It was another cold night with a howling wind. The strong north wind swept by like a devil with fangs and claws, sweeping away the few remaining yellow leaves of the old sycamore tree in the courtyard. Listening to the extraordinary silence in the rain pavilion, a single footstep can startle the wild cats curled up in the dark corners to avoid the cold.

There was only one candle lit in Xia Xue'er's house, and the candle flame swayed in the cold wind, and the candlelight became weaker and weaker, and finally extinguished itself before the next cold wind came, and in an instant, the whole room fell into boundless darkness.

However, no one noticed this scene.

The huge listening to the rain is empty, and it is empty at night. Only the dim candlelight in the three rooms on the west side proves that this is not a deserted courtyard, at least it is still popular. In one of the subordinate rooms, Cuizhu, Dongmei and Qiu Ju each sat crookedly wrapped in a quilt, chatting without a word.

Listening to Yuxuan's maidservants, Dongmei is the youngest, whether it is to Cuizhu, Qiu Ju and Xianglan or to the maids who sweep the pulp, she will call her sister sweetly.

"Sister Cuizhu, do you know when Miss will return home?"

Cuizhu tilted his head slightly and looked at the white gauze tent, and replied thoughtfully: "According to the usual situation, the length is half a month, the short is three or five days, and there is no fixed number. ”

Qiu Ju answered: "But it's only three days before Miss's birthday, she should come back, otherwise she will definitely be in trouble!" ”

Cuizhu nodded and said, "Maybe I'll be back tomorrow." ”

Qiu Ju glanced at the flickering candlelight on the table, and stared at the pasted window for a long time before she said in a low voice: "Hey~ Listening to the rumors outside, I'm afraid that another snowstorm is coming, but I ask God to bless Miss to return safely tomorrow." ”

The other two turned their heads to look at the window, and there was silence in the room. Suddenly, Dongmei jumped up and said sharply: "It's miserable, I forgot a particularly important thing!" ”

The two were startled by this sudden jump and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Dongmei only looked at the two of them with a pair of big eyes, not daring to speak.

As soon as Cuizhu saw her eyes, she knew that nothing good would happen, and she shook her head helplessly and asked, "Say, what did you do wrong again?" ”

Dongmei then opened the ** and said: "Seeing that the weather is sunny this morning, I want to open the window of the young lady's study, so that I can blow the wind on the young lady's beloved book collection to remove the moisture, but ...... I...... Forgot about it...... I never thought that the day would suddenly change! ”

Cuizhu sighed and said, "I really don't know what to say about you!" ”

"Now it's not about removing moisture, it's about absorbing moisture!"

"I remember that the second young master gave Miss a few ancient books, and Miss couldn't put them down." Qiu Ju paused, looked at Dongmei and said with a gloating smile: "And ancient books are not resistant to moisture, so someone is going to be unlucky now!" ”

Dongmei glanced at Qiu Ju and said angrily: "When is this still talking about cool things!" After speaking, he squatted down, rubbed to Cuizhu's side, pulled his arm and said coquettishly: "Sister...... My good sister ......"

Cuizhu smiled and said, "Okay...... I'll go! ”

Seeing Cuizhu get up and get dressed, Qiu Ju also got up and got out of bed and said, "It's dark, I'll go with you." ”

"No, I'll come when I go, it's windy outside, so don't go out and blow it." Besides, you'd better stay here with this coward, and if you're gone, she'll be scared half to death by the howling wind outside! Hehe~" After speaking, he picked up a candle from the table and walked out of the room.

Whew~ It's really a biting cold wind. Cuizhu wrapped her coat tightly, shielded the flickering candle flame with her hands, and sped up her pace to shuttle through the uninhabited corridor, and she didn't notice anything unusual in Xia Xue'er's house.

I don't know how long it took, Cuizhu pushed the door with a candle in her hand, and the thick smell of blood came to her nose, and then a faint breathing sound came into her ears regularly, but there was no one in sight.

"Miss? Are you back? ”

However, all that answered her was the boundless silence.

Another gust of north wind whistled by, and the candle in Cuizhu's hand could not escape the fate of extinguishing. Once again, the room was covered in darkness.

Cuizhu trembled a little, and asked tremblingly in the direction where the breathing sound came from: "Miss... Be... You? ”

Still that damn silence.

Cuizhu's hand shook, and the extinguished candle fell to the ground, and she retreated to the door step by step, grasping the door frame with both hands, as if as long as the terrifying breath came close to her, she could snatch the door out!

