The Winter Solstice could never have imagined that in his lifetime, he would be able to watch the growth of Long Shen, even if he did not travel through time and space, but only a limited number of pictures.

I don't know who blew the horn, and the battle was gradually becoming clear. His master's side, the burly general holding the sword, won a big victory. The ecstasy of splurge on the rest of your life and glory.

The long sword that was raised high shone in the sunlight, piercing the eyes, and the winter solstice had to close his eyes, and the corners of his mouth could not help but cocked slightly.

When he opened his eyes again, the smile hadn't completely faded away, but the world had suddenly quieted down.

Away from the battlefield, he was in a study.

I don't know who was hiding in the void and made a little joke. Time made a big leap again. The winter solstice intuitively knew that he was in the era of the battlefield just now.

One person is sitting in front of the desk, with a white face and a slight beard, and his eyebrows are straight. From the furnishings in the study and the other person's expression, it can be seen that he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and maybe he has a prominent identity.

Next to the Taishi chair used to entertain guests, there is another person.

But maybe it can't be called a person, because it's just a translucent figure.

Winter Solstice was startled: "Master?"

Of course, no one will hear his voice.

He is now watching the past, and things that have already happened will not change because of his watching.

The phantom is not real, but it can be vaguely seen. The other party has long hair in a bun and a black robe, but such a simple attire also makes him look cold and awe-inspiring. The winter solstice knows how much damage that face has. Li, Long Shen's appearance is naturally beautiful and blessed by God, but the intuitive feeling he leaves to others is not his appearance, but his aura.

The middle-aged official seemed to be familiar with him, and was not surprised by such a phantom. The two were talking.

On the winter solstice, he heard his master ask each other: "I never want to be long-winded, but this time, I still advise Duke Jie to think twice. If you do this, you will be able to cut through the mess with a quick knife and keep you safe for a while, but those people may not lead you. love."

Long Shen's words were not very polite, but the "Jiegong" was not angry and was obviously accustomed to his tone.

Jiedong laughed and said, "Who are those people?"

Long Shen's face was light: "Everyone, including those who support you now. They have benefited now, and they will naturally be grateful to you, but in the future, they may not be able to cater to speculative villains, and they will pull you down when they seize the opportunity. In the end, I am afraid it will be dozens of times more dismal than it is now."

Duke Jie shook his head: "Who said that I am for them? I am for more people, for the world."

Long Shen was rude: "But the world will not be grateful to you, and the people will only follow blindly. In the future, who can stand up and say a word for you?"

Jiedong didn't get angry, but nodded in agreement, and said with emotion: "You are right, in the future, even if I am dragged to five horses to dismember my body, they will at most stand by and watch Mumu, sighing a few words after the incident, and hug me. A tear of sympathy."

Long Shen frowned and said nothing.

He looked at the middle-aged man, but did not know that someone was also looking at him.

The winter solstice found that Longshen's appearance has basically not changed for so many years. It is really like what Mu Duo said, hundreds of thousands of years are just the difference between day and night for them, and this difference is different for human beings. Words, but the grass and trees have been withered and reborn, and the rosy face has turned white hair.

However, although the appearance has not changed, the temperament is somewhat different.

The Long Shen in front of him showed his determination, even if he sat there without speaking, he was like a sword unsheathed, with a chilling air. In the future, Long Shen will be more like a sharp blade returning to its sheath, with a restrained edge and unfathomable depth.

No matter which master is, it is naturally very attractive, but if you have to choose, the winter solstice may choose the current Long Shen, because he is more lively and his emotions are more exposed.

When he looked at Longshen, Duke Jie said again: "There are many people who are ignorant, but justice is free in their hearts. What's more, I don't need them to uphold justice. Longshen, what I protect is not the kings of the dynasties, but the people. Peace and health in the world is the integrity and backbone for thousands of years, and it is also the core of the sages of the ages."

Modern people have seen a lot of flamboyance and rhetoric. Take Director Jiang, who likes to sing high-profile the most. His old man sang high-profile, it is also a set, and it is estimated that no one in the Special Administrative Bureau can speak to him.

But this person blurted out, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring, but the Winter Solstice not only did not feel hypocritical, but it was natural, and his chest seemed to be steaming with heat.

