Volume 1 The Nose Torturer Chapter 17 Memories - Natal Candles
"Dada-da-"
Night
There was a rush of footsteps in the quiet courtyard
"Bang Bang ββ!"
The door slammed open, and a woman sat inside, apparently startled.
"Quick! Get out of the bed! β
It was a man who broke in, holding a girl less than ten years old in his arms, his eyes closed, his breathing was very weak, and he seemed to be asleep.
"Tong'er, what's wrong?"
The two carried the girl to the bed, and the woman asked anxiously while stroking the girl's forehead.
"Discovered!" The man said incoherently: "Tong'er has been discovered!" β
The woman couldn't help but be shocked when she heard "discovered", and then said in a trembling voice: "What...... Discovered? β
"I only listened to the general situation on the road, and I couldn't figure out the situation." The man calmed his emotions and said, "But one thing is for sure - it is not an emergency. β
"Soβwhat are we going to do?" The woman asked, a little undecided.
"Tong'er doesn't know where she was robbed, let's go there first......" The man said with a deep sigh.
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Xiaoli sat alone on the edge of the bed, looking at her sister who couldn't wake up with her eyes closed, a candle jumping and flickering on the table.
During the day in the Western Han Tomb Museum, my sister Xiaotong was just taken on the shoulder by the old grandfather named Liu Jian, and read a speech that she didn't understand, and then Liu Zhengchen, who came out of the jade pendant, was wrapped in a ball of light, and after the dimming, the two of them left hand in hand.
Sister, but she couldn't wake up.
Then, Xiaoli's father rushed over, hugged his sister and got into the car, and the others had no idea, so they had to go back to their respective homes. Father asked about the incident along the way, Xiaoli had never seen his father so serious, how could he dare to hide it?
As soon as he got out of the car, his father picked up his sister and rushed home, but he had to follow carefully. Father and mother discussed something, but Xiaoli was confused.
"Where was Tong'er plundered?" Xiaoli thought about her father's words and said secretly: "Isn't my sister lying on the bed?" β
"Knock knockβ"
Just thinking about it, I only heard a knock on the door outside, so late at home rarely came, my father went to open the door, and was very emotional when he saw the person coming, just when Xiaoli was puzzled, suddenly a small head poked in and took a look.
"Whoa...... Lan Lan? β
Xiaoli's eyes widened incredulously, it was none other than Lan Lanlan, who went to the Western Han Tomb together in the morning, but Lan Lanlan, who was usually arrogant, now pursed her lips and shrugged her shoulders and shrank back.
"Get out! You are not welcome here! β
Xiaoli's father shouted angrily.
"Are you trying to stir up something?"
The usually gentle mother also said coldly at this time.
"It's all my daughter's fault." I heard the person outside the door say apologetically, "Just let us help." My family's power ......"
"Don't mention your family!" Xiaoli father shouted. "Who knows if you guys have the idea of beating Tong'er!"
"Uncle!" I only heard Lan Lan crying: "It's all my fault, I took them there, I really didn't know it was so dangerous." Just let my dad save Tongtong. β
At this time, Xiaoli's father didn't speak, and looked at his mother next to him, who nodded slightly.
"Come in."
Xiaoli's father's tone softened a lot.
"Thank you."
The voice that had been outside the door finally entered the house, and Xiao Li looked out, and there were still a few people in the courtyard who did not come in, standing straight and straight in suits, and their movements were very uniform.
Xiao Li moved his gaze back, and couldn't help but be taken aback, the person in Lan Lan's words just now was obviously her father, and his father should be close in age, but the person in front of him was extremely handsome, and he looked less than thirty years old, and then looked at Lan Lan Lan who was following behind, no wonder she could be a "school flower" level character.
"Brother Xiao-" Lan Lan's father said respectfully: "My daughter told me what happened, since it happened in the tomb of the Western Han Dynasty, it must have been caused by Liu Jian to save Liu Zhengchen." β
"I've guessed about that, too." Xiaoli's father echoed.
"I've already sent someone to track down those two people, and I'll have news before tonight." Lan Lan's father continued: "It's just that there is something that needs to be confirmed right now. β
"Sayβ" Xiaoli replied to his father.
"Ling Yuan's identity ......" Lan Lan's father looked at Xiaoli's father, the two looked at each other for a long time, the latter did not answer, and finally nodded slowly.
"That's it." Lan Lan's father said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the underworld." β
"I don't need you to say it, I'll go too." Xiaoli's father snorted coldly and said.
"Dad, just let me stay with Xiaotong......" Lan Lan said in a low voice.
"You'll follow Uncle He home later!" Lan Lan's father, who had been talking softly, said angrily in a low voice.
"......"
"You don't think you're in trouble enough?"
Lan Lan originally wanted to say something, but when she saw a trace of coldness on her father's handsome face, Lan Lan hurriedly stopped talking and stopped talking.
"Get everything out!"
On the other side, the detached father urged the mother, who took out a few things from the cupboard, took out one of them and handed it to the father, only to hear the father whisper:
"Xiaoli, come here."
Xiao Li stepped forward next to him, only to see half a candle on the table, and looked at his father very suspiciously. The latter took a box of matches in his hand, pinched out a stick, and with a gentle stroke, "poof-huh-" sounded, stepped forward to cover it, and lit the candle.
"Don't let this candle go out." My father advised, "If anything is unusual, call me and your mother immediately." β
"It's a natal candle." The father of Lan Lan next to him looked at Xiao Li, who was half-understood, and said, "If it is extinguished, your sister's life will not be saved." β
Xiaoli looked at the ordinary candle in front of him, how could he connect with what the adults said. The jumping firelight, Xiao Li looked at him in a daze, and he didn't know how to answer the adult's advice.
"Let's goβ"
The father tied the two wrapped swords behind his back, leaving Xiaoli still staring at the candles.
"What they've been talking about......" Xiaoli couldn't help but wonder as she looked at Xiaotong who was motionless on the bed. What exactly is a sister? β