The night outside Chang'an City is completely different from that in Chang'an City. The lights are as bright as day. However, outside Chang'an City, outside the majestic city walls are as deep as ink. Even if the door of the inn is pushed open, it will be closed quickly. The dim light flashes like stars and then goes out again.

A wisp of oil lamp, the dim luster seemed a little quiet.

Gu Qingci was sitting in the room wearing a long robe. Mrs. Gu brought him a cup of hot tea, with tears in her eyes, and a little crying, saying, "Qingci, listen to my mother, we don't become officials, and we don't ask for anything to be famous all over the world. Is it okay for our family to live a peaceful life when we go home with my mother?"

Gu Qingci held the hot tea and was in the dim room, but his face was very pale. Just a glance was a sick feeling. Although the Nine Yang Divine Art was very effective in healing, it was limited to internal injuries. After all, external injuries still took a certain amount of time to recover. He smiled on his pale face and said, "Mom, I promised you, but now I really can't do anything, but don't worry, I won't have anything to do!"

Mrs. Gu whispered: "Qingci, mom knows that you can fight, but the world is very big, really big, there are so many people who crouch the tiger, hidden dragon, and the water in this world is too deep. Don't talk about the seven mysteries in the world, even the seven sects and eight sects cannot guarantee that something will happen. How can you rest assured if you ask mom?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Gu Qingci's eyes, and he said with some confusion: "Hey, mom, I didn't pay much attention before. Now I find out why you know so well about Jianghu?"

Gu Qingci really felt a little strange. From the calmness he showed by Ma Dongyang, and the relationship between him and others like Qin Keqing and Liu Yiqing, and the occasional words he said, he felt that his mother seemed to know a lot about the affairs of the world.

Gu Qingci suddenly smiled slightly and joked: "Mom, aren't you the legendary hermit master, right?"

Mrs. Gu gave Gu Qingci a blank look and said, "If I were a hermit master, I could still watch you vomit blood by being beaten by others. I would have rolled up my sleeves to help you hit someone!"

Little Shitou, who was smirking on the table, suddenly raised his head and said, "Hehe, brother, are you going to hit someone? Little Shitou will help you fight. I am very strong. Last time, I won the cows from the village chief’s grandfather’s house, hehe!"

Gu Qingci reached out and touched Xiao Shitou's head. A thought suddenly flashed in his mind. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Mrs. Gu say: "Qingci, when my mother was young, she also followed your father through the world. I knew that this world was not that easy to walk on. Your father was because of..."

At this point, Mrs. Gu said, and suddenly stopped.

Gu Qingci frowned and said, "Mom, what happened to my father back then? Speaking of which, I have never asked you what my father did back then. You also said that he was running away from the world, but why have I never heard you mention it?"

Mrs. Gu shook her head and said, "It's not that my mother doesn't tell you, but there's nothing to say. Your father had a grudge with others at the beginning, but later he made an appointment with a fight. Although he won, he was seriously injured. He went there not long after."

"Is that true?"

Gu Qingci shook his head secretly, thinking that he was like the plot in those, with a background with a special identity, with a very powerful enemy, and then waited for him to become strong to take revenge. This kind of storyline is indeed rare.

"Mom," Gu Qingci took a deep breath and said, "Since you understand, I will just say that this person is in the world and cannot control many things.

"Today, I met the emperor. All of this was arranged by him, but I had to bear it. From borrowing a sword in Changling County, to later, Ning Lao killed someone for me, I could not ignore these heavy kindnesses. Now, the emperor will officially announce that Ning Lao was dead and the assassin was executed to cover up this matter. At the same time, he also helped Yi Qing successfully enter the Tao. These are all things I have to pay back, and I have no other choice."

"But don't worry, I won't be so reckless in the future!"

Speaking of this, Gu Qingci couldn't help but remember what Emperor Xia said to him today:

"When your absolute strength cannot crush this world, you must abide by the rules!"

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It was a bit cold at night. An old man holding a long sword and gently knocked on Gu Qingci's door. The door opened and the dim light soaked out. Gu Qingci was still wearing a long robe and said with a polite manner: "Old Ning."

Ning Qing's body seemed to be even more hunched. He held the sword in both hands and said slowly: "Mr. Gu, you should hold this sword."

Gu Qingci shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Ning, I said when I borrowed a sword in Changling County, I will definitely return your sword, how can I take it back again?"

Ning Qing sighed and said, "Now I should be a dead person, and the court is also a dead person. Ning Qing has disappeared from now on. I hope to follow Lord Gu as a slave with swords in the future. I hope Lord Gu will agree."

Gu Qingci raised his eyebrows and said hurriedly: "Old Ning, no, we are friends and friends. How can our love between us be so defiled!"

Mr. Ning smiled faintly and said, "Since that's the case, why did Lord Gu insist on returning my sword? This sword is more suitable for you. Just take it. Your original promise has been fulfilled. At that time, you said you could not meet each other and smile to eliminate your grudges. I wonder, is it possible now?"

Gu Qingci was stunned for a while, slowly took the sword and smiled, and Ning Qing also smiled.

It seemed as if on that night a few months ago, a young man holding a jade bone sword and an old man with a knife on his back smiled from afar. Then he felt relieved. It was the winter of the fifteenth year of Tiance, and the weather was cold and the life and death ahead was unpredictable.

That night, a young man held the Mochou sword and smiled slightly with an old man, resentment and dispelled his gratitude. At that time, the old man named Ning Qing decided to go to Shuzhong. He said that he would go to Gu Qingci's hometown to retire.

Suddenly, Gu Qingci discovered that Ning Qing had become a great practitioner of the two innate realms at some time!

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That morning, an old man slowly headed towards Shuzhong in a carriage. A woman in the carriage lifted the curtain. A dark child was lying in her arms, showing a silly smile.

"Qingci, if you are tired, come back and I will cook for you!"

The morning mist was hazy, and a young man in white smiled slightly, held a tribute slightly, and said, "Mom!"

Seeing the carriage slowly leaving, the simple woman was getting farther and farther away, but she was still lying on the car window, as if she wanted to take a few more glances. Gu Qingci felt a little sour in his heart and sighed a long time.

Liu Yiqing, who was drinking, still drank. As long as the simplicity was not around, he would drink. He stood beside Gu Qingci, handed the wine gourd to Gu Qingci, and smiled and said, "Brother, do you want to take a sip?"

"No." Gu Qingci shook his head and said, "You can keep it for yourself!"

Liu Yiqing shrugged, took a sip, and said, "Brother, Xiao Shitou's talent in martial arts is really strong. You really don't consider letting him go to my Langya Sword Sect. I promise that my sect will definitely train him as the next one."

"No," Gu Qingci waved his hand and said, "I have my own arrangements. I will not bury his talent, but I will also let him grow up slowly and make his own arrangements. Now, with Mr. Ning by his side, I am not worried about any problems. Mr. Ning also knows how to develop the talent of Xiaoshitou!"
Chapter completed!