Chapter 84: Xiao Li's Flying Knife
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When Xinmei was transferred to the young gang leader, neither she nor the young gang leader was under ten years old.|For every two people who watch romance, there is an account that has registered for Ke Β° Le Β° Xiao Β° Say Β° Net. There is not only one servant and maid who serves the young gang master, so what can be done by letting such a small child come over? It is said that it is a maid used to serve people, but it is better to say that it is a playmate specially found for the young gang master.
It's just that Xinmei remembered that when the steward led herself, she said to the young gang leader, "Young gang leader, the gang leader personally selected a maid for you, and specially asked his subordinates to send it to play with you", the young gang leader's face did not show any look related to joy, and there was no expression on his face.
Although the young gang leader was young, he asked politely, "Does my father have any other commands?"
The steward said: "Returning to the young helper, the helper also asked his subordinates to tell you not to worry, the new master will come over in a few days, and you can follow him to practice martial arts at that time." β
"I see. For a moment, Xinmei felt that the young helper's face became a little pale the moment the steward finished speaking.
Xinmei didn't know why the young gang leader was unhappy, and she didn't understand why the stewards had left, and the young gang leader still stood in the courtyard for half an hour, as if he was waiting for someone.
When she was young, her heart was only full of uneasiness. The young helper doesn't seem to like herself, what should she do if she returns herself to the steward?
She didn't dare to say more, and she didn't dare to do more. She stood stupidly in place, waiting with the young gang leader.
However, the people who waited for the main gang of the young gang never came.
It wasn't until Xinmei stayed with the young helper for a while, and knew a lot about the young helper, that she understood why the young helper was not happy about her arrival at all.
Because usually, that time was the time for the young helper to learn from the helper. Compared to her, the young helper is of course more willing to see his father.
After the steward left, the person waiting for the young gang leader was none other than his biological father, Shangguan Jinhong.
But the helper won't come, he just accepted a new apprentice not long ago, and he is training him wholeheartedly, where will he come from to teach the young helper again.
Shangguan Gang Master did not completely throw all the homework of the Young Gang Master to the newly hired master, and every once in a while, he would still teach him personally for a period of time. It seems wrong, but if it is compared to another apprentice who Shangguan Jinhong takes with him all the time and gets along day and night, then it is nothing.
This matter is not only seen by Xinmei alone, but what can they do? More people will only take it for granted that the helper has a reason to do this, for example, the new apprentice of the helper has better qualifications, but no matter what the reason is, there is only one result, Shangguan Gangmaster began to alienate the young helper.
This kind of unprovoked alienation attitude is a little cruel to the young gang leader who is still young at this time.
Young people always grow up quickly, and after a few years, they are like branches pulling out of a tree, from a young child to a handsome young man.
The relationship between the young gang leader and the gang leader has been so lukewarm. Xinmei saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart.
She looked at the master she served, obviously she was a young gang leader, and when she faced the elders in the gang, she had to get up in advance to greet her.
She didn't understand why the young gang leader needed to be so respectful to him, and for a moment, she asked.
The young gang leader said: "Because he is an elder in the gang, Zhuge Gang, who ranks eighth on the "Weapon Spectrum". β
This is really powerful, Xinmei looked left and right, and whispered: "But the gang leader ranks second, and he is much more powerful than the elder." β
"Father, he is indeed powerful, but he is him, and I am me. When the young gang leader said this, he paused and said, "Without him, I am nothing." β
The indifference from his father made him understand this truth far earlier than those proud sons in the rivers and lakes who were shrouded in the halo of their fathers.
Another day, the young helper went to report to the helper.
Xinmei knew that every time the young gang leader went to meet the gang leader, he would carefully prepare for a long time, hoping to leave the most perfect impression on the gang leader. As she has done every time before, she hopes that the relationship between the helper and the young helper will be better.
When the young helper came back, his demeanor was the same as usual, and he said in his heart, it seems that the helper is still the same as the young helper.
Then she heard the young helper say, "Do you know that there are two beds in my father's room, one for my father and one for that man." β
Xinmei knew who "that person" was referring to, and the young gang leader was so disgusted with the other party that he didn't even want to mention his name.
