At the foot of Tianmu Mountain, seven miles away, in the courtyard of the house, there are lights swaying in the main hall.

This is a branch of the foothills of the Changbai Mountains.

Even in the bitterly cold land of Liaodong, it is a very cold place.

Therefore, in this mountain house, when each room is built, there are naturally buildings such as earth dragon fire kang.

The house is spacious, the interior is very delicate and luxurious, it looks like a large family, and there is a fireplace like a fireplace in the main hall, and a bonfire is burning in the fire pit at this time.

Shen Qiu sat by the campfire, like an ordinary person, stretched out his hands, and soaked in the warmth of the flames in front of him.

But the effect is not obvious.

Even though he was only a foot away from the burning flames, it was still difficult for Shen Qiu to warm up his body, and even when he sat by the flames, his body would exude a dead chill.

Every time you breathe, you exhale a cold breath from your mouth and nose.

While he is roasting the fire, he looks inward at the body, his heart is like the sun, the two cyclones in the dantian are cold and warm, like the sun in the sun, the acupuncture points that are lit up are the sea of stars, and the meridians where the true air flows are the spread of light between the stars.

Together, these things make up a bright little starry sky.

The starry sky in his body is still the same starry sky, but there is a hint of coldness.

"Big brother, let's eat something."

Xiao Tie brought a bowl of hot rice, and there were a lot of delicate ingredients in the freshly cooked porridge and rice.

Sausages, fresh fish, some fruit, and red beans and black beans give off an enticing aroma.

Shen Qiu stretched out his hand to take the rice bowl, and under Xiao Tie's surprised gaze, a white cold air surged from Shen Qiu's palm, and by the time he took the third bite of the meal, the hot meal had already turned cold.

"It tastes good, who made it?"

Shen Qiu really didn't care, he finished eating the porridge and rice with a snort, he looked back at Xiao Tie, who pointed to the girl in black who was standing on the edge of the hall, holding his younger brother, bowing his head, and sitting on a chair.

"The craftsmanship is good."

Shen Qiu said a word, put the rice bowl covered with frost aside, and he didn't pay much attention to the pair of siblings.

"Big brother, you are..."

Xiao Tie looked at the cold air that was constantly emanating from Shen Qiu's body, and he asked with some concern:

"Do you want to do it in the future?"

"No, it's not."

Shen Qiu rubbed his forehead, he put the fingers of his left hand in front of his eyes, and looked at the cold air wrapped around his fingers, they were wrapped between his fingers like ethereal smoke.

He slightly lifted Shuoxue Xuangong, and those cold qi condensed into a layer of ice armor, covering the palm of his hand.

Beyond the fingers, there are also irregular sharp ice edges, which turn from solid back to gaseous when the snow and cold air are recovered.

This strange scene made Xiao Tie very curious, and then he heard Shen Qiu say:

"Xuangong has already been introduced, and the next step is to practice penance.

It's just that there is too much cold qi in my body, and it will take a while to make them more refined, and Fuer can gather in the acupuncture points and meridians.

You don't have to worry, Tie, I'm fine. ”

"That's good."

Xiao Tie nodded reassuringly, and he sat down at the table, where there were still three bowls of porridge and rice, which was his dinner.

Shen Qiu saw that the roasting fire could not warm up his body, so he adjusted the operation of the true qi in his body and walked the true qi in the route of the Xueji Heart Method.

Although the cold outside the body is still lingering, the body is finally warmer.

The dark wounds on his body that were frozen in ice and snow also began to be slowly healed, and the comfort of walking naked in the ice and snow for a long time and then jumping into the warm water made Shen Qiu's whole body tremble for a moment.

"Quack, quack"

The chick, like a chicken, jumped up and down to Shen Qiu's side from under Xiao Tie's feet, it didn't seem to be afraid of the cold on Shen Qiu's body, and after circling Shen Qiu twice, it raised its head at Shen Qiu and made a strange scream.

It's hungry.

Shen Qiu smiled, took the Gu worm jar, and fed the chick that had almost changed its black feathers.

He held the chick in his arms, and warmed its muscles and bones with the warm Xueji True Qi, and the comfort of the true air flowing through the body made the little bird scream again.

He put his head on Shen Qiu's chest, as if he had eaten enough and fell asleep.

Shen Qiu hugged his chicks, he stroked some of the feathers that had grown on the forehead of the crested eagle chicks with his fingers, and said softly:

"It's time to give you a name, and from now on, I'll call you 'Jinghong'."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked in front of the siblings who were sitting in the corner of the hall, their heads bowed and whispering.

Shen Qiu looked at the two siblings.

My sister is about eighteen or nineteen years old, and my younger brother is even younger, fourteen or fifteen years old.

This pair of sisters and brothers is also very interesting, the younger brother is strong and wants to protect his sister from the two "thieves", but the sister forcibly holds the younger brother in her arms and does not let him be impulsive and reckless.

When Shen Qiu came over, the younger brother glared at him angrily, and his very handsome face had the momentum of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers.

"It's kind of me and my brother messing with me this time."

