Bright Moon and Cold Thousand Mountains

The early autumn rain that fell on the ground only had time to moisten the tip of the green grass, leaving a little water mark, which was swept away by the hem of the clothes that walked by quickly.As soon as the sun rises, the dew will end its short mission.

And Mochizuki Island has never had frost and snow.

The blue-colored figure was already familiar with the road when he walked through the maze. He bypassed those blindfolds and went straight to the water pavilion.

On the Qingfeng Pavilion, the plaque of "Slightly Rainy Jiangnan" is no longer there, and there is no new one hanging up, showing a little lonely.

At this moment, all the white gauze curtains on all sides were drawn up, revealing a desk and pillow mats on all sides, and several people were already chatting among them.Hearing the sound of footsteps, the young man in black sitting to the west quickly stood up: "Junior Brother, you are late!"

He just smiled and ignored the young man's provocation, and said politely: "Master, two senior brothers."

Slender, with handsome features, a young man who has just reached the age of weak crown, with a high nose and full lips, with a pair of almond eyes, he looks a little unnatural, but because his face is paler than ordinary people, he looks particularly indifferent.Only when she smiled, her brows and eyes were crooked, and her eyelashes fluttered like a crow's feathers when she drooped, making her look a little more youthful and cute—it was Liu Shiqi.

The woman in the center smiled and said, "Don't talk about those vain etiquettes, Seventeen, you sit first."

Liu Shiqi responded, and sat down on the pillow mat in the south, glanced at the senior brothers on both sides with round eyes.Feng Tingyun lowered his head, as if he was seriously studying the color of the tea soup, while Xie Xingzhou still had the same half smile, everything was the same as usual, but Liu Shiqi was beating drums in his heart.

Since he joined Yi Chunqiu's sect, she rarely called the three of them to her at the same time. What's more, Xie Xingzhou was ordered to go to the Central Plains a month ago, and he came back so soon. Could it be that something happened to Wangyue Island?

Sure enough, the next moment, Yi Chunqiu said: "I don't have many disciples, there are only three of you, I asked you to come together today, because I have something important to discuss." She took out a letter from her big sleeve, put it on the case, As if afraid that the three of them might not be able to see clearly, he pushed it forward again until it was placed in the center.

Feng Tingyun frowned, and was the first to recognize the source of the letter: "Red Rose, this is the seal of the Beichuan School. Could it be that the letter was sent by them? They know..."

Yi Chunqiu said: "No, this letter was intercepted by Xing Zhou. Xing Zhou, tell me."

Hearing this, Xie Xingzhou was not shy, and said: "A month ago, there was a fight in a restaurant in the Lanling area, and one of them said, 'You can come to my Moon Sect for revenge'. Master suspected that it was caused by that person." So I asked me to check their whereabouts. When I got there, I found the restaurant where those people had fought, and found nothing. I was about to return, but someone in the restaurant mistakenly thought that I was an accomplice of those fakes, and went back again. After returning, he said to lead me to the place explained by the 'superior'. So I followed his plan and left with him."

Liu Shiqi: "What happened next?"

Xie Xingzhou slapped him on the back of the head: "Don't worry. I followed that man to a mansion in the city. There are already many capable people living in it. During the conversation, I learned that they are all planning to go to Linzi to participate in the Beichuan Academy. Leading the talk meeting. Those people have never heard of 'Watching the Moon Island', and the introducer only knows about 'Dou Zhuan Xing Yi', thinking it is a new sect. But what is certain is that now someone is pretending to be a disciple of the sect and bluffing outside. I think It's a big matter, that person might go to the conference, so he stole an invitation."

Liu Shiqi was speechless at the moment, seeing the expressions of Yi Chunqiu and Feng Tingyun next to him who were used to it, he probably understood that this was indeed something only Xie Xingzhou could do.

"It is written in the post that the talk meeting will be on August [-]th one month later." Feng Tingyun picked it up and flipped through it, "Master, maybe someone among us should go and investigate carefully."

Yi Chunqiu nodded and said: "That's why I asked you to come. No matter who has any intentions, this matter is inseparable from Wangyue Island. They intend to drag us into the water. We can't sit and wait for death. Instead, we should preemptively attack—I The idea is that Xingzhou will take Shiqi to the meeting, what do you think?"

Before the other two could answer, Liu Shiqi couldn't help raising his voice: "Shall I go?"

Yi Chunqiu smiled and said: "You have reached the crown this year, and you are already an adult. This trip with the boat is also the first time you have set foot in the Central Plains after seven years. Talk less about things, listen more and watch more. You always have to deal with people, don't you?" May have lived on this island forever."

When she spoke to Liu Shiqi, her voice was very gentle, as if a mother was telling her thousands of times. Liu Shiqi didn't expect to have a day to leave, so she couldn't help showing joy: "Yes, thank you, Master!"

