After returning from Luzhou, Bai Shuyu has been in a state of low eyebrows and scorn for a long time. He has very no human rights. He rarely speaks when the others are together. He does not dare to refute Li Fenglan's few words. In short, he is very polite. Poor.
The Bai siblings didn't know Bai Shuyu's plan at that time, so they were all wondering: Why was the third brother's face so seriously injured?
Zhu Mingyu and Hubo didn't know anything about Bai Shuyu, but they just didn't understand his humiliation during this period.
Bai Shuyu still followed the team and followed everyone to Chaolan Valley.
When passing Nianzi Mountain, Fu Xiaohu, Tan Wushuang and a group of young people from Chaolan Valley walked with them. It's just that there is an additional girl in this group of people whom Li Fenglan and the others are not very familiar with.
Jade asked Li Fenglan in a low voice: "Who is that girl?"
Li Fenglan thought for a while: "I think I saw him when I went to Nianzi Mountain last year. It seems that his name is Wang Xiaofu."
"What are you doing with Xiaohu?"
Li Fenglan smiled maliciously: "She won't be his future wife, right?"
"not sure."
Li Fenglan looked at Bai Shuyu who was following them, and asked Jade worriedly: "Aren't you afraid that he will be beaten to death? The injuries on his face are not all healed."
"He made his own choice and deserved to be beaten to death."
Jade glanced at the people on Fu Xiaohu's side again and asked, "How many people are missing?"
"They went to Qingzhou with Master Jiu. They probably won't return to the valley this year."
"Mu Zi... what are you going to do?"
Li Fenglan's face looked a little heavy: "Mu Zi has committed a lot of murders in recent years. I have read the information given to me by the Bai family. I am afraid that the hatred on her body will not be eliminated for a year and a half. Everyone who has hatred against her has a blood feud. So, We should really help her, but Yu Li... it's hard to say. Just take it one step at a time."
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After a day's journey, everyone finally arrived at Chaolan Valley.
After entering the valley, Li Fenglan and Feicui felt a little emotional. In the blink of an eye, it had been a year and a half since they left the valley. Fortunately, Chaolan Valley had not changed much.
The children who used to clamor to leave the valley are now more homesick than the other. As soon as they enter the valley, they can't wait to ride their horses and run wildly. The old people in the valley received the news of their return and waited outside the gathering area early. Seeing their children return safely, these heroes who became famous twenty years ago felt heartbroken and other emotions beyond words.
What surprised Li Fenglan was that Li Yuzhuo was also in Chaolan Valley. After the First World War in Luzhou, Li Yuzhuo suddenly disappeared without even contacting his old friends. I thought she would wander around alone in the world like before, but who knew she would return to Chaolan Valley.
"Mother!" Li Fenglan shouted, jumped off the horse and threw herself into Chen Yan's arms.
Chen Yan looked at his three daughters with loving eyes and said softly: "You are finally back. The rooms have been tidied up for you. After a long journey, go and have a rest."
Zhou Xiao smiled and said to Zhu Mingyu and the others, "I have arranged a place for you to stay, so come with me."
The three sons-in-law of the Sword Immortal family followed Zhou Xiao away. Bai Shuyu had lowered his head and kept silent since he entered the valley.
Zhu Mingyu glanced at him and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you? It's like you owe someone money."
Bai Shuyu didn't dare to raise his head and asked in a low voice: "Is anyone staring at me?"
"No. What are you afraid of? Are you really afraid of being beaten? It's okay, it's just me and Mu Yun."
As Zhu Mingyu was talking, he suddenly heard a man not far away smiling and saying, "Isn't this Mr. Bai? You're fine."
Bai Shuyu looked up and saw Zhao Shunlai standing not far away looking at him maliciously. Behind him were several young people who also did not doubt his good intentions.
Bai Shuyu smiled awkwardly: "Brother Zhao, you are fine."
Zhou Xiao said to Zhao Shunlai: "Just in time, Shunlai, you take them to where they live, I have other things to be busy with."
After Zhou Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and left. Bai Shuyu felt that Zhou Xiao must have done it on purpose. He just wanted to take this opportunity to be taught a lesson.
Looking at Zhao Shunlai walking towards them with a sinister smile on his face, Han Lu frowned and said to Zhu Mingyu, "Brother Zhu... there are a lot of people, we may not be able to defeat him."
