Chapter 10: The Dark Fragrance Floats
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight crept in through the exquisitely carved window, illuminating the warmth of the room. Under the sun, a figure in a light blue chiffon suit sat quietly in front of the window, with his head in his hands, his eyes full of spring light, as if in a daze and like a memory.
"Sin!" The girl whispered softly, sinking into deep memories.
"I call sin." The hoarse voice of the man from last night still seemed to ring in her ears, and the girl greedily recalled everything from last night. Bai Tianxue never seems to have forgotten the heroic appearance of that knife and the strangely shaped knife. I remember the feeling of being carried back to the town all the way, although the back was not wide, but it made Bai Tianxue feel very relieved.
A sweetness that has never been there flows from the girl's heart.
"Phew! What a shame! The girl took a sip of herself, reached out and touched her hot cheeks, but the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.
"Cousin," an excited voice came from outside the room, interrupting the silence.
"I'm tired." Bai Tianxue replied calmly, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
"Yesterday, the group of bandits was fierce, and my cousin was worried that you would be hurt, so he retreated first to find rescuers, not greedy for life and afraid of death." The young man in fancy clothes outside the room explained anxiously.
Thinking back to everything yesterday, the young man in Chinese costume was also eager to slap himself a few times.
When the group of horse bandits rushed towards him viciously, as a medical family, he had never seen such a scene, and in his panic, he forgot that he was a capable person, and immediately ran away. After running for a while, I remembered that my cousin had been left behind.
Next time, you still have to be accompanied by a guard, even if it's in love. The noble young man looked afraid.
For a long time, there was still no response in the room.
"Then cousin, you rest first, and cousin will come to see you another day," the young man in Chinese clothes sighed and left.
This young man in Chinese clothes is named Bai Jiasheng, and he is a descendant of the young generation of the Bai family with excellent moral character, at least he is not contaminated with the bad atmosphere of the gentlemen. It's just that he is not a descendant of the line of the current head of the family, so he has not entered the sequence of core heirs.
Of course, it is impossible for the core heir of the Bai family in the imperial capital to marry a descendant of a separate family, although the Bai family is a medical family, but like all family valves, it is also bloody and bloody in inheriting the unification, and there is no family affection at all. Therefore, usually the core children will choose the right lady of the family, because the family power on the wife's side is also a huge help.
At first, Bai Jiasheng was also extremely reluctant to marry a young lady who was separated from the countryside, and even did not hesitate to leave home. It's just that the head of the Bai family in a small country town has repeatedly written to clearly state how his daughter is virtuous and excellent, and how beautiful and moving.
In the end, the head of the family felt that he could not chill the heart of the family, which was not conducive to the unity and long-term development of the family. So, it was forced down again, and the Bai family gave birth to a younger generation who was insignificant, and his father's line was not powerful, so he had to follow. However, in order to appease the Bai family, the head of the family also gave him a priceless glass dot emerald fan.
Even in order not to let the family feel despised by the family, Bai Tianzhao also sent a luxury convoy of dozens of people, among which there was a pivotal core figure of the Bai family like Bai Yunfei, who was good at dancing in the Great Wilderness Military Department.
The moment he saw Bai Tianxue, his originally dead heart came to life in an instant, and Bai Jiasheng didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful pearl in this remote rural town. Although it is far less astonishing than the "pearl" of the Bai family, such a beauty is extremely rare in the imperial capital where a hundred flowers are vibrant.
Since he was born as good as those core children, his talent is far from comparable, inheriting the family is just a dream, maybe marrying this beautiful separated girl is also a good choice. Bai Jiasheng comforted himself.
Dumpling Snow was just angry for a while, and when she calmed down, she would understand that she would be her best choice. Bai Jiasheng was not panicked at all, after all, there are very few princes in this world who are willing to marry Cinderella.
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In Master Mu's medicine garden, Wu Lu knelt on the ground, and Master Mu stood on the edge of the medicine field. At this time, the morning light fell through the clouds all over the earth and on them.
"Thank you Master for your care and teachings over the years!" Wu Lu's heart was full of gratitude.
