old grace

Most of the outer sect disciples who took care of the mourning hall at Jianshan Pavilion belonged to Li Nanfeng's old department. They had eaten early and were resting after division of labor.

The reason why it is so busy during the day is that many outer disciples will come together to pay homage. If the schedule is not rushed, no one will come to the mourning hall to offer incense at night. The disciples in charge only need to manage the candles, incense, flowers and long-burning lamps, and burn paper and light incense on time. Yes, you can sleep in batches.

Xie Qinghe came from a distance with a lamp in hand. The Jianshan Pavilion was on a higher ground, and was seen by the disciples in charge of the mourning hall from a long distance away.

The outer disciples couldn't see far away, and when they only saw the lamp, someone complained in a low voice: "Who still comes at such a late night? Don't let people rest?"

Fu Chuan was soaking his feet to copy the post, when he heard this he said with a smile, "Go to sleep, I'm here."

Bai Qian looked at his wet feet in the basin speechlessly.

At this moment, Xie Qinghe had already approached, and seeing his figure, the disciples who had just made small talk did not dare to say anything, and obediently stood in a row with their hands folded, and saluted Xie Qinghe: "Hello, senior brother."

Fu Chuan was so bluffed that he quickly pulled his feet out of the basin and hurriedly stuffed them into the clogs: "Why are you here, big brother!"

Bai Qian stepped forward to take the lamp from Xie Qinghe's hand.

In front of so many outer sect disciples, Xie Qinghe put his hands behind his back, not smiling like before, walked up to his writing desk with a straight face, and said: "Let me see if you have finished writing that post. "

Of course it was not finished.Every word must be carefully written, and speed cannot be pursued to ensure quality.

There are still many posts hanging on the desk now, and there are three stacks of blank posts.Fu Chuan said with a little embarrassment: "There are still many more. I will definitely finish writing before tomorrow morning."

Bai Qian was already a little nervous.Didn't the eldest brother come to ask for guilt?

But with so many posts, the younger brother is not a skilled worker who is used to writing documents, so he really can't write so fast.

Unexpectedly, Xie Qinghe looked down at the post copied by Fu Chuan, kicked the footbath he put under the desk, and said, "Let's rest. I'll write for you."

Bai Lian thought he had heard wrong.

The rest of the serving disciples also looked astonished as if they had seen a ghost.

——I’ve only seen a big brother dispatching others, but have you ever seen a big brother serve for others?

Fu Chuan had already rushed forward to give Xie Qinghe a hug, and slapped rainbow farts wildly in his mouth: "Thank you, senior brother! Senior brother treats me the best!"

While dog-legging, he dragged out the footbath under the table and put it next to the stool on the other side. He really planned to soak his feet and rest for a while: "I washed my feet and wrote with the elder brother!"

In front of the disciples of the outer sect, Xie Qinghe only hummed lightly, without showing any gentle and soft expression.

He sat down on Fu Chuan's chair, picked up the pen, and let out a handwriting that was very similar to Fu Chuan's.

Fu Chuan sat back on the small stool, put his feet into the basin again, and asked, "Where did you come from? I saw that the candles burned a lot. Did you go to the Feixian Cottage first? Master, he is an old man." Have you already rested? I also said to pay him a respect later, but I forgot the time when I copied this post..."

Xie Qinghe quickly wrote three or four posts, saying: "It will be the same tomorrow."

"Eldest brother, show me the post you wrote." Fu Chuan stretched out his hand.

Under Bai Qian's slightly worried Xie Qinghe's impatience eyes, Xie Qinghe put the already written post in front of him, circled a few words in it, and handed it to Fu Chuan: "After practicing for a while, your handwriting is slightly different. Jinyi. However, the writing of these words is not very good. Think about it for a while, and try to find the feeling again when transcribing later."

Fu Chuan held the post in his left hand, stroked the air a few times with his right hand, and said, "It looks much more comfortable, but I'm not used to writing it."

"When I was young, I learned to write from Li Qian, right? Hairy claws, I like to float away when I write it down. Master has taught you for several years, but I haven't gotten over it." Xie Qinghe is familiar with Li Qian's and Shangguan Shiyi's pen and ink. Fu Chuan's writing problems, you can know who he studied under.

