I carefully touched the fine lines on the black iron rod, I did play a few times when I was a child, I vaguely remember that it was not smooth, and I thought it was worn when I was used, it turned out that it was full of carefully carved lines, maybe, it contains a mysterious legend -

Xia Xia was very curious, and asked, "I've never seen a stick that can be stretched and shortened at will, what spell is hidden here?" Yan wrong, how do you make it longer to fight with others, and make it shorter and hide it like a baby? ”

Yan Cuo smiled a little at the corner of his mouth and said, "What do you know?" Tell you that you won't, and if you stretch out, you will only take it to dry your clothes and destroy the heavens. ”

Xia Xia rolled her eyes, not to be outdone, and said: "I don't have the ability, but I also have some hearts that are hidden like treasures, and it's better to let them rust." ”

"Hmph." Yan snorted and didn't continue to bicker.

Master Zhang said that this black iron rod was made of the hardest birch wood mixed with black iron, and both of these things were very hard, so it was impossible to carve on them when they were cast. First of all, you have to set up the pattern, melt the birch iron, and then cast it by needles, layer by layer, and slowly condense into a stick, so that you can have this pattern, and it will take four years. If you look at the lines, it seems to be really deep, deep, all the way to the other side of the stick. "I held the black iron rod and pointed it at the light, and saw the light fall into the deep lines, as if the whole stick was faintly glowing.

"En, it's really alas, if you don't look closely, you really can't find it, it's so beautiful, there is light in it, like a gold gut." Xia Xia said in surprise.

I was stunned, the inner liner of gold? It is said that it is the spirit of the Yan family, which is simple and unpretentious on the outside, but sincere in the heart?

Yan Cuo stared at the Xuantie rod seriously, forgetting that he wanted to pretend not to care, and he didn't know about the carvings on the Xuantie rod?

After taking it for a while, my hands were already sore, this black iron rod is really not ordinarily heavy, it is difficult for Yan to pin it on his arm every day, maybe that's how he practiced such a good arm strength.

"Why spend so much time carving patterns on it? Is it for the sake of good looks? But this pattern is too fine, if you don't talk about it carefully, I really don't know - what is the meaning of this pattern? What is it forged? There has to be content, right? Could it be some big secret? Or—maybe a treasure map? Xia Xia blinked her eyes wide, and she had been guessing the carvings with interest.

I pushed her head and said, "Listen to too many books, where are there so many secrets and treasures in this world?" ”

Xia Xia stuck out her tongue, still curious.

I'm also curious in my heart, it took so much effort to spend four years to cast this pattern, it can't be just for the sake of looking good, there must be content-

Daddy's identity is extraordinary, Dad is still the old patriarch of the Yan clan, shouldn't there really be anything......

"Master Zhang didn't elaborate, maybe he doesn't know." But I always feel that Master Zhang should know something else, but he just doesn't want to tell me.

Xia Xia stared at Yan Cuo and asked, "What about you?" Do you know what the chiseled pattern means? ”

Yan Cuo twisted his eyebrows and said, "Why should I tell you - the towel is cold, and you won't change the heat for me." ”

Xia Xia flattened her mouth and said in disgust: "It's really stingy." ”

I secretly glanced at Yan Cuo, only to see him frowning lightly and looking at the black iron rod, didn't he know the meaning of the carvings on it? Dad didn't have time to tell him? Or have you forgotten your dad himself?

I handed the stick to Xia Xia and said to Yan: "Well, have a good rest, if you have a chance next time, let's go ask Master Zhang again." ”

Yan gave me a wrong look and didn't refute my "we".

Xia Xia put the stick back under his pillow, drained the hot towel again, and put it heavily on his shoulder.

Yan snorted and glared at Xia Xia fiercely.

Xia Xia glared back and said, "Kick your nose and face, and see who else you can make in a few days." Having said that, she softened the hot towel and raised the heat so that it would not be so hot.

This scene made me suddenly a little sour, I took the dishes on the table of Yan Cuo, and said, "You take care of Yan Cuo, I'll clean up the rest." ”

Xia Xia looked at me, I thought she should have wanted to stop it, but she still agreed, and said, "Well, it's okay, the medicine is decoction, remember not to drink it too cold, the effect of the medicine will be weak." ”

I nodded and went out.

Washing the dishes, I think back to every scene just now, as if frozen in Yan Cuo pretending to be unaware of the pillows, the smile on the corner of his mouth is very gentle, as if the cruelty of the wind and frost suffered over the years has melted in an instant, I am very happy, happy to the point of distress, I hope that there will be more time, more sunshine, care and love, so that Yan Cuo's heart that has always stood high on the wall can slowly unload his defense.

A face suddenly appeared in the basin of washing dishes, and the eyes of Ruquan looked at me faintly—

I panicked and tried my best to break it up, but I couldn't bear it as soon as it dispersed, and I tried to find it back on the water, but it was gone.

Wash the dishes, clean up the kitchen, and remember that my mother's rice bowl has to be taken back and washed.

