Chapter 4: The Squire (Part II)
For three whole days, Xue Niang's heart was in turmoil.
The Shen family announced to the outside world that her brother would succeed the head of the family and the swordsman, but the people in the clan couldn't hide it, and the separation of the head of the family and the swordsman caused a lot of noise, and she and Ah Cheng were also pushed to the forefront.
The clan temporarily decided to let them leave the Shen family immediately, otherwise if they continue to make trouble like this, they will not be able to hide it from the rivers and lakes.
Daddy's white hair on her sideburns rose overnight, Dad didn't come to see her again, and her mother wrapped silver bills and clothes for her, hugged her and kept crying, but didn't say a word.
The brother came last, she looked at the brother, and the brother looked at her.
"Xue Niang, what I told you that day has already been mentioned to Shen Cheng. You don't know, he was very hesitant at the time, and finally I was in a hurry to ask, so I reluctantly agreed. ”
She shook her head and wanted to say that it was impossible, but she remembered the way Ah Cheng looked when he proposed the condition, his condition was to exchange her for a hundred years later, the next servant of the ancient sword was still from the Shen family, but he did not exchange the sword for her.
He was the swordsman chosen by Gu Jian twice, but she was the woman who brought him to shame.
Could he have regretted it too?
"Xue Niang," her brother suddenly called out to her, "You said that if Shen Cheng regrets it, what will you do?" ”
She was startled, but her body stiffened, she had no reputation, but Ah Cheng seemed to be fine......
"So, let him keep the sword, Xue Niang, you will also stay, my brother has become the rightful head of the family, and he will find a good family for you...... Shen Cheng is used to being alone, how can he live well...... That's good for everybody...... If he repents temporarily, he doesn't care whether you live or die, and you don't care about him anymore...... Sword, you have to get it back......"
The next day, there was a trace of spring rain in the sky, blown by the wind, like a net from heaven to earth.
Ah Cheng wore a crimson wide-sleeved robe, with an ancient sword behind him, and came alone from afar, in the rain and wind, like a lonely warrior in the mouth of the clan.
In front of the Shen family's gatehouse, her father didn't come, her mother sobbed low behind her, and her brother patted her shoulder and said in a suppressed voice: "Xue Niang, my brother knows that you will definitely be able to do it." ”
The head of the house spoke, and her brother pushed her from behind, and she stepped forward.
Ah Cheng didn't seem to be affected by this matter at all, looking at her with a smile and crooked eyes, "Xue Niang, I also have a wedding dress for you!" ”
It turned out that he was wearing a wedding dress.
She stood in a daze, Ah Cheng didn't care, led her to bow to the head of the family and the elders, and then bowed to her mother alone, and said to her, "Let's go." ”
She was stunned for a moment, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of her brother's deep brow, and she paused.
"Ah Cheng, is the sword important, or am I important?"
Ah Cheng was confused for a moment, "Nature is all important!" ”
She asked again, "So, aren't you going to trade the ancient sword for us in the future?" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Ah Cheng's face sank.
He repented!
He wanted both a sword and a her, no matter what their future was, no matter how her parents and brothers behaved!
Her heart hurts, Ah Cheng is an orphan, but she is not!
Behind him, there was a brother's voice, "Snow Lady! ”
Her heart suddenly shook, and she pulled out the sword behind her, and before Ah Cheng could react, she put him on the neck.
"You leave your sword behind!"
Ah Cheng looked at her in amazement, didn't move, she didn't want to care so much anymore, reached out to take the ancient sword behind him, Ah Cheng dodged, she couldn't get it, but Ah Cheng grabbed her arm.
"Xue Niang, what are you doing?!"
"You leave the sword, I'll leave with you!"
Ah Cheng still felt incredible, "Why?!" ”
He didn't want to, Xue Niang remembered what her brother said last night, and her heart hurt even more, at this time, her brother jumped over in a few steps and shouted, "Xue Niang, let me come!" ”
He immediately fought with Ah Cheng.
