He endured the pain for the rest of his life until he died of blood half an hour later.

Xiao Tingchen and Xie Rongjing didn't know if he had repented before he died, but they didn't care.

Killing so many people is not a word of repentance that can be forgiven.

The two teenagers glanced at each other, resumed their old tension, and left in different directions in the alley.

I don't know if the Tao is different and not conspiring with each other,

Or the same way.

No one noticed that a piece of peiyu engraved with the word "Chen" quietly slipped from the waist of the young man in Tsing Yi and fell into the snow.

……

The blue tile and white wall, the most in the south of the Yangtze River, are the alleys.

An old man carried a lantern and walked slowly through it.

The cold wind blew his Confucian shirt, and he pinned a jade hairpin between his buns, the gentleman was like jade, revealing the transparency of the precipitation of the years, very gentle and kind.

There is a plum tree growing on the corner of the alley.

Under the plum tree, a young man in Tsing Yi and cloth shoes stood quietly, wiping away the snow from the plum branches.

The old man chuckled, "Huai Jin is young, but she is still a child. These plum branches are criss-crossed, and if you want to sweep away the snow for them, how long will it take? If it snows again, it's another busy day. ”

"Teacher, there are some things, although I know that there is no point in doing them, but as a human being, I will still use 120,000 points of strength to do them. The world needs talents who are vertical and horizontal, but it also needs down-to-earth fools. There are some things that are not in the talent, but it is in the fool. And those things are precisely the most precious things as a human being. ”

The old man smiled.

"Does the teacher blame me for killing Zhong Youxue?"

"Although Zhong Youzhi is alive and has a greater effect on the old man, killing him is not a bad thing."

Xiao Tingchen's eyebrows frowned slightly, "Jinling City's exit was originally set up for the Cao Gang. The person behind Xu Zhizhou also wants to annex the Cao Gang, so there will be a meeting between Xu Teng and Wang Hu in the Begonia Pavilion. It's just that unexpectedly, Si Dushu was swept in......"

The old man stroked Mei Zhi gently, "After Xu Teng dies, his cousin will take his place in the Xu Mansion, and he will probably be used by that person in vain to control the Cao Gang by his hand." Huai Jin, we can't wait any longer. ”

"Teacher, on Chinese New Year's Eve, I will do it myself."

Xiao Tingchen nodded respectfully to the old man and left the alley.

……

Middlebury-in.

Su Jiu stayed in the house, alone with the lights, and it was difficult to sleep.

She put on a cloak, picked up a red ribbon from her closet, and braved the snow to the courtyard.

The snow is full of snow and red plums are in full bloom, reflecting the lights of the night, which is particularly beautiful and beautiful.

The little girl stood under the plum tree, her eyes clear as if washed with water, and her palms folded together, and prayed sincerely:

"O god, the chief of the house died in vain, and now the little brother avenges him, if you open your eyes, please bless him with peace and security...... I have nothing in Su wine, and I am willing to use ten years of life in exchange for his safe return......"

She stood on tiptoe and tied the red ribbon to the plum branch very solemnly.

The origin is just the first meeting.

At the beginning, she just wanted to study and study with Xiao Tingchen, and when she saved enough money, she left Xiao Mansion and went to Chang'an City to find her father.

never thought that she would have such a deep bond with her little brother.

An eight-year-old child, born with a pure heart, because he is good to her, so even if he is not good to the world, she is willing to use ten years of life in exchange for his peace tonight.

She was staring at Mei Zhi in a daze, and suddenly a chuckle sounded from the darkness.

The little girl hurriedly turned around and saw the boy leaping from the corner of the wall and standing firmly in front of her.

Tsing Yi cloth shoes, red lips and white teeth.

The dimples are deep and the cinnabar color is bright.

He raised Xuan Yue's eyebrows, and his voice was gentle: "I didn't know that my sister cared so much about my safety, and was willing to use ten years of life to exchange my life for my safe return......"

The little girl didn't expect that he overheard this, and she immediately blushed, so anxious that she couldn't speak!

Her face burned for a long time before she remembered to change the subject, "You...... Did you get it? ”

"Naturally!"

Su Jiu's hanging heart finally landed, but he still couldn't help but feel nervous.

She knew that if something went wrong in any link tonight, her little brother would be in danger.

Fortunately, he finally returned safely......

She suddenly hugged Xiao Tingchen's waist.

"Little brother...... The snow is too big...... I'm scared ......."

The boy smiled and stroked the top of her hair, "Yes, the snow is so big that I can't see the way back." ”

At that time, the boy did not know,

Although the snow obscures the way home,

But his way home has always been by his side.

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