"Master," Xie Xingzhou said abruptly, "Where are you going?"

It was Feng Tingyun who answered: "I'm going to Ziyang Temple, and I have something to ask Taoist Master Shishan. I will go to Linzi later to meet you two, don't worry."

Xie Xingzhou rested his chin with one hand, and looked into Feng Tingyun's pupils with peachy eyes through an incense burner: "Worried about you? You're joking, Master Yun is unparalleled in elegance and superb in swordsmanship, so I don't need to worry about it. But as a junior brother, I don't have a lot of kung fu, so I hope that my senior brother will pay more attention to me when he is busy."

Caught off guard by being molested, Feng Tingyun remained expressionless, and lowered his head to sip: "Stop talking to me for cheap, go and take care of Shiqi, don't let anyone be bullied."

Xie Xingzhou sighed protractedly, as if he was very dissatisfied with this answer.

"Then it's arranged like this." Yi Chunqiu said, ending the gag, "It's not too late, you have to hurry to go north, take advantage of the high tide tonight and leave at the seaside for a night, and you can start tomorrow."

Several people agreed one after another, and without talking nonsense, got up and left.

As late autumn was approaching, Liu Shiqi suddenly smelled a very light sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance when he left the waterside pavilion.

He didn't remember that there were sweet-scented osmanthus here, and looked around in surprise.After looking around carefully, Liu Shiqi discovered that behind the green bamboo and plantains, a half-person-high sweet-scented osmanthus had really been planted, and the dark green leaves were dotted with light yellow flower buds the size of rice grains.

It turns out that in Wangyue Island, can the sweet-scented osmanthus bloom so early?

Liu Shiqi didn't have many things. Although he didn't live in wealth on Wangyue Island these years, he still had enough food and clothing.There are a few old servants in the inner island, it is said that they have served Yi Chunqiu's master, they don't talk much, they are very considerate to Liu Shiqi, treating him like the youngest grandchild.

He was busy packing his clothes when there was a sudden knock on the door.

Liu Shiqi turned his head and saw that it was an old woman surnamed Zhang who took care of him on weekdays. She quickly put down what she was doing and helped her into the house: "Grandma Zhang, why did you come here in person?"

"I heard that Xiaoliu is going to go on a long trip with Xingzhou. The old woman thought that you suffered a lot earlier and grew up later than other children. Now you are still growing up. After this trip, I don't know when you will come back... So I made new clothes overnight, lest you grow taller and the current clothes won’t fit you anymore.” Granny Zhang didn’t sit down, but put a cloth bag on her body beside the table, and opened it for Liu Shiqi to see.

Seeing everything in it clearly, Liu Shiqi was taken aback for a moment, almost slipping his tongue: "This..."

The cloth bundle was sewn by the old man himself, and the stitches became less dense as he got older. On the top was a sachet, which held a neat stack of new clothes.The material was very comfortable to touch at first, and Liu Shiqi turned it over a little, and saw that there were more than one set, from the middle coat to the outer shirt, and even wristbands and boots, all of which were bulging.

His eyes were sour, and he quickly squeezed out a bright smile: "This... how dare I trouble you..."

Granny Zhang waved her hand and said, "Xiao Liu, please don't say that. When I was sailing and listening to the clouds, the clothes were not made by the old woman. When I went out, I needed new clothes and shoes. Dress neatly. I'm not afraid that you've been away for a long time, winter clothes and spring clothes are all ready—hey, Xiao Liu, quickly take off this outer shirt, you can see that the back of the shoulder is torn, I brought a needle and thread to mend it for you, hurry up!"

She can be regarded as the person who talked to Liu Shiqi the most besides the teachers in Wangyue Island. Hearing that Liu Shiqi was both funny and moved, she quickly took off her coat, and she stood aside and took the The new clothes were packed into the bag.

Granny Zhang took a panoramic view of all this, and laughed again and again: "That's right, Xiao Liu is the youngest, so be careful when you go out this time, don't provoke bad guys outside..."

When he heard Granny Zhang say something, he nodded once, and patiently responded again and again, with warmth in his chest.During the day, there was no light in the room, sunlight leaked from the window lattice, and the east wind was blowing gently, with the fishy smell of morning rain.

"Oh, by the way, I almost didn't think about the important things of this trip." Granny Zhang mended her clothes, stood up again, took out a white jade bottle from her arms, and handed it to Shi Qi, "Xiao Liu, don't forget your medicine." take away."

Liu Shiqi took it, and his eyes curved into the arc of a small bridge again: "You still have the heart, I really forgot."

Granny Zhang said angrily: "I don't take care of my body, do you still expect your daughter-in-law to take care of you in the future?"

