Chapter 64: An Encounter at the Inn

Early the next morning.

“…… Where's Madame, Madame? ”

Outside the Nuan Ying Pavilion, Xiao Xiang came out of the side of the trail with an anxious expression, and almost collided with the person who was about to go out.

Mama Lian reacted in time and took a few steps back, "I taught you the knowledge of etiquette last time, why can't you change this nonsense." The tone of dissatisfaction was like a melancholy of "children cannot be taught".

"Mama, I want to see Madame, is she not out of the house yet? It's in there, right? I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, I'm going in to find her now. ”

There was no breathing space, and after Xiaoxiang stopped Mama Lian in a panic, she ran in after saying it like a needle.

Hearing the sparse sound of conversation outside the house, Lian Huaying put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand and was about to go out to take a look.

But as soon as she got together, someone broke in in a hurry.

Accustomed to Xiaoxiang's recklessness, she didn't blame it, but sat back very calmly, "Running so fast, is it possible that Lan You is chasing you behind?" ”

In the past, Xiao Xiang would definitely reply with a proud face, "The four little short legs of the big gray are not as fast as me", and now, ......

"Madame, do you know where Mademoiselle has gone? Why did she say she was leaving? Did the young lady go out for something and be back later? ”

As soon as she stopped, she couldn't wait to start smashing out, her tone was fast and urgent, and even the smile on Hua Ying's lips froze on her face before it had time to fade.

"What are you taking?" ”

Xiao Xiang subconsciously tightened the thing in her hand, and her expression sank suddenly, "Yes...... It was a letter left by the young lady. ”

"Show me it."

Opening the page that was so simple that there was no cover, even Huaying's heart was instantly suffocated, there were only a few words in the letter, but she couldn't take her eyes off it after reading it for a long time.

"Madame...... Did I do something wrong and make Miss angry, so she didn't take Xiaoxiang when she went out to play? ”

Lian Huaying's eyes didn't move, and she said disapprenously: "Xiao Er just felt that the house was too boring, and she wanted to go out for a walk, and it happened that the gentleman who taught her medical skills passed here, so she went with her." ”

Seeing that her face did not change, and her expression was so calm that there was no fluctuation at all, Xiao Xiang suddenly said: "Oh, by the way, Miss used to go out and hang around a lot, so I'll look for her." ”

Before? She is not so extravagant, but now Xiao Er is already the same as the person who ran away from home when she was a child...... It's different.

Even Huaying folded the letter according to the original traces, and didn't look at the person who walked out like a frightened wind, "Xiao Er explained something to you alone, right?" ”

Although she was asking, there was no tone of doubt in her words.

According to Xiaoxiang's simple thoughts, if it weren't for Xiao Er's hints, she wouldn't have linked the word "leaving" to her own young lady at all.

“…… Well. Little Chancellor paused.

"What did she say?"

"Miss...... Let me not look for her. ”

Hearing this, Lian Huaying tugged at the corners of her lips and said lightly: "Oh, then it's up to her, I think I've had enough, and I'll naturally come back." ”

"No...... She won't be coming back. ”

After standing for a long time, Xiaoxiang suddenly turned around, and two lines of tears filled her eyes in an instant.

"On martial arts, Miss Swords, Guns, Swords, and Halberds account for everything, but she has no internal strength, although Miss doesn't like to study, but the small characters in one hand have made the master full of praise, and she, at the beginning of the pen, she was unfamiliar."

The memories of the past are vivid, and between the words, those pictures reappear in Xiao Xiang's mind like a spring.

She choked up and said: "Miss has been chivalrous since she was a child, she loves to play, laugh and join in the fun. ”

"As for her, she is cold and indifferent to everyone, even if she is smiling, it makes people can't get warm, and even sometimes, she is so quiet that everyone can ignore her existence......"

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Lian Huaying interrupted her, a little surprised and helpless in her inquiring eyes.

I thought she was the only one escaping from reality, making up excuses for those so-called "different", and convincing herself over and over again in my heart, but I never thought that this girl was also ......

Alas~ She should have thought of it a long time ago, Xiaoxiang has followed Xiao Er since she entered the country, and the two are almost inseparable, after so many years, her understanding of Xiao Er is not bad, but eight or nine points is more than enough.