Speaking of this, Xie Qinghe felt a little sad.If he had brought Fu Chuan with him, Fu Chuan would not have to learn to write from Li Qian.

Fu Chuan recalled the past, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

The person who really enlightened him was Shu Hanyun. It was Shu Hanyun who taught him how to read, read scriptures to him, and explained good and evil principles to him.The first time he listened to "Tao De", Shu Hanyun held him on his lap and told him sentence by sentence.

Shu Hanyun's handwriting is also very beautiful.

It is a pity that Shu Hanyun went down the mountain when Fu Chuan was not yet old enough to write.

"I have today... relying on the elder brother's blue eyes to save me, my mentor taught me carefully, and I also thank the second elder brother for his strict discipline when I was young. He taught me to do my best. Now I have a solid foundation and some achievements. The enlightenment of the second elder brother is really invaluable." Dare to forget."

Fu Chuan looked at Shu Hanyun's spirit seat, feeling nostalgic.

He couldn't understand it.

Obviously, when he was still young, the second senior brother taught him the principles of being a human being, so how could it be the second senior brother's turn that he insisted on being indiscriminate?

Fu Chuan suddenly began to miss Shu Hanyun, and Xie Qinghe didn't pick up on it, just bowed his head and wrote the post without saying a word.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent and awkward.

Bai Jian waved his hand quietly at Fu Chuan, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

——Second Senior Brother was clearly executed by Senior Senior Brother, what are you talking about?In front of the senior brother, he insisted on saying that the second senior brother is good, is he secretly blaming the senior senior brother for his wrong handling?Wouldn't the elder brother be misunderstood and furious if he refused to come down to the stage in person?

Fu Chuan ignored it.

He knew that his relationship with the elder brother was not like that.

In front of the elder brother, there is no need to be suspicious, no need to hide, you can say whatever is on your mind.

Eldest brother can't be angry if he doesn't speak.Probably... Fu Chuan sighed slightly.Who would not be sad to deal with the second senior brother himself?But just as the master said, the long stubble must be carefully removed, and it cannot be left on the face.

After Fu Chuan had soaked his feet, he first went to the mourning hall to inspect the lamp oil and wicks of the ever-burning lamps, and re-lit the incense sticks. The incense must be kept burning.

After doing all this, he ordered the serving disciples to rest in batches.The disciples in charge had already prepared to rest, but since the senior brother was sitting on one side of the mourning hall, no one dared to lie down beside him.Fu Chuan came over to give instructions, but Xie Qinghe didn't make a sound, so they felt relieved and went their own way.

After finishing all this, Fu Chuancai came to Xie Qinghe's side, found another pen, and said, "I will write together too."

Xie Qinghe gave him some space and asked, "Do you want to keep watch at night?"

Fu Chuan nodded: "Yes. The second senior brother has no disciples, and I am the last one, so naturally I will guard him."

The two of them each wrote on the paper. Every word written by Xie Qinghe seemed to be planned, and they quickly finished one sheet.Fu Chuan wrote a lot more slowly, and he always pondered and corrected it according to Xie Qinghe's post.

Fu Chuanben is a chatterbox who likes to chatter. He is very serious when writing and doesn't speak.

Xie Qinghe ordered: "Light another lamp."

Bai Jian hurriedly went to light the lamp, and according to Xie Qinghe's instructions, adjusted the position twice, and placed it on top of Fu Chuan's paper.

"If there is a lack of light source, the lights will flicker and easily hurt your eyes. You can be frugal in food and clothing, but you can't be frugal in candlelight. You must remember this clearly when you serve the junior brother to write." Xie Qinghe said.

Bai Jian kept nodding his head to apologize: "Yes, yes, disciple understands."

Xie Qinghe wrote the post very fast, but in half an hour, he wrote the funeral post rewritten by Fu Chuan in a hurry.

There was still a small pile of blank posts in front of Fu Chuan.Xie Qinghe was about to get it, but Fu Chuan pressed his hand: "Brother, I will do it myself. I have really worked hard on you today."

Xie Qinghe patted the back of his hand, and took back his stack of posts, leaving only two or three for him.

"The earlier you finish writing, the earlier you rest." Xie Qinghe said.

