Miao Zi'an was woken up by a pungent and unpleasant smell of herbs, and when he opened his eyes, a magnified face of a child of several years old suddenly appeared in front of him, Miao Zi'an screamed in surprise and sat up in shock. The child beside the bed was looking at him with childish and curious eyes. The child's watery eyes were as spiritual as if he could speak, and he looked at himself with a wink, his skin blowing and breaking, like a finely carved porcelain doll.

"Where am I?" Miao Zian couldn't help but ask in his heart. His last memories were in the dilapidated temple, where the two men said that his sister had abandoned him.

My favorite sister, do you really want to be yourself? I don't know when Miao Zi'an has a possessive desire for his sister that surpasses the love of sister and brother, and the kind of feelings that are no longer pure make him very painful. Before he could come out of the grief of losing his sister, the doll next to him began to cry, as if he was sad about what had happened to him.

It's noisy! Miao Zi'an couldn't help but glare at the female doll.

The female doll's cry grew louder and louder. The wooden door of the room creaked open, and a maid walked to the door, looking out respectfully, and then a man in a wheelchair slowly rocked in and stopped in front of Miao Zi'an's bed. Then he waved his hand and ordered the maid behind him to carry the girl out. There was a sudden silence in the room.

"Wake up, how do you feel?" The man's voice was soft and hoarse, his eyes were covered with black cloth, he had a sharp chin, his beard was cleanly shaved, and his mouth was lightly pursed, and he looked very young.

Miao Zi'an looked down at the man's purple-gold clothes, and saw that half of the man's left trouser tube was hanging in the air. The blindfolded man gently hooked the corners of his lips, as if he didn't care about the young man's gaze.

Miao Zi'an didn't answer the man's words, but asked, "Where is this?" Who are you? ”

"This is Rong Xi Manor, I am the owner here, my name is Wei Shaoqing, I rescued you from the hands of two robbers. When I met you, you were fainting from hunger, and you were in very poor health, so I took it upon myself to give you the best elixir in my manor, and now you should feel less weak. The man named Wei Shaoqing explained to him slowly.

Miao Zi'an looked at him, polite and defensive, "Thank you for saving me, how can I repay you?" ”

Wei Shaoqing didn't expect the boy to say this, he thought it was very interesting, and said with a smile: "I didn't want you to repay me when I rescued you from them, but you have eaten the unique Tengyun Immortal Pill in the world, which can not only dispel all diseases, avoid the five poisons, but also strengthen the body, this divine pill I asked for from the Ghost Eye Immortal Doctor of the Medicine King Valley, and I can't give it to you in vain." ”

Miao Zi'an had never heard of the Medicine King Valley and the Ghost Eye Immortal Doctor, and he only felt that what he had eaten was something very remarkable, and he was penniless, so he was a little worried.

Wei Shaoqing seemed to see through his thoughts and smiled, "Don't be afraid, child, I don't want you to pay, I just want you to be my apprentice." ”

Miao Zi'an looked at him in surprise, trying to see what kind of eyes were hidden under the black cloth, but he couldn't see anything. He wondered how this man could see blindfolded.

"Apprentice? Why? My dad said my body couldn't practice martial arts. Because of this, Miao Zi'an has been very inferior since he was a child, and every time he sees his sister practicing swords with his father, he can only watch secretly from afar.

A light laugh rose, and the corners of Wei Shaoqing's mouth rose a little more, "Who said you can't practice martial arts, you couldn't before, take my medicine, you can, and you can learn faster than anyone else." How about it, would you like to be my apprentice? As for why I want to take you as an apprentice, I naturally have my own purpose, but don't worry, I will never harm you. ”

Miao Zi'an lowered her head, seemed to think for a moment, and then moved her gaze to the man's empty trouser tube.

The man seemed to know what he was thinking, smiled, and said, "Although I have a crippled leg, I can teach you everything I have learned in my life." ”

"Are you amazing?" This is the focus of Miao Zi'an's concern.

Wei Shaoqing raised his eyebrows, quickly touched a hidden box next to the armrest of the wheelchair with one hand, and then pinched two silver needles with two fingers and threw them towards Miao Zi'an's door. Miao Zi'an subconsciously closed his eyes, thinking that he had angered this person, but after a while, he didn't feel any pain, he immediately opened his eyes and saw Wei Shaoqing looking behind him with a smile.

Miao Zi'an looked back in horror and saw a purple butterfly nailed to the window eaves, and the butterfly's wings were still fluttering vigorously, trying to break free from the shackles of the silver needle.

It turned out that he was not trying to kill himself. Miao Zi'an already knew that question without asking. He nodded heavily and said, "If I become your apprentice, can I kill someone?" ”

Wei Shaoqing seemed to be stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Who do you want to kill?" ”

"The people of Red Lotus Castle." Miao Zi'an gritted his teeth, as if he was about to bite blood, and his fingers pinched the quilt fiercely.

In the temple, he heard the words "Red Lotus Fort" from the mouths of those two men, and he would never forget it. My sister was taken away by the people of Red Lotus Castle, and he wants to take my sister back from them!

