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In winter, the cold wind hit, and the first snow of the winter was so heavy that it bent the strong branches of the trees in the courtyard.

Qian Xun looked at the snow outside the carved wooden window, picked up a red hair band and tied up his long hair that had not been tied for a long time, wrapped the big red cloak on his body, and since he came back from Yu's house last time, he has been decadent in the house for more than half a month, and every day he either goes to the teahouse on East Street to listen to books, or sleeps in the room to eat some pastries, completely forgetting that the things he wants to check are about to pile up.

She trembled her hands, threw a piece of pastry into her mouth, and lamented that the alternation of hot and cold in the four seasons of the world made her, a god who had been born in the god realm with a suitable temperature since she was a child, unbearable, and missed the time in the god realm, which was really casual and comfortable.

Today, it is rare that the brain is willing to turn, Qian Xun thought about what Yu Nian said, so he went to Xue Ling's study to find evidence. If the current Xue Ling is true or false, it is calculated in this way that Xue Ling no longer corresponded with Yu Nian four years ago, as long as he finds Xue Ling's notes four years ago or even more ago, he can find the mystery of the period in comparison.

But when I got to the study, I didn't see Xue Ling, I only saw Xue Qi buried in the account book.

"Second cousin?"

Xue Qi raised his head from the ledger, the ledger was so high that he only showed a pair of eyes, Qian Xun looked at his resentful eyes, and couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at, get out quickly, don't bother me to deal with official documents."

Usually at this time, Xue Ling is here to deal with these account books, but today only Xue Qi is here, Qian Xun is a little puzzled: "Why are you sorting out the account books here today?" What about cousins? ”

"He? Hang out in the room. Xue Qi scratched his head irritably, the originally upright hair crown was a little crooked, and the hair strands were a little messy.

"As the second young master of the Xue family, you should help the master share some affairs. Besides, today's account book is not for you to deal with every day in the future. Qianxun walked to the bookshelf and said while looking for the book.

"What is only for today, yesterday's day before yesterday, the year before last year, and the year before last, and the year before last, at least more than half of them are handled by me!"

Qian Xun closed the book and asked as if he had found some clue: "When did my cousin start letting you handle the accounts?" ”

"Four years ago...... What, didn't I handle it well? ”

By the way, Qian Xun realized more and more that Yu Nian's guess might be true.

"Haha, of course not, I didn't expect that Xue Mansion could maintain such a good business with your help, I am impressed with you."

Xue Qi smiled proudly: "You don't look at who I am, I'm your brother." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Second cousin, do you know where all the books from four years ago are placed in our house? ”

"Four years ago? What are you looking for books from four years ago? ”

"I'm just curious, as a distant cousin of your family, now I am under the fence, if I don't have a good understanding of your family's situation, how will I feed the Xue family in the future, do you say?"

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what the hell you're up to. Our family is very well-connected, if you want a little girl to do anything, you can stay at home and wait for your wishful husband to come and marry you! ”

"Oh, second cousin, just tell me, I'll take a few looks, nothing will happen. I swear, I would never tell anyone. ”

Qian Xun pulled Xue Qi's arm and shook it from side to side, Xue Qi couldn't resist it, and seemed to know why every time Qian Xun coquetted Xue Ling, she would agree to her request.

"Okay, okay, my brother ordered the books from four years ago to be moved to the secret room."

"Secret room?"

Qian Xun has been at Xue's house for more than three years, and he still doesn't know that there is a secret room in the study. begged Xue Qi to tell her where the secret room was, and where Xue Qi could withstand Qianxun's side knock, so he walked to a bookshelf and turned the jade rockery on the bookshelf.

I only heard a "boom", and the wall behind the bookcase with calligraphy and paintings turned away.

"I'll give you half an hour."

"Good, good!"

When I opened the calligraphy and painting, there was a room with almost the same layout as the study, as if the mirror had been turned upside down. Qian Xun followed the chronological order on the bookshelf and found the scroll written by Xue Ling himself four years ago.

Since these books are not all made of the kind of paper that Ninshu said, Qianxun has to find books made of special paper among these books. When looking for the bookshelf ten years ago, Qianxun turned to an extra-large book wrapped in silk cloth. Untie the tie, and it is full of calligraphy and paintings.

