Chapter 38 Chapter 37: The Prodigal Son Turns Back

The wind was whistling, and at some point the wind had turned violent. The sound of the wind on an autumn night was almost as bleak as the sound of the wind on the grassland. It was still far from dawn. Fu Hongxue tightly gripped his saber, cold sweat dripping from his palm.The cold sweat was not from fear, but from pain; a pain he had never felt before. The stranger stopped talking. No one spoke. His enemy sat before him, waiting to die. He suffered all kinds of painful tortures in order to find out these enemies one by one, and let them die under the knife in his hand. But now he looked at this man, at the wrinkles on this man's face due to long-term pain and fear, at this man's tired and haggard expression, at this man's broken left leg...

He suddenly didn't know if he should kill him. "I have paid for what I did wrong." This sentence is not false.If it weren't for the pain and fear that lasted forever, who would want to cut off his own leg? A man who has lived nineteen years in that constant torment may have paid a price worse than death. "Over the years, I have been trying to act like a real gentleman." This sentence is not false.Over the years, he has indeed been tolerant and tolerant, never daring to do anything wrong again. Was it because he knew he was wrong, because he had done everything in his power to atone?

"Now you can still kill him at any time, he has no ability to resist at all!" "But the question now is not whether this person should be killed." "It's about whether this person is worth killing." No one could answer this question for Fu Hongxue. He had to choose for himself: to kill him, or not to kill him? Everyone was looking at Fu Hongxue, and they were all asking the same question in their hearts. Is he going to kill Yi Dajing, or not? The wind is still howling, and the wind is more urgent.Hearing the sound of the wind, one can't help but think of the boundless prairie, the seemingly endless sandstorm, and the bloody smell in the wind...

But the night moon in the border town is still beautiful.Under the bleak and hazy moonlight, there are still many beautiful things to remember.Among those memories, there are still many people worth remembering. Some hateful, but lovely people. Does everyone have his hateful place, but also his lovely place? Now Ye Kai is thinking about Xiao Bieli. He didn't know why he suddenly thought of this person, maybe it was just because he always felt that this person didn't deserve to die. Maybe he has been regretting why he let this person die. Many of the truly damned are still alive.

"I won't kill you, because you are no longer worthy of being killed by me!" "But I will never let Ma Kongqun go! He is not only my father's friend, but they are also brothers. No matter what, this matter should not be done by him. I must want him to die under this knife! " These were the last words Fu Hongxue uttered, and this was his final choice. He didn't kill Yi Dajing, and he didn't look at anyone again, he walked out the door slowly, took a step with his left foot first, and then dragged his right leg.The way he walked was strange and painful, just like him.

But his knife was still pitch black. Is he holding this knife, or is this knife controlling his destiny? "This knife can bring people only death and misfortune!" Ye Kai seemed to hear Xiao Bieli's voice again, which seemed to come from hell. He watched Fu Hongxue walk out slowly, into the boundless darkness. The wind outside was cold and strong, and his back looked so lonely and cold in the dark... There seemed to be tears in Ye Kai's eyes. Ding Linglin was looking at him.She seemed to only pay attention to him forever. She suddenly asked softly, "Why are you sad?"

Ye Kai said: "I'm not sad, but happy." Ding Linglin said: "Why are you happy?" Ye Kai said: "Because he didn't kill Yi Dajing." As soon as this sentence was finished, he suddenly heard Yi Dajing's cry——Yi Dajing fell to the ground and burst into tears. He may have never really cried for a long, long time, and he is not a person who is always willing to reveal his true feelings. "Is life more painful than death sometimes?" This question can only be answered by Yi Dajing himself. The stranger looked at him, then at Lu Xiaojia. Lu Xiaojia stood there like a stone statue, neither moving nor peeling his peanuts.There was no expression on his face.

