The lights inside the house are like beans, and the rain is pouring outside.

After Liu Ruyan invited the man to sit down, he smiled lightly and took a white handkerchief, and stepped forward to wipe the rain off his face. The man reached out to take it, smiled at him gently, and said, "I'll do it myself." ”

Liu Ruyan was slightly stunned, and then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get you a basin of hot water." ”

The man shook his head and refused, "No, I still have something to talk to you about." ”

"Isn't the hour still early?"

Liu Ruyan smiled, and then said: "By the way, haven't you always liked to collect pictures of painting pines?" I heard that a scholar in the city is good at painting, so I told Liu Er to ask him to paint a picture for me, although it is not the handiwork of a famous artist, I think you also like it, I will take it for you to see. ”

Now the man is not easy to refuse, and he really likes pine trees.

Song is one of the "three friends of the cold year", it is evergreen in all seasons, and it is still unfading after the harsh winter, which means that a person is tenacious and unyielding, and does not be defeated by difficulties, and symbolizes a spirit of self-improvement.

He often used this to encourage himself.

When Liu Ruyan took the painting, the man looked at it carefully for a while, and then couldn't help but nod lightly and said, "It's really good." ”

"If you like it."

"Actually------ you don't need to be so troublesome, you have more important things to do------"

He looked up at her, his gaze was as gentle as ever, and he chuckled: "I'll take this painting, I shouldn't say thank you, right?" Well------ you don't have to do these chores anymore. ”

"------ good."

Liu Ruyan's face darkened, and then he forced a smile and said, "Recently, I learned a new tune, can I play it for you?" With that, she straightened up and walked to the piano case that was placed on the side.

"No need!"

The man refused again, and Liu Ruyan's footsteps couldn't help but stagnate, and he turned to look at him.

As soon as the words came out, he realized that his tone was too heavy, so he slowed down his tone again: "Ruyan, I really have something important to come over tonight, can you listen to me first?" ”

Liu Ruyan watched him quietly for a long time, and finally could only nod silently, sighing softly in her heart. When did you come, not because you had "something important"?

"Tell me, what does the young master need me to do?"

“------”

The man was silent for a long time, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

His surname is Pan, a single name and a Ning character, he is a descendant of Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, his mother is Princess Longan, and his father is the son-in-law of Zhang Shicheng, the king of Wu, Pan Yuanshao.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who occupied Yingtianfu (Jinling) and established himself as king, was ambitious and wanted to unify the land south of the Yangtze River. After defeating Chen Youliang and annexing his army, he finally set his sights on Zhang Shicheng, who lived in Eastern Wu.

In the twenty-sixth year of Yuan Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da to lead an army of 200,000 to crusade against Zhang Shicheng, and defeated the Eastern Wu soldiers in just a few months. The successive falls of Hangzhou, Huzhou and other places made Pingjiang (Suzhou) an isolated city, and Zhang Shicheng was isolated and helpless, so he had to order his son-in-law Pan Yuanshao to face the battle.

At that time, everyone knew that Suzhou was not guaranteed, and when the catastrophe was imminent, the seven concubines in Pan Yuanshao's family committed suicide one after another, but at this time Pan Yuanshao actually surrendered------ Zhang Jiusi was defeated by Zhu Baba after all, and the city of Suzhou was broken only in the evening.

When the city fell, Pan Yuanshao came back in the name of persuasion to persuade Zhang Shicheng, and privately told him that he was a fraudulent surrender, so that he could endure for a few days, waiting for the opportunity------ how to vent and be killed, Zhu Yuanzhang in anger made his head in the toilet, and his wife Princess Long'an, after hearing the news, also killed herself in Panmen Xinqiao------ no one knows that the Pan family still has a young son, and has already let Princess Long'an send someone out of the city in advance, which is now Pan Ning.

Pan Ning, who had been in exile for many years, gradually grew up under the protection of several old slaves and the Pan family's henchmen. With the hatred of the country and the family, he worked hard for many years, and finally established a small force, secretly operating in Zhejiang.

After pondering for a long time, he said with difficulty: "Ruyan, there is something for my brother who needs your help." ”

Liu Ruyan looked at him, and reminded in a slightly hoarse voice: "I'm not your sister!" ”

"But I've always regarded you as my sister, after so many years of getting along, don't you know this?"

"I ------"

Liu Ruyan was speechless for a while, and after calming down for a while, he spoke up again: "Say, the eldest brother came over tonight, what do you have to explain to the younger sister?" ”

The words "big brother" and "little sister", she bit it very hard, but Pan Ning could only pretend not to hear it, and pretended to smile lightly: "Ruyan, big brother has found a good home for you, what do you think?" ”

Thundered------

A thunderbolt fell, and the silver light outside the house flashed, and between the electric light and flint, the dim room also became as bright as day, reflecting the handsome faces of the pair of beautiful people standing opposite each other, and then instantly returned to the original darkness.

"You ------"

Liu Ruyan stared at him with wide eyes, his face was full of disbelief, but his eyes instantly turned red, and his originally clear and agile eyes were also covered with a layer of mist at this time. "What did you say?"

