old grace

It's not that easy for Fu Legend to move here.

Hanshan was so busy up and down, running between Jianshan Pavilion and Patriarch Hall, Fu Chuan himself had to squat in Shu Hanyun's mourning hall to be the mourner, and there were still a lot of funeral posts on the table. Empty move?There are only two idlers, one is Shangguan Shiyi and the other is Xie Qinghe, which one will Fu Chuan dare to send to help him clean up the house and move the house?

He hurried over, swept away all the food and drink stored in the kitchen of the observatory, and stuffed them all into the space.

——Donkey Dan and Wei Qin are being taken care of by the Everlasting Grass for the time being, but the Everlasting Grass itself doesn't eat, so it's the limit to keep them for three to five days. Fu Chuan needs to find some supplies.The only item that was removed without arousing suspicion was Xie Qinghe's observatory.

After solving the feeding problem of the donkey egg Wei Qin, and agreeing to live together with the elder brother, Fu Chuan ran out again.

Looking at the vigorous and lively back of his junior brother, Xie Qinghe took a sip of the new tea he had just brewed with his head bowed.

This is the smell.It's only been a year, how come you get used to it?

Xie Qinghe sat down, drank tea quietly, and rested for a while.

Xie Qinghe looked forward to the life of living together with the junior brother because of his skill in making tea.

He had nothing to do when he stayed in the observatory, since he had nothing serious to do, he felt vaguely dazed lying on the bamboo chair.

He and Shu Hanyun grew up together when they were young, and there are traces left by Shu Hanyun everywhere on the Hanshan Mountain.Even on the observatory, Xie Qinghe also remembered that the two of them used to discuss martial arts here, and once lit a bonfire there to roast pheasants and yams... Things are different, and there is always a bit of melancholy.

Now that he was thinking about letting his junior brother move in, Xie Qinghe couldn't care less about the past.

He put down his teacup and began to circle around the inside and outside of several rooms, thinking about how to live there.

The observatory was originally the place where the astronomers of the Hanjiang Sword Sect have observed the sky. It is very clear and open, and there are not many houses. The kitchen of Xie Qinghe's residence is newly built in the back.There is also a hut on the edge of the cliff, which has been in disrepair for a long time, and the environment is not very good.

To be honest, although there are few houses, the area is not small.

It's just that Xie Qinghe lives alone in the observatory, living in an extremely spacious room.One bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, all of which are large and spacious rooms. If Fu Chuan wants to live in, the living room can be vacated, and a bedroom and a study can be separated.But in this way, Xie Qinghe had to pass through Fu Chuan's room to enter the door...

How is this different from sharing a room?Xie Qinghe completely crossed out this plan.

Absolutely not.If you live together with your younger brother, you must live alone.They live in the same room and do not interfere with each other.

After much deliberation, Xie Qinghe decided to build a new wooden house for the junior brother.

— It's not like he can't build brick houses.It's just that it's very busy up and down the mountain now, and it's not easy to temporarily send outside disciples down the mountain to buy masonry mud.Asking him to move the bricks by himself is too inferior, anyway, he is also the head of the imposing Hanjiang Sword Sect.

Anyway, Junior Brother won't live for long.

Xie Qinghe thought, when the little junior is annoyed by him, the child will naturally try to find a way to move out.

There are still a lot of wood stored in the space at the beginning, all of which have been cut and can be used directly.

Xie Qinghe went into the house and changed into clothes that were convenient for working, and put out the carpenter's tools in the space in the open air. It is an auspicious day.

A man of virtue has no taboos.When the heart moves, it must be auspicious.

Xie Qinghe began to break ground and dig the foundation.

In the past, it was quite difficult to do this job. After all, I was not in good health and the load was too heavy. The heavy physical work was indeed a bit strenuous.Now the body that was used to the phantom poison suddenly relaxed, as if the heavy burden on his shoulders had been reduced by half, not only his hands and feet were brisk, but he didn't even sweat much.

Xie Qinghe originally only wanted to get a sleeping room for his junior brother, since he is not tired from work, let's dig a study room.

Xie Qinghe rarely showed a narrow smile when he remembered that his junior brother would have a bitter face and do his homework here every day.

I was busy until it was getting dark.

Xie Qinghe has already dug to the underground stone surface, paved the foundation with a stone cutter, made a drainage ditch, and the small house has begun to take shape.

Judging from Xie Qinghe's years of seclusion experience, the first important thing to build a house is the foundation, and the second is drainage. Once the house made of wood is retting, it is easy to collapse and tilt, and the whole house will collapse.The most troublesome foundation and drainage ditch are done, and building the house is very easy. If the weather is good tomorrow, it should be almost ready.