But isn't it sometimes the most painful expression to have no expression? The stranger suddenly sighed and said, "Now you can send him back." The wine is in the glass. The light is like beans, and the color of the wine is dim. This is not a good wine. But the quality of wine does not lie in itself, but in the mood you drink it in.If a person is full of pain, even if it is unparalleled wine in the world, it will be bitter in his mouth. The stranger suddenly said: "I am also very happy today." Ye Kai said: "Is it also because he didn't kill Yi Dajing?"

The stranger nodded, and said something that Ye Kai would never forget in his life. "It's not difficult to be able to kill someone, but the most difficult thing is to be able to spare an enemy that you can kill him at any time." Ye Kai chewed this sentence carefully, only felt that his heart was full of bitterness and sweetness, and couldn't help but drank it all in one gulp. The stranger also raised his glass and drank it all. He smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I drank like this. I used to drink well, but then..." He didn't say any more.

Ye Kai didn't ask, because he had seen the sudden emotion in those ruthless eyes. It was a very complicated feeling, with pain, sweetness, happiness, and sadness... Although his sword is ruthless, his people have always been affectionate. He certainly has a lot of memories too.Whether these memories are happy or sad, they are deeper and more cherished than most people. Ding Linglin has been watching him. When Ye Kai was by her side, this was the first time she looked at others like this. She suddenly asked: "You are really that..." The stranger smiled and said, "I am that A Fei, everyone calls me A Fei, so you can call me A Fei too."