"Madam, let's go and get her back, she doesn't have any master who teaches medical skills, even Doctor Xu is just a pretense, she has never hidden these things from me...... It's all because Xiaoxiang is too stupid, and I didn't understand it until now. ”

"Let's go back." Lian Huaying closed her eyes, and sighed gloomily in her heart.

The child, who has a kind of stability and appropriateness that does not match his peers, is accompanied by her, but Xiaoxiang, who is two years older, looks even more childish.

Now, without her by her side, Xiaoxiang seems to have grown a lot in one day.

Lian Huaying's eyes drooped dimly, and after a few breaths, a pair of beautiful eyes suddenly appeared in front of her, smiling like a crescent moon in the vast sea of stars, as if she was sweetly calling her "mother......

Vaguely, a figure in her sight suddenly knelt in front of her, and said with tears in her eyes: "It was Xiaoxiang who failed to protect Miss that day, and if Mrs. wants to blame, please punish me." ”

"But she ...... is not a bad person, she will patiently teach Xiaoxiang to read and practice calligraphy, will take the risk to reveal the emperor list after hearing that the little master is in prison, and will secretly dispense medicine for you to relieve insomnia. ”

"Madame, do you remember the purple tripod incense burner on your bedside table? There are already more than two dozen flavors of accessories added to it, all of which she has ...... little by little."

"Enough!" Lian Huaying suddenly screamed, her elbow against the edge of the table to support her forehead, and her expression looked very depressed.

Don't say it anymore, she can't listen to it anymore, otherwise the reluctance to finally fall silent in her heart will come out again.

During this period of time, she had long regarded the child as an existence like Xiao Er, and once again watched her daughter leave but couldn't do anything, how painful her heart was, I am afraid that no one can understand it.

"But ......"

In addition to her own young lady, Lian Huaying is one of the few people who can make Xiaoxiang obedient.

But this time...... She was stubborn and abnormal, and said hurriedly: "Madam, can you let Xiaoxiang go to her?" She doesn't know martial arts, and there are people in the shadows who are not good for her, and she almost got an arrow that day, if it weren't for ......"

"What do you say? Arrow?! Lian Huaying suddenly came back to her senses and grabbed her hand suddenly.

That Cangling arrow was actually aimed directly at Xiao Er?!

“……”

Xiao Xiang was stunned, and before she could react, a few quick words came into her ears, "Listen carefully......"

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On a summer day with the sea breeze blowing, it seemed that even the clouds had become light, Xiao Huang held the teacup in his hand, looked at the sparse horse stakes outside the inn, and his thoughts drifted far away.

After more than ten years of fatherless and motherless days, she has not experienced the pain of being abandoned.

thought that he had already looked down on it and didn't have any extravagant hopes for family affection, but fate was always joking with her.

Time and space transformation, strange world, strange identity, strange family...... Everything was so sudden that she was defenseless, so strange that she wasn't sure who she was supposed to be.

Originally, living alone, lonely and unconnected, was her usual mode of survival, and she never felt that there was anything wrong with that.

Because no matter what kind of environment she is in, as long as she goes down at her own set pace, she will not violate the river water with the well water of this world.

There is no need to be tempted, no need to figure out, step by step, even if you walk carefully, you can be free and easy.

Initially, she thought so......

However, there are too many immeasurable factors in life, and she knows that where human beings are, there is a strange circle of ruthlessness and unrighteousness, and there will be selfless and fearless emotions.

Those who donated organs for children in the hospital in the past life, and those who cared for young children during the earthquake...... Pile by pile, which time can't make people full of tears?

But she didn't have that kind of emotion for a long time - at least everyone else thought so.

She couldn't remember when she became what other people called cold-blooded hearts, loner freaks in the medical academy.

Maybe she didn't even frown when she had her first craniotomy? Maybe it was when he accompanied the forensic professor in and out of the morgue to make records, without a little psychological burden?

Of course, it could have been earlier, so early that she didn't even notice it.

For family affection, just if these words appear in the provisions of the law, Xiao Huang will feel ridiculous, family affection? That's something she doesn't fantasize about since she was three years old.

Even when she heard how the opponent's defense friend talked about the importance of family harmony to education at a nationwide competition.

She can also almost coldly retort that "the ethereal and fragile emotions between blood relations are just excess impurities in nature, and for the stupid and lazy, the family is just a hotbed for the lazy" caused the judges in the audience to sigh.