Pretending to be calm, he asked again, "Who are you?" Why is it here? ”

“……”

Cuizhu stabilized his mind and continued: "If you don't speak, I'll call someone!" The guards of the Xia Mansion are not comparable to ordinary people! ”

"It's ...... me"

This is...... Xia Xue'er's voice? Yes! Although it was full of exhaustion, it was indeed exactly the same as Xia Xue'er's voice!

Cuizhu straightened his mind and said, "Miss didn't say a word when she came back, and we came over to serve!" This black light is blinding, Miss beware of bumping it! Wait a minute, and I'll go and light all the lights. ”

After confirming that the person who spoke was Xia Xue'er, Cuizhu's guard in her heart suddenly relaxed. After groping around in the room, he lit the candles that had long been extinguished on the candlesticks, and came to the room with a bronze candlestick in his hand, but he was really shocked by the scene that came into view.

I saw Xia Xue'er slumped in front of the desk wearing a black cloak, her face was pale, her eyes were dull, and only the faint sound of breathing proved that she was still alive.

Bang dang ~ bang dang ~

Another gust of north wind whistled by, the large open window swayed back and forth in the wind, the cold wind broke into the house wantonly, turned up the paper on the table, and rushed at Xia Xue'er's thin body without pity, and the already white little face was even more bloodless.

Cuizhu hurriedly put down the candlestick in his hand, stepped forward to close the window, and the candlelight stopped swaying and settled down. Turning around, while cleaning up the paper scattered all over the ground, he complained: "When will this north wind stop and rest, and it will be majestic at night!" ”

Looking at Xia Xue'er with an expressionless face, a trace of horror came to her heart.

"Miss...... Miss, what's wrong with you? ”

“……”

"What the hell is going on? Talk to the slave! ”

“……”

No matter what Cuizhu said, Xia Xue'er didn't move, and she didn't say a word, and the fear in her heart deepened a little.

Three days ago, Xia Xue'er received a flying pigeon message and quietly left the Xia Mansion through the side door as usual, she was fine when she left, how did she become like this now, what happened in the past three days?

Cuizhu boldly stepped forward and asked, "When did Miss come back?" Why didn't Sister Xianglan come back with Miss? ”

Hearing the word "Xianglan", Xia Xue'er suddenly turned red, and her breathing became rapid, like a child who had done something wrong, her overwhelmed expression and helpless eyes pierced Cuizhu's heart, Cuizhu noticed a trace of abnormality, and asked anxiously: "Is something wrong with Sister Xianglan?" ”

Suddenly, Xia Xue'er grabbed Cuizhu's arm, grabbed it like a life-saving straw, crystal tears rushed out of her eyes, rolled down her cheeks, and her hoarse voice wanted to speak, but she couldn't speak, she only heard: "Xianglan, Xianglan, she ......"

"What's wrong with Sister Xianglan? Miss, don't scare me, what's going on? ”

Cuizhu looked at Xia Xue'er's bloodshot and red eyes staring at her, and her heart was even more panicked. For a moment, she didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, Xia Xue'er pushed Cuizhu away again, looked at her palms with stupid eyes, and muttered in her mouth: "It's my fault, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have let her do that, I knew that it was dangerous, but I still let her go, I hurt her, I hurt her......"

Cuizhu found that her trembling hands were covered with dried blood, and she couldn't help covering her mouth and retreating again and again, until she leaned on the window and looked carefully, she found that Xia Xue'er's black cloak was also covered with pools of blood, and even her pale neck was stained with patches of blood red.

"Blood! Miss, you....how could you be? How can this be......"

Xia Xue'er's dejected expression and the shocking dark red deeply shocked Cuizhu. Cuizhu was terrified, and as soon as her body went limp, she slipped to the ground.

After a while, I heard a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and a man in a black robe hurriedly walked in, it was Su Qi.

He only glanced at Cuizhu, who was sitting on the ground, and strode towards Xia Xue'er, looking at Xia Xue'er's eyes full of pity, but it also seemed to be mixed with regret.

Su Qi walked up to Xia Xue'er and squatted down, and called anxiously: "Xue'er? Cher? ”

Xia Xue'er was unmoved, and only said vigorously: "It's my fault, it's me who hurt her, it's me who hurt her......"

