On July 8th, the slight summer heat arrives. Since that day, Lin Manliu and Ning Ke had a verbal conflict, and the two have never communicated again. The poor scholar pushed out the door early in the morning, and every time the boy in a short shirt followed him, he wanted to While explaining, Ning Ke quickly walked away before Lin Manliu could speak.
This reminded the boy in the short shirt that when he was chasing Qian Dexiao that night in the mountains and forests, she could still keep up with him even though her leg injury was still injured. Now her leg injury should be almost healed, so naturally she can't catch up. .
Such a situation made Lin Manliu really distressed. As time went by, more and more news about the Slaughter Evil Sect and the Jiangnan area came into the Zhujianfeng Mountain Gate.
Bandits in the Qianzhou area or some people of unknown origin rushed into the Yangfeng Valley. They were originally entrenched in the dangerous place of the Tu Evil Sect. In recent years, they have become stronger. In the Tu Evil Sect, After several attacks together with Na Yangfenggu, they slaughtered all the hilltop or Jianghu sects near Qianzhou that were unwilling to surrender.
News also came from Yuezhou. The various Jianghu sects that originally rushed to the Fengxue Grand View Tower, including the 23 Jianghu sects headed by Wenjianhu, Canxingguan, and Xunhanshan, jointly established the Heaven and Earth Alliance, vowing to kill these people. The Tue Evil Sect disrupts the stability of the southern world.
In the past few days, when Qiao Yunian came to Lin Manliu to play with him, he would tell everything he knew to Brother Liu, the candidate for his brother-in-law.
"Brother Liu, do you think this Heaven and Earth Alliance can defeat the Evil Slaughter Sect?" Qiao Yunnian asked suddenly as he and Lin Manliu were walking leisurely in the streets.
"The Tue Evil Sect's previous attacks were to defeat the Jianghu sects one by one. Now that the entire Jianghu is united to attack, the situation will definitely be more favorable than before..." Lin Manliu said in response.
"The news that has been coming these days is that the Tue Evil Sect and Yangfeng Valley are harming one side. I wonder when the Heaven and Earth Alliance will be able to set out to fight with them." Qiao Yunnian looked at the sky, his thoughts began to drift away, that There is also a sword-making peak in the Heaven and Earth Alliance, and the leaders are my father and sister.
Lin Manliu and Qiao Yunian unknowingly walked to the mountain gate near Zhujian Peak. Today, there were much more people at the entrance of the mountain gate than before, as if something was about to happen.
The boy in a short shirt casually glanced at the entrance of the mountain gate and found that Li Junce was standing at the front of the crowd. Is this person really likes to make all kinds of friends in the world, as Yun Nian said before?
I don’t know who he invited up the mountain again today. As the two of them got closer and closer to the mountain gate of Zhujian Peak, they also remembered the noisy sound at the mountain gate.
"Welcome Elder Qiao back to the mountain!!!" The Zhujian Peak disciples and some deacons and elders at the mountain gate shouted in unison outside the mountain gate.
As the shouts came to mind, the Jianjian Peak disciples, deacons, and elders at the mountain gate all bowed and saluted outside the mountain gate, and reported that Li Junce was also facing the outside of the mountain gate and clasping his fists respectfully. This scene made the short man The boy in the shirt was really curious as to what kind of person he was, worthy of such a battle at Zhujian Peak.
"Yunnian, do you know this Elder Qiao they are talking about? Look at that old fox." Lin Manliu immediately shouted softly to Qiao Yunian beside him.
Qiao Yunnian also looked at the scene at the mountain gate. When he saw Li Junce clasping his fists outward, his eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Hey, how can this old fox be here today? But Elder Qiao... didn't hear that After he finished speaking, his whole head shook like a rattle.
When the young man in short shirt heard this, he planned to take Qiao Yunnian and leave here as soon as possible. If this unknown elder Qiao hinders his future actions, it is better not to be discovered by him. There must be something important happening here. It happened... Qiao Yunian saw that Lin Manliu didn't reply in time, so he asked aloud: "Shall we find a place to watch secretly?".
"No... Since Yun Nian doesn't know, let's leave here quickly to avoid more troubles," Lin Manliu continued to say softly.
"Listen to Brother Liu!" Qiao Yunnian nodded immediately. After the two looked at each other, they were about to turn around and leave quickly, but at some point there was a poor scholar behind them, and it was naturally Ning Ke.
Ning Ke first rolled his eyes at Lin Manliu, then tilted his head and said, "You're worthless...".
