There was an oil lamp lit on the table, Zhao Xiang'er sat down on the chair, she was on her lower abdomen with one hand, the back of her hand was pressed by the elbow of the other hand, the girl's head hung slightly, unfolded the letter of apology with one hand, and read it softly:

"Hello Miss Zhao, after thinking about it, I couldn't sleep for a long time, and I felt very guilty about the girl, so I wrote this letter, hoping to be forgiven by His Royal Highness. ”

Hypocrisy...... Zhao Xiang'er whispered softly, there was no expression on her face, her eyes turned lightly, and she continued to look down.

"In the past month, thanks to the girl's care, the girl has worked tirelessly to carve out my body and hammer my body and mind with her fists and feet. ”

"Miss Zhao is the king of a country, often patiently and carefully explain the principles of sword and boxing to me, follow the good temptation, to convince people, and even more condescending to the noble personally cooked some rice and noodles food, its taste is not inferior to the palace imperial food, the aftertaste is endless, I will remember it for a lifetime. ”

Zhao Xiang'er took a deep breath, her nose fluttered, her chest rose and fell, her face was dizzy, her lacquer-like apricot eyes had condensed a lot of light, and the hand attached to her waist had also clenched into a fist.

"What kind of apology is this? Yin and Yang are angry and have bad intentions, and there is no doubt that they are villains!" Zhao Xiang'er gritted her teeth, her face was full of anger, she resisted the urge to tear up the letter with one hand, and continued to look down.

"That Madame Bai came to the world in the form of destroying the city, you and I are perfectly matched, even if we have never said it explicitly, our minds always think of it together, those secret words that deceive Madame Bai, we can also understand each other, tacitly. At that time, I felt that as long as we worked together, there would be no such thing as a cut. ”

Zhao Xiang'er looked at the four words and knew that they were the words on the marriage letter, and he should have deliberately disgusted himself...... Hmph, although he is indeed a little clever, he can roughly understand his every move at that time, but it is only a little clever, if it is not for his own strength to defend the city, how can he have the slightest chance to form an innate spirit? What does this letter mean now?

"Today, the sky is overturned, and it is the honor of my life to be able to support the city and the country with His Highness, and I will often recall the sword that fell from the sky in my long career in the future, as well as the peerless demeanor of His Highness holding an umbrella alone in the city. ”

Zhao Xiang'er's expression finally softened a little, her gaze continued to look downward, and soon her face almost wanted to kill again.

"After being in danger with His Royal Highness, you and I both fell to the ground, I don't know what happened in my dream, but I dreamed without a trace, if there is a light offense, I hope Your Highness will forgive. Before, I mixed with His Royal Highness's words, and I made a small punishment to each other, which made His Highness lose face, and I was also under Meng Lang, and when the girl was angry, I would like to come to the door to ask for guilt, and I hope that His Royal Highness will remember the old feelings and forgive a lot......"

"You still dare to mention ......" Zhao Xiang'er's hand on the side of his waist loosened, stretched out to the side and held the scabbard, his fingers gently rubbed the gold paste on the scabbard, gritted his teeth and said: "Old love? ”

She looked at the letter, as if she saw Ning Changjiu's undercut face, and she read the last paragraph with anger.

"I am fortunate to be a Zhao person, to be able to get acquainted with His Royal Highness, and I don't know when we should meet again. I think that after three years, His Royal Highness should also be like the name of this red umbrella, and I wish His Royal Highness an early climb to the top of the avenue and a reunion of mother and daughter. ”

"I hope that people will last a long time, and may Your Highness last a long time. ”

Zhao Xiang'er's expression softened a little, but looking at the last sentence, she couldn't see it in any way, how could her name be next to this villain's name?

She angrily tore the letter along the middle of the sentence.

"It's really uneasy and kind!" Zhao Xiang'er snorted coldly, crumpled the letter paper and threw it away, but the scene when he had golden eyes and his back to the red sun appeared in her mind, and she felt a touch of worry in her heart.

Three years later, what if he really got the chance and his realm rose by leaps and bounds?

How humiliating would it be if I lost to him?

Zhao Xiang'er settled down, picked up the letter that was thrown on the ground, and thought that after returning to the palace, she would find a craftsman to frame it and stick it in the palace, so as to motivate herself from time to time.

Of course, Ning Changjiu is far from being her opponent now, so she plans to beat him a few more times while she is recuperating, and it is best to fight obediently.

Well, it's better to choose a day than to hit a day.

