There is a small village at the junction of the Xiongnu and Dawan, which looks very inconspicuous and has a limited number of villagers, and the villagers mostly make a living by weaving grass and rattan items, and the material conditions are relatively scarce. Even so, after the defeat of the Xiongnu, they did not spare these villagers who had no quarrel with the world, and captured most of the men back to the capital, the young people were confiscated, and the old ones were also called as coolies.

It stands to reason that this old man and Tu Qitang are people who can't fight together, but Tu Qitang sent the Southern Saintess to rescue for him, and the Southern Saintess didn't know much about the situation in the Hun capital, so she could only disguise herself as a dancer and go to some Fengyue places to perform and inquire about information, and it took a lot of twists and turns to finally rescue the old man unscathed.

The Xiling Sect is not what it used to be, in the past, those who swore allegiance to the disciples learned that the altar was destroyed, and those who did not take up justice among the Holy Protectors also chose to retreat, and many backbone members joined other gangs, and the members of the Xiling Sect returned to their hometowns and died in vain, and even the members of the Stara Mountain also lived the life of ordinary people, and the other cultists scattered throughout the Western Regions did not receive the news of the altar for a long time, and they also scattered.

When the Southern Saintess wanted to secretly win over the former cultists, she found that the trees were falling and scattered, and it was difficult to recreate the scenery of the past. Although it shows that the Moon Saintess and Tu Qitang don't care about these fame and fortune gains, as the former Altar Saintess, they really can't bear to watch the sect leader fall down. However, this is exactly the way they choose to live, and there is no way for others to interfere, if they don't do so voluntarily, even if the Rest Court vows to raze the Xiling Sect to the ground that day, they still have a way to make a comeback.

The Holy Maiden of the South has lived on Stara for many days, often thinking of the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon and Tu Qitang, missing the days when they used to go through the same ups and downs, looking at the congregants around them who are no longer cheering up, they seem to have escaped from the shadow of the Xiling Sect, relying on the property distributed by the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon, life can be regarded as carefree. The Rest Court fulfilled their promise, and did not embarrass the Christians who wanted to live an ordinary life on the mountain, and was happy to watch them let go of their desire to win.

However, the Southern Saintess was not used to this kind of life, and her thoughts about the Bright Moon Saintess and Tu Qitang became deeper and deeper, and she left the rest of the country by going down the mountain to find the reason for her long-lost brother, and began to inquire about their whereabouts in various parts of the Western Regions. The hard work paid off, she met the poisonous scorpion and the medicine gourd in a remote village in Dawan, she knew that no matter whether the Bright Moon Saintess was downtrodden or brilliant, the poisonous scorpion would never give up, and finding the poisonous scorpion was equivalent to finding the Bright Moon Saintess.

Sure enough, the poisonous scorpion took her to see the Bright Moon Saintess and Tuqitang's mother and son, but after many days, they were no longer like before, more like an ordinary mother and son. In particular, Tu Qitang has changed a lot, which makes it difficult for her to accept it for a while, but as long as she knows that they are not worried about their lives, she is relieved.

After the medicine gourd left, the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon was talking about changing places to live, the poisonous scorpion and the Holy Maiden of the South knew what her purpose was for doing this, the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon was not very satisfied with Tu Qitang and Liu Ye being together from beginning to end, and now that Tu Qitang has become like this, she is even more reluctant to let Liu Ye be involved in their peaceful life.

The Southern Saintess followed the Mingyue Saintess Mother and Son to the Xiongnu realm, and spared no effort to serve them, this time when she came to the Xiongnu to see Liu Ye and others, she was also surprised, but she also thought that this was the arrangement of fate. Regardless of whether Liu Ye and Tu Qitang can be together in the future, even if it is only based on their past relationship, they should be allowed to see each other again.

So, the medicine gourd proposed to go along, but the Southern Holy Maiden did not stop her, even if the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon would reprimand her for this. She hoped that this would help Tu Qitang, but whatever was beneficial to Tu Qitang, she would rather be wronged herself than fulfill Tu Qitang, whom she regarded as her own brother.

Liu Ye and the others have their own concerns, and among their group, except for the rescued old man, who is in the best mood, everyone else is preoccupied.