Fu Chuan laughed and said, "Oh."

It took another quarter of an hour, and the two of them split up and finished writing the rest of the post. Fu Chuan then ordered Bai Jian: "Take it to the secretary office. You can't say that I'm procrastinating right now." Back legs, it's hard for you to go down the mountain to deliver posts."

Bai Xianxin said, you have a senior brother as a shooter, so awesome!

Xie Qinghe didn't leave immediately, Fu Chuan fetched water like a dog to help him wash his hands, he wiped his palms, and asked again: "Is there a place for you to rest?"

Fu Chuan pointed to the futon in front of the coffin: "I'll just sit for a while."

Xie Qinghe couldn't help frowning: "This is not possible."

Naturally, one has to stay in front of the mourner's coffin all the time, but that is mostly the filial piety of a filial son. The more haggard and haggard one's appearance is, the more "filial" he appears.

Firstly, Fu Chuan is not a filial son, and secondly, he has to be the protagonist of the initiation ceremony.What would it look like if you were so haggard for the wake?

Under Xie Qinghe's instruction, a few executive disciples immediately cleaned up the corridor near the Jianshan Pavilion.

Seeing Xie Qinghe personally press the mattress and quilt, the group of outer disciples also gradually became numb.Everyone in the school knew that the junior brother was brought back by the senior brother himself, and there were rumors that the junior brother was the illegitimate son of the senior brother...

Think about the old-fashioned and cold appearance of the senior brother, and look at the thoughtful way the senior brother takes care of the junior brother...

That rumor... Maybe it's true?

"Go to sleep." Xie Qinghe watched Fu Chuan go to bed, and stuffed his crooked feet into the bed, "Get up again at dawn."

Fu Chuan held his sleeve: "Eldest senior brother, you should go to bed earlier."

"it is good."

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Fu Chuan was pinned down by Xie Qinghe to sleep in the corridor.

Xie Qinghe returned to the mourning hall alone, stood in front of Shu Hanyun's coffin for a while, and burned a stick of incense before leaving.

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After resting overnight, Xie Qinghe continued to build the house.

The weather is excellent.

Xie Qinghe made tea first, folded up his sleeves, sweating profusely and enthusiastically.

He found that working is of great benefit to his current body. After stretching his muscles and bones, the muscles that were withered due to phantom poison actually became plump.The skin on the body also becomes full of vitality and elasticity after a lot of perspiration and stasis.It's like the water-deficient green plants have sunshine and clear water, and they rejuvenate with amazing vitality.

This made Xie Qinghe have a fascinated love for sweaty physical work.

He was even thinking, if the workload of building this small wooden house is not large enough, should he expand another row of verandahs at the observatory?

With the hope of good health, Xie Qinghe built the house quickly, and only ate a little chazuke rice at noon.

When the sun sets, the wooden house with one bedroom and one living room has already begun to take shape, just waiting for the beams to be capped.Xie Qinghe doesn't plan to stay until tomorrow, he plans to work overtime in the dark tonight, and he can clean up the details and interiors tomorrow.

At this time, Fu Chuan came running with a food box.

——He doesn't know how to wear wooden clogs, and he can walk with a squat, but when he runs, he makes loud noises.

Xie Qinghe just wiped his sweat with a towel, and was about to talk to Fu Chuan, but Fu Chuan's lips trembled with excitement, he dropped the food box on the ground with a bang, turned over and jumped into the wooden house that hadn't installed the gate, and from the unsealed roof He jumped out and grabbed Xie Qinghe's arm: "Master! Did you build me a house? Is this for me to live in? It's so spacious, I like it!"

Xie Qinghe pulled his arm out of his hand in disgust: "It's all sweat, don't you find it disgusting? Let it go."

Fu Chuan ran away.

Xie Qinghe couldn't help being stunned: "What are you doing?"

"I'll boil water for you!" Fu Chuan rushed into the kitchen and found hot water simmering on the stove. There's food for you—you haven't eaten, have you?"

Xie Qinghe still has to work later, so he didn't plan to wash right away.

The little dog legs graciously called hot water and handed over a clean towel, Xie Qinghe wiped it comfortably, and sat down to eat.

