Chapter 2 Sleepless Spring and Autumn
Two years later, the third year of Tianning, spring
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The raindrops on the bamboo leaves seem to be condensed into jade, and they want to fall, and when the cool wind blows, they turn into crystal beads and fall.
A plain white hand stretched out, and a green jade bowl in his hand was just catching the bamboo dew, and the water splashed and stained the half of the sleeve on his hand.
The white-clothed young man sitting by the bamboo window withdrew the bowl in his hand, and saw that the bamboo dew in the bowl was half a bowl, he smiled with satisfaction, put down the bowl on the bamboo platform, and was about to get up to find a small stove to cook, the door opened with a "squeak", and a beautiful girl in purple came in with an oil-paper umbrella.
"Si Shao, why are you going to pick up the bamboo dew again, it's cloudy and rainy, your body is not good, how can you stand it!"
Yebai's figure stiffened, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on his handsome and elegant face, but then he smiled slightly: "It's just that my Qiu'er has good craftsmanship, this stomach worm can't stand it, just wait for my Qiu'er's soft and fragrant porridge with bamboo dew to soothe, don't I can't help myself." β
made a joke, but the girl in purple turned her anger into joy, and couldn't help but sneer: "Okay, the slave is not your pink confidante, you don't need to be coaxed like this." β
Although she said this, she quickly put down the oil-paper umbrella in her hand and went to wash rice and make porridge.
After a while, she brought a bowl of fragrant and good-looking porridge.
Yebai washed his hands and sat down, but he heard the purple-clothed maid beside him suddenly say while laying chopsticks: "Fourth Shao, I heard that Uncle Wang said that there is a letter from the house, let you return to the house from Zhuangzi immediately, do you plan to take Ningxia with you, do you still remember that they have a child who was raised in Zhuangzi when they were young?" β
Yebai's hand paused, and then said lightly: "I am the son of the Qiu family in the end, although I don't want to go back to some places, I have to go back, not to mention that my mother is sick, I should always go back to serve." β
If it weren't for the Eqiu family who threw him in the countryside to raise him, he would not have met the owner of the Tibetan Sword Mansion and became the successor of the Tibetan Sword Building.
He paused, looked at the purple-clothed maid beside him with her head bowed, and said in a soft voice: "Ning Qiu, you have always been quick-witted, and you have followed me for many years to be the most capable of entrusting you to great responsibilities, Ning Dong's martial arts are also the top in the rivers and lakes, and I can rest assured that the two of you are guarding the Tibetan Sword Tower for me and my master in the rivers and lakes." β
When Ning Qiu raised his face again, his eyes were already red: "Can't you not go, when you came out of there ten years ago, your life was almost gone, and the Qiu family was a cannibal place at all!" β
Yebai smiled bitterly, a little helpless: "Although the rivers and lakes are wide, it is still difficult to avoid the imminent public power, not to mention that the Qiu family still has my concern." β
Qiu family, the original surname is white, the founding of the Tianji Dynasty, the ancestors of the family are high, the feudal officials, worship the army, in order to defend the territory, and only then did they marry a noble daughter as a wife, three generations of grandsons abandoned martial arts from the text, officials to Zaifu, because the third generation of the emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty has a "white" word in the name, in order to avoid it, the emperor gave the surname "Qiu", which is the meaning of the foundation of Qianqiu.
It can be seen that the grace of the saints, and since then, several generations of descendants of the Qiu family have also lived up to their grace and produced many talents.
But Yebai knew that the Qiu family under these halos was nothing more than a cold abyss, perhaps...... Or a hell of your own.
He sighed softly and slowly closed his eyes.
Ningxia sat down beside him and looked at his master with some concern: "Si Shao, you were seriously injured on that night trip two years ago, and now the master is no longer there, only Ningxia is by your side, I really don't feel at ease, she once said that let her sister come in and serve you in the name of Ning Chun, I only saw that the girl was a little frivolous, and she was ...... young." β
Yebai smiled, and there was a hint of laziness on his delicate face: "It's okay, the left and right are just serving on the side, just being an ordinary girl, you don't have to know what you shouldn't know." β
Thinking of that night two years ago, the face that looked like a demonic demon prison red lotus in the dark, he suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart, frowned slightly, and subconsciously touched his shoulder, as if he could still feel a faint pain.
It's just a nightmare!
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ββLao Tzu is a very charming dividing line between the four young peopleββ
Time flies, and it's another year in the blink of an eye.
Four years of Tianning, winter, first snow
Autumn House
"How?" Ning Chun stomped his somewhat frozen feet, and quietly reached out to pull his companion in front of him with some anxiety, and said in a low voice.
