Chapter 266: Past Events
"I'll never forget that night.
It's like a dream, or maybe he's gone to hell.
It was as if a big living person had come out of under the floor. He was only a few steps away from me, but I had no idea when he came in, what then put a baby on the bed, and when he was standing behind me!
My first reaction was sweating! Then a strong sense of frustration arose in my heart! I don't believe there is anyone else in the world who can do this! I am confident that my martial arts have reached the pinnacle! Even if I meet those legendary legends, even if I am defeated, at least I will not let people be so silently deceived behind me, but I am unconscious.
No one in the world today can do that!
If this man is my enemy, then he can even take my name silently, and I have no ability to resist at all!
I can't accept that—at least intellectually! I can't believe that there are such people in this world.
To put it bluntly: I thought I was standing on the peak, but at that moment, I saw the real peak, and suddenly realized that I was just an ant......
This feeling made me break out in a cold sweat, and I stared at him without saying a word for a full minute! ”
Old lady Xiao spoke. It seems to be infinitely emotional. There was also a bit of frustration.
With the status and power of Mrs. Xiao today. The Xiao family is deeply rooted in Lingnan. The family is big, the business is big. It is also a dominant position in the domestic martial arts world. He is even more eloquent. But at this moment, in the tone. But full of frustration.
"I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child. The talent is much stronger than the people around him. And I've never slackened. Winter practice 39. Summer practice. That's right. My talent is very good. But at the same time. I worked hard and sweat and even blood. There are far more people than the surrounding area!!
But at the time. But he saw a man. So out of nowhere. Suddenly a man jumped out of the air. But it seems to have a height ...... that I can't reach."
The old man sighed. Then he smiled downwardly: "People are old." But my mind is always a little bit uncontrollable. ”
Chen Xiao nodded. He could understand the old man's feelings.
"I was in a daze for a full minute, just staring at this man dumbfounded. In the end, I made a move that I couldn't even understand - I shot at him! ”
When Old Lady Xiao said this, a glimmer of jīng light flashed in her eyes, but this jīng light quickly turned into decadence.
He stood up and took a few steps in front of Chen Xiao, he walked very slowly, but every step was heavy, and every footwork was meticulous. After he finished walking seven or eight steps, Chen Xiao looked at the ground......
On the ground of the bluestone slab, there were seven or eight complete footprints! Each footprint is as if carved into a stone slab, up to a centimeter deep, and around the outline of each footprint, the stone is intact, not even a single crack is made!
If you just crush a stone with one foot, although it is extremely rare, it is not necessarily very difficult. But when Old Lady Xiao was so casually exposed, she lifted her weights like affection, and generally left seven or eight footprints on the stone slab to put it mildly, and the strength she used had obviously reached the point of perfection!
What made Chen Xiao even more amazing was that these seven or eight footprints on the ground seemed messy, but if you looked closely, they seemed to contain a profound law!
He couldn't help but stand up, raised his foot and stepped on a footprint, and suddenly felt a touch in his heart, continued to walk, according to the remaining footprints, walked down in one breath, and after seven or eight steps, Chen Xiao's face changed: "Yi? ”
"You see that?" The old man smiled faintly, and then his face became solemn: "This footwork is exactly the kind of footwork that you inadvertently walked out of when we started that day!" Although there are some differences, this unbelievable feeling is the same! ”
If Chen Xiao's memory recovered, he would immediately recognize that this was exactly that "short fight"!
"This footwork is what that person left for me that day." The old man squinted his eyes and sighed: "I was excited for a while, and I made a move on him, which is also the instinctive reaction of people who practice martial arts." I launched suddenly, using the two most powerful moves in the Xiao family's fist, both of which were heavy hands that suddenly launched an attack and won with one blow. But as soon as I made a move, I lost! ”
The old man squinted at the footprints on the ground, and there was a deep helplessness in his tone: "That person is right in front of my eyes, as if he walked eight steps at random, eight steps over, my two sharp killing moves all failed, and I didn't even touch a corner of his clothes!" And when he finished eight steps, his hand was already on my throat, and if he squeezed it gently, he could kill me on the spot. I have met many strong opponents in my life, and I have also met many strong opponents, but I have never lost so badly! I was sure of one thing right away: this man is something I can't match! Under his hands, the martial arts I am proud of are almost like ants. ”
The old man glanced at Chen Xiao: "I was surprised when I saw you walk out of this similar footwork." I think that since you know this kind of footwork, then you probably have something to do with the strange man surnamed Tian. ”
Chen Xiao was silent, he frowned, touched his nose, and lowered his head in contemplation.
"Fortunately, he is not here to kill me, nor is he the enemy of our Xiao family, on the contrary, he is the benefactor of our Xiao family." The old man smiled bitterly: "As soon as he made a move, he completely subdued me, and then he grinned at me and said, 'It seems that the descendants of the Xiao family are not bad, and the two tricks just now are quite decent', just when I was ashamed, he continued, 'You don't have to be angry, I told you, my surname is Tian, this surname, you Xiao family people should not be too strange." ’”
When Old Lady Xiao said this, she shook her head vigorously: "I immediately remembered the allusion that my father told me back then, about the origin of the Xiao family in Lingnan. But I didn't think of the strange man surnamed Tian who helped my ancestors back then, because after all...... After so many years, the person in front of me doesn't seem to be very old, and he looks even much younger than me. But then he said something that dispelled my suspicions and shocked me at once.
