Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Relatives

This sleep, I don't know how long I have been in a deep sleep, but I am in a deep sleep, but I feel the familiar smell around me, I don't know how long, I haven't felt this kind of peace of mind. So I fell deeply into sleep, and seemed unwilling to wake up, but in the depths of the dream, there was always a tingling feeling, which lingered and refused to go away, stabbing my heart from time to time. Heaving a sigh of relief, Gui Li Youyou woke up, he looked at the room in front of him silently as if in a dream.When he was still a teenager, he lived here, and then he grew up. The tables, chairs, beds, doors and windows here are almost all engraved in his heart.

Leaning on the wall of the bed, the huge "Tao" character is still hanging on the wall, but the color and handwriting are a little faded, but the strokes and strokes still look like when I first saw it, it was so beautiful. Vigorous and powerful. The wooden frame on the window made a soft sound, and a gap opened, and the gray-haired monkey Xiao Hui jumped in from outside, seeing that Ghost Li had woken up, half-sitting on the bed, he couldn't help being happy, grinning Without stopping, he jumped onto the bed a few times. Gui Li's heart skipped a beat, this scene seemed to be the same as many years ago, if it wasn't for the injury on his body, the change in appearance, and the opening of the spiritual eye on Xiaohui's head, he would really have the illusion of Nankey Yimeng.

But, that is impossible after all. Xiao Hui yelled "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" at Gui Li, Gui Li looked down, and saw Xiao Hui holding many wild fruits with both hands, presumably they picked them outside, and now they want to share them with the master.Gui Li shook his head, expressing that he didn't want to eat.Xiao Hui didn't give way too much, so he turned around and jumped onto the table in the middle of the house, squatted down, and started to chew and eat. Ghost Li watched everything in this room silently, finally his eyes fell on the gap of the window that was opened when Xiao Hui came in, a small piece of light came through from the window, he couldn't see clearly what was outside, but Ghost Li knew it without looking. , Outside the window is a small courtyard, where there is a pine tree, green lawn, and a path paved with stones. On the side of the courtyard, there is also a semicircular arch.Every plant and tree here has long been engraved in the depths of his memory, which can never be erased.

The air was so fresh that it seemed to be slightly sweet, and even the small courtyard outside the house seemed to be filled with the fragrance of green grass. In a trance, he had the feeling of going home, but a moment later, a sharp pain in his heart woke him up. Outside the door, there were footsteps. Ghost Li's eyes turned to that door.The footsteps soon reached the door, but in front of the half-covered door, the people outside seemed to hesitate for a moment, and did not open the door immediately. Gui Li stared at the door. After a while, the door was finally pushed open. A tall and steady figure stood at the door, almost at the same time, that person also saw Gui Li who woke up.The eyes of the two of them met in mid-air, but they didn't speak immediately. In their eyes, there were too many complicated emotions for a while. I don't know if it was because of this that the original thousand words turned into silent.

The monkey Xiaohui sat on the table, spit out the core of a wild fruit with his mouth, then glanced at the door, uttered "Zhizhi" twice, and went back to eating its wild fruit. The man standing at the door sighed, a wry smile seemed to appear on the corner of his mouth, he shook his head, walked in, took a deep look at Gui Li, and said: "I haven't seen you for so many years, should I call you Lao Qi, or What do you call your junior brother?" Gui Li's lips moved, and finally, he looked at the man in front of him and called out in a low voice: "Eldest brother..."

※※※ Everything on the Big Bamboo Peak was still as quiet as in memory, and it was very quiet outside the house, and it was unknown where other people had gone. Song Daren silently looked at this person in front of him, in a long time, he was his most beloved junior, and the most ineffective seventh disciple under Dazhufeng Tian Buyi's mentor.But now, time has changed, things have changed, things have changed. It's been ten years, but this is the first time we've met. "How have you been all these years?" Song Daren sat opposite Gui Li and asked. Gui Li didn't answer, he just kept silent, ten years, looking back, the time is like water, unknowingly, he has gone through such a long journey, but, how can he say "good"!

Song Daren looked at him, the former young Zhang Xiaofan still looks like the original outline now, but on top of his appearance, after all, there is more vicissitudes of life, and I don't know when, this person is much younger than himself, but now his Taoism is also better than his own. For a person who is much taller, his temples have faint gray hairs. Song Daren let out a long sigh, and said lightly: "How is your body now?" Gui Li lowered his head to look at the wound, only to see that the original rags on his chest had been replaced with neat bandages, obviously these brothers from Dazhu Peak re-bandaged him.And although the wound on his chest was still aching, it was much better than before he passed out.He was silent for a moment, and said: "I'm fine, thank you brother for caring."