Shen Qiu also ignored the young man's provocation, and said softly to the sister and brother in front of him:

"You two don't have to worry or be afraid, when my brother finishes eating, we will leave, and we won't hurt you, but I need a piece of clothing that covers my body."

He looked at his robe and wool coat, which had been tattered and crumpled after the ice had been frozen and covered in blood.

Shen Qiu, who was a little clean, couldn't bear it.

"My family still has clothes left by my elders, and I am willing to give them to the heroes."

The girl raised her head, a reluctant smile appeared on her dignified and generous face, and she said to Shen Qiu:

"I'll get it for the hero."

"Hmm."

Shen Qiu looked left and right, and he said:

"Do you have a place to wash here? I need to be clean. ”

"Yes."

The girl's face changed slightly, but when she looked at her brother, she still gritted her teeth, stood up, and said to Shen Qiu:

"The hero comes with me, just hoping that he won't hurt my brother."

"I've said it all, I'm not a bandit."

Shen Qiu saw the girl's slightly frightened expression, and knew what she was thinking, and he said:

"I don't need you to serve, you go and get the clothes, and I'll clean it myself.

Xiao Tie, look at this little brother, don't hurt him, but don't let him leave or shout or anything like that. ”

As he spoke, Shen Qiu stretched out his finger and hit the unconvinced young man's shoulder like lightning, and the cold air made the young man shiver.

Shen Qiu looked at him and said softly:

"Presumably, the little brother is also a reasonable person, and he won't do dangerous things that embarrass you and me, right?"

The cold air added to his body, and the young man's face turned pale.

He looked at Shen Qiu's eyes, his eyes were gentle, but there was a hint of hidden evil, he pursed his lips and looked at his sister who had been glaring at him.

Finally lowered his head.

"Okay."

Shen Qiu relieved himself, followed the girl into the inner hall, bypassed a pavilion, and in a house at the back of the house, he saw a stone bath two feet wide and three feet long, just like a small swimming pool.

"The earth dragon hasn't burned yet, and the water is cold."

The girl stood beside Shen Qiu and said with some confusion:

"If the hero needs it, I'll go and burn the earth dragon."

"No need."

Shen Qiu shook his head, handed the chick to the girl, untied his clothes, and walked into the bath in front of him with a cold breath all over his body.

The girl behind him had grown to eighteen or nineteen years old, and it was the first time she had seen a man's nakedness, and her face was flushed with shame.

Hurriedly leaving the bath with the quacking chick in her arms, and a moment later she brought a set of clothes and placed them by the bath.

When she was about to leave, Shen Qiu, who was lying in the water of the bath, suddenly spoke:

"You and your brother are not ordinary rich and noble families, are they?"

The girl stopped.

She carried Shen Qiu on her back, pursed her lips, and said:

"The hero laughed, my brother and I were born locally, but compared to ordinary people, our family is richer."

"The average rich and noble family can't afford this."

Shen Qiu looked at the bath, although it was small, it was quite carefully built, and it was also dotted with flower petals and flower patterns at the bottom of the water.

Outside the baths, there are light gauze curtains, and several stone platforms are decorated with delicate lamps and candles.

His eyes fell again on the garment that the girl had brought, and he said:

"But the clothes that I brought with me were large coats made of the finest bearskins, and decorated with black mink down.

The girl may not know, I have lived in the land of Jiangnan since I was a child, and I have seen a lot of silk and satin, and the fabric of the black gown, even in the land of Jiangnan, is quite expensive.

But don't worry, girl, as I said before, I have no ill will towards you and your brother, but I want to thank you for giving me and my brother a place to stay.

Just a casual question.

By the way, you may know, the girl's name? ”

"My name is Liu Wan."

The girl turned her head, brushed the black hair on her forehead, smiled at Shen Qiu, and said:

"I don't know the life of the hero?"

"My name is Shen Qiu."

Shen Qiu replied truthfully, he said:

"After I wait for me to leave, the girl and your brother will have to clean up the house, maybe there will be pursuers coming to pursue you, don't bother you two.

Alright, you go out, I'm going to change my clothes. ”

Liu Wan nodded and walked out of the bathroom quickly.

Shen Qiu stood up from the bathroom, he walked out of the bath, Xue Ji Zhenqi sacrificed himself in three points, and after a week of collapse in his body, he dried up the water stains on the surface of his body.

He glanced back at the small bath, where there was already a lot of crushed ice in the water, and the water temperature had been soaked to near zero degrees Celsius, which made the room even cooler.

"Condense but not disperse, penetrate the body and chill the body."

Shen Qiu said softly while getting dressed:

"What kind of sneaky cold qi is this, is it really a means of cultivating immortals?"

He changed his clothes, looked at the burning candles by the bath, waved his sleeves, and a cold breath erupted, like a cold wind, and extinguished all five candlesticks in the room.

"Hah, the wind is impacting."

Shen Qiuwei laughed, and Fuer put the luxurious bear skin on his body, changed into deerskin boots, and straightened his hair.