That kind of absurd look mixed with the fallacy of the world, Xiao Huang still remembers.

What is "providence"? She thought that it might be a thorny road that God opened up for the smooth sailing days of her first half of her life.

The love of the general and his wife for her was warm and delicate, and she easily got it without making any effort, like a frog boiled in warm water, and when she reacted, her heart was ...... It has long been shaken.

has only lived in the warm general's mansion for a few months, and gradually, she almost forgot that she was "Xiao Huang", not "Jimo Xiao Huang".

Even though...... She knew very well that that care did not belong to her.

But even so, she still hopes to be integrated into that kind of family affection, but fate always refuses to give up playing tricks on her.

Therefore, her life, which was already on the right track, was in this belated truth...... Fall apart.

Before leaving, she took a deep look at the plaque hanging on the gate of the General's Mansion, and after a long time, she turned around and left.

The morning sun shone on the street behind her, which seemed unusually bright and dazzling.

Maybe she was born a wanderer, and those days in the General's Mansion were just a little warmth she "stole" after all......

Quan was a dream, and when he woke up, the dream was gone, Xiao Huang sighed lightly.

When his thoughts returned, the porcelain cup in his hand also faded to a temperature, and it was slightly cool.

She lifted the pot next to her and tried to mix some hot water into it, but before she could pick up the cup.

With a "touch", a heavy ingot of silver flew straight into her teacup, the porcelain cup was poured, and the tea suddenly flowed to the table.

“…… This son, I'm really embarrassed, the No. 1 table has been booked by Qiu Gongzi, and there are other ...... in this store."

Hearing the movement on the right, Xiao Huang turned his head and saw the innkeeper holding a few pieces of silver, and he didn't accept it, and he looked embarrassed.

On the other hand, the initiator was idle with Erlang's legs on the table, leaning against the windowsill behind his back, and his hands behind his head.

Suddenly, he seemed to notice a scrutinizing gaze, and suddenly turned his eyes, his gaze was cold and cruel.

After unexpectedly bumping into Xiao Huang's sight, he retracted and let go freely.

That kind of look...... It is like the pupils inlaid with an eagle, so cold and thin that it makes people's backs hairy, and Xiao Huang can't help but be secretly frightened.

Turning his head, he heard him say with disdain: "Young Master Qiu? Oh, do you understand the rules of first come, first come, you only know, this position was paid by the master just now, what's the matter, it's not enough? ”

"How can it, this lord, look ......"

"Get out of the way, don't bother you, you don't want to open this shitty shop, do you!"

Hearing this, the shopkeeper was not angry, but said with a smile: "The master said that he laughed, there is an inn for little old man within a radius of more than ten miles, if it is not opened, how can a distinguished guest like you have a place to rest." ”

Although he said this flatteringly, there was no exaggeration at all.

There is only one official road outside the inn, the end of the north is Kyoto, and the end of the south is Juncheng, and the caravans come and go every day, which one is not the rich lord?

Oh, this shopkeeper is sleek and moderate, horizontal and vertical makes people can't find mistakes, and yes, he deals with all kinds of people every day, how can he do it without some communication skills.

Retracting his gaze, Xiao Huang took out a few chopsticks from the wooden tube, and casually swept the wet silver piece on the table with a few tea stalks attached to it to the ground.

The sharp-eyed shopkeeper on the side immediately came over to clean up the table for her, and after changing the teacups, the silver nuggets that were originally lying on the ground disappeared.

Xiao Huang knew it, but she didn't say anything, it wasn't her money, it was the same in anyone's pocket, but it was the shopkeeper's habitual sentence of "Childe is slow to use", which made her pause.

After a rare pause, the thunderous roar next to her came into her ears again.

"Master said to let you go, you are deaf, don't you understand?!"

"No, no...... The little one is not ......" The shopkeeper was frightened, and his words were a little unfavorable.

When he encountered such a difficult ancestor, he wanted to turn around and leave more than anyone else, but the one upstairs ...... It's not something he can afford to mess with, ouch, it's really going to die!

"Forget it, Master is in a good mood today, don't worry about you, a few good wines and dishes from Ma Yuer, send them to the location chosen by the master, go quickly!"

"Huh? …… Hey, hey! ”

The stalemate in front of him suddenly improved, and the shopkeeper hurriedly responded, and heard a sentence before the words fell......

"Master's silver, you just sent it so casually?"