Chapter 18 Chapter 3 Strangers

From a distance, he raised the corners of his lips slightly, as if he was smiling.He nodded lightly - he didn't know if it was to me or to the people in the vestibule. I fell heavily on the chair, is this a dream?It must be a dream, I will never see that person again, never again, but who is the person so clearly in front of me?His eyes were already blurred, but the voice that was so familiar still penetrated into his ears: "Time is running short, the tea is vulgar, I hope fellow martial artists will forgive me..." This is him speaking politely to everyone. I can't think about anything anymore, only one voice keeps calling in my heart: That's him, he's back, he's back...

A hand was lightly placed on my shoulder, Muyan's voice was rare and quiet: "Do you recognize the pavilion master?" I dare not nod or shake my head, isn't it a dream that will shatter if touched?Isn't it a phantom that disappears when you shake it? It's been half a year, I haven't even dreamed about him, I dare not dream.I saw him in a dream, and when I woke up, I had nothing left, and I was left alone to face the lonely and cold long night. I dare not want this feeling once, and I dare not want it even once, so that I will never have it again in this world. His world survives.

But he came back, came back intact, stood in front of the crowd with a smile on his face, and said some faintly polite words in his flat tone—he was back. I stood up, stumbled and pushed away the crowd and walked towards him. There were scolding sounds all around, and all eyes were cast on him. The hall masters of Fenglai Pavilion all stood up. Do I look like a lunatic causing trouble? It doesn't matter, I just want to confirm that the body is hot, that the living, laughing, and talking person really exists. I know, I should wait patiently, I should wait patiently for him to finish dealing with the matter at hand, and then I will meet him privately at that time.But I can't wait, every moment is so long, every moment has to be questioned and confirmed again and again, and then questioned after confirmation, I will really go crazy.

"Who are you? It's you..." I had already walked to the table and chairs in front of me, and Su Qian, the master of Zhang Yuetang in white, stopped me. I went over her arm to look at the person who was still sitting on the chair. He tilted his head, and his long eyelashes cast a little shadow under his eyes. He held the table with his hands, remained silent, and finally stood up slowly. Nodding lightly: "Let her come over." I walked over quickly, without hesitation, and hugged his body tightly. This body is warm, he is thinner than last winter, the smell in his clothes is still so familiar, warm, with some slightly spicy medicinal fragrance, there is no mistake, this person is him.

The tiny flame in my heart expanded several times in an instant, and it was so warm that my whole body was about to burn. I heard my hoarse voice: "Brother Xiao." His arms didn't come up to meet me, he just stood there and let me hug me, neither pandering nor refusing. I raised my head to look at his face, there was no wave on his face, no joy after reunion after a long absence, no dislike of disgust, he just looked at me so indifferently, just like any calm and calm leader of the rivers and lakes, watching a stranger. He pushed me away from him a bit: "Go and rest first."

Feeling dizzy, has he forgotten who I am?He forgot? He spoke again, his voice still not fluctuating: "Cang Cang, go and wait for a while." He didn't forget, I wanted to speak, but he had already turned his head, and there was some warmth in his voice: "Muyan, you're back." Muyan who came up behind me nodded: "Yes, I'm back." He shifted his gaze to me, "This is the Pavilion Master's..." "An old friend." He replied coldly and casually, and the man turned his dark eyes to my face, "It's just an old friend." Xiao Huan, this cold Xiao Huan, who vaguely had the sharp and cold light in his eyes that belonged to Jianghu people, lightly repeated: just an old friend.

I let go of his hand, took a step back and smiled: "Okay, I'll take a rest first, you guys deal with things first, I'll wait." Xiao Huan no longer looked at me, turned around and smiled at Muyan: "Thank you for your hard work." He then walked to the front and faced the crowd: "Thank you all martial arts comrades for coming, right and wrong, I think everyone will have their own opinions after listening to the explanation." The next thing went smoothly, Zhong Lin stood up and testified that Li Xiyan, the current master of Zhenshui Hall, was the murderer who took people to her house to kill that night. people.