An hour later, the sky was bright, and the old man saw his home from a distance, and excitedly pointed ahead to introduce to everyone: "Look, that is our village, Xishui Village." ”

"Xishui Village? Why is it called that? The medicine gourd echoed without a match.

The old man was full of energy and smiled: "Speaking of this Xishui Village, it has a great origin, hundreds of years ago, this piece of land was hit by a great drought, the land was cracked, the villagers were dying of thirst, and the cattle and horses raised at home could not hold on. One evening, an old man who was blind in strange clothes came to the entrance of the village, and he knocked on the door one by one to beg for water, but every family could not drink the water themselves, how could there be water for people who did not know each other to drink! ”

But there was a young man named Xishui, who saw that the old man was really pitiful, and couldn't help thinking of his long-dead father, so he secretly cut his wrist and took a bowl full of blood for him to drink. The old man's eyes couldn't see, and he took the bowl and drank it, maybe he was so thirsty that he didn't even drink the taste of blood. At last he drank the young man's blood, asked the young man's name, and went away with a smile. ”

Suddenly, someone noticed that in the place where he had walked, a trickle of water had come out of the cracked earth, and he picked it up and drank the sweet spring water. This stream has saved the people and livestock in the village, and has also raised us for generations, in order to commemorate the young man who saved everyone with his own blood, our village will be called Xishui Village from now on. ”

Yao Hulu nodded: "It turns out that there is such an allusion, this young man is not bad, there are very few people who can sacrifice themselves to fulfill others, he should be commemorated." That stream is the blood he shed at the beginning, and you descendants drink the blood of your ancestors. ”

"Hey, you have a point in saying that, but it doesn't sound right, if the water in the river is full of blood, who would dare to drink it!" The old man joked with the medicine gourd.

"I'm just making an analogy, why should you be serious, what I mean is that you are all supported by your ancestors, if your ancestors didn't cut your wrists for you, there would be no you." The medicine gourd said with a grin.

"You old man, I'll tell you this legend, you just listen to the story, how can there really be such a thing!" The old man pointed to the direction of the stream, and said, "You see that the river is so long, who can shed so much blood, it must have been there before, but people made up the origin of Xishui Village!" ”

"Since it is the origin, it is justified, it is what happened before." The medicine gourd deliberately raised the bar with him.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to see if that river existed before, or if it was conjured up by the immortals later." The old man took the arm of the medicine gourd and walked forward, "My family lives by the river, looking at this river day and night, what else do you give me, you will know it at a glance." Say I'm more serious, you old man is used to being more serious. ”

The quarrel between the medicine gourd and the old man seemed quite ridiculous to others, and it was originally a legend that was not worth arguing about, and I don't know what they had to quarrel about. It's just that Yao Hulu has always been such a boring person, maybe he is deliberately looking for something to come out, anyway, he is afraid of being idle.

Everyone chased them to the river, and the old man still pulled the medicine gourd to his own house: "Show you the river flowing in front of my house, and my daughter, she should also get up at this time, hehe, if she sees me, I'm afraid she will be surprised." ”

"That's a certainty, I haven't seen each other for so many days, and she is still worrying about you, for fear that you will suffer some grievances in the capital. It's no wonder that you suddenly appear in front of her, and she's not excited, but I want to warn you, it's not good for a woman with a child to be too excited, it will alarm the fetus. ”

"Oh, no, you can't, you can't, if you have a fetus, you can't do it, I swore to my son-in-law that I must let my daughter, mother and son be safe......" The old man couldn't help but hesitate, "I think I'd better not rush back first, lest my daughter see me ...... the fetus."

"Don't be so grinding, you're here, you're still afraid of this." The medicine gourd in turn pulled him and continued to walk forward, "I want to see if your son-in-law has three heads and six arms, why are you so afraid of him." ”

"It's not like this, it's not what you think, I'm not afraid of my son-in-law, but ......" The old man didn't finish speaking, seeing that the two figures in front of him were very familiar, he rubbed his eyes, saw each other's appearance clearly, and shouted happily: "Huan'er, Huan'er, my daughter......"

The pregnant woman with her back to Liu Ye and the others stood side by side with another man, hearing this call, she turned around with her back back, and saw the old man with tears in her eyes, she was stunned at first, and then cried with joy: "Dad, Dad, you're back......"

