Inside the bumpy carriage, Ouyang Rong's skirt knife was placed horizontally on his knees.

There was a look of attentiveness on his face.

Inside the carriage, except for the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground outside, and the sound of the drivers chirping.

Only Xie Lingjiang's clear and pleasant voice was left.

Xie Lingjiang didn't hide anything from Ouyang Rong.

Except for her sudden confession in the main hall of Donglin Temple in the morning, and the fact that she scared someone away from the poor dagger, the two of them tacitly did not ask or mention it, pretending that it had not happened.

Other things.

The two gradually returned to the tone and atmosphere that normal brothers and sisters got along with before.

It seemed to be someone's familiar side face of a man who listened attentively and seemed to encourage her.

Xie Lingjiang continued to narrate and review today's events in the tone of a little junior sister.

Even the mystery of the skirt knife was revealed, and there was no burial in the heart.

Ouyang Rong listened, and a pair of somewhat rough palms couldn't help but quietly put down from the original round white jade hilt, and his hand was withdrawn.

In this regard, the noble daughter of the Xie family, who was talking lightly, did not squint, and did not seem to see it.

I don't know how long it took.

In the carriage, the woman's gentle voice slowly stopped.

All that was left was the occasional glimmer of lights outside the car window, the silence of the two of them, and their flickering faces.

"From this point of view, I have wronged my sister today."

Ouyang Rong's face showed some guilt: "If I hadn't left at that time, there would have been no follow-up......

Xie Lingjiang shook his head suddenly, interrupted:

"It's my brother who has been wronged, and I'm ...... I'm sorry, brother. ”

"That's why. Besides, if you hadn't made a last-minute move this afternoon to stop that impostor, the consequences would have been unimaginable. ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head with a somewhat serious face, and then smiled bitterly: "Senior sister behaved in the afternoon...... It's too late for me to praise you, so I'm sorry. ”

Xie Lingjiang bit her lower lip, her eyes silently staring at the man in front of her who was safe and comforting her.

After hearing her brother's laughter, she slowly shook her head, and after a long time, her lips trembled.

It's a pity that the light is dim, someone has no aura cultivation, can't see clearly at night, and can't see the rich look and true feelings on her face in this moment:

"Senior sister is still stupid, I was just suspicious before, until I saw the counterfeit ship leave at Penglangdu Wharf, and when I sensed the movement of the skirt knife on your side, I suddenly woke up, and I knew that the person on the boat was not Ling, and the moment I was completely sure, the whole person was ...... ...... all."

The girl in the car closed her mouth tightly, her lips a little pale.

At that time, after waking up suddenly, in an instant, the feeling of suffocating breath, as if someone was choking the neck, and standing in the bright sunlight of the day, only to feel that there was darkness in front of me, and the whole world was falling apart.

Coupled with disbelief, remorse, and even fear, emotions come to mind...... Even if it was later confirmed that the senior brother was really fine, he was still alive, and there was still feedback from the skirt knife, but her heart was still like being cut by a blunt knife.

This kind of experience, Xie Lingjiang never wants to have a second time in his life.

Even though most of the day has passed, until this moment, there is still a deep look of fear on her face.

"What's wrong with the whole person?"

Seeing that the little junior sister was suddenly silent, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but ask, and shook his head:

"This can't be blamed on the little junior sister, no one can imagine that the Liu family actually played this kind of off-the-board trick, who gave them the guts."

His brow furrowed, his eyes fixed on the knife in his lap.

"Not really." Xie Lingjiang tried his best to hold back, and didn't elaborate on the collapsed mind at that time, and squeezed out a smile on his face towards Ouyang Rong, who looked pensive, and continued to murmur softly between her lips:

"I'm just a little worried about Senior Brother...... However, I felt that my brother was killing people with a skirt knife, and at least two of them died under the skirt knife.

"Immediately, I sensed that the senior brother was running with a skirt knife and running towards Peng Langdu, where I was at the time, the distance was getting closer and closer, and his footsteps were hurried......

The hand that the senior brother grasped on the handle of the knife was extremely strong, and seemed to be in a hurry...... It was only later that the direction changed again, and it seemed to be heading towards the upper Di Gong Gate.

I guessed...... is even a little sure that the senior brother should have seen through the conspiracy, but he was too far behind to catch up with us, so he had to rush directly to Di Gongzha to stop the imposters. ”

Speaking of this, Xie Lingjiang took a deep breath, and outside the open car window, the night breeze that slipped in entered her throat, and it was a little cold in her throat, making her feel like drinking ice on a summer day at the moment.

