The next day, the three of them packed their luggage early. Before leaving, Gu Xiaotian thought it would be better to say goodbye.
Cheng Sanyi walked out of the room and saw the three people carrying luggage. He smiled and said, "You're on your way in such a hurry?"
Gu Xiaotian responded with a smile: "There are many things to do, and you can't spend time in one place all the time."
Cheng San nodded, looking satisfied.
This kid is still sober.
Looking at the direction Gu Xiaotian was going, Cheng Sanyi asked, "Are you going to say goodbye to Lu?"
Gu Xiaotian smiled and nodded.
"Don't go, he might get even more confused if you go."
"how do I say this?"
"I am an old acquaintance with the man named Lu. I know him very well. When he was young, he was really majestic. He was very powerful in playing with a long knife. There are few people in the world who are not afraid of him. Yes. But as he gets older, he becomes timid, afraid of this and that. After all, he is still worried about his daughter, but this is human nature and everyone can understand it."
Gu Xiaotian said oh, but still wanted to say goodbye.
At the very least, we have to hear Lu Zhan’s final answer.
Even if it is rejection, that is the answer, at least cut off the thought.
...
In the past few days, Lu Zijing could clearly feel that her father was different from before.
My father before was smiling all day long.
I practice swordsmanship in the morning, deal with sect affairs at noon, and come to read with her in the evening and tell her the rumors in the world.
But these days, Lu Zijing has not been able to see her father at night.
Lu Zijing secretly ran to the door of her father's room, opened a small gap, and took a closer look, but she didn't see her father.
Gauguin chased him out at this time, and quickly pulled Lu Zijing away, saying in a low voice: "Second Miss, didn't I tell you, the master of the door has something to do these days, so don't disturb him."
Lu Zijing walked away from Gauguin with a look of reluctance, "Senior executive, my father hasn't been with me these days. I have to know what happened to him, right?"
Gauguin was in trouble for a while.
Lu Zhan had repeatedly told Gao Guin about this matter, never to tell the second lady.
I remembered a voice in the backyard.
"Executive executive, are you busy?"
Gauguin quickly looked back and saw Gu Xiaotian walking in carrying a package.
Gauguin hurriedly stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "Did Young Master Gu come to see the sect master again?"
"Yes, I'm leaving, so I should say hello to your master."
Lu Zijing ran up from the side, pointed at Gu Xiaotian's nose and asked: "You guy, you pester my father all day long, do you want to force my father to do bad things?"
Looking at Lu Zijing's bulging little face, Gu Xiaotian thought it was very cute.
The little girl took out her father's anger for not accompanying her on him.
Gu Xiaotian handed a package to Lu Zijing, which contained some delicious food.
Lu Zijing pushed the package away, unwilling to take it.
Gao Geng accepted the package for Lu Zijing and said, "Young Master Gu is preparing to leave today?"
Gu Xiaotian nodded and said regretfully: "Yes, I didn't expect to leave, and I didn't even meet the door owner."
Gauguin said awkwardly: "The sect master is indeed in trouble today. I am here to apologize to you for the sect master. If you have anything else to say, I can tell the sect master for you."
Gu Xiaotian waved his hand, "No, this may be called fate not yet arrived. It won't be too late to wait until we meet again next time."
When Gu Xiaotian left, Gauguin breathed a long sigh of relief.
In fact, he knows where the door owner is.
He thought he could help the door owner to delay for a while, and if he couldn't delay anymore, he would take him to see him.
But Gu Xiaotian was fine, he just waved and left without even saying fate.
But it saved him a lot of trouble.
Lu Zijing said dissatisfiedly: "Senior executives, why have you all become so mysterious since he came?"
Gauguin touched the second lady's head and said: "Second lady, it is inconvenient for you to know about this matter. The master of the house is doing this for your own good."
Lu Zijing snorted angrily, stamped her feet and left.
Gauguin sighed, stepped gently over the threshold, and knocked three times in front of a bookshelf.
