not with you

Chapter 1 Visit

The sky was dark, Fei Fei was standing in front of the window, the afterglow of the setting sun enveloped him, setting him off incomparably gorgeous.It was getting dark, and his mind was once again in turmoil.It was as if the distant voice sounded in my ears again: "Xueer, Xueer, Xueer..."

Fei Fei's heart throbbed uncontrollably: "Why? Why? Why does my heart hurt?..." At some point, that voice that seemed to be hallucinatory has been haunting him.

The door behind him was opened silently, and a gentle and gentle man stood at the door, "Madam asked about your health, if you have any discomfort, I will let you go there after you come back."

Fei Fei said lightly: "No need, I'm fine." He tilted his head slightly, "How is it outside?"

The middle-aged man said indifferently: "They will find nothing but chaos. You will always be impeccable." The middle-aged man walked in slowly and said, "What do you want to do these few days?"

Fei Fei was dumbfounded for a while, and said: "I don't know. Every time I come back here, I don't know why, but I always feel that something is missing." He suddenly looked back at the middle-aged man, and said, "Why?"

The middle-aged man said in a daze: "Why? I don't always understand what you say."

Fei Fei turned around and gently leaned against the window sill, staring at him with a blank expression.The middle-aged man suddenly smiled and said, "I'm not the roundworm in your heart."

Fei Fei didn't say anything more.Turning around silently, looking at the sunset and sunset, it seems to have melted into the heaven and the earth.

The middle-aged man quietly backed out and closed the door.He didn't leave immediately, and faced the closed door silently, with an indescribably strange look on his face.

A gust of wind passed, and a woman appeared behind him. She wore a long skirt and looked like a young girl. Only the faint lines at the corners of her eyes could tell her age. When the man saw the woman bowed his head and saluted, he called out respectfully, "Ma'am."

She didn't speak, but looked at the closed door silently, with old and sad eyes in her deep eyes.

He Tao sat alone in his luxurious study room, looking at the room full of antique books, he felt that even though he could not read a few big characters, this study room could still reflect his pride.Today was an exception, he was in a bad mood, and he hadn't gone out for several days.At this time, facing the pretentious elegance of the whole room, he also seemed a little uneasy.

Outside the room, a delicate voice said: "Master." He Tao snorted softly and said, "What's the matter?" The delicate voice said: "Someone is looking for you outside. Let him in?"

He Tao frowned and said, "Let's just say I'm sick and don't see any customers."

The delicate voice said again: "Yes. But the young master said he came from Mount Hua."

He Tao was startled, straightened up and said, "Huashan?"

At this time, a clear voice came from outside the door: "Brother He is so arrogant."

He Tao hurriedly got up and opened the door. Outside the door was a man and a woman. The woman was beautiful and flamboyant. She was He Tao's concubine——Xiao Cui. Standing beside Xiao Cui was a handsome young man dressed in white and personable.He Tao said with a smile: "It turns out that it's Brother Mo, who is negligent and negligent, please come in quickly."

The young man stepped through the door and said with a smile, "Brother He's door is really difficult to enter."

He Tao waved Xiao Cui away and closed the door, saying, "I'm just joking, no matter how hard it is to get in, it won't be hard for you, brother Mo. Why is it that the wind brought you here today?"

The young man smiled lightly and said, "Could it be that Brother He really doesn't know?"

He Tao's complexion changed slightly, then he returned to normal, and said, "Know what?"

The young man suddenly said sternly: "Brother He has been staying behind closed doors, isn't he trying to cultivate himself?"

He Tao's face finally darkened, and he said, "What rumors have you heard?"

The young man sighed: "I'm afraid it's not a rumor anymore." He Tao's complexion changed drastically, and he said: "Really, really again, is that person again?"

The young man shook his head and said, "I don't know. No one can say for sure. Whether it was before or now, no one has seen the real face of that person. No one can even tell whether it is a man or a woman."

He Tao was stunned for a while, then said, "What happened to you at Mount Hua?"

The young man sighed: "That's right, my uncle is dead. And the death looks very horrible, just like..." He Tao continued softly: "It's like being frightened to death."

The young man wondered: "How do you know?"

He Tao smiled wryly and said, "How do I know?...I wish I had never seen such a miserable sight."

The young man said: "For a long time, I have only heard about it, but I have never seen it with my own eyes."

He Tao wondered: "Didn't my brother see your uncle's body?"

The young man shook his head and said: "No. My teacher was the first to discover the corpse. When I entered, the corpse was covered with a white cloth, and we were not allowed to open the white cloth until it was encoffined." He asked back, "Is it really that scary?"

