C10

Qi Tianyun arrived at Chang'an later than the two of them. He did not know how to use the light arts, so he had to rely on his legs and travel a long distance to find out what was going on. Everything was different from when he had seen the world before. Prosperity meant clamor, it meant wealth, it also meant endless trouble and pain behind wealth.

Engraved on the wall were the words "Chang'an". Walking through the tall city gates, he walked past the armored and helmeted guards, and saw the hawkers on the street shouting and peddling. Many of the people in bright clothing walked past them, showing a busy and festive appearance. There were many shops on both sides of the street, and the scale of the shops was incomparable to any small town that they had ever seen.

"It's still early. Why don't we go ask Elder Brother Sima where he lives and familiarize ourselves with this strange environment?" Thinking this way, Qi Tianyun looked around, pulling on a scholar who was simply dressed in a square scarf and asked: "Brother, do you know where the Sima Mansion is?"

The scholar looked at him in surprise and asked, "Sima Mansion?"

Qi Tianyun thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the Chang'ang City has several different types of Sima Mansion?"

The scholar replied: "Of course there's only one, I just don't know if you have the Sima Mansion with you …"

Qi Tianyun quickly said, "I'm a friend of Sima Feng, I'm here to see him."

The scholar was surprised at first, but then he mocked: "With your looks, you dare to call yourself Sima Feng's friend? Sima Family are renowned throughout the world, the prestige of the martial arts world is high, how could there be a friend like you? "Haha …" Gu Zi walked away.

Qi Tianyun looked down at himself. He didn't expect that he didn't think of all this when he was with Sima Feng, but now there was such a difference.

He wanted to ask another, less respectable person, so that he would not be ridiculed. In the distance, a group of people talking loudly attracted his attention. It seemed to be a group of rich kids. Of course, you couldn't ask these people, but the one in the middle seemed to be — Sima Feng? When he looked again, it really was him! How about you greet him in front of so many people? While he was hesitating, Sima Feng had already clasped his hands and bid farewell to those people.

"Elder Brother Sima!" Long time no see! "

"Elder Brother Qi!" It's really you? I saw you from afar and I thought I was seeing things. "

"Oh? So you said goodbye to them on purpose? Are you afraid that people will know that you have a poor friend? "

"It's not a problem. Let's go. Come with me to tour the historical ruins first, then go to the restaurant and drink a few cups with me."

Sima Feng took his shoulder and left without saying anything further.

"Young Master Sima!" A crisp voice called out from behind. The two of them turned their heads and saw a young lady who was dressed in an elegant yet noble manner. However, she seemed a bit less reserved when she said that she was from a small family.

"Oh!" It's Jasmine, what's the matter? " Sima Feng asked.

Jasmine did not answer, she only waved at Sima Feng, signalling him to go over, then ran to the side of the road in front of the embroidery stand, dragging a beautiful figure with her back to her. She called out "Miss" as she pointed behind her, probably telling the Miss that Sima Feng was there, and told her to go greet him.

Sima Feng pulled Qi Tianyun towards them, explaining, "That's Xiaoqing's personal servant girl."

Qi Tianyun suddenly said, "So it's like that." A weird smile appeared on his face as he asked, "Why is Elder Brother Sima laughing?"

"Haha!" Interesting, she has never liked knitting women's red, but today she was actually willing to stand there and look at those things, hehe, what a rare sight! " The meaning behind her words was that Lu Xiaoqing only pretended to be looking at embroidery because she didn't want to see him.

Qi Tianyun had only taken two steps when he stopped. Sima Feng pulled at him again, "Elder Brother Qi, let's go." Qi Tianyun reluctantly followed.

"Xiaoqing, it's been a long time, hehehehe-" Sima Feng laughed, reaching out with his right hand to pat her shoulder. Jasmine, seeing his cautious look, covered his mouth with a handkerchief and snickered. Seeing that he was done for, Lu Xiaoqing dodged his claw and said coldly, "Take your dirty hand away!"

Sima Feng was bored and awkwardly took his hand back. He could only watch the embroidery for a while.

"Xiaoqing, there's a new snack bar on that street over there. I've only been there once, but I'm sure you've never had one before."

He then praised the novelty of the store's snacks, the brilliance of their color, and the uniqueness of their taste. After eating, within three days, everything else seemed to be eating as if it were wood.

Lu Xiaoqing turned around and looked at Sima Feng with disdain.

She said very conceitedly, "Hmph! Your mouth has never been reliable. Last time, you boasted that the dishes in that restaurant were cooked well, but the result was that they were not even half as delicious as the dishes cooked by my family's chef. "

Although his tone was still cold, it was no longer as indifferent as before. It seemed like Sima Feng's move had worked.