After waiting for a response from inside, Gauguin moved the bookshelf away to reveal a secret door and walked in.
"Has anyone come?"
Gauguin nodded, "Have you been here?"
"What's in this package?"
Gauguin opened the package and said awkwardly: "A bunch of food seems to be for the second lady."
"He didn't ask you to bring anything?"
Gauguin shook his head, "No, when I heard you weren't here, I said something about fate not coming yet."
Lu Zhan had been staying in this secret door all night, groping for his long knife, and murmured: "Yes, the fate has not come yet. Gauguin, do you think I am a little too selfish?"
"Sect Master, you are worrying too much. You are also doing it for the sake of Tiandao Sect."
Lu Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "I am only here for the Heavenly Sword Sect, not for the people of the world."
Gauguin forced a smile and said softly: "Master, I have some opinions on this matter."
"tell me the story."
"Master, you always take matters into your own hands. We, the servants, see it in our eyes and feel pain in our hearts. Why don't you ask everyone for their opinions?"
Lu Zhan was stunned.
Indeed, as the leader of the sect, he always takes care of everything.
He never asked other disciples for their opinions.
But he also did this for the sake of Tian Dao Sect.
Did he really do something wrong?
Lu Zhan said, "Stay back. I think I have the answer to this matter."
...
Cheng Sanyi sent the three of them to the Tiandao Gate with a smile. Looking at Gu Xiaotian's expression, he had already guessed it and asked, "Are you feeling unhappy because you were rejected?"
Gu Xiaotian shook his head, "There's nothing to be unhappy about. Just be mentally prepared."
Cheng Sanyi nodded his head and mocked: "You are still too young, don't forget who is behind you."
Gu Xiaotian wondered: "Heaven and Earth Alliance, I moved out a long time ago, but look, the result is still like this?"
Cheng Sanyi shook his head and cursed: "Why are you still so confused?"
Gu Xiaotian pretended to be serious and obedient, cupped his hands and said, "If Teacher Cheng wants to scold me, just scold me directly, no need to beat around the bush."
Cheng Sanyi laughed a few times, then deliberately lowered his voice, "There are Oju Haishan and the Imperial Palace behind you."
Gu Xiaotian raised his eyebrows, not understanding the meaning.
After being reminded here, Cheng Sanyi stopped talking.
Arriving in front of the city gate, Cheng San returned here as soon as he arrived.
Gu Xiaotian wasn't asking anything. He was thinking about what Cheng Sanyi said along the way.
What Oju Haishan and the imperial palace are behind him?
They just have an agreement with themselves.
If we move them out, wouldn't it be like using chicken feathers as ceremonial arrows?
What's more, Gu Xiaotian always likes to convince others with virtue, and he doesn't like this kind of bullying.
...
Cheng Sanyi, who returned to Tian Daomen, was not idle either, and stepped into the backyard alone.
At this time, Lu Zhan had already come out of the darkroom, made a pot of tea and sat under a big willow tree.
Today, he has no intention of practicing swordsmanship.
Cheng Sanyi smiled and stepped into the backyard, treating it as his own backyard without any courtesy, and sat down opposite Lu Zhan.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Lu Zhan filled up the tea and said with a smile, "I never thought that one day we would sit face to face like this.
Drink tea. "
Cheng Sanyi curled his lips and patted the knife on his waist, "Then we are having a fight today?"
Lu Zhan waved his hand and said no.
He doesn't have that thought right now.
"Lao Lu, as we get older, why does our fighting spirit also get older?"
Cheng Sanyi laughed at Lu Zhan, and then he babbled and recounted a bunch of things he had done with Lu Zhan one by one.
The more he talked, the more excited he became, and in the end he even started dancing and fidgeting with the knife from time to time.
At the end of the story, the two laughed loudly and talked about their state of mind at that time.
Cheng Sanyi picked up the tea cup, moistened his throat, and asked, "Old Lu, if we could go back ten years ago, would you agree?"