Qianxun turned it out, most of them were ink paintings made by Xue Ling and Xue Wu, and there were a few of them written for Yu Nian and Xue Ling's calligraphy and paintings. Looking at the calligraphy and paintings of those Xue Ling inscriptions, Qian Xun made a comparison with his hand, and it was indeed basically an inverted pen. She flipped out all the calligraphy and paintings, but found an envelope underneath, and the envelope was written with the words "Indefinite Personalization".

The envelope had long since been opened, but it was empty, and only the envelope was missing. Qianxun began to wonder who this Wuji was, and why was a letter addressed to him placed here?

Thinking about it carefully, in the past three years in the world, Qianxun has heard a lot of rumors in the rivers and lakes of a big man who is as famous as Shi Qingyun, named Hua Wuji. There is a sword heart in the north and a flying rainbow burning in the south, which is exactly the release of Qingyun and the flower indefinite.

When the former practiced his own sword-style Qingyun Jue, the green light soared into the sky, causing a sensation in Kyushu, and he was righteous and chivalrous, and won the name of Beixia. Although he has no fixed place, he wanders the world all the year round, walks chivalrous, and eliminates traitors, but the place he goes to most often is Beicheng Manshan. So the world will regard it as his home, and the mountain will be called the chivalrous mountain, and the knights respect it, and they will bow at the foot of the mountain and then hurry.

The latter is more mysterious, often appearing in a red robe, with a long red cloak and a red butterfly with a glimmer of light in his side, which is one of the few people in the world knows about him. Therefore, as long as anyone sees a red butterfly leading the way and the red clothes fly by, it is the butterfly taming master in Kyushu in the southern city. There are also rumors that Hua Wuliu lives in a curtain of red rain, but no one has ever found that place.

Hua Wuji is famous, not only because he often punishes corrupt officials in counties and towns and sends money to poor people, but also because of his way of killing.

It is rumored that Hua Wuji has achieved it with his own light achievements, and entering and exiting the mansion is like entering and exiting his own house, and it is even easier to loot the vault. So he is a thorn in the eye of those corrupt and corrupt county commanders who protect each other, so once several big families joined forces, so to put it mildly, they spent a lot of money to get a Jianghu order from the martial arts alliance leader, as long as the name of the person who is on the token, he will definitely be chased and killed by the martial arts people of Kyushu to the ends of the earth, and he will not stop without seeing blood.

But the yin-eyed people can see the conspiracy, and those who have justice in their hearts don't take this order seriously, but there are also people with evil intentions who gang up to hunt down and kill Hua Wuji. Hua Wuji was reluctant to do anything with these people, but he wanted them to entangle him and kill him. Later, the body of that wave of people was found on the outskirts of the North City, with a piece of burning skin on the chest and heart. An autopsy was carried out and the body was examined, but it was found that among the five internal organs, only the heart seemed to have been burned by fire, scorched and atrophied. This is where the burning of the heart comes from. Later, some people said that the flower kills people indefinitely, and the red butterfly is like a flying rainbow, hitting the heart directly, until the person feels the fire burning his heart and dies of pain, so he is named Feihong burning heart.

Some people think that Hua Wuji's methods are too cruel, and some people think that those killers are to blame, right and wrong, no one can say for sure. Later, the master of the Wulin League saw that this matter was very important, and he never thought that those officials bought the Jianghu Order from him to chase and kill Hua Wuji, so he sent someone to recover the Jianghu Order, and the matter was settled.

However, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and there are also many people with ill intentions who, based on rumors in the rivers and lakes, pretend to be indefinite, and go around swaggering and deceiving, pretending to be gods and ghosts, and even killing people in their name.

Having said that, as long as a person is famous, it is indispensable to be compared with other celebrities by the world, not to mention that the two of them are still close friends. Shi Qingyun has been chivalrous for many years, and no one can match him in the rivers and lakes, even if he is indefinite, he may be at a disadvantage, and the sword in his hand should not be underestimated. So some people said, if the two of them compete, who would be better? The light pace of the flowers, the ruthless killing methods and speed, are terrifying; Shi Qingyun's light skills in the world, and the strength and skill when using the Qingyun Sword flexibly, I am afraid that the two are inseparable.