She thought that the helper was really good to his apprentice, but the young helper loved the helper so much, why didn't the helper give a little of this concern to the young helper? The young helper was not only his apprentice, but also his son, wasn't he?
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"Young helper, it's time to drink medicine. Xinmei took the medicine over and put away her memories of the past.
Probably because of the close age between her and the young gang leader, she has the closest relationship with the young gang leader. Her heart is empty, now the young gang leader has lost his memory, in the past, the young gang leader's almost desperate admiration for the gang leader, no one may know except her.
Maybe...... The young helper himself wants to forget these memories.
The young man who had just been brought back by the gang leader was sitting by the window, looking out of the window at a budding flower as if he was focused. There was no joy or anger on his face, this too quiet posture, awe-inspiring in peace, made people can't help but hold their breath just by looking at it, for fear that the noise will hit him.
Xinmei was stunned for a moment, and then said again: "Young helper, it's time to take medicine." β
"Thank you. The young gang leader first thanked him softly, and directly picked up the bowl and drank it all.
When the young gang leader raised her head, she glanced at the light-colored sword mark on the young gang leader's neck, who was ruthless?
Whether it is before or after amnesia, the temperament of the young gang leader has nothing to do with the word lively.
Especially after his near-death, he seemed more silent than ever due to the slight damage to his vocal cords. When it came time to speak, his voice was always soft.
But sometimes Xinmei also thinks, is it true that the young helper doesn't speak often just because of his uncomfortable throat?
No.
Not so.
In his eyes, everyone in the Money Gang is a stranger, what has something to say to strangers......
Shangguan Jinhong came much more diligently than before, and sometimes he didn't let Xinmei report when he came, because he knew that Qiao Heng was not welcome to see him.
Every time before leaving, he would ask the young gang leader how he was doing in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation recently. He spoke in a flat, unwavering tone that sounded like a routine.
I don't know why, she suddenly has some rebellious resentful gang leader.
When the young helper was full of admiration and love for you, you ignored him. Now what's the point of asking for warmth again without knowing whether it's true or not.
Later, Jing Wusheng, who had been kicked out by the gang leader, came back.
Xinmei still doesn't understand.
What did he do when he came back? What else did he want in this money gang?
He robbed the young gang leader of his position in the eyes of everyone, snatched a father's care for his son, and robbed the young gang leader's health......
The young helper has nothing left, what is he going to do when he comes back?
Of course, she also understood that without the acquiescence of the Shangguan Gang Master, it would be impossible for Jing Wuming to come back.
Xinmei was a little glad that he had lost his memory.
Since the young gang leader lost his memory, he has been calling the gang leader "Shangguan Gang Leader" until later.
Before he changed his words, she had also tactfully persuaded her, hoping that the young helper would not anger the helper.
"He's not my father, how can he be my father......" For Qiao Heng, anyway, he is pretending to have amnesia, it doesn't matter how he says no, he has never admitted Shangguan Fei's identity in front of Shangguan Jinhong from the beginning, as for calling Shangguan Jinhong his father or something, it's just a title, if the other party really wants to listen, he will change his name, don't force it if there is sincerity in this.
Xinmei regretted mentioning this a little. For his own son, he is not half as good as his apprentice, he has amnesia, but he still feels something in his heart, as the saying goes, master and apprentice are like father and son, that is, the helper is actually Jing Wuming's father.
"That'...... What does the young helper think a father should be?"
The young gang leader didn't seem to have thought about this question, he thought about it for a while, so long that when Xinmei thought he wouldn't answer, he said non-perfunctorily: "I hope that 'his' eyes see me and no one else." It doesn't matter if he' has the talent of the heavens and the earth, whether he is illiterate, whether he is rich or poor, whether he can speak well or be taciturn. I only hope that one day when I am slandered and framed, he will say to me unconditionally and believe in me, and when I am in a setback, or in a dilemma, he can tell me that he is still there. He makes me feel like he's always with me wherever I go, and when I look back, I can't help but feel good to have him. β
Xinmei was pulled by her mother to grow up, and she hasn't seen her father since she was a child. She was stunned for a moment, if her father was still alive, he must be like this, right?
She stepped back from the young gang leader with a heavy heart.
However, not long after she left the house, she almost bumped into someone on the promenade outside.
