step on mountains and rivers

Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu returned to Shuxianglou, chatted with Tang Xiaolong and Wu Rumeng about the Four Sacred Palaces, and then went to rest.

Early the next morning, the two received a letter from Li Chengfeng, saying that they would arrive in Luoyang today, so after they informed Tang Xiaolong and Wu Rumeng of the matter, they went out to pick up Li Chengfeng.

After the two went out, they walked straight towards the gate of the city.

Outside the city gate, Li Zhenwu leaned against the wall and ate meatloaf. Looking at the passers-by, he said to Tang Qingfeng:

"Brother Tang, Master seems to be a bit late."

"Well, it should be delayed on the way." Tang Qingfeng said.

"It should be." Li Zhenwu said and looked up at the sky, it was almost noon.

He thought that the two of them had waited for a long time, and the master would not be able to come for a while. Tang Qingfeng didn't seem to have eaten anything in the morning. He must be hungry at this time, so he asked Tang Qingfeng:

"Brother Tang, are you hungry? I'll buy you something to eat."

"Zhenwu, I'm not hungry." Tang Qingfeng replied with a smile.

After hearing Tang Qingfeng's answer, Li Zhenwu looked at him and said, "Brother Tang didn't eat anything in the morning, how could he not be hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll go buy some."

Seeing Li Zhenwu's persistence, Tang Qingfeng smiled at him and said:

"Since Zhenwu said so, then I will not be polite, I want the pie in Zhenwu's hand."

"Pie?" Li Zhenwu looked at the half piece of meat pie in his hand, with a suspicious expression on his face: "Brother Tang, I've eaten this cake before. If you want it, I'll go buy you a new one."

"Zhenwu, I don't want a new one, I just want this one in your hand." Tang Qingfeng smiled.

Li Zhenwu looked at the smiling Tang Qingfeng, and instantly understood what he meant, and handed him the cake with a reddish complexion.

Tang Qingfeng took the meatloaf, took a bite and swallowed it, and smiled at Li Zhenwu:

"Zhenwu, it's really delicious."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded slightly.

While the two were talking, Li Chengfeng led Xuelang from not far away. He saw Li Zhenwu and Tang Qingfeng waiting on the edge of the city wall, so he walked up quickly with Xuelang.

Li Zhenwu was chatting with Tang Qingfeng when he saw Li Chengfeng approaching, so he said to Tang Qingfeng:

"Brother Tang, Master is here."

"En." Tang Qingfeng quickly ate the meatloaf after returning, and quickly greeted him with Li Zhenwu.

When several people came to the front, the snow wolf saw Li Zhenwu and circled around him happily. When Li Zhenwu saw it, he patted its head, then looked at Li Chengfeng and said:

"Master, where are the sect masters and the others?"

"They came first." Li Chengfeng said.

"Oh." Li Zhenwu replied.

After Li Zhenwu finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng looked at the two of them, and said to Li Chengfeng: "Uncle Master hasn't eaten yet, let's go to Shuxianglou to eat and chat."

"Okay." After Li Chengfeng finished speaking, the three of them wanted to leave, but they heard a beautiful zither sound coming from the city wall.

Passers-by heard the sound of the qin and looked up one after another, only to see a man in a scarlet shirt sitting on the city wall playing the qin.

The sound of the piano is melodious and very pleasant.Li Chengfeng listened to the sound of the piano, and said puzzledly:

"Feng Qiuhuang?"

As soon as Li Chengfeng finished speaking, the man suddenly put away the piano, jumped down, landed in front of Li Zhenwu, looked at him and smiled and said:

"Feng Xi Feng Xi returns to his hometown, and travels around the world to seek his phoenix. Daoist priest, I don't know if this song Fengqiuhuang, Daoist priest still likes it?"

"Ying, what exactly do you want to do?" Li Zhenwu looked at the smiling Ying with a slightly angry face.

"Don't be angry, Daoist, I'm just playing the piano for a friend." Ying said with a smile.

"Sorry to disappoint you, I am not a bosom friend." Li Zhenwu said.

"That's right, it doesn't matter, the Taoist master listens to it a few times, and he will understand it naturally. If he understands it, he will be a bosom friend." Shadow said.

Li Zhenwu saw Ying say so, and when he was about to refuse, he heard Tang Qingfeng say coldly:

"Ying, stop delusional, Zhenwu will not be your bosom friend."

"Tang Qingfeng, it's too early for you to say. I haven't tried it yet, how do you know?" Ying said.

"You don't have to try, I know naturally." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Oh? How do you know?" Ying asked.

"Dead people can't pick things up." Tang Qingfeng said as he stabbed out, straight to Ying's heart.

After seeing the shadow, he immediately stepped back.Seeing the shadow receding, Tang Qingfeng raised his fan and was about to chase after him, but he stopped him with a voice:

"Wait a moment."