After saying this, Ning Ke left... This made Lin Manliu wonder. What was going on with this person? He suddenly appeared, didn't explain anything clearly, and even taunted Lin Manliu. Looking at Ning Ke's figure disappearing into the alley, I thought I would call Qiao Yunnian to go up together and ask what Ning Ke was thinking these days.
But before the boy in the short shirt could tell Qiao Yunnian beside him, there was a noisy sound of joy behind him.
"I wonder if Elder Qiao returns to the mountain this time to fight against the Evil Slaughter Sect with Zhujian Peak..."
"Jianjian Peak has been recharging its strength over the years, and now that Elder Qiao has returned, even if the Evil Slaughter Sect arrives in Juzhou today, we will definitely kill him at will!"
"Elder Qiao, have you been living comfortably these years away from home?" ...The flattering words kept coming from behind the two of them. It seemed that everyone at the mountain gate was already walking towards here, preparing to go to the Sword-Forging Peak sword pavilion.
Lin Manliu listened to the voice, and it was obvious that he was not far away from the two of them. He thought that escaping at this time would attract more attention, so he turned around and looked at the group of people who were walking on the main road of Sword Making Peak.
When Qiao Yunian saw Lin Manliu turning around, he turned around and looked over. Among the group of people coming to Jiange, I saw an old man wearing coarse linen clothes walking in the middle of the crowd. Even Li Junce was walking beside him, and the rest of the people gathered around the old man, at the end Fang was a dozen farm men who were also dressed in coarse linen clothes, but each of them was far superior to the surrounding Sword Forging Peak disciples in terms of their stature and the aura they exuded.
After Lin Manliu and others scanned it, they looked at the old man again. He was surprised to find that wasn't that man the same old man he met in the village near the Buried Sword Valley after he got lost?
At that time, there was indeed some suspicion and wariness about the tea stall in the inn, but Lin Manliu never thought that Zhujian Peak would be involved. An old man who cooked tea for people on the roadside was actually a member of a well-known and decent family. Elder?
Elder Qiao seemed to have noticed that someone was watching him, so he looked back. However, when Elder Qiao saw Lin Manliu, his face was filled with joy. Just now, under the compliments of these Sword-Forging Peak disciples, he had no expression at all. No words were given, not even a word, but Lin Manliu was noticed and he started to laugh.
"Hey! You little kid, why are you here now?" The smile on Elder Qiao's face became thicker and thicker. He didn't care about the opinions of others, and left the crowd directly and walked towards Lin Manliu.
The boy in the short shirt knew something was wrong. This person knew his real name, and he also knew that Ning Ke was not a man. If he was in the Sword Forging Peak from now on, he would definitely be led by this person.
Lin Manliu immediately raised his hands and saluted, "Young man, I have met Elder Qiao..." He was still thinking about how to act in the future to avoid too much contact with this person.
"Damn! It's too annoying to call me elder. Keep calling me uncle! Well... uncle is fine too!" Elder Qiao walked in front of Lin Manliu and clapped his hands first and then stamped his feet as he spoke.
The disciples of Zhujianfeng behind him, including Li Junce, couldn't help but look at each other. How come this young man in a short shirt, who was so famous in the martial arts arena, even knew Elder Qiao, who had not returned to the mountain for a long time...
"...Uncle Qiao?" The boy in a short shirt asked pretending to be confused. From Elder Qiao's words, it can be seen that he has no ill intentions towards him for the time being.
"Should we call him uncle? We're not that old either." Elder Qiao first touched his gray beard, and then scratched the few hairs left on his head.
"So... how about Uncle Qiao?" Lin Manliu continued to ask.
"Well...just call me uncle! It's better to add a surname." Elder Qiao nodded and said, confirming the title of the young man in front of him, and claiming to let him change his surname.
"Uncle..." The young man in a short shirt had no choice but to follow the arrangement and shouted. He couldn't help but start to think about the previous chat at the inn. Although Elder Qiao talked like this, it had made him so uncomfortable now.
"Is there another baby? Why don't I see you, uncle?" Elder Qiao stretched his head and began to look around, but did not look at Lin Manliu, who was standing still.
"Brother Ning injured his legs and feet a few days ago and is still recovering from his injuries. I hope you can forgive me..." Lin Manliu could only continue to speak.
"This little kid is a poor scholar who doesn't study well, so why did he hurt his leg? I can go and help him some other day. Yes, you little kid didn't tell me, why are you here?" Elder Qiao said with a smack of his lips.