Liu Shiqi couldn't say no to her, he smiled and listened to the advice of many kind elders, and finally sent Granny Zhang away who was still full of thoughts. He closed the far door and looked up at the sky - there was about half an hour before departure.

The jade bottle in his hand was cold, Liu Shiqi thought for a while, turned around and went to the side of the couch, and took out another bottle from under the pillow.These two bottles look very similar, they are both very simple in style, if you don't look at the contents, people who are not familiar with them will definitely not be able to tell the difference.Liu Shiqi simply put them into the depths of the burden.

Since falling into the stream that year, he was infected with cold poison, and although Feng Tingyun helped to pull out most of them, some remained in Liu Shiqi's meridians, so he had to be treated with mild traditional Chinese medicine, and he has not recovered yet.If you are on the road, you can't drink one post a day, so you have to make pills and take it with you.

"I guess it wasn't Grandma Sun's idea. Either the senior brother or the master ordered it." Liu Shiqi thought to himself.

And the other bottle that he has been sleeping on the couch all year round is the only bond between him and Xixiushan - Du Xindan.

For seven whole years, he often heard a few words from the conversation between Feng Tingyun and Xie Xingzhou after they went back to the Central Plains. Everyone searched for it. There were rumors that it had been destroyed, and later the twelfth floor was trying to remake Du Xindan. , spread around in an uproar.But they just didn't expect that the treasure was still on him.

Liu Shiqi was carrying the bundle with one hand, and with the other hand he took a long knife hanging on the wall when he went out.

Before leaving, he still needed to say hello to his master. With such a delay, it was already sunset and dusk when he reached the beach.

Xie Xingzhou, who was wrapped in black like coal balls, was letting go of the boat's cable. He looked up to see Liu Shiqi, glanced at his knife again, sneered, and said, "Little brother, I'm just wondering, what kind of weapon do you want?" No? Do you like this defective product very much?”

Liu Shiqi got used to his temper, and knew that this person had never been able to speak well, so he didn't have the same knowledge as him: "I won't change it if I take advantage of it, so as not to trouble senior brother."

In fact, what Xie Xingzhou said was not unreasonable. Liu Shiqi's long knife was sharp and sharp. The handle of the knife was as long as an adult woman's arm, and he had to hold it alternately with both hands to exert strength.If it is completely restored, the blade can be five feet long, almost as tall as an ordinary boy of fourteen or fifteen years old.But the bad thing is that this knife is a broken knife——

There are not many taboos among martial arts practitioners, but there are countless superstitions when it comes to personal weapons.There has always been a saying in Jianghu that "the sword is in the man". Although it is not very appropriate, it is enough to see the importance of the weapon's intactness to the master.

Three years ago, Liu Shiqi kept a lot of knives, guns, swords and halberds unused. He picked this rusty knife from Wangyue Island's arsenal, and when it was pulled out, a small half of it broke off. It was really unlucky.

Feng Tingyun offered to make it up for him many times, but actually found it far more difficult to operate than he imagined. The material of the knife is not gold or iron, and it is very light. It is a good thing at first sight, but it is not easy to find some Material dog tail continued mink.Left and right Liu Shiqi didn't take those taboos to heart, only said that the weight of this knife was right, and he has been using it until today after polishing it.

The name of this long knife is engraved on the handle: Changhe.

Xie Xingzhou privately felt that maybe the junior brother had taken a fancy to the name, so he didn't change anything.

"Keep it if you want." Xie Xingzhou said, he threw the cable into the cabin, stepped on the side of the boat with one leg, and turned his head to look at Seventeen, "Let's go, I heard from Senior Brother that you are afraid of fainting and haven't been out to sea for so many years. , go in and stay, don't let the wind blow."

Liu Shiqi's face turned pale, and he suddenly remembered how he almost vomited when he arrived at Moon Island at the beginning of the year, and the movement of stepping into the cabin was a little stiff, which can be called extremely careful.Xie Xingzhou had never seen such a person who was afraid of water, and he laughed out loud, standing on the bow of the boat, leaning back and forth, almost falling into the sea.

When the curtain of the cabin was lifted, Liu Shiqi said to Xie Xingzhou with a gloomy face, "Don't laugh, if you laugh any more, I'll tell senior brother to go!"

The tactful laughter turned a corner, Xie Xingzhou suppressed the rest of the ridicule, glanced at Liu Shiqi depressedly, propped his oars on the shallows, and said in his heart: "Little brother is more and more able to handle me Oh, how sad..."

The desolate Xie Xingzhou and the seasick Liu Shiqi drifted along the tide all the way to the vast ocean, and Mochizuki Island behind them was slowly submerged in the vast sea fog that rose up at night.

