The night was thick, and the clear moon was like a waterfall, pouring the gentle moonlight around the hut, illuminating the middle of the night for the old and the young.

It was a family joy that had never been seen in a hundred miles.

Under an old locust tree, Xuan Zhige teased Old Man Zhu with a smile, and at the same time stuffed the remaining chicken pieces in his hand into the old man's mouth, so happy that the old man waved his hand again and again and said, "Xuan girl, I can't eat it, I can't eat it!" ”

The old man coughed lightly twice from time to time, and it seemed that he was a little sick, and he probably estimated that this little girl wanted to blackmail him for money, just to see a doctor for the old man.

The moonlight was slightly white, shining on the two of them, and the scene seemed to be frozen, reflected in the deep pupils of a hundred miles of shock, which made him envious and made him unbearable to disturb.

Laughter and laughter came from afar, and the moonlight was very warm and gentle, urging Baili to relax for a rare moment, and actually leaned on the treetops, unconsciously falling asleep.

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When Baili Jingchen came to his senses again, he was awakened by an extremely tragic cry.

When he opened his eyes, the thatched hut in front of him was already in flames!

Under the dark night, the firelight devoured everything between heaven and earth like a fire dragon soaring into the sky, and sparks sparked with the wind. Even a corner of the house has collapsed!

"Xuan girl! You're leaving—"

Old man Zhu exerted all his strength to lift Xuan Zhige out of the sea of fire, but at this moment, the entire roof beam was burned and broken, and with a "click-" sound, the old and kind figure was instantly ruthlessly swallowed by the jumping sea of fire......

"Nope! Old man Zhu - no!! ”

Xuan Zhige's pupils were all enlarged in a sea of fire, the fiery red filled her entire eyes in horror, and when she cried heartbreakingly to rush into the sea of fire again to save Old Man Zhu, she was pulled into his arms by a pair of warm hands like jade.

I felt that the people were as warm as jade, and the faint scent of orchids on her body hit the smell of gunpowder and sulfur lingering beside her, and gently took her into her arms, with a little distress, and whispered in her ear: "Don't go." The fire was too big. ”

"You let go of me-woo-woo-I'm going to find Old Man Zhu-"

Xuan Zhige cried desperately and beat Baili Zhenchen's chest, trying to break free from his confinement, but he was unexpectedly blocked by him, and there was no way to escape from his arms.

"Listen. You have to live. And then revenge. Instead of going to death now. Do you understand? ”

In her ears, the voice of a hundred miles of shock, cold, cold and warm like the moon sounded slowly and firmly, encouraging her and giving her the courage to live!

"But—Old man Zhu...... Woo-woo-"

Xuan Zhige cried into tears, and gradually slipped from his chest to the ground, looking at the hut that was gradually swallowed by the sea of fire, the tears finally collapsed into a dark wet all over the ground.

"Who the hell is it...... Who the hell is it!! If I had known who it was, I would have paid him with blood!! ”

Xuan Zhige's roar echoed throughout the forest, carrying her tears to the hut that brought her laughter in the past!

"Old man Zhu...... Old man Zhu !! You don't believe what you say!! You said you wanted to see me marry my daughter!! You don't keep your word!! Woooooooooo

Xuan Zhige lowered her head, bit her lower lip stubbornly, and endured it, but she still didn't force the last tear back.

At the moment when her tears fell to the ground, Baili Jingchen in front of her slowly squatted down, took out a silk handkerchief, handed it to her, and said softly: "Cry, wipe it clean after crying." Then come home with me. ”

"Wow-" With a sound, Xuan Zhige finally couldn't suppress the sadness in her heart, clutched the placket of her clothes tightly, tears burst out of the embankment, crying like a helpless child in his arms, paralyzed into a puddle of mud.

At that moment, Baili Jingchen looked down at her like this, and for the first time suddenly felt that she was very much like her former self, so helpless and so stubborn.

The wind blew mercilessly on her tearful face, cutting her heart like a knife. But he slowly and unconsciously stretched out his hand and paused an inch above her head, hesitating whether to comfort her.

In his eyes, there were emotions that even he couldn't distinguish, whether it was compassion or something else.

A ray of sunlight in the east broke free from the horizon and shone a bright red in the forest, coating everything with a layer of fire and burning his outstretched hand.

In that moment, he restrained his emotions and withdrew his hand without a trace, slowly falling to his sides, only to let her crumble in his arms.

His gaze wanted to fall on her, but he forced himself to keep looking at the peak at the highest point of the palace, and the waves in his eyes were already towering.

There are some things that you don't want at the beginning, so don't ask for them.

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Finally, she was still stronger than he had imagined.

After about two hours, she wiped away all the tears herself, and her eyes were rekindled with grief and hatred, and she slowly looked at him, and said word by word: "If I go back to the palace with you, will you help me find out all this?" ”

"I'll do my best. But it will not be guaranteed. And now, you don't have a choice. ”

Baili Jingchen tried to express his meaning completely, but when it came to his mouth, the words were still a little stiff.

