Regression (Part I)
"Really? Is this king talking nonsense? Why don't you talk about this king and check it? Sima Lanting looked at Chen Lianxin without blinking.
Chen Lianxin is also a person who grew up in the general's mansion, and he calmed down after a little panic, and acted as if he really didn't know what Sima Lanting was talking about.
"Lord Wang, you also know that our general's mansion has been running for the emperor's affairs during this time, how can we still have time to pay attention to the affairs of the emperor. What's more, Concubine Jin is a person from the harem. How do we know. β
Sima Lanting made up his mind that it was related to the General's Mansion, so no matter what Chen Lianxin said, it was useless: "General Chen, why don't you wait for General Chen to come back?" β
Sima Lanting thought that since he saw Chen Lianxin in Raojun Temple that day, and the relationship with the sacrificial dance was so good, then it meant that the relationship between them was not simple. Could it be the kind that can't be known to General Chen? Sima Lanting is betting on this situation.
It's a pity he made a mistake. Chen Lianxin was not afraid that General Chen would know at all, and he couldn't wait for Sima Lanting to tell him about this matter, "Lord Wang, even if you tell my father, I still don't know, and I won't say it because of you." It's really not a thing. And why is Concubine Jin in our General's Mansion now? β
Sima Lanting looked at Chen Lianxin suspiciously, with disbelief written on his face, but there was no reason not to believe it. Chen Lianxin dared to say this, does that mean that his guess is wrong?
Sima Lanting doubted himself.
At this time, Qingqi quietly said a few words in Sima Lanting's ear, and Sima Lanting's eyes lit up when he heard it, so he said to Chen Lianxin: "Since this is the case, it is this king who is disturbing." I took my leave first. After speaking, he got up and didn't wait for Chen Lianxin's reaction, and left in a hurry.
When Qingqi and Sima Lanting were whispering, Chen Lianxin vaguely heard that they were talking about the sacrificial dance and returning to Yixiang Courtyard.
Chen Lianxin smiled and looked at their hurried backs, until he couldn't see anyone, and then got up to find the sacrificial dance.
When she saw the sacrificial dance, she was gesturing with a sword, and just happened to stab at Chen Lianxin, who came over. Chen Lianxin hurriedly turned around and dodged. The sacrificial dance then used the next move, Chen Lianxin raised his eyebrows, put his hands behind his back, and relied on the moves on his feet to dodge the attacks of the sacrificial dance for several rounds.
"You're still that good." Sai Wuqing withdrew the sword in his hand.
Chen Lianxin responded to the request of the sacrificial dance and no longer let her win herself, so this time Chen Lianxin directly did not have any reservations, which made the sacrificial dance whitened the gap between the two.
"Sister Wuqing is still very powerful." Chen Lianxin comforted the sacrificial dance, but when these words came out of Chen Lianxin's mouth, he felt a little wrong. After all, this is not the first time Chen Lianxin has said this.
Heaven and earth can be learned, Chen Lianxin is sincere.
Sai Wuqing didn't reply to his words, but looked at Chen Lianxin straight and asked, "There is someone today who said that King Anding came to me?" β
Chen Lianxin heard the words of the sacrificial dance, and frowned, why did the sacrificial dance know about this? He must thoroughly investigate the people in the General's Mansion.
"Nobody, just people chatting while they work, I hear you." It's like knowing what he's thinking, so he explains it first.
"Well, but don't worry about it, I can handle it." Chen Lianxin was still frowning.
Sai Wuqing shook his head and asked, "What do you want to say?" What should I do next? β
Chen Lianxin looked at the sacrificial dance deeply and replied, "I don't know, I won't let him find you anyway." Now is not the time. β
The sacrificial dance suddenly laughed, got up and picked up the sword, pointed at Chen Lianxin and asked, "Then for you, how long will it take to be the so-called right time?" β
The sword was pointed at Chen Lianxin's chest, and he stared at the sacrificial dance without blinking: "I don't know, everything was arranged by my father." β
Sai Wuqing thought it was a little funny, "Yes, what you said before was to help Sima Liang discuss, but in the end, it was Sima who stopped the order, have you told me about it?" Have you ever thought about my feelings? Am I the stepping stone to your family? β
Faced with a series of questions about the sacrificial dance, Chen Lianxin was silent.
"That's right, for you I'm just a stepping stone for you to get to the top, in fact, I've always been self-inflicted. I thought you were being so nice to me that you were showing your father's attitude, but it turned out that you weren't using me. The tone of the sacrificial dance was very cold, and there was no trace of warmth in his eyes. It's like a dead soldier who has been cultivated in secret, but it seems to be a little different. At this moment, Chen Lianxin seemed to have just met the sacrificial dance.
Although Chen Lianxin was very little paid attention to the previous sacrificial dance, his attitude towards Chen Lianxin was still okay. But now it's just changed. Chen Lianxin knew that it was completely over between them.