The excerpts of these two fights are still available on the market today, and this topic seems to be outdated after a few years.

Qian Xun calculated the time, she hadn't heard much about Hua Wuji's whereabouts during the time she came to the world, and she had heard a lot about Shi Qingyun's glorious deeds of chivalry. Isn't it the current Xue Ling, in fact, it is a flower mixed indefinitely?

But if he put on a human skin mask, Qian Xun saw Xue Ling not closing his eyes for two days and dealing with housework in the study, even if he didn't take off the human skin mask for such a long time, even if he didn't feel uncomfortable, his face would be a little flawed; But if some magic is changed, why can't even she be a god? Could it be that this Xue Ling flush still grows exactly the same indefinitely?

After thinking about it, Qianxun really couldn't think of any good way to explain this. Qian Xun, who was racking his brains and thinking hard, heard a voice from outside the secret room, and listened carefully that it was Xue Ling who came.

"Archie, what about the list of domestic servants in the mansion I asked you to sort out a few days ago?"

Xue Qi scratched his head, raised his head with a helpless expression, his eyes were still fixed on the accounts on the table, his right hand quickly moved the abacus, and the other hand knocked on his back that had not been straightened up for a long time, and complained: "Oh, brother, I'm settling accounts!" Otherwise, you'll have to look for yourself. ”

Xue Qi pointed to the mountains of large and small pamphlets in front of him, who would have thought that the second young master of the Xue family, who was usually at ease outside, was now busy in the study.

Slowly stepping forward, Xue Ling picked up a few books and opened them to carefully check and check, and rarely affirmed Xue Qi's performance: "Well, you can get started quickly, and you will definitely be handy in taking care of the internal affairs of Xue Mansion in the future." ”

Xue Qi almost screamed when he heard this: "Huh? Brother, you're not going to let me handle all the accounts and housekeeping in the future, are you? Yin Yin, you are the master of Xue, and you have asked me to do everything, so what do you do? ”

Xue Ling, who was sorting out the messy books on the desk, did not raise his head, and replied lightly: "Naturally, I am taking a long vacation." ”

"You're on a long vacation, hello brother, I'm miserable! You can't bear to leave me alone......"

"Forbearance." With that, Xue Ling placed the sorted books neatly on the side of the desk, and was about to push the door to leave. I don't know what I remembered, so I turned around and asked, "You can see Qianxun?" ”

Xue Qi picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, and added a few strokes to the account book: "Oh, that girl, I don't know what medicine I took wrong today, I said that I wanted to get to know the Xue family well, and I didn't want to read the handwritten book four years ago, isn't this in the secret room behind." ”

When Xue Ling heard this, she strode over and opened the door of the secret room, and when she went inside, she saw that there were a lot of books on the side of Qianxun, she was sitting in the pile of books, holding the Xue family tree in her hand, and when she heard that someone had come in, she could turn around.

When he saw that it was Xue Ling, he immediately showed a happy smile, and his eyes were like crescent moons: "Cousin, why are you here?" I see that my second cousin can't take time out to play with me when he handles affairs alone. I didn't look for some old books to look at, but I helped my second cousin share the burden, so that he could finish it earlier and go out for a walk with me. ”

"You want to go for a walk?"

Qian Xun swore that the way Xue Ling looked at her that day was a stranger he had never seen before, as if Xue Ling was looking at a stranger. But after thinking about it, the usual Xue Ling is polite to strangers, and such a look is looking at a person who doesn't trust.

He began to suspect her.

The current Xue Ling is a fake! Qian Xun completely affirmed this Yu Nian's idea in his heart. But now she can't tell Xue Qi Xue Wu about this idea, Xue Ling's kung fu Qianxun has seen it, although it is not superior, but it is more than enough to deal with Qianxun, who can't use divine power in the world, and can only embroider legs with a set of fists. Yin Zhe protects himself, who knows if the fake Xue Ling will kill people and destroy his mouth, Qian Xun did not move, and before he knew the purpose of the fake Xue Ling, he only passed the news to Yu Nian.

