Nine years later. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Ziyun Palace, Ningxin Pavilion. Noon is approaching, the sun is getting stronger, the dreamlike layers of purple mist that have been lingering on the top of the mountain all the year round, there seem to be some signs of fading away, the undulating mountains in the distance also reveal the emerald green peaks, the light leaks out from the clouds, shoots to the mountains and the earth, revealing a little fresh and heroic atmosphere. At the beginning of March, the purple qi gradually faded, which was extremely rare in the Purple Cloud Palace. The lotus pond of Ningxin Pavilion is the most unique one in the Ziyun Palace, the lotus flowers have not bloomed at this time, a row of huge lotus leaves like a disc cover each other, overlapping and overlapping, a group of green atmosphere, not to mention a beautiful scenery, but the two Tingting girls by the pond add a lot of color to this scenery.

I saw a delicate girl in green clothes and yellow clothes with her head tilted, standing by the lotus pond, with a pair of braids black and small, her eyes were crooked like a crescent moon, and she was closing her small mouth one by one, and said happily: "Miss, today Chu Li Gongzi has returned, I heard that I just entered the Ziyun Palace and immediately went to the palace master's side." The girl was called Miss by another girl with her back to her, the girl's back was petite and slender, her crimson clothes were thin and cool, and she was a little more beautiful, she sat on the edge of the pool with her hands propped up, her white feet half stretched into the water, and she responded softly and unhurriedly: "So what? She didn't look back as she spoke, but sighed softly, and the waves of water swayed gently with her movements, and the fish scattered in all directions.

The little girl said cautiously: "I'm just looking at the young lady who has been depressed recently-" "Depressed? Before the words were finished, they were interrupted by the other party, and I saw the girl repeat it in a low voice, suddenly turned her head, stretched out her hand, poked the girl's head hard, and laughed: "Who is depressed?" You said? "That face is about to turn around, and it is already a beautiful and refined face, the pupils are as black as night, the bridge of the nose is small, and the lips are red, which can be like a seventeen-year-old girl, delicate as jade, smart as water, although there is a trace of childishness, but like a flower bud that wants to bloom, it has revealed some kind of confusing information in advance.

The little girl listened to her retort, pursed her mouth, and said very unwillingly: "Who knows what Miss thinks, obviously she is not happy." The girl muttered, "If I'm really unhappy, what's the use of Chu Li coming back?" After speaking, she turned around and shook her legs for a while, and the little girl didn't speak. After a while, Fang opened her mouth and asked the little girl, "Where is Shulan?" It's been two months, and I haven't seen that guy's figure. He sighed secretly in his heart: "Compared to Chu Li, who is silent all day long, isn't that guy Shulan much more interesting." Then the scene of his departure gradually came to mind.

In the purple bamboo forest that day, the breeze gusted, and the sound of bamboo leaves rubbing was endless, echoing repeatedly in the mountains, and it did not go for a long time. The young man stood among the purple bamboos, his hairband was flying, the green silk was elegant, a pair of peach blossom eyes, and his young face showed a sly smile, and he raised his face and said to her without blushing: "Xiao Xuanxuan, when I am not there, don't worry about it every day." She turned her head at the time and snorted disdainfully: "Let's go, let's go, it's best not to go back." ”

It was the end of winter, the cold wind was blowing, the leaves were scattered, and she stepped on the withered yellow leaves all over the ground, and walked away without hesitation. His faint laughter echoed in his ears, not loud, but very harsh, with a certain deep meaning, like a snickering after seeing through all her secrets. She ignored it and left it all behind. Speaking of which, I didn't even say goodbye to him, and now it's been two months. It was a common thing for Chu to leave to go out, but Shulan, for as long as she could remember, had almost never left Ziyun Palace, and she never asked why he left. Thinking of his daily sighs these days, I feel a little unwilling.

Unexpectedly, he really said it.

