Chapter Seventy-Two: Reckoning

"Can't you see? I'm gambling with my life on a future. Super fast and stable update novel, this article is written by ...... The starter"

In the firelight, Shen Miao's eyes were stronger than the burning flames, but the resoluteness in them was like a rock, unshakable.

"What's the use of the future when everyone is dead?" Xie Jingxing said sharply: "It's too risky. ”

Shen Miao laughed and looked at him sarcastically: "I am different from the little marquis, the little marquis has hands and eyes, and it doesn't take too much effort to get anything." I'm different, if I don't fight for my life, I might as well die. I'm not even afraid of death, how can I be afraid of fire?" she paused, "You go." ”

Xie Jingxing frowned and looked at her, a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes flashed with deep thought. He is not a good person, and he doesn't want to do anything to save him, so he was just an accident, but now that he comes back to his senses, he is a little ridiculed for his inability to hold on. Thinking of this, Xie Jingxing jumped onto the beam that had not yet burned, and said with interest: "I forgot, you are a smart person of the Shen family, of course you have the ability to retreat, but Ben Hou also wants to see, what skills do you have?"

His purple clothes showed some flowing gold in the firelight, and what was more dazzling than the clothes was the smile on his lips, the young man's expression was unruly, and his eyebrows were handsome and picturesque, when he looked like a amorous son in the play, but there was a kind of indifference and cruelty in his eyes, which made his cynical appearance colder.

At the banquet in the East Courtyard, after hearing that Shen Xin and his wife had returned to the house, Ren Wanyun was panicked, and she still had a trace of luck in her heart, thinking that it must be a mischievous subordinate who said this. But before she could think of any good way, she saw someone outside leading a group of people in. The leader smiled and said, "Mother, my son has come back to Beijing to celebrate your birthday!

Everyone's eyes looked at the pedestrian, the bearded man and the spicy beauty in the front were Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, and the young man with a warm smile behind them was Shen Qiu.

If it was in the past, it should be laughter and laughter at this moment, and with Ren Wanyun's exquisite ability, he would always be able to coax Shen Xin and his wife to be happy. But today's incident happened suddenly, he didn't go to the water in the morning, he didn't go to the water in the evening, but when Shen Xin returned home, Shen Miao was still trapped in the ancestral hall, Ren Wanyun didn't know what to do for a while, so she had to be stupid in place.

Old Madam Shen is even more so, she has no idea, she will only play some prestige in the back house, that is, to deal with Shen Miao, which is also used in some unseemly means. In front of the public, she couldn't even pretend to be flustered.

Chen Ruoqiu was a little anxious in her heart, although she also wanted to lose both the second room and the big room, but now she is also at this feast, if Shen Xin did not come back today, Shen Miao died in the fire, there is no proof of death, they can say whatever they want, but when Shen Xin comes back, he has eyes to see, and anyone with a clear eye can see what is going on, what should she do?

Shen Qing and Shen Yue are both a little afraid of their eldest uncle, because Shen Xin is a military general after all, and he always has a decisive and decisive aura on his body, these delicate little girls will always be afraid of this for no reason, and when they see their mother so jealous, they are even more masterless.

Shen Gui and Shen Wan glanced at each other, their eyes were very solemn, for so many years, they had covered it up well, so they had never made a mistake, let alone seen their eldest brother angry. But today, if Shen Miao really has three longs and two shorts, what will Shen Xin do, they will also shudder when they think about it.

While thinking about it, Shen Xin and his wife and Shen Qiu had already walked in front of Old Madam Shen's banquet. Seeing that the guests were silent, just staring at them with a strange expression, Luo Xueyan frowned, sensitively aware that something was wrong, but she didn't know what was wrong.

It was still Shen Qiu, who glanced at the table, and carefully inspected it seriously, and asked suspiciously: "Hey, grandmother, why don't you see my sister at this table?"

Saying this, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan also noticed it. Shen Yue and Shen Qing were there, and even Shen Dongling, the concubine of the big house, was there, but among the young ladies, they didn't see Shen Miao's shadow. Shen Xin paused with a smile and asked, "Mother, where did Jiaojiao go?"

Old Madam Shen was speechless, what did she say, Ren Wanyun kept saying and shouted for the guards, but her movements were slow, and she obviously didn't take this matter to heart. They didn't even move from their seats.

"General Shen!" But Feng Anning suddenly stood up, and she said loudly: "You came back just in time, the ancestral hall has just gone to the water, and Miss Shen Wu is trapped in the fire at the moment!"