"yes, it's boring to be in the room."

Xue Ling walked towards Qianxun, who looked at it blankly, forgetting to move for a while. Listening to the gradual footsteps, my heart beat suddenly faster, my breathing was much deeper and faster than usual, and my hands still maintained the movement of holding a book.

Xue Ling squatted down in front of her, his eyes were level with her, and in the next second, Xue Ling patted her cheek lightly with the back of his hand, and smiled lightly: "Why do you blush like this?" ”

Qian Xun threw away the book in his hand, and hurriedly held his face instead, and there was a hot feeling in the palm of his hand. Hurriedly avoided Xue Ling's gaze, and quickly cooled down his cheeks with the back of his hand, and couldn't tell what kind of wonderful feeling this was in his heart.

Seeing her hiding in the shadows and embarrassed, Xue Ling put the books she turned out back to their original positions.

"I'm just fine these days, I can accompany you for a walk."

Coming back to his senses from Fang Cai's panic, Qian Xun naturally regarded this sentence as if he had noticed her movements and wanted to monitor her personally. But the more times like this come, the more Qianxun must behave calmly. She was a little glad that when she was still in the god realm, she watched a lot of human dramas from the gods of fortune, talking about yin and secret fighting, and at that time, Qianxun also ridiculed this person for what to fight for, and he was deceitful. Although I have seen a lot of excerpts of this kind of on-the-spot drama, when I really experienced it myself, Qianxun really admired those who wrote excerpts of dramas, what a talent.

"Good...... All right. Qianxun agreed, and there were indeed tens of thousands of reluctances in his heart, it seemed that telling Yu Nian the news would have to be delayed for a few days.

I don't know when it snowed heavily, Xue Ling ordered someone to bring an oil-paper umbrella, and he didn't let the servants follow, so he put on a thin cloak and went out with an umbrella for Qianxun.

The wind blew tightly, and the fluffy white sable fur on the red cloak on Qianxun's body was blown dying by the wind, and curled up into a ball as if it was frozen. Qian Xun couldn't help the oncoming wind and snow, and squinted his eyes and got closer to Xue Ling.

Before going out, Qian Xun saw that he didn't bring a servant out, and his heart hung like this clump of white mink fur, for fear that this fake Xue Ling would kill her. was worried all the way, Qianxun deliberately walked farther away from him, who would have thought that he would be disturbed by this angry wind and snow, and he had no choice but to get a lot closer to him. Thinking about it later, how could mortal means kill her, it was probably just a few days of pain.

Xue Ling lowered his head and saw that Qianxun's cheeks were red from the cold, and the umbrella was lowered a little, and he leaned towards her.

"Did Shenqing find any information about immortals and demons in the secret room?"

Before Qianxun could react, Xue Ling still called himself Shenqing for the first time, and suddenly became so polite, Qianxun stabilized his mentality. Raising his eyes, he saw the gaze he cast, soft, Qian Xun almost fell in, quickly lowered his head, and shook his head: "Still nothing." ”

Breathing a sigh of relief, he turned into a mist of heating and flew away. Qian Xun usually only saw Xue Ling's gentle side towards her, how did she know that Xue Ling was so refined, and she noticed that she was checking him so quickly. Thinking like this, then the letter inside the envelope I saw in the secret room before was the most important.

"Don't be discouraged, maybe there will be news in two days."

"How come, I've been looking for it for almost four years......" Qian Xun seemed to hear what was in the words, and Qian Xun hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this, you have news of immortals and demons?" ”

Xue Ling smiled but did not speak, only holding an umbrella and continuing to walk.

Qian Xun realized that Xue Ling was wearing a little thin today. Originally, he didn't have to go out today, there was a stove in the house, and he came out for a walk temporarily, and he only wore a thin cloak on his body. One hand was still exposed and holding an umbrella for her, and a thin layer of snow was piled up on the left shoulder, Qian Xun was inexplicably moved in his heart, I really hoped that he was really Xue Ling, and I really hoped that he had never deceived her.

"Isn't it cold for you to wear so little?" Qianxun was rarely willing to stretch out his hand and take Xue Ling's umbrella hand, which was extremely cold.