Ding Linglin blushed and smiled, lowered her head and said, "May I toast you a glass of wine?" The stranger said: "Of course." Ding Linglin rushed to drink the glass of wine first, her eyes sparkled, and it was a very proud thing for everyone to toast with Ah Fei. The stranger looked at her young and shining eyes, but couldn't help but feel a little sentimental in his heart.He knew in his heart that now he would never be the old A Fei again. The former A Fei who roamed the rivers and lakes is now nothing more than a stranger in the rivers and lakes. Even he himself does not want to hear about his past events that are enough to make people's blood boil. Of course, Ding Linglin couldn't understand these sentiments now, so she smiled and said: "I heard that you are the fastest shooter in the world, but I didn't believe it until today." The stranger smiled lightly and said, "You are wrong, I have never been the fastest shooter, and there have always been people who are faster than me." Ding Linglin opened her eyes wide. The stranger asked: "Do you know who taught Lu Xiaojia to use that sword?" Ding Linglin shook her head. The stranger said: "This man has a very strange name, he is called Jing Wuming." Ding Linglin smiled and said: "Jing Wuming? He has no life?" The stranger said: "Everyone has a life, and of course he does too, but he always feels that his life is not his own." Ding Linglin said: "This name is indeed strange, and this kind of thinking is even more strange." The stranger sighed: "He was a very strange person." Ding Linglin said: "His sword is also fast?" The stranger said: "As far as I know, there is no faster sword than him in the world today, and his left and right hands are equally fast. That kind of speed is definitely beyond the imagination of those who have never seen him." Ding Linglin seemed to have another lonely and arrogant figure in front of her eyes, and said leisurely: "I think he must be very proud." The stranger said: "Not only is he proud, but he is also ruthless. He can kill others for a word, but he will also kill himself for a word." Ding Linglin said: "I think others must be very afraid of him." The stranger nodded, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and said slowly: "But now he is a stranger in the world..." Ding Linglin said: "Where's Xiao Li Fei Dao? Is his attack faster than Jing Wuming?" The stranger's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "His attack is beyond the word 'quick'." Ding Linglin blinked and said: "I understand, it doesn't matter whether he strikes fast or not, because his martial arts has reached the great state you mentioned, so no one can defeat him." The stranger said: "There is absolutely no one." Ding Linglin said: "So although Shangguan Jinhong's martial arts is invincible in the world, he will still be defeated by him." The stranger smiled and said, "You are indeed very smart." Ding Linglin asked: "Is he really still alive?" The stranger smiled and said, "Am I still alive?" Ding Linglin said: "Of course you are still alive." The stranger said: "Then of course he must still be alive." Ding Linglin said: "If he dies, will you die with him too?" The stranger said: "I may not die with him, but after he dies, no one in the world will see me again." His voice was calm and natural, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, but no matter how great this kind of friendship is, everyone can appreciate it. Ding Linglin's eyes sparkled, and she sighed, "I've also heard that no one can match your friendship, but I didn't know until now." The stranger said: "Perhaps only friendship is the most real and precious thing in the world, so no matter what kind of person Bai Tianyu is, I always think it is a very shameful thing for Ma Kongqun to use that method to teach him a lesson." Ding Linglin said: "So you don't object to Fu Hongxue killing him." The stranger sighed: "But Li Xun Huan never thinks that way. He never remembers the hatred others have towards him. He always only knows how to forgive and sympathize with others." Ding Linglin seemed to be filled with that kind of great emotion in her heart, and after a long time, she asked softly, "Have you seen him recently?" The stranger said: "We meet at least once a year." Ding Linglin said: "Do you know where he is?" They don't have to ask at all. Because friendship like theirs has been omnipresent, no matter where they go. Even Ding Linglin can understand this feeling. She seemed to be staring into the distance, sighed softly, and said, "I really hope to see him one day." There is a cock crowing.Light has gradually come down to the earth. The stranger stood up slowly, supported Ye Kai's shoulders, and said with a smile, "I know you have always respected him and always wanted to set him as an example, so I am very happy." Tears welled up in Ye Kai's eyes, and his heart was full of excitement and gratitude. The stranger looked at the dawn in the east and said, "I'm going to Jiangnan, where I might see him." He looked at Ding Linglin and suddenly smiled again: "I will definitely tell him that there is a smart and beautiful girl who wishes to see him." Ding Linglin smiled, her sparkling eyes were also full of gratitude and hope. She suddenly said: "Is