Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

I don't know how long the sun and the moon are in the mountains, and winter turns to spring without knowing it, and more than half a year has passed.

Mu Liuyun's internal injuries have long since healed, and he has resumed his usual regular life, practicing exercises in the morning and copying scriptures in the afternoon, except that Zhang Chi comes to Qingfeng Pavilion for a few days every now and then, everything seems to be the same as before.

Sometimes Mu Liuyun would feel that it would be good if life continued like this. Zhang Chi had his own things to do, and he also needed to stay in the sect. I get tired of being in one place every day, but my relationship is stronger than before.

Although he still keeps his ears to the outside world as in the past and concentrates on practicing martial arts and swords, every time Zhang Chi comes up the mountain, he will bring him a lot of the latest gossip in the world, such as the head of the Emei School who is seriously injured and needs to recuperate , The head of the sect has been passed to Mrs. Miaoyin, and the iron sword gate has also changed to a new master.Cheng Xiayue finally agreed to Qin Wuqi's marriage proposal under Qin Wuqi's various pursuits to please her, and the two will get married within this year.On the latest list of martial arts masters, Mu Liuyun has already ranked third, second only to the master brother Tian Xingdao, and Qin Wuqi has been squeezed to fourth by him, but everyone in the world believes that the young Mu Liuyun Liu Yun is already stronger than Daoist Tian Xing, this ranking is just to save face for the head.

Every time Zhang Chi left, he would tell Mu Liuyun an approximate return date and when he would arrive next time. Even if there was a delay, it would be a day or two at most, and he hurried back with an apologetic smile.When we parted last time, Zhang Chi said that he would definitely spend the Dragon Boat Festival with him in time, but now that the Dragon Boat Festival has passed, Zhang Chi still hasn't come.

Mu Liuyun thought to himself that he was delayed by something again, maybe he would arrive in two days, so he waited for another two or three days, but Zhang Chi still didn't come, not even a single message came back.

Thinking of the dangers in the world, even with Zhang Chi's ingenuity, he may not be able to cope with it every time. Mu Liuyun could no longer wait calmly. He came to the main hall at the foot of the mountain and found his senior brother Tian Xingdao.

"Junior brother, it's rare for you to take the initiative to come down the mountain. What's the matter?" Taoist Master Tianxing asked kindly.

"When we parted last time, Zhang Chi said that he would definitely come to see me before the Dragon Boat Festival, but he hasn't come yet." Mu Liuyun said, "If it wasn't for some situation, he would never miss the appointment for so many days, I want to know Where is he, did something happen to him?"

"Junior brother, don't worry, I will send someone out to inquire. Junior brother might as well come down and walk around more, if you have news, you will know sooner."

Daoist Tian Xing originally wanted Mu Liuyun to have more contact with the disciples of the sect, and not always be like an outsider who wanders on the fringes of the sect, but Mu Liuyun, who was eager to get news as soon as possible, simply lived at the foot of the mountain down.

The Shangqing Palace also has its own intelligence network. For the request of the idol in the hearts of countless disciples—Taishi Shu Tianxuan, the disciples under the sect are all doing their best. After more than ten days of inquiring, they sent back news that someone saw Zhang Chi. At the helm of the Junshan Beggar Gang, with his good brother Lu Xiaomi.

Mu Liuyun was about to go down the mountain to look for him, and Taoist Master Tianxing couldn't stop him, but he couldn't rest assured that this junior who still had little life experience went out alone, so he sent two disciples, Qingliu and Qingyue, to follow Mu Liuyun cloud.

***

Mu Liuyun was anxious and didn't take much rest on the road. After several days of hard work, he arrived at the head of the beggar gang in Junshan.

Qingliu and Qingyue handed over invitations to the beggar gang disciples on duty. In fact, they didn't wait long, but Mu Liuyun, who hadn't seen Zhang Chi for almost a month, had no patience, and asked the beggar gang who was guarding the gate with a sullen expression. Student: "Where is Zhang Chi?"

The beggar gang disciple looked in one direction with a guilty conscience, and said, "Don't worry, Taoist leader, the gang leader will come out to greet him in person soon."

"No need." Mu Liuyun didn't care about the etiquette, and walked past them and walked in. The disciples of the beggar sect dared not stop this famous master, so they had to rush to tell the sect leader.

Mu Liuyun walked for a while in the direction the man was looking at, and his excellent hearing caught some familiar voices. He heard Zhang Chi's good brother Lu Xiaomi helplessly say, "Oh, Xiao Chizi, why are you doing this? ?”

Then came Zhang Chi's voice: "I don't know how to tell him this. I'm the only one left in my family. It's reasonable to marry a wife and have children to carry on the family. If you want to get angry, I can't beat him..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he found that Mu Liuyun was already standing at the door, looking at him expressionlessly: "Did you say these words to me on purpose?"

When Zhang Chi saw him, he immediately panicked: "No, no, Liu Yun, listen to my explanation!"