Xue Lingyin, who was touched on his hand, shrank back, he really didn't have much contact with others, but this sudden touch was still a little warm.

"Get used to it."

Qian Xun retracted his hand and hid it in his cloak, he couldn't believe that he had just made physical contact with this fake Xue Ling, so he opened the topic: "Even I, a god, can't stand this cold wind, you mortal, don't be cold." ”

Seeing that Xue Ling didn't answer for a long time, Qian Xun secretly looked up at him, but he didn't expect Xue Ling to look down at her. In a panic, she opened her eyes and held back a sentence: "I can tell you, since ancient times, mortals and gods have no good results, you don't have to like me......"

After saying that, Qianxun felt that she was too arrogant, where did she get her confidence, and she was sure that he just liked her, which was simply embarrassing.

"Shenqing is so picturesque, how can it not make people feel excited?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Ling was so good at provoking people's hearts, Qian Xun was teased and her body trembled, and this day constantly refreshed her opinion of Xue Ling: "What you said, did you learn this from Xue Qi?" ”

"Words from the bottom of my heart."

Qian Xun began to tease: "Can't you see it, Xue Dashi also understands the thoughts of girls so well." The matchmaker who came to propose marriage in the past put the picture of a beautiful woman more beautiful than me in front of you, and you didn't praise a word, and rejected them all, but now at a glance, it turns out that you are still very good at talking. ”

"People are subject to change."

Qian Xun put these words in his mind and analyzed them back and forth, he was probably telling her that people love to be fickle, their appearance will change, their personality will change, and their habits will change. Thinking like this, Qian Xun began to waver again, you said that such a person, even if he pretended to be Xue Ling, didn't want anything, and kept the Xue Mansion in order, what would he do.

"Hey! Sugar gourd! When Qianxun saw the vendor selling sugar gourds in front of her, she ran over excitedly, and the copper bell on her waist rang, and the sound couldn't keep up with her steps towards the sugar gourd shop. Seeing her running over and holding a string of rock sugar gourds in each hand, Xue Ling followed over to hold an umbrella for her, and did not forget to dust off the snow on her shoulders for her.

Qianxun is very fond of this sugar gourd, sweet in the mouth, and sour. The greatest pleasure in the world is to taste all kinds of food, but after tasting it, Qianxun still loves the taste of this sugar gourd. However, Xue Ling was never cold to these sweet and sour things, even if Qian Xun stuffed it into his mouth, he shook his head and pushed it away.

"Hey, Xue Zhangshi, buy two strings for Miss Biao?"

Looking at Qianxun holding two strings of sugar gourds in front of him, his eyes were full of anticipation. Xue Ling, as usual, took out the money bag from his bosom, took out ten copper plates and handed them to the traders. Xue Ling is used to helping Qianxun pay out of his pocket, and he has long been familiar with the price of sugar gourds. Every time most of the vendors on this street see Xue Ling taking Qianxun out to go shopping, they will take out their most eye-catching food, and the pastry shop in front of them will put the freshly baked plum blossom cake as soon as it tastes fragrant.

Qian Xun smelled the smell, dragged Xue Ling's sleeve and ran to the door of Yipinxiang's store, looking at all kinds of pastries in front of him, plum blossom cake, nine-layer cake, crystal cake...... Everything you need and lots of color.

"Xue Zhangshi, Miss Biao, what do you want to do?" The boss who was standing at the door of the Yipinxiang store to greet the guests saw Xue Ling coming, and immediately put his own affairs to the guys in the store, and trotted over to entertain them.

"This, this, this! Oh and that, give me a wrap! "Qianxun never knew the importance of buying food, probably because Xue Ling spent money for her, so that she didn't have a deep concept of money, but that everything that could be exchanged for delicious food was a good thing.

"Okay, wait a minute."

The snow was a little smaller, but the wind was still blowing. On the way home, Qianxun returned with a full load, holding large and small packages in her arms, and she couldn't carry them in her hands, so she asked Xue Ling to help her carry some.

