In the deep night, except for the moonlight sprinkled over the world, darkness shrouded the entire silent land, and occasionally sporadic fires shone brightly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, a secluded courtyard in Gucheng was brightly lit, and countless lit candles formed a circle with a diameter of about ten zhang on the ground, and in the center of this beating candle flame, there was a young man in a black suit, holding a black blade, practicing knife skills one by one.

Suddenly, the black-clothed young man stepped on the ground with his left foot, and the whole person rose into the sky, and with the swing of the black blade, a golden knife light lit up the night sky.

Immediately, a young man in black fell from the sky, and after the blade struck the ground, a volley turned over, and the young man in black waved the blade in his hand, and immediately the golden knife was sprinkled all over the ground.

Floating to the ground, looking at the sporadic candles glowing around him, the black-clothed young man's cold face showed a look of disappointment, and he said in his heart, "I can't do all the candles, even if I don't practice this style, it seems that my 'ten steps and one kill' is still lacking." ”

Putting the knife into the sheath, the black-clothed young man looked up at the waning moon in the sky, stared for a long time, his thoughts fluttered, and gradually fell into the memories of the past.

Under the waning moon, in the huge courtyard, a seven or eight-year-old child was practicing knife skills with a knife in one hand, and a young woman in a long blue dress was staring at him with a smile on her face.

After a set of knife techniques, the child was already out of breath, but he just wiped the sweat on his forehead casually, turned his head to look at the young woman, and said with a smile, "Mother, how is the child's knife technique?"

"Okay, good, your knife skills are good, but look at your sweaty appearance, my mother will wipe you. The young woman smiled and walked up to the child, took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead.

"Thank you, mother. The child said with joy on his face.

"Yue'er, when your father comes back from the battle, you will give him a rehearsal of the sword technique you are practicing now, I believe that when the time comes, he will be surprised. The young woman laughed.

"Don't worry, the child will definitely make the father happy, and the mother will not dare to bully the mother anymore. The child's immature face was full of seriousness.

"Well, my good boy, mother, I am satisfied with you. Seeing that her son was so filial, the young woman's eyes flashed, and she smiled with tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Mother, the child is very happy to have you by your side. The child said with a look of joy on his face.

"Yes, my good boy, so good. Touching her son's little face, the young woman nodded slightly, and couldn't help but kiss her son's forehead.

Just as the two were talking, suddenly a rush of footsteps came, and before the person arrived, his deep voice had already come: "Second lady, take the little master away, the eldest lady wants to murder you, and now she has brought someone to kill her." ”

"What, eldest lady, she's going to kill me?" Hearing the words in the air, the young woman's whole body was like a lightning strike, and she was a little unstable in her standing in an instant, and her body was about to fall backwards when she stumbled.

"Mother, be careful. Seeing this, the child on the side hurriedly supported the young woman, and said with concern on his little face, "Mother, are you okay?"

"Good boy, mother is fine. The young woman touched her son's face dotingly, and said lightly, her delicate face was full of sorrow.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a broad face and thick eyebrows and big eyes had walked quickly to the two of them, and when he saw the young woman, he immediately knelt on one knee, and said with an anxious face, "Second lady, the situation is urgent and imminent, and I also ask the second lady to go with the villain to find the general immediately, so that you can save your life." ”

"Ah Zhong, eldest lady, she really wants to kill me?" the young woman hugged her son tightly, looked at the middle-aged man with tears in the corners of her eyes, and asked in a trembling voice.

"Second lady, this matter is true, the villain risked death to report, and I hope that the second lady will make a quick decision. The middle-aged man pleaded, a look of anticipation.

Without asking anything more, the young woman knew that the person in front of her had always been strict and would never lie and deceive others, let alone such a big thing. It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and her temperament has always been cautious, so she asked more, in fact, she believed it as early as when the other party spread the voice from afar.

She knew very well in her heart that the eldest lady would not let her have a good time for her son, and since she gave birth to her son, the eldest lady regarded her as a thorn in her side, and she has always made things difficult for her. It's just that she didn't expect the eldest lady to be so vicious and dare to kill her at the risk of reluctance, isn't she afraid that the general will settle accounts with her after he returns.

"Son, my mother is going to take you out of here to run for your life, are you afraid?" the young woman asked as she looked at her son with a loving face.

"Follow the mother, the child is not afraid of anywhere. The child's dark eyes widened, and he said with a serious expression.

"Well, son, don't worry, my mother swears, I won't let you have anything to do. The young woman's eyes were full of determination.

"Yes. The child nodded, his little face full of trust.

Glancing at the scenery of the garden with nostalgia, the young woman didn't know if she could come back, but for the sake of her son in her arms, she knew that she had to go.

"Ah Zhong, if you order you to go down, you will say that I will take Wuyue out of the city to Hanchan Temple to make a vow, and let the servants in the palace immediately prepare ten carriages. The young woman said.

"Second lady, the eldest lady is going to be killed, isn't it a bit to make a wish at this time... "The middle-aged man has a difficult face.

"Don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter, since the eldest lady wants to kill me, then I will also give her a backup gift. A smile appeared at the corner of the young woman's mouth, and a hint of color flashed in her eyes, "Besides, the eldest lady shouldn't want to kill me in this mansion, otherwise when the general comes back, there are many things she can't explain." ”

"What does the second lady mean, we won't go?" said the middle-aged man with a confused expression.