Purple Cloud Palace is good at everything, the only thing that makes her hate it is that the atmosphere is too dull and depressing, and for so many years, there are only Shulan and her, two exceptions. Or, there's this little girl Doulan who chatters all day long. Thinking of this, he heard Dou Lan mutter: "Miss doesn't know where he is, how do I know?" He turned around and walked a few steps, brought a plate of osmanthus cake to the stone table in the pavilion, and handed it to the girl sitting by the lotus pond, who reached out and took it, and said casually: "Little girl, your temper is getting more and more weird." The little girl shook her head indifferently, picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, the sweet taste spread in her mouth, but her eyes were cast on the pool of lotus flowers that had not yet bloomed, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air.

There is a rumor in the rivers and lakes that Murong Qi, the palace master of the Purple Cloud Palace in the south of the famous rivers and lakes, brought a girl of unknown origin into the Purple Cloud Palace many years ago, and recognized her as a righteous sister, stayed in Ningxin Pavilion, and stayed in the palace often. Over the years, the Purple Cloud Palace Lord has taken good care of this girl, and has treated her very closely, as if she is her own sister, which makes everyone feel surprised.

Ziyun Palace has always been a mysterious place in the rivers and lakes, not only located in the legendary Qingluan Mountains, which is quite mythical, but also rarely appeared in front of the world on a large scale in the past ten years, and has tended to hide. It is true that this low-key style of death alone is not enough to attract the attention of the world, and Ziyun Palace is more than that. More than 10 years ago, it was as famous as the Northern Yujing Villa, and it was the overlord of the superior position in the rivers and lakes, the former palace lord Murong Xi was all over the world, with a strong ambition to try to dominate the rivers and lakes, there was only one opponent in the entire Central Plains martial arts, that is, Bai Liancheng, the former owner of the Yujing Villa, the two forces were divided into the north and south, like a dragon and a tiger looking at each other, comparable to each other, and controlled the lifeblood of the entire Central Plains martial arts.

However, things in the world are often not as people want, the more eager you are to desire something, the more laborious you are, and even exhaust your life's work, the more God sometimes does not want to let go of it easily, but let you ask for it. Murong Xi wanted to practice quickly when he was young, most of what he learned was in a hurry, and there were not a few evil sects of kung fu practice, over the years, hurting others first hurt himself, and only then did he lay down half of the country, so he died in a hurry, leaving only one son in charge of Ziyun Palace, and this son is Murong Qi, the master of Ziyun Palace today.

Murong Qi, although he is in the same vein as Murong Xi in martial arts, is very different from his ambitious father, and it is rumored that he has a perverse personality, is unruly by nature, and is elusive. When Murong Xi was alive, he was not in the palace all the year round, and he traveled outside until his father died. There are also rumors that the relationship between father and son seems to be at odds - many things in the Purple Cloud Palace can only be rumors, and even if there are occasional internal gossip, they are at most innocuous rights and wrongs, or some changes that obviously do not need to be hidden. For example, the stunning appearance of the four protectors, or the arrival of Cen Kexuan, the palace sister. Therefore, about the current palace master of the Purple Cloud Palace, Murong Qi, is currently known to everyone, and has some practical value, there is only one thing, which is also extremely obvious - although Murong Qi has reached the peak of martial arts, he does not seem to want to inherit his father's legacy, at least he does not show the slightest intention to dominate the world. In these years, Ziyun Palace has not asked about the world, and it has faded out of the martial arts, which is the best proof.

Until today, the former palace master Murong Xi has been dead for a long time, Murong Qi has been fading out of the rivers and lakes, but there are still many masters in the Ziyun Palace, and there are many talents. Over time, the Purple Cloud Palace gradually became a mysterious place. It just so happens that people in the world have a strange habit, and the more mysterious and dangerous the place, the more curious they yearn for.