The golden clothes were as cold as metal, just seeing this dress knew who the other party was, Xinmei didn't dare to raise her head at all, her legs were weak, and just when she was about to kneel, Shangguan Jinhong left without saying anything.
Xinmei didn't dare to think that the helper had come early, so she stood outside the room all the time, listening to everything they said in the room. I just came over, but I was disturbed by her collision to visit the young gang leader.
Xinmei felt more than once that it was actually a good thing that the young gang leader had lost his memory, especially when she learned that Lin Xian'er girl was pregnant.
She can still recall the days when she was with this Lin girl before the young gang leader lost his memory.
At the beginning, the helper was inexplicably alienated and did not help, and since then, the smile on the face of the young helper has decreased a lot. After the young gang leader met Miss Lin, the aura around him calmed down.
It's just that Lin Xian'er is really not a good match.
Xinmei was extremely glad that the current young gang leader had completely forgotten Lin Xian'er. But she was still a little sad in her heart, the young gang leader not only forgot the memory of Lin Xian'er, but even the enthusiasm in her life seemed to have disappeared with it.
Perhaps only when practicing martial arts will the young gang leader let his true emotions flow out.
Martial arts is the second life of a martial artist. For Jianghu people, the memories in the brain may be forgotten, but the physical memories can never be forgotten.
The dragon and phoenix are ringed in his hands, and every move brews an illusory beauty like a glimpse of light, entangled with the compelling sharp edge, with a kind of ruthlessness that seems to be about to be cut. Just by looking at it, the minds of the onlookers seem to be drowning in this beautiful virtual net of murderous machines, and they are willing to die.
However, Xinmei has only seen the young gang master after amnesia practice the dragon and phoenix double rings once, and she never touches them again.
During the change of seasons, the young gang leader suddenly fell ill.
The helper came a few times, sometimes he would talk to the young helper for a few words, and sometimes when the helper came, the young helper had just taken the medicine and was taking a nap, and the helper didn't wake him up, but frowned slightly when he left.
Every night, Xinmei secretly prayed to the amulet that her mother sewed for her to recover quickly. After the young helper lost his memory, the relationship between the helper and the young helper finally improved, and he could no longer be disgusted by the helper because of this illness.
During the day, she expressed her concerns to the young helper.
Qiao Heng said disapprehantly: "I have always been unlikable, and it is not surprising that it is really as you said." Don't worry, I'm prepared. Although he can always easily please others and win the favor of others, he clearly knows that the favor he has won can be false, and he is still so unlikable in nature.
Xinmei was uncomfortable when she heard it, and she said: "The young gang master is laughing, who in this world can guarantee that he can be liked by everyone, and in the same way, how can anyone be hated by everyone?"
Qiao Heng said: "I hope so." β
It didn't take long for Xinmei to realize that her previous concerns were not wrong.
The young gang leader was actually grounded by the gang leader.
I don't know why, she always felt that the young helper had expected such a day, otherwise how could he ignore this matter at this time, and then read and write on his own.
She did her best to make the young helper happy, but fortunately, the housekeeper did not treat the young helper harshly in life, otherwise she would have nothing to do with a maid.
Therefore, when the young helper asked her to bring a few more oil lamps, although she was not happy that he would read at night, she had no way to disobey his orders, so she simply took a few lamps in one go.
At night, she was woken up by a cacophony of human voices.
"The house of the young helper is !! water."
All of Xinmei's sleepiness disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She suddenly recalled the words of the young helper to let her go back to sleep early, and she shivered unconsciously.
No, it's that she's overthinking.
Xinmei put on her clothes and staggered to the outside of the young gangmaster's courtyard, and then couldn't support her body anymore, and knelt on the ground holding on to the tree.
All she could see was flames.
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Shangguan Jinhong came back in time to do so.
He had stood for a long time in front of the room that had been reduced to ruins, the winter wind of his bones could not move the corners of his robe, and he was like an ancient pine tree deeply rooted in the earth, and no one wanted to move his steps.
Snowflakes fell from the sky and fell on the blackened wood, and even Shangguan Jinhong's shoulders fell a thin layer of snow on the glazed tiles of the houses in the distance, but he didn't seem to notice it at all.