Zhu Mingyu nodded and patted Bai Shuyu on the shoulder: "Brother-in-law, you wish for good luck."
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Li Yuzhuo stayed with Chen Yan's family after arriving at Chaolan Valley, which made everyone confused. The two of them were very at odds with each other before, so why are they so close to each other like sisters after not seeing each other for twenty years?
In fact, everyone was overthinking it. The reason why Chen Yan ignored Li Yuzhuo was that it was Li Yuzhuo who had been pestering her unilaterally.
Several people were walking towards Chen Yan's house. Li Fenglan and Amber followed Chen Yan on the left and right. They seemed to have returned to their childhood, and they kept talking about what they had seen and said during this period. Jade walked beside Li Yuzhuo silently.
Li Yuzhuo said to Jade: "Jade, I'm sorry."
Jade shook her head: "I don't blame you."
Li Yuzhuo said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't know you were her daughter at first. That time you were poisoned, I noticed something was wrong as soon as I entered the inn. Feng Lan looked exactly like Chen Yi. I was there at that time I thought, since she is fake, who is she really? That night when I was helping you heal your wounds, I looked at you carefully and found that your eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to hers. That was when I was sure."
Jade was silent for a while and asked: "Auntie, my mother... forget it."
Li Yuzhuo chuckled: "It doesn't matter. If you want to ask, you can ask me anytime. I will live in Chaolan Valley for a while."
Jade was confused: "Stay for a while? Do you want to leave?"
"Yeah...I'm not used to staying in one place for too long."
The formerly clean Chaolan Valley has become extremely lively.
At night, Mo Changfeng couldn't wait for the arrival of New Year's Eve, so he held a banquet and everyone celebrated together.
There was a lot of fun during the dinner, and although Han Lu was coming to Chaolan Valley for the first time, he also mingled with the young people.
The only difference was Bai Shuyu. People kept coming over to drink with him. Less than half an hour after the banquet started, he was already drunk and unconscious. The group of jade suitors were still angry, so they woke him up and drank him again.
The hall was still very lively, and the cold dew was too strong for the drink, so he sneaked out to hide from the alcohol. She was staring at the night in the valley in a daze when she suddenly felt someone tapping her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw Li Fenglan looking at her with a smile. Li Fenglan's cheeks were flushed, probably because she drank some wine.
Li Fenglan asked: "Why did you come outside alone?"
"I can't drink anymore because I'm afraid I'll be like Bai Shuyu... You have a good drinker. Last year you drank three glasses of wine."
Li Fenglan stretched, pulled Han Lu to sit down on the steps, and said with a smile, "I can drink six cups now."
Han Lu looked around and sighed: "This is where you grew up."
"Yeah, does it look good?"
"Well...it's not as beautiful as I thought. I always thought the mountains and rivers here were beautiful."
Li Fenglan actually drank more than ten cups, and now she was so confused that she couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. She leaned on Han Lu's shoulder, yawned and closed her eyes, and she snored slightly without much effort.
Zhou Xiao came up from behind the two of them. When Han Lu saw Zhou Xiao, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Uncle Zhou...she drank too much."
Zhou Xiao smiled and nodded: "It's okay. It's okay to have a drink once in a while. Anyway, we are in the valley. She has been tense for more than a year, and she can finally relax."
After Zhou Xiao finished speaking, he walked over and picked up Li Fenglan: "It's cold, don't get cold."
Zhou Xiao walked toward him with his daughter in his arms. After taking two steps, Zhou Xiao turned around and looked at Han Lu, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you standing there? My home is quite far from here. My old arms and legs can't carry her like this." Far."
Han Lu hurriedly stood up and followed.
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As New Year approaches, Thorn Gate is also very lively.
Luzhou won a complete victory in the first battle, which raised the Thorns Sect's status in the world to another level. People bought a lot of agarwood branches
Drinks and drinks to reward the men.
Different from the bustle inside the door, Linghan's room was much deserted.
After she became pregnant, Chen Xiangzhi stopped letting her take charge of the affairs of the church. Now that Xu Qingchen is not here, I will leave things to others to take care of.
During this period of time, she was living alone, thinking about Xu Qingchen in her heart, and she didn't think about food or tea.