As she said this, her interest also increased. She even talked about which simple restaurant she should eat at for lunch. However, her eyes turned and she inevitably saw Qi Tianyun.

Looking at Qi Tianyun's expression, it was as if he had seen someone who would rather hide in a latrine than see him. Other than hatred, there was also contempt, disdain and disgust in his eyes — after all, her father wasn't seriously injured, so he was still fine, so there wasn't much hatred in his eyes.

Qi Tianyun tilted his head and refused to look her in the eye. Although he did not hate Lu Xiaoqing, but he could not say that he had a good impression of his. However, since he was Sima Feng's friend, he naturally could not embarrass him too much.

Lu Xiaoqing suddenly glared fiercely at Sima Feng. "Ok!" I say, why are you suddenly so kind? Since young, you've always bullied me, and now you even found a helper to deal with me. Let me tell you, I'm not afraid! Sooner or later, I will defeat you. I'm not in a good mood today, so it's best if you don't provoke me! " As she spoke, she pointed at his nose and approached him step by step, causing Sima Feng to retreat continuously. He stormed off, and when Molly tried to reconcile, she was gone.

"What is going on?" Sima Feng looked at Qi Tianyun doubtfully, "Elder Brother Qi, when did you meet?"

Qi Tianyun was about to say something, but he was unable to say it, so he could only point at Jasmine and said: "Miss Jasmine is her personal servant girl. She would definitely know, you should ask her."

Thus, Sima Feng stared at Jasmine with an inquiring look, "Jasmine, what happened?"

Jasmine looked at Qi Tianyun carefully at first, then suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, so you're the one who almost killed Miss!"

"Ah?!" Sima Feng's body trembled violently. He suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Qi Tianyun, but he immediately woke up. He knew that there was something strange going on, so he continued to ask, "Jasmine, what exactly happened, you must tell me the truth!"

Jasmine also wanted to say it out loud in a hurry, so she looked around and stopped herself from speaking any further.

Sima Feng knew what she was worried about, so he suggested: "Let's go to the teahouse."

In an elegant side room, there were teacups and teapots on a low table. The three people sat around the table. Sima Feng and Qi Tianyun sat quietly. Jasmine poured a cup of tea down her throat and exhaled deeply, revealing the reason behind the matter.

More than a month ago, Jasmine had accompanied Lu Xiaoqing and Madame Lu to Madam's parents' house.

After returning, Lu Xiaoqing went straight to Alliance Leader Lu's bedroom. Along the way, there were servants blocking the way, saying that the chief was in closed door training and shouldn't be disturbed. Lu Xiaoqing knocked them all down and charged past them.

However, when they arrived outside Alliance Leader Lu's bedroom, they saw her Senior Brother guarding outside the door with a serious expression. Only then did they believe that her father was really recuperating, and just as they were about to ask, the bedroom door opened and the alliance head came out with a glowing face.

Lu Xiaoqing went up to ask her father. He didn't say anything until they entered the main hall. Madame Lu had also heard about it and asked about it. He dismissed the servants, leaving only him and her head disciples, Madame Lu and Lu Xiaoqing, inside.

"Chen Shi, please speak for me." Alliance Leader Lu was a bit unwilling to mention it.

Lu Xiaoqing's senior brother, Chen Shi, said slowly, "Not long after Mistress and Junior Sister left the house, some close friend of Master's came over to inform Master that a gang called 'Silver Knife Sect' in the Jianghu was annihilated overnight. They were killed in a small town, and it is said that they clashed with a young man in the morning. Master and I have discussed this matter for a long time, and said that if this was done by this young man, then we really could not imagine when a powerful newcomer has appeared in the martial arts world, so Master thought that we should investigate this matter, and left the next day. "

When Chen Shi was hesitating on what to say next, Alliance Leader Lu waved his hand and interrupted him.

Alliance Leader Lu Fu played with his black beard and said leisurely: "I arrived at that town very quickly. The corpses had already been buried, I found someone to dig the grave and looked carefully. I couldn't find any signs of poison or injuries, so I buried them again.

"At that time, I thought that Silver Knife Sect was a place with good reputation. Although it did not have any heroic deeds, it did not have any bad deeds, and I have never heard of anyone who could hold a grudge against it. How could someone have met with such a calamity?"