Fu Chuan sat on the side to accompany him, but couldn't help but want to play with the chair.Xie Qinghe glanced at him first, and he immediately sat back in the chair, honestly hugged the back of the chair, and said, "Eldest brother, are you not going to save the morning and evening appointments for the master? I will go to greet the master in the morning. I didn't bump into you, I went to pay my respects to Master in the afternoon, but I still didn't see you..."

If someone else asked this question, I'm afraid there would be a run on.This is to question why Xie Qinghe is disrespectful to Master?

Fu Chuan naturally didn't have that intention, and Xie Qinghe didn't doubt his intentions, and replied casually: "I didn't go there a few years ago. Master doesn't like to be disturbed, so I just go to him if I have something to do."

Fu Chuan immediately laughed: "That's right. I went there this afternoon, and the master said, what are you looking around for? Look at your big brother? He hasn't come here for 800 years. Go and go, don't come either. In the future I want to find your big brother every morning and evening, and don't bother me." He tilted his head and looked at Xie Qinghe's face, "I just kicked him out."

Xie Qinghe couldn't help laughing, and said: "The old man really doesn't like to be disturbed. You go to visit him, and he has to get dressed and comb his hair, and then he will be kowtowed by you... If you don't go, he will lie on the couch Wouldn't it be more pleasant to read and rest?"

Fu Chuan dragged the chair and took a step forward, said with a smile: "Then I will come to see the elder brother every morning and evening."

Xie Qinghe pointed to the unfinished house behind.

Fu Chuan suddenly became happier: "That's right, we live together, so it's convenient for me to greet senior brother. Senior brother, I will serve you in daily life and meals according to the ancient etiquette, okay? Let's take a look, um, senior brother I have a good relationship with my junior brother, brother and friend. How nice."

Xie Qinghe didn't want Fu Chuan to enter his bedroom: "This is not allowed."

Fu Chuan's smiling face suddenly froze, never expecting that he would be rejected.

"It's filial piety for a disciple to take care of the master. Is there any reason for a brother to take care of a brother in the past and present? If I have a disease or disaster, you take care of me for three to five months. This is brotherly respect. Since I can take care of my own food and clothing, I still need you to take care of me for many years." , it means that the top dominates the bottom."

Xie Qinghe's selfishness is to never let his junior brother enter the dormitory, and the truth can be said with a high-sounding sound.

Fu Chuan said in his heart, two days ago, he still treated me like a son, and he still wanted to be my father.Sure enough, it's not easy to be the son of a senior brother, and the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again.Once you miss it, you will no longer have the treatment of a son.

"Eldest brother, I forgot to tell you yesterday." Fu Chuan quickly forgot about this matter and turned to other things.

"what's up?"

"I wrote a post to my friends in Zizhu Mountain Villa, inviting them to play on the mountain alone." Said Fu.

"But those children in Luoma City?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Fu Chuan nodded: "Brother also knows?"

"It happened once." Xie Qinghe thought of those young disciples. They didn't need to mention their skills, and they were not worthy of carrying shoes for the younger brother. Fortunately, they were born in a famous family, and their hearts were very straightforward. They were about the same age as the younger brother, and they were very handsome Beautiful... that's fine.

He intends to let Fu Chuan get in touch with men and women of the right age, both girls and boys.

At this time, even the meal has to be put aside, and I will explain to my junior brother first: "You are from the Hanjiang Sword Sect, and you are surrounded by first-class monks and warriors in the world. When you make friends down the mountain, don't be arrogant and conceited." , Look down on others, think that their kung fu is too poor. Kung fu can be practiced, no matter how stupid a child is, with our Zhibaodong, he can do first- and second-rate training.”

Fu Chuan nodded first, but was confused when he heard the following: "We make friends with people, but also teach them Kung Fu?"

If you want to marry back to the mountains to be your Taoist partner, then naturally you have to teach.Xie Qinghe smiled slightly and said: "It's up to you. You like her very much and think she is a talent to make. If you want to cultivate her well, you can teach her the secret of not passing on after you teach her."

Fu Chuan thought of Donkey Dan and Wei Qin, and couldn't help shaking his head and said, "How can there be so many talents in this world?"

Xie Qinghe has already said what should be said, if this child is enlightened and wants to live together with a beautiful woman, he will naturally know what to do.

