The rivers and lakes are full of vests

Five days later, Fu Peibai came to Fancheng under the Prajna Temple.

Smoke was rising from the courtyard of the old man of the Zhao family. Standing outside the fence, Fu Peibai saw Ni Zhi playing with the flower rope in the courtyard at a glance.

The little girl's face is much rounder, she is combing her buns, and although the clothes on her body are not of the best material, they are very neat. It seems that she is well taken care of at Old Man Zhao's house.

Feeling relieved, Fu Peibai was about to call out to her, but the little girl seemed to have sensed it herself. She suddenly raised her head, and when she saw Fu Peibai, her round eyes lit up immediately, and she immediately ran out of the courtyard and in front of Fu Peibai.

Fu Peibai squatted down to catch her, hugged her in his arms, and said with a slight smile, "Zhi'er."

Ni Zhi hugged Fu Peibai's neck tightly, with a happy and aggrieved expression on her face.

Although Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, and her brothers and sisters have been very kind to her in the past month, she still misses Brother Fu and is worried that the other party will not want her anymore.

"Zhi'er? What's wrong?"

Fu Peibai noticed that Ni Zhi's mood was not high, so he took the initiative to ask.

Ni Zhi shook her head, and asked in a low voice, "Why is brother here alone, and sister Seventeen?"

The smile on the corner of Fu Peibai's mouth froze, she patted Ni Zhi on the back, "Sister Seventeen is going back to her home."

"Hey, Mr. Fu, are you coming back?"

A plainly dressed woman with a kind face came over and said that she was the old man Zhao's wife.

Fu Peibai nodded, "Yes, I just entered the city."

The woman pulled her enthusiastically, "Come, come, come inside, it's time for dinner."

"Head of the household, Mr. Fu is here."

As soon as the woman's voice rang out, a middle-aged man emerged from the back room with a wooden shovel in his hand.

When the man saw Fu Peibai, he also looked happy, and waved his wooden shovel, "Oh, Mr. Fu is back, sit down, sit down, the meal will be ready soon, mother-in-law, go and call Zhao Da Zhao Er back, I will know all day long Crazy outside."

The woman took the low stool for Fu Peibai to sit on, and then went outside to find her two children.

Sitting next to Fu Peibai, Ni Zhi seemed to be afraid that she would leave without a word, and kept tugging at her fingers.

Fu Peibai patted her head, letting the little girl be like this.

A quarter of an hour later, dinner was served in Zhao's small courtyard. Several people sat around together. There was no big fish or meat on the table, but the atmosphere was very warm.

The old man Zhao took out the cellar wine that had been preserved for many years, and poured a full glass for Fu Peibai.

The hospitality is hard to come by, Fu Peibai can only drink two cups.

She watched the old man Zhao and the woman pick up food for Ni Zhi from time to time, and there was a lot of concern in their words. To outsiders, Ni Zhi seemed like the couple's own child.

With a slight movement in her heart, she put down her chopsticks and asked Ni Zhi: "Zhi'er, what do you think of Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao and brothers?"

With vegetables in her mouth, Ni Zhi muttered, "Uncle, aunt, and brothers, they are all good people, and they treat Zhi'er very well."

"So do you like it here?"

Ni Zhi hesitated, then nodded slightly.

"Then Zhi'er is willing to stay here to live with uncle, aunt and brothers?"

Ni Zhi put down her chopsticks, threw herself into Fu Peibai's arms, and cried softly, "Brother Fu...you don't want me?"

Fu Peibai smiled helplessly, "How could it be, my brother saw that Xiao Zhi'er was living well and happy here, and thought Zhi'er wanted to stay."

Ni Zhi's sobs became softer, her voice was childish, "Uncles and aunts are very nice, but I want to stay with Brother Fu..."

The old man Zhao smiled, and said in a gentle voice: "Zhi'er is a very good little girl, very obedient, we both love her from the bottom of our hearts, if she is willing, I have to raise her even if she wants to, but the little girl wants to follow Fu Young Master, there is nothing we can do about it, Young Master Fu will take her away."

