At that time, the sky fell silent as if someone had splashed ink.

The maid Tsuri entered the house and replaced the candle that had burned out in the room and rekindled it with a new one. Although she knew that Childe didn't need candles at all, she still persisted in doing so, maybe she subconsciously wanted to treat Childe as a normal person, or maybe in her eyes, lighting such a candle would make the room not look so deserted.

When Qiao Heng heard her footsteps, he knew who was coming.

He turned his head sideways, his dark eyes looking at Triro like a normal person. He said, "Just as I was about to summon you in, you came in." ”

Cuiluo asked, "I don't know what Childe commands?"

Qiao Heng: "Help me study the ink." ”

"Yes. Cui Luo stepped forward, picked up a strip of ink, she poured a little water into the inkstone, and studied the ink attentively and seriously.

After a while, Qiao Heng laid out rice paper on the table, took the ink she had researched, lifted her sleeves, and wrote on the paper.

Cuiluo took a half step back, his eyes unconsciously wandering with the hand holding the pen, watching the pen sketch out the full handwriting on the blank paper little by little, as if even his heart was filled with something.

This writing was written in the middle of the night, if Qiao Heng could see, the progress would not be so slow, but after all, it was only "if". When he felt a little tired, he finally put down his pen.

He suddenly remembered that Cuiluo was still waiting by his side, and after sending her to rest with some apologies, he fell asleep alone.

……

Since it will be the birthday of the original owner of the village soon, people from all over the world have come one after another in the past few days to celebrate the birthday of Wuzheng Villa.

Although Yuan Dongyuan has never wanted to make a big deal about his birthday, he has a very high status in the rivers and lakes, and he is occasionally entrusted by others to mediate a dispute in the rivers and lakes, and I don't know how many people are willing to have even a little relationship with him. Therefore, even if he has no intention of holding a big birthday, many people in the rivers and lakes will not let go of this opportunity to come to pay respects and make friends.

After a long time, the original East Garden was helpless, so it had to go with the flow.

Because there are many guests in the village these days, Qiao Heng has become less when he walks around the village. It's not that I'm afraid of trouble, I just don't want to pay attention to it. Because of his eyes, people will always choose the words carefully when talking to him, just so as not to touch his sore spots. In this way, what should have been a comfortable and calm conversation has also changed its taste, and it is just a problem for others.

In the early morning, he finished breakfast with his father in the dining room as usual.

After another moment, he took out the transcription he had written last night, handed it to his father with both hands, and said, "Another day is my father's birthday, and now that my son is no longer a child, the birthday gift can no longer be perfunctory as before." My son thought about it, and all the things I wear now are given by my father, and I really don't have any gifts that I can handle, so I have to write a prayer for longevity to express my heart. The son congratulates his father in advance, and wishes his father pine and Changchun, and the sun and moon will be eternal. ”

Yuan Dongyuan's eyes were full of relief, when he heard his parents and children mention the birthday gift a few days ago, what he said was indeed not a lie, but he still quietly had some expectations in his heart after all.

He took the prayer sutra presented by both parents and sons. The book was neatly cut and tightly bound, and he couldn't help but smile, he knew his son's strict and serious pursuit of perfection.

Then he slowly opened the scriptures, but smelled a faint scent of ink. Lines of ink are arranged in an orderly manner on the paper, the corners of the paper are extremely clean, and not a single excess ink stain is stained. The glyph looks like a willow body, but it is different, the handwriting is very beautiful, and Tsinghua shows itself. The words are neat and flawless, and just looking and gazing quietly like this, it seems that you can feel the sincerity of the writer.

He patiently read page by page, and as he read, time passed.

When he finished reading the entire volume of the prayer sutra, he wanted to boast about it, not to mention anything else, just by this handwriting, even if it is a famous contemporary calligrapher, how many people can not feel ashamed after seeing the handwriting on this prayer for longevity?

