It was a happy event for everyone to be guests in Sheng's mansion this time, but after knowing this, the mood of the three of them dropped obviously.
For Su Ye, her mother did not die of illness, but was poisoned, and the difference was almost huge. Qiong also didn't know how to comfort him. It was always difficult to accept the death of a close relative. Telling him the truth would just make him witness death again. She thought: Let Su Ye just be alone.
The atmosphere at dinner that day was obviously not as good as yesterday. Yan Tingshen didn't know what was going on. Seeing that the atmosphere was too depressing, he casually asked the reason and also warmed up the scene, but was fooled by the three of them.
Sheng Xuanyuan said secretly: The grudge between the Sheng and Su clans has nothing to do with Brother Yan, so there is no need to involve him. He replied: "Nothing."
In order to relieve their mood, Sheng Xuanyuan led them to Jiuyi Terrace in the evening to watch the stars that they had not been able to see last night.
The jade platform is built on the top of Bai Feng, with carved railings and jade walls, just like a place where immortals ascend the stage to embrace the moon.
Walking on the wide platform, the wind was so loud that the clouds dispersed. Qiong Yi trotted forward and went to the front of Jiuyi Terrace. He leaned on the railing and had a panoramic view of most of the mountains. The fence was built quite high, and the pillars were all carved with sun carvings, which were lifelike coiled dragon patterns. She was holding on to the stone fence, her hair flying in the wind, and her clothes fluttering.
"It's so spectacular..." She couldn't help but mutter to herself, as the three people behind her came slowly, looking up at the stars and the mountains and rivers.
The stars twinkled above the head, so close and so bright. Qiong also stretched out his arms, but unfortunately he couldn't reach them. The cold wind blew through his fingertips and flew out through the gaps. Yan Ting sighed deeply: "It's really cold." Shao Bo tree, the vast land overlooks the Immortal Terrace.'"
Su Ye lay silently by the railing without saying a word, and was moved by the vast scenery in front of him.
The strange peaks and rocks in the ridge are swallowed up by the thick fog. The lights in the disciples' mansion on the side ridge are especially bright. Under the mountain top, there are hazy town lights, like a picture scroll painted with ink. When she looked up, all the stars were in sight. For the first time, Qiong Yi felt that the sky was not a mirror, nor a piece of paper, but an arc-shaped treasure cover, pressed on the top of her head, and she was just here, overlooking all the scenery. , she felt completely detached and selfless, sighing that the world was like smoke and the world was far away.
The depression in Sheng Xuanyuan's heart was gradually blown away by the wind. When he was about to talk to Su Ye, he saw him leaning on the railing and raising his head, howling towards the mountains, which shocked everyone. , a few breaths later, Shanling responded to Su Ye's call and left messages everywhere.
It seemed that it was this roar that shouted out the resentment in his heart. When he turned to face them, Su Ye smiled as usual and said, "Want to come and roar together?"
Qiong Yi said with half annoyance: "Su Ye, you suddenly shouted so loudly that my ears were numb."
Yan Tingshen smiled helplessly: "It will scare the disciples down the mountain in the middle of the night."
"It's okay, they don't know it was me who yelled."
Sheng Xuanyuan said calmly: "Maybe it will be regarded as a ghost."
Su Ye chuckled and shrugged indifferently, gradually letting go of the entanglement and pain in his heart.
After observing the stars for another half an hour, the four of them left Jiuyi Terrace and went to their respective destinations.
When Sheng Xuanyuan returned to his room, he habitually took out a scripture from the bookcase and lay down on the bed. After reading about ten pages, he put it back to its original place.
"Huh?" He noticed that the books in the lowest row of the cabinet did not seem to be in this order before. He had a habit of sorting them out and would never put them randomly. With a trace of doubt, Sheng Xuanyuan knelt down and sorted out the books at the bottom. He rarely read these books, they were mostly family records and some historical treatises.
"Probably Qiong Yi came to see me at noon." Sheng Xuanyuan thought to himself, rearranged them in the order in his memory, returned to the bed and meditated, without paying too much attention.
