flapping wings

Qi Ping was in a low mood along the way, rubbing the leaves that were all over his hands, and sighed for an unknown number of times.

Wei Yanzhi walked over and lightly bumped his shoulder. Seeing Qi Ping fall to the side feebly a few steps, he continued to crawl up the mountain lifelessly.

Wei Yanzhi hesitated for a while and finally asked: "Why do you seem to be hooked away? Didn't you just go to places that shouldn't be visited for a while?"

Qi Ping shook his head hanging around his neck and continued walking, ignoring his brother's teasing at all.

Wei Yanzhi clicked his tongue next to him, then ran behind the master angrily and ignored him.

"Ping'er," Qi Ping finally regained his sanity when he heard his master calling him, and looked up, only to see his master reach out and grab the leaf that was about to fall on his senior brother's head, and throw it on the ground casually.

When Qi Ping chased after him, he continued to say: "You haven't been home for eight years, so go back and have a look in the next few days. After all, it will be your father's birthday in a few days. Seeing you, he will be more grateful." happy."

When Qi Ping heard that he was going home, he didn't expect that his father, whom he had never met, could involuntarily appear in front of his eyes.

Although he was reluctant to leave the mountain, but thinking that only by going down the mountain would he have a chance to see this person again, Qi Ping wished he could pack his luggage and leave quickly.

"When you threw Ping'er to us like a hot potato, why did you go back? Anyway, Ping'er doesn't remember him at all, it's better not to have this father."

Wei Yanzhi's somewhat resentful expression made Qi Ping quickly swallow the reply that came to his lips. He took a peek at Master and cleverly chose to be a mute at this time.

"Nonsense, when Wuji entrusted Ping'er to us, the first reason is to let him learn some skills, which is better than leaving it in the back house." At home, his father was also afraid that his stepmother would treat him harshly, so he had no choice but to let him go up the mountain with us, so he can live a peaceful life."

The senior brother curled his lips and stopped talking, and secretly winked at Qi Ping.

But at this moment, all Qi Ping's thoughts have been taken away by the male vixen, so he just can't understand the hints from his senior brother.

He could understand Wei Yanzhi's thoughts, "Qi Ping" had lived with this person for eight years, and it was inevitable that he wanted to leave unexpectedly.

But now, as long as he thinks of meeting that crowd of people again after going down the mountain, he can't help being excited, so he casually rolls up other emotions and throws them aside, ignoring them.

The senior brother was so angry that he let out a long sigh, and scolded softly: "Leave if you like, no one will keep you!"

"I'll be back right away when I'm done." Qi Ping moved to the senior brother, grabbed his sleeve and shook it. "I just want to find someone. Whether I can find it or not, I promise to come back before the end of the year."

"Who is so powerful? Turned you into such a virtue?" The senior brother had an expression of hating iron and steel, and was silent for a while, then again he was so angry that he waved his sleeves and rolled Qi Ping one meter away.

Qi Ping pinched his face with both hands and pulled it, his face began to turn red suspiciously, he whispered: "It's just a common friend, if it means that we are not destined, I will let him know that we are destined."

Along the way, the brothers all told Qi Ping not to cause trouble at will after going down the mountain.

Qi Ping only felt that his ears were about to be calloused. He felt that he had achieved a little bit in martial arts. Although he couldn't compete with his master and senior brothers, he would definitely be able to deal with ordinary Xiaoxiao.

The senior brother seemed to have seen through Qi Ping's thoughts, shut up for a moment, and patted him on the back: "If something serious happens, don't cry in a hurry, run to our mountain quickly, with your lightness kung fu, it is still very easy to escape, when the time comes Brother will support you."

"Okay," Qi Ping was deeply moved, but obviously he didn't want to mention the fact that he loves to cry. He quickly changed the subject: "Master once said that my family is one of the four major families. I think my father must be very powerful. I don't think anyone would dare Bullied me too much."

When the senior brother heard this, the sympathy and pity in his eyes almost dripped into water. He touched the top of Qi Ping's head lovingly, and glanced in Wei Chen's direction.