However, immediately after, Yuan Dongyuan was sad and emotional. Although his parents and children have always been the same as ordinary people, he ...... After all, it is invisible.

This thin book, which can be easily written by ordinary people, takes many times more energy for him to write such a clean and well-written result.

In the end, the sweetness and bitterness of a qiē are all attributed to a kind of parental pride. He is blind in his eyes but not blind in his heart, even if he can't see things, he is still a thousand times stronger than others. It's so good when you're blind, if you can see......

Thinking of this, Yuan Dongyuan immediately waved away his superfluous thoughts, not wanting to think deeply and add to his worries. He closed the book in his hand and praised: "My son's book is good again." ”

Qiao Heng: "Father praised it falsely. ”

Yuan Dongyuan smiled and said, "You don't have to be humble. ”

At this moment, a servant came to report it. The servant walked into the dining room, first saluted, and then said, "Master, the leader of the Jiangnan Hanshui Gang came to pay respects with his wife." ”

Yuan Dongyuan shook his head and said, "It's really impossible to stop all day long. "But I can't see it, the sedan chair carries people, and when people come, they can't take each other home again.

Although it can also be like some reclusive families, from beginning to end, they are all visitors, but they can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, how can they really live in seclusion all the time. In this case, it is better to be generous at the beginning.

What's more, the love of parents and their children is far-reaching. He is no longer young, and the sun is dying, but his son is like the rising sun, if one day he is gone......

You have to plan ahead.

Qiao Heng took advantage of this time to stand up and said, "Father, I'll go back first." ”

The reputation of this Han Shui Gang on the rivers and lakes is a little ambiguous, Yuan Dongyuan didn't want him to contact such characters, and knew that he didn't like to be involved in such occasions, so he waved his hand and let him leave first.

……

The weather in autumn is getting cooler, and the wind is strong these days, Qiao Heng walks in the courtyard, and from time to time there are a few yellow leaves that have just been blown off by the wind and sweep his clothes.

There was a whisper from behind a rockery, and the voice that was deliberately suppressed was occasionally uncontrollably abruptly raised, followed by a whisper again.

The sage has a saying, "Don't listen to incivility", although Qiao Heng doesn't attach much importance to the doctrine of the sage, but he feels that some of the sage's words are quite reasonable.

Without much hesitation, Qiao Heng planned to take a detour directly.

A woman in a woman's bun was tugging at the wrist of a young girl. The girl said eagerly: "Mother, I have made an appointment with someone to go to Jiangnan to swim in the lake together, and if I don't move, I will lose my trust, so you let me go." The original old owner just has you here to celebrate his birthday, what's the use of me staying?"

The woman was a little angry, she took a deep breath, but calmed down, she softened her tone, and said, "I know you have a crush on that kid from the Cang faction, but he is engaged, what use can you do if you get together?"

The girl's expression was sad, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and tears were pouring down.

The woman was a little distressed, she said: "Our family has no family background, no fame, no prestige, and no martial arts, how do you want the other party to look down on us?"

Looking at the sad girl, the woman couldn't bear it, and hurriedly comforted her, and her tone was a little firm to comfort: "Although this is the case, your grandfather once had a good relationship with Wuzheng Villa, why should we go far and near." It's true that we can't climb the family affairs of the Cang faction, but the family affairs of this Wuchang Villa can be competed for. There is the love of the ancestors, and the old owner is soft-hearted, and the original young owner has not yet decided to marry due to his own reasons, and I think this thing can almost be done. ”

Hearing this, the girl understood what her mother meant. But instead of being happy, she whimpered in a low voice, and she couldn't help but retort: "But he can't see it, he is a blind man in Suiyun! How can you let me marry a blind man!"

"It's good that he's blind! it's better to be blind forever!" the woman explained, laughing meaningfully, "if he weren't blind, how could we have our turn to fight over this family!"