A truly upright person can infect those around him.

However, this should not be heard by Director Jiang. After all, people just like to sing high-profile in meetings, not some treacherous villains.

During the winter solstice, he didn't pay attention to what they said again. He saw the middle-aged man get up and leave, and Long Shen was sent to the door.

The study was restored to a deserted room.

Winter Solstice blinked, wanting to walk over and touch the sword.

But as soon as he thought about it, the surrounding scene changed again.

He had already vaguely guessed that these scenes were related to Long Shen, and they were probably the most impressive episodes in his master's life.

But since the Changshou sword is not the Longyuan sword, why can he see these things when he drips blood on it?

Is there any connection between Changshoujian and Longyuanjian?

Or did Long Shen intentionally let him see this?

As soon as the last doubt appeared, Winter Solstice immediately shook his head in his heart. His master is not the kind of person who will make a big deal of it and make it known to the world, not to mention these fragmented memories, the master should not easily let people peep.

This time in front of the city gate.

Looking up at the winter solstice, the sky is dark and heavy, pressing down on the city gate, as if it will collapse at any time.

The middle-aged man was held to his knees, with an executioner standing next to him holding a knife.

He saw Long Shen again.

The other party was standing beside him, still wearing a black robe.

But apart from the winter solstice and middle-aged people, others seem to turn a blind eye.

The "Jiegong" was calm and composed, and even smiled slightly at them. Winter Solstice knew that the other party was greeting Long Shen.

Immediately afterwards, an internal servant rushed out of the door and only said aloud: "The emperor has an order, execute!"

There is no decree, and it is not in Caishikou. This is the strangest execution scene have ever seen in the winter solstice. It seems that everyone is in a hurry, for fear of being interrupted, so they want to solve this matter quickly, and Jiedong has become the solution to the problem. The essential. So right in front of one of the palace gates, the executioner raised his knife and fell, one head rolled to the side, the top of his head suddenly exploded, and thunder rolled in. The servant almost jumped up with fright, and his face showed an unconcealed panic and guilty conscience. .

The winter solstice turned to look at Longshen.

He didn't move, didn't come to help, and didn't leave.

At this time, Long Shen was slightly different from the one in the study.

A little bit of vigor has settled, becoming more calm and composed, and more distant.

"Master." Winter Solstice said softly.

No reason, just suddenly wanted to call him.

At this moment, Long Shen should be sad.

In the short two clips just now, it can be seen that he and Jiegong are both teachers and friends, and they have a good relationship. A friend died peacefully for his ideals and morality. Long Shen couldn't stop it. He didn't want to stop it, but he didn't feel uncomfortable. .

I've seen this kind of thing a lot, and no matter how soft-hearted people are, I'm afraid they will gradually develop a hard-hearted heart and be indifferent to everything.

However, Long Shen was not.

Under his cold and serious shell, his blood is still bubbling, so he will always stay in the Special Administration Bureau, fight for the faith in his heart, and accept an ordinary human as a disciple to teach the Winter Solstice what is the way of eliminating demons and guards , responsibility and responsibility.

To the surprise of the Winter Solstice, Long Shen, who should have been completely inaudible, suddenly turned his head in his direction if he felt something.

He was startled, just as he was about to say something, a flower in front of him, whether it was Long Shen or the middle-aged man whose head had fallen, disappeared.

The dark caves are familiar to the eyes, and the faintly glowing and swaying plants in the corners make people instantly travel through time and space and retrieve familiar memories.

"In this life and this life, this disciple will take Longshen as his teacher on the Winter Solstice, and he will definitely love and respect him, and he will be unswerving.

On the winter solstice outside the time and space, standing in the middle of the ghost corpse group, like them, raised his head and quietly looked at the cliff, two figures, one standing and one kneeling.

The ghosts and corpses are pale, with holes in their eyes, and they don't know what they are thinking.

And what the winter solstice thought was, was Long Shen at that time also rejoicing at the moment of accepting his disciples?

From a peerless sword, through the sun, the moon, the wind and the frost, and mysterious opportunities, it finally turned into a human form. After cultivating for thousands of years, Long Shen has cultivated a mind that is far better than most human beings.