In front of the martial arts heroes present, Xiao Huan dealt with Li Xiyan and the rebellious disciples on the spot. I stood on the side of the courtyard, looking at the crowd in front of me, without moving. My heart has slowly returned to calm, and after confirming over and over again, I no longer question it, he is indeed still alive, as long as he is still alive, it will be fine. The scorching sun at noon set down on the western mountain, and the shadow under my feet gradually grew longer, longer than the steps under my feet, then longer than the flower bed not far away, and finally longer than the rockery far away. This day is about to pass .

I stood there all the time. When the crowd dispersed, occasionally someone would stop and look at me with strange eyes. There were especially many young and beautiful chivalrous women. They all had ambiguous smiles at the corners of their mouths, showing contempt in it: Who is the crazy woman who rushed forward to hug the owner of Fenglai Pavilion?It's really shameless, it's really shameful to let people hang here for a day. I moved my eyes to their bright green and delicate red embroidered shoes, and didn't speak. When the evening sun shone on the bluestone slab in front of my eyes, a pair of black black boots finally stopped in front of my eyes.

Seemingly sighing slightly, Xiao Huan said, "Come with me." I raised my head and followed him. After standing for a long time, my feet felt a little numb, and I couldn't move flexibly. He took me all the way to the water pavilion, opened the beaded curtain, and walked into the inner room. He sat on the chair behind the desk, and then fell silent for a while: "It's okay recently." I looked up at him, but didn't answer, and he probably didn't want me to answer. With this cold and polite tone, he just wanted to say a word to break the deadlock. "I don't know how to tell you when we meet again," he said in a slow voice, "how can I not make you sad, and let you understand."

I looked at his profile and remained silent. He continued, with a calm voice: "I'm sorry I didn't see you again...but I'm a little tired, so I don't want to get involved in those things before. I've already died once, and I won't want the throne again. Now I just want to To do something that I want to do." He said, raised his head to look at me, smiled, his eyes were silent: "The promise to protect you for the rest of my life, I will still try my best to abide by it in my lifetime. As for the current alias, it is a commemoration of the past." There is another sentence that he didn't say: don't drag me down anymore. I opened my mouth, what else can I say?Let him finish what I want to say and what I don't want to say. If I go on, even I feel that I am a beggar who is shamelessly asking him for it. I nodded and stood up leaning on the back of the chair: "I see, I'm fine, I just want to see if you're okay, that's enough, goodbye." I raised my legs and wanted to leave, but it was dark before my eyes, and my knees hit the floor heavily. I quickly got up and bowed to him: "Sorry, I'm leaving." I ran out of that room as if escaping, my eyes were a little blurry, it was getting dark, but there was no light in the yard, and I didn't know how many times I fell in a panic, the yard was still too big to run out. In a hurry, I bumped into someone, and I was firmly grasped by the shoulder. I raised my head, it was Xiao Qianqing, he looked at me, and suddenly smiled: "Cangcang." In the night, those pale eyes were filled with light that I don't understand. He raised his arms and hugged me. There was not a word, but I calmed down, and then tears poured out. I hugged his body, buried my head in his shoulder, and took a deep breath. "Cangcang..." After a long time, he finally said, "No matter what you do, I am here." I forgot about him, and for a whole afternoon, I stood in the courtyard, waiting for Xiao Huan, while he was waiting for me, until now. The night was like water, I closed my eyes and hugged the man in front of me tightly. The sun was shining brightly, and the open space by Xuanwu Lake was full of people. This is a treasure land of geomantic omen newly bought by Fenglai Pavilion, surrounded by mountains and rivers, every inch of land is precious. Now it is densely packed with people, dusty and shoulder to shoulder. I was squeezed among the crowd, the big man on my left was spitting all the time, and the thick phlegm fell into the soil with a "pop", and he stretched out his