Chapter 48: Swing in the wall outside the wall road

The sky has been white, the courtyard of the morning breeze, but the light is still very dark, wigwam next to the man in a rough cloth clothes, waist casually inserted a brazier, face covered with a black cloth, but like and around the scenery and buildings into one, a little sound did not send out, and even the existence of the sense of being seems to be extremely ethereal, even if there is a subordinate from the side of the past, will not find him.

Fan Xian looked at the front of this with their own sixteen years of relatives, the thought of so long not seen, the heart actually can not say what feeling, hate to beat him up …… but surely can not beat the other side, to pounce on a cry? Uncle Five Bamboo is not a person who loves to stir up emotions.

So he had to shake his head, forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, walked over, and then found that Uncle Five Bamboo’s hand is holding a knife, constantly carving something, walked closer, only to find that it is in the peeling of wood pieces.

“Fortunately, it is not a carving of a woman statue …… Otherwise I would have thought that you had turned into a blind scout, that all evil Li Xunhuan.” The courtyard was quiet, and Fan Xian held back a laugh as he said, “Then I would have spit it out.”

Five Bamboos nodded surprisingly and said, “That Li Xunhuan person is indeed shameless.”

It was Fan Xian’s turn to freeze, and only after a long time did he say, “You know Li Xunhuan?”

Five Bamboo put the wood slice and knife back into her sleeve and said indifferently, “Miss has told this story, and she hates this male protagonist the most.”

Fan Xian laughed and said, “It seems that my mom and I are really alike.”

A few moments later, the two had appeared in the most secretive of the three study rooms in the Fan Mansion, and although there were no organs around them, no one could even come near this study without Fan Xian’s permission, and even Fan Shangshu had defaulted to this rule.

“Tell me, what have you been doing these past six months.” There was no doubt that Fan Xian was very interested in the disappearance of Five Bamboos these days. Although he had already confirmed his suspicions from that small piece of wood, it was always extraordinarily exciting to hear such shocking gossip like this from the mouth of the person in question. At this point, he seemed to have long forgotten about the true qi that was scurrying blindly like a little mouse inside his body, as well as the fact that it seemed like he should have first asked Uncle Shimo what he should do to save his own life, and instead, he stared straight into Five Bamboo’s eyes.

He also poured himself a cup of last night’s leftover tea, which naturally didn’t have any for Five Bamboos, since Five Bamboos didn’t drink tea.

“I went to the north.” Five Bamboo thought for a moment, as if confirming his trip, “Then, I went to the south.”

Fan Xian was very accustomed to his uncle’s very different thinking, and wasn’t very annoyed at the boredom of this answer, but patiently asked, “What did you do by going to the north? And what are you doing in the south?”

“I’m going to the north to look for Bitter Lotus.” Five Bamboo spoke calmly, not thinking that this matter would scare the hell out of many people if it spread, “Got into a fight, then went to the south, to look for someone.”

Fan Xian laughed, the Generation Master Bitter Lotus was injured, naturally, it was the blind uncle in front of him who made good use of it. Immediately thinking of a problem, he frowned in concern and asked, “Are you alright.”

Five Bamboo slightly sideways head, looking at his left shoulder, “Here hurt, already well.”

It was still brief and concise, but Fan Xian could appreciate the menace of it; he had fought with Haitang, and could more truly feel how terrifying the strength of Haitang’s bald master, that one of the top four great masters under the sky, should be. Although Uncle Five Bamboo was bullish, but letting the other party get injured, he himself inevitably had to pay some price, as long as he was well now.

“Why go ahead and do it?” Fan Xian frowned.

Five Bamboos said, “For one thing, if he’s in Northern Qi, I think you’ll be a bit inconvenienced.” Fan Xian nodded, if Bitter Lotus had been sitting in the Upper Capital at the time of the mission, it would have been impossible for him to have toyed with the armed forces of the Northern Qi dynasty and snatched so much useful information before Sean’s death by his own strength alone.

