How a box of silver was taken to the casino by Ling Xiao, and how it was sent back to the Lu Mansion now.

At this moment, Lu Jingxing and Ling Xiao had just returned from Ning Yan's place, and they saw that there was an additional wooden box in the hall that Ling Xiao was familiar with, and the one hundred taels of silver in it were intact, Ling Xiao knew what was going on, but he couldn't understand why Qi was like this.

"It's really hard to figure out if this happens." Ling Xiao stood at the edge of the corridor, his palm followed the raindrops dripping from the eaves, looking at the ** that was watered by the autumn rain all over the garden, and said thoughtfully.

"This man has always done things like this, and no one can guess what he really thinks. And his whereabouts are strange, this time he came to Huizhou City unexpectedly. Lu Jingxing stood beside Ling Xiao, looking at the hideous scars exposed on Ling Xiao's sliding cuffs.

"Forget it, leave him alone." Ling Xiao felt that that person had little to do with her, and there was no need to bother thinking about this.

"He's a little elusive, but he's not a villain." Lu Jingxing's judgment of a person's quality is very simple, as long as he doesn't do something that violates the morality of the rivers and lakes, then he is not a bad person.

The autumn rain for several days seems to bring more vitality, and even the autumn chrysanthemums in the garden have gradually begun to wither and wither. Ling Xiao watched from the top of the hill as Lu Jingxing demonstrated the second form of the swordsmanship, and now that she had the foundation of the first form, this second form Ling Xiao felt much easier.

The swordsmanship that Lu Jingxing taught Ling Xiao was created by himself, combining rigidity and softness.

"You try." Lu Jingxing handed the sword to Ling Xiao.

"Pay attention to the angle of the sword, and raise your arms a little higher." Lu Jingxing stood under a tree and watched Ling Xiao's every move, and did not forget to give verbal guidance and correction.

The morning light sprinkled all over the top of the hill, the fallen leaves fell all over the ground, stepped on it and creaked, the figure of Ling Xiao's sword dance was bathed in the morning light, the skirt swayed with every step, and the fallen leaves were startled with the swaying of the skirt, flying around the corners of Ling Xiao's skirt, such a picture fascinated people. Not far

place, Lu Cizheng hurried towards this with a hurried expression, "The lord of the mansion, the lord of the Zhaozhi Palace was killed." Lu Ci was a little out of breath, and rushed here when he heard the news.

Lu Jingxing's face changed slightly after hearing this: "When did it happen?" ”

"The night before." Lu Ci sat down on the stone and fanned his hand.

"Let's go, let's go back and talk about it in detail." Lu Jingxing said, the morning light shining on his slightly heavy face.

The three of them hurriedly walked along the stone steps, Ling Xiao felt that the air was half frozen, and after investigating the murder case for several months, not only did not have any eyebrows, but became more serious.

"This is the flying pigeon letter from the Lord of the Water Pavilion to you." After returning to the study, Lu Ci gave the letter he received to Lu Jingxing.

Although Zhaozhi Palace is a small sect, but the successive murders are now panicked, and the master of Junjian Pavilion, Shui Nanqiang, is the first person in the rivers and lakes, so this matter is naturally to be managed, so this time the Zhaozhong sect will be sent to discuss countermeasures.

"Go and prepare the horses." Lu Jingxing frowned slightly and hurriedly read the contents of the letter, and then said to Lu Ci.

Lu Ci usually looked at it, but when he encountered business, he was not ambiguous at all, and went out after listening to Lu Jingxing's instructions.

"This time you will go out of the mansion for as little as half a month, and as much as a month, you will practice martial arts in the mansion well." Lu Jingxing turned to Ling Xiao and said.

"Be careful on the road." Ling Xiao didn't know what to say, and after thinking for a long time, he said these words to the back of Lu Jingxing who was heading towards the bedroom to pack his bags.

Lu Jingxing turned to look at her and smiled slightly: "I will." ”

The horse galloped away from the front of the mansion, and Ling Xiao silently watched the back of the horse that was gradually moving away for a long time, until the back disappeared at the corner, and the sound of the horse's hooves gradually decreased to the point that it was inaudible, and Ling Xiao entered the mansion.

Without Lu Jingxing's Lu Mansion, Ling Xiao always felt as if something was missing.

Although Lu Jingxing left, Lu Ci did not follow, as long as he was in the house, it would not be quiet.

This Lu Jingxing had only been gone for a long time, and he thought about taking Ling Xiao out again.

"I've told you a few times, I don't want to go out, and it's probably not good to go out with you every time." At this moment, Ling Xiao was learning to make pastries with Yu Niang, and an irregular ball quickly turned into a smooth flat circle in Yu Niang's hand, but in Ling Xiao's hand, it became disobedient, no matter what Ling Xiao did

Kneading, it just doesn't form.

"Move slowly, be light, follow one direction. Yes, exactly. Yu Niang patiently taught on the side, and the two of them only cared about the pastry balls in their hands, completely treating Lu Ci as air.

Lu Ci's face was depressed, and seeing that both of them ignored him, he continued: "We don't go anywhere else, just to Zidi's house, her mother wants to thank you in person." ”

"No, I don't." Ling Xiao didn't raise his head, and directly rejected him.