It is said that when a bold and powerful man temporarily stayed in Furong Town, the closest to Ziyun Palace, he insisted on breaking into Ziyun territory without listening to the advice of the people, and ten days later, people finally found his body in the barren forest outside the town. The dark blood on the corpse had already stained the clumps of dead grass on the ground, and a strong smell of blood lingered in the air like the resentment of the dead. The crow flapped its wings and kept circling in the sky. It was a very tragic death, the sternum protruding strangely, his eyes were wide in horror, his sockets were cracked, and the dark blood stains that had dried up covered his entire face, the flesh was blurred and confused, and the whole body of this man could not find a trace of intact. Only a long sword beside him can confirm that he was once a swordsman who walked the world.

Everyone who saw it was shocked. Murong Qi, the master of the Purple Cloud Palace, is both righteous and evil, and his strange and unpredictable style of acting has long been a fact that everyone in the rivers and lakes knows, and it is not a wise move to be single and dangerous. Everyone was shocked, knowing the stakes, they no longer dared to set foot in the Purple Cloud Realm easily. However, although no one dared to set foot in it, rumors about the Purple Cloud Palace became more and more endless. For example, who is this girl of unknown origin? How did she get Murong Qi's favor? How can you get preferential treatment that others can't hope for?

Legend has it that the lord of Murong Palace wandered the rivers and lakes in his early years, and once fell in love with a beautiful woman, smiled proudly in the world, and even circulated many good stories at that time, envying countless others. But unexpectedly, there were unforeseen circumstances in the sky, the woman died suddenly for some reason, the fragrance disappeared, Murong Qi was in pain, lamenting the impermanence of the world and the fate of people, and since then he has been disheartened, and wants to abandon all kinds of red dust, retreat to the Ziyun Palace to retreat and cultivate, and no longer care about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

This is a story that was passed down by word of mouth ten years ago, and Ziyun Palace did begin to retire from the rivers and lakes at that time, and no longer participated in the major affairs of the rivers and lakes. This story has come to an end at this point, and it is a pity that a fairy couple failed to fulfill the covenant of the white head. However, Murong Qi brought a girl back to Ziyun Palace the next year, which aroused the interest of the good deeds and led to a lot of discussion among the people in the rivers and lakes. They immediately linked the two events and speculated that the girl must have something to do with his deceased lover. If it weren't for that, how could Murong Qi, who was tired of the world, step into the rivers and lakes again?

This rumor is also one of the more credible of many speculations, in addition, there are even bold speculations, saying that Murong Qi fell in love with the little girl who was less than ten years old at the time, felt pity, and brought her back to the palace in the hope that she would grow up sooner and marry her in the future. The above exaggerated speculations are varied.

The little girl Doulan once mentioned these rumors to her, she only saw them as a joke, laughing and laughing, and there was a faint melancholy in her eyes. What a ridiculous speculation, no one knows except the palace master, her name is Cen Kexuan - the survivor of the Cen family in Luoyang. The massacre forgotten by the world, in her mind, only a snow-colored emptiness, except for the embrace and body temperature of the handsome young man when he left, which became the deepest trace in her memory, which is still unforgettable. There are thousands of people in the world, where is she going to find the young man who has wandered in the world?

A strong sense of powerlessness surged in her heart like a tide, looking up at the sky blankly, until she was about to be forced out of tears by the strong sunlight, she suddenly came back to her senses, and muttered as if she was talking to herself: "Why hasn't that guy Shulan come back...... Dou Lan said dissatisfiedly: "Miss, you have been talking about it several times." Those who don't know, I'm afraid they will think that Miss has taken a fancy to that guy. As he spoke, the corners of his mouth pursed. Cen Kexuan raised his eyebrows and said in a long voice: "So what? Or do you help me find someone more interesting than that guy? As soon as he finished speaking, Cen Kexuan chewed carefully, and said in hindsight: "Could it be that when did he offend you?" Dou Lan snorted lightly: "I hate crazy people." After saying that, he turned around and went to the pavilion to pour tea.

