It was already late at night, and the residence of the head of the Liu family was also pitch black, only a few lights on the aisle seemed to be suspended in the air, slowly moving with the footsteps of the patrol guards, adding to a strange atmosphere.

Liu Qingxue is Mrs. Liu's mourning hall in front of her, but it has not yet been properly arranged, the mother has passed away, and there are many places for people to work, and now there is only a red lacquered coffin lying in the middle of the mourning hall, and there is a mourning flag hanging on the hall, which spreads horizontally along the corner of the wall from the top of the coffin, and then hangs straight down, and a brazier used to burn paper is placed in front, but there is nothing inside. The dim lights are lit all around, and the whole mourning hall is dyed with a layer of goose yellow light.

Liu Qingxue knelt straight in front of the coffin, looking at the coffin close at hand, but she didn't have the courage to push open the coffin and go in to take a look, she could only stare at the wooden box separating herself from her mother, her eyes were empty, but she couldn't shed tears. There was only a slight sound of sparks bursting in the oil lamp, and even Liu Qingxue's breathing could not be heard, Liu Qingxue was just kneeling, like a statue, without moving at all.

I don't know how long it took, the sky gradually glowed a little white, and the glimmer gradually dispelled the darkness in the sky, like the light gradually penetrated from behind the black cloth, and it seemed like the black cloth gradually faded.

There was a slight sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and it was the people who got up to wash. Liu Qingxue finally stood up, patted her numb feet, and limped but left the Weeping Willow House unusually quickly. What she didn't notice was that there was a figure silently following, faintly green.

The two have always maintained a suitable distance, and the blue light chased the blue figure, shuttling through the willow house. When he was about to enter the residence of the female disciple of the Liu family, the cyan light suddenly rushed forward, and the distance between the two was sharply shortened.

Liu Qingxue, who was in front, stopped abruptly, drew her sword out of the sheath without hesitation, pulled out a sword flower, turned around and pointed to the darkness behind her. Chen Ye silently walked out of the darkness, a pair of calm and clear eyes, followed by a faint daylight, looking at Liu Qingxue. But what was different from the past was that he was still holding a stick-like thing in his hand, wrapped in cloth, about an inch longer than Liu Qingxue's snow shadow.

In my impression, Chen Ye never held a blade in his hand.

"What is the intention of following all the way?" asked Liu Qingxue in a cold voice.

"Have you made up your mind?" Chen Ye's voice sounded softly, but Liu Qingxue heard it very clearly in the silent street.

Liu Qingxue frowned slightly: "What do you mean?" For some reason, she suddenly had a feeling that she was being seen through by those clear and calm eyes. In these eyes, there was a faint glint of light.

Liu Qingxue caught a glimpse of the blue light looming on his body, she knew how powerful this blue light was, the tips of the fingers holding the sword turned white, and her voice was even more awe-inspiring: "Are you here to stop me?"

The two looked at each other quietly for a moment, and Liu Qingxue's idea of making a move was about to move, and she couldn't help but take a step forward. Chen Ye took another half step back, the blue light gradually faded, and the right hand holding the stick-like thing received it behind his back. Then he lowered his head and said in a very soft voice that could ensure that Liu Qingxue could hear, "You go." ”

Liu Qingxue glanced at Chen Ye suspiciously. But she knew very well that with Chen Ye's skills, there was no need to sneak attack from behind, and she didn't understand what Chen Ye was trying to suddenly appear and quietly let herself go. The two looked at each other silently for a long time, and then Liu Qingxue put the sword into the sheath, glanced at Chen Ye again, and walked away.

......

Liu Binyuan really can't get interested in amusement recently, and even the gray-haired ape hasn't visited him for some days. As soon as my mother died, my father and sister had a big quarrel, and it was said that the quarrel was very strong, and it spread throughout the Liu family. Liu Binyuan only hated that he was not there to comfort him at that time, and now he can only be in a hurry.

