refuse to be a teacher

Chapter 71 Clues

"...Lan Yin's brother treats Mr. Yan with such deep affection, it is really admirable."

Press down Yunqiao's shrunken shoulder with one hand from the pillow, and with the other hand slowly lift the long curtain that is several layers above the head, and with a chuckle, he crosses the threshold and strides into the back room, and said to Xue Lanyin in a mocking but not joking manner, " It's just that if Zhe Huan hears your words later, he will inevitably feel sad and angry again."

Xue Lan came back to her senses in a daze, and faced Cong Zhen with sharp eyes, then smiled perfunctorily, got up and sincerely invited him to sit down and said, "Brother Cong, why are you here suddenly?"

From the traces of rain splashed on the corner of the pillow, it can be seen that the rain outside the house has not weakened. Fortunately, he didn't care much about this little thing, so he pulled a chair and sat down beside Yan Hao, and continued without changing his expression. Said: "It's raining and tidal, just now I sent someone down to the ground to change the blood of Jielong Seal, and when I'm done, I'll stop by to have a look..." After speaking, he glanced at the two of them with a strange look, seemingly understating Authentic: "When I first came in, I heard brothers Lan Yin's bold words. To be honest... I was a little surprised."

Xue Lan said disapprovingly, "Why are you surprised?"

He shook his head from the pillow, and said in a calm tone: "Zhe Huan is not young now, and he will inherit the position of patriarch in the future. He must be surrounded by men to support him--I saw that the two of you seemed to be talking when you were in Guli Town a few days ago. Very happy, it just so happens that Zhe Huan is very fond of you, so... I have been thinking about when I can simply end this marriage. On the one hand, that girl's obsession will be fulfilled, and on the other hand, you and Mr. Yan will also be happy. Being able to get the care of the Baiwu tribe, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

When Xue Lan heard this, she couldn't help frowning and said with a smile: "Brother Cong, what kind of strange idea is this? When I was in Guli Town earlier, I made it clear to Miss Yun that in this life, I just want to be with Master forever Together, no one else wants it, and I never thought about marrying any girl. Besides..."

There was a pause in his voice, probably thinking of something, but it was not convenient for him to speak, and he could vaguely see the clue from his eyes, so he couldn't help asking: "What more?"

"I have followed Miss Yun for so many years, don't you understand that the one she misses is not me at all?" Xue Lan sighed suddenly, "Find someone with a similar appearance to replace the other one. Don't you think it's absurd to be in the position of a human being?"

Immediately from the pillow, his complexion froze, and he said with a little embarrassment: "This..."

"Hold on."

As soon as these words came out, Yan Jue, who had been silent for a long time, was affected for some reason: "...What did you just say? Say it again."

"Eh?" Xue Lan asked because she turned around to look at him, not knowing, "What's the matter, Master?"

Yan Jue's eyes moved slightly, and he seemed to be thinking: "Who are you referring to when you say they look similar?"

Because Xue Lan was about to speak out, fearing that his rotten mouth would add fuel to the story, she hastily blurted out an explanation: "Mr. Yan doesn't know, these old things are all old sesame seed rotten millet 20 years ago. Cover up Huan was young and ignorant at that time, and was abducted to Guli Town and almost lost his life. Later, he was lucky enough to be picked up by a kind-hearted man to take care of him for a period of time. A kind person... It is a coincidence that she looks similar to brother Lan Yin. We don't know if it is true or not. We only hope that she can get rid of this nightmare as soon as possible, so we have been working on this matter for a long time. , I have spent a lot of time thinking about her."

Yan Jue was not a gossip person, but now his eyes were lowered, and there was a strange emotion hidden in his keenness to ask the truth.Naturally, Xue Lan didn't want to be idle, so she turned her head and stared at him for a while, her mind couldn't help being fuzzy, and she also sorted out and planned some illusory prototypes related to the matter.

20 years ago in Guli Town, Yun Zhehuan claimed to have met that strange man who looked similar to Xue Lanyin, but under the different background of the same turning point at the same time, the Central Plains Wulin was also in its heyday of turmoil—— The matter of Jielongyin was completely disclosed to the public, and various forces, large and small, were eyeing it and tried every means to take it as their own. In the end, it was Qin Huan, the sword master of Feng'ai who was dedicated to quelling the dispute.

Both Yan Jue and Yi Shangxian have mentioned that the Northwest Zhufengmen at that time tried to control the blood of the living sword to forcibly break the seal. Among them, the key person who took the lead in arresting Xue Lanyin and another member of the living sword clan was the Zuofengmen of Zhufengmen. Dharma protector Wen Pianhong——but Wen Pianhong died later, and another member of the living sword tribe also escaped, and this clue was completely broken. Perhaps because of the long time interval, it is difficult for anyone to combine the two donkey lips. The things that are wrong are pieced together, but as long as you rack your brains to think about that point, some confusion and confusion that have been entrenched in your heart for a long time will be solved layer by layer like a cocoon.

