The moon hung high, the stars were sparse, the hollow valley was silent, and a few apes were heard in the distance.

Lin Qingzhi sat on a stone pier near the water in front of the house, looking up at the sparse star beam, and a white animal beside her stood quietly beside her, and also looked at the motionless night sky with her gaze.

The bleak night wind blew the corners of her white skirt, fluttering like a butterfly, the cold wind blew, Lin Qingzhi's hands holding her knees tightened again, but she still didn't mean to get up and enter the house, the faint moonlight shone on the small courtyard, like hoarfrost on the ground.

It has been a month and a half since she came to the Xuanji Pavilion, because of the sword wound on her chest, she was lying on the bed for the first month, and the master said that fortunately, the sword did not pierce the heart and vital parts, and although she fell off the cliff, she was lucky to be blocked by a tree branch and did not fall directly to the ground, otherwise she might have died a long time ago.

When she woke up and listened to what the master said, she only felt that it was better to die, after all, compared to the physical pain, what she could not accept was the pain of being pierced and betrayed by the sword of her beloved.

But after thinking about it, she still felt that she couldn't give up on herself, after all, her father was framed as a traitor, and there was no news so far, she just wanted to recover quickly and return to Luoyang to try her best to rescue her father from prison, and another point, she wanted to find her husband Xiao Mufeng to ask why she was doing this to herself, she never believed that he would really just covet her Lin family's power, and didn't believe that he was just using her.

So the master and the senior brother gave him whatever to eat and drink, as long as it was conducive to the recovery of the body, she did not refuse, until a month ago, the body recovered almost, but the master and the senior brother stopped her and said nothing to let her return to Beijing, and in desperation, she told her that Lin Chengde had been beheaded.

Lin Qingzhi only felt five thunders when she heard their words, and she never believed it in grief, and ran to the foot of Hengshan Mountain, where Xuanji Pavilion was located, until she entered the city and inquired, she learned that Lin Chengde had been beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market in Luoyang City more than 20 days ago, and more than 120 people from the Lin family were killed together.

And her brother has no whereabouts, and now Lin Qingji is wanted by sea fishing documents everywhere, Xiao Mufeng was awarded two pearls and became the prince of Qizhu, and the power of the court even exceeds that of the prince, and many people are talking about whether the emperor intends to pass on the throne to this second prince with military achievements and outstanding ability. But Xiao Mufeng asked for orders to go to Saibei to defend the frontier, but the emperor had no choice but to rely on him.

Hearing these news, Lin Qingzhi only felt that her mind was blank, and she could only walk aimlessly with a pair of feet, and there was only one voice in her head telling her that she had to keep walking, and she couldn't stop, until she lost consciousness in the darkness in front of her.

When Murong Qing brought the fainted Lin Qingzhi back to the Xuanji Pavilion, Lin Qingzhi fell ill again, did not eat or drink for three consecutive days, and only stared at the curtain above the top of the bed in a daze when he was awake.

Murong Qing would come to Lin Qingzhi's hut every night, if it was still time, he would sit in front of the window for a while, talking to himself about some things he thought was interesting to Lin Qingzhi, but no matter what he said, the bed was lying like a wooden man, if he didn't see a person actually lying on the bed, I was afraid that others would think that Murong Qing was talking to himself and talking to the air.

The little maid who was assigned to serve Lin Qingzhi was a fifteen-year-old girl, her original name was Erya, she was sold by her gambling father, and she happened to be met by a white-bearded man, who spent ten taels of silver to buy it back and bring it to Xuanji Pavilion, and renamed her Wuyu.

Since she came to the Xuanji Pavilion eight years ago, she would see this Xuanji Elder's only female disciple in the Xuanji Pavilion every year.

She only knew that this beautiful woman was called Zhi'er, and at that time Zhi'er's eyes were clear and alert, sometimes lively and cute.

Although it can be seen that she is from an extraordinary background, she is not arrogant at all, there is no arrogance, maybe the life in the independent and mysterious Xuanji Pavilion is too cold and lonely, so from the time she first saw the female disciple of this Xuanji Elder in the Xuanji Pavilion, she liked to play and stay with her.

Zhi'er would talk about interesting things she had never heard of, and would tell her how colorful the outside world was, so every year when Zhi'er was going back after two months here, she would cry a lot, and then look forward to her coming back next year.