He is so fortunate to be able to worship such a person as a teacher.

Looking at the man who was half-hidden in the darkness, his eyes gradually became moist, filled with emotion and guilt, filling his heart a little bit, but somehow, all of it suddenly turned into sadness, and the pain caused him to bend down slightly.

He did not expect that in Long Shen's memory fragment, such a trivial matter as accepting an apprentice could be compared to the moment he was born.

The winter solstice thinks, what virtue can I have?

He is just an ordinary person who has no ambitions, paints a few paintings every day, does not worry about eating and drinking, and occasionally goes out to travel and sketch. He is an ordinary person who has no bright spot among all living beings. Only because of the experience on Changbai Mountain, the trajectory of his life has been changed since then.

Just like the phoenix in the thousands of miles of clouds by chance glimpsed on the branch, the phoenix is ​​attracted by the magnificent brilliance of the king of birds, and a phoenix lives in my heart. The phoenix stood side by side, watching the thousands of years of spring and autumn together.

On the cliff, Long Shen is taking the sleepy, winter solstice into his arms a few months ago. The windbreaker separates the two worlds and the dangers from the outside world, allowing the apprentice to rest in peace for a while. Long Shen never resorted to words, but only expressed love through actions.

Even if it's not necessarily love.

Ripple slowly appeared around, the light became brighter and brighter, all the darkness in the cave faded away, replaced by the bright lights in the living room.

The ever-changing prehistoric world seems to be an illusion, and only the deserted and quiet world is the reality.

The winter solstice slowly slid down against the wall, burying his head in his bent knees.

He wanted to say to Long Shen, it's better for us to act like nothing happened and start all over again. I would like to treat you as a respected master for the rest of my life, guard the boundaries, never step over the pond, and keep this secret deep in my heart until my life. At the end of the road, until you step into the Yellow Springs and Forget River.

It was he who destroyed this appropriate relationship with his own hands. Looking back in time, it was hard to recover.

...

Beijing.

The phone rang.

The white cat meowed and tilted its head to look at the silent man, seemingly a little puzzled.

After three beeps, the man's fingers slid across the paper and finally picked it up.

"Dragon Bureau."

"Tang Jing, what's the matter?"

Tang Jing's environment was a bit noisy, but his voice still came through clearly.

"There is something, let me briefly report it to you first. It happened in Lucheng. When we were investigating a case of killing a family and dismembering a body, we found that..." Tang Jing didn't take a breath and explained the ins and outs of the incident. .

Long Shen did not interrupt the other party's words. After listening from beginning to end, he sighed and said the information they had found: "Li Qing's identity has been confirmed, formerly known as Yamamoto Kiyoshi, Japanese, from Onmyoji, Fujikawa Kui's younger brother, who later fell out with the teacher and ran away, used other aliases in Southeast Asia and committed multiple murders. He was suspected of fleeing to Lucheng when he was in exile and forging Li Qing's identity. A general order. But there may be people behind him, we must raise our vigilance and arrest him as soon as possible."

Tang Jing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "I just reported the name of Yamamoto Kiyoshi to you, and you have even confirmed his true identity? This is efficient!"

He immediately realized: "Is it your apprentice who reported to you?"

Long Shen said: "He fought with Yamamoto, and Yamamoto used the puppet avatar technique to escape from him. He just came to ask me about the source of this technique, and he didn't mean to make a leapfrog report."

Tang Jing smiled strangely: "I didn't say that he jumped the grade, so you hurriedly explained it to your apprentice. They all said that Wu Bingtian was the most protective of his shortcomings. Long Ju, I don't think you would give in too much!"

Seeing that Long Shen didn't answer and didn't care, he continued to laugh: "Actually, this time, I have to report something to you, and you will definitely like to hear it. One death and one injury in Lucheng, only the Winter Solstice and Muduo can survive. I have already sent two people to help them, your apprentice has done a great job this time, I plan to make him the head of the office temporarily, what do you think?"

Long Shen was silent for a moment: "You have the right to decide this kind of thing, you don't have to ask me."

Tang Jing felt that this Chief Long was really sullen and awkward, but whoever let the first-level official crush him to death, he twitched the corners of his mouth and agreed.