Su Qi pulled Xia Xue'er's shoulders and persuaded: "No, this has nothing to do with you, you can't hurt yourself like this!" ”

"The one who fell in a pool of blood should be me, it should be me! It's not her ......" Xia Xue'er raised her head to look at Su Qi, her voice was hoarse, and tears were still flowing wantonly.

Su Qi held Xia Xue'er's little face and said distressedly: "Xue'er, you look at me, you have to believe me, it's over, it's going to get better, it's going to get better!" Did you know? Got it! ”

"Will it? Will it really be good? She was so badly injured...... She was covered in blood...... She can't hear me call her...... You lied to me, you lied to me! ”

"I never lie to you!" Su Qi shook Xia Xue'er's shoulder, wanting her to calm down, and explained urgently: "I have already sent Xianglan to Senior Brother Zhang, you know his medical skills, even if the treatment is not good, he will send Xianglan back to the valley, with the master and uncle here, she will definitely be fine!" You have to trust me! ”

"You swear?"

Xia Xue'er was like an orphan who stayed in the dark and longed for light, suddenly grasping a glimmer of hope, she grabbed Su Qi's hand and refused to let go, her two tearful eyes were full of begging and expectation!

Su Qi looked at that look and said very firmly: "I swear!" ”

"Ahhhhh~Ahh~"

Xia Xue'er completely collapsed, raised her head and cried loudly, crying not only grief but also endless remorse.

The cry was like a sharp knife stabbing at Su Qi's heart, tearing and stirring, as if it was going to destroy him. He held Xia Xue'er's little face with trembling hands, and called over and over again: "Xue'er... Cher! ”

However, there was no response, the cry still echoed in the room, and Xia Xue'er was still blind.

Cuizhu sat paralyzed on the ground, watching in horror as Su Qi stretched out his hand and pointed at Xia Xue'er's acupuncture points, Xia Xue'er lost consciousness, her body fell softly into his arms, and she asked tremblingly: "You... Who is it and what are you going to do? ”

Su Qi stretched out his hand to pick up Xia Xue'er and said, "Don't worry, I won't hurt her." ”

Cuizhu leaned against the wall and got up in front of the man, although his body was trembling, he said in a firm tone: "I won't let you take my young lady away, unless you ......"

Su Qi was in a very bad mood, raised his eyebrows and asked Cuizhu, "Unless what?" Kill you? ”

Cuizhu straightened up and replied without hesitation: "Yes!" Unless you kill me, you don't want to take my young lady with you!" ”

Su Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he took a deep breath, as if he was suppressing the feelings in his heart, and then looked down at the sleeping person in his arms who was still with tears and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, let alone hurt Xue'er, I will only kill the person who should be killed!" ”

Cuizhu was a little moved when she saw Su Qi's affectionate eyes, but she still said, "Why should I believe you?" ”

Su Qi didn't explain much, and only said one person's name: "Su Qi." ”

"Huh?" Cuizhu didn't seem to hear clearly, and looked at the man in front of him suspiciously.

The man moved his gaze to Cuizhu's face and said sincerely, "Su Qi, I am." ”

Cuizhu had naturally heard the name Su Qi and knew that he was Xia Xue'er's friend, but he had never seen Su Qi's true face, so he didn't dare to confirm it for a while.

"How do you prove that you are Su Qi? What if you're a fake? ”

"See for yourself!" Su Qi tore off a piece of jade pendant from his belt and handed it to Cuizhu. "If it weren't for your sacrifice to protect the Lord, you would be lying down by now."

Cuizhu took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully, the jade pendant was transparent all over, and a flying dragon was carved in the middle, and two small seal characters were engraved at the corners of the "Netherworld". She knew that Xia Xue'er also had such a jade pendant, but Xia Xue'er's jade pendant was engraved with a phoenix with wings spread.

Even after confirming the man's identity, Cuizhu did not let down his vigilance, but asked, "Where are you going to take Miss?" ”

Su Qi ignored Cuizhu, hugged Xia Xue'er and walked straight out of the study towards the bedroom, gently put the person in his arms on the bed, and ordered, "You go and boil some hot water to wash Xue'er." ”

Cuizhu came back to his senses and nodded busily.

"Remember, you can't let a third person know about tonight!"

"The slave knows." After saying that, he opened the door and hurried out.

Silence was once again restored in the room. Silent but not calm.

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I stayed up all night and grew dark circles under my eyes, and I gradually drifted away on the road to becoming a national treasure...... If you like it, remember to give a recommendation, and don't forget to play chicken blood in the comment area! Let me comfort and comfort the dark circles after watching it......