Returning to you in the depths of the white clouds

The master of the two of Xu Gu is not a well-known knight in the world.His name is Wu Yuanshan, he was originally an outsider disciple of a small sect, later he wandered alone and met his sworn brother Tang Fu, and the two traveled together as rangers.That year, the two traveled to the vicinity of Langzhou and met a middle-aged man who was seriously injured.Tang Fu knew some medical skills, so he tried to treat him.They did not expect that the person they saved was the legendary "Five Sages" Fu Sheng.

Fu Sheng was nearly fifty years old at that time, no one knew how he got into trouble with the people of the court, and was chased and killed by the dark guards of the pylorus all the way.Seeing that Wu and Tang were honest and trustworthy, he entrusted them with two things.The first thing, he asked Tang Fu to find a girl holding his token in a small village near Langzhou, and take her away to the East China Sea; the second thing, he asked Wu Yuanshan to help him go to Shengzhou in the southwest.Wu and Tang have been famous for the Five Sages for a long time, and they are at the age of passion, so they agreed without fear.Fu Sheng is a man of great intelligence, but his physical condition seems to be a little poor, and he had many scruples about escorting that girl all the way before.After Wu and Tang joined, he formulated the route, cleverly used the disguise technique, and marched in two routes, without encountering too much risk along the way.

When they arrived at Shengzhou City, Fu Sheng had already reached an agreement with Wu Yuanshan.He has taught Wu Yuanshan many times on his martial arts along the way, but Wu Yuanshan was not young at that time, and his talent was not high, so there was really limited room for improvement.As a thank you, Fu Sheng gave Tang Fu a volume of "Organs" from the "Complete Book of the Five Sages" written by him. Thinking of Tang Fu's proficiency in medical skills, he entrusted Wu Yuanshan with the volume of "Medical Skills" as a gift to Tang Fu.

Wu Yuanshan originally refused to be courteous, and his help all the way was out of loyalty, not out of conspiracy.Seeing that he insisted on not accepting it, Fu Sheng revealed the truth.It turned out that due to some reasons over the years, Fu Sheng's internal injuries were difficult to heal. In addition to this serious injury, he knew that he would die soon, so he asked Wu Yuanshan to send him to Shengzhou, which is to go to the place of final rest that he had designed earlier.He donated his hard work to those who are destined, hoping that the skills can be passed down, so Wu Yuanshan accepted this gift.

Before leaving, Fu Sheng told Wu Yuanshan that the martial arts of the Pylori Dark Guard lineage are extremely superb and cruel. If exposed, it would bring great danger to Wu and Tang, so he was not strict about the specific matters he was involved in. As far as inside information is concerned, Wu Yuanshan and Tang Fu are only told to keep their secrets about what they have seen.After saying these words, he left Shengzhou City alone, and went to the "place of eternal rest" that he didn't want to be known.

"It's here... near the city of Shengzhou, deep in the mountains. His final resting place." Gu Linfeng was silent for a moment when he spoke here, as if he was waiting for Xu Yuqing's reaction.

Seeing this, Xu Yuqing sighed: "The Dark Guard of the Pylori Gate...so Master's death is indeed related to the Dark Guard of the Pylori Gate..."

The so-called "Pylorus Dark Guard" is a dark guard force cultivated from the time of the first emperor, who directly obeyed the emperor's orders.According to the distance of its members from the imperial city, it is divided into "inner guards" and "outer guards". The outer guards are composed of sergeants and close guards from the emperor's direct troops, and they are all over the place to collect secret reports for the emperor; while the inner guards are composed of eunuchs. Specializing in torture and assassination, it can be said to be a killer organization.

Xu Yuqing has been investigating the cause of his master Wu Yuanshan's death for many years, and has long speculated about the connection between the hidden guard of the pylorus and this matter, but there is no conclusive evidence.Hearing what Gu Linfeng said up to this point, it was not difficult for him to guess what happened after that.After completing Fu Sheng's entrustment, Wu and Tang acted in a low-key manner, lived in two places, and kept in touch with each other from time to time. Later, they each took in apprentices and lived a normal life.A few years later, perhaps because Tang Fu was exposed on the road back then, he was discovered by the pyloric guards.He hid with his apprentice for a while, and then sent a letter to Wu Yuanshan for help, but his righteous brother was still one step too late.After that, Wu Yuanshan brought Gu Linfeng back to the place where he lived, and spent more than ten years in peace.

but……

"When did you know?" Xu Yuqing couldn't help asking.

"I didn't mention it to you. When my master went, I was in the cellar under him." Gu Linfeng didn't answer immediately, but talked about other things. "At that time, he had a premonition that something would happen and urged me to run I refused, so he sealed my acupuncture points with needles and hid me in the cellar. I couldn't move or speak in the dark, but I could hear clearly—including how he was tortured, how he was stabbed He died with a single stab."

He spoke very calmly, but Xu Yuqing's heart tightened when he heard it. Why did Tang Fu die and how did he die? Because he was still young at that time, he never knew.But at that time, Gu Linfeng was only ten years old...