Her words were deliberately indignant, but in fact, they were also to give Shen Miao a bad breath. Feng Anning herself is favored in the Feng family, don't say that she encountered today's situation, even if she fell in the mansion, it would be everyone who came to ask for warmth. Now seeing that Shen Miao is in danger, the people in this Shen Mansion look unhurried, and they sympathize with Shen Miao in their hearts. Since Shen Xin came back so coincidentally, it was not as good as Shen Xin to sue him.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan were stunned. The ancestral hall is in stock, Shen Miao is trapped in the fire, so good, why did Shen Miao go to the ancestral hall. And more importantly, why is Shen Miao in danger, and these relatives of the Shen family can still drink and have fun at the feast?

Ren Wanyun came back to her senses and hurriedly explained: "Big brother and sister-in-law, I was about to look for a guard, and you just came......

Before she finished speaking, Shen Xin passed by him without saying a word, and the glance at Ren Wanyun made Ren Wanyun fall into an ice cellar, which was really terrifying and fierce.

Luo Xueyan and Shen Qiu also came back to their senses, and rushed towards the ancestral hall without saying a word.

In the ancestral hall, the fire became more and more fierce, almost becoming a huge fireball, in which, Shen Miao covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief prepared in advance, but Xie Jingxing frowned and looked at him, even in such a choking smoke, he looked very relaxed, without a trace of embarrassment, and said to Shen Miao: "If you don't go out, you will really have to die here." ”

"If you don't go out, you can only be buried with me. Shen Miao sneered.

"Sharp teeth. Xie Jingxing smiled nonchalantly: "What are you waiting for?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard an angry roar outside: "Jiaojiao!"

Xie Jingxing swept to the window, and he could clearly see from the small space vacated in the flames that the people outside were none other than Shen Xin and his wife and Shen Qiu.

Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan thought of walking the water before, but they didn't expect the fire to be so fierce, and their eyes suddenly cracked. There were a group of guards outside the ancestral hall, but no one went in to save people, just looking for some buckets to splash water to put out the fire, but this cup of water, if they waited for them or pounced on their faces, where would Shen Miao still have his life.

Shen Qiu gritted his teeth: "I'm going to save my sister!" After speaking, he was about to rush in, but before he could take two steps, the measurement outside fell in front of him, and the burning fire made a "crackling" sound, blocking all the way ahead.

"Jiaojiao!"

"Sister!"

In the house, Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows and said, "It turns out that your small characters are delicate, but they don't match people at all." ”

"The person I'm waiting for has arrived, so let's go out by myself. Shen Miao's eyebrows were full of anger, and now she arranged this play by herself, just to let Shen Xin see clearly, what is the situation of this seemingly harmonious and friendly Shen Mansion, and what kind of evil intentions are hidden by those relatives who keep saying that they love her. The generals are loyal and loyal, they are not stupid, they are just unwilling to guess people's hearts with the most vicious thoughts, and she doesn't have much time to let Shen Xin slowly understand, only in this way can they use the most direct and violent means to let them see clearly.

She picked up a piece of wood stained with fire on the ground and slammed it on her arm, Xie Jingxing was stunned, Shen Miao gritted her teeth, and big drops of sweat flowed down her forehead, she threw down the horizontal wood, and there was a burn mark on her white arm.

Xie Jingxing couldn't hide the shock in his heart, he hadn't met a woman who was cruel to him in his life, and the women among those dead soldiers would treat themselves like this without thinking. But Shen Miao is not a dead man, she is just a delicate little girl in the high gate, her life should be the same as those noble ladies in Dingjing, just like her small words, delicate and soft, not burning on herself without frowning.

He saw Shen Miao put out some more flames on her body, straightened up and ran outside, she stumbled and stumbled, as if she was about to fall, but her movements were extremely accurate, and where she ran, there were no flames. Xie Jingxing narrowed his eyes and saw clearly, the road was narrow, and a small opening had been left in the burned Wangwang ancestral hall just now. I think someone had prepared it and poured something that wouldn't catch fire, in order to escape from it.

Everything was arranged by Shen Miao, she really gambled with her life on a future, and she also won the bet, so the unlucky ones should be others.

Xie Jingxing raised his lips and smiled, and glanced meaningfully at the back that disappeared in the firelight, but he swept towards another exit, which was the back door of the ancestral hall, his body was light, like a swallow, with a punch and a kick, this extremely dangerous fire-colored cage and him, like flat ground, swept out in the blink of an eye.