"The man has gold under his knees, needless to say, get up!" Master Mu gently helped Wu Lu up.
From a distance, the two people, one high and one low, have an inexplicable sad taste in the early morning sunshine.
At this moment, a group of people happily broke in from outside the medicine garden.
"Master Mu, thank you for saving my son's life in the past, and now my son has been successfully admitted to Eguchi University, and I specially prepare a generous gift today, I hope you don't dislike it." In the crowd, a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears presented a gift box of red envelopes with both hands.
Jiangling University is second only to the top ten universities in the Great Wilderness, and it is also recognized as the second best university in the southern region of the Great Wilderness, but it is only behind Jiangnan University, one of the top ten famous universities. The people in the town were able to successfully enter Gangneung University, and it is not at all against the saying that the ancestral tomb is smoking.
"Congratulations to the Jiang family! I also congratulate the young master of the Jiang family, and I wish the young master of the Jiang family success in his studies and glory to his ancestors in the future. Master Mu smiled and took the gift box with both hands.
"Huh! You're here too. A handsome young man in the crowd greeted Wu Lu.
"Long time no see! Young Master of the Jiang family. Wu Lu replied with a smile.
This person is Jiang Chengyu, the young master of the Jiang family who was successfully admitted to Jiangling University this time, and he is also the "child of someone else's family" in the mouth of many parents in the town. Speaking of which, Wu Lu hadn't seen him in years.
I remember that when Wu Wu Lu first wandered to the town, Jiang Chengyu, a bear child, threw him with a stone, and then he was beaten by Wu Lu, and then went home to find his mother in tears. Later, he went out to study, and he never saw him again. I don't want the two to see each other again now, he has successfully been admitted to a famous school in the Great Wilderness, which is really unpredictable.
"Big brother will take the Jiangling exam, I will take the Jiangnan exam, and I will roast sweet potatoes in Wulu." A child suddenly danced and screamed beside him.
"Jiang Chengbei, what nonsense are you talking about?" The fat-headed and big-eared old man of the Jiang family pulled the young boy and raised his hand to make a gesture to fight.
"Haha! Children are not sensible, and it is not surprising. Jiang Chengyu looked apologetic.
"It doesn't matter." Wu Lu smiled.
"Wu Lu, are you interested in accompanying me to study at Gangneung University, I haven't found a suitable partner yet." Jiang Chengyu looked at Wu Lu with a serious face.
Hearing this, Wu Lu was stunned.
The partner in Jiang Chengyu's mouth is also the waiter. The young master of the rich family in the Great Wilderness will assign himself a maid to serve when he goes out to study, and he will be responsible for all kinds of chores. If the two get along well, the boy will develop into a confidant in the future. If you are lucky, this young master just happens to be on the rise, and the boy will naturally have an unlimited future.
"Thank you for the kindness of the young master of the Jiang family, but I have another place to go, I'm afraid I will live up to the kindness of the young master of the Jiang family." Wu Lu shook his head and refused.
Jiang Chengyu looked at Wu Lu with a regretful face, he was beaten by Wu Lu when he was young, and he was beaten again after telling his mother when he went home, and he was arrogant at that time, he secretly vowed in his heart that he would be ashamed in the future. Later, as time went on, he slowly forgot about it.
Now that they meet again, he no longer has the hatred he had at the beginning, but is full of gratitude, if it weren't for the stimulation of Wu Lu back then, he would not have become the "child of someone else's family" later. Jiang Chengyu originally wanted to take Wu Lu with him, but he didn't want him to be as stubborn as he was back then, and he refused to bow to others at all.
"It's a pity, you know that you missed the great wealth." Jiang Chengyu sighed secretly, "One day you will know how cruel life is." ”
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"Finally cleaned up." Wu Lu wiped the sweat from his head, looked at the neat and clean house in front of him and sighed.
Suddenly I felt a little sad, and I was about to leave this place where I had lived for seventeen years.
Wu Lu took out a silver coin from his pocket and played with it in his hand. That silver coin was the silver coin that Bai Tianxue thanked Wu Lu for helping to reconcile the accounts and gave it to Wu Lu in person, and it was Wu Lu's wages. Thinking of this, Wu Lu shook his head in frustration, and then threw the silver coin out.