Ouyang Rong looked at her with shining eyes, and couldn't help but praise after hearing this:

"Senior sister is smart, well, I still trust my senior brother...... So at the dock, you asked Rokuro to take people back to Dagushan to find me, you decisively turned around to chase the boat, and kept the plan by the impostor, wanting to see the people behind it, and bothered to set up a conspiracy at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and then smashed it in one fell swoop, right? ”

Facing the senior brother's questioning, Xie Lingjiang did not nod or shake her head, she stared at the face of the man in front of her and asked:

"Senior brother, don't blame junior sister? Obviously, you may still be in danger, and you may be hunted down later, but I didn't go to you in the first place, and I was absent by your side......"

She paused, then silently lowered her eyes and looked at the skirt knife, and added a sentence in her heart:

"This kind of ...... The feeling of not being valued by the other party, doesn't the senior brother feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. ”

Ouyang Rong no longer held the jade hilt in his hands, but held his hands on the white sandalwood scabbard.

He sat upright, his eyes as bright as stars, looking at her.

Xie Lingjiang, who often sat on the roof to keep vigil until dawn these days, felt that the bright eyes in front of him were more like the morning star on the canopy of Qingdai before dawn.

Ouyang Rong whispered to Xie Lingjiang:

"Senior sister, it is false to say that there is no trace of loss in my heart, but I am more understanding and happy, which is also true.

"I understand the choice that my sister made at that time, and I'm very glad that you didn't get overwhelmed by emotion and turned around to find me to no avail, but you know how to think about the situation calmly, and choose to catch up with the ship, monitor the impostor, and protect Lord Shen and them.

"If you choose the former, I'll be upset and angry......

"So now, I'm really happy, junior sister, you've really grown up."

Ouyang Rong sighed, a smile on his face.

Xie Lingjiang looked at the senior brother's somewhat relieved expression in a daze, and she suddenly asked:

"What about what if, in case you encounter danger on the road again, in case it is precisely because I didn't turn around to look for you at the first time and stay by your side, that you were still killed by the gangsters, senior brother......

"I made that so-called rational choice, is my brother also happy, and wants me to make this choice?"

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and held the scabbard, tightened it, and pursed his lips.

He lowered his eyes and said seriously: "Senior sister knows what the answer is. ”

Yes, Xie Lingjiang knew the answer, but she still asked.

Sometimes, meaningless nonsense, instead of making the world stupider, it becomes more complicated.

Xie Lingjiang was silent, Ouyang Rong suddenly raised his head, with a bright smile on his face, and said to her:

"If I die, you have to chase the ship without looking back, and you are not allowed to cry, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, understand?"

Xie Lingjiang saw that the man in front of him was pointing in the direction of the folding wing canal and Di Gong Gate outside the car window, and he said with a serious face:

"You have to take good care of our unfinished business, this is not only the unfinished business of Senior Brother and me, but also your unfinished business, and the unfinished business of Rokuro, Ah Shan, and all those who are committed to controlling the water in Dragon City.

"It should, and should be, more important than me.

"Even if I die and leave, and I am no longer in this world, as long as the disaster relief camp is still there, the Digong Gate is still there, and the Folding Wing Canal is still there, the people of Longcheng are still relying on them to have enough food and clothing, work and create, and live endlessly.

"Then your senior brother and I are still here, and I will always be here, not just a stroke and a few drops of ink on the tome of the county chronicles in the Yali."

Xie Lingjiang, who was still red-clothed in the dark car, opened his mouth and looked at the smiling senior brother in front of him in a daze.

She was speechless for a long time.

Suddenly he turned his head to look at the night sky above his head outside the carriage.

Tonight, the moon is faint and the stars are hidden, and the sky is dark.

It is conceivable that even if it is early tomorrow morning, she will not be able to see the morning star when she climbs the roof to keep vigil.

However, Xie Lingjiang felt that this was not the case.

It's right in front of you.

Not much.

"Senior sister?"

The inertia of leaning forward after the carriage stopped with a "dangling" and the call of the senior brother woke up Xie Lingjiang, who was all blushing in the second half of the journey.

"Ahh She suddenly came back to her senses, and her mouth answered.

Ouyang Rong looked at the little junior sister with a slightly dumb face, and couldn't help laughing:

"It's time to get there, what are you doing, get out of the car, go back and rest first."

On Luming Street, the carriage driven by Liu Ashan stopped in front of the low-key gate of the stoneless lion of Sufu.

"Oh."

Xie Lingjiang glanced outside, did not move, turned his head and asked:

"What about you, senior brother? Isn't it still busy at night, I won't go, accompany you, I can't be negligent anymore, I have to protect my senior brother's safety outside. ”

Ouyang Rong was helpless, thought about it, he glanced at Xie Lingjiang, who was already a lot more mature, and said truthfully:

"I'll go to settle down for Lord Shen and Lord Wang later, and then go to the county government to finish some of the things left over from today.