"Long Ju, I'm about to get on the plane. I'll go back to Shencheng tonight and talk to you later."

Long Shen said, "I want to trouble you with one thing."

Long Shen, who never asks for help, will have trouble with others one day? Tang Jing felt that today's strange events are really one after another.

I only heard Long Shen say: "I remember you, is there a Shangqing Dan from Longhu Mountain?"

This kind of medicine pill is a special medicine for internal injuries, and it works very quickly, but because this medicine is very troublesome to make, it produces less, and rare things are more expensive. High prices are also often found on the black market.

Tang Jing thought for a while: "It seems that there are two more."

Long Shen said: "You help me give both to the Winter Solstice first. His colleagues may also need them. I will supply you later."

Tang Jing agreed first, but then felt wrong: "Although there are few Shangqing Dan, but the General Administration always has stock, why don't you give it to him directly?"

Although this is not a big deal, but if you are a master, you don’t give it directly to your apprentice. Why do you have to go around a lot and make it so troublesome?

But Long Shen obviously didn't want to explain more.

Tang Jing wanted to say what the hell you two master and apprentice were doing, but before he could say anything, the other party said "please trouble you" and hung up the phone.

Left him staring at the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Jing was still at a loss, so he made another phone call to the subordinates of the sub-bureau, asking them to notify the winter solstice and find a time to report to the sub-bureau.

Long Shen's attitude made him a lot of interest in the Winter Solstice. Tang Jing still remembered that on the top floor of the Tianyuan Building in Yangcheng, the Winter Solstice didn't know anything about magic, so he dared to help He Yu to set up an array to attract thunder, and his performance really made him look in front of him. Liang, but at the winter solstice at that time, at best, it was a little sheep with a little more courage. Could it be that the little sheep has now grown horns on its head and turned into a unicorn?

If that's the case, let him try the little unicorn's ability. If it lives up to its name, then there will naturally be a corresponding position that is competent for his ability. Otherwise, let him go back to Beijing to be the master's darling little sheep.

Tang Jing made a pleasant decision within seconds, turned off the phone, and found his seat on the plane.

Just as he was about to sit down, someone tapped his shoulder lightly.

He turned his head, and a handsome young man smiled at him: "I'm sorry, I'm by the window, can you let me in first?"

of course can.

Tang Jing got up and walked away, and the other party thanked him for taking his seat.

Opening the book he bought from the airport bookstore, Tang Jing felt a little drowsy after reading a few pages, and the neighbor suddenly asked, "Is this book not good-looking?"

Tang Jing said casually: "It's pretty ugly, I'm making a fuss, and I don't know what I'm talking about."

The other party continued to ask: "Is the plot too boring?"

Tang Jing no longer dozed off, he glanced at the other party, that face was too beautiful to be angry, and Tang Jing asked himself that he was a superficial person, and it was inevitable that he would be a little more tolerant towards people who were good-looking.

"It's not boring. I thought it was a mystery novel and bought it, but I didn't read a few pages, and found out that I was cheated. Basically, the hero and heroine Qingqing me and me." He shrugged, "Did you read it? Or you have already read it. After that, you want to complain too?"

The other party said warmly and politely: "I am the author."

Tang Jing: ...

This is a little embarrassing.

Rao is because he has a thick skin and can't help but laugh.

"Actually, the writing inside is pretty good, and it's quite touching."

He looked at the author's name again: "Your name is Mingxian?"

The other party nodded, took out the boarding pass and showed him: "My pseudonym is my real name."

"Tang Jing. Tang of the Tang Dynasty, clean and pure."

The two shook hands.

Mingxian was complained face-to-face for the first time by a reader, and he couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved: "Actually, this is a love mystery novel, so the length of love will be a little more. I also wrote two other books, which are mainly based on reasoning."

Tang Jing hurriedly said, "I have a chance to read it another day!"

Only then did Mingxian become happy, and then took the initiative to say: "Meeting is fate, then why don't I sign your name for you?"

Tang Jingle was happy, and it was the first time he saw a writer who took the initiative to sign autographs for readers.

Embarrassed to say that he bought the book at random, Tang Jing handed it over: "Then I'll trouble you."