At first glance, he was a young man, with long clothes and black hair, gentle as water, but only for a moment with him, the guy must be in full shape, like a delicate and delicate vase, but it was stuffed with stinky radish and sauerkraut. Dou Lan has been a more serious girl since she was a child, she is hard and serious in everything, and she looks at her at a glance, no wonder she doesn't like Shulan. It's a pity that this kind of tone of gods and ghosts is right for Cen Kexuan's appetite.

"Okay, okay, don't mention him." Cen Kexuan rarely relied on Dou Lan once, ended his chatter in time, and instead stretched his neck and raised his voice: "Then you tell me something interesting to hear." Dou Lan came over with a cup of tea, with a blank expression: "What does Miss want me to say?" ”

What to say, that's really a question. Cen Kexuan took the teacup, held it in his hand and shook it gently: "Uh...... For example, the more famous stories and legends in the rivers and lakes, you run to the guards every day to listen to the excitement, you will never have heard it. ”

Dou Lan said: "It's not all boring stories, what's so good. Cen Ke preached: "If it's so boring, then why do you go to join in the fun every day?" Dou Lan said unhappily: "Didn't Miss say that she didn't want to listen to those stories in the palace?" What do you say that your ears are calloused? Cen Kexuan hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "I'm tired of things in the palace, if you hear the story outside, I promise you want to hear it." After speaking, he stretched out three fingers to make an oath, and blinked his eyes. Speaking of which, Dou Lan's little head has an advantage, that is, she is studious, she is interested in almost all unknown things, from medicine, acupuncture, to sewing and mending, of course, in addition to these real, tangible and visible technical work, some chatty or boring gossip also has great temptation for her. From this point of view, Cen Kexuan thinks that he has to admire this girl.

At this time, Dou Lan was really overjoyed, and exclaimed, "That's a lot." She tilted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly there was an expression on her face that she didn't know whether to be excited or shy: "Miss, do you know that people outside say that all the people living in Ziyun Palace are fairies." As he spoke, he covered his mouth and giggled. Cen Kexuan frowned, lacking interest: "What else?" Seeing that Dou Lan was a little frustrated again, she hurriedly added: "I mean, you can tell me about some people outside, is it possible that the celebrities in this river and lake are only from our Purple Cloud Palace?" You see that I stay in the Purple Cloud Palace every day, and I am tired of hearing about the things in the Purple Cloud Palace. ”

"Outside?" Dou Lan lowered her eyelids and groaned for a while, her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "Miss, have you heard of Yujing Villa?" "Royal Heights? Cen Kexuan nodded thoughtfully, the world's No. 1 Dazhuang, the power is almost all over the Central Plains, and the fame is so great that it resounded all over the country, of course she has heard of it, but what deeds and great characters have happened in this world's No. 1 Dazhuang, she doesn't know at all.

Dou Lan blinked, and suddenly smiled a little shyly: "That young lady knows that in recent years, it has been rumored in the rivers and lakes that on the floating mountain of Zuoquanling, Bai Moyin, the second son of Yujing Villa, is the first in the rivers and lakes in martial arts, and his bearing and demeanor are even better in the world!" Before Dou Lan finished her little girl-like words, Cen Kexuan couldn't help laughing, she was drinking tea from the teacup in her hand, but she happened to choke on this laughter, and she couldn't breathe for a while, and her face was purple red. Dou Lan immediately stepped forward to support her, took the teacup and put it aside, and patted her on the back: "Miss, are you okay?" Cen Kexuan waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay." It wasn't until the whole person was relieved that Cen Kexuan continued to quip: "Those people in the rivers and lakes really dare to say anything." She chuckled, dismissive.

"Miss doesn't believe me?" Dou Lan defended dissatisfiedly, "Mo Yin's son is famous all over the world, and it is not Dou Lan who said it alone. Cen Kexuan shook his head amusedly: "Those of them are just shallow, and they dare to boast about Haikou without seeing our palace master, what Mo Yin Gongzi, can he compare with the palace master?" Besides, you said that the people of the rivers and lakes love to play tricks, and everything is blown into the sky. Speaking of this, she lowered her head slightly, her originally clear and moving eyes suddenly became much deeper, and she said softly as if sighing: "How can there be someone in the world who can compare to the palace master." She still remembered the moment when the man in purple appeared in front of her in the dark, dressed in brocade and smiling at the corners of his eyes, how could anyone in this world be better than his demeanor?