"By the way, there is also the matter over there in Dagu Mountain, we have to send someone over......

"In addition, there is a county-wide public trial tomorrow, and we have to strike while the iron is hot and nail the coffin board to the Liu family thoroughly."

"Then isn't Senior Brother going to be busy again tonight, is he going to make a bed on the county government hall again?" Xie Ling Jiang couldn't hide the distress in his eyes.

She didn't think about it and said, "Then together, it's just right, I'll go to the prison to guard that magician, and it's not safe enough to seal the aura cultivation." ”

Ouyang Rong thought for a while, nodded and said:

"That's okay, but now go back and tidy up, have a meal and rest for a while, and we'll gather in half an hour and go over together."

"Okay."

Xie Lingjiang nodded vigorously.

Merlot Park and Su Mansion were already adjacent, and the two got out of the carriage together.

In front of the Su Mansion, Xie Lingjiang did not move his steps for the first time.

The two big red lanterns hanging in front of the door sprinkled the glow of the red candles on the young county magistrate who was slightly tired and standing quietly not far away.

Xie Lingjiang turned his head, his eyes shining up and down, carefully looking at the senior brother who was seeing her enter the door.

The latter seemed to understand the look in her eyes.

He shrugged his shoulders helplessly, lifted his sleeves, and spun around in place under the astute eyes of his little junior sister:

"I'm really fine, I don't have any major injuries on my body, I didn't want to find a reason to send you away, and then I silently cowered in the corner and licked my wounds like a cat and a dog."

Xie Lingjiang looked at the wry smile on his tired face, bowed his head slightly, and turned around to enter the door.

"Wait a minute, junior sister." Ouyang Rong seemed to remember something and shouted, lowered his head and silently untied something from his waist, holding it in both hands and preparing to hand it forward, "You forgot to take the skirt knife......"

"Big brother." Xie Lingjiang suddenly interrupted Ouyang Rong's words.

The latter looked up, "What's wrong?" ”

Under the red lantern, a man in red did not reply:

"What you just said to your mentor sister on the road said that our unfinished business is more important, and sometimes even more important...... For the life of one person, the senior sister felt that what the senior brother said was right, but ......

"Maybe it's because I'm still stupid, and it's barely okay to have the 'don't cry' item in it, but it's actually quite difficult to do the 'don't look back' item."

She paused, sniffed, pursed her lips, and pretended not to care:

"Senior brother, don't think too much, it's not that someone is special, but my already sentimental nature, something happened to my fellow friends around me, life and death are uncertain, I can't help but worry impulsively."

Ouyang Rong frowned slightly: "Little junior sister, in fact, we ......"

Xie Lingjiang's back tilted his head slightly, and interrupted: "But." ”

"But what?" Ouyang Rong asked stunned.

"But it's not that it can't be solved, just like today, if you put my skirt knife on your body, I can vaguely sense that you are there, so I can relax a little and chase the ship without looking back......

"Whether it's life or death, junior sister, I can at least confirm it, it's better than being tempted by some illusory hope, messing up the situation, and ruining the senior brother's big things...... What do you think, brother? ”

Ouyang Rong opened his eyes, in fact, he didn't understand the logic of the junior sister, but it didn't prevent him from responding, and he felt that what the junior sister said was not too problematic:

"That's ...... Not bad either. ”

Xie Lingjiang bowed his head straight: "Then the skirt knife will continue to be put there for you, just treat it as a ...... An insurance policy, you are not allowed to let it go in the future. ”

Ouyang Rong thought about it, and reluctantly tied the skirt knife back to his waist: "Okay." ”

It's just that what he didn't see was that the corners of the mouth of a certain little junior sister with her back in front of her curved slightly.

Wearing the knife, Ouyang Rong raised his head and called out to Xie Lingjiang: "Wait, there is one more thing, the red rope given by Master Shandao in the morning......"

Xie Lingjiang suddenly asked, "Red rope?" What red rope? ”

Without waiting for Ouyang Rong to say more, she raised her hand without looking back, shook off her wide red sleeves, revealed a lotus root, and raised her white and useless wrist.

Xie Lingjiang was still holding a marriage bamboo stick in his hand.

Her curious tone came:

"Didn't we just ask for a sign for Su Xiaomei in the morning, what is the senior brother talking nonsense?"

“……”

"Gone."

The woman in red waved her hand and entered the door in style.

Ouyang Rong's face was stunned.

After a while, he rubbed his face, turned to leave, and muttered in place:

"My sister has really grown up...... In other words, is this admiration and dependence, or is it ...... Really in love. ”