there something earth-shattering about to happen in Jiangnan, so you all have to go to Jiangnan." The stranger said: "Maybe there will be, but we don't want people to know what we do, so no one will know." He walked out slowly, walked out the door, stood in the first dawn, took a long breath, suddenly turned back and smiled and said: "Today I talk more than any other day, do you know why?" Of course they don't know! The stranger said: "Because I am old, the old people always talk more." After saying this, he walked out facing the rising sun; his steps were still so light and steady. The first ray of sunlight just shot out from the clouds in the east, just happened to shine on him, and his whole body seemed to be shining. Ding Linglin sighed softly, and said, "Who said he was old? He looks younger than us." Ye Kai smiled and said: "Of course he won't grow old, some people will never grow old..." Some people really never grow old, because their hearts are always full of love and hope for human beings. As long as there is love and hope in a person's heart, he will always be young. The rising sun is also full of love and hope for human beings, so the light will drive away the darkness. Now the sun is shining on the earth, and the earth is brilliant and brilliant.They are standing in the sun. After such a night, they didn't look tired at all.Because they are also full of hope. Ding Linglin's face was also glowing, and she said sweetly: "Did you hear what he said just now? He said that I am smart and beautiful." Ye Kai was smiling. Ding Linglin stared at him and said, "Why have you never said such a thing?" Ye Kai said: "You must tell me?" Ding Linglin laughed again, and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't say it, as long as you think so in your heart." She took his hand and walked towards the rising sun. Ye Kai suddenly asked: "What kind of person is your third brother?" Ding Linglin rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "My third brother is just like you, smart and mischievous, he seems to know a little bit about everything except having children, but he himself said that his best skill is seducing women. " She suddenly straightened her face and said loudly: "You must not learn from him in this." Ye Kai smiled and said, "I don't need to learn this anymore." Ding Linglin glared at him, then smiled again: "Even if you are very good at seducing women, so what, I'll keep an eye on you every day, even if you have great skills, you can't do it." Ye Kai sighed, and said: "Master Ding San is the most flamboyant, I've heard this saying a long time ago, I really want to meet him." Ding Linglin said sweetly: "You should meet him, and you should flatter him and let him say something nice for you in my house." Ye Kai said: "Except for him, is everyone in your family rigid?" Ding Linglin nodded and said with a sigh: "Especially my father, he rarely smiles once a year. I slipped out because I was afraid of seeing his face." Ye Kai said: "I also know that he is a gentleman." Ding Linglin smiled and said: "But I can guarantee that he is not a hypocrite like Yi Dajing." Ye Kai said: "Of course he is not." Ding Linglin said: "Since my mother passed away, he has never even looked at other women. Based on this alone, it is absolutely impossible for others to do it." Ye Kai smiled and said, "At least I can't do it." Ding Linglin glared at him again, and said, "So I must not die before you." After a while, she suddenly asked again: "Where do you want to go now? Go find Fu Hongxue again?" Ye Kai did not answer this sentence. Ding Linglin said: "Do you think he can really find Ma Kongqun?" Ye Kai pondered, and slowly said: "As long as you are determined, there is nothing you can't do in this world." Under such a bright sun, it seems that there is absolutely nothing that is absolutely impossible. At this moment, suddenly a fast horse galloped under the sun. The horse is a good one in a million, with a distinctive saddle and bridle. Such a good horse, of course, its owner will never be bad. The man on the horse was dressed in fresh clothes and a crown of pearls, with high spirits, a long sword studded with gems and pearls hung on the jade belt around his waist, and he was waving a silk whip lightly in his hand. He was a handsome young man with a face like a crown of jade. When the fast horse came in front of Ye Kai and the others, it suddenly reined in and stopped. Ding Linglin immediately clapped her hands and cheered, saying: "Third brother, we were going to find you, but we didn't expect you to come first." Ding Sanshao smiled and said: "I came here to see your good friend. I heard that he is not a good person like me." When he started to speak, a pair of bright eyes were fixed on Ye Kai's face. Ding Linglin blinked and said, "What do you think of him?" Ding Sanshao smiled and said, "I'm not disappointed." Ye Kai also smiled.He was not disappointed either, Ding Sanshao was indeed a suave and handsome young master. He smiled and said, "I've always wanted to see you too. I heard that you just won more than thirty jars of old daughter red." Ding Sanshao laughed loudly and said: "It's a pity that you are one step too late, all the wine has already been drunk!" Ye Kaidao: "And Ban