He leaned on the desk, patted his belly that was not yet swollen, and silently muttered in his heart: "You must come back safely."
Yang Fan's condition became even worse. He was bedridden after returning from Luzhou. There were several fires burning in the house, and the temperature was so high that he would get angry. Although he received the best medicine and the best doctor, Yang Fan still couldn't get out of bed and was awake only a few hours a day. .
He slowly sat up with the help of Xiong San, coughed twice, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Xiong San patted him on the back: "Young Master Yang, go home after the new year. It's too cold in the mountains."
Yang Fan smiled, shook his head and said, "No, there's no one I care about at home... I'd better stay on the mountain."
Xiong San was a little embarrassed: "I told Qingchen the other day not to look for that secret book. Now Ling is pregnant with the child and it's the Chinese New Year... ugh..."
"I, Yang Fan... I am so lucky. Even though I am so miserable, I am still cared about."
"Okay, just stop saying a few words, drink the medicine and continue to lie down."
"Third brother..." Yang Fan raised his head, "The brothers are so busy outside, why don't you go with them?"
"I'm afraid something will happen to you. Stop talking about this and take medicine."
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Deep in the Taihang Mountains, a young man in ragged clothes walked on a rugged mountain road with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
His face and hands were covered in mud, his hair was a mess, and his eyes were bloodshot.
He was Xu Qingchen. He came to Taiyuan from Luzhou. He slept and ate in the open air all the way, and searched in the Taihang Mountains for several days. He looked as if he had been fished out of a pit, and the moon-white clothes on his body had no color.
Although there is a map to guide you, it is difficult to find the marked points in the vast Taihang Mountains. I had already finished all the dry food I had on me yesterday, and it would take at least two days of walking from here to the inhabited village. At the end of the year, it was freezing and snowy. Even if he found a place now, he would have to lose half his life if he wanted to go down the mountain.
Fortunately, Huangtian paid off, and he finally found the entrance to the cave next to an extremely hidden gravel beach. Making a simple torch, he entered the cave without thinking.
It was cold and damp in the cave, and we walked for more than half an hour before we emerged from the winding tunnel and reached an open area.
Suddenly, he saw a figure in front of him. The man was sitting upright, seemingly with his back to him.
He asked, "Who's there?"
No one answered, so he braved it and walked closer to take a look. He knew this figure from behind, it was his master.
Xu Qingchen hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master!"
The old man didn't respond. Xu Qingchen felt a little strange and walked over with a torch. When he saw the master's face, he realized that the old man was dead and his skin had turned gray. It looked like he had been dead for several days.
Although the master and apprentice had a very unpleasant quarrel before, at least they had the kindness to bring him up. Xu Qingchen couldn't help but burst into tears and knelt down in front of the old man's body to cry.
After crying for a long time, Xu Qingchen raised his head to look at his master. Only then did he realize that his master did not die of natural causes. There was black blood flowing out of his facial features, which was very abnormal, as if he had died of poisoning.
Xu Qingchen thought to himself: The master should have arrived at least a few days earlier than him. Who poisoned the master?
Xu Qingchen, who was hungry and sleepy, didn't want to think about this. He wanted to lay the master's body flat, but the old man's body was already stiff and his joints couldn't move at all, so he had to let the old man sit here cross-legged.
He continued walking deeper into the cave and finally found the Master's "Sutra-Tiding Pavilion". A dazzling array of secret books were placed in front of him, including paper books and bamboo slips. There are daily items such as stoves and firewood not far from the secret book. It seems that the master often lives here.
There were too many secrets, and it was extremely difficult to find the "Great Health Gong" in a short time. In desperation, he had to check the stove first to see if there was any
food.
As expected, the master put some rice, flour, grain and oil here, which was enough for him to survive for at least four or five days.
After lighting the stove, there was some warmth in the cave.
Afterwards, he went outside to carry Master's body out of the cave and picked up a lot of firewood from the mountain. He originally wanted to dig a grave to bury his master, but it was so cold and freezing that he couldn't dig any soil, so he had to burn his master to ashes first and bury him later when he had the chance.
Seeing the flames soaring into the sky, and the master gradually turning into ashes in the fire, Xu Qingchen's fatigue from the past few days finally came back, and he collapsed on the ground, almost passing out.