"If you don't want to go, you don't have to embarrass her. Besides, the lord of the mansion is not there, and it is not peaceful outside, so it is too unsafe for you to take the murmur out. Yu Niang listened to Lu Ci nagging here for a long time, and she really thought that his noisy ears couldn't be quiet.

"You have nothing to do, light the fire in the stove, and then steam the pastries." Ling Xiao pointed to the stove beside him.

"Is that if I light a fire, you will go with me?" Lu Ci still did not give up.

The sunlight slanted through the door and shone on Ling Xiao's feet, Ling Xiao still refused and said: "Don't go, I'm not a doctor, it's useless to go, her mother's illness still needs you to be treated, you can go and see more." ”

Lu Ci was holding a fire starter in his hand, and when he heard Ling Xiao say this, the movements in his hand paused: "I said, why are you so unreasonable sometimes?" ”

This matter had nothing to do with Ling Xiao, and saving Zidi that day was purely an accident. As for reciprocation, she never needed it. In her eyes, there are thousands of things in the world, how can she take care of them, and it is enough to take care of her own affairs, so she never likes to wade into this troubled water of doing good deeds.

"I've always been." Ling Xiao was telling the truth.

"But I patted my chest and promised Zidi her mother, you can't let me lose my trust, so how can I have the face to mess around in the rivers and lakes." Lu Ci said with a look of embarrassment. But he said so much that this sentence is the most useful. She knows that Jianghu people pay the most attention to credibility and never do it

Breaking the trust of others, otherwise it will make people laugh and be generous.

Ling Xiao hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Okay, I'll go." But this is only this time, the next time you promise others something that has something to do with me, then I will really make you a joke in other people's mouths. ”

"That's right! Ouch! The so-called happiness is sorrowful, Lu Ci listened to Ling Xiao's words, and forgot for a moment that he was still holding a lit fire starter in his hand.

Ling Xiao glanced sideways when he heard the sound, the burning igniter fell to the ground, and Lu Ci was rubbing the finger that was burned by the flames, looking a little funny.

"Are you alright?" Ling Xiao asked.

"It's fine, just scalded." Lu Ci waved his hand.

Yu Niang said angrily: "You are fine, look at the ground." ”

Lu Ci glanced at his feet, not only did the ignition not go out, but also ignited some scattered firewood on the ground, Lu Ci immediately stood up, and he didn't care about scooping water to pour it, so he went directly to his feet. After a period of continuous stamping, only a piece of firewood smoke was left in the end, which is what an eighteen-year-old boy did

Funny thing, Ling Xiao smiled and shook his head gently.

"A false alarm." Lu Ci sighed.

"If you make a fire like this, sooner or later the kitchen will be burned down by you." Yu Niang also smiled when she looked at his actions just now, and when she saw that the fire was extinguished, she inevitably had to say a word to him when she held back her smile.

"How can it be as serious as you say, isn't this extinguished?" Lu Ci said it didn't matter.

The faint smoke of firewood slowly melted into Qiuyang's body in the afternoon, and it was ethereal and confused. Ling Xiao's smile had long since disappeared, and he said to Lu Ci: "You go out first." I'll make the fire myself. ”

Lu Ci didn't go out after hearing this, and then tinkered in front of the stove: "It's okay, it was careless just now, and it definitely won't be this time." ”

A drama has also been watched, but the pastries have not been finished yet, Yu Niang and Ling Xiao no longer care about Lu Ci, and are busy with the pastries in their hands at the moment. The thatched house under the slanting sun should have been charming, but what Ling Xiao saw at the moment was not like this, the thatched grass on the roof was broken, and the autumn wind was blowing

When the breeze blows, the fine thatch will be carried away by the wind, floating on the dead branches, and falling under the eaves. A few long-decayed window pages clanged in the wind. A wooden door was haggard and hidden. The stone pavement is full of dead leaves, and it is crisp to step on. On both sides of the stone road are simple dishes made of dead branches as hedges

In the garden, the sparse fruits and vegetables finally could not escape the ruthless destruction of the season, and now they are yellowish. Three or two unknown birds stood on the dead trees and sang in the sunset, like children who did not want to go into the night, begging for the sun's stay.

What can't be hidden here is bleakness, what can't be covered is sloppy, and it is hard for Ling Xiao to imagine that there will be such a dilapidated place in Huizhou City, which is full of flowers.

Ling Xiao glanced at Lu Ci: "They live here?" ”

"Yes, it's no wonder that others are all doing this, the originally good family was all ruined by Zidi's gambling father, and it ended up like this." Lu Ci's eyes were full of regret and helplessness.

They pushed open the hidden door and entered, and in the middle of the room lay a wooden table, dilapidated but spotless, and a cabinet against the wall with some broken household utensils, and nothing else.

The sound of intermittent coughing came from the back room through the old linen curtain that had changed color, Ling Xiao and Lu Ci lifted the curtain and walked in, the scene in the inner room was not much different from the outhouse, except that there was a cold and hard wooden couch, and a woman in her forties was lying there, her face was pale and slightly glowing

Yellow, with deep-set eyes and a thin quilt covered with patches.

When the woman saw Lu Ci enter the house, she struggled to sit up, but her whole body was weak and she almost fell off the couch, Lu Ci hurriedly put down the pastry box in her hand and helped her: "Auntie, you lie down." ”