foot to wipe it back and forth with the sole of his shoe. The bald-headed traveling monk in front of me was gnawing on a pig's trotter, and the oil flowed down the corner of his mouth. The chivalrous woman behind me with heavy makeup and two Emei steel thorns on her waist seems to have body odor. As she twisted her waist impatiently, the stench came one after another. "Next." Under the temporary awning right in front of us, a person said wearily. He was dressed in white with a blue satin ribbon around his waist, which was the symbol of the altar master of Fenglai Pavilion. "Here we come." The wandering monk in front of me threw away the pig's trotters, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and cheerfully went up to him. "Name, school, experience, what kind of martial arts do you know? What kind of weapon do you use?" the altar master under the arbor asked like a cannonball. "The name of the Sa family is Lu Tihua, and his teacher came from Wutai Mountain. People in the Jianghu say that the stick breaks Kyushu and Sai Zhishen..." You Fangseng spit all over the place. "Don't mention your name in Jianghu to me," the altar master with white temples interrupted him impatiently, "Breaking Kyushu with a stick? Let me see a set of stick techniques." Seeing that he met the expert, the wandering monk shut his mouth in embarrassment, and took out a Zen staff from behind. The Zen staff was made of fine iron, and the whole body was black and shiny. When he put it on the ground, it immediately smashed the ground out of a hole. To be able to use such a heavy weapon requires some real skills. The Wandering Monk had a look of color on his face, he cast a sideways glance at the Altar Master with white temples, and with a "hoo", he turned his Zen stick into a full circle. The strong wind was about to hit me, so I quickly took a step back. In an instant, the wandering monk moved a Zen stick away, and the stick was powerful, the sand and stone danced along the strong wind, and the shiny head in the loess was like a spinning top. I covered my nose and jumped a few steps away, remembering the way the big man on the left was rubbing phlegm, I don’t know how many dirty things there are in the soil... Fortunately, he didn't have much time, so the wandering monk finished a set of staff techniques, stood still with his staff, wiped the sweat from his head, and looked proudly at the altar master with white temples. While fanning the dust in front of him with his hands, the master of Baibintan told the female disciple standing behind him without turning his head: "Xiaoxue, show him your stick technique." The female disciple named Xiaoxue came out in response, clasped her fists and bowed to the wandering monk: "Master, please borrow the Zen staff." You Fangseng was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiaoxue's slender figure, showed a bit of disdain on his face, handed over the Zen stick, and laughed: "Little lady, don't crush your little hand with eighty catties of refined iron." Xiaoxue cupped her hands: "Master Xie." She stretched out her hand lightly, and the slender hands didn't see much effort, and the thick Zen stick was moved into her hand. Xiaoxue first slowly spun the Zen staff in a circle in the air, and said: "Show ugly." Then her figure moved. The white figure was like an egret that spread its wings in an instant, and the black iron was connected into one piece, as if wings were inserted under her armpits.Such a clumsy and thick iron rod is like a willow branch in her hand, as light as a flying leaf. The wind of the stick spun, and the loess on the ground was blown up by the wind, and it seemed to surround her with spirituality, not a single bit of it flew out. The wind of the stick was not powerful at all, but in this secret wind of the stick, there was something A chill slowly overflowed from it, and even on the loess land under the scorching sun, there seemed to be a faint cold wind blowing, the chill permeated the air, and the people around seemed to forget to breathe, staring fixedly at the stunning figure. The Zen stick stopped suddenly, the loess scattered, Xiaoxue stood up and returned the stick, her white clothes were as clean as before, not even a speck of dust, she held the iron stick with both hands and gave it back to the wandering monk: "The first snow under the main seat of the Shuqing Huanshu altar in the Xingri Hall, it's a shame. " "Fang Chuxue!" Someone nearby called out, "But a member of the