Ningxia retracted his neck from the wall and made a 'shhh' gesture to Ning Chun: "Be quiet, don't let the grandmothers guarding the door find out about us, if we are discovered, we will be busy in vain." β
Ning Chun bit his lip, his eyes turned red: "However, the master has been hungry in the ancestral hall for two days, and it is so cold and freezing, how can he survive if he doesn't send things in?" β
Ningxia glared at her with some irritation: "Don't cry, you will only cry all day long, and it is not time to collect the body of the master, what are you howling!" β
Ning Chun's eyes widened: "Why are you talking like this......." β
Ningxia didn't pay attention to her, turned her head impatiently, and lowered her voice: "Okay, you shut up and stay here, don't trouble me!" β
Then, she bent down and hugged the small warm niche in her arms, and trotted all the way towards the small door not far away, Ning Chun was stunned, she didn't expect Ningxia to leave, she stared at Ningxia's back, and flattened her mouth aggrievedly.
Ningxia cat trot all the way around the waist, and after approaching the gate of the ancestral hall, when the old lady at the small door of the ancestral hall lowered her head and directed people to move the charcoal basket, her eyes narrowed, and she lowered her body while holding the warm niche in her arms and rushed in.
Ningxia is petite, flexible as a cat, jumping three times and turning around, wiping people's sight, and under the noses of those grandmothers and little girls, he is about to hide behind the shadow wall, but he doesn't want to suddenly come from behind him: "Oops! β
The voice was soft and delicate, but it was enough to make everyone stop what they were doing, and at the same time they looked at the delicate yellow of the door that fell in the snow, and also saw Ningxia, who was still one step away from hiding.
Ning Ning froze, then turned his face expressionlessly and looked at the girl who fell outside the door, and the expression on her face gradually distorted and hideous.
Ning Chun, who fell outside the door, turned pale and said, "I...... I didn't mean to, I just wanted to see the master's ....... β
Then, the more she spoke, the more sad she became, and finally she seemed to be unable to bear the cold and sneering gaze around her and Ningxia's hideous look, and cried 'wow'.
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"Who dares to make such a noise in front of the ancestral hall!" The cold voice suddenly came from outside the door, which made the janitor who was with a gloomy face crossed and was directing the little maid to arrest Ningxia and Ning Chun was startled, her face changed several times, she glared at Ning Chun and Ningxia viciously, and then hurriedly walked towards the door, tidying up her hair as she walked.
As soon as she went out, she bowed respectfully to the person who came: "Aunt Qin." β
The woman who was called Aunt Qin, with a royal blue diagonal collar and a watery cloud satin gown, a delicate horse-faced skirt embroidered with bat patterns in old bamboo color, a gray squirrel jacket, and a warm tube in her hand, a middle-aged woman with a delicate appearance, but in such a cold wind and snow, her hair was not messy, and her expression was cold, which made people look intimidating.
Behind him were four maidservants, all of whom were also old and expressionless, standing there like statues.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the grandmother in front of her, but her eyes didn't move: "Zhang He's family, aren't you going to do this errand anymore?" β
The mother-in-law of the Zhang family was suddenly startled, knelt down with a puff, cried with a sad face, and said, "Auntie, spare me, this matter is ......." β
Without waiting for the mother-in-law of the Zhang family to finish speaking, Aunt Qin asked expressionlessly, "Someone trespassed into the ancestral hall?" β
The mother-in-law of the Zhang family hurriedly nodded: "Yes, it is all the negligence of the old woman ......." β
Before she could finish speaking, Aunt Qin interrupted her words and nodded: "The trespassers are killed on the spot, and those who have not broken in are sold." Then she turned around and walked out of the box, not at all intending to hear what was going on.
Such a light disposition of human life, but the others seemed to take it for granted, and there was no trace of surprise on their faces.
The mother-in-law of the Zhang family looked at the royal blue back, sighed lightly in her heart, turned around respectfully, and instructed the others to drag the spring and summer girls out.
She said in a sharp voice: "You two have heard it too, it's not the old woman I'm ruthless, but the eldest aunt can't rub sand in her eyes." β
Hearing this, Ning Chun, who was originally frightened, instantly howled and cried, but Ningxia, who was escorted out, was expressionless, glared at the people around him fiercely, sneered and closed his eyes, but refused to let go of the warm niche he was holding.
The mother-in-law of the Zhang family looked at her stubborn look, remembered the trouble she caused, her heart was on fire, and as soon as she reached out, she snatched the warm niche in her hand, and smashed her head with her head covered with her face.
"Boom"! The charcoal fire in the warm niche fell out, sprinkled all over Ningxia's face, the food was scattered all over the ground, and a bloody hole was smashed out of her forehead by the sharp corner of the warm niche.