"What are your last words?" Tang Qingfeng looked at Ying indifferently and asked.

"Tang Qingfeng, I don't want to die," Ying said.

"No, you must die." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Why?" Ying asked puzzled.

"Because I endured you twice." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Oh, it's only three things, isn't there one more time?" Ying asked.

"No. With me, not once. I only gave you one more chance because I saw that you have some friendship with me. Now you have used up all your chances." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Oh, Tang Qingfeng, I thought you had changed, but it turns out that you are still the same as before, with an extremely disgusting personality. Forget it, I don't want to die, for the sake of stopping many killers for you, give me one more time Opportunity." Shadow said.

Tang Qingfeng heard Yingying say this, so he asked, "Is it because you stopped them because no one took the list?"

"Of course, what do you think? Even if you are at the pinnacle of martial arts, you are still a human being. When you are negligent, you don't think that others dare not assassinate you because of your high martial arts skills," Ying said.

After Ying finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng thought for a while, and then said:

"Okay, let you go again, next time."

"Thank you!" Ying interrupted Tang Qingfeng's words, leaped forward, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Li Chengfeng looked at such a jumping figure, and asked Li Zhenwu in doubt:

"Zhenwu, is that your friend?"

"..., so be it." Li Zhenwu said.

After listening to Li Zhenwu's answer, Li Chengfeng looked at him and said earnestly:

"Zhenwu, be cautious when making friends."

"...Okay." Li Zhenwu nodded, he didn't want to continue this topic, so he said to Li Chengfeng:

"Master, let's go back to Shuxiang Tower first."

"Yes." After Li Chengfeng returned, he and Li Zhenwu walked toward Tang Qingfeng.

When the two came closer, Tang Qingfeng explained to Li Chengfeng:

"Uncle, I'm sorry, Ying is my friend. Since he lost his bosom friend, he has some problems with his mind, and he often does weird things. I hope uncle doesn't mind."

"So that's the case, then he is also a poor person." Li Chengfeng said.

"Hehe, there must be something to hate about a poor person. Don't worry about him, uncle. He will be fine. Let's go back first." Tang Qingfeng said with a smile.

"Yes." After Li Chengfeng nodded, the three of them headed towards Shuxiang Tower.

On the way back, Li Zhenwu and Tang Qingfeng walked behind Li Chengfeng. He recalled what Tang Qingfeng said just now, so he asked curiously:

"Brother Tang, why did Ying lose his bosom friend and become like this?"

"Huh? He hasn't lost his bosom friend." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Then you just now?" Li Zhenwu asked.

"Hehe, that's an excuse. Yingben has such a personality, and it's hard for ordinary people to accept. If I don't make up a reason, Master will worry for a long time." Tang Qingfeng said.

"It turns out to be like this." Li Zhenwu understood.

Tang Qingfeng saw him clearly, smiled at him and asked:

"Why is Zhenwu interested in Ying? Are you moved by him?"

Tang Qingfeng thought for a while and said, "That's right, it's sending flowers and playing the piano again. I don't seem to have done such a romantic thing once. It's normal to be really moved."

Seeing what Tang Qingfeng said, Li Zhenwu immediately looked at him seriously and said:

"Brother Tang, I don't have one."

"What's wrong with Zhenwu?" Tang Qingfeng asked with a smile.

"Not tempted." Li Zhenwu turned his head slightly.

"Oh? Why? Zhenwu doesn't like flowers and zithers?" Tang Qingfeng asked.

"Brother Tang, no." Li Zhenwu said while looking at Tang Qingfeng, with a slightly red face, and said, "I don't like it because that person is not you."

"Zhenwu." After hearing Li Zhenwu's words, Tang Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, then smiled at him and said:

"Well, since Zhenwu likes it, I will also play the piano for Zhenwu in the future. Whatever Zhenwu wants to hear, I will play for Zhenwu."

"Well, good." Li Zhenwu nodded.

Tang Qingfeng looked at Li Zhenwu, whose face was reddish, and felt a burst of love in his heart.

"True martial arts."

"Ah."

"I think."

"Brother Tang..."

"Okay, let's talk about it later."

"Ah."

After the two finished speaking, they quickly walked towards Li Chengfeng in front of him.

When they returned to Shuxiang Tower, Tang Xiaolong greeted Li Chengfeng with a smile and said:

"Li Daochang, long time no see."

"Master Tang, long time no see." Li Chengfeng replied.

"Well, Daoist Li hasn't eaten yet, I've already arranged lunch, please come with me, Daoist." Tang Xiaolong said and brought Li Chengfeng to the private room on the second floor.

After everyone was seated, Tang Xiaolong poured Li Chengfeng a cup of tea and said:

"Li Daochang, it seems like we haven't seen each other for more than ten years since the Tang Sect left that day."