Fang family?" You Fangseng had stared at him for a long time, and now he laughed dryly: "It turns out that they are from the Fang family of the Zhangfa family. The Sa family is not a big ax in front of Luban's door. I am ashamed." He said he was ashamed, but his face was still Hippie smiling face, not even a bit ashamed. I secretly sighed: This wine and meat monk has a thick skin. The white-haired Shu Qinghuan sneered: "I don't want a bragging idiot, next one." I glanced at the traveling monk whose face suddenly became ugly. Even if this monk is not likable, this Shu Tan master really does not show mercy when he speaks. Thinking about it, the next person in the team in front of Shu Qinghuan was me, I walked around the wandering monk and walked forward, and smiled at the person in front of me: "Master Shu Tan." Shu Qinghuan didn't seem to like my familiarity, she frowned and looked at me: "Name, sect..." I took up the conversation: "The name is Ling Cangcang, and my master never told me about the sect. In terms of experience, I used to make a living with others, and later earned money from the government on my own. I know quite complicated martial arts, and I know a little bit about fingering and palming. He is best at swordsmanship, but unfortunately his saber has just been broken. What kind of weapon do you use? Didn’t I say it before, it’s a sword, but it’s already broken.” I smiled, “Talk to me to save some effort, so you don’t have to repeat it question." Shu Qinghuan raised her eyebrows, the brows were still as cold as ice, and her voice was still as indifferent as before: "Very well, then what do you think you can do?" I laughed: "Of course people with good martial arts and high reputation are needed in Fenglai Pavilion, but so are errand boys who are smart in hands and feet and use their brains well." I said and looked around, "Actually, I think it's better to leave people in the open space like this. Picking disciples is like picking a strong man, no matter how high the reputation of Fenglai Pavilion is, true masters still disdain to come." Shu Qinghuan snorted coldly: "You have a lot of opinions, don't you think you have a lot of mouth?" I smiled mischievously: "If I was talking too much, I would casually say that the reason why your hair is gray is because you have practiced a kind of evil internal energy in the Great Bright Palace. Although that internal energy is quick, it has been practiced for a long time. It’s easy to go crazy, if you don’t want to become a handicapped cripple, it’s better to practice the Yi Jin Jing of Shaolin Temple before the age of thirty.” Shu Qinghuan finally raised his eyelids to look at me, and smiled coldly: "You really talk a lot, I hate self-righteous people." He waved his hand, and said to the clerk sitting beside him, "Write down your name, Ling Cangcang." As soon as he said this, Fang Chuxue, who was standing behind him, handed me a wooden plaque carved with the pattern of a vermilion bird, and smiled at me: "You can go to the main hall, and someone will assign it to you there." mouth and position." I grinned, triumphantly took the wooden sign and turned to leave. I saw the faces of the people next to me as if I had seen a ghost: after all, no one has been able to come from here except for the long-famous swordsman He Rufei. The picky Shu Qinghuan got the wooden token. This depends on the skill, for a guy with the surname Shu who pulls his nostrils to the sky, you have to do it better than him. I came out cheerfully, and I walked towards the outside of the arena. As soon as I got to the sidelines, someone stopped me: "Cangcang? What are you doing here?" I looked up, and it was Muyan who was in charge of recruiting disciples this time. I waved the wooden sign in my hand to him flamboyantly: "Remember to take care of my subordinates and let me stay in the main hall to work. I will follow you in the future, Hall Master Mu." Muyan looked surprised, looked me up and down: "What are you doing?" "You still don't understand?" I rolled my eyes at him, "I'm already a disciple of Fenglai Pavilion." Although Muyan didn't know my identity, she also saw some clues from Xiao Qianqing, and she was even more surprised: "You don't belong to the King of Chu... What are you doing in our Fenglai Pavilion?" I smiled: "The King of Chu is the King of Chu, so I am me." Xiao Qianqing couldn't leave the capital for too long, so he left in a hurry that night.After that day, Zhong Lin also disappeared. I was