"No matter how many tortures were imposed on him, he always insisted on not confessing, and he never said the name of Master Wu. It was only when he lost consciousness later that he vaguely revealed the final whereabouts of the girl who was escorted back then. Seeing that those people finally had clues, Only then did I leave. I waited for an unknown amount of time before Master Wu found me. When I came out, Master Wu had already buried Master well, and I didn’t let me see the tragedy with my own eyes. But I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t see it personally. , All kinds of hearing in the dark are even more unforgettable. During that time, every night when I closed my eyes, I seemed to see Master Tang covered in blood."

Because the relationship between the brothers and sisters is not friendly, and Gu Linfeng is not a person who likes to express emotions, Xu Yuqing has never heard him talk about these details.He still remembered that at that time he always felt that Gu Linfeng was a yin and yang man who neither cried nor laughed, which was creepy.Thinking about it now, the child who just experienced such a tragic situation just closed himself up in a numb manner to protect himself.

"I don't know the identities of those people. I vaguely heard what kind of secret guards they are, but I don't know who they are." Gu Linfeng continued, "On the way back to the mountain with Master Wu, I asked him the truth over and over again. , but he just told me again and again that from now on, he is my master, telling me to forget everything I have heard. How could I forget?” At this point, Gu Linfeng actually smiled, “Actually, in the near Before the mountain gate, I ran once."

"...Then...?" Xu Yuqing answered the words subconsciously, and knew it was nonsense when he opened his mouth - naturally he followed Wu Yuanshan back to the mountain.

But in Xu Yuqing's heart, Gu Linfeng has always been a person who follows the rules.When he first arrived on the mountain, apart from his dull personality and harsh speech, there was nothing special about him.What made him obedient and come back with Wu Yuanshan?

"Then I didn't run away because I was afraid."

Gu Linfeng didn't continue, but Xu Yuqing naturally understood what he was afraid of.It was a ten-year-old child, powerless to talk about revenge, fleeing all the way from the southeast to the north, feeling uneasy, not knowing who the murderer of his parents and teachers was, and not knowing whether he would encounter such a tragedy again.He could only imagine the specific killing scene in his head, but the screams were real and kept echoing in his ears.

"Master told me at the time that if you want to no longer be afraid, you must learn the skills. Those murderous demons are like demons and ghosts. They are hard to find, but if one day they come to my door, I need to have the ability to protect myself."

In this way, Gu Linfeng followed Wu Yuanshan back to the mountain gate and became Xu Yuqing's senior brother.

"The first night I went to the mountain, you lost your temper." Gu Linfeng seemed to think of something, "You don't want me to sleep with you, you don't want me to sleep with Master, and you don't want me to occupy your place alone." Room."

As soon as he said it, Xu Yuqing had some impressions in a trance, but at this moment he couldn't help but be impressed.Apparently it was too late to buy it back then, and the master asked the two of them to spend the night first, but Xu Yuqing resolutely disagreed out of territorial consciousness.If Gu Linfeng was allowed to live with the master, he felt that he could not give up the master to this new "senior brother" in vain. In short, he was unwilling to do anything, so Wu Yuanshan was so angry that he made an abrupt decision, making the two of them squeeze together Room.

Wu Yuanshan was exhausted after driving for several days. He didn't want to talk to his children, so he went into the house and fell asleep.Gu Linfeng didn't know what he was thinking, and sat alone at the door of the house for most of the night.Afterwards Xu Yuqing lost her temper and waited for a long time for the new senior brother to come back to sleep, thinking that she was a little unreasonable, so she lowered her face and went to the door of the house to drag him in.

"Just for one night, I'm not such a stingy person. I just want to talk to you first. You are obviously a latecomer. Why should I call you senior brother? I'm not happy... If I don't call you this in front of the master in the future, I won't call you that." " He was quite young, so he was quite concerned about this title, but Gu Linfeng didn't care about this matter at all, so he just hummed, tidied up and lay down hastily.

He could only think of the general idea, but Gu Linfeng remembered clearly what happened that day.

"That night, I was too tired. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep and have a nightmare again. But in the middle of the dream, you kicked me next to me, and half of you almost squeezed on top of me. My nightmare , was interrupted by you."

"Huh?" Xu Yuqing didn't expect him to say this, and was a little stunned for a moment.

Gu Linfeng twitched the corner of his mouth and said no more.

At that time, he was in a state of panic. When he was heading north, Wu Yuanshan was worried about danger, so he often kept vigil at night.Every time Gu Linfeng wakes up from a nightmare, he is surrounded by darkness, making him feel like he is in the cellar at that time, where the nightmare and reality are infinitely intertwined.But that night, halfway through his nightmare, he was suddenly kicked awake by Xu Yuqing. When he opened his eyes, a steaming child had half his arms and half legs on his body. reality.The windows of the small room were not closed tightly, revealing a little moonlight from that night.

It's not just a dark cellar that echoes with screams.

That was the first time since those days that he felt safe.

He was living the past in his mind, and his eyes unconsciously stopped on Xu Yuqing's face for a long time.

Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Xu Yuqing lowered her head and cleared her throat: "Cough, I was not sensible at that time, and I didn't know you at that time... Master just told me that my uncle is gone... I just don't want to suddenly have a senior brother."

Only then did Gu Linfeng turn his head, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You ask me when I knew it was the hidden guard of the pylorus... Actually it was at that time, not long after the accident happened at Bai Wuzhai's house, the master sent a letter."

Xu Yuqing raised his head, he was finally going to wait, almost ten years for the answer.