Qingyin's singing?" Ding Sanshao said: "Those little girls all look like Wuxi clay dolls. You must be very happy to see them, but it's a pity that I will never let you see them." Ye Kai said: "Why?" Ding Sanshao said: "Even if you are not afraid of our little girl being jealous, we are really afraid of her." Ding Linglin put on a straight face on purpose, and said, "You're so smart, otherwise I might have smashed all your clay dolls into pieces." Ding Sanshao smiled and said: "Did you hear that, isn't this girl very jealous?" Ding Linglin couldn't help laughing out loud. Ding Sanshao said: "Where are you going?" Ding Linglin said: "What about you?" Ding Sanshao sighed, and said with a wry smile: "I'm not as free as you guys are, if I don't go back, I'm afraid I'll get a big hole in my head." Ding Linglin said: "Is the old man alright?" Ding Sanshao replied: "Fortunately, I saw him smile once at the end of last year. I think you have to be careful. Although my aunt protects you, if the old man really loses his temper, you will inevitably suffer. .” Ding Linglin pursed her lips and said, "I'm not afraid, at most I won't go back for the rest of my life." Ding Sanshao smiled and said: "This is a good idea, and I don't object to it, I just feel a little sorry for him." Ye Kai said: "For me?" Ding Sanshao nodded and said: "If this ugly girl who is fierce and jealous is really determined to stare at you for the rest of her life, what's the fun in being a human being?" He didn't let Ding Linglin speak, he laughed and swung his whip away.He was still smiling from a distance and said, "When you can slip away alone, you might as well go to me. Besides those clay dolls, I also have quite a few porcelain dolls and sugar dolls..." The laughter suddenly disappeared with the sound of hooves. Ding Linglin stomped her feet and said bitterly: "This third brother is really not a good guy." Ye Kai said: "But what he said makes sense." Ding Linglin said: "What did he say?" Ye Kai laughed and said, "Didn't you just hear him say that someone is a vicious and ugly jerk?" Ding Linglin wanted to put on a straight face, but couldn't help laughing. They were walking slowly on the road covered with golden sunlight, and both of them seemed to have something on their minds. Ye Kai suddenly asked: "What are you thinking?" Ding Linglin said: "No." Ye Kai said: "When a girl says she doesn't think about anything, she must have something on her mind." Ding Linglin couldn't help but sighed softly. Ye Kai looked at her and said, "Are you homesick?" Sure enough, Ding Linglin's eyes were filled with longing and worry. Ye Kai also sighed, and said, "Of course you won't never go back forever." Ding Linglin sighed: "To be honest, I don't worry about anything else, I only worry about my old-fashioned father." Ye Kai said: "Are you afraid that he will not want me as a son-in-law?" Ding Linglin said: "It would be great if you could become a little more disciplined." Ye Kai smiled and said, "Maybe he likes people like me." Ding Linglin shook her head. Ye Kai said: "You think it's impossible?" Ding Linglin said: "Yes." Ye Kai said: "Isn't your third brother just like me? Doesn't he like your third brother the most?" Ding Linglin said: "How do you know?" Ye Kaidao: "Because he has the strictest control over your third brother, besides, older people always like younger sons." Ding Linglin said: "That's true. Among us brothers and sisters, the one he manages the most is my third brother, but the one he likes the most in his heart is also my third brother." Ye Kai laughed and said, "So you are jealous again." Ding Linglin bit her lip and said, "I don't want him to like me, as long as he doesn't keep making trouble for me." Ye Kai said: "He always troubles you, maybe it's because he likes you very much." Ding Linglin stopped talking, but her eyes became a little wet, as if she was about to cry. Ye Kai seemed to be in deep thought, and didn't pay attention to the expression on her face. After a long time, he suddenly asked: "Does your father have any special friends? Can you speak nice words for me in front of him?" Ding Linglin shook her head and said: "He rarely interacts with others at all, even if there are two, they are all old antiques and pedantic like him." Ye Kai's eyes flickered, and he continued, "I heard that he and Xue Bin had a good relationship before." Ding Linglin shook her head again and said, "He may not even have heard of the name Xue Bin." Ye Kai had a strange expression, as if he was relieved, but also a little disappointed. After a long time, he asked: "Where is Yi Dajing? Not his good friend?" Ding Linglin said: "The Great Book of Changes must have been recognized by my third brother recently, even I have never heard that he has such a friend." Ye Kai asked: "Did your father never associate with people in the Jianghu?" Ding Linglin said: "He often said that there are only two people in the world who are qualified to make friends with him." Ye Kai said: "Which two?" Ding Linglin said: "Of course one of them is Xiao Li Tanhua, even my father always thinks that he is the most remarkable figure in the Jianghu for nearly three hundred years, and thinks that what he does is absolutely impossible for others. " Ye laughed