Wei Shaoqing seemed to have heard something very interesting, crossed his fingers on his thighs, leaned back on the chair behind him, and said with a casual expression: "Why do you want to kill them?" ”

"My sister was taken away by them." In the heart of a teenager, what he thinks of is not to avenge his parents, but to regain his sister. Even if he suffers another betrayal, he wants to see his sister again and asks her in person why he wants to leave.

The hatred and darkness that sprouted in the young man's heart made Wei Shaoqing seem to see himself a few years ago, he was in good spirits, and happily agreed, and did not ask any more questions, not even asking his name, but gave him a new name, called Hitomi. Wei Shaoqing has only two conditions for accepting apprentices, first, his name cannot be revealed to anyone. Second, during the six-year period, Hitomi can't leave Rongxi Manor for half a step.

By the time Miao Zi'an was ready to leave Rongxi Manor, the girl who was a few years old and crying when she saw him for the first time had already grown into a girl. Sometimes Miao Zi'an will think of the first time she saw her sister through the girl's back, in the snow covered with golden sunlight, dressed in red and wearing a hood, with a delicate appearance and resolute eyes. Six years did not let him learn to forget, but made his obsession with his sister increase day by day.

After so many years, what has my sister become? Will she still recognize herself?

Wei Shaoqing and his teacher Mr. Fang said that Hitomi, like his former self, is too obsessed, no matter whether he gets it or not, the ending is heartache and bones, and both lose. He would not let his disciples repeat his mistakes, so he deceived Miao Zi'an.

Your sister is dead, a year ago in a riot at Red Lotus. She instigated that rebellion and was punished with the harshest punishment by Hua Nianyun.

Miao Zian didn't believe it, so Wei Shaoqing threw him a list of the executions of Red Lotus Castle, which clearly listed the people involved in this turmoil, and among the names of the one hundred and thirty-two people, Miao Mengmeng was among them. Behind the execution list, there is also Hua Nianyun's seal.

Miao Zi'an knelt on the ground and cried, like an abandoned child. His crying was so loud that he wanted to cry out all his sorrows, and Yu Xuan'er, who was practicing outside, was so frightened that he ran into Wei Shaoqing's room.

"What's wrong, what's wrong? Why did the big apprentice cry? Wei Shaoqing, did you bully him? The girl looked at Miao Zi'an who suddenly had an emotional outburst in panic.

Wei Shaoqing stood indifferently, his thin lips pursed lightly, and he did not speak. The girl could not see what kind of expression was in his eyes under the black cloth.

Miao Zi'an cried for a long time, in the past six years, he thought that he would no longer cry, he always thought that he would be able to see that person again, and he lived with this belief. obviously hated it to the core, but when he knew that the person would never return to him, those hatreds suddenly lost their meaning, and the sorrow surging in his heart could no longer be vented except crying.

Miao Zi'an finally said goodbye to Wei Shaoqing and left Rongxi Manor.

Yu Xuan'er, who learned of this, came to ask Wei Shaoqing: "The eldest apprentice is gone, why don't you keep him?" ”

Wei Shaoqing said with great confidence: "He will come back." ”

The impulsive Yu Xuan'er rode a horse to chase Miao Zi'an, and finally found him outside the city, "Where are you going, big apprentice?" ”

Miao Zi'an in front of him seems to have changed in a few days, the beard on the side of his mouth should not have been cleaned up for a long time, and he looks evil and unbridled, "I want to confirm one thing." Go find someone. ”

"Someone very important?" His eldest apprentice cried so sadly that day because of this person, right? The young Yu Xuan'er felt that this kind-hearted and somewhat cunning apprentice might never come back.

Miao Zi'an nodded, not denying, "Yes, very important person." ”

She protected him under the punches and kicks of the crowd...... When he was bullied, he stood up and shouted back from those people, but when he came home, he had to endure his father's scolding...... She protected him from being forcibly taken away by the savage soldiers when he had a fever, she soaked him in ice water with her weak body, and her hands were forever unconscious because they had been soaked for too long, but she comforted the crying man and said that he was fine...... She also killed someone for him, hiding alone in the dark and crying secretly...... He has not forgotten any of these things.

"And when are you coming back?" Yu Xuan'er choked up a little, even though she knew that this person might not come back, she couldn't help but want to hear his answer.

Miao Zi'an smiled at her, "I don't know, maybe a year, maybe three years, maybe longer." Goodbye, little master. ”

Miao Zi'an's vigorous figure soon disappeared in the rain, as if it had never appeared in their world.

It was a long time before Yu Xuan'er knew Miao Zi'an's true identity and who his important person was, as well as the execution list of Red Lotus Fort that Wei Shaoqing gave Miao Zi'an, which was faked in order to break his thoughts. The sensational chaos in Red Lotus Fort was attended by only one hundred and thirty-one people. Miao Mingming's name was added by Wei Shaoqing himself imitating Hua Nianyun's handwriting. However, in the year after Miao Zi'an learned of his sister's death, the rising Qianjilou in the rivers and lakes wiped out the Red Lotus Castle, and it is said that no one survived.