Liu Yuelei locked himself in the Snow Melting Garden for a whole day, and sent Chen Ye and the others away, and it is said that there was a sound of smashing things all the time at night. Therefore, it was not until this morning that Liu Binyuan dared to push open the door and enter. I saw Liu Yuelei with a pale face and a haggard appearance sitting in the main hall, obviously not sleeping all night, Liu Binyuan shouted twice before he reacted.

Liu Yuelei waved his hand, signaling that he was fine. Liu Binyuan handed some porridge and side dishes in the food box to Liu Yuelei, and Liu Yuelei ate them, thinking that he was hungry. After he swept away the dishes in front of him, he sighed softly.

"That sister of yours is so stubborn. Yesterday with her expression, I even felt like she was going to draw her sword and kill me. Liu Yue Lei said quietly.

Liu Binyuan felt very uncomfortable when he heard it, so he had to comfort: "Sister, that's a momentary anger, don't take it to heart Daddy." ”

Liu Yuelei just waved his hand, and said helplessly: "You still help me persuade her, if she really doesn't want to, I can't force her, then ......" Liu Yuelei paused, as if he thought of something, but suddenly kept silent.

"In half a month, it will be her birthday, and I still want to help her celebrate it to break the suspicion. I didn't expect ......" Liu Yuelei's expression looked a little blank, as if a sleepless night made him refreshed, and halfway through his words, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength, hung his head, and couldn't go on.

"Yes, then I'll go see my sister. Liu Binyuan hurriedly comforted. He knew he had to play the role of a peacemaker.

Seeing Liu Yuelei nodded, Liu Binyuan walked towards his sister's residence. The four of them originally lived in the courtyard weeping willow house owned by the head of the Liu family, but later Liu Qingxue moved out alone because she was dissatisfied with her father, and lived with the women of the younger generation of the Liu family, but one room per person, and did not interact with other people much.

Originally, it was inconvenient for Liu Binyuan to enter and leave the woman's boudoir, but he was anxious to see Liu Qingxue, and as soon as he came to the front of the building, he bumped into a female disciple who was about to come out, and Liu Binyuan happened to recognize it.

"Sister Qin'er. Liu Binyuan greeted with a smile, this female disciple lived very close to Liu Qingxue, although Liu Binyuan was not familiar, but he could finally recognize his face.

"Young Master is so bold, do you want to break into the boudoir?" the female disciple covered her mouth and chuckled. Liu Binyuan is dashing, and he rarely taboos the defense of men and women, perhaps compared to Liu Qingxue, the female disciples in the Liu family are closer to Liu Binyuan.

"My sister is here, I need to come and see her. Liu Binyuan didn't have the heart to talk to Qin'er at this time, so he asked straight to the point.

Qin'er's eyes widened, and she looked a little surprised: "Sister Qingxue, she just came back half an hour ago, and I vaguely heard her voice entering the house." Looking at her appearance, it seems that she didn't come back last night and stayed in Madame's funeral hall for the night. ”

Liu Bin said strangely: "Stayed in the mourning hall for a night?" The mourning hall has not yet been properly arranged, and it is not yet the time to worship, Liu Qingxue spent the night in the mourning hall, presumably in an unhappy mood.

"I'll go in and take a look for you. Liu Binyuan thanked her and waited outside the door. After a long time, Qin'er came out and shook her head at Liu Binyuan, but her expression looked very weird. She was holding a piece of paper with a few lines of handwriting faintly visible.

Liu Binyuan was stunned for a moment, and then had a bad premonition in his heart. He hurriedly took the piece of paper, and saw a few lines neatly written on it, which he recognized as Liu Qingxue's handwriting. Liu Binyuan's eyes swept away, a look of horror appeared on his face, and he said: "It's broken, it's broken!"

There are a few simple lines on the white paper, and there is not even a payment.

"Marriage, forgiveness. Qingxue admires the wind and snow, and is unwilling to curl up in a city. So he traveled south, and when he returned, he asked his father for sin. ”