At this time, Qiong was also practicing body tempering in her room and had no idea about Sheng Xuanyuan's groundless speculation.
*
The four of them stayed in the Sheng Family Mansion for an extra day or two, went hunting together in the mountains, flew with swords under the rolling mountains and cliffs, enjoyed the scenery and had fun, and spent a pleasant time together. After that, they packed their luggage and went to the Mansion with The sect leader said goodbye and headed towards Yichuan.
The journey from Baifen to Yize lasted about five days. Unfortunately, it rained continuously. When they took a boat to the small town of Qingfeng and once again stepped into the familiar gate of the school, all four of them looked sad. Color, as if from another world.
The disciples who had free time and no classes recognized these four people and exclaimed: "Am I right? That's Mr. Sheng? They're back!"
As soon as this statement came out, a crowd of people gathered to watch and discuss: "How many are they really?"
"Really!"
"Come back alive? I heard that many people died trying to seize that divine sword!"
"Master Su is fine, that's great. The rumors are indeed false..."
"Which one is Lu Xiyan who recaptured Cang Yu? Quickly point it out to me!"
Rain washed down the edge of the black tiles, and as noisy voices rang out, Qiong was so disturbed that she became dizzy and could not move an inch. Sheng Xuanyuan blocked her behind her. After a while, the disciple in charge came to report, Summon some of them to the presbytery.
The elders summoned them, but the disciples were speechless and could only watch them being taken away.
North Campus of the Academy.
The four of them stood in a row in front of the hall. Facing the sullen elders of the Su family, they could only bow their heads in silence and listen to the instructions. The content of the lectures was nothing more than "trudging school", "disrespecting elders", "ignoring school rules", etc. As a member of the Su family, Su Ye stood at the front and was scolded the most. The elders reprimanded him for being After escaping from confinement, he ignored the clan rules and infiltrated the Jianghu people. Qiong also murmured in her heart: It seems that Sect Master Su's decision to let Su Ye go travel was really just his personal idea.
"Yan Yuan, you are the best student here. When all the masters talked about you, no one did not praise you." The elder sighed heavily: "But what about you? You escaped from the school without any warning and stayed out for two or three months. , missed countless classes, how are you going to make up for these studies?"
Yan Tingshen remained silent.
"Young Master Sheng." The elder pointed the finger at Sheng Xuanyuan again, shook his head and said, "You were such a child who knew the overall situation, but this time you didn't even know how to advise Young Master Su and go with him?"
Sheng Xuanyuan pursed his lips and did not answer.
Qiong also knew that he was about to be hit next, so he lowered his head and covered his eyes with his bangs, trying to keep out of sight. Unexpectedly, when the elder started to speak, a voice interrupted his words, and his voice was as cold as ice: " Elder Su."
The sound followed the person into the house, Qiong also followed the sound, and the person who came turned out to be Sheng Zijing!
"What's the matter with Second Young Master Sheng?"
Sheng Zijing's eyes swept from Qiong Yi to Sheng Xuanyuan without moving away: "What mistake did my brother make? As the elder brother, I will take care of him. There is no need for the elders to work harder." After that, he waved directly. , to ask Sheng Xuanyuan to leave with him.
The elder of the Su family turned blue, and it was difficult to get angry, so he could only wave and say: "That's all, I said enough, you guys can go out together."
Fortunately, Qiong also avoided being scolded and quickly walked out of the room behind the three of them.
"Brother Zijing, you saved our lives!" Su Ye patted his chest and sighed with a smile.
Sheng Zijing only said: "No need to thank me." He looked at Sheng Xuanyuan and said straightly: "Ah Jing, I have been here for you for a long time. Come home with me."
As soon as these words came out, the four people in front of them had different expressions. Sheng Xuanyuan's face was covered with black lines, Qiong Yi coughed, Su Ye tilted his head to hold back laughter, and Yan Tingshen remained calm.
They obviously just came to the academy from Luoyao!
Not even an hour has come!