Lu Zhan's smile froze and he lowered his eyebrows.
After a long time, Lu Zhan said calmly: "Probably."
He only gave an ambiguous answer.
Cheng Sanyi shook his head and said, "If I could go back ten years ago, I don't think I would agree."
Lu Zhan asked in confusion: "Why?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lu Zhan suddenly understood and apologized awkwardly, then patted Cheng Sanyi on the shoulder like an old friend.
Cheng Sanyi closed his eyes, and that painful memory appeared in his mind.
Finally, he slowly opened his eyes and waved his hand, "Sometimes if you put yourself in your shoes, I can understand your choice."
Lu Zhan sighed.
Why not?
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.
Rubbing his face, Cheng Sanyi said: "Old Lu, but I still want to help that kid fight for it. You know what I want."
Lu Zhan nodded numbly and pointed to the sky.
In fact, the two old rivals have been fighting for so many years. If they really want to distinguish themselves, there is no one.
But for so many years, although the two of them didn't talk about each other's life, they actually still missed each other in their hearts.
After all, it is enough for a person to have one opponent in his life.
Lu Zhan asked: "How to fight for it?"
Cheng Sanyi pointed into the distance and said, "That boy has Kyoto behind him. If the Gu family and the imperial palace put forward these two conditions, no one from any sect in the world would refuse."
Lu Zhan twitched his lips, it was indeed true.
The last massacre of thousands of people in the Gu family in Kyoto caused an uproar, and it can be said that the city was full of uproar. Although we don't know what exactly happened at that time, there has been a saying from person to person, saying that the imperial palace has completely sided with the Gu family. This way.
This statement is actually somewhat funny upon closer inspection.
When will the imperial palace stand behind an ordinary big family?
It's simply ridiculous.
"And Oju Haishan. It's no exaggeration to say that this place is the gray middle zone of the entire eight wastelands. They all chose to stand behind that kid. Isn't this enough to prove the charm of this kid?"
Lu Zhan opened his mouth.
He has actually inquired about these things in the past few days, and that is exactly what happened.
If a person sees something wrong, it can only be said that his vision is somewhat poor.
But now, all the prominent forces and figures in the entire Bahuang have their eyes on Gu Xiaotian at the same time. Could it be that all these people are mistaken?
Cheng Sanyi patted Lu Zhan on the shoulder, "Old Lu, I told you earlier that this was a bet, but it was actually a little inaccurate."
"Then this isn't a bet, what is it?"
"It's a choice. We just chose Gu Xiaotian, but it doesn't mean that we won't work hard in the future. It doesn't mean that we will just watch all this quietly."
Silence, speechlessness.
Lu Zhan thought for a long time and slowly stood up, his hand already on the scabbard.
Cheng Sanyi raised his eyebrows and asked doubtfully, "What do you mean?"
"Let's fight. If I win, I will listen to you. If I lose, I will listen to you."
Cheng Sanyi stood up with a smile and said a little speechlessly: "Old Lu, if you had said this earlier, I would have had a fight with you.
Still wasting so much of my breath? "
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhan had already unsheathed his sword, startling Luo Ye Xiaoxiao.
In the backyard of Tian Dao Men, the sky and the earth surged, and the light of the sword flashed.
The two top sword wielders in Bahuang today are working hard for one thing, and they drop their swords without leaving any force behind.
This fight was very exciting, the most exciting one they had fought in the past ten years.
It was the most inexplicable fight.
This fight alarmed everyone in the Tian Dao Sect, and they all rushed to the backyard to watch, with nothing but admiration left.
Standing in the backyard and looking at his father, Lu Zian said in surprise: "This is the first time I have seen my father use a knife like this."
...
The last knife fell, and someone sheathed the knife.
"I won."
The winner leaves the backyard.
The loser sat on the ground and suddenly laughed happily, and then just sighed softly, "I lost."