Five Bamboos continued, “Secondly, I feel like I used to know Bitter Lotus, so I’m looking for him to ask what happened back then.”

Fan Xian raised his head haughtily and looked at him in surprise, and suddenly his mind flashed with a flash of light, thinking of Sean’s dying recollections about that Temple of Eternal Night, and frowning, he said softly, “…… Maybe …… Uncle really did know Bitter Lotus. At least back then.”

Next he told all the stories he heard in the cave to Five Bamboo, hoping that he could recall something important, such as the relationship between Uncle Five Bamboo and the temple, when I was a child, I heard Uncle Five Bamboo say that he and his mother escaped from their home together, so could this …… family be the temple?

Five Bamboo was silent for a long time, there was no common situation in the novels of holding the head in meditation, agonizingly scratching his hair but not being able to think of anything, he just said very simply: “I can’t think of anything.”

So it was Fan Xian’s turn to start scratching his hair, and he mumbled in a low voice, “What is this called?” He shook his head to drive away the disappointment in his heart and asked, “Why didn’t you return to the capital after you were injured? It’s already injured, what’s the point of going to the south to find someone …… yelp, is it Ye Liuyun in the south?”

Five Bamboo shook his head indifferently, “There are some problems in the south …… After confirming that Bitter Lotus knew me, I went to the south to try to find the person with the problem, but unfortunately I didn’t find him.”

Fan Xian felt even more headache, this half a year he was in the north and south of the haunted, dare I say that this uncle of his did not have much rest, and the Northern Qi master of the country played out the mime of fighting and recognizing relatives, and went to the south of the country to look for his relatives, but since Bitter Lotus knew Wuzhu …… right, Shawn said, Bitter Lotus can have this creation today, and the year’s trip to the temple could not be dissociated from the year, at that time, he knew the mother, but at that time, the mother and the five bamboo were not together ah.

Someone with problems in the south? And who was that? Fan Xian’s mind turned extremely fast, and immediately thought of the case file he had received when he was in Shangjing, that a cold-blooded serial killer had appeared in the south of Qing, and that Bingyun was even more concerned about this matter, and was prepared to mobilize His Majesty’s personal tiger guards to go and find the person in the future. However, since even Uncle Wuzhu failed to find that person, I’m afraid that Xiao Yan’s classmates will only be disappointed in the future.

He took a deep breath, put aside these things that could not affect him for the time being, and reported to his uncle about his actions in the past six months, and even told him about the secret agreement he had with Haitang that no third person knew about, but he did not expect the five bamboos to have much of a reaction.

Fan Xian knew since he was a child that Uncle Wuzhu would not praise himself, but he had done so many things, even destroyed Sean, and beat the second prince so miserably, you have to give some reaction to the story, right?

Seemingly sensing that Fan Xian was a bit depressed, Five Bamboo thought for a moment and then spoke up, explaining, “It’s all just small things.”

That’s right, the struggle between himself and the second prince was not much different from a child’s quarrel in the eyes of Five Bamboo and figures of His Majesty’s level. As for that secret agreement, perhaps His Majesty would feel a twinge of interest, but Uncle Five Bamboo was certainly indifferent. Fan Xian couldn’t help but smile to himself as he figured this out, naturally extending his right hand and saying, “My hands have been shaking a lot lately, so you’ll have to take a look for me.”

Five Bamboo, who had learned that there were signs of the true qi within Fan Xian’s body storming out, remained calm and impersonal, saying, “I haven’t practiced, I don’t know what to do.”

In matters of life and death, Fan Xian finally freaked out, lowering his voice and roaring, “Something that doesn’t even have a margin of safety …… I was just born at that time, and you’re letting me practice it …… in case it kills me? ”

“Miss said that this thing is the best.” Five Bamboo replied indifferently, “And someone has practiced it before.”

“Then naturally, someone has practiced it to death.” Fan Xian nonchalantly poked holes in his uncle’s words.