Fortunately, she was already overly sad, and she didn't care about the meaning of this.

She just clenched her fists tightly and slowly stood up until she stood straight, only an inch away from Baili Jingchen, with a proud face facing the dawning sun, with red eyes, trying to restrain herself from staring at Baili Jingchen and said-

"Let's go."

"Why don't you wait for the fire to be extinguished and bury him?"

Baili looked at her with such a determination, wiped the unbearable in his heart, and reminded her.

But I saw that she was tired, and in the sun, her shadow was dragged mottled and long.

Her steps were as heavy as cold iron, but her back was straighter than that of the pine and cypress, and she walked forward one step at a time.

The cold wind in the forest carried the smell of charcoal fire being burned, and her whispered words came backwards—

"No need. The people are gone. The burial is just a number of opportunities to dig up the grave and whip the corpse. It's better to let the old man go with the wind, and do as he pleases. ”

Her figure went farther and farther in the forest, and became more and more far-reaching, until she finally stood in the forest, and the world was one color!

It's a color that can't be distinguished.

He stood in place in a daze, looking at her who was leaving like this, he was silent for a long time without words, and the emotions in his eyes tossed and turned several times, and finally, it turned into a helpless sentence on his lips-

"Perhaps, this is your way. Let's just go and give it a try. ”

Outside Prince Yong's mansion, the bright sunlight paved all the way from the other end of the long street to the two stone lions in front of the gate, shining vigorously and intimidating.

Xuan Zhige glanced at the two subordinates guarding the door with a lonely expression, and said indifferently and in a low voice: "Let me in." ”

"I'm sorry about this girl! It's not that I won't let you in, but this Concubine Dong has ordered that the young girl will not be allowed to enter and leave the palace at will......"

A very honest looking subordinate on the side explained to Xuan Zhige in embarrassment.

"Your lord said it. I can go in. ”

Xuan Zhige's tone was cold, without the slightest hint of begging, but he didn't want to embarrass the two subordinates, so he moved out of the hundred miles of shock.

"Does the girl have an oracle or something?"

A young man with clear eyebrows on the side was dressed as a servant, but his eyes were very clear, and he raised his eyes very clearly and asked.

"Nope."

Xuan Zhige hesitated for a moment and replied.

"That ......"

The clear-eyed young man hesitated.

While he was thinking about this gap, he heard Concubine Dong's extremely enchanting voice sounding inside the door, and she seemed to be a little impatient and said, "I said can you go faster?" Half dead all day long, I don't understand and think that my Concubine Dong raised a sick seedling......"

"Yes, yes, yes."

On the side was the handmaid's busy reluctant consent.

"Squeak-" With a sound, the door of the palace was respectfully opened by the maid, and what was shown in front of Xuan Zhige was Concubine Dong, who was dressed luxuriously and wearing a golden hairpin and bead flower, arrogantly appeared in front of her.

And she has just experienced a life-and-death catastrophe, and even her clothes are dirty.

Concubine Dong naturally recognized Xuan Zhige at a glance, and there was a hint of disgust and contempt between her eyebrows, she sneered, stepped forward slowly, and said leisurely: "Yo Wei, where did this come from called Huazi?" Come on, send her away with a steamed bun. ”

Where did the maid on the side dare to delay, she immediately lifted a handkerchief from the flower basket she carried, wrapped it in a clean silk handkerchief, and handed it to Concubine Dong.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Dong took the steamed bun, but a cold smile passed between her lips, her body trembled, and she threw the steamed bun in her hand towards the silent Xuan Zhige, "Click-" with a bang!

Xuan Zhige didn't pick it up.

So the steamed bun just hit her, and then fell at her feet with his head drooping.

Covered with dust on the ground, it lay ugly on the ground.

A cold smile appeared on Xuan Zhige's lips.

She slowly raised her head, sneered, took a step forward, approached Concubine Dong, and said coldly, "Pick it up." ”

"What do you say? What a joke! ”

Concubine Dong first thought that her ears had heard it wrong, and then she laughed sneeringly.

"I said, pick it up."

Xuan Zhige took another step closer to her, staring at her coldly like a knife and said.

"You are presumptuous!"

Concubine Dong had never seen anyone dare to disobey her like this, so she blackened her face immediately!

saw that Xuan Zhige just smiled slightly.

Then squatting down, she gently picked up the steamed bun, a sneer appeared on her lips, and she suddenly stepped forward, holding a dagger in one hand and quickly pressing it between Concubine Dong's neck, and the other hand held the steamed bun close to Concubine Dong's beautiful lips, and said coldly: "Eat it." ”

Concubine Dong never dreamed that at the gate of the palace in broad daylight, Xuan Zhige would be so bold, and the subordinates around her were so frightened, and none of them dared to step forward to stop them!

She shivered and looked at the dusty steamed buns, and the aggrieved tears in her eyes flowed down at once, and she said in fear-

"Spare ......"

"Eat it!"