noon

At a post station outside the west city of Hangzhou, Yue Hanzhi was sitting alone drinking tea. She looked at her package on the table and subconsciously turned her head to look in a certain direction in the city. There should be a newly renovated villa somewhere.

At the same time in the Beicheng Bamboo Forest, Lin Manliu and Jiang Yanlin had just parted. The boy in a short shirt was riding a horse and galloping north to check if there was any sign of anyone coming. After walking for another half an hour, he saw a mountain similar to the one he came from.

Side pavilion.

There was a man sitting in the pavilion drinking tea, and his clothes were somewhat familiar. They were not the clothes worn by the man holding the umbrella just now. The man's bamboo umbrella was still beside the table. He tightened his reins and stopped, ready to meet the enemy at any time.

"You are Ye Dangting's disciple, right?" A subtle yet clear voice could be heard coming from the pavilion.

Lin Manliu did not reply. He had already held Shan Yexing around his waist with one hand. If this person wanted to chase him, it would be easy for him. He must be careful and find the right opportunity to escape.

"The strength of the Sword-Forming Peak is useless to me. I may be more familiar with the Sword-raising Art of Mountains and Rivers than you are, and the Surge of Bamboo in the Spring Mountain may be even worse than mine. What kind of sword do you want to use against me?"

The man in the pavilion just raised his tea bowl and blew the hot air on it gently, and said slowly and unhurriedly.

The boy in a short shirt was a little shocked by what the person in front of him said and didn't know what else to do. These words must have meant that he knew his journey well or was very familiar with Ye Dangting and his master, so he could only clasp his fists on the horse and say to the pavilion.

: "Senior, since I know my master, and Zhu Lin has not made any killing moves before, why should I discuss this with you?"

"I'm just in a good mood to say a few words and ask you a few questions. The first question is, if you don't hold the sword firmly, don't imitate those heroes who want to punish evil and promote good. How do you distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil?" Ting Ting

The middle man held a bamboo leaf between his fingers and placed it in front of him to observe.

Recalling the past and the present, the young man in a short shirt said solemnly: "There is no need to distinguish between good and evil. Just like what I saw in the bamboo forest today, the bad guys brutally killed the carriage guards. They are evil, and you have to judge them forcefully."

There is a difference between good and evil. If you want to impose your ideas on me, you are evil."

"If the carriage successfully returns to Yuezhou and succeeds further, it will cause the mountains and rivers to collapse and the rivers and lakes to be destroyed. Is their move evil?" The man in the pavilion twisted the bamboo leaves and pointed quickly at the young man riding the horse outside the pavilion.

, the tips of the bamboo leaves also pointed over.

"These things are not yet known. Whether you want to say that Jiang Yanlin will cause cholera in the future, or that someone will use him to cause disasters, it is not influenced by him now." The boy in a short shirt faced the bamboo leaf that seemed to be shooting at him at any time.

said.

"This is the disciple you taught...the kindness of women." The words coming out of the pavilion seemed to be a bit sarcastic.

I saw the bamboo leaves suddenly stirred violently, but only for a moment before they fell lightly again, slowly landing on the stone steps and returning to peace. The man in the pavilion had already grabbed his umbrella and pinned it under his arm, preparing to walk out of the pavilion and head north.

go.

When Lin Manliu saw that the man was about to leave, he immediately said: "Senior's eyes are far better than mine is now. Naturally, the two sides have different thoughts. I hope you can forgive me."

But there was no response. The man holding the bamboo umbrella just turned his back and waved goodbye to him.

The young man in a short shirt suddenly blurted out for some unknown reason: "Senior, how long have you been drinking tea in the pavilion? Have you ever seen a woman in blue passing by? Since senior, I know all the journey, I will naturally know what I am asking."

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Finally the man turned around and said: "No, by the way, whether it is your master sending a letter or you sending a letter home, it has been the third time from me. You need to be careful if you want to convey information in the future."

After waving goodbye, his hand movements became a little bigger, just to say goodbye to the boy in short shirt completely, so the man took the bamboo umbrella under his arm and left.

When we got here, we met this strong man holding an umbrella, but we still got some results and confirmed that Miss Yue probably didn’t go here to Jiangning. Maybe she hadn’t left the city yet... maybe it was too early to leave the city, so I couldn’t catch up.

If you don't want to go, you should give up the idea of ​​going to find someone to say goodbye properly.

