There are a total of these five words written on a narrow piece of paper.

The handwriting is so ugly that it can't be seen at all. From the first stroke, it's trembling, and the more you write, it becomes more and more sloppy. The last word escape is almost in shape, and the last stroke almost flew up, dragging out a long tail, and there is no more behind it. It seems that the person who writes can no longer write a stroke.

Tang Zhao looked left and right, staring at the note, as if he wanted to see these five words long and old.

Then, he put down the note and saw the confused Jiang Shenyi.

Jiang Shenyi was angry and confused. He was the one who smashed the cup and plate in an instant, and he was the one who sat on the table now.

At this moment, it is difficult to describe a mood with an emotion.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Jiang Shenyi finally said, "What does it mean?"

Tang Zhao opened his mouth and finally could only repeat: "The eldest brother has defected."

Jiang Shenyi's voice became hoarse: "What is defection... How is defection considered? How should the elder brother defect? ​​"

He repeated it several times in a row, and Tang Zhao knew what he meant - for Zhuoyu Villa, what should the eldest brother do to be considered a defector?

Zhuoyu Villa is not an army or a secret organization. What kind of thing does it mean to defect or not?

Back then, the second senior brother and his master had a big fight and went down the mountain by themselves. He had never come back after leaving for several years. Xue Xianyun now mentioned him and cursed him, but is this considered him defecting?

The eldest brother and the master are as close as father and son. Even if there is a conflict, they run away in anger. Even if they say they smashed something or even hurt people, at most the master scolded him, and even opened the door and went out, they would not be able to defect after all, right?

What exactly did he do?

Jiang Shenyi's eyes moved slightly, and suddenly pointed to the owl on the table and said, "I remembered it! That's... a big... a Shi Chunqing owl!"

Tang Zhao nodded. He didn't recognize it at first, but after seeing those words, he remembered it. It was the gift Xue Yeyu gave to his senior brother when they left Zhuoyu Villa to celebrate Shi Chunqing's birthday.

The situation at that time is still vivid in my mind.

Jiang Shenyi was a little anxious and said, "What is it here to do? Is it sending a letter? Is it sending you a letter alone? What is it written on the letter?"

Xue Yeyu's letter was for the two of them, while Shi Chunqing's letter was for Tang Zhao.

After the owl came in, he found Tang Zhao directly, which was obviously a private message to Tang Zhao.

Moreover, it put down the letter and refused to leave. Before, Tang Zhao thought the bird of prey was hungry and wanted to fix it. But after seeing the letter, he suddenly woke up--

It should be Shi Chunqing's order. After sending the letter, don't go back.

Perhaps it is to prevent tracking, or perhaps it is to show that everything in Zhuoyu Villa must be broken completely.

Tang Zhao resisted his mood and tried to calmly open the thin bamboo tube. He also took out a piece of paper. When he saw it, he suddenly changed color. He reached out and pinched the paper, pinching it into a ball, and his fingers shook slightly.

Jiang Shenyi was stunned instead, and he found that Tang Zhao was already out of trouble.

It was not surprising that Tang Zhao was angry, Jiang Shenyi was also angry, but when he saw the words Shi Chunqing defected, he was obviously not so angry.

What did Shi Chunqing write to him that made him suddenly so angry?

Shi Chunqing defected and did not write letters to others, but wrote them to Tang Zhao. Is there any unfairness that he came to mock him?

Jiang Shenyi felt a little curious and went up to take the note that was almost crushed by Tang Zhao. When he opened it, he found that it was two lines of words, which were a couplet:

"No one has ever asked about his ten years of hard work, and he became famous in the world in one fell swoop."

In addition, there is no beginning or end, no signature. It should be Shi Chunqing's handwriting - Jiang Shenyi does not recognize Shi Chunqing's words.

This is……

Jiang Shenyi seemed to understand, but he didn't, and said, "Is this his confession? He felt that the mountain was too hard and he paid too much, and no one cared about him, so he did this?"

Although Jiang Shenyi had not thought about it much before, these two sentences were very straightforward and not difficult to understand.

Did you defect because you felt it was unfair?

It's possible, but...why...this is it?!

"It's a confession, and it's also an answer to me."

Tang Zhao replied, still angry and wanted to take something from the table and throw it. Unfortunately, Jiang Shenyi was overwhelmed, leaving him full of depression.

"When I celebrated my birthday that day, I wrote him a couplet-"

"The sword is sharpened by sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold."

"When he left, he gave me another answer. These two sentences - damn!" Tang Zhao finally thumped the table hard and made a thumping sound.

Jiang Shenyi asked in confusion: "Isn't this a good thing to bless? He said that his efforts will be rewarded, and he will be able to end the hardships. Why did he specifically answer you? Do he think that you don't feel pain when you stand and speak, and you don't deserve to encourage him, so he wrote a letter to refute? Wait--"

He walked around the place for half a circle, "No, it's so weird. You guys seem to have a tacit understanding that others don't understand. Are you so good in your relationship? Or... when you were on the mountain, did you already notice that he had something wrong with it? What are you even guessing?"

The more he thought about it, the more right he was, he reached out and grabbed Tang Zhao and said, "Is this right? Tang Zhao?"

Tang Zhao and he looked at each other, and after a while, he nodded slightly.

Jiang Shenyi was furious and pushed him hard, saying, "You bastard! You guessed it long ago... Why didn't you tell your mentor? Why didn't you tell us? Are you with him?"

Tang Zhao asked back, "Who said I didn't tell the master? Since I noticed it, why didn't I tell the master?"

Jiang Shenyi was stunned and said, "You told your mentor all? Then why are you still..."

Still made like this?