The girl's tears gradually stopped, but she still looked a little hesitant. She said: "How can this Wuzheng Mountain Villa be so easy to enter. ”

Seeing that her daughter heard her words, the woman breathed a sigh of relief, and then sneered: "What are you afraid of? No matter how famous this Wuzheng Villa is, no matter how talented he is, he is just a blind man. ”

As if encouraging the girl, she laughed and repeated, "A blind man." ”

Just as he was bypassing this place, Qiao Heng, who didn't want to hear the secret words of others, completely paused.

The whispers scrambled into his ears.

He stood in silence, without anger or smile on his face, just looking at his posture, as if bathing in the autumn breeze. The autumn breeze took a break, and suddenly ushered in a burst, the wind blew the tips of the clothes and hair, and the figure was Xiao Xiao and solemn, and the uproar was lifted.

The two probably never dreamed that the central figure of their conversation was now nearby. Of course, even Qiao Heng couldn't imagine that he was just passing by here, and he could happen to hear someone saying bad things about him.

There was some surprise, but more of it was familiar.

Just like what happened in countless reincarnations, no matter how good or perfect he is, there will always be one or two reasons for some people to trample all their efforts and achievements on the soles of their feet and ignore them with peace of mind. This reason may come from the dirty things committed by the original owner of the body, if it is just like this, he can still try to cover it up, but maybe just like this life, he can't avoid it, and he doesn't even give the opportunity to erase this cause, anyway, he really can't think of how to heal his eyes.

Qiao Heng thought to himself that if he suddenly appeared at this time, he didn't know if he would startle them. But at the same time, he wanted to hear what they would say again, as he had expected countless times, even if he scolded him, he might as well let him hear something new......

However, Qiao Heng finally failed to hear anything more innovative from the mouths of those two people, and he was a little disappointed.

But in the end, all the thoughts in his mind melted into a deep condensation, and he habitually gently stroked the bat-patterned jade pendant on his waist, and secretly recorded the voices of the two people. And the qiē that he expressed on his face was the same as usual, as if he had not heard anything and had never remembered anything.

At this moment, a strange and somewhat hoarse female voice that couldn't tell her age suddenly sounded: "The two of you are really a good Yaxing, you dare to slander the son of the owner of the village like this in Wuzheng Villa, such an uneducated guest, I can only see it in my life." ”

The voice came from a middle-aged woman with hair mixed with most of the white hair, her face was covered with scars, one eye was missing, and half of the ear was missing, such an extremely ugly woman suddenly appeared in front of the two people who were talking, it was really terrifying.

The girl screamed, and then dared to scold, "Who are you?!"

The middle-aged woman who had just arrived, but she didn't even give her the afterglow of her eyes.

The girl's mother: "This one must have taken too much care!"

The middle-aged woman's only remaining eye was sharp, like a sharp blade, she looked at the woman with this eye, and said in a somewhat mocking tone: "Although I have never met the original young owner, I have also heard that this original Suiyun is talented and full of civil and military skills, even if he is blind, he is a rare young talent." Since the two of them don't look down on such a young talent from the bottom of their hearts, why should they pay attention to him here, and plan a lot for this? ”

The woman and the girl wanted to argue, but the middle-aged woman just sneered, said "jumping clown" and turned away.

The woman and the maiden were left in the same place, their faces were blue and red.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer to Qiao Heng, and Qiao Heng knew that he was standing on the other party's inevitable path, but he suddenly lost the interest in avoiding it. He stood where he was, letting the wind carry the dead leaves past him.

The middle-aged woman walked and walked, turned a rockery, and saw a person suddenly appear in front of her, and her heart sank. If she hadn't seen the other party's figure with her own eyes, she wouldn't have noticed this person's existence at all.

I don't know how long this man has been here. Thinking of this, if she hadn't seen that the other party was suspected of having a strong martial arts, she wouldn't want to cause trouble - after all, if there was a dispute with the other party, she would definitely destroy the countless landscapes, flowers and plants in the Wuzheng Villa, and she might have laughed at it a long time ago. As a guest, seeing that the host's house was so insulted, he was able to press it and not send it, but instead listened to it with relish, how could such a character not make people disdainful.

