughts, he would acquiesce in Xie Qinghe's "disrespecting the teacher's order".For example, for some orders that Xie Qinghe disagreed with, Shangguan Shiyi didn't know Xie Qinghe at all, and directly let other disciples do it, and let Xie Qinghe "practice and play" by himself.Anyway, Xie Qinghe's most important responsibility is to practice hard and enrich himself.

If you quarrel, it will not affect the relationship between the master and the apprentice, but will enhance mutual understanding.

This is the first time Shangguan Shiyi ordered Xie Qinghe to be punished.

Facing the wall and thinking.

Xie Qinghe never thought that he would be punished, so he kowtowed to accept the punishment, and went to the east wall honestly.

He removed the futon on the couch, and just when he knelt down facing the wall, Shangguan Shiyi came to him, spread the futon he had removed, and said, "Sit down."

Xie Qinghe: "..."

There is really no way to get angry with Master!

He sat down with a futon under his buttocks, looking at the whitewashed wall, without any thought of "thinking about it".

If he hadn't figured it out thoroughly over and over again, he would never have talked back to Master.Now that you have figured it out thoroughly, you will never change your mind easily.Going here obediently to sit and look at the wall...that's to save face for Master.

After a while, there was an extra tea table on the empty couch.

Shangguan Shiyi brought tea sets, snack plates, and even a wet towel and a dry handkerchief.

The tea is poured.

A silver stick stuck in the snack.

...and even lit an incense burner.

Xie Qinghe suddenly realized that Shangguan Shiyi didn't want to punish him at all.

The so-called facing the wall and thinking about mistakes is actually because the master didn't want to listen to his nagging disciples, so he told himself to shut up and sit there, drink his own tea and eat his own snacks?All in all, just don't make a fuss?

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Fu Chuan delivered the letter to Li Nanfeng, thinking that he would not bump into the master chatting with the elder brother, and deliberately delayed for a while before returning to Feixian Caolu.Lingering at the door for a while, Shangguan Shiyi called him in, and what he saw was an extremely strange scene——

The eldest brother sat cross-legged on the master's honor table, looking at the wall, not at the master.

That is Master's meditation seat!Usually nothing is allowed to be released, and Master will be angry if there is even a trace of dust.

The eldest brother actually used the master's meditation table as a couch, and put a tea table on it, with tea and snacks.The master actually sat beside him and made tea for the eldest brother!The elder brother actually didn't even look at the master, he held the tea and drank it against the wall, and put the empty cup on the coffee table after drinking?

What the hell is this doing?

Shangguan Shiyi waved to him: "Come and have a cup of tea."

Full of suspicion, Fu Chuan stepped forward, sat sideways on the couch, and drank a cup of tea.

Shangguan Shiyi asked him to have some snacks again, and cared about him: "This light tea is what your elder brother likes to drink. If you are not used to drinking it, you can find it yourself in the cupboard."

"Well, I know. Senior brother likes tea and spirits." Fu Chuan immediately said that I would also join the "Love Senior Senior Brother" camp.

Xie Qinghe couldn't help turning around: "It's my business if I like it, you don't have to like it."

Fu Chuan blinked, and said innocently: "I also like green tea. Strong wine is not good, it's too spicy." The muscles in his arms shrank, obviously remembering the night at Luoma City where he used strong wine to wash his wounds. Painful, "Sweet syrup is delicious."

Shangguan Shiyi said: "There is some Sophora japonica honey in the cabinet."

Fu Chuan immediately rummaged through the cabinets, found a bottle, scooped out two spoonfuls and put it on the plate: "Eldest brother likes to add some honey to his dried meat. Master, let me let me roast it on the stove."

As expected, Shangguan Shiyi gave him a seat and found him a pair of chopsticks: "Burn your hands carefully."

Xie Qinghe: "..."

What's wrong with you two?