"Later on, I heard that someone had seen a strange youth in the small town. He said it was strange because there had been rich people in the town and people who had begged along the streets, but very few people had seen him dressed like a mountain villager. Besides, on the way from the mountains to the town, they had heard that there were robbers and the pedestrians had been cut off. How could someone have come from there unharmed? I took out the portrait and showed it to the man, who said it was him. So I asked him if he knew where the boy had gone, and he said he had gone out of the town, and I asked him how many roads there were to take outside the town, and he said there was only one road he had agreed to take, and he asked if I was looking for the boy. He had been gone for days, and I'm afraid it's hard to find him. "

Alliance Leader Lu took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and spread it on the table. The three of them looked at the portrait, then Alliance Leader Lu rolled it up again and put it back in his sleeve before continuing.

"I rushed along the road and chased after him. In order to avoid an exchange of blows, I took a shortcut and climbed to a nearby mountain peak. After walking for a distance, I turned back and finally stopped at a short mountain. I asked him what sect or sect he belonged to, and what did it have to do with the annihilation of the Silver Knife Sect, and why did a murder case happen here, yet he was able to calmly rush over. I thought that he would explain himself, but who would have thought, that he would actually say that Silver Knife Sect was something that could only be obtained by taking money from people. At that time, I was so angry that my lungs were about to burst. I immediately challenged him. How could I have known that I would have been injured by him with just one move? "

Lu Xiaoqing quickly asked, "How did you get injured?"

Alliance Leader Lu was silent, as if he didn't know how he got hurt.

But Lu Xiaoqing said angrily, "Hmph! It must be some scheme that he used to hurt Father. With Father's martial arts, not many people in the world would be able to do it in one move. "

Alliance Leader Lu waved his hand and said, "Child, don't spout nonsense."

Lu Xiaoqing first said in a displeased tone, "I'm no longer a child." Then she asked, "Dad, where are the injuries?" When she heard that her chest only hurt a little and that she had rested for nearly half a month, she felt a little relieved. However, her heart was stuck in her throat. She suddenly stood up and shouted, "Father! Your daughter will vent her anger for you! " As he spoke, he strode out.

"Halt!" Alliance Leader Lu said calmly, "Where are you going?"

Lu Xiaoqing turned around and said confidently, "Father! Your daughter will help you vent your anger! "

Alliance Leader Lu slammed the table and stood up angrily, "Stop messing around!" Even father might not be able to beat him. How many jin of weight do you have? No one cares if you want to take the opportunity to go out and play around. If you continue to act willfully and recklessly, you can go back to your room and properly reflect on your actions. You're not allowed to come out! "

Lu Xiaoqing stomped her feet and retorted, "Dad! Who wants to go out and play, I just — "She wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Madame Lu." Alright! Qing'er, don't be so willful. Listen to your father. Your daughter fights and kills everyday. How are you going to be like this? How are you going to get married in the future if you go crazy like this? "

When Madame Lu was about to pour out her usual mother's scripture, Lu Xiaoqing waved her hands impatiently. "Got it, got it, how many times have I told you? You didn't say I'm tired, I'm tired of listening to you!" As she said that, she walked in front of her father and grabbed his sleeve, twisting it non-stop. As she spoke, she charmingly said, "Father! Your daughter will listen to you and not go out to cause trouble. Don't be angry, okay, Dad! " She called him "dad" so many times that Alliance Leader Lu felt his whole body go numb and all kinds of qi flew out of his body. Whenever she used this move, there was no way to resist it. He pretended to be angry as he pulled on his sleeve and snorted: "Don't do this!"

Lu Xiaoqing immediately beamed. "Ha! Father, aren't you angry anymore? "

Madame Lu tried to smooth things over as she said, "Isn't that right? Anyway, it's over now. Oh!" It's already dark, so I'll go and instruct the kitchen to make some soup to nourish my husband. " As he spoke, he left.

Lu Xiaoqing got up and blessed his father. "Dad, your daughter has gone to change." She turned around and left as well.

Alliance Leader Lu inwardly exclaimed, "My daughter has finally grown up." Sitting in the hall, he discussed the oddity of the matter with Chen Shi.

In less than an hour, the dishes were served. Alliance Leader Lu, Madame Lu and Chen Shi were all sitting at the table.

Alliance Leader Lu picked up his chopsticks and was about to take the food away, but he didn't see Lu Xiaoqing at all. He was slightly puzzled.

"Junior Martial Sister, why aren't you coming to eat? What are you doing now?" Chen Shi couldn't help but mutter.

"Who knows?" Alliance Leader Lu also felt that something was wrong, he accidentally noticed that the picture scroll in his sleeve disappeared.