When she arrived at the gate of Xue's mansion, the maid saw Qianxun coming back with so much food, she couldn't cry or laugh, but she didn't forget her duty, and rushed forward to help Qianxun share it. A few maids took the food in Qian Xun's arms and the pastries in Xue Ling's hands, and watched the head of their family bring so much food every time they came back from outside with Miss Biao, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts Fortunately, the Xue family had a great cause, otherwise they would really be poor by this Miss Table.

Xue Ling took the umbrella, dusted off the snow on the umbrella and his body outside, took off his cloak and handed it to the maid together with the umbrella. The bell was brisk, and Qianxun in front of her was bouncing and walking, she was too easily satisfied, just take her to go shopping and spend some money, and the suspicion between them would be half eliminated, Xue Ling thought.

Xue Qi, who had just finished settling the accounts, came out of the study, heard the sound in the compound, stretched his waist to take a look, and saw Qian Xun rushing to his room with a large bag of food. Xue Qi is not happy, he is desperately settling accounts in the study, but she can squander it outside, and Xue Qi, who has a headache in settling accounts, begins to feel sorry for his money.

"Hey, hey, hey! What did you buy again, give me a look at my second cousin. ”

Seeing Xue Qi coming, Qianxun immediately protected the two maids behind him, and told them to bring the pastries to her room first.

"Stop, stop! I'm not going to fool you this time! ”

Qian Xun, who held a grudge, still remembered that once, she was also walking back to the house with such a full load, and Xue Qi came to see what she had bought. Qian Xun saw that he was good at talking and showing sincerity, and took out a piece of pastry for him to taste. Unexpectedly, Xue Qi was very reliant, and directly grabbed the package in the hand of the maid who was mixing the pastries on the side, and ran away.

Qian Xun chased him for ten streets, and if Xue Ling hadn't come out to help her in the end, her pastries would have been swept away by Xue Qi.

To sum up, in Qianxun's eyes, Xue Qi is a big devil, a big devil who specializes in fighting against her!

"I'll just take a look......" Xue Qi still had to move forward, Qian Xun was not happy, and opened his hands to block Xue Qi's way, no matter what Xue Qi said.

So Qianxun had no choice but to turn his attention to Xue Ling for help: "Cousin, come and take care of the second cousin!" I even grabbed my cousin's things! Stinky and shameless! ”

"I'm ......" Xue Qi, who was scolded for being stinky and shameless, was speechless all of a sudden. It's the first time he's been said to be shameless, thinking that he was famous for his early years in a few streets near Nancheng, yes, this is a romance and not a stinky shameless!

"Archie, how are the preparations for the day after tomorrow?"

Qian Xun remembered that according to the ancestral teachings, the Xue family had to worship their ancestors all year round, which was divided into spring temple, summer wine, autumn taste and winter wine. The ancestor worship ceremony is very grand, the ancestor worship ceremony that Qianxun saw the first few times was done by Xue Ling himself, but this time he handed it over to Xue Qi, and Qianxun couldn't figure out Xue Ling's intentions.

The head of the Xue family should have been the person in charge of the ancestor worship ceremony, and it was the responsibility of the head of the affairs to deal with internal affairs and other work, but now he wanted to hand over the rights of these things to Xue Qi, could it be that he didn't want to do this thing.

Thinking of this, Qian Xun suddenly felt that all the previous statements made sense - he wanted to get out of the way.

But why?

The power of the Xue family is almost like a sky-covering existence in the rivers and lakes, as long as the order is given, there will inevitably be many knights in the rivers and lakes who come to receive the order. The Xue family not only has a lot of money, but even if the leader of the martial arts alliance comes, he has to pay tribute to the affairs of the family. Who would want to give up such a position and not do it?

Qian Xun had a headache and shook his head, before he figured out the purpose of this Xue Ling, he still needed to wait and see what happened.

"Brother, don't worry, of course I'm ready for such a big thing."

"Then let's check again." Xue Ling didn't give Xue Qi a chance to argue, and went back to the room by himself.

"Huh?"

Xue Qi turned his head to look at Qian Xun angrily, and Qian Xun made a grimace at him and jumped away. Xue Qi, who was on the spot, had to lament, and followed Xue Ling's order to go back to the study and check all the process items of Dong Hao again.