Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Mu Liuyun didn't move, his expression looked a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chi asked strangely.

"I would like to thank you for helping me track down the murderer." Mu Liuyun said, "But you should also have your own business to attend to, so you don't have to go with me this time. After leaving this place, I will report the situation to Senior Brother Sect Leader, and ask him to send another person to handle the follow-up matters."

Zhang Chi was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, Mu Liuyun would say goodbye to him so soon.

This parting caught him off guard, but it was also reasonable. This murder was originally a matter of the Shangqing Palace and had nothing to do with him. He was just innocently involved.But now, the suspicion has been cleared, and Bai Ling, who wronged him, is dead. He really has no reason to continue following Mu Liuyun.

"But... I don't really have anything to do." Zhang Chi scratched his head anxiously, "I still want to continue to investigate...as long as you don't think I'm in the way."

"Why would I think you are in the way? You are so smart and capable. It would be great if you could come to help." Mu Liuyun was a little happy when he heard that Zhang Chi wanted to continue walking, but he was also a little puzzled. I don't understand, why did you help the Shangqing Palace to investigate this matter?"

"Hey, let me tell you the truth!" Zhang Chi sat down and looked at Mu Liuyun seriously, "You also know that I'm an inquisitor, and what I've been doing for a living is to scout around for gossip. Being involved in this matter, I originally wanted to find a way to sneak into this martial arts conference and inquire about some things related to Jinghong Villa. But I am a nobody with no background and no affiliation, and I am not even qualified to participate in the martial arts conference , I was worrying about what capacity I should use to approach Jinghong Mountain Villa. Now, as a friend of Taoist Master Tianxuan of the Shangqing Palace, I will help you investigate the case, so I can go in and ask questions. Didn’t you say you owe me Am I alone? If you let me go with you this trip, just treat it as repaying my favor, okay?"

"...Okay, it's settled." Mu Liuyun nodded, thinking that he could continue to cooperate with Zhang Chi, a smile appeared on his face.

Mu Liuyun seldom smiled, but this smile was like spring breeze melting snow, making Zhang Chi's heart beat faster, he hurriedly pretended to pack up his things to cover it up, not daring to look at Mu Liuyun again.

***

After deciding on the next move, they packed up their things and led the horses, bid farewell to Adamu and left Wuguzhai that day.

Before leaving, Zhang Chi also told Adamu that they would continue to investigate the clues of the Red Lotus Sect, and if they had the opportunity to find out the whereabouts of those children, they would find a way to inform him.Adamu just nodded in agreement, and didn't take an outsider's promise very seriously.

Because they were familiar with the road, they went back much faster than when they came, and the sky was not completely dark, so they returned to the inn where they met earlier.

Zhang Chi asked for a double room, ate something casually, and lay down early.

He didn't sleep all night last night. It stands to reason that he should fall asleep soon, but Zhang Chi tossed and turned for a while and still didn't feel sleepy. He didn't sleep at all. Looking at Mu Liuyun on the opposite bed.

Mu Liuyun was meditating and adjusting his breath with his eyes closed. After taking a bath, he changed back into the attire of the Shangqing Palace. Like a fairy descending from the mortal world.

Although we only got along for a short ten days, Zhang Chi felt that he was already stuck in it and couldn't extricate himself - he didn't even know each other very well yet.

At the beginning, Zhang Chi was only afraid of him. He felt that this man had high martial arts skills and strong aura, as if he would kill someone if he didn't agree with each other. After the misunderstanding was solved, he felt that he was upright and upright, and he was a friend worth making. But now, he already had some more complicated emotions in his heart.

In fact, he really wanted to convince himself that the heartbeat at that moment was just an illusion, but once this feeling arises, it is like a seed that breaks out of the ground, can't be pinched, can't be pinched to death, and can only watch it bit by bit Grow like crazy.

He had never thought about this before, and always thought it was because he was still young, the time had not come, or he just hadn't met the person he liked yet.One day in the future, when he has a successful career and a stable life and no longer has to live a precarious life, he will marry a wife and have children like others, and find a woman he likes to spend his life with.

Who would have thought that this day was far from coming, yet he fell in love with a man.

Rationally speaking, Zhang Chi didn't want things to turn out like this, because it was destined to be a difficult road.

He also tried to control himself and stop thinking about it, but if people's emotions could be controlled so freely, there would be so many idiots and resentful women in the world.

Since you can't control it, you have to admit it.

He has heard a lot about Long Yang's love and his addiction to broken sleeves.Although this kind of thing is unavoidable to be criticized, but in recent years, the masculinity in the Central Plains has been prevalent, and everyone has long seen it. It is even more so in the coastal areas of southern Fujian. , not surprisingly.