Lin Manliu turned his horse around and prepared to go back and forth to Hangzhou City. When he passed by the bamboo forest where the fight was taking place, he was shocked again. The traces of the fight and the scattered bamboo leaves on the ground had all been erased. There were only broken bamboos.

It is cut off and pruned directly from the root.

If he hadn't been fighting here personally just now, he wouldn't have known that there had been a siege not long ago. While sighing at the decisiveness of these men in black and the man holding the umbrella, the boy in short shirt also accelerated his pace back to the city.

It didn't take long for him to return to the city of Hangzhou. The young man had just passed the post station where he stayed when he first arrived in Hangzhou with the caravan. He couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion. When he came, he set off from his hometown with the caravan, but now he was alone.

Although he was about to return, he and the old liar in yellow would be the only ones left in the future.

I couldn't help but start to think about what happened from the moment I walked out of Fengcheng. While I was still reminiscing about the past, I remembered a voice from behind: "I said Lin Manliu, what are you doing standing here? I wanted to talk to you when I went back."

It was time to leave, but Chongying told me that you ran out in a hurry, leaving me here in a daze while looking for the consequences."

The words that seemed to be lecturing and a little bit joking woke up the boy in a short shirt who was looking stupidly at the inn. This voice was all too familiar. It had been following him since they met in Qianzhou. Lin Manliu quickly turned around and looked at

passed.

He saw a woman in blue clothes and a curtain hat standing four or five steps behind him. The boy in a short shirt subconsciously asked: "Miss Yue?".

"Are there other girls who would come out to look for you, a little brat, in broad daylight?".

"Why didn't you tell me that you were leaving...?"

"...Didn't I come back to tell you, and I also left a letter?"

"Well..." Lin Manliu didn't know how to answer the question.

"Huh? Let's talk as we walk, heading to the west of the city," Yue Hanzhi responded with a little displeasure.

Then the two of them strolled towards the west city gate. Only then did Lin Manliu remember that both the inn and the river crossing boat were indeed in the west of the city. It was indeed inappropriate for him to go straight to the north of the city.

The two of them walked through the west city gate at once. When they arrived, Yue Hanzhi was already at the tea stall of the post station where she had been drinking tea. She originally planned to lead the horses reserved in the post station, but Lin Manliu handed the reins in his hands to the woman in blue.

He said in front of him: "I heard from the old liar that these are the horses that were retired from the military horse farm in the past few years. They are only inferior to those cavalry horses. It will definitely be faster to use these horses."

The curtain hat was slightly tilted, as if the person under the hat was thinking about something, and then Yue Hanzhi took the reins and said: "Okay, the horse in the inn will be yours. I will use this horse to ride on you now."

Compete?".

The young man hummed and went to lead out the thin yellow horse from the inn. It looked quite strong at first, but compared with the horse next to him, it looked a little thin.

However, after both of them got on their horses, they just rode their horses towards the distance and galloped along the official road without deliberately competing for speed. After reaching a mountain path, the speed slowed down even more.

The thin yellow horse that Lin Manliu was riding could still eat weeds on the roadside from time to time. They walked on the mountain road to Hangzhou and passed the roadside pavilion where they first met the old liar. They walked like this for a long time.

The sky at this time is much redder than at noon. It seems that the sunset is about to arrive, and the red sun is slowly setting in the west.

"Just send it here, you can go back." Yue Hanzhi suddenly said.

"Well...take care Miss Yue".

There was no response, only the sudden silence in the forest. The young man in a short shirt was at a loss and began to scratch his hair with one hand, and quietly looked at the woman in blue clothes and hat in front of him.

I just heard a sigh from under the curtain hat, and then I heard: "Lin Manliu, do you remember how old you are this year?"

"Sixteen!" Lin Manliu blurted out immediately, but seemed to dare not look ahead.

"You are already an adult. When we meet, we always part ways. Why are you so afraid? Look at me!".

The boy in a short shirt followed the voice and looked squarely at the woman in blue in front of him, and hummed in response.

"We'll see each other again after this. The sky is high and the sea is vast, so we may never see each other again. I hope you will cherish it..." Yue Hanzhi took off his hat and looked at the young man who was looking at him and said.

"May I treasure it..." Lin Manliu just murmured three words, his eyes flickering as he wanted to remember the scene in front of him and the figure in the sun.
Chapter completed!