The mother-in-law of the Zhang family was stunned, but Ningxia didn't seem to feel the blood on her forehead, raised her head and glared at her fiercely, and laughed sharply: "Dead old woman, girl, I have become a terrible ghost, and I will come to find you uncomfortable in the middle of the night, and see how long you are later than me." β
Ningxia's face was covered with oil, ashes and blood, making her red eyes look like a ghost, and the Zhang family's mother-in-law trembled, covered her chest and waved her hand to order the two little guys: "It's the opposite, it's the opposite, it's not about dragging it to death quickly!" β
But the next moment, her wrist was suddenly pinched, accompanied by a crisp fracture sound, severe pain came, and Mama Zhang screamed in pain: "Ah, it's painful...... Which one doesn't have long eyes! β
A voice as cold as a golden jade knock sounded faintly: "Mama Zhang, if you want to kill my person, should you ask someone to ask me?" β
Everyone was stunned, and Ningxia, who was being escorted, bit his lip with tears in his eyes, but he didn't fall down.
Mama Zhang turned her head and looked at the handsome face of the person who came, between the wind and snow, his eyebrows were cold, his expression was calm, and he was dressed in a plain green thin cotton robe on him, but he did not look shabby and cramped, only plain and elegant.
The young master, who is the gentlest on weekdays, is so gentle that people don't even pay attention to him, but now Mama Zhang's heart is inexplicably tight, she endured the severe pain of her fracture, and said with a sad face: "Fourth young master! β
ββLao Tzu is the dividing line between the fourth young master and a gentle fake-
Autumn Mansion * Fenghua Pavilion
"Mother, try your daughter's handiwork." The girl's delicate voice is like a yellow warbler out of the valley.
The man's smiling voice also sounded: "My sister's intentions are naturally good, but my mother has been eating for the past few days." β
The girl was angry: "Fifth brother, you are so hateful, does this mean that my sister has evil intentions?" β
"Okay, you two don't have a time to stop, what kind of system." A melodious woman's voice with a gentle smile interrupted the siblings' argument.
Autumn leaves were blowing in the courtyard with a cold wind, snowflakes were flying, and he had accumulated his head and shoulders, but he calmly listened to the laughter in the warm house, as if he had never felt the contempt and ridicule in the eyes of the people who stood under the eaves and looked at him.
It's been an hour, the fourth young master has been standing in the snow for an hour, and the lady doesn't mean to see him at all, he is dressed so thinly, if he continues like this, he is afraid that he will freeze.
It can be seen that a concubine is a concubine, a brother, and a lowly species, not as good as his brothers and sisters, not to mention that his aunt is still a lowly one.
Qiu Ye Bai stood faintly, he had practiced martial arts for many years, and this idea was nothing to him at all, but since these people like to watch the excitement, let them watch it.
I don't know how long it took, a middle-aged woman suddenly came out of the room, walked in front of Qiu Yebai, and her cold gaze fell on him, without any emotion: "Madame, please let the fourth young master in." β
The corners of Autumn Leaf's white lips were slightly curved, and he said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Thank you Aunt Qin." β
As if she hadn't heard, Aunt Qin turned around and went into the room, while he patted the snow on his body and followed in.
The curtain is set up luxuriously and elegantly, the furniture is made of the favorite Nanyang agarwood of the housewife of the autumn house, Seiko carving, the wall is hung with all kinds of calligraphy and paintings, embroidery, all are painted and embroidered by famous artists.
On the peony jade screen beauty warm couch inside, a young beautiful woman with a round face is leaning on the warm couch, with her eyes closed and her eyes are full of water, her jade nose is like Qiong, her lips are slightly pursed and she seems to be smiling from time to time, and she is amiable to watch, and her upper body is a hibiscus jade bird pomegranate Baizi cotton Shu brocade jacket, and her legs are covered with a snow fox quilt without a trace of miscellaneous hair.
It is the head of the Qiu family, the second wife of the head of the Qiu family - Du Zhenlan.
But he didn't see the young man and girl who were laughing just now, Qiu Yebai lowered his eyes, and then bowed respectfully: "Mother." β
Qiu Yebai sneered in his heart, those two had never been too lazy to deal with a lowly concubine like him.
The beautiful woman slowly raised her eyelashes, looked at him for a moment, and smiled slightly: "Fourth brother, I heard that you broke Mama Zhang's wrist." β
is so direct, without any disguise, but it shows that she is not like the ordinary housewife.
Qiu Yebai said lightly: "There is a difference between master and servant, Mama Zhang can be arrogant in front of Ye Bai today, and dare to be presumptuous in front of her mother next time." β
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