"Where?" He searched through both sleeves, but he still couldn't find them. Chen Shi reminded him that he might have kept it. Just as he was about to reach into his bosom, his mind suddenly shook. He remembered that Lu Xiaoqing had grabbed his sleeve and shook it vigorously, probably stealing the portrait at that moment.

"Sigh!" This damned girl! " He dropped his chopsticks on the table and sighed.

Madame Lu was just about to ask him what was the matter when she saw Lu Xiaoqing's servant girl, Jasmine, run in, and shouted anxiously: "Lord and Lady are in trouble! I went to call Miss over for a meal just now, but I didn't see her in the room. The entire mansion searched for her, but couldn't find her, Miss has gone missing! "

"Huh?" Madame Lu looked at her husband in panic. "What should we do? Will something happen to her?"

Chen Shi stood up and volunteered, "Master! Mistress! Wait for your disciple to protect her and not let her be bullied. Then, bring her back as soon as possible. "

Madame Lu hurriedly said, "Then come back as soon as possible. Remember not to stay out too long."

Chen Shi agreed and was about to leave when Alliance Leader Lu stopped him. "Be careful, that young man is not simple. I do not know his martial arts skills or his sect, so you must not lightly spar with him. If Qing Er is in danger, you must secretly help her escape, remember this!" Chen Shi promised to leave immediately.

"And then?" Sima Feng asked. When he heard that Alliance Leader Lu had also suffered from Qi Tianyun's mysterious earthquake and injury, he was quite surprised. He had only just recovered a little bit.

"Later on," Jasmine said, "Senior brother Chen Shi brought her back, and Madam asked her if she was alright. Senior brother Chen Shi was almost killed by him at that time, but he was scared off by a hidden dart from Senior brother Chen Shi, so he was not injured. However, the moment he came back, he immediately dragged the Old Master to the secret room to whisper about something. " She talked so much in one breath, her mouth was dry, and she drank two more cups.

"Oh?" Sima Feng quickly understood that what Chen Shi said was definitely not the truth. He suddenly slapped the table and laughed: "Jasmine, you played a good show with your young miss! "Haha …"

"Hmm?" Jasmine stared at him blankly, "How did you know?"

"Ha!" Didn't you say so? " Sima Feng took a sip proudly, "You just said that the three of them are having a discussion in the hall. Other than them, you didn't see any other portraits, but when you saw him." He pointed to Qi Tianyun — "I recognized him as the man in the portrait. That must be because your young lady showed you the portrait, and since she showed it to you, she must have consulted you, too. After she has slipped away quietly, you can pretend that she has suddenly disappeared, so that they will not be able to catch up with her, right?"

Jasmine covered her mouth and laughed, then said, "It's really impossible to hide anything from Young Master Sima." She turned around and looked at Qi Tianyun, "Who are you really? Is it really that powerful? "

Sima Feng was surprised, "You've said so much and you still don't know his name?"

Jasmine shook her head: "Miss's senior brother did not say his name when he returned, sigh! "Forget it, let's not talk anymore. After talking for so long, it's about time for me to return. Young Master Sima, I'll be leaving first."

After she left, Sima Feng said, "I almost forgot one thing. Uncle Lu heard that you and I are friends, so he asked me your name. I said I would ask you first before making a decision."

Only now did Qi Tianyun say anything, and he sighed: "Ai! He doesn't know my name, nor do I know his name.

When Sima Feng heard this, he could not help but burst out laughing, "I really don't know how to calculate this amount of bullsh * t!" Then, he added, "Let me tell you, he is Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts Circles today. His name is Lu - Machine. Please don't shout so much."

"I don't think you should tell him. Just say that I will disappear from the Chang'ang City very soon," Qi Tianyun thought for a moment and continued, "He knows that in the future, things will definitely get worse. At that time, won't it be hard for me to take even a single step?"

Sima Feng quickly waved his hand, "No, that won't happen. Uncle Lu is not such a careless person."

Qi Tianyun thought for a while, looked at the tea leaves in the cup and said: "Whatever you want, but, your little lover — Sigh!" He stopped in mid-sentence, but his meaning was clear.

Sima Feng nodded: "You don't have to worry too much. With her personality, she'll definitely come and annoy you again. But I can't help you, I can't control her. Just take care of yourself and avoid her as much as possible."