Speaking of this, he seemed to have thought of something suddenly, looked at Song Daren, and said: "I... have turned Qingyun, do you still recognize me as a junior?" Song Daren smiled, although there was a bit of bitterness in the smile, and said: "Master, I told us that when Master was alive..." When he said the word "before he was alive", Song Daren's eyes turned red, and his voice was distinct Choked up, Gui Li heard it in his ears, and his body trembled slightly. Song Daren regained his composure and continued: "Master, the old man told his wife many times before he was alive that he never personally drove you out of the Big Bamboo Peak, and he never thought about what you did wrong ten years ago. So Master told us, today, as long as you are willing, you will still be the seventh child of our Qingyun Mountain's Big Bamboo Peak...Little Junior Brother..."

Ghost Li lowered his head slowly, his body trembling slightly, his left hand was placed on the mattress of the bed, and he tightly grasped it into a ball, while his right hand covered his face, and quietly wiped away the tears seeping from the corners of his eyes. In the room, there was silence for a moment, and after a long time, when seeing Gui Li's mood gradually calm down, Song Daren's deep voice sounded again: "If your health is fine, follow me to the Shoujing Hall. My wife is there to guard the spirit of Master...she wants to see you." "……yes." ※※※ Walking out of the arch, what you saw was the familiar circular corridor, Song Daren walked in front without saying a word, his broad shoulders and back were like a hill.

Gui Li silently followed behind him, and couldn't help but think of his youth, when he first came to the Big Bamboo Peak, he followed Song Daren all the way, and gradually melted into the world of the Big Bamboo Peak. Looking back on the past, it suddenly seemed like a dream. His gaze quietly fell on Song Daren's waist, and only then did he realize that at some point, Song Daren had already had a white linen cloth tied around his waist. Naturally, he was mourning for his teacher Tian Buyi's death. His face darkened and he closed his eyes. Walking out of the corridor, I saw the Shoujing Hall from a distance, but unlike the usual cleanness, today's Shoujing Hall kept emitting smoke, dust and incense, and at the same time faintly heard the sound of choking and crying.