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Dou Lan was a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Why don't you believe it?" It's all true, you haven't seen him, how do you know that he is not as good as the palace master? Cen Kexuan said in surprise: "Could it be that you have seen him?" Dou Lan was stunned for a moment, and shook her head with wide eyes in a daze. Cen Kexuan chuckled, turned around slightly, reached out to poke her forehead, shook his head and said, "Since you haven't seen him either, how do you know that he is 'not inferior to the palace master' in the slightest?" Isn't it that you little girl hasn't seen anyone yet, so you secretly promise Fangxin? ”

Dou Lan was already thin-skinned, and when she heard her joke like this at the moment, she was embarrassed for a while, and her face turned red. I had to stomp my foot and said angrily: "I won't tell you, you still make fun of me." As soon as he finished speaking, he shook his head and ran to the corridor, even though he was wearing a tight Luo skirt, he still ran as fast as a deer in the mountains. Cen Kexuan propped up his hands, hurriedly jumped out of the water, and shouted barefoot: "Hey, Doulan, come back quickly!" Doulan! Unfortunately, no one responded, only a fresh breeze was blowing. She forgot, this girl has always been serious, how can she withstand the slightest ridicule? Patting the water droplets on his body in disappointment, he realized that the stones under his feet were terrible, so he jumped on tiptoe and moved to the gazebo a few steps away.

On the stone bench of the pavilion, there was a pair of small and delicate embroidered shoes, the upper of which was embroidered with pink plum blossoms, which she had just taken off, and the soles of her feet were still stained with water, and it was a little slippery when she stepped on the ground. She absentmindedly tiptoed into the gazebo, and after no more than two steps, she suddenly became unsteady, and fell straight to the ground with her body crooked, and the uneven stones fell to her eyes. It's over...... Secretly unlucky, unexpectedly, her leaning body was firmly pulled by a pair of hands, and with only a little force, she stumbled into the arms of a person. The cold breath came from the surface, and when she was still in a dizzy state and didn't react, the person who grabbed her just now let go of her hand as soon as she stood firm, and took a step back as if she didn't want to be misunderstood, keeping a certain distance.

Hurriedly raised his head, only to see the person clearly, a man dressed in black, with a cold and hard face, with a dark black bloody sword on his back, and the ink-colored ribbon at the end of the sword fluttered lightly in the wind, with a deep sense of slaughter. People who walk in the slaughter are like this, indifferent and lonely. The man in black looked down at her and asked lightly, "Are you okay?" She straightened up and blinked, smiling nonchalantly, "It's okay." Thank you, Brother Chuli. The man who was called Chu Li just glanced at her slowly, which was regarded as a response. There are not many people in the Purple Cloud Palace who can walk and come at will, except for the six envoys in charge of various affairs in the palace, and the four major protectors on the side of the palace master to obey orders, there are only four people left. Cen Kexuan is one of them, because of her special identity, she is the only one who does not have to do things in Ziyun Palace, that is, the "idle eater" as the saying goes. In addition, there are two people who have also never been involved in the ordinary affairs of the palace, but they directly obey the orders of the palace master, and they run around the rivers and lakes all year round, which is Lu Sang and Chu Li.

