Luo Xiaoxiao walked to the center of the small courtyard, too lazy to look for Luo Qinghe one by one.

She shouted loudly directly: "Luo Qinghe! You come out for me! ”

*One hour ago

Luo Qinghe looked at the table full of his favorite dishes, although he couldn't raise his appetite, he reluctantly moved his chopsticks with interest.

This was specially made for her by the second uncle, and she couldn't live up to the second uncle's wishes.

Pei Jiangzhi looked at Luo Qinghe in a low voice from the side, and wanted to change the topic to avoid the dull atmosphere for the time being.

"Qinghe, we haven't seen each other for many years, right?"

"Hmm. Seven years. Luo Qinghe replied in a muffled voice.

"Speaking of which, did you find your lost sister back then?"

Xiao Xi, who had been unknown at the dinner table, heard the words and glared at him.

This Pei Jiang knows which pot is really not opened.

He inadvertently violated the most uncomfortable taboo of the young lady!

Xiao Xi was about to divert the topic, but Luo Qinghe answered as if he didn't care at all: "Well, I found it almost a year or two after you left." ”

"Jiang Zhi, do you know? Xiaoxiao was picked up by the family after she got lost with me, and she has been adopting her since then, until the Luo family found her traces. ”

Later, Xiaoxiao told me that her adoptive parents treated her very badly and beat and scolded her at every turn. There is not enough food and clothing. In the past ten years, I can't imagine how Xiaoxiao has been tempered by them. ”

Xiaoxiao said that the purpose of her adoptive parents picking her up may be to raise her, so 'sell' it for a good price. But they didn't expect that Xiaoxiao would be so beautiful, so they moved to marry her to their stupid son. ”

"Do you want to know what happened?" His gaze wandered to his face.

Pei Jiangzhi put down his chopsticks and looked down: "You say." ”

Luo Qinghe opened the chatterbox, and the depression in his heart over the years finally had someone to confide in.

She rested her arms on the table, her hands on her cheeks, and her eyes wandered, as if she were talking to herself.

"After Xiaoxiao returned to Luo's house, I was doubly good to her. Whenever I think of my carefree life over the years, my own sister Xiaoxiao can't eat well in a corner I don't know, and I am beaten and scolded by others, and my heart is as uncomfortable as being cut by a knife. ”

"At the beginning, I was willing to do everything for Xiaoxiao. In the worst case, I almost drowned trying to save her. It's really a little bit of a stretch. Jiang Zhi, do you know how painful drowning is? ”

Luo Qinghe didn't wait for him to answer, shook his head, and continued to answer to himself: "I know." Two years ago, in the summer, Xiaoxiao asked me to accompany her to the lake camping, and I thought that I had spared no effort to be kind to her over the years, and finally let her let go of the mustard in my heart. I was very happy that day, happily pulling Xiaoxiao and chatting along the way. ”

"I said, Xiaoxiao, you must be careful by the lake! I can't swim, and if something happens, my sister won't be able to save you! ”

"The most bloody thing is that Xiaoxiao was walking by the lake for some reason, and suddenly one foot slipped and fell into the lake, watching Xiaoxiao stretch out her two arms and flutter in the water, I was scared stupid. None of the bodyguards who came with us were around, there was no way, I gritted my teeth and jumped into the lake to pull Xiaoxiao up. ”

Luo Qinghe breathed rapidly, and fell into the quagmire of that day: "When I fell into the lake, I realized that it was a fantasy for landlubbers to save people." My hands couldn't stop splashing in the water, and my crampless legs started kicking in the water. Without direction, I can only stand still. The farther away from the shore, the more nervous I became, the harder it was to hold on. After the water poured into my respiratory tract, my head began to swell and my nasal passages were filled with the sweet smell of blood.

I wanted to hold my breath, but once I inhaled the water, I couldn't hold it anymore. I started coughing violently, and then coughing and gurgling under the water, coughing and inhaling, and a vicious cycle. ”

It turns out that the heart-rending lungs not only describe extreme sadness, but also the pain of cracking the lungs when water enters them.

Pei Jiangzhi felt suffocated, and the fine and densely woven net entangled his heart layer by layer, gradually tightening, until he couldn't breathe.

Of course he knows what it feels like to be drowning.

"Don't talk about it, let's change the subject." His voice was low, with a hint of imperceptible hoarseness.

Luo Qinghe waved his hand, "I'm fine." ”

"In my last consciousness, I saw Luo Xiaoxiao standing on the shore intact when I was just rescued from the shore. At that moment, I seemed to understand everything, and I passed out completely. ”

Luo Qinghe reached out and poured himself a glass of water and moistened his throat.

After a pause, she said, "Other than that." ”

"The last bracelet that my mother knitted before her death was my most cherished thing, and she originally wanted to weave one for Xiaoxiao, but then my mother's illness became more and more serious, and in the end she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand, and she died."

