Chapter 13: The Unexpected
When I woke up, I was wearing Chu Zhilan's robe, and I realized that I had slept all night on the bed in the bath room......
There aren't many rooms in the ancestral hall.,Originally, I was supposed to sleep in a room with Meixiang.,As a result, I didn't see my Meixiang all night.,As soon as I saw me in the morning, I showed an expression of "no need to explain, sister, I understand everything".
I found Chu Zhilan, who was practicing swords in the courtyard, and handed him the robe a little shyly.
"Why didn't you wake me up last night?"
He put away his sword, reached for his clothes, tapped me on the head by the way, and went back to his room without saying a word.
I touched my head that had been knocked out by him, confused...... The civet was coming back from outside with a basket of firewood, and when he saw me, he immediately stopped me: "Miss Qingyi, did you sleep well?" ”
I pushed the basket of firewood that was about to hit my face, and grinned: "Okay, okay, Brother Ji is so early." ”
He put the basket down, "Not early, not early, I didn't sleep last night." ”
I wondered, "Why?" ”
"I see that you and Brother Chu Wen have a friendship, so I didn't dare to disturb you."
It turned out that Chu Zhilan and the civet were assigned to sleep in the bath. I blushed for a moment and couldn't speak, and the civet didn't say anything more, and happily walked away with the basket in his arms, with a little envy on his face.
I was about to turn around and say sorry to the civet when I suddenly heard a noise outside the courtyard and the hysterical cry of a man echoing over the ancestral hall, so I stopped and looked out of the courtyard.
"Help! Yes! Don't twist my arm, it's broken...... Good sister, my arm is going to break! Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, save me! ”
The already dilapidated courtyard gate was kicked open, and Yuliu Yuqing, one of the man's arms, threw him to the ground.
The man in a purple costume was face down, and he fell and gnawed on the mud. He put his hands on the ground and was about to get up, when Yuqing stepped on his back, leaving a footprint on the delicate silk fabric.
The man couldn't stand up, so he had to try to raise his head, but Yuqing stepped on his head again......
I steadied myself and walked to the man with a light step, then picked up a brick next to me, grabbed him by the collar and slapped it down.
"Bai Tingyu! You fucking brute! ”
Blood flowed down his head, and I came back to my senses in an instant, and hurriedly threw the blood-stained brick, my hands were slippery, and when I looked down, the scarlet blood was also stained all over my hands.
Bai Tingyu first glanced at me unwillingly: "Xu ...... Xu Chaodu? Then he fell to the ground. His last words before he fell unconscious were: "Dear friend, save ...... Save me. ”
My wrist was grabbed from behind, and when I turned my head, it was Chu Zhilan's unbelievable look. Only then did I realize that my body was trembling uncontrollably, and the tears in my eyes were uncontrollable and flowing.
Chu Zhilan wanted to hug me, but I subconsciously pushed me away, I needed to be quiet.
I don't know how Bai Tingyu felt when he woke up and saw me holding a dagger and pointing it at his eyes, I didn't care, because I just wanted his life. It's the only human life I want. He still had the same gloomy face and disdainful expression as he had when he first met me. Even now the situation has been completely reversed: I was a fish, and now the knife is in my hand.
"Bai Tingyu, you're done." I put the dagger around his neck.
"Why is your best friend's dagger in your hand?" He stared at me with the same sinister expression as before. At the beginning, he showed such an expression, shackled my chin, and said, "Give her medicine." ”
I ignored his question, just pressed my trembling desire, and the dagger in my hand was closer to his skin, "Bai Tingyu, you and I have no grievances, if you don't want to marry me, just talk to Qi Yu honestly, why are you so cruel to me?" ”
He sneered, "Heh, do I have a choice? ”
I was furious and yelled, "Then how could I have had a choice? ”
I threw the dagger in my hand and grabbed him by the collar with all my strength to push him to the ground.
"You stunned me, dumbfounded me, wasted my hands and feet, since you don't like me so much, why do you want to promise Qi Yucheng's harmony? And why do you insult me? Why don't you just give me a good time and let me die? Do you know that from the Imperial Tomb of the national capital to Bailing Mountain, the journey is March, and when I fall off the cliff, I already have flesh and blood in my stomach! ”
At this point, I couldn't stand it anymore, the fact that I had been trying to escape was dug out of my heart by myself, stained with blood.