A person like him who has profound internal skills in martial arts, even in this cold and biting winter day, should not feel the slightest cold, but Shangguan Jinhong felt extremely cold at this time. This feeling has not been felt for many years, and it is so strange that he can't figure out whether he is cold in heart or body at this time.
Before he returned, the Money Gang had rummaged through the ruins several times. Once a wooden building catches fire, if it is not extinguished before the flames are first lit, the fire will only grow in size, and nothing remains intact in the room under this terrible fire.
In the end, people found several corpses inside, their clothes had long been turned to ashes, and no one dared to say whether there was a young helper in it.
After Shangguan Jinhong returned, he asked them to rummage through the ruins again, making sure that there was no more body to be found under the ruins.
"The young gang leader is not dead. β
Whether it was his ability to discern the identity of a corpse from the blurred outline of his body, or his instinct as a father, he said firmly.
It was only then that his almost frozen body gradually warmed up.
Xiang Song, the helmsman of the eighth rudder of the Money Gang, walked up to Song and asked, "Dare to ask the gang leader, do you need your subordinates to send someone to arrest the young gang leader back?"
Shangguan Jin Hong looked at him with a smile: "Arrest the young gang master back?"
Xiang Song looked at Shangguan Jin Hong's cold gaze, a layer of fine sweat broke out on his forehead, did he say something wrong just now? But he only said one sentence just now!
"The young gang leader violated the order of the confinement and forcibly attacked and killed the disciples of the same gang in order to leave the forbidden place...... Xiang Song looked at Shangguan Jinhong's increasingly angry eyes, and finally stopped what he said.
The words "captivity" and "grounding" inevitably penetrated Shangguan Jinhong's ears.
Xiang Song secretly scolded himself for being stupid, even if the helper didn't pay attention to the young helper, but he was also his son, so wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the helper.
He hurriedly made excuses for the young gang leader to cover up: "But the young gang leader is still young, and it is normal for the young man to be a little arrogant, and maybe these guard disciples are disrespectful first, after being arrested, the gang leader and the young gang leader said that the young gang leader will be able to know his mistakes and change ......."
Before he could say anything, he was choked by Shangguan Jinhong and thrown out.
At that time, Long Xiaoyun wanted to become brothers with Shangguan Jinhong, and at that time, it was Long Xiaoyun who came to be a lobbyist for Long Xiaoyun, and the person who brought Long Xiaoyun into the Money Gang was none other than Xiang Song.
"I know you're not smart, but I didn't expect you to be stupid!"
Shangguan Jin Hong stood in place, in the flying snow like catkins and reeds, different from his gradually warming body and skin, it was his heart that was completely like falling into an ice cave at this moment.
If a person's heart is occupied by ambition, he is often negligent in other things. Li Xunhuan's words to him were still lingering in his ears, but he didn't understand what Li Xunhuan meant.
Suddenly, it was another bone-chilling experience.
At that time, the young gang leader was still young, and Shangguan Jinhong led him to meet with the elders and helmsmen in the gang.
These elders and helmsmen who are in high positions in the Money Gang are all strong in martial arts, have outstanding achievements, and children are always sensitive, no matter how the elders and helmsmen rein in their might, but so many people gathered together, for the young gang leader who had just practiced martial arts for a short time at that time, it still brought a lot of pressure.
After they all left, the young gang leader asked seriously, "Father, will they like me?"
Shangguan Jinhong replied: "It's not important. β
"I don't understand. β
"Because on the day you sit on the position of helper, whether they like you now or not, they will worship you, respect you, love you, and worship you as a god as much as they can. β
The young helper was a little nervous, and he asked as if he didn't understand, "But I'm just a 'young helper' now, which means they can't like me now, right?"
Shangguan Jinhong: "It's not important. β
He looked at his son with the same serious eyes, and said, "Because your father is called 'Shangguan Jinhong', as long as I am here, whether I am alive or dead, even if you are nothing, no matter what they think in their hearts, they can only like you and love you with me." β
The young helper memorized every word.
"I see. β
"Because your father is the helper, they all listen to you, and because you like me, they all like me. β
He looked at the empty hall after the elders, helmsmen, and chief stewards left, and said, "If one day, they don't like me anymore, it must be that my father doesn't like me anymore." β