The air was obviously filled with the fragrance of flowers, but the atmosphere was frozen by Chu Li's arrival. I just heard Dou Lan mention him, but I didn't expect to see him so soon, I was really surprised. Inadvertently catching a glimpse of the white bandage on his arm, Cen Kexuan felt a pain in his heart, and finally couldn't help asking, "Has Brother Chu Li's injury improved?" ”

Half a month ago, she had sneaked out of the Purple Cloud Palace while the palace master was in retreat. This is something she has been planning for a long time, relying on her special status in Ziyun Palace, and coinciding with the palace master's retreat, she slipped out very smoothly with a small sword. Shuttling between the green trees and vines in the Purple Cloud Realm, he was not hindered, but he didn't expect that until he walked out of the Purple Cloud Realm, he happened to bump into someone fighting. The forest was full of fallen leaves, and the withered yellow leaves spread all over the ground. There were only two people fighting, a man, wearing a blue-black power suit, with a strong body, at first glance, he looked like a perennial walking in the rivers and lakes, holding a dark scimitar, and his skills were not low in Cen Kexuan's opinion. Fighting against him was a young man with clear eyebrows, a slender body, a short sword on his body, his hair loosely tied, very casual, and a wit in his eyes.

This young man's swordsmanship is not very skillful, he has completely fallen behind, and he is already losing and retreating, and he is about to be unable to support it. Cen Kexuan didn't know why his brain was hot, and when the young man was about to be stabbed, he flew forward and protected the young man in front of him. This action was just in an instant, the man did not expect the blade to be blocked, and hurriedly retreated, and after seeing the comer, he immediately frowned and shouted: "Who is it?" "I secretly marveled in my heart, this place is already close to the Purple Cloud Realm, ordinary people and others dare not approach easily, what is the origin of this little girl?

But I only saw the girl smile and said, "Guess what? Seeing that the man's face was gloomy, she clenched the hilt of her sword, stopped playing, restrained her smile, and said with a slight straight face: "This place can be adjacent to the Purple Cloud Realm, don't you know what happens to people who trespass into the Purple Cloud Realm?" "I once heard Dou Lan say that if an outsider mistakenly enters the territory of Ziyun, it must be a capital crime. Sure enough, as soon as the other party heard this, his face changed slightly, "When I catch this kid, I will naturally leave immediately." But the girl, so blatantly dangling here, either she is not afraid of death, or she is a person from Ziyun Palace? As he spoke, his eyebrows raised, and he looked at Cen Kexuan slightly. If it is really a person from the Purple Cloud Palace, it is naturally better not to offend.

The young man obviously thought of this, his eyes rolled, and he immediately knelt on the ground with weak legs, began to kowtow to Cen Kexuan, pulled the corner of her skirt and shouted: "Sister Heroine, you must save me, if you leave, then I will definitely die here, I have just turned seventeen this year, my mother is seriously ill and bedridden, no one takes care of me, if I die here, who will remember to take care of my hard mother." As he spoke, tears almost fell from his face.

"Hey! Get up, let go of me, get up! Cen Kexuan had never been kneeled before, and he was pulled by his skirt, his face was quite embarrassed, and he wanted to kick him at the moment, but in the end he just tried to pull him up in a hurry, but the young man covered his face with her skirt, and cried louder with a posture of vowing not to let go. The man on the other side snorted coldly with disdain, and Cen Kexuan really realized that he might not be able to get rid of it. Speaking of which, this young man is the same age as her, although he doesn't like the young man's appearance of stalking her, he is still moved by compassion after all. Seeing that the man's expression was cold, he had no choice but to change the topic and said, "How did he offend you and take his life?" Let's hear how. The man's face remained unchanged, and he said coldly: "It's better for the girl to be less nosy." Cen Kexuan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What if I want to take care of it?" The man said: "Do you know what kind of person he is, the little girl's family should not stand up for others casually, and in the end, it is not yourself who will be harmed!" Cen Kexuan bit it and said, "Since he-"

Before the words fell, the man suddenly drew his knife and attacked, Cen Kexuan was shocked, and he couldn't dodge for a while, so he had to put his sword against his chest and take this fierce blow, and the sharp knife momentum made every inch of her skin feel cold. She was so shocked that she retreated again and again, almost fell to the ground, her whole arm was completely numb from the shock, she almost lost consciousness, and the pain in the tiger's mouth was unbearable, and she could no longer hold the sword in her hand. This man's strength is really amazing, no wonder the young man can't resist. No sooner had she steadied her figure, and before she could catch her breath, the man's knife struck again.