Song Daren silently walked towards Shoujingtang, after two steps, he suddenly felt something, looked back, only to find that Gui Li was standing there in a daze, looking at Shoujingtang, but he didn't take a step to follow. "What's wrong?" Gui Li's face looked very pale, for some reason, he looked at the Shoujing Hall where the fireworks were floating and the crying came, and he felt a little fear in his heart, like a child who has done something wrong, not daring to face the imminent Sad parent. Song Daren seemed to see something, sighed, and said, "Let's go." Then he reached out and patted his shoulder.Gui Li moved his body, glanced at Song Daren, nodded silently, and walked up. The closer you get to the Shoujing Hall, the stronger the smell of fireworks, and the clearer the voice of sobbing and crying, but although there is a familiar voice in Gui Li's memory, there is no crying of a woman, no Suru's, and no crying. There was no senior sister Tian Ling'er who was already married as a wife that he had expected. Finally, under Song Daren's leadership, he once again stood at the entrance of the Shoujing Hall. Several gazes turned around in an instant and stopped on him, Gui Li's body trembled slightly, his eyes looked over one by one. Wu Dayi, Zheng Dali, He Dazhi, Lu Daxin, Du Bishu! These familiar faces are all presented in front of Ghost Li one by one at this moment, many years ago, they were his most lovable relatives in this world, and his most reliable senior brothers. Like Song Daren, their waists were all tied with mourning white linen cloths, their faces were sad, and some eyes were red and swollen from crying.In the Shoujing Hall, there was a large iron cauldron with flames burning inside, and the brothers standing beside them slowly put the paper money in their hands into the flames. The fireworks are lingering and the smoke is filling the air. Gui Li stared blankly, after the smoke, Tian Buyi was quietly lying on a coffin, the soiled clothes on his body had been changed into a set of clean clothes, which looked like he His appearance and spirit are also much more peaceful.At this moment, teacher's wife Suru is sitting beside Tian Buyi's body, stretching out her hand to hold Tian Buyi's hand, holding each other tightly. She looked very sad, but she didn't shed a single tear. Between her temples and hair, there was a small white flower. It was a wild flower with a little dew in the morning, elegant and beautiful, with a bit of sadness.She just held her husband's hand tightly and stared at Tian Buyi's face.But her daughter Tian Ling'er did not appear in the Shoujing Hall. And the rhubarb, which was not easy to raise by Tian since childhood, was lying silently on the ground next to the coffin, with its head lying listlessly on the ground, completely losing its usual escapism. After Gui Li's eyes fell on Tian Buyi, he couldn't move anymore. He walked over slowly step by step with heavy steps. Song Daren walked to the side silently and took a white hemp rope Come back and hand it to Gui Li.Gui Li looked at him, a look of gratitude flashed across his eyes, he nodded, took the hemp rope, and said in a low voice: "Thank you." Song Daren glanced at Suru, and said: "Go to Master's Wife." After speaking, he silently walked back to the middle of the fellow disciples, knelt down to Tian Buyi's body, and kowtowed three times as his When he raised his head, his eyes were a little red again. He turned around and took a stack of paper money from Wu Dayi, who was kneeling beside him, and began to slowly throw it into the fire. Gui Li looked at the hemp rope in his hand for a long time, then tied the rope around his waist, the off-white rope was wrapped around his waist, with a bit of sadness, but it seemed to tie his heart here again. He walked forward silently, walked to the coffin, knelt down, bowed three times to Tian Buyi's body, then turned to Suru and knelt down on the ground. "Disciple..." His voice suddenly stopped, and after a long time, he heard him speak again in a low tone: "Disciple Zhang...Xiaofan, see Master's Wife." Behind him, Song Daren and other six Dazhufeng disciples looked here, all of them had complicated expressions on their faces, but more, they still showed the kind of joy and kindness that blood is thicker than water. Even on Suru's face, there was a hint of relief, she looked at Ghost Li, nodded, then a trace of pain flashed across her face, she looked at Tian Buyi, and said in a low voice: "Bi Yi, did you hear that? , This is Lao Qi, he came back to kowtow to you." Gui Li knelt at Suru's feet, unable to speak. Behind him, there was a choking sound. The smoke was lingering and slowly drifting, and the Shoujing Hall became a little dazed, maybe it was because the master was gone, even the hall looked empty, and it didn't become noisy because of the crowd. After a long while, Song Daren wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, stepped forward, came to Suru's side, and said in a low voice: "Master, please show me the master's funeral, and I have to inform the elders of each branch one by one. I plan to rush to Longshou Peak to inform Junior Sister Linger and let her..." "It's not urgent!" Suru interrupted Song Daren's words suddenly, and said calmly. Song Daren was taken aback, all the disciples behind him, including Gui Li, were also stunned for a moment, in the quiet hall, there was no sound at all. After a long while, Song Daren took the courage to say cautiously: "Master, the master passed away, and the disciples all understand that the master is sad, it's just that the funeral... can't be delayed." Suru's face remained calm, not only that, she didn't even look at Song Daren, in her eyes, except for the old Qi who just came back, there was only Tian Buyi. Song Daren showed embarrassment on his face, he didn't know what to do for a moment, he looked back at those juniors who were kneeling on the ground burning paper money, but everyone also looked at each other, not knowing what to do?At this moment, Suru called out: "Daren." Song Daren hurriedly replied: "Yes, Mrs. Mistress, what orders do you have?" Suru said: "You and others go out first, don't come in without my call." Song Daren was stunned for a moment, then took a few steps back, and the juniors next to him all looked