and said, "It seems that at least he has a good eye." Ding Linglin suddenly smiled too, and said, "There is another one, try to guess who it is?" Ye Kai said: "A Fei?" Ding Linglin shook her head and said, "He always thinks that Ah Fei is a person who will never do great things, because this person is too proud and lonely." Ye Kai did not argue. Because even he couldn't help but admit that old man Ding had his reasons for thinking about Ah Fei. "But if he doesn't even look up to Ah Fei, who else in the Jianghu can make him look up to?" Ding Linglin said: "Bai Tianyu." Ye Kai felt very surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Bai Baiyu? Does your father recognize him?" Ding Linglin continued: "I don't know, but he has always thought that Bai Baiyu is also a very great person, and he has always wanted to meet him, but it's a pity..." She sighed and said nothing more. It is true that Bai Baiyu died too early. No matter what kind of character he is, there must be many people in the world who think this is a very regrettable thing. Ding Linglin said: "Except for these two people, in his eyes, other people are either idiots or bastards." Ye Kai smiled bitterly: "It's a pity that these two will never speak good words for me." Ding Linglin blinked her eyes and said: "Maybe there is only one person who can speak in front of him now, and he may still listen to the whole sentence if only this person speaks." Ye Kai said: "Who?" Ding Linglin said: "My aunt." Ye Kai said, "That's his sister?" Ding Linglin said: "He only has this one biological sister, and the relationship between the two has been very good since childhood." Ye Kai said: "Your aunt is not married yet?" Ding Linglin said with a smile: "She has a higher vision than my father. She doesn't even have a single man in the world that she likes." Ye Kai said indifferently: "Maybe it's just because others don't like her too much." Ding Linglin said: "You are wrong. Until now, she can still be regarded as a beauty. When she was young, some men even came from thousands of miles just to see her." Ye Kai said: "But she refused to let them even take a look." Ding Linglin said: "It's not bad at all. She often said that men are pigs, dirty and smelly, as if a man would look at her dirty, so..." She looked at Ye Kai from the corner of her eyes, bit her lip, and said: "She often advises me never to marry in my life, no matter what kind of man I see, it's best to kick him out." Ye Kai said lightly: "Isn't she afraid of kicking your feet dirty?" Ding Linglin said sweetly: "It's a pity that I'm worthless. Not only am I reluctant to kick you, but even if you want to kick me, you won't be able to kick me away." Ye Kai couldn't help laughing either. Ding Linglin sighed softly again, and said, "So I don't think there is much chance that she will speak well for you." Ye Kai sighed: "It seems that there is almost no one in your family who is not strange." Ding Linglin smiled wryly, "That's not fake at all." Ye Kaidao: "Among the three great aristocratic families in the martial arts world, your family is probably the strangest." Ding Linglin said: "The brothers of the Nangong family often say that our family is like a nest of hedgehogs, and there is no one who is not covered with thorns." She chuckled, and continued: "Fortunately, my father didn't hear these words, otherwise those brats from the Nangong family would not be unlucky." Ye Kai said: "Is your father's martial arts really high?" Ding Linglin said: "I don't know this myself, I only know that our brothers and sisters all learned martial arts from him, but no one can learn all his martial arts." Her eyes couldn't help showing pride, and she said: "My three older brothers are all top-notch fighters in the martial arts, but their martial arts are still not even half as good as my father's." Ye Kaidao: "But your father seems to have never fought against anyone before." Ding Linglin said leisurely: "That's because no one has ever dared to trouble him." Ye Kai said: "He never seeks trouble from others?" Ding Linglin said: "He doesn't even bother to listen to these messy things in Jianghu." Ye Kai stared into the distance, seemed to be fascinated by what he heard, and after a long time, he said slowly: "No matter what, I must accompany you back to see him." Ding Linglin opened her eyes wide and said, "How dare you?" Ye Kai laughed and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of, at most it's just a big hole in his head." Ding Linglin jumped up and said, "Okay, let's go now." Ye Kai said: "I'm afraid it won't work now." Ding Linglin said: "Now you still want to find Fu Hongxue?" Ye Kai sighed and said, "His enemies are getting more and more, but his friends are getting fewer and fewer." Ding Linglin pouted and said, "Do you know where to find him?" Ye Kai's expression suddenly became very strange again, and he said slowly: "This place is not too far from Plum Blossom Temple." Ding Linglin was shocked and said, "Is that the Plum Blossom Temple?" Ye Kai nodded slowly, and said, "I think Fu Hongxue will definitely go there to have a look." Ding Linglin also had a very strange expression on her face, and sighed, "Don't say it's Fu Hongxue, even I wanted to go there and have a look."