alone in Jinling, and I ran over when I heard that Fenglai Pavilion was recruiting new disciples. Muyan nodded and looked at me: "Okay... What exactly are you here for?" I squinted at him: "Want to hear the truth?" He nodded slightly surprised. I cleared my throat: "Hook up with your pavilion master." "Huh?" Muyan swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, looked at the pedestrians all around, "You... what did you say?" "I want to hook up with Pavilion Master Fenglai!" I clenched my fists and shouted. Now that the ties have been broken and the past has been sealed, let's do it again. Muyan gave me a lion's roar that shocked me, and immediately waved me to report to the main hall, and she also walked quickly, as if I would lose a piece of meat if I stood for a while longer. I happily grabbed the wooden sign and ran all the way to the main hall of Fenglai Pavilion on Xuanwu Avenue. I handed over the wooden sign at the door, and I was taken to the small courtyard behind the Suzaku Hall. There were already many people standing in twos and threes in the small courtyard. I stood under the porch for a while, and then I was looking for trouble. I patted the shoulder of the black-clothed swordsman next to me: "Your brother, you are free." The black-clothed swordsman glanced at me and said "huh-huh". I was still flabbergasted, so I continued to strike up a conversation: "I see Xiongtai Fengshen is handsome and extraordinary, and I really admire him. Dare I ask Xiongtai's name?" The black-clothed swordsman looked at me again, although his eyes were somewhat contemptuous, but his tone eased: "Don't dare to be, Shandong Master Ren Fei." "You are Ren Fei, the sword master Ren Fei who broke the Heifeng stronghold on the Shandong Road, snatched back the relief food, and saved tens of thousands of victims?" I said in one breath. Shi Renfei snorted lightly: "It's just not talented." I clicked my tongue, Ren Fei, the master of the wind sword, is a long-established lone ranger in the world, because of his righteous deeds of rescuing food and disaster victims, he became famous and widely respected. Although Fenglai Pavilion's reputation in the Jianghu has been growing during this period of time, and the move of recruiting experts in an eclectic manner has also attracted many capable people and righteous people to seek refuge, but I think that people with the status of Shi Renfei will definitely not condescend to go to Fenglai Pavilion. Coming to the Pavilion as a disciple, I never expected to see such a famous knight here. While smacking my tongue, I chatted with Shi Renfei for a few more words, and then I went to strike up a conversation with someone else. I asked eight or nine people in a row, but they were either well-known knights or the disciples of a certain hero. All of them were very famous. The more I asked, the less confident I was. I couldn't help mumbling: "It's okay to be idle Why are you crowding here if you don’t go to fight for justice and save the people?” "Ah? Why are you here?" As soon as the words fell, a crisp voice broke in, "I saw the owner of the Fenglai Pavilion in front of the Vermilion Bird Hall that day, and I thought, this person is really beautiful, and then today in Xuanwu I saw Fenglai Pavilion recruiting new disciples by the lake, so I came here. Thinking about it carefully, I don't know why I came, could it be to see that good-looking Pavilion Master?" When I turned around, a purple-shirted girl about fifteen or sixteen years old finished speaking cheerfully, and looked at me with her big eyes flickering. I finally met someone who was able to talk, and I couldn't help asking: "Then just now at the edge of Xuanwu Lake, when those people asked you why you came to Fenglai Pavilion, what did you tell them?" "I just said that I think the pavilion master is really good-looking, and I must be happy to work under him every day, and then the man who heard me laughed and gave me the wooden sign to report." The girl looked confused. , "Why, what's wrong with this?" I nodded again and again: "There is nothing wrong." After thinking about it, I asked, "Excuse me, who is the altar master who gave you the wooden sign?" "It's not the altar master, it's the hall master Mu of the Xingri Hall who gave me the wooden sign." The girl said, with an intoxicated expression on her face, "It turns out that the Fenglai Pavilion is not only the owner who is good-looking, Hall Master Mu also looks pretty when he smiles, Fenglai