The person who answered on the other end was already there, and when they saw him come out, they all breathed a sigh of relief: "Master." ”

"The thing is not in the ancestral hall, Shen Xin is back, go. He said quickly, turned and disappeared into the trees on the hill behind the ancestral hall.

Outside, Shen Miao stumbled out.

Seeing Shen Miao's figure, Shen Qiu jumped up suddenly: "Sister!"

Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan also almost cried with joy, they were already trying to rush inside with fire, who knew that they couldn't get in at all, but now they were overjoyed to see Shen Miao run out by herself.

"Jiaojiao!"

Shen Miaofang ran out, but her legs were weak, and she fainted suddenly, Shen Qiu hurriedly caught her, and saw that on the arm of Shen Miao's left hand, there was a shocking burn mark, Shen Qiu's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and Shen Miao shrank in his arms, closed his eyes and muttered: "Let me out, I won't marry ......." ”

Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, who rushed over, immediately froze in place when they heard this.

......

The inner room in the west courtyard was filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, and the servants inside and outside seemed to be busy, and in this lazy and somewhat barren courtyard, it seemed to be abruptly a little more upgraded. And at the moment, the house is also lively.

"I handed Jiaojiao to my two sisters, just thinking that my sister would definitely take a good look at Jiaojiao for me, but now it seems that this is not the case, if I didn't come back today, I am afraid that no one will know that Jiaojiao died in this fire. Luo Xueyan hugged her chest and sneered. She is naturally not a good person, and she is known as the "Rakshasa Woman" on the battlefield. The people who treat the Shen Mansion politely on weekdays are just for their sake of educating Shen Miao, who knows that when they look at it today, they seem to have torn off the mask of the past, and they are very angry in their hearts, and they naturally speak mercilessly.

"Sister-in-law, it's not like this. Ren Wanyun explained with a smile: "I have already asked the guards to fight the fire, I regard Jiaojiao as my own daughter, how could I watch her fall into danger." Sister-in-law, how have I treated Jiaojiao for so many years, you know it clearly, otherwise how could Jiaojiao be so close to us?"

"Biological daughter?" Luo Xueyan sneered: "We Jiaojiao can't afford to be a vicious mother like you." She faced Ren Wanyun and forced Ren Wanyun back step by step, but her tone was cold: "I also want to ask my sister, since it is the old lady's birthday, why is Jiaojiao alone in the ancestral hall?"

"The fifth sister and the fifth sister want to go to the ancestral hall to make incense ...... for the ancestors. Under Luo Xueyan's forced gaze, Ren Wanyun panicked, but found a clumsy excuse.

"Ren Wanyun!" Luo Xueyan shouted: "You use these excuses to lie to me, you are being a fool." What is locked up in the ancestral hall, what is forced to marry, this account, I will settle it one by one, this matter will not be so easy to settle. Ren Wanyun, "Luo Xueyan is already spicy, and when she is more energetic, she has a domineering majesty: "If my Jiaojiao is a little bad, you see how I settle accounts with you!"

When she finished speaking in one breath, everyone in the room trembled a little. Luo Xueyan is not in the Shen Mansion all the year round, and the people in the house have long stopped treating her as a serious master. And more people are Ren Wanyun's eyeliner. And every time Luo Xueyan comes back, she is also smiling, she is open-minded, hearty, and not cares about small things, and everyone only thinks she is a good talker, how have they ever seen her so loud. couldn't spit out a word that Ren Wanyun said, and her face was bruised.

Shen Miao, who was sleeping in the back room, turned over and turned inward, but her eyes were full of clarity. She tried her best to perform this play, and even did not hesitate to leave a scar on her body, just to eliminate any possibility of Ren Wanyun being forgiven. The Shen family is all good at acting, and they act in a few plays and say some good things, but they are afraid that it will soften people's hearts. Unless that harm has already been done, no parent will tolerate others hurting their children, like her Wanyu and Fu Ming.

Now Luo Xueyan no longer trusts Ren Wanyun and Chen Ruoqiu as much as she used to, and treats the people in the second and third rooms with the attitude of treating the enemy, at least her burns are not in vain. That's good.

And Shen Xin in the outer courtyard was facing Shen Gui and Shen Wan with Shen Qiu at this moment.

"Big brother, it's all a misunderstanding. Shen Gui was a little anxious, he didn't know that Ren Wanyun wanted Shen Miao and Shen Qing sisters to marry, and Shen Miao was imprisoned in the ancestral hall because Shen Miao had made a mistake before. Shen Gui has always been worried about Shen Miao's collision with himself in Rongjing Hall that day, and naturally has no opinion on Guan Shen Miao's entry into the ancestral hall, who knows that something happened at this juncture.