He said, "You Xiao family should still keep the knife I left behind." ', hey, hey! After listening to that sentence, I really don't know how to describe how I felt at that time! My first reaction was, is he really an immortal? At his age, he looks younger than my son. But ......"
Chen Xiao was silent.
He wasn't too shocked—he didn't understand, why wasn't he surprised?
At this time, Xiao Qing had already returned, and she was standing at the door, holding two cups of tea in her hands.
The old lady beckoned to her: "Come in, girl, it's okay for you to listen to these things." ”
Xiao Qing hesitated, entered the door and put down the tea, but stood beside Chen Xiao.
The old lady smiled slightly: "The baby girl on the bed at that time was you, girl." Hey! The strange man surnamed Tian told me, 'This girl is a descendant of Xiao Mingyue, and her mother entrusted her to me to send her back to the Xiao family to raise her, hoping that you will take good care of her.' Her identity, it's better not to make it public, otherwise there will be trouble. He didn't even explain much to me after saying this, just as suddenly as I came, and I was gone in the blink of an eye. ”
The old man gently picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
Xiao Qing's face was shocked, and she stared at the old lady: "Old lady, you, what do you mean...... I, I'm not my parents......"
The old lady blew the tea leaves floating on the teacup, and then sighed: "You were suddenly carried back." And the strange man surnamed Tian has commanded, don't reveal your identity. I thought about it all night...... That strange man surnamed Tian has great kindness to our Lingnan Xiao family, and the whole family can survive here in Lingnan because of his help back then. I would never doubt what he said! Since he said that you are Xiao Mingyue's descendant, then you must be! And...... Even if you are not from the Xiao family, but this strange person surnamed Tian has such a great kindness to our Xiao family, even if he sends an ordinary baby girl to me to take care of, I will definitely try to repay him!
So, I thought hard all night, and finally made a decision, and came up with a solution, to quietly call your father back to the inner house at dawn to talk to him. ”
The old man glanced at Chen Xiao and explained: "That was one of the younger generation of my Xiao family at that time, who was generous and upright, and loyal to the family. It's a junior I admire. It can also be regarded as the direct identity of the Xiao family. What's more, he had been married for three years and had no heirs. I came up with a way to send him to a remote place to manage an industry, and he went out for a year before he came back. When he came back, he carried the baby girl into the door together, and told the clan that he had been away for more than a year, and his wife had given birth to a daughter. This matter is known only to me and the husband and wife. I sternly told them that this matter must not be leaked! Hey! ”
The old man smiled bitterly: "That's it, Xiao Qing, this girl, has rightfully become a member of our Xiao family." When his father was sent by me to manage the property in that remote place, everyone thought that he had broken some house rules, and I severely punished him, so he was exiled in disguise. There are quite a few people in the clan who complain about him. However, I also compensated him a lot later, and when he came back with Xiao Qing a year later, I announced in public that I had transferred him back to manage an important property of the Xiao family, and then he was also used a lot, and later he was already one of the most important people in the Xiao family. Everyone else thought that he gave birth to a good daughter, and thought that it was because I doted on Xiao Qing, a girl, that I loved the house and Wu, and brought her father, but I didn't know that I just made a compensation to him, compensating him for leaving the Xiao family and going out into exile for a year in order to give Xiao Qing a background. ”
When Xiao Qing heard this, his face suddenly changed greatly, his body shook, and his voice trembled a little: "Master, you, what do you mean is that my parents, they are not, no, not mine, biological ......"
"It's not." The old lady glanced at Xiao Qing with some pity and sighed: "I'm sorry to tell you such news now...... Actually, if not...... I'm not going to tell you that. After all, your parents love you very much. Although it is not biological, it treats you as if it were your own. ”
Xiao Qing was dumbfounded, and then suddenly his face became extremely pale, and then subconsciously held Chen Xiao's shoulder beside him, and cried out with a "wow".
Chen Xiao felt uncomfortable in her heart, and couldn't help but reach out and gently support Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing's body was weak, so she leaned on Chen Xiao's arm, hugged Chen Xiao's shoulder and cried.
The old lady's face was quite guilty, and he sighed.
"Xiao Qing, this girl is extremely talented, and among the children of the Xiao family of the same generation as her, no one can compare to her! In the past, Xiao Mingyue was a strange person in our Xiao family, and the gentleman surnamed Tian she brought back single-handedly created the martial arts of the Xiao family. And Xiao Qing's talent was undoubtedly evident when she was five or six years old! Even everyone was surprised that her father's talent in martial arts was mediocre, but he had a lot of experience in business management, how could he give birth to a daughter, but he was a martial arts wizard. It's just that no matter what, I kept in mind the words of the strange man surnamed Tian, and I never dared to reveal Xiao Qing's life experience...... Alas......"
Chen Xiao looked at Xiao Qing who was in tears, subconsciously tightened his arms, then sighed and hesitated: "Old man Xiao, then, this matter is ...... to me"
"Of course it has something to do with you." The old lady shook his head and smiled: "Speaking of which, it is also fate." Xiao Qing's father and your mother have had a good relationship since childhood, although they are not brothers and sisters in the same room, in terms of speaking, Xiao Qing's father is your mother's brother, but it is a coincidence that Xiao Qing's mother and your mother are handkerchiefs. The two agreed to marry a baby very early, and your mother was still at home at that time and did not leave. As elders, we are happy to see this. But it was only later that Xiao Qing's mother did not give birth to a son and a half daughter. And after Xiao Qing came to the Xiao family, your mother had already left the Xiao family. ”