Pavilion is really a good place!" I guessed that the one who gave the girl the wooden sign was that unreliable guy Muyan, it was really good. However, this girl is really more straightforward than me... "My name is Zhang Lige, parting parting parting, the song of the ballad, the swordsmanship I learned from my grandma." Just as she was thinking about it, the girl said in a cheerful tone, "Everyone here is sullen and loves others. I don't care, but you are quite kind, let's make friends, what's your name?" I nodded with deep empathy: "Yes, I finally met someone who hit it off. My name is Ling Cangcang, you can just call me Cangcang." Li Ge has a bright smile, and he always likes to squint his eyes when he speaks: "Cang Cang, why did you come here? It's also because you think the Pavilion Master is pretty?" "This, probably because of this reason." I coughed. While we were talking, a man dressed as the altar master came in and took out a piece of paper and read it out. His voice was not loud, and he was not close to me and Lige, but I could hear him clearly. It's so clear, it's as if someone is standing next to our ears and talking, probably using advanced internal skills such as sound transmission. It has long been rumored in the Jianghu that there are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the Fenglai Pavilion. Now that I have seen an altar master with this skill, I know it is definitely not an exaggeration. The owner of the altar was assigning everyone a place to go. Li Ge and I pricked up our ears to listen for a long time, but we didn't hear our names.Until most of the people in the courtyard took orders to report to their own halls, the courtyard was empty, and we hadn’t heard our names yet. In the end, there were only two of us left in the courtyard. The altar owner raised his head from the paper and looked around. . I hurriedly pulled Lige to run in front of him: "I am Ling Cangcang, this is Zhang Lige, why didn't you say our names? Where should we go?" The altar master smiled: "You are Ling Cangcang and Zhang Lige, come with me." After speaking, he turned and walked out. Li Ge and I followed, seeing that the altar master led us around, the road gradually became remote, and couldn't help but ask: "Excuse me, what exactly is the arrangement for us?" "Hehe." The altar master was kind, smiled, and generously showed us the list in his hand, "You two were arranged by Hall Master Mu himself with great care." I leaned over to the paper and took a look, the names of Li Ge and I were hooked together, next to it were the four big characters of Muyan dripping with ink that were about to fly: Can be used as a handyman. Handyman?Is he recruiting disciples or small workers?How much does Xiaogong still have to pay in a month? Li Ge and I don't need any money! As the altar master walked, he dutifully introduced to us the general terrain of the main hall of Fenglai Pavilion: In order to facilitate living and working, this compound is divided into many courtyards. Xiao Huan lives in Yishuiyuan, which is next to Yishuiyuan. It is the Qingfang Courtyard where Su Qian lives, but Muyan's Qingse Courtyard is far away from several courtyards. place of discussion. While speaking, the altar owner had already brought us to a small courtyard. This courtyard was not like other courtyards with lush flowers and trees, covered by pavilions. Instead, it was full of wood, coal, and large wooden barrels for laundry, and many handymen. , and the cooks and maids, walking back and forth inside, busy. The altar owner greeted a woman wrapped in an apron and as fat as a bucket: "Sister Ma, I brought you two people." Aunt Ma responded, put down the clothes she was washing, walked over and smiled, "Master Cheng Tan, I haven't seen you for a long time, you've been in good spirits these days." She looked me and Li Ge up and down as she spoke, "Just these two Little girls with thin arms and thin legs? I'm afraid they won't be able to do heavy work." Cheng Tanzhu smiled and said, "It's okay, these two are newly recruited disciples, who have practiced martial arts, don't look so weak, they must be capable of heavy work." This smiling tiger will really make decisions for us, I gave him a sneaky look, and Li Ge over there yelled: "I came to Fenglai Pavilion to see your pavilion master, why did you arrange for me to come here?" Cheng Tanzhu was not surprised when he heard Li Ge's blatant attempt, he smiled and said, "Only here can we often see the