He Tao said: "It's more terrifying than you imagined." The young man sighed: "Actually, you can guess a little bit by looking at the teacher's expression. However, I really want to see it."

He Tao looked at him with only a wry smile, and asked: "Then what is the purpose of your brother's visit today...?"

The young man said: "My teacher asked me to ask brother He for a favor."

He Tao was stunned: "What's the matter?"

The young man suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Seven years ago, did Brother He know a man named Tang Shi?" He Tao's expression tightened, and he said, "Why do you ask this?"

The young man didn't seem to care about his expression, and said to himself: "I heard from my teacher that seven years ago, he united with eleven masters in the world and set up a trap to eliminate that devilish 'shadow'..."

He Tao said: "That's right. Besides, Master Ling, Uncle Ling and I all participated in that action..." The young man interrupted him, saying: "What puzzles my master is that everyone at that time Everyone thinks that person is dead. But why does he appear again now? Moreover, that person seems to be taking revenge."

He Tao was surprised: "Revenge?"

The young man bowed his head and said: "That's right. My uncle is already the third."

He Tao was stunned for a long while, then said to himself, "The third one? Already the third one?"

The young man said: "The first thunderbolt hand Zhanqing, his pair of unparalleled thunderbolt hands were cut off; the second is Tan Wentao, the head of the Kunlun School, with a sword piercing his throat; the third is my teacher. Uncle, it is also a fatal sword..."

He Tao was silent for a while, and began to walk around the study with his head down, his expression gloomy, and he whispered to himself: "The people who died were all those who participated in that operation...but, but, that person can't possibly be alive. "

The young man's expression brightened, and he said, "Why is it impossible to be alive?"

He Tao was taken aback, and realized that he had slipped his tongue, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Don't you say you need my help? What is it?"

The young man smiled and said, "If you don't remind me, I'll forget about the business." He leaned closer to He Tao's ear and said softly, "That Tang Shi has been missing for seven years, and my master wants to ask Brother He to help him find it." Let’s talk about that Tang Shi. My family teacher and old friend all hope to see him again.”

He Tao's face became ugly, and he hesitated: "Really? I just met a few times, I really..."

The young man backed away a few steps, and said in a loud voice: "Brother He, I won't bother you anymore since I've brought the words to my younger brother. I'll take my leave first." He cupped his fists, opened the door and floated away.

He Tao didn't realize it for a while, staring blankly at the empty door, and said, "Is he really alive? You, you lied to me?" He suddenly stepped out of the door in a big stride, and looked around cautiously. After a circle, he quickly returned to the study room, and after carefully locking the door, he rushed to the bookshelf and pulled out a book from the third shelf. There was a black button on the wall behind the book, and he pressed it lightly. , the bookshelf began to move, revealing a hidden door.He Tao turned around and disappeared through the secret door.However, he didn't realize that there were a pair of eyes on the skylight watching his every move coldly.

The secret door slowly disappeared.A figure flashed across the roof.A young man in white stood in front of the study door.Dressed in white and handsome, he was the young man who had just left.

Standing in front of the study door, with a cold smile on his lips, he thought to himself, "Sure enough, there are ghosts."

He was about to stretch out his hand to push the door, but suddenly his expression changed, he withdrew his hand, and turned his head suddenly, only to see a middle-aged man with the appearance of a handyman, carrying a water bottle, slowly walking into the back garden with his head down.He was dressed in coarse sackcloth, with an ordinary face, neither handsome nor ugly, at a glance, people like him could be caught anywhere on the street.The middle-aged man raised his head inadvertently, was surprised to see the young man, and said: "You, son, are you looking for someone?"

The young man said: "I am a friend of your Zhuang Zhu, who are you?"

The middle-aged man seemed not good at words, he lowered his head and muttered: "I, I am a gardener."

The young man looked at him carefully, walked down the steps slowly, and said casually, "It seems that your owner is not here."

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and said: "I don't know, I just..." The young man waved his words and interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I don't think you know."

At this time, a fragrant wind came from outside the garden, and a delicate voice said: "Li Ping, who are you talking to?" , with a smile on his brows: "So it's this young master, are you leaving?"

The young man said: "Yes, I'm about to leave." Then he walked around.Xiao Cui walked up a few steps and said with a smile: "Let Xiao Cui come and see you off."

The young man smiled lightly and said nothing, but glanced at the dull gardener out of the corner of his eyes.The two walked out of the garden, Xiaocui approached gently and said, "Young Master, don't worry, Li Ping is just so stupid. If he hadn't grown flowers well, he would have been kicked out a long time ago." , Suddenly there was an exclamation in the garden, and then the sound of heavy objects falling!The young man screamed inwardly, stretched out his figure, and rushed into the garden!