Fu Peibai nodded and comforted Ni Zhi: "Zhi'er is good, my brother didn't want you, I will go with my brother tomorrow, let's have a good meal now, huh?"

Ni Zhi sniffed, got out of Fu Peibai's arms, nodded heavily before continuing to eat.

After dinner, Fu Peibai came to Banruo Temple alone. The faint fragrance of Buddha still lingered in the temple. Along the way, monks who knew her greeted her from time to time. When she walked to the backyard, she also met the little monk Jingkong, who saw that she was very strange. Happy, with a brisk voice, "Benefactor Fu, why are you here?"

"I'm here to pay homage to Master Hui'an."

Jing Kong smiled so much that he showed his two canine teeth, "It should be called Abbot now."

"Ah, yes, where is Fang Fang?"

Qingkong nodded in the direction of the night, "Just now the abbot said that there will be a visitor tonight, the abbot is really good at predicting things."

Fu Peibai smiled and didn't speak any more, he raised his leg and went in the direction pointed by Qingkong.

From a distance, she saw the solemn figure standing under the bodhi tree. After Fu Peibai walked in, he clasped his hands together and said, "Abbot Hui'an."

Hui'an turned around, with a smile on his lips, looked at Fu Peibai for a long time before saying: "Benefactor Fu, since the last time we said goodbye, the poor monk's view of you is very different now."

"What's the difference?"

Hui An stared steadily into her eyes and said: "The eyes are different, and the eyes can best reflect a person's heart. If the poor monk thought you were an immature young man when we first met, you are not worthy of a big responsibility, but now you are much calmer. Without the slightest hint of anxiety, this is exactly what those who achieve great things need, and it seems that Master Fu's trip has yielded a lot."

Fu Peibai hooked the corners of his lips, and said with a wry smile: "No, I messed up everything..."

"I was the one who trusted others and lured wolves into the house. Not only did I kill Senior Duan Wushou, but even the fragments of the climbing tomb were stolen by the Demon Sect." After finishing speaking, she lowered her head in shame.

Hui'an was still smiling, "It's up to people to make things happen, and destiny can be reversed."

Compared with accusations, Fu Peibai had a harder time facing Hui'an's enlightenment. She became more and more guilty, and said firmly: "Abbot Hui'an, this junior swears here that I will definitely take back Dengling and live up to the trust of the seniors."

"Okay, if there is any need for help from the poor monk, benefactor Fu can speak up."

Afterwards, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while before Fu Peibai returned to the inn in the city to rest.

She hadn't had a good night's sleep for several nights, not because she was on the road and had no time to rest, but because she didn't feel very sleepy.

When you close your eyes, you will be flooded with messy memories, and you will have nightmares when you fall asleep lightly. There are the pure and happy scenes of Huailiu Village, the tragic scene of the moment when the family is destroyed, the embarrassment of the first time entering the sky, and the peak master. The warmth that shines on...

And... seventeen.

Accompanying each other along the trip to the Southwest... imprinted in my mind.

Every time she thinks of this, she will force herself to stop thinking about it, and then find an open space to dance the sword wantonly, venting the complicated and difficult melancholy in her heart.

It was the same tonight, when Shi Qi's bright and charming face appeared in her mind, she sat up abruptly, picked up the Ming Xiao sword beside the bed and turned over from the window.

In the forest on the outskirts of the city, there were bursts of sharp sword energy piercing the air. The slender young man held a rusty sword in his hand, and swung it randomly and disorderly, with every move being agile and elegant.

There was a rustling sound in the woods in the distance, Fu Peibai's figure stopped, and she rushed towards the grass, but there was no one there except the forest with mottled shadows.

She smelled the faint fragrance remaining in the air, and couldn't help clenching her fists. After a short moment of silence, she growled: "You've already got what you want, so what are you doing? I have nothing else worth coveting! "

There were rustling sounds in the forest, but no one responded.

She let out a deep breath, looked at the dark forest, opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but finally closed her mouth, turned and walked away quickly.

......