"No need, since you want to break up, just put it bluntly, why beat around the bush like this. Let's just say goodbye, and we will be separated from each other in the future, and we will never see each other again!" Mu Liuyun dropped these words coldly, and walked away.

"Liuyun!" Zhang Chi stretched out his hand as if trying to hold back something, but he failed to catch up after all, and watched helplessly as the white figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

Li Tieyi, the head of the beggar gang, just came with a few elders at this time, and just wanted to express his welcome to Taoist Master Tianxuan of the Shangqing Palace, when Mu Liuyun stepped out of the head of the beggar gang with a sullen face without saying a word. At the gate, Qingliu hurriedly followed behind, Qingyue made a deep bow to Li Tieyi and others: "Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, goodbye!" Then he hurriedly chased after him.

The elders of the beggar gang were stunned, Li Tieyi shook his head: "Young man... Forget it, let's do what we should do."

Mu Liuyun, who had left the helm of the beggar gang, was just striding forward, Qingliu Qingyue and his two senior brothers were pulling each other behind him, the young and steady Qingyue tried to stop his senior brothers from talking too much, but the hot-blooded Qingliu couldn't help but push away The younger brother said: "Uncle Grand Master, let me say a few more words, Brother Zhang Chi is not such a person, he has always been kind to Uncle Grand Master, it is impossible to hide away for such a stupid reason as 'passing on the family' all of a sudden." If you don’t see Grand Master Uncle, there must be something hidden in it.”

"I know he has another reason." Mu Liuyun said coldly, "But his meaning has been made very clear. No matter what the reason is, since he wants to break up, why should I pester him endlessly?"

"Uncle Grand Master..." Qing Yue also tried to comfort him, Mu Liuyun shook his head: "Don't say too much."

"……Yes."

After all, the seniority is there, and now the grand master is obviously angry, and it's hard for them to say much as juniors.

***

After Mu Liuyun left, Zhang Chi kept staring at the direction he was leaving, and didn't say a word for a long time.

It can be said that the current situation is exactly the result Zhang Chi wanted, but when Mu Liuyun really left him with a heartless word, it still made Zhang Chi feel heartbroken.

Seeing him biting his lower lip with a pale face, Lu Xiaomi couldn't help feeling worried: "Hey, Xiaochizi, are you okay?"

"I'll be fine..." Zhang Chi grabbed the skirt of his chest and suddenly lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Little pool!"

"It doesn't matter..." Zhang Chi shook his hand at Lu Xiaomi who rushed forward to help him, "It's just that the internal injury didn't heal...cough cough...it'll be fine after vomiting..."

Lu Xiaomi mumbled while frantically pouring water and medicine for him: "I still don't think you need to get angry at him. You just need the help of the Taoist priest for such a big accident. He is so good at martial arts, he must I can protect you well."

"It is precisely because of such a big incident that I can't involve him. This incident cannot be solved by good martial arts." Zhang Chi sighed deeply.

"Then what are your plans? Do you really want to rely on your own strength to fight against the court's arrest?"

"Let's take one step at a time." Zhang Chi sat weakly on the chair and said with a slumped face, "If I can get through this difficulty, I will ask Liu Yun for forgiveness, even if he refuses to forgive me, I will also shamelessly pester him every day until his heart softens, if I really can't pass this test, at least I can't drag him into the water."

"Maybe he's not afraid of being implicated by you at all? I think you might as well tell him the truth and let him decide whether to help you or not."

"You don't understand." Zhang Chi said dejectedly, "There was a time when I almost killed him because of my recklessness. I still have lingering fears when I think of that feeling at that time. I know that Yi Liuyun As a human being, if I told him the truth, he would definitely choose to save me desperately, just like last time, but I would rather cut myself to pieces and die hundreds of times, than to involve him in getting hurt and dying for me. "

"You are really... oh." Lu Xiaomi was also helpless.

***

Things have to start more than half a month ago.

On that day, Zhang Chi came to the Yongninghou Mansion in Chang'an City as usual, and asked Lord Hou Yi Jiangliu to report the news. He planned to finish the trip, and asked Lord Hou to take a ten-day and a half-month long vacation. , go to Shangqing Palace to accompany Mu Liuyun well.

He took a secret passage that only a few of his confidants knew about, and he went straight to the study of the Marquis of Yongning. In the past, on the appointed days, the Marquis would always stay in the study to handle official business, and wait for their spies to come by the way. Report the news, even if there is something to leave, the personal guard will wait there without shadow.

So when Zhang Chi found out that the secret door was only concealed and unlocked today, he didn't have any doubts in his heart. He just thought that the last spy who entered hadn't pushed the mechanism back to its original position.

When he opened the door unsuspectingly and went in, he could smell the pungent smell of blood coming to his face.

Zhang Chi suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, he stepped around the screen two quicker steps, and saw Yi Jiangliu laying on the table with his eyes closed, bleeding all over the table.