This is the first time that apprentice dog's stubborn and broken head can turn faster than his own master.Xue Lan turned her head to the side, her face still in a daze, and said from the pillow: "Brother Cong, I remember that Miss Yun told me that not long after that person rescued her, another large group of people caught up with her and took her away. Gone... What kind of characteristics are these people, has she mentioned it to you?"

I lowered my eyes from the pillow, recalled it carefully for a long time, and then said vaguely: "Zhe Huan was only four years old at that time. When we sent people to find her, they were already so frightened that they couldn't wake up. They just cried and cried repeatedly. He said that there were a lot of people coming, and the darkness covered a large area, which was very scary... and so on and so on without any clue." After speaking, the voice stopped, and he couldn't help feeling suspicious: "But... you suddenly asked these old things, What are you doing again?"

Yan Jue's eyes shifted, and he came to understand immediately from the pillow, turned his head and said to Yun Qiao who was standing behind him, not daring to make a sound: "Yun Qiao, you go out first, there are still a few rooms waiting for you to clean up at Zhe Huan's side. .”

Yun Qiao nodded in response, knowing that she shouldn't stay here for a long time, she turned around and hurriedly opened the long curtain to back out.Yan Jue raised his head slightly, and seeing that the person had already walked away with an umbrella, Fang lowered his voice and said to the pillow: "I understand that you have always been very alert, and there are some things that your bewildered little patriarch... I'm afraid I can't accept it for a while, but if it were you, you should be able to make the most rational response."

Frowning from the pillow, as if anticipating what he would say next, he just folded his fists and bent down, saying calmly, "Mr. Yan, but it's okay to say."

Yan Jue nodded slightly, and said bluntly: "I met Gu Hebai in Biyun City that day, and I deliberately lifted the veil on his head once."

From the pillow with a tense expression, he said: "... Gu Hebai?"

"His appearance is similar to my apprentice...to a certain extent."

As soon as these words came out, he jumped off the chair on the spot, frightened Xue Lanyin who was beside him who was finally holding his breath, almost fell to the ground with him.

"My God..." He seemed to have never experienced such absurd remarks, which sounded very ridiculous at the moment, but the facts prevented him from laughing at all, even if he tried his best to bend the corners of his lips, what he did The expression was distorted to the point where it was almost out of shape, "How can such a coincidence happen in this world? Mr. Yan, you, you must have read it wrong, right?"

Yan Jue sighed: "...I'm not blind."

"But this... is too absurd. Fortunately... fortunately, Zhe Huan was not told, otherwise it would be impossible to guarantee that she would not do any messy things." From the pillow to the forehead, Yu You continued to speak in false alarm. , "I really can't believe that Zhe Huan has never forgotten since he was a child... it would be such a person. Maybe... maybe he made a mistake. In this world, there may be a second person who looks like brother Lan Yin ?”

Xue Lan couldn't help but wryly smiled when she heard the words suddenly: "One is enough, how can there be two or three? Brother Cong, you might as well think about it carefully, didn't we unanimously guess before that Gu Hebai's identity background is very special? "

From the pillow to the bottom, people are not stupid, and while being shocked, they did not forget to wake up a little: "You want to say...Zhu Fengmen?" : "That's right... Zhu Fengmen! If Gu Hebai was once a member of Zhufengmen, then killing people and seizing skins is nothing more than a trivial matter for him!"

"That's right." Xue Lan said, "The kind person who rescued Miss Yun many years ago... is probably a relative I haven't seen for many years, but my past memory is damaged, and I don't remember anything. And that person may be dead now, and the only thing left in this world is a skin similar to mine."

With a lump in his throat, he opened his mouth with some difficulty: "Based on what you said, Zhe Huan might not have the chance to meet that person again?"

Xue Lanyin nodded and said: "Her farewell means that she is separated from others, no matter how much she likes to think about it, she can't expect to be empty for the rest of her life, right?"

From the pillow he said dumbly: "But..."

"Okay." The porcelain spoon in his hand slammed back into the bowl with a "ding", Yan Jie got up and got off the recliner, then raised his hand to open a gap in the long dusty curtain in front of the window.

The rain outside the house didn't stop, it splashed across a flat window sill, and hit the ground in big drops, falling into several bleak broken flowers in an instant.

"In the face of life and death, who has the time to care about the love of children?" Yan Jue said calmly, "Right now, Gu Hebai is holding a copy of the Jielong Seal in his hand, your little 'wisdom and courage' Patriarch...can you still decide which is more important?"

As soon as his face changed from the pillow, he immediately folded his fists and lowered his head, saying: "Mr. Yan, please allow me to make the decision in private...don't tell her the truth."

Yan Jue looked sideways and said, "Don't you tell her?"

From the pillow said: "... yes."

Because Xue Lan couldn't sit still, she couldn't help but asked him angrily: "Brother Cong, how long do you want to hide from her? This... you will always have to deal with that surnamed Gu in the future, and if you accidentally reveal it After that, she can't guarantee that the world will not be turned upside down."

His eyes were sinking from the pillow, and he clenched his teeth for a moment, but he had nothing to say.On the contrary, Yan Jue lowered his eyes slightly for a while when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice: "Indeed... it is not a wise choice to tell her now. It is worthwhile to hide it to the end, at least before the Jielong Seal is cracked, she can Be a little quieter."