Xiaoxiao also liked the bracelet very much after seeing it, she asked for it, although I was very reluctant, I still gave it to her. I seriously told her that she must take good care of this bracelet, because it was hand-woven by her mother before her death. ”

Luo Qinghe became emotional and gradually clenched into a fist.

"But the next day, I saw Xiaoxiao holding the bracelet and asking Zhang Yi if he liked it, and she wanted to give it to Zhang Yi. I was so angry, this is my mother's hand-knitted bracelet, doesn't she know? I immediately rushed up and yelled at her, and to my surprise, she threw the bracelet in front of me and chopped her feet hard. Zhang Yi is also accusing me of not yelling at her like that. ”

"I was really aggrieved." The fog slowly formed under her eyes.

"Hehe, speaking of Zhang Yi." Luo Qinghe raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued, "Whatever Xiaoxiao wants, I will do my best to satisfy her." In the end, she wanted my fiancé. ”

"When did they start? I don't know, I'm being toyed with by both of them like a fool. ”

"I understand that Xiaoxiao has been very sad over the years, and I also understand that she protects herself like a hedgehog, but I didn't expect that her thorn was always facing me, no matter how good I was to her, she never trusted me and trampled on my softness to her."

"After going through one thing after another, I gradually became cold to Xiaoxiao. Jiang Zhi, it turns out that someone's heart is really not hot. ”

She smiled self-deprecatingly.

Stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, his voice was hoarse, "Maybe it was when I learned that I fell into the water that Xiaoxiao deliberately killed my heart." No, maybe it started when I found out about Luo Xiaoxiao and Zhang Yi's affair. ”

"I don't know exactly when." She murmured softly, her eyes filled with confusion.

Pei Jiangzhi got up and picked up the napkin next to the table and handed it to Luo Qinghe: "Qinghe, I..."

The undergraduates of the eyes were obscure.

I'm here now.

Before a few words could be spit out, Luo Qinghe softly stopped his words, "I know what you want to say." I've figured it out myself, so I don't need to be comforted anymore. ”

Silence returned to a moment for a while, except for the old and bulky pendulum clock in the hall that swayed from side to side, ding-dong, ding-dong......

Luo Qinghe put away his wandering gaze and took the initiative to ask, "Pei Jiangzhi, what about you?" Isn't it time to tell me why you didn't say goodbye! ”

In the end, her anger wanted to rise again.

Pei Jiangzhi smiled bitterly: "You know mine, what I promised you will definitely be done, how can I deliberately run away." ”

"Seven years ago, Pei had an accident at Gagner's home."

"The batch of jade rough stones that were originally negotiated to be sent to China was suddenly robbed by a small local warlord, and it was not a big deal, and a few guns could solve it." He smacked slightly, playing with the teacup in his hand.

"At this time, the Pei clan in China got the news out of nowhere, and they actually wanted to steal the hook jade that had been passed down by the Pei clan for thousands of years."

"Do they think they can do whatever they want if they find out where my Pei family heirloom is hidden?" Pei Jiangzhi looked contemptuous and said, "It's really beyond my strength." ”

Magatama? Luo Qinghe's heart moved, and he vaguely remembered that he had heard his father mention it before, as if it was a piece of spiritual jade.

She used to listen to the people below in Luo's house, it is said that Magatama is a thousand-year-old treasure that is difficult to find in the world, and whoever has it will be able to turn evil into good fortune.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were wars and disputes, but the small country of Ankasa in the southeast corner has not been affected by the war, just because it has Magatama and regards it as the treasure of the town.

The country of Angasa has been living in a small place and thriving for dozens of generations, until Tang Gaozong ordered the general of the dart cavalry to move south.

The country is destroyed, and Magatama is nowhere to be found.

She was a staunch materialist who had thought it was still too ethereal, and had always listened to Magatama's story as a legend.

But I didn't expect Hook Yu to be in the Pei family now?

She was going to find an opportunity to ask him about Magata. What her father cared about when he was alive, she also wanted to know.

For a while, his mind turned a thousand times, but his face was still flat and he listened to Pei Jiangzhi continue.

That said, they did make a little ripple at the time. So my old man took me back to my house to settle down the situation, and I didn't have time to tell you. ”

"Actually, I came back to you later, but you didn't know it. Who knew what a coincidence, I wanted to surprise you, and guess what, I saw you holding the hand of the man next to you and smiling sweetly. ”

He shrugged his shoulders and looked innocent, "How embarrassed am I to go up and disturb your good deeds." ”

Luo Qinghe directly ignored Zhang Yi, she was a little surprised, she didn't expect him to come quietly.

"Hey—haven't I told you about the Pei family's family and branches?" He thought with a frown.