"Second uncle, this is not a misunderstanding. Shen Qiu took a step forward, he clenched his fists tightly, trying his best to control his urge to step forward and overturn the two, and said: "Grandmother's birthday banquet, my sister is the only one who is locked up in the ancestral hall, I want to ask, what wrong she made, why there are so many guards guarding the door, these guards don't go to save people, just watch outside." Second uncle and third uncle, can I understand that these guards are not to save people, but to block other people's roads and try to kill my sister!"

After all, Shen Qiu is young and vigorous, and he naturally doesn't think about it when he speaks, he will say whatever comes to mind, and he did not live up to Shen Miao's expectations, and even said things more serious than Shen Miao thought. As soon as these words came out, Shen Xin's face suddenly sank to death, and Shen Gui and Shen Wan were startled, Shen Wan hurriedly persuaded: "Big nephew, how can you say that? Wu Niang is our niece, how can we harm him?" He looked at Shen Xin: "Big brother, today's incident is an accident, big brother has lived with us for so many years, if we want to harm Wu Niang, how can we raise her so well? Big brother doesn't believe us?"

Shen Wan is a scholar, and he looks like a bright and beautiful person, and he is very capable of fooling people's hearts, as if he is the only one in the world. But Shen Xin didn't eat this set, if it was in the past, he would probably feel that this was a misunderstanding, after all, they have raised Shen Miao so well for so many years, and even Shen Miao is willing to be close to them, but as soon as today's incident came out, he looked at these people again, and he only felt that it was just some Sven under the skin, and the wolf's ambition was obvious.

So in the surprised eyes of Shen Gui and Shen Wan, Shen Xin scolded: "Let your mother's fart! You are so foolish when you are Lao Tzu? I handed Jiaojiao to you, you want to kill her." Shen Gui, Shen Wan, don't you think that Lao Tzu is not in the capital, Lao Tzu's daughter can be bullied by you, today I, Shen Xin, will leave the words here, and when Jiaojiao wakes up, let's see!"

Shen Gui and Shen Wan were dumbfounded. Although Shen Xin is a rough general, but for so many years, he has always restrained his rough temper in front of them, although he is not as elegant as those literati, but now when he looks at it, he knows that this Shen Xin is a hooligan in his bones!

In fact, Shen Xin was also extremely angry, originally seeing his daughter in the sea of fire, his heart was angry and painful, and then the words that Shen Miao said before fainting became the last straw that crushed the camel. The simpler she said, the more reverie people had, and even made Shen Xin guess what kind of life Shen Miao was living in the Shen Mansion. The more he thought about it, the more disgusted he was when he saw his two younger brothers, and if he could, Shen Xin couldn't wait to pull out his sword and slash these two beasts with a sword!

"Shut up!" There was an angry shout from behind him, and everyone turned around in unison to see Fu'er Xi'er walking over with Old Madam Shen in her arms.

Old Madam Shen was almost angry, she had the best face in her life, but today she was at her birthday banquet, in front of a person with a face in Dingjing City. Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan Xingshi's appearance of asking about the guilt The guests all saw it with their own eyes, and the place of right and wrong could not stay for a long time, so they left in a hurry. Only halfway through the birthday feast remained. At this moment, all the guests left, so she also hurried over to ask for the guilt, who knew that as soon as she came, she saw the scene of Shen Xin questioning Shen Gui and Shen Wan, so she naturally spoke out without hesitation.

Shen Qiu turned around, saw Old Madam Shen, and said to his grandmother, but his attitude was not very enthusiastic. In the past, when Shen Yuan was there, Mrs. Shen preferred Shen Yuan, and everyone said that it was because the old lady didn't like to fight and kill, and Shen Yuan took the path of Wenchen, so the old lady preferred Shen Yuan. But most of the children have an intuition, Shen Qiu intuitively doesn't like to be close to Mrs. Shen, and when she comes back later, she is even more alienated.

This time, seeing Shen Miao fall into the trap, this feast can continue, Shen Qiu is not happy in his heart, and he can't wait to stand up for his sister immediately.

Old Madam Shen glanced at Shen Qiu sideways, her gaze swept over Shen Xin again, and finally took out the shelf, and said, "Old man, as soon as you returned to the house, what kind of majesty did you send to your two younger brothers? Why, do you want to put the general's shelf in my Shen family?"