When he dodged, he turned his head to look, but saw that the young man who was still crying and begging for help at his feet had taken the opportunity to tap his toes and quickly jumped to the branch a few steps away. After gaining a firm foothold, the young man turned around, held on to the trunk of the tree and smiled: "Thank you girl for helping, I know that my martial arts are low, and I can't help the girl, so I have to take a step first, and I hope the girl takes care." After saying that, he did not look back and swept towards the foot of the mountain. Although this kid's martial arts skills are not high, his light skills when he escapes are very good, and he has escaped far away in the blink of an eye, and he can only see a small shadow.

"Hey-" Cen Kexuan was dumbfounded in an instant, he didn't know how to react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he just wanted to scold him, but he was suddenly pushed by the man in black, and drank impatiently: "Get out of the way!" Then he turned around and chased after him. This push made Cen Kexuan almost fall to the ground, which really angered her, and without thinking too much, she flew up again to intercept her, and after a moment's delay, the young man had already fled without a trace.

The man finally became angry: "The girl seems to think that she has lived too long today? The tone has changed dramatically compared to Fang Cai, and I think I am impatient. Cen Kexuan frowned, silently clenched the hilt of the sword, but his expression was a little uncertain. She was a little angry with the young man, thinking that the other party was only sixteen, younger than herself, and didn't look like some big traitor, so she wanted to save his life, who knew that the kid was an opportunistic and cunning master, and wanted to slip away while the chaos, she was already unwilling to care anymore, so she stopped it, but it was just a reaction to be displeased after being pushed away. At the moment, it is a little difficult to ride a tiger. She took a deep breath, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I don't care who he is, anyway, I'm here today, so you don't want to hurt that young man's life." ”

When the man heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed, and said coldly: "Little girl, if you want to take care of some things that you shouldn't be in charge of, don't blame me for not showing mercy to my subordinates." As soon as these words came out, the knife momentum was like a swift wind, extremely powerful, and fast, completely different from Fang Cai. Thinking that although she Cen Kexuan has practiced martial arts since she was a child, she has never really faced the enemy after all, and she is inexperienced in the face of such a fierce attack, and she can't resist it after receiving only two moves, and she is so frightened that she doesn't know what to do, seeing that the blade is straight towards her, but her arm is soft and numb at all, and her head is blank.

"Ahh However, there was no pain in the body that should have been stabbed, only the waist was tightened, followed by a strong sound of blade handover. vaguely knew that someone around him had only a few tricks to break up with the man, so he hurriedly retreated with himself, and walked away in an instant, presumably for fear of hurting himself. I also wondered if it would be the conscience of the young man who found out and turned back halfway through the rescuer, but when she tried to open her eyes, she saw the person on her side clearly, holding the arm of the bloody sword, and the blood slowly remained.

That's what left the wound that was. She remembered that when she returned to the palace, she stood in front of him with blurred eyes to bandage his wounds, and felt guilty when she saw the blood slowly pouring out of the white gauze, but he just stretched out his uninjured other hand to wipe away her tears little by little, and shook his head gently. Chu Li has always been silent, but she is usually clever in front of the palace master, but she just opened her mouth and didn't say anything in the end.

Sometimes, it is a strong and complex emotion, and the more it cannot be expressed in a few simple words, what can be said is probably not so important. She only remembered that Chu Li, who was as cold as ice on the outside, his hands were actually warm, and this long-lost temperature made her miss it. At this moment, looking at the bland expression of the person in front of him, Cen Kexuan felt quite guilty: "Taking advantage of the palace master's retreat and leaving the Ziyun Palace is a naïve and irresponsible decision, I thought it would be fine." Anyway—"

"It's not your fault, you can declare." The other party interrupted her. Cen Kexuan shook his head, knowing that person's temperament, he no longer argued with him, and only smiled reluctantly: "Brother Chu Li left the palace with an injury, will it hinder the work?" Chu Li only replied lightly: "It's okay." Cen Kexuan still didn't give up, and said: "Can you take the medicine on time?" Chu Li stopped talking. Cen Kexuan knew that he was quite profound, he never cherished his body, and if no one asked, he would not take the medicine well, so he had to sigh: "Then you come in with me." He turned around and just wanted to go back to the house, but he felt that the soles of his feet were hot, and he realized that he had not yet put on his shoes, so he had to turn his face again, point to the gazebo with his finger, and smile awkwardly.