After he finished the little meal left, Fu Chuan obediently cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and put them back into the food box.

"You go back first. I will build your house tonight, and I can help you move all your things here tomorrow. If there is anything urgent that cannot be moved in your old residence, go back and write a list and send it over tomorrow morning." Xie Qinghe ordered.

"There's nothing immovable." Fu Chuan shook his head, "I put everything immovable in the space."

The child made a shy face again, hehehe: "Anyway, I have to stay at Jianshan Pavilion these days, and I'm not in a hurry to move here. Senior brother, you can rest for a few days, and move after I'm busy?"

Naturally, it is impossible to do such a thing as moving alone. Even if Xie Qinghe went to move him, he would have to send outer disciples.

Just thinking about the big brother holding a group of outer disciples to rummage through his belongings with a straight face, Fu Chuan felt a little too grand and exciting.Eldest senior brother will soon be the head of the sect, how can the head of the sect personally lead people to move?

——Xie Qinghe hid in the observatory and built a small house. No one saw him, so the degree of shock was completely different.

Just as he was talking, a sword aura suddenly flew up from the sky.

Immediately, the Hanjiang Sword Sect's questioning arrows flew into the sky, and the eight flying kites of Feiyuanliao all took off into the sky.

Seeing this, Xie Qinghe lightly flicked his fingertips, and the sword energy soared straight into the sky, forcibly cutting through the clouds beside the rising new moon.The whole Hanshan saw his sword energy, Feiyuan returned to Feiyuanliao to stop, and a sounding arrow signaled safety was lifted into the sky.

Fu Chuan asked in astonishment: "Senior brother, do you know each other?"

Xie Qinghe nodded and said, "It's an old friend of mine. Please wait a moment."

Not long after, there was a slender and unrestrained figure, stepping on the mist of the moonlight, climbing up to the observatory from under the cliff.

It was Yun Chao.

Fu Chuan looked at him curiously, and felt that this old friend, Eldest Brother, was extremely extraordinary, his cultivation seemed unfathomable, and he was also very good-looking... No wonder he was able to make friends with Eldest Brother.

Yun Chao has stepped forward and bowed his knees to salute: "Master."

... No wonder you can be the servant of the elder brother.Fu Chuan corrected his thoughts.

Xie Qinghe motioned him to be excused, and instead of asking him what he had gained from this trip, he asked another thing first: "I asked you to deliver letters on the mountain before, and you always delivered like this?" The sword energy flew eight feet high, I don't know , I thought it was some lunatic who came to kick the hall!

Yun Chao nodded hesitantly, and said, "There are secret whistles all over the mountain, I have to reveal my identity, and only dare to go up the mountain with the permission of the head master."

Xie Qinghe even made him laugh.

It's also thanks to Shangguan Shiyi's partiality for his apprentice that he tolerated Yun Chao so much.

Throughout the ages, there have been quite a few lunatics who dared to release sword energy at the bottom of the cold mountain.Yun Chao was probably the only one who could go up and down the mountain alive after releasing sword energy on the mountain, and would do it again next time.

"I gave you a token, why didn't you use it to go up the mountain?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Yun Chao finally realized that maybe his way of going up the mountain was wrong, so he whispered, "Let's leave it to the Master Master for the first time."

"You always come up like this later?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Yun Chao glanced at Fu Chuan in a panic, and explained: "It's all like this. When I release the sword energy, the real master will make a spear mark in the sky. When the guards on the mountain see it, they will directly Let me go up the mountain..."

The difference is that Shangguan Shiyi didn't make a move this time, and Xie Qinghe was the one who ordered the sentry to let him go.

Fu Chuan didn't want to interrupt at first, but Yun Chao asked him for help so sincerely and in a panic, he couldn't help but said: "I don't think he did it on purpose. Eldest brother, don't blame him, right?"

Yun Chao immediately knelt down: "I am guilty."

"Don't go up the mountain like this again in the future." Xie Qinghe was also very helpless, "Fei Yuanliao mistook it for an enemy attack, and shot an arrow into the sky. At least three groups of 42 outer disciples fell off the bed... Do it a few more times, carefully In the future, people will be wrapped in sacks while walking on the road.”