With the green jade hairpin and headband from Shuoxue Palace, he tied his hair tightly, tied it into a ponytail, and walked out of the bathroom.

When he returned to the main hall, Liu Wan was already cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and what was surprising was that her younger brother was actually playing well with Xiao Tie.

The young man was holding back his strength with both hands, trying to grab Xiao Tie's giant sword.

But the young man blushed with all his strength, and he couldn't lift Juque up even a bit.

This provoked Xiao Tie to chuckle, and when he saw his eldest brother coming back, he stood up, grabbed Juque with one hand and carried it on his shoulder, and Shen Qiu carried the knife box and put on a ghost face.

picked up the hat prepared by Liu Wan again and put it on his head.

"Gone."

Shen Qiu opened the door, turned around and nodded to Liu Wan and her brother, then flew up, rose and fell lightly on the eaves, and disappeared into the night.

Xiao Tie hugged his fists to the two siblings, said sorry, and then left the mansion with Shen Qiu.

After they all left, Liu Wan, who was caressing her younger brother's shoulder with her left hand, was really relieved, and she looked at her younger brother reproachfully.

The latter also tilted his head and looked in the direction in which Shen Qiu and Xiao Tie had left.

The boy's eyes were full of yearning and anticipation.

"You are also bold, those two people don't argue about their identities, you dare to be so close? What if they are bandits who do all kinds of evil? ”

Liu Wan stretched out her hand and slapped her brother on the forehead.

Her younger brother hugged his head and exclaimed in exaggerated pain, which made the serious expression on Liu Wan's face unbearable, tonight is indeed a night of horror for this sister and brother.

"Jienan, you are going to do great things in the future."

Liu Wan pulled her brother's shoulders over, and she said to her brother seriously:

"You must not act so recklessly in the future, and after your father dies, you should also learn to be cunning and calm."

"Sister, don't say anything."

The boy pursed his lips, and he said with a look of disgrief:

"If it weren't for the happy dog thief who made the trick abolish you and my eldest brother, how could it be my turn to inherit the family business? He clearly deceived me when I was young, so that it was easy to control. ”

"Shh

Seeing that her younger brother was open-mouthed, Liu Wan hurriedly reached out to cover her brother's mouth, and she said sharply:

"What have I taught you? Have you forgotten everything? Don't say such things again, when the national teacher protects you as an adult, he will hand over power to you.

No matter what you think in your heart, there are some words that you can't say!

The identities of you and me, saying these words, is the way to die, and the fate of the eldest brother is not enough to alert you? ”

After being reprimanded by his sister, the boy also lowered his head.

He played with something in his hand and said:

"I just don't want to be the lord of this Laoshzi country, if I can choose, I'd rather be like Xiao Tie and go out to explore the rivers and lakes.

Also, sister, I heard Ade say a few days ago that I am glad to marry you to Mongolia. He wants to use you to make an alliance with the Mongol tribes and attack the Southern Dynasty together. ”

At the mention of this, Liu Wan's expression was also a little gloomy, she touched her brother's head and said softly:

"My father is dead, so what can I do? Maybe that's life.

In the future, if your sister leaves, you must take care of yourself, you must be patient, and then wait for the opportunity. Hey? What do you have in your hands? Where did it come from? ”

Liu Wan's eyes were sharp, and when she saw the thing in her brother's hand, she snatched it with her hand and found that it was a jade wrench with the word "hatred" on it.

"You stole it?"

Liu Wan's expression immediately became stern, and the younger brother hurriedly shouted:

"No, no, I just picked it up outside the kitchen door. It should have been pulled down by Xiao Tie and the two of them when they opened the window, and I was going to return it just now.

But my heart is afraid..."

While the sister and brother were talking, they heard a noise outside the courtyard, and after a while, the commander-in-chief of the black-clothed guard strode into the main hall.

He carried the knife on his shoulder, and half-knelt before the brother and sister, and said in a loud voice:

"Your Majesty heard that a thief broke in, and it was too late to save the driver, and I hope that the lord of the country will forgive me!"

"Get up."

The little boy who had been jumping out of his face just now sat upright on the chair, his little face was tense, and there was a bit of majesty, and he said coldly to the commander-in-chief:

"Lone knows that it was the national teacher who sent the guards to hunt down the thieves, and transferred the guards around Lone, this is a major military matter, and Lone naturally will not blame.

But you are so careless that you almost put the eldest princess in danger, in the eyes of you, there is only a national teacher, and there is no lonely The lord of the country? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't dare!"

The commander-in-chief said that he did not dare, but there was not the slightest fear or self-reproach on his face.

This scene was Liu Wan, who was standing behind Yelu Jienan.

No, Jeruwan sees.

The eldest princess shook her head, and she said in place of her younger brother:

"That's it.

At this point, the commander should go and catch the thieves first, the two were seriously injured, and sneaked into the mansion to steal some food and dry food...

At this moment, it has gone to the northeast. ”

PS：

The next 10 chapters are the big rewards and more, as well as compensating for the loss of the brothers' lucky bags.