pavilion master. The pavilion master lives in seclusion, not to mention ordinary disciples, but the hall master and the altar master, who wants to see the pavilion It is not easy for the master, on the contrary, it is much easier to meet the pavilion master as a handyman who runs errands." So that guy Muyan arranged me here, so he has intentions?Then I thought about it again: I might be too lazy to worry about it... It's here anyway, so let's make it happen.I grabbed Li Ge and said to Cheng Tanzhu, "Thank you Cheng Tanzhu for leading the way, the two of us will stay here." Master Cheng Tan listened, hehe laughed, did not explain anything, turned and left. Since Li Ge and I are considered to be assigned here, Mrs. Ma introduced the composition of the servants' courtyard. There are two parts in this courtyard. The kitchen is responsible for the daily food and drink of the main hall, including the pavilion master and the hall masters. The laundry room is responsible for washing sheets and clothes and boiling water for bathing and washing. There are a total of about one hundred people in these two parts, and they are all managed by Mrs. Ma. After the introduction, Mrs. Ma assigned us to take care of the stove in the boiling water room. It was a fairly light job, requiring only the occasional addition of coal to the stove for cinders. It was an easy day. After dinner, Mrs. Ma called us over, pointed to a big wooden bucket and said, "Go with Miss Fen and send this bucket of hot water." I nodded, and saw a girl dressed as a maid standing beside Aunt Ma, with bright eyes and bright teeth, she just smiled and didn't speak. She nodded to me and Li Ge, and left first, and Li Ge and I followed closely behind carrying the bucket. Miss Fen took us a long way, and finally brought us to the door of a house, gestured to us, signaling us to wait outside, then pushed open the door and walked in gracefully. Miss Fen went in and closed the door, someone said something in a low voice, then Miss Fen came out, still closed the door tightly, and explained to me and Li Ge with gestures. She didn't talk to us all this time, and now I finally figured out that this beautiful maid should be dumb. I understood what she meant, she said that there is no hot water inside now, let us wait here first, and then go in when someone calls, and I nodded to express my understanding. Miss Fen smiled, actually left me and Li Ge outside the door, and went straight away by herself. Li Ge and I looked at each other, thinking that the person inside must be the head of Fenglai Pavilion, so we had to wait outside. The two of us counted the stars for a long time, but we didn't see any movement inside. I was so impatient that I heard the sound of "squeaking" water coming from inside.I think it's all started to wash, even if the people inside didn't call, they can't help heating the water, so I asked Li Ge to carry the bucket and open the door to go in. After entering the door and turning around a landscape screen, you will see a big bathtub full of hot steam. It turns out that there is already hot water in it. Miss Fen just means that we should wait for the people inside to wash for a while. We carried the water in and added it, but I realized it was wrong. But since I came in, I couldn't go out again, so I had to put the bucket on the ground with Li Ge, and said, "Hot water is here." As soon as the words fell, Li Ge screamed from beside him, with excitement in his voice. I looked up quickly, and saw the man sitting in the bathtub with his upper body shirtless, looking at me and Li Ge quietly. I first went to cover Li Ge's eyes, she was gasping excitedly. While stuffing Li Ge behind the screen, I bent down and bowed: "I'm sorry, Pavilion Master, we didn't mean to offend, you continue to wash." Li Ge struggled to take another look, but I didn't give her a chance, so I simply pushed her outside the door. After seeing off Li Ge, I straightened my messy hair in a hurry, and saluted with fists together: "Master, my name is Ling Cangcang, and the other is called Zhang Lige. We are newly recruited disciples today. We haven't met yet in a hurry." I have met the Pavilion Master. From then on, we are the disciples of the Pavilion, serving the Pavilion Master and being sent by the Pavilion Master." I have prepared this set of rhetoric, but I didn't expect to say it on this occasion. There was a soft "hmm" over there, and I raised my head quietly. Xiao Huan lowered his eyes, and the