Originally, Zhi'er would come to Xuanji Pavilion for a while in February every year, but in February this year, Wu'er didn't wait for Zhi'er's figure, and anxiously asked Murong Gongzi to know that Zhi'er would not come this year, and Wu'er was depressed and unhappy for several days, but then she thought that she was a little girl, and what could she decide, Zhi'er was very important to her, but she should be just a little girl to Zhi'er, although she still wanted Zhi'er to teach her more words and talk about the wonderful world outside.

Wu Yu didn't expect to wait for Zhi'er at the end of autumn, the only good friend in her heart, but she almost didn't dare to recognize Zhi'er in Murong Gongzi's arms, her face was so pale that it was almost transparent, her already petite and thin body was as thin as a piece of paper, her originally clear and bright eyes were overflowing with sadness, and her originally gentle and beautiful smile was gone, so she didn't say a word more, just drank the medicine prescribed by Elder Xuanji very obediently, and occasionally saw a trace of anxiety and eagerness in her eyes.

But since Zhi'er and her master, Elder Xuanji, quarreled a few days ago, they ran out of the Xuanji Pavilion, and when Murong Qing brought Zhi'er back, the only anxious and eager light in her eyes was gone, and the big eyes on her even paler face were empty, as if there was no trace of life in the living at all, and no one could pry her mouth open, no longer eat, no longer take medicine, and didn't say a word, as if she wanted to die.

On the fourth day when Zhi'er went down the mountain and was brought back, Wuyu came out of the small kitchen with ginseng soup, although she knew that it was in vain, even if she broke her mouth a few times before, Zhi'er didn't take a sip anymore, and Murong Qing also forced her to feed her a few times, but after feeding it every time, she vomited it all, and her face was even more white and terrifying.

As soon as Wu Qing was about to step out of the door of the kitchen, he heard Elder Xuanji and Murong Qing arguing about something in a low voice, and when Wu Zhen was thinking about whether to go out directly, he only heard Murong Qing say in a firm tone: "Master, you can't treat her like this, Senior Sister, she has no father and brother family, and even her favorite Xiao Mufeng gave up on her when she was in the most difficult time, how can you be so cruel to her and kill her only relative?" ”

I only heard Elder Xuanji suppress his anger and replied: "What do you know, I have been planning for so many years, just to wait for her to recognize all this, her identity is the princess of the previous dynasty, and she should take on the responsibility of restoring the country, and the kindness of a woman will only cause a big deal!" ”

"But have you thought that if you don't have her, all these plans will be unjustifiable, you will only get a bad reputation for wolf ambition and usurpation, and you will not be able to get the support of everyone, and you will lose the hearts of the people, I know your concerns, Master, you are afraid that keeping this child will make her unable to make up her mind to deal with the Xiao family, and she will not be able to make up her mind to deal with Xiao Mufeng, but if you let her know that you killed her child, and know that you are also unscrupulous in order to use her, what will she think, she will hate you, even more than hating everyone to hate you, All your efforts will be in vain. ”

After a moment of silence, Elder Xuanji's tone softened slightly, and he asked, "Do you mean to keep this evil seed?" ”

"To stay or not to stay, it depends on the senior sister's own decision. You have been grateful for her cultivation and hard work for so many years, and you must be grateful for her character, and if you let her decide for herself according to the truth, maybe things will turn around. Murong Qing made up his mind.

"Qing'er, I don't see that you have grown a lot in the past few years, you are already old as a teacher, and you are really terrible in the future, if you can join forces with her, the day of restoration can be expected." Elder Xuanji stroked his beard and sighed.

"What did Master say, if it weren't for your dedication to teaching for so many years, the disciple would not have the cultivation and insights he has today." Murong Qing said in a respectful tone.

"Your martial arts cultivation is indeed not weak, and you can already rank among the masters, but it's a pity that An Le, if she is not too weak, she can also practice martial arts, and she will be more handy." Elder Xuanji let out a long sigh.

"There is no shortage of people with outstanding martial arts in the world, but there are very few people who have extraordinary wisdom and the ability of kings and generals, and it is rare for the junior sister to have this talent, and she can be taught by the master, and she will definitely live up to the high expectations of the master." Murong Qing said quietly.

"It's not too early, there is still something to deal with for the teacher, as for what I just said, you can tell her about it." After Elder Xuanji finished speaking, he strode out of the courtyard.