"Heh, what a Qi Yucheng, just give me a woman I don't want, and even give my own child to someone else." Bai Tingyu stood up from the ground without paying any attention, and never looked at me squarely from beginning to end. He patted the dust on his robe, "Xu Chaodui, how disgusting are you?" ”
It's unexpected, really.
What kind of expression should I show? Now, I guess I can only laugh at myself.
"You don't think that kid is mine, do you? What are you thinking? I don't even bother to touch you. ”
I froze in place, watching him slowly and methodically arranging his gorgeous silk purple robe. I used to wonder that I did not know who the child was for a while. But as time passed, I stubbornly thought in my heart that the child must be Bai Tingyu. It's this person I have never loved, only hated. He bullied me, hurt me, killed an innocent life.
I muttered, "You lied to me......"
He turned around and walked out, standing alone in the room, "Xu Chaodu, you are so pitiful." As he spoke, he chuckled disdainfully.
I was drained of the last of my courage and sat down on the ground, and from outside the door came the pig-killing cry of this proud nobleman, "Ah! Friend! Why do you do this to me! My arm! My leg! Friend! Don't kill me! ”
I looked at Bai Tingyu with a blue nose and swollen face, without the slightest pleasure of revenge, I casually shook my hand at Chu Zhilan, indicating that it didn't matter to me what he did.
But Bai Tingyu obviously didn't think like this, he didn't want to die after all. He threw himself on his knees and reluctantly said to me, "I'm sorry." "I'm furious, how can anyone do such an excessive thing to others, and it will end if you can't stop saying sorry? But before I could have a seizure, Chu Zhilan had already punched him in the face, and he howled bitterly: "Don't slap your face again!" Friend! ”
After a lot of nonsense, Chu Fengyu was finally recruited, and she looked at us indifferently, "It's time to eat, the civet has cooked, go to the ancestral hall to eat, don't let everyone wait for you." As soon as she turned around to leave, Bai Tingyu cried and chirped: "Second sister-in-law, didn't you see me?" ”
I was breathless, and I almost held my breath. Chu Fengyu carefully weighed him when he heard the voice, and only then did he recognize him clearly: "Ah, isn't this Tingyu!" Bai Tingyu nodded happily, I found that his relationship with Chu Zhilan and Chu Fengyu was really unusual, and he didn't have the gloomy and ruthless attitude he had when he treated me.
It's too dramatic, I just don't know which one he pretended.
"Who told you to find it? Go back! Saying that, Chu Fengyu also gave him a kick.
Sitting at the dining table of the ancestral hall, the civet who is the best at cooking served a stream of wild game from the mountains, which made people salivate, but looking at Bai Tingyu sitting across the table, I couldn't eat it at all.
Everyone was hungry for a long time, and the girls didn't need the disguise they had on weekdays, so they had a hearty meal. I watched Bai Tingyu lift the chopsticks with his swollen hands and pick up the vegetables with difficulty, and I felt very uncomfortable. It's not that I feel sorry for him, I just don't know how to feel sorry for myself.
Chu Zhilan saw that I had no appetite and didn't eat, so she pulled me away, and Bai Tingyu shouted in disappointment behind her: "Best friend, where are you going?" I haven't seen you for so long, can't you spend more time with me? Feed! ”
"What are you yelling for? Eat your meal, and I'll go back to the old lady after eating! ”
"Yes, second sister-in-law."
"Don't call me my second sister-in-law!"
Chu Zhilan pulled me up the mountain, I didn't eat, I didn't have any strength, and I couldn't keep up with him. Chu Zhilan took me and jumped up.
After flying for a long time, Chu Zhilan took me to a pavilion, the pavilion is next to the water, the vegetation is dense all around, and the scenery is excellent, but the pavilion is a little dilapidated. I probably knew Chu Zhilan's intentions, so I also praised it sincerely: "The scenery of the pavilion here is very good, and I am in a much better mood." "I looked around and saw a tall green tree growing out of the ground inside the pavilion, and the bricks at the roots were shattered. The tree grew in a zigzag way, and finally protruded out of the pavilion, and the branches were luxuriant.
I stretched out my hand to stroke the rough trunk, but Chu Zhilan on the side suddenly chanted a poem: "The cold wind is whistling and the plum is red, and the Lanyuan Pavilion is exquisite." Why is Lonely Fang afraid of no one's reward? I wish the ice and snow melted. ”
I turned my head, and he looked me in the eye without evading, and this love poem from nowhere, word by word, fell on my heart.