over, Song Daren frowned and said nothing, He Dazhi, who stood beside him, who was usually the smartest, shook his head slightly at him, with anxiety on his face Song Daren saw the color in his eyes, his brows just frowned even tighter. He has lived with these juniors for an unknown amount of time, he naturally understands what He Dazhi is worried about.He is the one who has followed Tian Buyi and Suru for the longest time among these disciples. No one understands the deep love between master and wife better than him. If the master and wife can't think about it when they are not around, wouldn't it be... … Thinking of this, Song Daren's face turned pale with fright, and he couldn't move his steps no matter what.At this moment, Suru glared at them and said slightly angrily: "What are you doing, could it be that once your master dies, you won't take the words of my teacher's wife seriously?" "Plop! Plop!" A few times in succession, except for Gui Li who was kneeling in front of Suru, Song Daren and other Dazhufeng disciples all knelt down and kowtowed to the ground, Song Daren kept saying: "I don't dare, I don't dare!" Suru sighed, with a deep tired look on his face, as if he didn't even have the strength to curse, he just waved his hand lightly, and said, "Go out." Song Daren and others didn't dare to disobey their teacher's wishes, they all backed away with bitter faces, but the big stone in their hearts was heavy, and they didn't know what to do.Gui Li bowed softly to Suru for a few times, and then slowly backed away, unexpectedly he took only a few steps back, when Suru suddenly said: "Lao Qi, stay here, I have something to ask you." Gui Li was startled and stopped, but behind him Song Daren and the others were relieved, no matter what, as long as someone is by Shi's wife's side, there would be no accidents, only the sound of footsteps, not long, Song Daren and other six people have all left the Shoujing Hall. ※※※ Inside the Shoujing Hall, it was quiet for a while, only the burning flames devoured the paper money, and there was a slight crackling sound from time to time. Gui Li silently stood on the spot, bowed his head and said nothing, it was unknown how long it had passed, only to hear Suru sigh, and said: "Your master has always been hard-spoken and soft-hearted. He has always been stubborn about the incident ten years ago. Yu Huai, although he didn't open his mouth to tell me, but I can see that he actually feels a little sorry for you in his heart." Gui Li's eyes turned red, he shook his head vigorously, and said urgently: "No, it's the disciple who is unworthy and has let down the kindness of the master, it's the disciple who has failed the master..." After speaking, he choked up his sobs. The corners of Suru's mouth trembled slightly, hearing Ghost Li's slightly crying words, it seemed that she was also aroused the pain in her heart, but despite the pain in her eyes, she still held it back and did not shed tears.She looked at Tian Buyi's face silently, and said quietly: "In your master's heart, you have never been regarded as a disciple who was kicked out of the door, do you understand?" Gui Li lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Yes." Suru said: "Now that you have recognized him as a master, you go over and burn some paper money for him, as if you have done some filial piety, he will be happy if it is not easy..." Gui Li clenched his teeth, knelt down to Tian Buyi's body, bowed three times, with tears in his eyes, then got up and walked to the big iron pot, knelt down.The flame in the iron pot has dropped a lot, presumably because Song Daren and others have gone out and no one added paper money.Gui Li glanced to the side, and saw several stacks of thick paper money piled up not far away, all of which were new products that had not been opened. Dazhufeng is full of people who are cultivating Taoism, and it is afraid that paper money will not be used once in hundreds of years. These things must have been bought by Song Daren from the bottom of the mountain temporarily to arrange funeral affairs.Thinking of this, Gui Li's heart felt sour again, he silently reached out his hand to take a stack, unsealed it, and slowly put three sheets into the flames once at a time. The fire light slowly brightened up again, and the tongue of fire was shining red and yellow, dancing on the paper money covered with thin gold foil and silver foil, turning the paper money into ashes one by one. Suru sat beside Tian Buyi, silently watching the undulating and tumbling flames, the fire light was reflected on the face of Ghost Li next to the iron pot, reflecting flickering light. She suddenly asked, "When your master passed away, were you by his side?" Gui Li shook slightly, then turned around, still kneeling beside the iron pot, facing Suru at the same time, said in a low voice: "Yes." Suru looked deeply at Gui Li, and said: "Yesterday after you passed out, I treated your wound and changed your medicine, but found that there was a scarlet flame sword energy unique to your master in your body where your chest was seriously injured, hurting you. The heaviest meridian is also because of this. What's going on here?" Gui Li's heart skipped a beat, his hands were sweating unknowingly, after a while, he said in a low voice: "The disciple was injured this time, it was indeed caused by Master's heavy hands, but..." When he said this, he was at a loss for a moment, and he didn't know where to start. The accident happened suddenly that night, with strange twists and turns. It is even more indescribable that the respected and beloved teacher died for it. Suru snorted, her phoenix eyes were full of power, she said coldly: "You come from the truth." For a moment, Gui Li didn't dare to look at Suru, and lowered his head. After a while, he slowly started to talk about the night when he returned to the ruins of Caomiao Village and ran into a mysterious person, and chased him all the way to the abandoned Yizhuang outside Heyang City. Until Tian Buyi died later, he told Suru slowly. Suru's complexion became paler the more she listened, especially after hearing the last part of Tian Buyi's death, she lost even a tinge of color. She only held onto Tian Buyi's palm tightly with both hands, as if she was afraid that her husband would die