"I ------"

Pan Ning couldn't bear it when he saw it, turned his head and didn't dare to look at her again, stood in the room with his hands in his hands, looked at the candle on the table, gritted his teeth, and said with a painful face: "Nancheng Zhao family, what do you think?" Zhao Yuan's foreign financial background is not bad, and there is also a relationship between the Fu family in the DPRK and China, if we can draw this person into our sect, the great cause is promising, so ------"

"So, you're going to send me out?" Liu Ruyan asked.

"------ yes." Pan Ning looked at her with great confusion, and then looked away with a weak heart and said: "Like smoke, I don't want to be like this for my brother, but there is no other way------

"Shame on you!" Liu Ruyan retorted angrily, with an irrepressible tremor in her tone, "Don't you have his handle in your hand?" Why not? When you asked me to be the 'cleaner' in this building, how did you promise me? ”

He raised his head slightly, looked at the roof and sighed softly: "Ruyan, I'm sorry for you for my brother." ”

There was a long silence in the house, and for a long time, I only heard Pan Ning explain in a low voice: "You should be able to understand, Zhao Yuanwai is a local gentry, even if we have his handle in our hands, it is difficult to subdue him, after all------, our strength is far from enough!" ”

"Recently, I have been secretly in contact with him, many times to negotiate, he has not agreed to cooperate, if you are really in a hurry, he is afraid that he will break the net with us------ finally, he mentioned your ------"

He didn't say anything more about the rest of the words, and Liu Ruyan could hear it clearly, but he still asked without giving up: "Why me?" ”

"I talked to him, and he can choose all the women in the building, but ------"

"But he won't compromise?" Liu Ruyan smiled miserably, stared at him tightly and asked, "So you agreed, right?" ”

"------ yes."

"Do you think a gentleman like him would take a woman like me to heart? Home? Hahaha------ don't you think that sounds ridiculous? ”

"Alas------" He sighed deeply, his eyes met Liu Ruyan, and he said with an extremely serious expression: "You can rest assured, no matter what happens in the future, I will still treat you as before, and when the great cause is achieved, I will ------"

"Seal me as the queen? I'm not rare! ”

Liu Ruyan choked up and interrupted his words, looking at him with mocking eyes, the tears in the corners of his eyes had already slipped silently, "Great cause? You only have your great cause in your eyes, why have you ever cared about my feelings?!! Anyway, my Liu Ruyan's life was given by you, even if you want to take it, I will give it willingly! Say, what are you going to do? I, according to my word, ------"

With the second flash of lightning and fire snake, the room was once again translucent for a moment, and Liu Ruyan could clearly see that when he spoke, two shrewd eyes clearly danced in the deep eyes under the firelight------

Eyes like torches!

But what can she do? Even if he knows that he has long been caught in the lies woven by the other party, he can only be willing, like a moth to a fire, and move forward, even if he is broken, he has no regrets, just for the beauty of that moment------

------

------

Liu Er had returned most of the hour later, and as she approached the room, she heard a rush of angry and generous piano sounds, which she had never heard her own young lady play before.

A song of Guanglingsan!

Miss is actually mediocre in her piano skills, and compared with everyone in this way, there must be a lot of inferiorities. But at this time, the piano art seems to have become the most secondary thing, and the indomitable momentum contained in the piano sound has long made people unconsciously ignore some flaws.

It is strange that although the sound of the piano is masked by this storm, it can still be transmitted far away and penetrate into people's hearts. But in the surrounding rooms, no one came out to complain, saying that Liu Ruyan had disturbed their rest------

Maybe they don't have the courage, or maybe they can't help but be moved by the sound of the piano?

The sound of the piano is loud, slow and urgent, containing the sound of spears and spears, shocking the world, crying ghosts and gods, mourning and sad, such as crying and complaining, like a cuckoo crying blood, and like fairy music floating from the sky, with a kind of "the soldier dies for the confidant" momentum!

Death for a confidant------

Is that really the case?

Liu Ruyan, who was sitting at the back of the piano case, did not agree with this, how could that person be his confidant? What has he done for him in recent years, and what is it for?

Liu Ruyan doesn't know, at least she hasn't been able to figure it out yet, and she may still not be able to figure it out in the future, or ------ it can be said that she has never wanted to understand this, she only knows that her life was given by that person, and now even if the other party wants to take it back immediately, she has no complaints, let alone this mere body?

At this moment, her mind was in turmoil, she seemed to be thinking a lot, and she seemed to have completely emptied herself, she didn't think about anything, just one thought after another kept flashing in her mind------

Boom –

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and the strings ------ broken.

Tears fell like beads of broken thread, but there was not a sound in her throat, not even the sharp pain from her index finger, which could not make her snort.

A few drops of blood slowly dripped down, then gradually increasing in speed with a very slight "ticking" sound that instantly stained the strings and a small patch of the smooth surface underneath.

The wind and rain outside the window still did not stop, the sound of the maid Liu'er pushing the door in, the exclamation after seeing the condition of her young lady, and the whispered questions and comforts------ all of which were covered in the storm, lightning and thunder in this world.

In the ancient city of Hangzhou, the night rain poured.