Wuzhu did not hide it, “There’s nothing much wrong with it, at most, it’s just that your true qi is completely dispersed, turning you into an ordinary person, unless you’re stupid enough not to part with this so-called true qi at the last minute.”

Fan Xian gasped, you are a monster, of course you don’t know how important true qi is to the average martial artist. If he lost the overbearing true qi in his body, not to mention overpowering Hai Tang Duo Duo, so many enemies in this world could destroy him at any time.

“So what now?” He held up his right hand that was trembling slightly like a demonstration and said in annoyance, “Should I just let it keep shaking like Wu Mengda? Right now it’s just my hand shaking, when the true qi in my body gets thicker, I’m only afraid that even my butt will shake.”

Five Bamboos raised his head, the black cloth over his eyes looked like it was coldly mocking Fan Xian in front of him, “If you stop practicing, your true qi naturally won’t get any thicker.”

A single word woke up the dreamer.

Fan Xian had long since gotten used to his twice daily meditation and martial arts practice, and had never even thought about stopping not practicing, only then did he wake up to the fact that the first thing he should do before finding a solution was to stop practicing the overbearing true qi from the Nameless Kung Fu Technique, and although in the midst of a sparring match, it was assumed that the true qi in his body would still naturally develop and grow, it would always be slower than if he had to feed himself on it every day.

He nodded and sighed, “It will have to do, let the big bang come later.”

Five Bamboos suddenly spoke up, “Feisuke left you medicine.”

Fan Xian froze, not realizing that he still remembered what happened when he was a child, and nodded, explaining, “That medicine was a bit overbearing, and I was worried that it would dissipate my power after taking it.”

Five Bamboo lowered his head, seemingly recalling something, and suddenly spoke, “It should work, though it can only treat the symptoms.”

At this time Fan Xian could not dare to believe all of this uncle’s words again, after all, this nameless gong skill that kills people was also thrown by the other party sashaying onto the side of one’s pillow, and said with a bitter smile, “Let’s talk about these things later, and let’s talk about you first……. I said uncle ah, in the future, before you play disappearance, can you talk to me first? Say a word.”

“Is this necessary?” Five Bamboo asked seriously.

“There is.” Fan Xian nodded his head repeatedly, “On the way out to Northern Qi, I always thought that you were around, and that the box was also around …… so I was bold enough to dare to bully Hai Tang Duo Duo, where did I think that if you didn’t …… mess things up like this, it would kill people of.”

Five Bamboo hesitated for a moment before saying, “Oh, got it.”

Fan Xian’s heart was relieved, he had been used to Five Bamboo staying in places not far from him since he was a child, such as in the carriage, such as in the grocery store, such as on the cliffs by the sea, and after entering the capital, Uncle Five Bamboo had much less time by his side, and although he was now strong enough to protect himself, he understood that as he progressed through the world, he would be faced with more and more challenges, and having such an uncle by his side would make him feel that the world was all one open earth, and the whole person would feel much more secure.

“I’m planning to move out.” Fan Xian coughed softly, “It’s still a bit inconvenient to live in the back of the mansion. There are too many people for you to live with us.”

Wu Zhu inclined her head, wondering why she had to move a house just for the sake of living in it herself.

“Wan Er hasn’t paid her respects to you, Uncle.” Fan Xian said seriously, “You’re the closest person to me, you always have to meet my wife.”

Wuzhu said slowly, “I have met.”

“She hasn’t met you.” Fan Xian smiled bitterly, “And you’re always floating around outside the mansion by yourself, I don’t even know where you’ll be living and what you usually do, this feeling makes me …… well, a little uncomfortable.”

Five Bamboos tilted his head again, seeming to understand what Fan Xian was trying to convey, tugging at the corners of his lips but still not smiling, and said slowly, “You deal with it, but I don’t want anyone other than your wife to know that I’m around you.”