When I went up to the small building, it was strange that the food was still in good condition at the door and had not been touched - there was another one that should have been yesterday, and I opened the lid of the basket, and the rice soup inside was neat, as if it had not been clamped at all. Today's too.

Mother has no appetite? Still is?

There was still a candle flame in the room, and I knocked on the door: "Mother, are you there?" ”

No one answered, and no shadow fluttered.

Mother is not there?

I was inexplicably a little cold, so I knocked it again and pushed it in.

Empty!

Mother is not here!

She hasn't come back since she went out with Qin Zheng yesterday?!

For so many years, my mother has never even left the courtyard gate, and now she hasn't returned for the night?

Yayuan? She's still in the yayuan? Still is?!

I ran downstairs quickly, and the hem of my skirt didn't have time to pull up, and the last few steps fell down the whole way, and the whole person fell heavily to the ground, stunned for a while.

I remembered the scene of the last time I fell downstairs, as if it was also such a time, such a coldness, and I had blood on my head, but it was not as painful as half of my heart, he sighed, and hugged me tightly in his arms, crying so darkly-

"Sister Fei-Sister Fei, what's wrong with you?" Xia Xia's scream pulled me out of my trance, and she patted the dust on my body worriedly and said, "Did you fall somewhere?" Why are you so careless? ”

For a moment, I suddenly wished that he was still the one next to me at this moment.

But how so? Am I really stupid?!

I came back to my senses and asked Xia Xia nervously, "Have you seen your mother in the past two days?" ”

Xia Xia frowned and said, "I didn't ask about it, when I delivered the food today, I saw that yesterday's meal was almost untouched, thinking that she had no appetite, and I didn't dare to ask anything." ”

My heart was cold, ignoring the pain in my waist and legs, and said, "She's not in the room, I'm going to find her!" ”

Xia Xia followed me and said, "I'll accompany you-let's look for it in two ways, I'll go west, Sister Fei, you go east-"

I shook my head and said, "No, I think I probably know where she is-"

"One watch, one watch, one watch, one watch day, one watch day-" Han Sanxiao's voice sounded in the distance.

"It's sunset, didn't you say you were going to find the sea drifter? You go to find the sea drifter, and I go to find the mother. ”

"But—"

I said firmly: "That's it, go early and come back early." ”

Xia Xia said: "I'll worry about Sister Fei at night, otherwise, I'll look for you after looking for Brother Haipiao, do you know where to find her?" ”

"I'm not sure, I guess she may be in the yayuan, if she is in the yayuan, it should be safe, at least I have to make sure, otherwise I can't rest assured."

Xia Xia frowned, as if she didn't understand why her mother ran to the yayuan, but she had always been clear about priorities, and she didn't ask much, and said, "Okay, I'll find Brother Haipiao and go west to meet Sister Fei immediately——"

At this time, we were already at the entrance of the alley, and I felt sorry for her tiredness, and said, "No, maybe I will come back when you find the sea drifter—"

"I'm fast, I'll definitely catch up with Sister Fei, the west is barren, Sister Fei is not afraid of me. So be it, I'll go first. "Xia Xia stuffed the lantern in my hand.

"Lights—"

"No need, it's too much of a hindrance to hold, it's still too shaky to run, Sister Fei take it." After saying that, it was gone.

I looked at Ying Ying Candle and my eyes were red.

All the way to the west, my heart has been troubled by panic, I never thought that I would one day worry about my mother, we rarely meet and talk on weekdays, this year's rare meetings have ended unhappily, and I have always had some resentment for her attitude towards my father.

But I never thought that one day she would leave the little building she guarded day and night, that she would leave the yard, and leave me.

I'm worried. It seems that the saying that blood is thicker than water is true, no matter what, there is always something to worry about.

After thinking about it all the way, he had already reached the boundary of the Yamen, and he had forgotten how to cross the western slope.

Before I could get close to the entrance, a strange wind suddenly danced behind me.

The candle flame jumped violently, as if someone was running behind me with his sleeves thrown at it, and I panicked.

"Miss, why are you?"

Zhu Jing's clean and sleek face suddenly melted into the darkness, still dressed in black, blending in with the night.

I was startled, and it took me a moment to come to my senses: "Why did you suddenly show up—I—I came to my mother." ”

Zhu Jing tilted her head, took the lantern in my hand, and the long sword was behind her back, but there was no sword spike bare. I just remembered that I promised to help him fix the sword spike last time, and the sword spike is still in the embroidery room without full spike silk.

"Why did the eldest lady come here alone? It's good that it's my night patrol today, otherwise—"

I was shocked and followed Zhu Jing closely: "Otherwise, what? ”

Zhu Jing raised her eyebrows and shook her head, raised the lantern and waved it left and right in mid-air, as if she was talking to someone somewhere.

Zhu Jing led the way in front and asked me in a suppressed voice, "Why did you come to the yamen to find your mother?" There aren't many people here who welcome her! ”

I was stunned, what do you mean?

Could it be that the Yan generals who were included in the Shangguan Mansion with Zhu Jing back then were all in the yamen?

Shangguan Bo brought so many people over, do you need such a big show?