But he was still unwilling.
"That's not something I can decide." Chen Lianxin wanted to defend himself.
In exchange, he laughed at the sacrificial dance: "Of course I know that this is not for you to decide." After a pause, he closed his eyes, and then continued: "Actually, you know best why this is not up to you. With that, he shook off the sword in his hand, and without saying a word, returned to his room, closed the door, and stayed inside.
Chen Lianxin looked at the closed door, and he could only go first. In fact, there is one more thing for him to come, and now it seems that this matter does not need to be said from his own mouth, which is also a good thing.
No one came to see the festival anymore, so she could only stay alone in the general's mansion, and occasionally someone would come over and tell the festival dance what she needed to do, and it would take several days to do it. They estimated that the time was just right, and then let the festival dance do the next thing.
In the absence of free time, the sacrificial dancers can only do whatever they say, and they do not resist at all. It's just secretly thinking about how to get out of the house smoothly without being discovered.
In the next few months, everyone was busy, Sima stopped and was busy with the daily affairs, Sima Lanting had to help, and he had to spend time looking for the sacrificial dance, Bai Zhou and Arlinn began to separate at the intersection outside the city to find the sacrificial dance.
"Why don't you go to the valley master of your Medicine God Valley, he doesn't know everything?" Bai Zhou and Arlinn have made an appointment to meet in the capital once a month to share the information they have.
Arlinn holds the chopsticks in her hand and doesn't speak. In fact, it's not that I didn't think about looking for Lu Liucheng in the past, but I don't know if I can come back after I go to find it.
If you go to find Lu Liucheng to meet each other, it is better to find it yourself.
"Did you ask?" Bai Zhou's mood to find the sacrificial dance was very eager.
Arlinn puts down her chopsticks and says, "I'm full." Went first. β
As Arlinn passes by Bai Zhou, Bai Zhou grabs Arlinn and asks, "Lu Liucheng has come to look for me." β
This sentence exploded in Arlinn's ears like a thunderbolt, and she retracted her raised foot, shook off Bai Zhou's hand vigorously, and returned to her place, asking, "What did he come to you for?" Arlinn feels like she's running out of time here.
This is Lu Liucheng's warning. I didn't take the initiative to go back, and now that Lu Liucheng has appeared, it means that no matter what I do, I can't find the sacrificial dance.
"Aren't you very innocent of this valley lord of yours?" Bai Zhou slowly drank the porridge in his bowl.
Arlinn looks at Bai Zhou in a complicated way, and says tentatively, "Does he know it's the Pavilion Master?" β
Bai Zhou nodded and did not take the initiative to speak.
Arlinn puts her hand on the table and asks, "Did you meet by chance?" β
Bai Zhou nodded and shook his head.
"You speak!" Arlinn doesn't bother to pretend to be like this, and her tone involuntarily adds anger.
Bai Zhou finally raised his head: "Do you know what your valley master said?" β
Arlinn has a bad feeling, and sure enough, she hears Bai Zhou say, "He said he always knew where the Pavilion Master was." At first, he thought that if you went back to the Medicine God Valley while the sacrificial dance was leaving, he would take you to her. The Pavilion Master has nowhere to go now, if the Pavilion Master wants, he can also go to the Medicine God Valley with you, and he will take the Pavilion Master in. After Bai Zhou finished speaking, his fingers beat on the table and asked, "You say, are you all like this in the Medicine God Valley?" Take in the Pavilion Master? Is it? β
Arlinn is a little afraid to look Bai Zhou's eyes squarely, "No. The valley lord would not say that. Although he said this, Arlinn's heart is whiter than anyone else, and Lu Liucheng is the one who likes to talk cruelly and do cruel things like this.
"Yes, that's the valley master you've been with day and night for more than ten years, and you've been with our pavilion master for less than a year. How can you care about our lord? Bai Zhou sarcastically sneered Arlinn.
"Guest officer, we're about to close, do you two want to stay in the hotel?" Xiao Er on the side asked the two people next to them in Bai Zhou.
The person next to him replied in a somewhat familiar voice: "No, we'll leave soon." β
When Xiao Er heard it, he replied, and then walked away.
The capital is always bustling and lively. Bai Zhou's small shop is also the most popular store in the capital. The price is not expensive and the stuff is good. The shopkeeper inside is also doing well. A lot of people are willing to be repeat customers.
Another main thing is that there are always people from the third-rate and nine sects gathered here, and you can also listen to them talk about what happened in the rivers and lakes and in the court during meals. There are even some things that have not been made public by the imperial court, but they have already gotten first-hand information.
"It's you." Arlinn turns her head when she hears a familiar voice, and sees that it is Xu Wu. There was also a man with a hat on the side.
That's Lu Liucheng.
Arlinn can tell it's him at a glance, and no matter what he looks like, Arlinn is familiar and unmistakable.