misty water vapor wetted the few strands of hair on his temples, and the wet black hair fell down and hung on his shoulders, making the complexion on the water surface as pale as transparent.It was the first time I noticed that Xiao Huan's skin was so white, it was as white as if no blood flowed from underneath. After a long time, his voice sounded: "Ling Cangcang, right...you help me put this bucket of hot water in." I quickly answered: "Yes." I picked up the bucket of water, walked over with my head down, put it on the wooden edge of the bathtub, and slowly poured the water into it. The water was very hot, and the mist hit my cheeks layer by layer. With the help of the mist, I quietly stretched my fingers into the water basin to try the water temperature. It was a little hot to my hands, just like a bath. With a sigh of relief, he took down the wooden barrel, raised his head, and met those bottomless eyes. "Why did you come?" He asked quietly. The water droplets formed by the condensed mist fell into the water along the tip of his nose, causing a circle of small ripples. "Can't I come?" I laughed. He took his eyes away from my face and said quietly: "Does it have to be like this? Can't it end?" "The master is really joking." I took a deep breath and smiled, "I don't understand why the end is not over. This subordinate just entered the Fenglai Pavilion today. From today onwards, the subordinate is the Fenglai Pavilion." My disciple, the Pavilion Master is the person my subordinates want to serve, that's all." I said with a smile, biting down on the last four words. There was another long silence over there, and he finally said, "Since that's the case, from now on, I will treat you as an ordinary disciple of my Fenglai Pavilion and treat you equally." I nodded, raised my face and looked at him with a smile: "The pavilion master naturally treats his subordinates equally, but no one said that as a subordinate, he can't love his own pavilion master, right?" I let go of my hand from the wooden edge of the tub: "Did no one tell you, Pavilion Master? The way your hair is wet and half naked, women will be fascinated when they see it. I am completely fascinated by you." After I finished speaking, I bowed to him, picked up the barrel, turned around and walked out. Walking outside, closing the door, Li Ge greeted him with wide and beautiful eyes: "Cang Cang, your voice is so loud, I can hear it! You are so powerful! I saw that the Pavilion Master was too nervous to speak loudly." I smiled lightly and stuffed the barrel into her hand: "Really, am I good?" "Go out after adding water, what are you making so much noise in front of the master's room?" A cold voice sounded, Su Qian walked over slowly from the end of the corridor, looked at me lightly, "It's you." I cupped my fists respectfully to her: "Subordinate Ling Cangcang, I have met Hall Master Su." Su Qian still nodded lightly, her cold eyes didn't fall on me, and she walked past me. I stood with my head down, waiting for her to go away. "Ling Cangcang," when Su Qian was about to reach the end of the corridor, Su Qian suddenly stopped without turning her head, "I don't care what kind of relationship you had with the Pavilion Master in the past, what kind of friendship it was, but from now on, I don't want to see Until you use those boring feelings to hinder the Pavilion Master." Boring relationship?I smiled lightly, clasped my fists and said, "Yes, my subordinates will remember." Su Qian stopped staying and disappeared at the end of the corridor. Li Ge touched my shoulder: "This Hall Master Su is so tyrannical, does this Hall Master Su also love the Pavilion Master and wants to rob you?" I spread my hands: "I let you see that there are too few good men these days, and everyone is robbing them." Li Ge nodded with deep sympathy: "I have been down the mountain for more than two months, and I haven't met a few good-looking men with high martial arts skills. The others are all idiots." I laughed, and looked at the surrounding scenery carefully under the moonlight. Behind the dense heather in front of me was the pond with floating lotus fragrance.It turns out that this is another entrance to the water pavilion, but I didn't see it clearly just now. I turned my head and saw the dim light from the water pavilion behind me shine through the window, and the square light spots cast on the bluestone floor under my feet. It's good to know that person is under this light, and that alone is good.