Chu Li looked at the pavilion, immediately understood, and without saying anything, he leaned over and picked her up, all the way to the pavilion before putting it down. The two have known each other since childhood, and they are naturally much more intimate than others, so although Cen Kexuan's face was flushed at this moment, he didn't think much about it, picked up the embroidered shoes, and hummed while wearing them: "Doulan's girl is really, just say a few words to her, and she runs away, it's really heartless." Chu Li stood aside and listened to her muttering, still not speaking, but finally showed a slight smile in his calm eyes.

Went back to the room and took out the medicine box, checked the wound for Chu Li, and saw that it had improved a lot, and she had re-applied the medicine, she calmed down, and finally asked: "By the way, Brother Chu Li made a special trip to Ningxin Pavilion to find me, but what's the matter?" "He will just go back to the palace, if there is nothing to do, he will definitely come to see her later, if this time comes, he must have just arrived from the palace master, maybe he has not even returned to his own residence. Sure enough, Chu Li looked at the wet mud on her body, and said, "Let's change your clothes first, the palace will see you." ”

After bathing, Cen Kexuan sat in front of the carved mirror table, and the dim bronze mirror reflected her seventeen-year-old face, red lips, white skin, black hair, and smart eyes, like flowers that were about to bloom in early spring. She reached out and gently lifted the clothes on her shoulders, and as the clothes slid down, a strange black streak gradually appeared under the collarbone, spreading out in all directions, gradually sinking deep into the skin, as if carved into the bone marrow, lining the blood-red unicorn jade she hid in the placket, all revealing a kind of mystery and weirdness. But she didn't realize the ominousness at all, took out the blood-colored jade pendant in the placket, and stroked it gently, her expression was gloomy, almost out of her mind.

Back then, the palace master who appeared in the Cen family's mansion in Luoyang brought her back to Ziyun Palace alone, and at the same time handed her this ancestral unicorn jade of the Cen family. She naturally knew that this was one of the two coins in Cen Zifei's hands, and it was also one of the sources of trouble for the Cen family. If she had to elaborate, she didn't have a good impression of this family heirloom. What the palace master said was not very detailed, and after thinking about it, he probably only told her one thing, that is, Cen Zi had to do something, and when he was done, he would come back to find her. This was really an empty and vague promise, but she never tried to ask Cen Zifei's whereabouts, and just as she never speculated why the palace master of Ziyun Palace appeared in Luoyang and why he adopted her, she ordered herself to firmly believe in her only relative, and looked forward to her brother coming to take her home every day.

But the cold and the summer, year after year, in the blink of an eye, it has been nine cold and summer, and the boy who said that he would protect her forever on the day of the heavy snow disappeared without a trace like the cold wind and snow that day. She didn't even dare to guess if her brother was still alive. She still remembers the warmth and trembling she felt when her brother hugged her, and the firm but reluctant look in his eyes when he left, and the heavy snow that day was cold like never before.

She looked at her face in the bronze mirror, and suddenly she had a fear, which came like a summer storm, without warning. She clenched her palms and asked herself: Can Cen Zifei recognize the pretty and fair face in front of her today?

The answer only made her more flustered. Will one day, they forget each other and become strangers who pass by?

Raising her arm, gently closing the placket, and glancing at herself in the mirror for the last time, she finally stood up and walked slowly towards the door, her steps steady and slow. The world is as vast as a sea of suffering, in the final analysis, they are just a drop in the ocean, how easy is it to find each other?