——For a master like him, if he does some carpentry work, he will naturally be thirty or fifty times faster than ordinary craftsmen.

Xie Qinghe didn't have the idea of ​​skipping the night to catch up with work. Looking at the sky, he calculated tomorrow's weather and thought it wouldn't rain, so he spread out all the tools and materials on the construction site, went to cook and take a bath by himself, and planned to have dinner and take a walk for fun , It's time to soak your feet and go to sleep.

Unexpectedly, after taking a shower, he was about to cook, and found that all the rice, noodles, oil and vegetables in the kitchen had been swept away by Fu Chuan.

"This solid-eyed child!" Xie Qinghe couldn't laugh or cry, the kitchen was so clean that not a single onion or garlic was left behind!

Xie Qinghe didn't want to bother the busy outer disciples in the middle of the night, he actually had something to eat in his space, after thinking about it, he put on a pair of wooden clogs, lit a lamp, and strolled towards the small sandalwood building.

Sandalwood Xiaozhu is the place where adult disciples live, both internal and external disciples live there, and the big dining hall is also there.

With Xie Qinghe's eyesight, there is no need to light a lamp when walking on the mountain road at night.The reason why he took the trouble to light a lamp is because his identity is different now, and the purpose of lighting the lamp is to let other disciples see him—in case something inappropriate happens accidentally, he can close his eyes and let him go when he is a big brother. However, the successor can't pretend to be ignorant.Therefore, lights are very necessary.

With this lamp, the disciples from the outer sect who ran into them along the way were very polite and gave way to say hello.

Xie Qinghe was always rigid in front of the young disciples, but now he was also carrying a lantern, nodding slightly, very dignified and dignified.

After passing Taoli in the middle of the mountain, Xie Qinghe didn't go to Miaomiao Shanju, but went directly to Sandalwood Xiaozhu.

The sandalwood small building is also sparsely lit with lights, most of the disciples are still busy outside and have not returned to the house to rest.

Xie Qinghe went directly to the big cafeteria, the time for serving meals has passed, only the disciples of the kitchen are still busy.Xie Qinghe couldn't help taking another look: "Where is this going to deliver the food?"

The disciple on duty in the cooking room came forward and reported: "It is to send food to the Patriarch Hall. There are still brothers who are preparing for the grand ceremony over there who haven't eaten yet." Seeing Xie Qinghe frown, he immediately explained, "Brother, the cafeteria in the past All the meals are served at fixed times, so brothers and sisters should come and eat at regular intervals. Today, many brothers and sisters are working in Jianshan Pavilion and Patriarch Hall, so Brother Chen ordered the food to be sent to the mountain."

The Jianshan Pavilion and the Patriarch Hall are respectively on the top of the two peaks of Hanshan Mountain, while the Sandalwood House is halfway down the mountain, half a mountain away.

If you ask the disciples from Jianshan Pavilion and Patriarch Hall to come back for dinner, each of them will perform lightness kung fu, and it will not take much effort.

But I have to ask the disciples of the cookhouse in the cafeteria to deliver the meals—it’s okay to send one meal, but if I want to send ten or dozens of copies, I have to carry dozens of food boxes, and it’s not easy to use the push button on the way up the mountain car.The soup and water, if it is a little tilted, it will be spilled directly.

The disciples of the cookhouse had already run seven or eight times, holding the food box stiffly with their hands, sending the food up one after another like ants moving house.

I'm so busy that I haven't delivered yet.

The previously prepared meals were already cold, and after reheating, they were plated again and continued to be sent up the mountain.

Xie Qinghe glanced at the disciples of Cooking Liao.do not know.It should be after he came down from the mountain that he entered the cold mountain?Or maybe it's a kid from Miao Miao Shanju, a boy who has turned eighteen, so he didn't recognize it.He didn't comment on this, and ordered: "Just the food box, bring it here, I haven't eaten yet."

The disciple of the cookhouse quickly said: "Senior brother, this is the diet of ordinary disciples. If you want to eat, the chef will make it for you immediately."

"Then do you want to make me dragon liver or phoenix marrow?" Xie Qinghe didn't seem to be angry, he just asked back, beckoning to the disciple who was packing the box in front, "It's you, bring your food box here .”

The white-clothed disciple wore an apron and a cloth towel around his head. He looked clean, with a trace of nervousness on his face.

The fellow student behind him handed over a food box, and he immediately put down the food box in his hand, intending to bring the food box he just got.