Tang Zhao did not answer and said, "As for you... how do I tell you? How do I tell other fellow disciples? I just realized that something was wrong at that time. At that time, the eldest brother left for a year and brought back the precious material for master to cast swords, "Breast and Cold Qi". Master also gave me a little. When I went to analyze, I found that the bitter and cold Qi was not pure, mixed with a part of the "Breast and Cold Qi" with similar natures and completely different 'Breast and cold Qi'. If Master did not identify it, he would definitely fail at the last moment."

That night he threw the bitter and cold air into the pool water, and the fairy came up twice. The first time was for the bitter and cold air, and the second time was for the cold air. From then on, he guessed that Shi Chunqing was not thinking right.

In fact, if he had noticed no signs before?

After a year, Shi Chunqing returned from Liangzhou in the north and was actually hunted down by the Baixiong Mountain thieves in Lingzhou in the south. Isn't this strange? One south and one north, there are different roads, and it is difficult to get around. How could his enemy be Baixiong Mountain? And at that time, he only had the material of bitter and cold smell. Although it was precious, it was a standard swordsman material. The gang of bandits in Baixiong Mountain were asking for wealth. What were these materials?

Furthermore, when it comes to dealing with the captured Baixiong Mountain thieves, Shi Chunqing wanted to kill them without asking them, and they all killed them, hurriedly as if they were silenced. Manager Liu did not kill them all directly, but wanted to torture them, but the bandits actually committed suicide one after another. How could they look like bandits? They clearly looked like dead soldiers.

The involvement in this is hard to explain.

This is still well-founded suspicion. If you say it is unfounded... Tang Zhao was vaguely uneasy when he came back from Shi Chunqing.

But can we prove that the senior brother who has worked hard for Zhuoyu Villa for twenty or thirty years?

Not to mention these things that make mistakes, even if you hate the cold, there is room for criticism. If you are accidentally, the materials collected are impure, or if you encounter unexpected pollution, what can you do if you apologize at most?

On the contrary, Tang Zhao, although he is favored by his brother and sister, if he confronts his elder brother, even if he has some evidence, as long as it is not ironclad, he will definitely not be able to win.

A villa is like a family. Can anyone who makes sense win if he wins? Could it be that whoever is close to everyone wins?

Originally, Tang Zhao planned to make indirect moves, and even called the police to remind his master with a letter before leaving, but after thinking about it, he secretly met his master at night and told him what he knew. He did not get a reply until he left.

The result was still like this.

Don’t look at Jiang Shenyi’s angry at this time. If Tang Zhao had used those clues to tell him everything he guessed, it would be not certain who Jiang Shenyi was on.

Only at this moment, he will review the matter with his senior brother again.

"Actually, the elder brother was very strange since he came back. He sighed and said that he was not talented and wasted his youth. He was full of envy for his younger brothers and sisters with higher talent, and his desire to be depressed and unsuccessful. This may be his true feelings, but when it comes to it again and again, it seems like he is making up his mind."

"Is that true..." Jiang Shenyi frowned and recalled deeply that Shi Chunqing had a lot of contact with him after returning to the mountain. He brought the injured Shi Chunqing back to the villa, but... was there something wrong at that time?

Tang Zhao said seriously: "Yes. When I didn't realize that he really had ill intentions, I thought he was just depressed and worried in his heart, so I had a stupid idea. Is it because we care too little about our elder brother? He took care of us year after year, taught us knowledge, gave us gifts, and cared about our lives, but although we respected him, we rarely really got close to him. For example... When I chatted with him about Junior Sister Hua's birthday that day, I realized that he and Junior Sister Hua's birthday were the same month. But I never knew. I celebrated Junior Sister Hua's birthday every year, and never gave it to him."

Jiang Shenyi was stunned and said softly: "This idea... is not stupid. I don't know his birthday either. I went to the mountain for several years than you in the morning, and I never thought of asking. I don't know him at all. Senior brother... To me, it's like a father and brother. I just think he is a good senior brother, taking care of us, tolerating us, and helping us..."

"But--" Jiang Shenyi suddenly said angrily: "If he really feels disappointed, he will naturally get tired of us, annoy us, and alienate us, why do he betray his mentor?"

Tang Zhao shook his head. How did he know the entanglement between Shi Chunqing and Xue Xianyun? He just followed the stupid thoughts in his heart and tried his best to remedy it in a stupid way. For example, he asked everyone to celebrate his senior brother's birthday with a lively birthday. Everyone gathered around him to bless him and gave him gifts, so that Shi Chunqing knew that we younger brothers and sisters were not really heartless, but everyone loved you.

For example, if you give him a couplet, it is not a chicken soup for encouragement, but a reminder to Shi Chunqing that no matter how we young people ignore you, the master always values ​​you the most. In his heart, you are the most important thing, and no one can compare to him. He is so kind to you, will you regret it for life?

However, in the end, the stupid method is a stupid method. It may cover up some flaws, but it cannot reunite the broken mirror.

It’s hard to collect the water!

Fortunately, Tang Zhao was not stupid, so he finally chose to remind Xue Xianyun directly that on the night before he went down the mountain, he entered the Jade Insurgency alone.

As a result, even though he was polite, Xue Xianyun was furious and chased him all the way. Tang Zhao had to run away overnight to let the old man figure it out.

Maybe he is too conservative.

Whether it was thunder or touching his emotions, Xue Xianyun did not handle this matter well. In short, the matter has come to this day. He was not a skilled person, otherwise why would the master and apprentice like his father and son have come to this day?

Who knows whether his disposal resolves or inspires conflicts?

Or it was unsolvable from the beginning.

"I don't know how it's going on the mountain..." Tang Zhao thought of this, and only worries remained. "Let's put aside other things first, let's go back to the mountain!"
Chapter completed!