The father and daughter hugged each other and cried, and the old man did not forget to advise: "Don't get excited, don't cry, it's not good if the fetal gas is alarmed......"

At this time, the man also turned around and looked at the medicine gourd with an expressionless face, and the medicine gourd looked at him coldly, turning his head away with disdain, preferring to look at the river rather than look at him more.

Although there was still a distance away, it was not clear that the man's appearance could be seen, but from the outline of his body, Liu Ye was stunned, his mind was blank, Shi Zhong and Qing Ling were also at a loss, Nan Shengnu looked at Liu Ye frequently, wanting to comfort a few words but didn't know where to speak.

"Tu Qitang, you guy has been hiding here!" Chang Hui clenched his fists, roared and rushed forward, ignoring the old man and Huan'er's stopping, grabbed Tu Qitang's collar, "You hurt us so hard, I never thought that you would hide here and be happy, how can you be worthy of the princess, how can you be worthy of her, you ungrateful thing......"

Tu Qitang looked at Chang Hui indifferently, as if he had never seen him before, gently raised his sleeves, and shook Chang Hui out a few steps away. Above his head, Tu Qitang saw the delicate woman with pear blossoms and rain, she looked extremely beautiful and extremely sad, sobbing silently, and her clear eyes glittering with tears were so beautiful that her heart palpitated.

Liu Ye pursed his lips, not letting himself cry, and walked towards Tu Qitang step by step, looking at his strange appearance in disbelief. They hadn't seen each other for months since he fell off a cliff that night, and she thought she had lost him forever, but she didn't expect that there would be a chance to renew the relationship in this life. It's just that the front edge can be continued, she didn't settle down in her heart, when his life was in danger and life was uncertain, she prayed to the heavens, if Tu Qitang could be safe, she was willing to lose the love of her life and die alone.

Liu Ye sacrificed love to just ask Tu Qitang for safety, she thought she could give up the most precious feelings for him, but why did she can't help but want more when she saw him standing in front of her alive! Tu Qitang looked at her as if he was looking at a stranger, and she couldn't accept that they were the most familiar strangers from now on, even if Tu Qitang no longer loved her and found the happiness he wanted.

Tu Qitang's gaze was glued to Liu Ye, until Huan'er next to him grabbed him, he hurriedly looked away, and looked at Huan'er with gentle eyes: "It's windy here, you and your father should go back to the house to talk!" ”

Father? What does Tu Qitang call this daddy? Liu Ye couldn't help but shake her body, and almost sat down on the ground, when she saw this scene, she had already thought of something, but hearing it with her own ears was another matter. She was still thinking that all this was just a misunderstanding, and there must be something hidden in it, but now, she couldn't make excuses for herself, she could only accept this cruel reality.

Tu Qitang really stopped loving her, and conceived a child with another woman, yes, his dream is to have a child of his own and live a peaceful life, and she has been unable to realize it for him. They are all Tu Qitang who is constantly paying, risking their lives for her, even if it is at the cost of their lives.

Now, this woman named Huan'er has become the mother of his children, and it is only natural that his love has been transferred to her. Huan'er, this lucky and happy woman, she realized her dream for Tu Qitang, she gave her a calm and stable life, and she is the most qualified to be by his side.

Huan'er looked at Liu Ye with tears streaming down her face with concern, she didn't need to ask to know the relationship between her and Tu Qitang, she behaved quite calmly, responded with a smile, and took her father back to the house to rest. In the eyes of outsiders, this calmness is not for no reason, if it weren't for her absolute confidence in Tu Qitang, she would never be so sure.

Chang Hui got up from the ground and rushed to Tu Qitang again, gritting his teeth and saying, "You know what? How many grievances has the princess suffered for you, and you dare to make her sad for other women? ”

"Princess?" Tu Qitang looked at Liu Ye blankly, "I don't know where the princess has seen her before?" How did this misunderstanding happen? ”

Chang Hui looked at him in a daze: "What nonsense are you talking about?" Do you dare to say you don't know her? ”

Liu Ye's face turned pale, it turned out that Tu Qitang didn't love her anymore, but he didn't remember her at all.