Mingxian happily signed his name and said to him, "Why don't you go back and give me an address, and I'll send you the other two mystery novels as well?"

The beauty took the initiative to show her favor. Tang Jing had no reason not to accept it. He thought for a while and said, "My house is about to expire, and I have to find it again. I will give it to you when it is confirmed."

The two exchanged contact information. Tang Jing asked him what he was doing in Shencheng. Mingxian said that he went to teach in a middle school. He had just applied for a private middle school, and the environmental conditions were not bad.

Mingxian was unsuspecting, and in just a few words, he shook himself cleanly.

Tang Jing was surprised: "Aren't you a full-time writer?"

Mingxian was a little shy: "Do you think I can make a living by writing full-time?"

Tang Jing: ...That's true, if he hadn't been in a hurry just now, he would never waste money buying this kind of book.

But he still comforted: "I think you look good. I will go to the event on weekends and help the platform. Are you interested in coming over to play?"

Mingxian hesitated to speak, and said embarrassedly, "I'm a serious person..."

Tang Jing's mouth twitched: "...Where do you want to go? There will be a comic exhibition in Shencheng next week, and a game invites me to play Yu Ji."

Mingxian was surprised: "Cosplay?"

Tang Jing nodded: "Yes, I'm purely amateur, I'm going to help my friends. In fact, if you're interested, you can also develop a part-time job in this area. After all, your looks are really good."

Mingxian's eyes lit up: "Where will it be held on the weekend? I want to see how you play Yu Ji!"

His smile instantly lit up the world.

Tang Jing couldn't resist this bright smile and eyes, and immediately said, "Give me the address, and I'll send you the ticket when I come back."

"Okay!" Mingxian happily agreed.

The two chatted all the way, and when the journey reached the end and got off the plane, the two parted ways. Tang Jing found a subordinate outside the terminal to pick up his car.

Shu He had been waiting outside the car and waved to Tang Jing.

"Tang Bureau, go back to the bureau directly?"

Tang Jing nodded, and the two got into the car separately.

Shu He started the car, and seeing that he was still humming a song, he couldn't help laughing: "I'm in a good mood! Don't we need to worry about finding the stone tablet?"

Tang Jing rolled his eyes: "Dreaming, Dongyang has been very restless recently, Beijing and Shencheng have had a lot of international prosperity recently, they are afraid of the high security in Beijing, and they may cause trouble in Shencheng. Keep an eye on it."

Shu He said: "Don't worry, I have been watching you during your business trip. Is everything going well in the capital?"

Tang Jing: "It's okay, it's just that there are not enough people for the meeting. I'll go and help. By the way, you can call the Lucheng office and ask their temporary person in charge to come over."

Shu He was curious: "A disciple of the Dragon Bureau?"

Tang Jing glanced at him: "You're quite familiar with it too."

Shu He said casually, "I'm not familiar with it, but there are so many things going on in Lucheng recently, it's hard not to know."

Tang Jing smiled but not smiled: "I almost forgot, you also wanted to take the Dragon Bureau as your teacher, but it seems that you were rejected in the end, right?"

Shu He laughed at himself: "That's why I feel curious, what kind of talent is needed to get into the eyes of the Dragon Bureau?"

Tang Jing had seen the winter solstice, but what left a deep impression on him was not the talent of the winter solstice, but—

"To be honest, he looks better than you."

Shu He said angrily: "Long Ju will not be like you... Yan control!"

He wanted to say something superficial, but he quickly turned a corner when he said it, to save face for the leader.

Tang Jing shrugged: "Who knows! It's been so long, why can't you let it go?"

Shu He had always had a smile on his face, but when the smile faded away, his face became a bit gloomy.

"Because I always felt that I was no worse than others, and I did get the first place in the total score that year, and what bothered me the most was not the matter of apprenticeship, but because of my father, the top kept pressing me, no Will let me get promoted, no matter how good I am."

Tang Jing: "Old Shu, didn't Guoan come to ask you a few times? You didn't want to go, so you had to stay in the General Administration. If you went to Guoan, why wouldn't you have a chance for promotion?"

Shu He was silent.

Tang Jing patted his arm: "Actually, you are just unwilling, Lao Shu, don't be obsessed, otherwise it will only hinder your own cultivation."