"Arlinn, it's time to go back." Xu Wu's gentle tone was not gentle.
Arlinn glares at Lu Liucheng.
Lu Liucheng didn't hide it when he arrived, and said with a smile: "I gave you enough time." It's just that your pavilion master seems to be a little unappreciative. β
Arlinn looks at him hatefully, "Really? Three years have only been a few months now, and you are in a hurry. β
Lu Liucheng was not annoyed, and his smiling eyes bent into a perfect arc on the hat: "Yes, but I mean I have followed your pavilion master for three years, but she was not your pavilion master a few months ago, she was Sima Yucheng's concubine." At that time, I was kind enough to let you follow her. But who knew that she was not Concubine Jin now. It's also a shame for you to look around, and in that case, I can't bear to see you running around like this all the time. So I'll ask this brother next to you to help me convey my meaning first. I'm here to pick you up now. β
Lu Liucheng is really shameless. Arlinn thinks to herself.
"You did it on purpose?" Arlinn's words are more of a declarative sentence. She looked at Lu Liucheng and didn't give him time to react: "You figured it out." Another declarative sentence.
"Sometimes it's not always accurate." Lu Liucheng smiled and took away the hat on his head: "And every time you count it, you have to pay a big price." It's not mine, so why should I spend this effort calculating what will happen to her. β
Arlinn calmly says, "I don't believe that the Pavilion Master has nothing to do with you, otherwise the letter from Yazin to me would not be so clear." β
Hearing Yazin's name, the expression on Lu Liucheng's face stiffened: "Really? What did Yazin say to you?"
Arlinn had been paying attention to the expression on Lu Liucheng's face, and immediately noticed such a change in him: "I won't trust you anymore. β
Such a plain sentence made Lu Liucheng's heart sink down: "Really? Do you think you can get rid of me? β
Bai Zhou and Xu Wu watched from the sidelines as the atmosphere between the two became strange for a moment, and then they watched Arlinn take out her saber and put it on the table, and said a little excitedly, "I don't know if you still count what you promised me before, but I always remember it, because I know that one day it will be used." Don't you think you can use it now? β
Lu Liucheng "snapped" on the table after Arlinn said Wan's last sentence: "No. Is it because of the sacrificial dance? Who is she? And why is she? β
Arlinn's tone is a little tired, "No, it's not the Pavilion Master, it's that I've wanted this for a long time, I was still too naΓ―ve before." β
Lu Liucheng looked at him hatefully, and said vigorously: "Impossible! Arlinn, that's impossible. β
Xu Wu and Bai Zhou looked at the increasingly strange atmosphere and wanted to persuade them, but they didn't know why they quarreled. The words that came out only added to the strange atmosphere of the two of them now.
"Don't get excited, just sit down and talk slowly." Xu Wu stood up and persuaded. Bai Zhou also quickly stood up and said to Arlinn, "Don't get excited, don't take out this sword at every turn." How inappropriate. β
When Arlinn heard Bai Zhou's words, she became even more angry: "Heh, it's not a big deal for the valley master, but it's just a small thing, and with the valley master's ability, he can still save his life." β
I don't know exactly what they're talking about, but Arlinn's words, as if they were going to kill someone, still scared Bai Zhou: "Don't say that, the Pavilion Master may still be waiting for you now." β
These words calmed down Arlinn a lot, but Lu Liucheng began to sarcastically: "What is your pavilion master is still waiting for you." I'll tell you the truth, in the trajectory of your fate, this is the last time you have crossed paths with your Pavilion Master. It doesn't matter if you have to do it or not. β
This sentence completely irritated Arlinn, and she grabbed the sword on the table as if she was crazy, and stabbed Lu Liucheng in the right shoulder: "Lu Liucheng, we will break off from now on." With that, he drew his sword and left.
There have been a lot of arguments and misunderstandings between Arlinn and Lu Liucheng in the past, but no matter how big it is, Arlinn will not do this, and Lu Liucheng knows that Arlinn is completely dead to himself this time. He clutches his bleeding right shoulder, looks at Arlinn's back, and stretches out his bleeding right hand, curling slightly, trying to hold Arlinn.
It happened so suddenly, and there are still a lot of people in the store now. A room full of people saw Lu Liucheng's bleeding right shoulder. Lu Liucheng looked at everyone's eyes and thought, fortunately Arlinn left early.
The remaining three people were still standing, all of them looking like they didn't know what to do. When it came to the shopkeeper's quick response, he immediately came over with a kettle: "Guest officer, you, do you need to open a room to deal with your shoulder?" We can find a doctor for you to come and see you first. β
The shopkeeper's abacus snapped, and Bai Zhou looked at the person angrily: "What's going on in your store, it's just ......"
Bai Zhou's words were interrupted before he could finish speaking: "Okay." Lu Liucheng said lightly.