Sheng Zijing had no idea that he had been in Qingfeng Town for four or five days. Ever since he heard that his third brother was returning from Beishan, he set off south and came to the school to pick him up, in case he wanted to stay in the school for a long time and was delayed. Practice. But he didn't expect that Sheng Xuanyuan's journey would be so slow, more than three or four days later than he expected.
"Second brother, there is no rush to go back these days."
Sheng Zijing raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
Sheng Xuanyuan couldn't say "I just came from home", so he had to take a roundabout way and said: "I just arrived in Qingfeng Town today. Before returning home, I have to say goodbye to my teacher and classmates. Besides, it has been raining these days, so it is not suitable to travel. .”
"Okay." Sheng Zijing felt that it made sense and relaxed: "I will stay with you for a few more days."
*
The senior brother sent by the Lu family to pick up Qiong Yi had not arrived yet, so Sheng Xuanyuan naturally did not want to leave Qingfeng Town before her.
Qiong Yi returned to his dormitory in the school. After opening the door, the old wooden door made a long creaking sound. Dust was everywhere in the room. Heavy rain was falling. The room was hot and humid, and was filled with a strong smell of wood. Qiong also thought that I would have to stay here for a few days before the senior brothers from the clan came. Then she started cleaning. After packing her luggage, she put the music beads in her sleeves and held an oil-paper umbrella to go to the mansion to find her junior brothers and sisters.
At this time, lectures were being given in the classroom, Qiong was watching from a distance in the corridor, Lu Li was yawning every now and then, and Yang Xiaosi, who was in the classroom next door, was writing like the wind, not knowing what he had memorized.
When school was over, the rain started to lighten up. Qiong also closed her umbrella and stood on the veranda waiting for the two of them to come out. After a while, the disciples filed out. Someone saw her and whispered, "Is that Lu Xiyan?"
"Yeah, he's the one from the Lu family who skipped school and ran away."
"I heard that she and Young Master Sheng got engaged during the Spring Banquet. Is it true?"
Qiong also plugged her ears and said calmly: "It's true."
Everyone was asking each other in low voices, but after hearing her answer, they immediately gathered around and said, "Miss Lu, when did you come back?"
"Junior Sister Lu, what is your current level of cultivation?"
"What junior sister! You can't take advantage of someone if you want to get close, right? You should call me senior sister! Senior sister Lu! Does Cang Yu's famous sword really regard Mr. Su as its master?"
"I also heard that the top three of the ten factions called many people to seize the sword. Is it true?"
Qiong Yi was very perfunctory but replied again and again: "Today, I am an intermediate level animal master, and I really recognize my master, right..."
While she was replying, Yang Xiaosi walked out of the school. His eyes lit up when he saw her, and he shouted "Senior Sister" and rushed towards her. Lu Lanshan, who was walking out of the school, also saw Qiong Yi. After snorting, Turn around and leave.
Yang Xiaosi pushed her way in, ran to Qiong Yi's side, looked around her, took her arm and cried: "Senior sister? Is this really my fifth senior sister? You have been fighting in the world for so long, but you are so lucky!" My little arms and legs are both missing and missing, wuwuwu, I’ve heard a lot of things, but I’m worried about you, senior sister..."
Qiong Yi couldn't laugh or cry: "Yang Xiaosi! Are you rejoicing or are you cursing me?"
"Senior sister!"
Another shocking call came, and everyone looked outside the crowd. Lu Li squeezed in with all his strength: "Senior sister! You are finally back..." When he shuttled to Qiong Yi's side, he did not dare to leave for a moment. Looking closely, I feel that something has changed about her. She does look a little wider, but she has not grown taller. Maybe she has experienced a lot of things, and her temperament is condensed and clear, making her more beautiful and refined.
The disciples looked at them like pendants, one hanging on Qiong Yi's arm and being dragged away by her.
Someone sighed, and his words were full of envy: "I also want a little senior sister like this."
Sheng Xuanyuan passed through the crowd and said indifferently: "Don't think about it."
"The author has something to say: Qiong Yi has grown taller, but Lu Li doesn't think she grew taller because he himself grew faster..."