again. It's the same as leaving. At the end, Gui Li said in a low voice: "This is what happened, this disciple must not dare to lie to Master." Suru's eyes shifted to Tian Buyi, looking deeply at that familiar and serene face, perhaps, in her husband's heart, he didn't have much remorse, in his heart, he just felt that these were the things he should do! She took a deep breath and straightened her body, although she really wanted to lie down like this, lie down with her husband, and don't care about anything else, but she knew it was not time yet. "You really see clearly..." Suru's voice sounded a bit erratic. Gui Li didn't understand for a while, said: "Master, what do you mean?" Suru's face was pale, and she said in a low voice: "That mysterious person is really the head teacher...Senior Brother Daoxuan?" Gui Li took a deep breath and said decisively: "This disciple saw it with his own eyes, even if that person turned into fly ash, this disciple would not be wrong." Suru nodded silently, and after a while, she slowly asked again: "Based on what you said just now, when he was in a turmoil at the end, he knocked you down, was it Lu Xueqi from Xiaozhufeng who killed him?" Gui Li's body shook violently, and for a moment cold sweat dripped down his forehead, but at the end, he still gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" Suru didn't speak, just stared at Gui Li blankly, as if in a trance.However, under her gaze, the expression on Gui Li's face changed violently, as if he was in torment. After a while, he said in a low voice: "Then... Lu Xueqi, she, she is actually trying to save me, no, it's the disciple..." Suddenly, his expression became serious, he knelt down on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Master, every mistake is the disciple's fault, then Lu Xueqi..." Suru sighed, and cut her off: "I remember the disciples of Qingyun sect, these years, you are the best friend with her, even if you have entered the way of magic, I heard that she still misses you very much, and paid back several times for you. Going against Senior Sister Shuiyue's wishes, and even rejected the marriage proposal of Fenxiang Valley Master Yun Yilan, didn't you?" Gui Li knelt down on the ground, his heart was in a mess, there were thousands of words in his belly, but he couldn't say a word.On the night of the great change that day, although he knew that Lu Xueqi had to act most likely to save him, Tian Buyi was after all the mentor who raised him up, and even the person he respected and loved all his life. However, that Tianya Excalibur pierced through the chest of his benefactor... Afterwards, almost subconsciously, he kept Lu Xueqi away thousands of miles away in deep pain. After the turmoil in southern Xinjiang, there was a brief hug, but under this twist of fate, the gap became deeper and wider. I really don't know why the sky is so cruel! It's just that in front of Suru this time, even though Gui Li had such a complicated mentality, he couldn't just sit back and watch Suru misunderstand Lu Xueqi, but he understood deeply that Master's wife treats Master with more affection than himself Nothing less than that, so how can I ask my wife to be magnanimous when it is difficult for me to accept it? Gui Li was speechless, he didn't know what to say. Facts are as sharp and ruthless as a blade, and everyone who approaches seems to be hurt by it! It's just that Suru's complexion at this moment is not as determined as Gui Li imagined, nor is it painful and sad, on the contrary, after the initial sadness, her face gradually has a thoughtful look.After a while, Suru said to Gui Li: "I remember you said just now that before Yi died, his mind recovered briefly and he recognized you, right?" Gui Li nodded and said, "Yes." Suru said: "Then what did he say to you?" Gui Li pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Master said two words to me after he woke up." Suru asked: "What did he say?" Gui Li said: "Master's first sentence is quite strange, he just repeated three words: don't blame her, don't blame her. The second sentence is to tell the disciples to bring back the body of the old man after the master passed away. Hand over the Big Bamboo Peak to Mistress, and tell Mistress..." Suru's complexion changed, and she said, "What does he want you to tell me?" Gui Li said in a low voice: "When the master was dying, he asked the disciples to tell the teacher's wife, please mourn for the teacher's wife, don't... don't do stupid things." Suru was speechless, with tears in her eyes, she swayed and swayed, her whole body was weak and on the verge of falling, already heartbroken, Gui Li felt pain and worry in his heart, but he didn't dare to go forward, he could only kneel down On the ground, he kowtowed and said, "Master's day is sad!" After a while, I heard Suru's voice calmed down slightly, saying in a low voice, "I'm fine, get up." Only then did Gui Li stand up, looking up, Suru's expression had calmed down, but the sadness in her eyes was still obvious. In the Shoujing hall, there was silence again, Gui Li silently added a few pieces of paper money to the nearby iron pot, at this moment, Suru suddenly said, "Are you also dissatisfied with Lu Xueqi for killing your master?" resentment?" Gui Li was taken aback, he didn't know what the teacher's wife meant, he couldn't answer for a while, but Suru is a very smart person, and with the experience of the world, he has already seen through it, only seeing the expression on Gui Li's face, It is already mostly clear in the chest. She said indifferently: "Do you know what the meaning of the three words 'don't blame her' he said to you before he died?" Gui Li was startled, and said: "What?" Suru smiled bitterly, and said: "It's not bad as I expected, I'm afraid it won't be easy for him to let that Miss Lu Xueqi kill him willingly." Gui Li was taken aback, and said: "Master, what you said..." Suru sighed, and said: "Forget it, the past is unbearable to look back on, but it will never go away. The secrets of our previous generation must not involve you juniors." She turned her head silently, looked at Tian Buyi, only saw Tian Buyi With a peaceful and peaceful face, she looked as if she was asleep, she said in a low voice, "It's not easy, you must want me to tell him that secret..."