A moment later, the two of them left the teahouse. Sima Feng patted his head and said excitedly: "Why don't we do this! If you ever live in Chang'an in the future, you can stay in my home. Xiaoqing has never been to any of the places in her life that she would want to go to, and the one that she doesn't want to go to is my home. If she knows that you live in my house, even if I had to pull her, she wouldn't touch you. "

Qi Tianyun was surprised, "The one you don't want to go to the most is your home? Then when will you be able to obtain her? Can it be that you really are going to be in your seventies or eighties, but do you really have the willpower to wait? "

Sima Feng's face turned ashen. He smiled awkwardly: "I don't care about that first. I won't let anyone near her anyway. I'll think of a way in the future!"

At this point, both of them were thinking about their own matters as they silently walked on the street. The bustling scenery by the side of the road was something they were not in the mood to watch.

"When will I be able to learn martial arts and protect myself? Can Younger Sister Xue wait until that day? With her personality, wanting her to quietly wait in the valley for me to take her out would just be too depressing for her, wouldn't it? But I don't even know if I can handle what's going on outside, let alone protect her. "

Thinking about this, Qi Tianyun couldn't help but ask his' stupid friend 'for help in his heart: "Brother Jian, ah, brother Jian! Just give me a hint, don't be so quiet, okay? "

Suddenly, he slapped his forehead and sighed, "Sigh! I'm so stupid! " Wasn't he stupid? Ximen San had said that he could use this sword for a round, but he refused to learn the sword himself.

"Hmm? "Are you stupid?" Sima Feng couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so stupid?"

"Err..." Qi Tianyun cursed himself as he tried to think of a way to answer him, "I mean, since your knife skills are so good, why don't you just learn from it in the future instead of thinking about what to learn?" He was only half telling the truth, but he couldn't help thinking about that. Why would he want to learn something else? Wasn't there one already right in front of him?

"What?" Is what you said before about learning some martial arts true? " Sima Feng still couldn't believe it.

"Then, do you think that everything I've said before is bullsh * t?" Qi Tianyun couldn't help but feel that Sima Feng still didn't trust him at all, but he didn't seem to be someone who would cheat. Could it be that he was wrong?

Sima Feng took a deep breath, trying his best to speak in a steady voice, "Don't tell me you want to tell me that you don't even know how high your martial arts are? I thought you were incredible the other time you threw my blade into the air. You know what? Ever since I was young, I've fought with people. It's not like I've never lost before, but this is the first time I've lost so badly! Even if my father were to receive my blade with his bare hands, he would have to dodge it a little. "

Qi Tianyun blushed with shame: That wasn't his real ability! However, he couldn't tell him the truth so quickly.

"Also, this time you injured Uncle Lu in one move. Even if you're plotting something, it's already very precious," Qi Tianyun wanted to hide in a corner and said, "Your martial arts are already so high, and you still want to learn from someone else?"

Qi Tianyun felt uncomfortable and tried to defend himself: "That was just a fluke, not every time."

Sima Feng didn't seem to care what he was saying and continued, "If you were to reveal even a little of this to the outside world, you will definitely spread it more and more. For example, if you hurt Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts Circles today, even if you only hurt him, without mentioning how you did it, it would be enough for you to become famous."

Qi Tianyun couldn't help but ask, "So what?"

Sima Feng sighed and said, "At that time, not only me, there are many sects in the martial arts world that will beat you. Not only will you become famous, you will also provoke the heroes in the world to challenge you. I even dreamt of that kind of scene, but you did it so easily, hehe! "

"Ah?" This, this, what should we do? " Qi Tianyun's forehead was covered in cold sweat. If there were so many people challenging him, wouldn't he become the target of public criticism and be unable to move an inch? He could not always rely on his "stupid friend"! "

Sima Feng was puzzled when he saw that not only was he not pleased, but he was also distressed. That level of glory was not something that just anyone could have. Many people had put in great effort to obtain it, but they couldn't.

"What is Elder Brother Qi thinking?"

"Uh, if that's really the case, then wouldn't I never have a peaceful day? Then how would I have a foothold in the world? All I have to do is to meet the challenge, so I won't need to do anything else, right?"

After a moment of silence, Qi Tianyun solemnly said: "There's one thing, Elder Brother Sima must promise me."

"What is it?"

"Tell your Uncle Lu not to spread the news. Also, don't speak nonsense to anyone else."

"Since you've already said so, I will try to keep it a secret."

"Sigh!" With my current appearance, if I keep walking together with you, I will definitely attract the attention of others. Just now, when I asked a scholar about your family, I said that I was your friend, and he even thought that I was just daydreaming. "

"Oh? Is this true? But you just came to Chang'an, are you in such a hurry to leave? "

"I'd better leave as soon as possible. If I'm not careful, I might cause trouble here."

"Alright, when the time comes, you can tell me and I'll send you off."

"It's a deal then. I'll stay here for a few more days."