"I was invited by Li Gongfeng a few days ago, so I came to the peak to be a guest for a while," the boy in a short shirt replied respectfully.
"Brother Liu, what are you doing?" Qiao Yunnian looked confused at the conversation between the two and interrupted.
After listening to Qiao Yunnian's words, Elder Qiao turned his head and looked at the shorter boy. He looked at Qiao Yunnian in a daze, and his eyes began to tremble a few times.
Could it be that this uncle has something to do with Qiao Yunnian... Lin Manliu immediately said, "Uncle, this is Yunnian."
"Yun Nian..." Elder Qiao shouted, but then he stopped his emotions from showing and regained his old naughty appearance.
Elder Qiao tilted his mouth and turned his head to look somewhere. Then he looked at Qiao Yunnian with his hands behind his back and said mockingly: "Your good-for-nothing father has become somewhat successful now. In the past few years, the only thing he has done is these days. If something is right, I should have left Feng Nei to Jun Ce to take care of me. A life of hard work is a life of hard work. It is time to go out and have a good run. It is best to be exhausted outside."
"What did you say, old man!" Qiao Yunnian heard someone scolding his father and immediately retorted.
"Don't be rude, Yun Nian!" Lin Manliu said hurriedly, because he could see from Elder Qiao's eyes that these words were not what the uncle had in mind, but were meant for the people behind him headed by Li Junce. Listen.
At this time, Elder Qiao had his back to Li Junce and the others. He did not continue to look at Qiao Yunnian, but looked at Lin Manliu, and made a gesture towards the boy in a short shirt. Lin Manliu understood immediately and turned towards him. After bowing respectfully, he took Qiao Yunnian and prepared to stay away from here.
"I'll take my leave first and chat with you later. I won't disturb my discussion with Li Gongfeng on important matters."
"go". ...Lin Manliu dragged Qiao Yunnian, who still wanted to continue to refute Elder Qiao, to walk two or three streets and alleys, far away from the main road of Zhujian Peak, and Qiao Yunnian was still dead. Staring at the sword pavilion, from now on there was not only the annoying old fox, but also a crazy old man who laughed at his father when he saw him.
"Yunnian, what I said earlier was not what I had in mind," Lin Manliu said softly when he saw that the young man was still restless.
During these days, no matter where he and Qiao Yunnian were walking in Sword Making Peak, they would always be followed by spies, which gave Lin Manliu no chance to explain to Qiao Yunnian.
"Even though Brother Liu knows him, I have never seen this crazy old man. Why did he call me daddy the first time he saw me?" Qiao Yunnian looked at Lin Manliu with a hint of tears.
"There are many people with mixed eyesight, and some words may not be meant for you and me," the boy in a short shirt explained. Qiao Yunnian kept silent, suppressing his emotions for a while, then nodded to Lin Manliu and said, "Listen...listen to Brother Liu."
"If this matter is okay, we will go back first and watch me perform a monkey swordsmanship for you in the yard!" Lin Manliu said with a smile when he saw Qiao Yunian's mood gradually calming down.
Qiao Yunnian hummed and followed Lin Manliu back to the small courtyard where he lived. Several Zhujianfeng people in the dark were watching each other and gesturing to other companions. One person evacuated the place and ran towards the sword pavilion, while the others continued to follow Lin Manliu and Qiao Yunqian quietly.
It wasn't until they saw the two of them entering the courtyard that the Sword-Forming Peak followers dispersed. Some returned to their original positions, while others were near the small courtyard where Lin Manliu and Ning Ke lived. Continue to stay and pay attention to the movements in the hospital at all times.
When Lin Manliu pushed in the door, he first saw Ning Ke sitting on the stone steps playing with a folding fan. The young man in a short shirt was just about to speak to the poor scholar, but before he even raised his hand, Ning Ke closed the folding fan, stood up, opened the door to his room, and walked in.
What's going on with Ning Ke... Just as the door of Ning Ke's house was about to close, two words suddenly came from it: "Know."
As soon as these two words came out, Lin Manliu understood that Ning Ke was telling him that he knew that the old man buried in the village near the Sword Valley was the elder of the Sword Forging Peak.
"Brother Ning, what's going on?" Qiao Yunnian said, looking at Ning Ke's closed door.
"I don't know..." Lin Manliu looked at the door and said helplessly.
"You two are bitching about each other, why don't you have a quarrel?" Qiao Yunnian said for the first time. Just as Lin Manliu was about to stop him, he heard the sound of breaking porcelain coming from Ning Ke's house.
This probably makes me even more angry...