The fine spring rain soaked everyone's clothes, and several elders and family heads also rushed over. While fighting with Ah Cheng, the elder brother said: "Shen Cheng, if you treat Xue Niang like this, I will not give up with you!" ”
The elder brother stood up for her, but because of his swordsmanship, he couldn't reach Ah Cheng after all, and he was scratched by Ah Cheng's arm. The head of the house shouted to stop.
"Using the Shen family's ancient sword to hurt the head of the Shen family, since the ancestor of the Sheng, there has never been such a ridiculous thing!"
An elder said in a trembling voice, he said that the ancestor of the Sheng family was the first sword servant of the Shen family, Shen Xiqing.
Immediately, several people who had long seen Ah Cheng's disobedience echoed one after another, Ah Cheng's crimson clothes were wet in the rain and turned into ink, and the wind could not move the hem of his water-stained clothes, just like the gloom on his face.
He looked at her with a puzzled expression, but his brother blocked his view.
"Shen Cheng, you use a sword to deceive people, what kind of swordsman are you?!"
For a time, almost everyone was crusading against him, saying that he was unworthy.
Proud like him, he doesn't bow his head when he is bullied when he is lonely, let alone now.
In the midst of the conquest, he was silent for a long time, suddenly raised his head and laughed, jumped to the gatehouse of white marble, and stepped on the four big characters of "Gusu Shen".
"Those who forsake me will not stay on the day of yesterday, and those who disturb my heart will be troubled by the day today!"
As soon as the words fell, he slashed to the middle of the gatehouse, and the "Gusu Shen Clan" was disconnected from the middle, and the gatehouse collapsed.
Everyone was shocked, and he held the ancient sword, which lightly landed on the ruins, and looked at her.
"Snow Maiden ......"
She didn't move, for a few breaths, Ah Cheng nodded and smiled, her crimson clothes were completely dyed ink, and she was so black that she was heavy.
"Shen Cheng, don't leave it at that."
......
Ah Cheng is gone, and the clan hates to remove his name, but because the ancient sword is in his hands, his name cannot be removed.
She was in a daze for many days, her mind seemed to be muddled, and when she woke up in the morning, she sometimes thought that Ah Cheng was waiting for her to practice swords in the woods. The elder brother said that the matter between her and Ah Cheng was all Ah Cheng's wishful thinking and persecution step by step, and when the people in the clan heard this, they thought of Ah Cheng's behavior, but they had a lot of pity for her.
The taste in her heart was so complicated that she couldn't taste it. After this incident, the old family master became more and more unhealthy, and within half a year, he died. The elder brother succeeded as the head of the family, searched for Ah Cheng and vowed to get back the "stolen" ancient sword.
But Ah Cheng didn't even leave him a shadow.
She was confused and didn't know how long it took, and one day her brother came to tell her that he had appointed the heir of the Jiangling Tu clan as her husband.
She didn't say yes, and she didn't object. If there is no objection, it is agreed. Ah Cheng did not appear again, she became the young lady of the Jiangling Tu family, and seven years later became the head wife of the Tu family, and just before three months, she was already the wife of the Tu family.
Tu's current head of the family is her son, but unfortunately her son is only ten years old.
Wolves are around.
Five days ago, the elder brother suddenly arrived in Gangneung, he hugged her son and sighed, and asked her, "Xue Niang, what are you going to do?" Nephews and uncles, can you deal with it? ”
She couldn't say it, her brother sent everyone to talk to her, "My brother has not been able to sit firmly in the position of the head of the Shen family for so many years, if you solve this worry, you and your nephew, I can protect you under my wings by raising my hand." In this way, the nephew will be able to grow up safely! ”
She looked at him, and he smiled.
"I know you understand! He's coming, you help me, get the sword back. All I need is a sword! He took it for so many years, and it's time to return it! ”