"That's a long story, at least back to—" he dragged out his long tail note, "well... Yes, around 875 A.D. ”

Pei Jiangzhi glared at her, as if he knew what she was going to say: "Don't look at me, I was forced." It's really my dad who forced me to understand the history of the Pei family, and what else did he say, 'I don't know the history of the Pei family, and I don't deserve to be the descendants of the Pei family', you don't know, the Pei family still has a thick book of "Pei's Family Motto", and he didn't force me to memorize it. ”

He thought of some painful memory, and he was shocked and chilled, and got goosebumps.

I trembled three times.

Luo Qinghe raised her eyebrows, she knew that the Pei family was a low-key family member in modern times, and she also knew that the Pei family had some historical background, of course, these were all things that she heard inadvertently when she was a child in the Luo family.

But I didn't expect it to be traced back to the late Tang Dynasty, which is really not to be underestimated.

"The Tang Dynasty is almost over at that time, you know." Pei Jiangzhi glanced at her, as if he was mocking her for not being good at history.

"Nonsense isn't." She glanced back contemptuously.

"Have you heard of the Hedong Pei clan in the Tang Dynasty?"

Luo Qinghe was secretly surprised, never thought it was Hedong Pei's?

She looked at the person in front of her again, and secretly complained that this person didn't look like a famous family, and always liked to tease her.

China has a long history, and there are many families that have produced first-class figures, but there is no one like the Pei family that has lasted for 2,000 years and flourished for 800 years.

In the words of the history books, this is called "since the Qin and Han dynasties, the six dynasties have flourished, to the Sui and Tang dynasties and flourished, and after five dynasties, Yu Fang survived." ”

As far as she knows, the Pei family has produced the most prime ministers in China.

Tonight, she Pei Jiang knows this bamboo horse? She corrected in her heart, it should be said that it is more appropriate to say that the bamboo horse fell from the sky.

Refreshed cognition.

"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were frequent wars, and the Pei family decided to move south to avoid the war, but the branch didn't know why they decided not to leave." He spread his hands, "Don't ask me why, I just don't know." ”

"The two sides were deadlocked, and it was finally decided to move the lineage to the south, and the branch continued to stay in the Central Plains."

"Isn't that an abandonment of the branch?" Luo Qinghe hesitated.

"Tsk, the pattern is smaller. Maybe it's because people don't want to take us to play. Pei Jiangzhi said with a smile.

In this way, the descendants traveled all the way south, and while walking, they brought a lot of benefits to the prefectures along the way. A century-old family, where will there be less history books and gold and silver treasures. ”

Pei Jiangzhi bent his fingers and tapped on the table, "It's a little farther away." In short, after more than ten years of stop-and-go, the Pei family finally decided to settle down in the country of Tsuga, which is now Gagner. ”

He sighed with emotion: "The loss is that the ancestors have vision, what is the most valuable thing in Gagner?" Tsk, so prescient. ”

Luo Qinghe looked at his deliberate appearance of playing treasure, smiled and shook his head.

In this way, the family is developing in a low-key manner. The ancestors were not vegetarians, and after thousands of years of development, they had already eaten all in black and white here, with huge power and intertwined roots. Gagner's several big mine owners have always had a close relationship with the Pei family. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Jiangzhi was a little proud.

"Oh, the official power, there is also a 'little'." He added.

Hearing this, a wave of hope rose in Luo Qinghe's heart.

So does it mean that there is hope for my brother's disappearance in Gagner?

"Then, when we were kids, we played together. The Pei family did business with your Luo family, and in those years, I often traveled back and forth with my father to China and Gagner. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and his eyelashes were shining, "Qinghe, do you want to listen to the story of me beating the water dog in Gagna?" It's fun! ”

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile at the corners of his mouth slightly, and two pear vortices loomed on his face.

Luo Qinghe just wanted to say yes, but why did he seem to hear Luo Xiaoxiao's voice?

Listen intently,

"Luo Qinghe! You come out for me! ”

Her expression froze, and she said to Pei Jiangzhi, "Luo Xiaoxiao may be here." ”

*

The moonlight poured silently into the courtyard like flowing water, and the air around it slowly condensed, like a saber rattling.

Luo Xiaoxiao stood patiently in the center of the courtyard, raised her head slightly and looked at the two figures at the corner of the second floor.

"Sister, I haven't seen you for more than a month, don't come unharmed." Her expression did not change in the slightest, and her tone was flat.

"Sister? I can't afford this sister of yours. The long eyelashes covered Luo Qinghe's cold expression, and he opened his mouth to sneer.

Luo Xiaoxiao looked at the inquiring gaze from the man beside her, hooked the corners of her mouth, and her honey-colored thin lips lightly opened:

"Sister, are you interested in listening to my version?"