Tu Qitang frowned and shook his head: "I'm sorry, I really can't remember when I saw this princess." ”

Qing Ling was dumbfounded, and rushed forward and shouted: "Ridiculous, too ridiculous, Tu Qitang, open your eyes and see, who is she?" How could you not remember her? ”

"This girl, I, I'm really ......" Tu Qitang lowered his head in embarrassment.

Qingling's tears burst out of his eyes, pushing Tu Qitang: "How is this possible? After you fell off the cliff, the princess washed her face with tears all day long, but you forgot about her, and you still had children with other women? It doesn't matter if you don't remember me, but you must remember the princess, you used to love each other so much, you can't forget her so ruthlessly......"

"Qingling, don't say it again, don't force him." The medicine gourd came over and grabbed the excited Qing Ling, "It's useless, he doesn't remember it, he doesn't remember, the poisonous scorpion has long said that he was delirious after he woke up, maybe you didn't take it to heart." Later, when I came to see him, I was so confused, and I couldn't tell him anything, and the reason why I brought the princess was because I expected him to remember anything, but now it seems that I am to blame for being nosy. ”

"Grandfather, why didn't you say it earlier when you came to us, if you had known that he was with other women, I wouldn't have let the princess come if I said anything, you are confused, aren't you going to pour salt on the princess's wound?" Qing Ling cried sadly.

"Isn't it just a woman, as long as he can think of the princess, what does it matter if there are many women around him." Yao Hulu stomped his feet angrily, "Before, the Holy Maiden of Mingyue said that this woman was his son's, I didn't believe it at all, who would have thought that he would marry a new love so soon, and also, he was pregnant with a child!" ”

"Who told you to bring us recklessly without checking it out at the beginning, Tu Qitang doesn't remember us, and now he only has that woman and their child in his eyes, don't you want us to come?" Qingling cried with tears in his nose, complaining about the medicine gourd, "Grandfather, you see how it is now." ”

"Ling'er, don't say it again." Shi Zhong stepped forward to stop it, glanced at Qingling, and signaled her not to affect Liu Ye's mood, "Let's go back as soon as possible, after all, this is not a place to stay for a long time." ”

Qing Ling looked at Liu Ye, whose face was like ashes, and said distressedly: "No, we can't go back until we find out, we can't come here in vain, at least, at least we have to get justice for the princess." ”

"Ling'er!" Shi Zhong was angry, "It's all at this time, what's the use of messing around, the wood is already in the boat, what justice can you get?" ”

"Yes, we can't go, what's this, even if this kid Tu Qitang is really delirious, there are always sober people around him! As for the poisonous scorpion, as well as the bright moon saintess, you have to find it and ask for clarification, this may be a scam, a scam that deliberately wants to make the princess sad! It must be a bad idea that the Holy Maiden of the Bright Moon came up with! Chang Hui talked to himself, and ignored the Southern Holy Maiden, whose face was getting more and more ugly.

"That's enough, don't talk about it." Liu Ye wiped away the tears on his face, raised his eyes and watched Tu Qitang walk towards him, carefully looked at his eyebrows, and saw that his complexion was much better, and he felt a little relieved.

Everyone looked at them with bated breath, Liu Ye and Tu Qitang looked at each other in pairs, and neither of them spoke first.

After a long time, Liu Ye smiled faintly: "Are you happy now?" ”

Tu Qitang was silent for a moment and nodded: "Yes, I am very happy." ”

"That's good, that's good......," Liu Ye said with relief, "I wish you and your family eternal happiness, if our appearance brings you trouble, please forgive me." ”

"The princess is polite, this should just be a misunderstanding!" Tu Qitang's eyes were full of apologies.

"yes, it's just a misunderstanding, don't take it personally." Liu Ye nodded with a smile and looked at him reluctantly, trying to find any trace of reluctance in his eyes, but unfortunately she was disappointed in the end.

"Farewell!" Liu Ye had no way to look at him more, knowing that their fate had come to an end, and forcing him to stay could only hurt others and himself.

Seeing Liu Ye and the others walk away, Tu Qitang locked his eyebrows and closed his eyes, and the Southern Holy Maiden suddenly spoke: "Sect Master, you have all remembered, haven't you?" ”