Xie Qinghe originally just wanted to have a meal, but when he saw this, he became suspicious, frowned and said: "You guys bring all the food boxes here."

There was a commotion and a dead silence there, after all, the senior brother was very powerful, these disciples still brought all the packed food boxes, put them on the long dining table, and opened them one by one under Xie Qinghe's order.

Xie Qinghe glanced inside.To be honest, if you don't look carefully, you really can't see any clues.

Xie Qinghe's eyesight is too sharp.

Ordinary disciples eat two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, with rice or steamed buns.

Today's dishes are potato stew, fried pork with bean sprouts, and a few pieces of fried tofu.All the dishes have been reheated, the potatoes are a little rotten, and fine sand is flowing out-this is the starch soup, mixed with very fine sand, real sand!

Xie Qinghe walked into the kitchen, and there was a disciple in the kitchen who was washing the pot in a panic, and there was still some yellow sand left on the stove.

Xie Qinghe didn't say anything, and walked out again.

The cooking dorm disciple on duty approached with an ugly expression, and was about to kneel down, Xie Qinghe shook his head and said, "Go and clean up the kitchen. How many people haven't eaten yet? Make two pots of dishes again, don't send them up, tell them Come down and eat by yourself."

The cooking house disciple never expected to forgive himself easily, so he nodded his head and went to tell the cook.

Xie Qinghe called him again: "Cook me a bowl of noodles, lay an egg."

Xie Qinghe's egg noodles were quickly served on the table, and Cook Liao cut him a plate of lean meat with sauce and a small bowl of old vinegar peanuts.He just sat in the empty cafeteria hall, eating dinner slowly.

Not long after, Chen Yiwei rushed over and sat beside him: "Brother, why are you looking for me?"

"Are you the one who asked Cooking House to deliver meals to Jianshan Pavilion and Patriarch Hall?" Xie Qinghe asked him after taking a bite of noodles.

"That's right." Chen Yiwei didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with it, "Second Senior Brother's mourning hall is inseparable from people, and a new viewing platform is going to be built over the Patriarch's Hall. It's dark and there is no lighting, so it's hard to move, and we are rushing to work. Just ask the cookhouse to bring the dinner up, so as not to delay the time."

Xie Qinghe didn't speak after listening, and continued to eat noodles with his head down.

This bowl of noodles is made with high-quality chicken soup, and the essence is in the soup. He even picked up the bowl and drank the soup, eating very seriously.

Chen Yiwei glanced at the disciples of the cookhouse who were standing far away from the kitchen, and said softly: "The deacon of the cookhouse is on good terms with the third senior brother, and he never accepts orders from me. I'm so busy here that he doesn't even have a meal. Willing to send..."

"Are you still living in Sandalwood Xiaozhu?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Chen Yiwei nodded suspiciously.

"Go back to your own residence, find a clean wall, and stand there for an hour. Go." Xie Qinghe said.

"Yes." Chen Yiwei didn't show any dissatisfaction, but heaved a sigh of relief, "Thank you, senior brother, for your forgiveness."

"Only this time." Xie Qinghe had already finished eating the noodles, wiped his mouth, and said lightly, "If there is another time, light incense in the Patriarch Hall to warn you. Don't blame the big brother for not giving you face."

Chen Yiwei hurriedly got up and bowed to salute: "Yes. I understand."

Xie Qinghe took up his own lamp again, went out to recognize the direction, and walked towards Li Nanfeng's house.

The living environment of the inner disciples is much better than that of the outer disciples, with their own courtyard, their own martial arts training ground and so on.Li Nanfeng and Chen Yiwei said they live very close to each other, but in fact there are gardens and flowing water on both sides, the distance is about half a mile.

Xie Qinghe walked along the creek with a lamp in his hand, the noise gradually faded away, and the sound of gurgling water could be heard all the way.

There was no light in the house.

Xie Qinghe glanced left and right, and found Li Nanfeng sitting in the yard, with shining eyes.

——Although he received the thirty lashes, the Xingliao was originally Li Nanfeng's sphere of influence, so he would naturally show mercy.Li Nanfeng is also in good health, this injury is not a serious problem for him, at least it will not delay his daily activities.

"Eldest brother?" Li Nanfeng was surprised.

"Aren't you willing to give up until the division is completely torn apart?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Li Nanfeng couldn't help laughing: "How capable am I that I can tear the school apart? Eldest brother really thinks highly of me."

"Chen Yiwei has a quick temper. But if no one intentionally touches him, he won't take the initiative to cause trouble. It is my order that you are punished and grounded, and the cooking house will not charge this account to Chen Yiwei. Now, I dare not intentionally quarrel with Chen Yi at this time."