Xue Lan couldn't help but whispered: "Master, I don't think this is right..."

"There is no other way." Yan Jue put down the long curtain in front of the window with a flick of his hand, and sighed in a faint way, then he stopped being attached to it, then changed the subject, and said to Congzhen: "In addition, about I want to ask you one more person about this matter..."

He murmured from the pillow, "Who?"

"20 years ago, the left protector of Northwest Zhufengmen——Wen Pianhong."

——At noon, the heavy rain still hasn't stopped.

In a remote corner of the Baiwu territory surrounded by many stone houses, there is a bamboo house impressively.The bamboo house has been in disrepair for a long time, and there are obviously many damages. This may be the reason why few people visit it on weekdays. The dust accumulated year by year has stained the green bamboo railings on all sides to dirty. It is really old and shocking.

"The Baiwu clan did not collect all the information about the competition for the Jielong Seal back then, and now there are only some incomplete records left in the clan..."

Bending from the pillow to the bamboo house, there was a burst of rummaging through boxes and cabinets. I did not know how much sand and limestone was thrown up along the way. After a long time, I found a half-roll of yellowed paper from the most secret low-leg cabinet at the bottom. Remnant pages.

Yan Jue got half of his leg stuck outside the threshold, brushed his face with his sleeve, stretched out a finger and hurriedly put it on the palm of his hand, lowered his head to read carefully for a while, but only from the uneven writing of the Baiwu nationality, he could see There are only a few crude drawings that are barely related to the events of that year.

"Although the ancestors of the Baiwu clan belonged to the blood of the living sword, since the moment the living sword clan was destroyed and branched out, the patriarchs of the Baiwu clan have chosen to draw a clear line with the living sword clan." Cong Zhen said, "Only Only by doing this can we gradually eliminate people's excessive greed and covetousness towards the Baiwu tribe over the course of years - so 20 years ago, when Wen Pianhong took the lead in hunting down the living sword tribe, the old patriarch probably I didn’t even know there was such a thing.”

"Your patriarch... really is getting bigger and bigger from generation to generation."

Under the rain-soaked corner of the porch in front of the door, Xue Lan was sitting on the edge of the last brick and stone steps, holding an umbrella and loitering, stretching out her hands to play with the tassels on the corner of Yan Jue's robe out of boredom. He tapped his fingers gently, and the low and gentle voice above his head came to his ears leisurely, as if he felt a little helpless: "There is no way, they need a safe enough environment to breed offspring and revitalize the tribe. You must completely break away from the Living Sword Clan.”

Xue Lan raised her eyes to look at him for a long while, and just wanted to refute something, but suddenly said from the pillow: "At the beginning, the battle to seize the seal caused a lot of casualties in the martial arts of the Central Plains. It's hard to see the clues from the written records kept before... What did Mr. Yan think of? Why don't we let us judge?"

Yan Jue gently rolled up the only few pages in his hand, and handed them back. He seemed to hesitate for a while, and then he said slowly: "Wen Pianhong first made his mark when Jielong Yin appeared in the world. But before he could cause a big storm... people died, leaving one Xue Xiaomao in Xixin Valley, and one... is missing."

Hearing this, Xue Lan's heart suddenly moved, and she hurriedly turned her head to the pillow and said, "Hey brother Cong, do you still remember when we settled down next to the small noodle stall in Guli Town, the guy there gave us Did you say something about Wen Pianhong?"

Concentrating on thinking for a while, he quickly nodded and said: "There is such a thing, but - what the guy said are nothing more than some folk tales, which are too exaggerated to be taken seriously."

After hearing this, Yan Jue was taken aback for a moment, obviously a little confused and said, "Why didn't I know when it happened?"

Xue Lan and Cong Pillow looked at each other silently, as if someone had suddenly revealed some long-hidden little secret, showing a bit of indescribable guilt one after another.

This time, I don't know how long the embarrassing silence has passed, but Yan Jue himself reacted first, raised his eyebrows immediately, and said with a little sarcasm: "I remembered."

Xue Lan swallowed her saliva, and said with shame on her face, "Master..."

——It turned out that Xue Lan had a bear heart and leopard gall that played a role in time, and trapped the seriously injured Yan Jue in the small black room of the inn, and he and Cong Zhenyun Zhehuan together He ran away without a trace, and never turned back to care about his master's life and death.

Afterwards, it was at a small noodle stall in Guli Town that he met a talkative handyman, and overheard him mentioning Wen Pianhong's tragic and tortuous experiences in his early years.

"The guy didn't give a detailed account. He only said that Wen Pianhong made a big mistake and was chased and killed by his fellow disciples all the way. In the end, he ended up with no bones left." Cong Zhen said, "Murder methods in Zhufengmen have always been like this. , doing things simply and neatly, never leaving a trace."

"So, this also led to some loopholes in the matter itself." Yan Jue stared and said, "Maybe...that Wen Pianhong who was brutally killed by his fellow disciples back then didn't die at all?"

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