After a long while, I finally whispered in Qi Ping's ear: "The four major families are all gone now. Let's take your Qi family as an example. Although it was indeed rich and incomparable, now, hey, it is estimated that you can become the king and hegemony in a small town." gone."

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On the second day after breakfast, Qi Ping rushed down the mountain. He went down the mountain and headed south, passing through three small towns. After another day, he could reach Qi's house - Guanlan City.

Qi Ping stayed overnight at Xiaoxing along the way. Although it was hard work, he was very happy. Sometimes when the city gate was closed, he would find a small temple outside the city to spend the night, but nothing happened.

At sunset on the fourth day, Guanlan City was finally within sight.

After entering the city, Qi Ping looked around and silently dismissed his brother's statement about the decline.

The city looks very prosperous, probably due to its location at the port, there are quite a lot of businessmen staying in the city, and the inns and taverns on the street are also very lively.

He walked towards Qi's house along the route he asked, imagining the scene when he and that "friend" met again in the crowd, and a smile could not help but leak from the corner of his mouth.

It wasn't until he saw the Qi family's mansion in the distance that he finally came back to his senses, let go of the reverie in his mind, and walked a few steps to the door, but saw that the door was closed tightly, and the whole house gave off a sudden sense of disharmony.

As a high-ranking family in this city, although they are a little bit down, they should at least pay attention to some ostentation. As for the Qi family, there are no guards in front of the gate, and there is no sound from the courtyard.

Even the two red lanterns hanging at the door were not lit. After all, now that the twilight is closing in, all of this is a bit out of order.

Although he was full of hesitation in his heart, Qi Ping quickly convinced himself when he thought that although this world was similar to the world he knew, it was different after all.

He went forward and grabbed the brass ring on the door and knocked it, and put his ear lightly on the door panel, listening to the movement inside.

After waiting for a while, the sound of extremely light footsteps finally sounded from inside the door. Qi Ping hurriedly stood upright, and at the same time lowered his head and straightened his clothes.

However, the expected questioning and door opening did not happen, and the footsteps stopped very close to the door.

Qi Ping waited for a while, and finally couldn't bear to reach out and slapped on the door, and a angry voice came from the door and asked, "Who?!"

Finally, Qi Ping couldn't help frowning, he even wondered if the Qi family was doing something shady behind their backs, the servant was not like a servant, but a thug.

He stabilized his emotions and replied calmly: "I am your young master. I have not been home for a long time. It will be my father's birthday in a few days. I am here to come home..."

Squeak!

Before Qi Ping could finish speaking, the door couldn't wait to open it from the inside.

A man walked out of the door, dressed elegantly, but his brows were full of ruthlessness, he looked Qi Ping up and down a few times, and thoughtfully turned sideways to let only one person pass through the narrow gap.

Qi Ping couldn't see the man's expression clearly, but the other party's attitude that he never even interrogated him made him feel a little uneasy, so not only did he not step forward, he even stepped back a little.

He just cleared his throat and was about to say something, when the man's eyes turned cruel and he hurriedly patted his head and said politely: "I have heard for a long time that the young master of the family is going out to learn art, and just saw that the young master's face is [-]% similar to the master, so he lost his mind for a while I forgot to check my identity, does the young master have something to prove his identity?"

Qi Ping felt a little relieved, and took out a top-grade jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to the man.

"My lord, wait a moment," said, the door was closed tightly in front of Qi Ping's eyes again, and the sound of footsteps came from inside.

After a while, the sound of running came again, and the door opened wide from the inside. The man returned the jade pendant to Qi Ping with both hands, bowed and stretched out his hand and said politely: "Please come in, young master."

"The physical fitness is good," Qi Ping walked in, and patted the man's shoulder: "After running for so long, I haven't even breathed heavily."

Qi Ping just boasted casually, but the man's body stiffened involuntarily. When he completely entered the door, the door closed again with a bang.

Qi Ping was taken aback, and followed the man a few steps in, but the strange feeling that had just disappeared rose again in his heart.

First of all, it was dinner time, but there wasn't a single servant walking around in the yard; secondly, it was quiet, the whole house was really too quiet.

And there was an imperceptible rancid smell in the wind.