"Okay, Ah Zhong, you go and get busy first, and I'll arrange the rest. The young woman waved her hand.

"Yes. The middle-aged man replied helplessly and left with a stomach full of doubts.

Looking at the back of the middle-aged man gradually moving away, the young woman's gaze gradually cooled, and she suddenly said, "Lan Yue Qiuju." ”

"The hosts. As the words fell, four men in black suddenly appeared in front of the young woman and knelt down on one knee.

"How many years have you four been with me?" looked at the four people in front of her, and the young woman said with a hint of warmth in her eyes.

"Slaves and maidservants have been with their masters for twenty-five years. Alain, the man in black on the far left, replied.

"Yes, twenty-five years on, you are not only my closest bodyguard, but also like my sister, and honestly, I don't want to sacrifice you if it weren't for the urgency of the situation. However, since I have been a sister for so many years, I can't bear to watch you die, so I will give you a chance to choose. As long as you leave now, and then hide incognito for a while, you can save your lives. But you must remember that you must not appear in front of anyone from now on, or your family will find your traces, and your family will be in a place from which you will never recover, understand?" the young woman admonished earnestly.

"Master, needless to say, I was born to protect my master, and now that my master is in great trouble, how can we run away. As long as the safety of the master and the little master can be protected, the slaves and maids will not give up, and ask the master to assign tasks. Alain said respectfully.

"I also asked the master to assign tasks, and the slaves and maids would never give up. The four of them said in unison.

"In that case, then life and death are fate. The young woman said lightly, her eyes revealing a trace of sadness, but then she disappeared, and said, "Xiaolan, Xiaoyue, you go and release the children and women I hid in the secret room, and then arrange for each of them to take three maidservants to the griffin, and when the carriage departs, let all six griffons fly towards the place where the general is, and once they encounter interception, they will flee in two directions, understand?"

"The slave obeys. The two men in black answered, and then the children only felt a flower in front of them, and the two of them disappeared in a flash.

"Xiaoqiu, Xiaoju, you take your two children and let the convoy set off immediately, and once you encounter an interception after leaving the city, you will immediately go in two directions, understand?" the young woman commanded.

"The slave obeys. The two answered, and then disappeared in a flash.

"I've done everything I can, and if I can't escape like this, then it's fate. Looking at the courtyard that was empty again, the young woman muttered to herself with a sad look in her eyes.

But when her gaze shifted to looking at her son in a somewhat stunned manner, her sorrow was swept away and turned into firmness, and she said to herself, "No, no matter what the cost, I can't let my son die at the hands of that woman, no." ”

"Son, see it, my mother is really ruthless, for the sake of our mother and son's lives, she let my four personal maids go to death without blinking. The young woman stroked her son's forehead, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile.

"My mother doesn't cry, and when the child grows up, she will definitely avenge her sisters who just left. The child said with a serious face.

"Well, what my son said is right, this revenge, as long as our mother and son live, it must be avenged. The young woman said, the cold glint in her eyes flashed.

"Second Madam, everything has been done according to your orders, so what should we do next?" the middle-aged man who had gone and returned bowed.

"Well, it's almost time, it's time for us to go, Ah Zhong, come with me. The young woman quietly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, said indifferently, and then took her son's hand and walked towards the house.

"Yes. ”

Watching the second lady turn the pen holder on the desk slightly, the wall in front of him suddenly separated, revealing a passage one foot high and one foot wide, and the middle-aged man knew the other party's plan. It turned out that the second lady was clear that it was false to go out of the city, and the secret passage in the dark was true, one true and one false, and it was really impossible to guard against it.

"The second lady's move is really clever. The middle-aged man said secretly, and he couldn't help but be in awe, but he didn't know that what he saw was just the tip of the iceberg, and the young woman secretly prepared an escape plan in the air to make it safe.

"Let's go. The young woman said lightly, then wiped the ring on her hand and took out a fluorescent night pearl, took her son's hand, and took the lead in entering the secret passage.

In the deep secret passage, Wuyue held her mother's hand tightly and walked forward step by step. Every time he took a step forward, his heart hesitated, and after a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask the doubt in his heart, "Mother, why did my mother kill us, isn't she afraid of her father's punishment?"

The young woman did not know how to answer her son's innocent question, she could not see what expression was on her face in the dim light, and she could not hear any answer from her in the quiet passage.

"Mother, why don't you speak, did the child say the wrong thing?" asked Wuyue again.

"Good boy, there are some things that my mother can't tell you clearly now, and when you grow up, my mother will tell you everything, okay?"

"Okay, let's pull the hook then. Wuyue nodded ignorantly and stretched out her hand.

"Hanging on the hook will not change for a hundred years. ”

Under the light emitted by the pearl of the night, the mother's little fingers hooked together and shook vigorously, each other's eyes met in the air, and their mouths said sacred vows.

"Mother, I said yes at the beginning, but why are you... ”

In the courtyard, looking at the waning moon in the night sky, the corners of Wuyue's eyes who stood silently gradually shed tears, and above the waning moon, a young woman dressed in bright moonlight was looking at him with a smile on her face.

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