"There's no future, is there?" Wu Wu Lu muttered to himself, walked out of the room, walked into the spring breeze, walked into the sun, and never looked back again.
Let go of the past, let go of the past, turn around, and from then on, I have the courage to face the future.
The next day, when the sky was about to dawn and the morning sun was about to rise, Wu Wulu carried his luggage and set foot on the road to Changxing City alone, running into the distance in the sound of galloping horses' hooves, leading to the unknown fate. The great ship of troubled times is quietly turning.
And far away in a mysterious valley in the northern region of the Great Wilderness, a handsome young man with grass in his mouth and an ink sword in his hand is waiting for his arrival in a mysterious and unpredictable fate. The encounter of famous generals in troubled times is doomed.
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Chang'an City, dark incense floating.
In the early morning, a trace of warm sun flutters and dances with the breeze, covering the earth with wisps of glow. A trickle of water floats across the dark incense, and the sound of the gurgling water is so peaceful, so gentle, it makes people feel ethereal. Flowers spread on both sides of the stream, and dew drops hung upside down on the petals, and the stars were seen from afar. The breeze blows, and the scent of flowers comes in.
This is a manor of the general "Mad Lion" Lin Xiao in the army, but Lin Xiao is busy with military affairs on weekdays, and occasionally comes here to rest for a few days in his spare time.
"Lin Shuai, in the past few months, more and more ghost ronins have continued to enter various parts of the Eastern Wilderness Continent." Bai Yunfei stood aside and reported respectfully.
I saw a person standing in front of the window, his hair was gray, and he was wearing the most common green military uniform in the Great Wilderness Country, and the corners of the military uniform had signs of graying, and it seemed that it had been some years.
The man had a magnificent bearing, a calm demeanor, and an undignified appearance. Although it is only a leisurely stop there, it is as quiet as an abyss, as high as a cloud mountain, with an unfathomable atmosphere, showing the demeanor of the general of the desolate clan.
Suddenly, the old man walked over to a chessboard, sat down, and fiddled with the chess pieces on his own.
"The trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop. Our neighbor to the north has always been ambitious. In recent years, after Wei Zhongtang became a general, he made frequent moves. Now it seems that a big war is inevitable. Be ye prepared with your hearts. The old man said suddenly.
"Yes, Lin Shuai!"
"Yunfei, you and I haven't played chess together for a long time. Come, let's play a few handfuls with my old fellow today. The old man looked up and said with a smile.
"Yes, Lin Shuai." Bai Yunfei wiped his sweat, which was a sign of unconfidence.
"Haha, Yunfei, be cowardly before you fight. It's going to be a loser. ”
"Lin Shuai, when I was in the Southern Regions a few days ago, I found a teenager who was affected by the aftermath of the Heart-devouring palm." Bai Yunfei hesitated for a moment and said suddenly.
"Heart-Eater?" The old man remained motionless, but his eyes were fixed on the chessboard, his eyes full of anger. As an old man who has gone through vicissitudes, over the years, the old man has heard too many tragic deeds about the Heart-Eater's Palm, and he has also seen with his own eyes how cruel this Heart-Eater Palm is.
"Someone sacrificed the supreme foundation to save that young man's life, and if I'm not mistaken, that young man should be related to the case in Qingmang City fifteen years ago." Bai Yunfei continued.
"Are you referring to the tragedy of the former Eastern Emperor family?"
The temperature in the house dropped instantly, becoming cold, and the ground and the items placed in the room began to shake violently, as if an earthquake was coming, and at the same time, there was a heavy pressure in the air, which even made Bai Yunfei feel difficult to breathe.