When Mrs. Shen was young, although she was born as a singer and secretly said nothing, she was still very gentle and virtuous on her face, and she made an old general obedient. Before his death, the old general told Shen Xin that Shen Gui and Shen Wan followed the path of Wenchen, and only Shen Xin inherited the mantle, and he wanted to support his two younger brothers and make sure that the family was in harmony. When General Shen was alive, he had a deep relationship with Shen Xin's father and son, and Shen Xin would always take his words to heart. So over the years, my respect for Mrs. Shen has not changed in the slightest.

But historically, people's feelings have been downward. Parents love their children, and children love the next generation of children, but very few love their parents more than their children. Shen Xin is the same, a mother who has no blood relationship and his own flesh and blood, Shen Xin naturally chooses flesh and blood without hesitation. Old Madam Shen's words are now useless in Shen Xin's ears.

He hugged his fist at Old Madam Shen: "Mother, it's not me who is putting up a fight in the mansion, it's really strange today, as a mighty general, I can't even protect the safety of my daughter, what face to go to see the ancestors of the Shen family, wouldn't I be ashamed of my reputation for being majestic outside." I will definitely find out about this matter, today should be to celebrate his mother's birthday, but the son is not filial, and he really can't watch Jiaojiao fall into trouble and do nothing, so he can only make amends to his mother in the future. What he said was that Shen Miao was in trouble, but these people in the Shen family were still in the mood to continue the feast if nothing happened, and their hearts could be punished.

Old Madam Shen stood still, Shen Xin had always behaved to him. When she was young, she also thought about using other means to kill Shen Xin, but the old general loved Shen Xin like her life, so she didn't even have a chance to do it. When Shen Xin is older, there is no way. However, Shen Xin treated her with respect, and she was also happy to act, this was the first time that Shen Xin refuted her words so strongly, and she was so shocked that she didn't make a sound for a while.

Shen Xin turned his head to look at Shen Gui and Shen Wan again, and said in a gloomy tone: "What is going on in this matter, I will naturally find out clearly." The second and third brothers took their leave. He turned around and strode away, without looking at the others, Shen Qiu hurriedly followed.

After walking out of the east courtyard, Shen Xin said to Shen Qiu: "The fire rat hair cloak on the carriage, wait for your sister." I see that the danger in the house is no worse than the battlefield, and your sister needs more than the old lady. ”

"Yes. Shen Qiu was overjoyed, and then thought of something, and said, "Dad, what did my sister say before she fainted, we have to check it too." Northwest has never received any news about these things. ”

"Hmph," Shen Xin said in a deep voice: "I see that there are a lot of demons and monsters in the General's Mansion, this time your sister almost died, find out those who don't want to die, Lao Tzu will be tortured one by one!"

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Lin'an Hou Mansion.

When Xie Jingxing returned to the house, he saw a person sitting at the table, dressed in white, with a folding fan swaying, looking at him with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Xie Jingxing put down the sword in his hand and asked.

"I heard that you went to the Shen Mansion to look for something, what was the result?" Gao Yang asked with a smile.

"Nope. ”

"I guessed that the thing wasn't in the Shen Mansion," Gao Yang shook his head, a hint of disappointment flashed on his face: "If the thing isn't in the Shen Mansion, what are you going to do next?"

"The eight immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers. Xie Jingxing sat down opposite him and poured himself a cup of tea: "What else?"

"However, Shen Xin's return to Beijing this time, there may be new turmoil in Mingqi. Gao Yang looked at him, and the folding fan in his hand paused slightly: "The Fu family will ...... at this time" He put his hand on his neck and made a murderous gesture.

"The Shen family's merits are high, and the fire cooks oil, sooner or later, there will be this day. Xie Jingxing took a sip of tea, and his tone was flat, without the slightest sympathy.

Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders, suddenly thought of something, and took out a blue vial from his arms: "Last time, I heard Tie Yi say that your hand was injured, and I gave you the medicine." ”

"What kind of medicine do you want for a minor injury?" Xie Jingxing frowned.

"I don't have a scar with this medicine. Gao Yang simply stuffed the medicine bottle into Xie Jingxing's hand: "It's not good to leave a scar." ”

"I'm not a woman. Xie Jingxing threw the medicine bottle back like a plague: "Take it back!"

"If you were a woman, you would cry and beg me for it. Gao Yang said: "Take it back, this medicine is very expensive, and a bottle is worth a thousand gold." ”

Xie Jingxing glanced at him, the corners of his mouth were hooked with disdain, but he suddenly thought of the picture of the girl burning the fire-stained spirit card into her hand without hesitation in the sea of fire.

Afraid of scarring? Not necessarily.

After a deep groan, he reached out and retracted the bottle into his arms.

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