Liu Shiqi sat on the bow of the boat with his knees tucked in his arms, his eyes wandering. When the waves beat the hull, white waves were stirred up.The golden crow sinks westward, and the flowing clouds in the sky are dyed orange, and although the east is still white, there are already stars hanging on it.

"Senior brother." Liu Shiqi said, "You were brought back by the uncle, so get closer to him. Does the master still want to save his life, so let you go?"

Xie Xingzhou, who was punting the boat, paused, restrained his hippie smile, and said seriously: "I don't know if Master will show mercy, but even if he finds someone, do you think it's the two of us who will kill him? It's fine if he doesn't beat him seriously." You're lucky. Don't worry, take one step at a time and find a way to recover the cheats is the most important thing."

Liu Shiqi nodded, buried herself between her knees, bent her back, and resisted all kinds of discomfort.

In seven years, he gradually learned about a change that year from other people.

Compared with the centuries-old Xixiu Mountain or Ziyang Temple, Wangyue Island has only been dormant in the past four or fifty years.There are not many rules in Wangyue Island, only two are very important: first, whoever worships the teacher and enters the school, without the master's approval, must not leave Wangyue Island for half a step, otherwise it will be regarded as betrayal of the teacher.Second, if you feel that you have completed your studies, you can resign from the master. After returning to the Central Plains, you must not mention the matter of Wangyue Island to anyone.

Liu Shiqi vaguely felt that this sect was so secluded from the world, there must be something else hidden.And this secret, every time he wants to investigate, Feng Tingyun will always talk about him.

Because of these two strange sect rules, no more than five disciples of each island master will stay, and most of the time there are only two or three disciples. These disciples have always had a good relationship, and they can practice martial arts on Wangyue Island with peace of mind. Discussing, gagging, and living a carefree and isolated life.

Yi Chunqiu's master and previous island owner, Wang Qian'an, also took in three disciples before his death.Among these three people, Yi Chunqiu and Sheng Tianya have a good relationship and grew up together as childhood sweethearts, so they can talk about everything.

But no one was aware of Sheng Tianya's ambitions. He was used to ordinary people and lived in a paradise. How could he have the heart to maliciously speculate on the people he gets along with day and night?

In the year of Wang Qian'an's [-]th birthday, he devoted all his life to writing a secret book called "Bi Luo Tian Shu". solution.No one knows why he did this. It may be to show off that he is unrivaled in the world, or it may be related to Wangyue Island.

After the secret book was written, Wang Qian'an divided it into two parts for the sake of safety. The former was revised and hidden in his own method "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi", while the latter was unknown to anyone.

After the junior sister finished her studies, she chose to leave Mochizuki Island, and gradually lost contact with other people.Just when everyone thought that life should be as stable as it was in the past few decades, Sheng Tianya started to think about the "Book of the Blue Fall".He began to travel frequently in the rivers and lakes, disregarding the island's prohibition, and went to sea again and again without authorization, and because of this, he and Yi Chunqiu fell out countless times.

Eight years ago, when Wang Qian'an was retreating, Sheng Tianya snatched the first volume of "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" hidden in the dark room of the study, trying to decipher the secret of the heavenly book from it.

The matter of stealing the book was originally carried out in secret, but unexpectedly, after Sheng Tianya got it, Xie Xingzhou who passed by the small courtyard discovered the abnormality.

Sheng Tianya wounded Yi Chunqiu, and received three palms from Wang Qian'an. In a panic, he struck out at his master. One type of Liuyang palm hit Wang Qian'an's vital point in his dantian, causing him to vomit blood on the spot.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Sheng Tianya fled with "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi", Feng Tingyun went to recover it but failed, and was severely injured by him on the beach, and he raised it for more than half a year.And Wang Qian'an was also injured by that palm, and died of exhaustion in the stone room after half a year of retreat. Before he died, there was no one by his side except Feng Tingyun who came to visit.

So far, although Wangyue Island still maintains the superficial peace, it has been involved in the turbulent secular world.

For eight full years, Sheng Tianya's whereabouts were unknown, and occasionally hearing the wind, Liu Shiqi's two senior brothers always went to the Central Plains to investigate, but most of the time they returned without success.

He nestled in the cabin, thinking: "This time it's my turn, I will... can't find anyone? It's been so many years, maybe that cheat book has been penetrated long ago, why is there any need to get it back?"

The rumor that the other party released the word "Watching the Moon" was a bait after all?Want to lure a snake out of its hole?If so, how should Xie Xingzhou follow the clues when he returns?

Liu Shishisi thought about it, but because of seasickness and exhaustion, he was so sleepy that he leaned against the cabin and fell asleep unconsciously.

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Now I have entered the main line, there are probably two lines, but this time I go one by one, I shouldn’t feel confused when I see the back