"Yes." Li Chengfeng replied.

"Thank you Taoist priest for sending Qingfeng back that day," Tang Xiaolong said.

"Master Tang, you're welcome. It's just that I was late, but I couldn't save Yannan Wang and his wife." Li Chengfeng said.

"I can't blame the Daoist for this matter. The Daoist doesn't need to blame himself. Well, let's not talk about it. The Daoist eats the dishes. These dishes are all selected according to the taste of Zhenwu's nephew. I don't know if the Daoist is satisfied?" Tang Xiaolong said.

Li Chengfeng took a look at the dishes, nodded and said, "Very good, the door owner has taken care of you."

"It's okay, as long as the Taoist priest likes it." Tang Xiaolong said and started eating with everyone.

After several people had dinner, Li Chengfeng saw that Tang Xiaolong and his wife seemed to have something to talk to alone, so he said to Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu:

"Zhenwu, you and nephew Qingfeng go to see Dabai."

"Okay." After Li Zhenwu returned, he and Tang Qingfeng walked out of the private room.

After the two left, Li Chengfeng said to Tang Xiaolong and his wife:

"Does the door master and madam have something to say to me?"

Seeing Li Chengfeng asking, Tang Xiaolong looked at Wu Rumeng, Wu Rumeng nodded and said to Li Chengfeng:

"Li Daochang, I don't know what the leader thinks of my Qingfeng?"

"Nephew Qingfeng is humble and polite, caring for his elders, he is a good boy." Li Chengfeng said.

"Really, does the priest like my Qingfeng?" Wu Rumeng asked.

"Huh? Why does Madam ask such a question?" Li Chengfeng was puzzled.

Wu Rumeng looked at the confused Li Chengfeng, and slowly said:

"Li Daochang, Qingfeng seems to like your disciple, and your disciple seems to like him very much."

After Wu Rumeng finished speaking, seeing Li Chengfeng calmly took a sip of tea, he thought he didn't understand, so he continued to explain:

"Li Daochang, the liking I said is the kind of liking you like."

"I know." Li Chengfeng put down his teacup after returning, and said to Wu Rumeng: "I brought up Zhenwu, so I can tell what he thinks at a glance."

"The Taoist priest..." Wu Rumeng said, looked at Li Chengfeng and said, "Does the Taoist priest want to stop it?"

Seeing what Wu Rumeng said, Li Chengfeng looked at her and said slowly:

"Why should I stop?"

"Huh?" Wu Rumeng asked.

"Taoist cultivation of the mind emphasizes following one's heart and pursuing one's true self. Since this matter is chosen by Zhenwu's original heart, why should I hinder him?" Li Chengfeng said.

"Yes, is it? Daoist Li is so open-minded, I was overthinking it." Wu Rumeng said.

"Madam didn't think too much about it. Zhenwu is my apprentice, and even more my child. I chose today for Zhenwu." Li Chengfeng said seriously to Wu Rumeng:

"Ma'am, I'm not enlightened. If Qingfeng of your family dares to defeat Zhenwu, I will definitely bury him with my own hands."

"......" Wu Rumeng was silent for a moment, and said to Li Chengfeng: "Don't worry, Taoist priest, Qingfeng won't."

"That's good. Is this what you want to tell me?" Li Chengfeng asked.

"Yes, not all." Wu Rumeng continued after returning:

"Daoist, Qingfeng wants to marry Zhenwu, what do you think?"

"?????? Why do you want to get married?" Li Chengfeng asked puzzled.

Wu Rumeng told Li Chengfeng about the old affairs of the Tang family. After hearing this, Li Chengfeng frowned slightly and said:

"It's very troublesome."

"Li Daochang." Wu Rumeng looked at Li Chengfeng who was frowning, and said slightly worried.

Li Chengfeng looked at her, and slowly said:

"If that's the case, let's get married."

"Daozhang Li agrees?" Wu Rumeng asked in surprise.

"Yes." Li Chengfeng replied.

"Okay, then when the matter is over, we will arrange it?" Wu Rumeng asked.

"You can make arrangements," Li Chengfeng said.

"Well, okay, Daoist Li will go to rest first, and we will talk about the details later." Wu Rumeng said.

"Okay." After Li Chengfeng finished speaking, Wu Rumeng sent someone to take him to rest.

Li Chengfeng left the private room, walked on the corridor, looked at Li Zhenwu who was happily chatting with Tang Qingfeng in the courtyard, and sighed softly: "Forget it, as a teacher, I can only protect you so far."

Wu Rumeng watched Li Chengfeng leave, and said softly to Tang Xiaolong:

"Xiaolong, Li Daochang seems to love nephew Zhenwu, Qingfeng..."

"Rumeng, don't worry, Qingfeng won't." Tang Xiaolong said.

"Yes." Wu Rumeng replied.