Although two men are not as orthodox and confident as a marriage between a man and a woman after all, it is not a particularly embarrassing thing to say.

The question is, is there a chance?

No matter how Zhang Chi thought about it, he felt that he was not optimistic.

Just like a poor boy always fantasizes that the lady of the high-ranking official and prime minister's family will resolutely commit herself to marry regardless of family status because of admiration for his character and character, and devote all her family's efforts to help him make a fortune, or a village girl in the mountains fantasizes that one day she will meet a micro-service traveler Fascinated by her innocence and kindness, he will marry back to the palace and become the main concubine, or a farmer who can't even marry the worst daughter-in-law fantasizes about fairies in the sky or goblins in the mountains falling in love with his simplicity and hard work , I have to rush to marry him as a daughter-in-law——Zhang Chi doesn't have this kind of daydream, he is a very realistic person, and what he despises the most is a fool who thinks that the sky will fall from the sky .

If there is such a disparity in all aspects between the two, even if you are infatuated with Mingyue, and her brains are not forgotten in the mother's womb, why should you wrong yourself?

Even if they don't say they are well-matched, at least they have to match each other in order to get together. Unless it's just for fun, that's easy, as long as they look good, but this is not what Zhang Chi wants.

How to do, how to achieve their goals?

Zhang Chi turned over in agitation, his brows were wrinkled into a pimple.

too difficult.

No matter how you think about it, it's too difficult.

Mu Liuyun is eight years older than him, but his martial arts is so strong that he has already ranked among the top masters. He is also the junior of the Seven Masters of the Qing Dynasty. Most people in the school have to call him Grand Master Uncle. Needless to say.

But now he is just an insignificant person in the world. He didn't have the opportunity to start martial arts until he was 15 years old. Work hard little by little.If you give him a few more years and work hard, maybe he can make some achievements in areas other than martial arts, but will Mu Liuyun wait until the day when he becomes famous?

Zhang Chi sighed in frustration, no matter how he looked at it right now, he was completely unworthy of Mu Liuyun.

What's more, as long as he is "worthy", he can succeed, which is just his wishful thinking. Relationships have never come naturally.

Zhang Chi has never been a low self-esteem person, but at this moment, he really can't think of anything about him that could attract Mu Liuyun.

With his little cleverness?In front of some really smart people he knows, this little trick of his is not enough at all, besides, Mu Liuyun is not stupid, and he is currently being dominated by him for the time being, just because he is used to being pampered in the sect and lacks experience in the world.

With his figure and appearance?Although Zhang Chi has a strong figure and handsome appearance, he can quite please some women, but Mu Liuyun is a bit taller than him, and he looks much better looking than him. The two stood together Well, he's clearly the one being compared.And he knows very well what kind of men are usually able to attract men - anyway, it is definitely not his type.

With him running errands and cooking all the way, and taking care of him before and after?This kind of thing that any servant woman can do is not worth mentioning.

With his sincerity?Only those who don't have any other advantages will speak out their sincerity. In the eyes of people who don't care, how much is sincerity worth?It's like Dazhao can die for Bai Ling, but in the end, he died in vain. This kind of wishful thinking but worthless sincerity can be seen much more.

How to do?What should be done?

Zhang Chi was helpless.

Although he looks like an old Jianghu, he actually has no experience in courting others - not to mention that the other party is a man.

It's like a dog biting a hedgehog, not knowing where to start.

Not to mention anything else, right now it is still unknown whether the other party can accept men, just like some people don't like women by nature, and some people just don't like men, no matter how masculine is blown, those who don't like it just don't like it. like.

Looking horizontally and vertically, looking upside down, no matter how you look at him, this relationship has only one result: daydreaming.

Zhang Chi was deeply depressed.

***

Mu Liuyun didn't go to sleep until it was almost midnight, and woke up early the next day, only to find that Zhang Chi got up earlier than him, but the whole person seemed to have no bones, lying on the ground downstairs There was a long sigh on the table.

"What's wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?" Mu Liuyun asked.

"Leave me alone, I'm in a bad mood." Zhang Chi let out a half-dead breath.

Mu Liuyun looked at him speechlessly for a while, then shook his head helplessly and walked away. After breakfast, Zhang Chi silently packed his things and prepared to leave, but Mu Liuyun called him, "Come with me."

"Huh?" Zhang Chi looked at Mu Liuyun in confusion, and Mu Liuyun walked out without explaining, so Zhang Chi had no choice but to follow.

They came to the blacksmith's shop they visited last time, and the blacksmith recognized them at a glance, and greeted them: "Hey, little military master, you're here."