Fan Xian nodded joyfully, then thought of something and said with difficulty, “Not Ruo Ruo as well? I’ve been thinking of having her meet you as well.”

“No.” Five Bamboo said indifferently, “That’s it. You go about your business and act as if I hadn’t returned.”

Fan Xian sighed a few times, listening to the sounds of people getting up already faintly coming from outside the study, so he had no choice but to rub his wrists and walk out of the study.

In the middle of the study, Five Bamboo’s face, which seemed to be perpetually expressionless, finally revealed a smile that he had only shown once in five hundred years, and this time, the smile appeared to have more than a hint of a jocular undertone to it, as if he was making fun of Fan Xian for not knowing something.

In the middle of the autumn garden, the grass was tinged with white frost, and the sun was warm and gentle in the sky. Fan Xian wrapped in a thin quilt, half lying on a soft couch in the garden, chatting for rest. He occasionally coughed a few times, but it was much better than last night. In a corner of the garden erected a swing, a few bold maids are swinging, light-colored skirt, like flowers bloom in the long rope tied on the small board. Beside the swing, Si Si and Si Qi, the two big maids, were watching with interest, their faces occasionally showing envy, but they were too proud of their status to step on it and show off their skills.

Fan Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at the place, watching the girl’s skirt on the swing spread out, like a flower and like a parachute from a previous life, the glutinous colored pants under the skirt appearing and disappearing, reminding him of the movie called Peacock.

A hand reached over from the side and fed him a thin slice of black dates, which was extremely light and carefully cut, very much to his liking. He chewed it three times and said somewhat vaguely, “If you are not at your father’s filial piety, why did you come to me?”

Wan Er and Ruo Ruo sat beside him respectively, serving this unconscious patient. Ruo Ruo smiled faintly and said, “Staying in my room all the time is also too boring for me… My brother is sick and still has the interest to come to the garden to watch the maids swing.”

Wan Er laughed shamefully, “Which is he coming to watch the swings, it’s more like watching the people on the swings.”

Fan Xian didn’t argue and said with a smile, “Seeing the scenery is always about seeing the scenery and the people together.” Then he shouted, “Si Si, don’t be a little daughter-in-law! If you want to swing, go up and swing.”

This statement is easy to produce ambiguity, after he exported it, he grabbed himself frozen, good thing the girls next to him did not hear a reason, only he was there to laugh awkwardly. He slightly cover cough, suddenly thought of a thing, asked the side of the Wan Er: “this autumn more and more cold, you see, the home garden those chrysanthemums are some wilting frozen, last said the palace to be held in the outskirts of the capital chrysanthemum will be appreciated, how is not a news? As soon as the first snow falls, there is no place to see them, are those people in the palace not afraid of spoiling the fun?”

Wan Er blankly glanced at him and said with a smile, “It’s a bit later than previous years, but the news that came through is that we’re probably going to see the Golden Thread Chrysanthemums at the Hanging Temple, and those little chrysanthemums are hardy, so they shouldn’t be afraid of it.”

Fan Xian couldn’t help but shake his head, knowing that the chrysanthemum viewing postponement was always inseparable from the recent bustle in Kyoto. In the last two days, the situation in Kyoto has been finalized, although many people think that at this time, he should be strong to support the body, in order to suppress the second prince’s side, but he himself understands that the Supervisory Yuan to do things, and do not need to worry too much, all the plans have already been set, and there is a small language to watch, the proportion of the mastery of the best, it should be unhindered.

His body has been slightly better, but still pretend to be sick not to go to the court to listen to the Senate, but also refused to go to a or stay in the yard, just hide in the garden at home when the Kyoto patients, like watching the theater in general, looking at the old two over there in a hurry.

“Higher! Higher!”

Fan Xian lying on top of the soft couch, under the service of his wife and sister, watched the bold Si Si step on the swing and swing higher and higher, as if she wanted to swing out of the garden, fly over the high wall, and look at the scenery of Kyoto, and couldn’t help but laugh and shout up.