"This is a poem that my master wrote to my master."
The throbbing mood instantly cooled down. "Ah, that's right~" I was a little lost.
A gust of wind blew, and the leaves on the trees fell scattered, Chu Zhilan raised his hand, his warm fingertips rubbed against his ears, and a dry yellow leaf was held by him on his fingertips.
"If you are still angry, I will kill him." He said to me with a frown.
The autumn afternoon sun was warm, but the gazebo was shady, and the dappled light and shadow swayed on me and him, how warm and delicate it was at this time. I put my finger on his forehead, "Just for me?" Can even a close friend do it? ”
He took my hand and held it gently, "When will I admit that he is my best friend?" That's just wishful thinking on his part. ”
I smiled and stared at him, getting closer to his face, and he didn't move, letting my nose point at the bridge of his nose. "Chu Zhilan, do you know?" I laughed and said, "You're a bad guy right now!" ”
I took his hand and shook it around freely, looking at the scenery of Fuqi Mountain outside the pavilion, "Forget it, I'm afraid that Feng Yu will kill me when he turns around." ”
"Bai Tingfeng, the former second prince of Yunjiang, was named King Qin, and Bai Tingyu's brother with the same father and mother." I looked back at Chu Zhilan and smiled helplessly: "Sister Feng Yu must have been sad for a long time. ”
When I had just married Qin Huaiyue, I heard that Yunjiang was in turmoil, and it was rumored that King Qin raised troops to rebel, and King Yunjiang asked his eldest prince King Li to lead the Yunjiang guards to capture King Qin. King Qin was finally defeated and beheaded by King Li, and the rebels were wiped out. And there is even news in the rivers and lakes that King Qin's own power is weak and he was unable to rebel, but he was supported by the big forces in Fuqi Mountain, so he was able to have a heart of disobedience.
The imperial court and the rivers and lakes, no matter what country they are in, strive not to interfere with each other, and generally speaking, even if the forces of the rivers and lakes do not submit to the imperial court, they will never oppose the imperial court. Therefore, the chaos in Yunjiang has put everyone in danger in all sects in the rivers and lakes. Especially, no one dares to mention it anymore, the Limbo Sect.
Chu Zhilan held my hand and said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about Chu Yun, she is asking for her own hardship." My master and I have long told her not to have any contact with people in the court, but she didn't listen to the advice, just fell in love with the prince of Yunjiang, and sent the disciples in the sect pavilion to secretly help King Qin, because of her, the entire Lingbo sect was involved. Chu Zhilan's eyes sank slightly, "In order to maintain the peace between the imperial court and the forces in the rivers and lakes, King Yunjiang will not pursue the disciples of the sect who did not participate in the rebellion. ”
"But the sects in the rivers and lakes definitely don't want to let the destruction of trust between the imperial court and the forces in the rivers and lakes happen again." I squeezed Chu Zhilan's hand slightly, "They joined forces to clear the Lingbo Sect Pavilion, right?" ”
Chu Zhilan didn't answer me, but asked me about it: "Qingyi, I don't want to know about your past, it turns out that I don't care what happened to you in the past, but I want to know one thing now." He gently rubbed my hand as if to comfort me, "Who caused you to fall down the mountain and almost lose your life?" ”
Recalling the pain at that time, I couldn't help but tremble, Chu Zhilan gently patted my back and comforted me: "If you don't want to say it, forget it." ”
"No, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's that I don't know." I looked at him helplessly: "What a pity, I don't know. ”
Originally, I thought it was Bai Tingyu, because from the first time I saw him, he was like a madman, and he hated me so much until now. But since he didn't hide his hatred for me, there was no need for him to panic and say that he had done nothing but stunned me. Another possibility, I don't dare to think of, and I don't want to think about it. Even now, there is no place for him in my heart, and I don't want him to really do such a vicious thing with his own hands: torture me and then kill me. I suddenly remembered that child, I don't know if Qi Yucheng knew about his existence, thinking of this, I felt a chill.
"Chu Zhilan, I'm hungry." I took his hand, tilted my head, and coquettishly told him: "You catch rabbits for me to eat, just like we were in Bailing Mountain." ”