Fifteen years ago, the Eastern Emperor clan was suddenly wiped out overnight, causing a sensation in the entire Great Wilderness. You must know that this Donghuang family is a well-known military family in the Great Wilderness, and the head of the family has the combat power of a peak god general. At that time, the Eastern Emperor clan had the combat power of the Great Heaven in terms of top-level combat power, and among the younger generations of the younger generation, there was the famous "Eastern Emperor Shuangjie" in the Eastern Wilderness Continent, and one of them was the personal disciple of the adult in front of him, and was regarded as the next "Lin Xiao". It can be said that the sky is in full swing, the future is unlimited, and it is even expected to impact the position of the gate valve.
But such a powerful family was wiped out overnight, and all the people of the clan were killed. For this reason, the Great Wilderness government and the military department sent top case-solving experts and strong people to investigate, but the result was nothing, and in the end, it was over, becoming an unsolved mystery of the year.
The next moment, the house returned to normal, as if everything was just an illusion of Bai Yunfei.
"That boy is a survivor of that tragedy." Bai Yunfei replied cautiously, a face that looked very similar to that of Wu Wu Lu flashed in his mind.
Fifteen years later, when he heard the bad news of his former beloved, the old man still felt great grief and endless anger in his heart.
That is one of my most optimistic juniors, talented, invincible at the same level, and his strength at a young age is among the top strong. He has injected countless efforts and cultivated himself wholeheartedly to become the successor of the military department. In the blink of an eye, the door was completely extinguished and disappeared.
After a while, Bai Yunfei's eyes were red and he said, "Over the years, I have been secretly tracking down the tragedy of the Eastern Emperor clan fifteen years ago, and I found that the clues seem to point to an organization called Freemasonry. Not only that, but I also found that in the past three hundred years, those supreme geniuses or young strong people in my great wilderness have always disappeared or died tragically, and they are inseparable from Freemasonry.
Then, Bai Yunfei said in a deep voice, "I suspect that this Freemason is an organization specially established to hunt down the supreme genius of my Great Wilderness, and even the strongest of them personally took action. ”
Hearing this, the old man's hand holding the chess piece quietly stopped in mid-air, and he didn't move for a long time, but the memories of the past were rapidly turning in his mind at this moment:
"In the past three hundred years, compared to the outpouring of talents from all the great powers in the world, those top geniuses or young powerhouses in my great wilderness have always disappeared or died tragically inexplicably. Is it really luck that is not in my wilderness? Or is there a special organization to hunt down the most brilliant geniuses of my great wilderness generation? An old man on crutches asked reluctantly.
"Senior Brother Lin Xiao, the biggest problem facing the Great Wilderness now is not to be wiped out, and everything else can be put aside. Therefore, when there is no second supreme powerhouse in the Great Wilderness, you can't just make a move. If you're gone, all our hard work will be in vain. The country is there, and there is always hope. If the state dies, then it really is gone. I'll find out about this matter, and with the strength of my god general, even if I am defeated, I can easily get out. The fellow disciple beside the old man, Baili Fenghou, said slowly.
Two months later, Baili Fenghou's body was found in the Great Dream Cloud Forest in the Western Regions of the Great Wilderness Country.
The old man settled down, dropped the chess pieces in his hand, looked at Bai Yunfei, and said: "My Great Wilderness has always lacked the second strongest person, and it has always been lacking, it has always been lacking. Over the years, I didn't dare to go all out, for fear of causing trouble to my wilderness and bringing disaster again. ”
The old man continued: "I used to think that the country is a big ship on the river of time, the great wilderness is huge, occupies the most fertile land, enjoys two major rivers exclusively, has both land and sea, has a long history, and has a prosperous culture. Time is there, and if it lasts long enough, one day she will put on the crown that belonged to her again. ”
"Now that I think about it, I was still wrong." The old man lowered his head and continued to play chess.
Bai Yunfei looked at the old man's white hair, and his heart couldn't help but ache, and he couldn't help but share it with him.
Outside the window, in the sky full of dark clouds, a little sunlight shone on a small grass that was most common in the Great Wilderness Country under the corner of the wall outside the house.
And in the myths and stories of the Great Wilderness Country, there is such a mythical story about Xiaocao.
In that mythical story, there is a grass that is the most ordinary in the Great Wilderness Country, after going through all kinds of tribulations, when it finally grows, it can also break the heavens and the earth and cut the stars.