The next day, Fu Peibai took Ni Zhi with him, said goodbye to Old Man Zhao's family, and left Fancheng on horseback.Along the way, I was not stumbling by other things, and returned to Tianji Sect smoothly in late December.

Fu Peibai stood in front of the mountain steps and looked at the towering and majestic Jinyun Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist. Although she had only been away for three months, she suddenly felt as if three years had passed.

"Brother, is this where I will live in the future?"

Fu Peibai picked up Ni Zhi, nodded lightly, then performed lightness kung fu, and went straight up the mountain, heading towards Chaoquan Peak.

At that time, it happened to be sunset and dusk, when she was returning home to feed, when she appeared in the backyard of Chaoquanfeng, men, women and children were busy, and they didn't notice her back for a while.

In the end, a sharp-eyed woman who was drawing water by the well saw her and shouted at the top of her voice, "A Pei is back! A Pei is back! Come out quickly."

Soon Fu Peibai was surrounded by enthusiastic people in the center of the crowd. Everyone in the backyard was chattering, some asked her how well she was, some asked her where the child she was holding came from, how could she handle it with a single mouth.

Ni Zhi was a little frightened by this scene, and directly leaned on Fu Peibai's shoulder, buried her face, and refused to raise her head.

"Boy, you are finally back!"

Accompanied by this rough voice, a big man broke through the crowd and was about to come forward to hug Fu Peibai.

Fu Peibai dodged swiftly, leaving the big man in the air.

"Brother Meng, I'm holding the baby."

Meng Yan turned around, stared at Ni Zhi suspiciously, then raised the corners of his mouth, jokingly said: "Hey, go down the mountain, you have children, and you are so old, you are fast enough."

Fu Peibai glared at him, "What are you talking about, little girl, listen up."

Meng Yan chuckled, walked around behind Fu Peibai to see Ni Zhi's face, but the little girl didn't want to see him, as soon as he approached, Ni Zhi turned her head to the other side, he followed to the other side, Ni Zhi turned back again nod.

"Tsk, the little girl is quite temperamental, but I like it." Meng Yan said, stroking Ni Zhi's head not too gently.

Ni Zhi immediately raised her head, her white and tender cheeks were bulging, her round eyes stared at Meng Yan, and she said loudly: "You are not allowed to touch me."

The people around immediately roared with laughter and started booing.

"Boy Meng, why are you still so disliked by children?"

"That's right, Brother Meng, all the children in the mountains are afraid of you. After all, there is such a cute little girl who doesn't like you. It's your life to fight against children."

Fu Peibai frowned slightly. These people don't know much about Meng Yan's life experience, so they speak unscrupulously, but she is clear, if there is no accident a few years ago, Brother Meng should have a happy family with his own cute and well-behaved children .

She was about to say something, but Meng Yan didn't seem to mind, and immediately spat out, "Go, go, it's because I'm not happy to coax you, okay? If I coax the children, all those cubs in your family will go to bed Hurry up and call me daddy."

After finishing speaking, he took out a rabbit-shaped candy from his arms, handed it to Ni Zhi, and asked in a seductive tone, "Do you want to eat it?"

Ni Zhi looked at the cute little rabbit candy, swallowed it a little, hesitated for a while, turned her head away, and said very stiffly: "I don't want it."

A trace of loneliness flashed in Meng Yan's eyes, and Fu Peibai saw it. She patted Ni Zhi's back and said, "Although Uncle Meng is not very serious, he is not bad. Uncle Meng's candy is delicious, so Zhi'er will accept it." Let’s get another one for my brother, he wants to eat too.”

Meng Yan hurriedly passed the candy over, and squeezed out a smile that he thought was gentle and kind.

"Stop teasing you, eat, little girl."

Ni Zhi looked at Fu Peibai, and after getting an encouraging look, she stretched out her hand, took the candy in those thick and rough palms, and held it tightly in her palm, without Fu bowing her head and whispering thanks: "Thank you!" ".

Meng Yan let out a hearty laugh, he waved his hand and embraced Fu Peibai, "Let's go, take the little girl to eat at brother's place today, good wine and meat are prepared for you every day."