This middle-aged woman is the current head of Huashan, Kumei, in recent years, Huashan has a weak sign, so she took advantage of the birthday of the old owner of Wuzheng Villa to come to pay respects, hoping to get the guidance or support of the original old owner.

When she heard that someone had such a dirty idea for the son of the original old owner, she couldn't help but come out and defend a few words. Thinking that since the establishment of this Wuzheng Villa, all the actions are bright and fair, and the admiration is not ashamed, how many people in the rivers and lakes have received the favor of the Wuzheng Villa, how can the descendants of the original family be calculated by such a small generation? It is too insulting to be too humiliated by the four words "Wuzheng Villa" given by the people of the rivers and lakes back then!

Qiao Heng knew by his voice that the middle-aged woman was approaching, and he said politely to her, "Dare to ask Your Excellency's name?"

The middle-aged woman replied neatly: "Huashan dry plum." ”

She saw that he was calm and respectful. She knew that her face was terrifying, and when others saw it, there were few who were not shocked and disgusted, but the other party turned a blind eye, judging her words and deeds, she didn't look like the kind of person with bad character she thought before, she was relieved in her heart, maybe she blamed the other party.

Thinking about the other party's strong martial arts, he really didn't look like a nameless person in the rivers and lakes, but for a while, she couldn't guess what the other party was from, and who his surname was.

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Kumei had just arrived at Wuzheng Villa today and hadn't visited the original East Garden, she would have recognized Qiao Heng, who was somewhat similar to the original owner.

Qiao Heng: "It turned out to be the head of Huashan, and I have admired it for a long time." ”

He was dressed in a white spring shirt, his voice was clear and modest, and he stood in the court, really like a Zhilan jade tree.

Kumei felt more and more strange at this time, she had walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and had seen countless people, although she had met a few people who didn't mind her ugly appearance, but there was no one who really did what he did. In his gaze and countenance, not only was there no fear or rejection, but there was not even the slightest curiosity that ordinary people would have when they first saw her ruined face.

It's as if in his eyes, he really is a person with an intact face.

She was a little stunned, and an unspeakable feeling was born in her heart.

She is a straight person, so she thought so in her heart, so she simply said it. She sighed: "You are not afraid of my face at all, and you are not surprised...... Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Think when she was twenty years old, the master went to the South China Sea, the Taiyin Four Swords took the opportunity to attack, and said that they would slaughter Huashan, she resisted the enemy with the strength of one person, and the Taiyin Four Swords were all killed, and she almost died of serious injuries because of this, and finally although she saved her life, it was the result of a complete disfigurement. Since then, few people have dared to look her face in the face. Five years later, another strong enemy attacked, her hands were soaked in boiling oil, and at the cost of turning her left hand into a scorched bone, she scared back the enemy who invaded Huashan. From then on, she had to hide her left hand in her sleeve to avoid the prying eyes of others, either curious or disdainful.

Now that I think about it, I have long been accustomed to the strange treatment of others, and it is rare for people to treat her as an ordinary person, but she is not used to it, which is really ironic.

Qiao Heng paused, and then spoke up with some regret: "Mrs. Shi's words made me a little curious. It's a pity that I can't see under my eyes, and I can't see anything. ”

'It's a pity that I can't see ...... below'

'I can't see anything......

The corners of Kumei's eyes jumped, and the unspeakable thread in her heart increased instead of decreasing, and she faintly had a guess. The only one eye she had left looked at him intently, her gaze still sharp, as if she wanted to see something in his eyes as clear and bleak as the new rain in the empty mountains. Her voice didn't change from before, and she asked, "Are you?"

I only heard the person on the other side reply: "My surname is Yuan, and the cursive words follow the clouds." I see, that's the case. ”