"—Unless, you take the initiative to instruct." Xie Qinghe said.

In the darkness, it was difficult for ordinary people to see Li Nanfeng's expression clearly. He showed a strange smile.

Who knows that Xie Qinghe's eyesight is extremely strong, even with a piece of moonlight on his back, he can clearly see his eccentric smile.

There was a bang.

Li Nanfeng was violently swept to the ground by a strong wind, broke through a section of the fence, and fell into the wet soil of the flower garden.

Xie Qinghe's half-foot-long sleeves slowly fell down.

He was tolerant of Chen Yiwei, who deliberately made things difficult for him, and he was tolerant of his disciples who mixed sand into their meals in a hurry, because whether it was Chen Yiwei or the disciples, it was a normal reaction after being provoked.Only Li Nanfeng, Xie Qinghe really couldn't tolerate him.

"If you stay on the mountain, it will be of no benefit to you or to the master." Xie Qinghe said.

Li Nanfeng and Chen Yiwei have been in charge of general affairs for many years respectively. Because of Li Nanfeng's seniority, he has made friends with many more hostesses of the outer sect than Chen Yiwei.Of course, it was impossible for all the hostesses to listen to his orders and to stay away from Chen Yiwei.As long as there are one or two people following him to make trouble, the farce that happened in the kitchen today will continue to be staged.

Instead of falling into the predicament of pressing the gourd and floating the ladle, it is better to solve Li Nanfeng from the root cause as soon as possible.

Li Nanfeng vomited a mouthful of blood into the mud, sat on the ground and said with a smile: "Is senior brother going to execute me too? That's fine, there is no need to write more funeral posts. Let's do the funeral together."

Xie Qinghe came forward with a lantern, and took a clear picture of his embarrassment when he fell to the ground: "Look at yourself, what do you look like?"

Li Nanfeng buried his head in silence, and cried for a long time: "Why did you kill the second senior brother? Don't you like him? He did something wrong. You bring him back to the mountain and tell him well, how can he not listen?" Your words?... He only listens to your words. You told him to die, his whip was wrapped around him, and he never moved... He never resisted, how could you have the heart to kill him?!"

Xie Qinghe took a deep breath, stroked his head, and said softly: "He is still alive."

Li Nanfeng suddenly raised his head and looked at him in disbelief: "What did you say?!"

"He's still alive. It's just his skin that's dead. He's living in Jingtian's skin now." Xie Qinghe took out his handkerchief, wiped his tears for him, and said, "Heal your wounds well and behave well. Treat him well." After your funeral is over, I will give you a secret order, and you can go to Dragon City."

The expression on Li Nanfeng's face was mixed with surprise and disbelief, and he wanted to cry: "Brother, is everything you said true?"

Xie Qinghe nodded: "Go to Longcheng with the secret order, take good care of him for the master, be a good emperor, don't make mistakes and make irreversible mistakes-his skin is gone, and there will be no more. Misconduct, you know what he will use to atone for it."

Li Nanfeng was shocked by the cold murderous aura, and nodded quickly: "I know, senior brother, I will take good care of second senior brother!"

He gave up on himself and rolled around in the flower garden, and now he turned out of the mud, patted the dirt off his body, bent down and kowtowed to Xie Qinghe: "Brother Xie is lenient. Senior brother Xie doesn't care about my words. I will take a good rest and contemplate my mistakes behind closed doors. I will kowtow to my junior brother to make amends when he enters the Dao ceremony."

Xie Qinghe nodded, looked around his deserted room, and said: "Light the lamp when it's time to light it, don't sit in the yard pretending to be a lonely ghost. Others thought that the master had caught you... the group of people under you Don't people feel resentful? If you feel bored, you can find someone to talk with you."

Before Li Nanfeng could speak, he said again: "You go to Dragon City now, you can bring some people there."

"Yes, thank you, big brother."

Li Nanfeng knew very well that this didn't mean picking elites for him to take away directly.

A few of his confidantes and landlords stayed in Hanshan when they were available, and he had to take away the thorny heads who were not easy to deal with.

The current Hanjiang Sword Sect cannot withstand internal friction.Xie Qinghe obviously didn't want to spend too much energy on introversion.Just hope everything transitions smoothly.Otherwise, with his previous fiery temper, Chen Yiwei and Cook Liao would have to lie down and be beaten right now, acting as chickens to scare the monkeys.

Xie Qinghe handled the matter well, and walked back with the lamp in hand.

It was getting late, and he planned to go to Jianshan Pavilion to see what the younger brother was doing.