......

Zhao Xiang'er didn't look for Ning Changjiu in his room, she found that the light in the study was on, and there were about three figures inside, and the sound of conversation came out.

Zhao Xiang'er moved to the door, took her breath, put her fingers into her lips, licked the tip of her tongue, and then silently poked a hole in the door paper and looked in.

I saw Lu Marrying sitting in the middle, looking at Ning Changchang with some doubts, and said, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

Ning Xiaoling dismantled the stage on the side and said: "Previously, the senior brother said that he had given Sister Xiang'er a war letter, I was afraid that it was a moment of pride, and I was trembling after the end, so I came to the master to take refuge." ”

“......”

Ning Changjiu retorted: "How can senior brother be so? I asked her to feed me boxing before, one is to make my body into a container, and the other is to act, if I really make a move, I may not be inferior to her, not to mention that now Zhao Xiang'er is too seriously injured, I don't want to take advantage of others." ”

Ning Xiaoling laughed for a while and recalled: "I remember that there was a time when Sister Xiang'er was ruthless, and when Senior Brother saw Sister Xiang'er coming over with a cold face, he was scared of the chopsticks, Senior Brother acted really like it." ”

Ning Changjiu said, but also recalled the heavy fists that smashed on his body, many times Zhao Xiang'er's punches really seemed to be a life-and-death fight, and there was no emotion. When I have achieved my own cultivation in the future, I must beat this little girl who is not light or heavy.

Ning Changchang laughed dryly for a while, and said, "How can you fool that old monster if you don't act like you?"

Lu Marrying listened on the side, and said with emotion: "You are really powerful, you can use such methods at a young age, you are much more powerful than when I was a child, and I am afraid that the Sword Heavenly Sect will not be able to keep you in the future." ”

Ning Chang said: "Senior sister is here, don't travel far." ”

Ning Xiaoling smiled secretly.

Listening to Fang Cailu's words of marrying, Ning Xiaoling remembered something again, smiled, and dismantled the stage again: "Master, do you remember the last time you lit the Sword Star, Senior Brother forgot to return the hairpin to you." Sister Xiang'er found out about this, not only beat her brother, but also confiscated the hairpin, and she still has no intention of returning it. ”

Lu married and glanced at Ning Chang.

Ning Changjiu also felt a little embarrassed, and immediately said: "At that time, it was just to make the scene more realistic, I almost forgot about it, and I will go to ask for the hairpin back for the master, I will go to ask for it myself, she will not dare to detain it." ”

Ning Xiaoling looked at him with distrust and said, "Senior brother, pay attention to safety." ”

Ning Chang looked at the new hairpin on Lu Marry's jade crown, thinking that she would definitely refuse, or that she would not bother herself and ask for it in person, but Lu Marrying looked at herself with a smile and said, "Then go and help me come back." ”

Ning Chang coughed twice and said, "Okay, I'll ask for it tomorrow." ”

Lu married and said: "I will return to the peak tomorrow, then Miss Zhao should also return to the court, let's go tonight, don't delay." ”

Ning Xiaoling laughed on the side, gloating.

Ning looked at Lu Marrying for a while as if asking for help, but Lu Marrying was indifferent.

"Yes, Master. Ning Changjiu finally got up helplessly, sighed, and walked towards the door.

Ning Chang walked to the door, vaguely felt a familiar aura behind the door, and then he noticed a small hole in the door, and in his heart, he guessed something, and tentatively opened the door.

Behind the door, still dressed in men's clothes, a girl with long hair stood gracefully, her hands around her chest, her delicate face was like a frost-covered first lotus, she was obviously half a head shorter than herself, but her cold eyes seemed to look down.

Ning Changjiu's expression shook slightly, and he smelled a faint fragrance as if he was delusional, and then his heart trembled, thinking that his words should have been listened to by her, and Lu Married should have also noticed that she was eavesdropping outside the door, so he pushed himself into the fire pit.

Ning Chang turned his head and saw Lu Marrying with a shallow smile on his face.

He sighed in his heart, turned to look at Zhao Xiang'er, and said with a smile: "Miss Zhao is also here, what a coincidence, Miss Zhao took my master's silver hairpin a month ago, I don't know when I will return it?"

Zhao Xiang'er didn't answer directly, and said lightly: "Come out." ”

Ning Chang was forced to follow.

Ning Jiujiu closed the door and said softly: "Many words on that letter are just jokes, but my apology is true, if it weren't for you today, let alone the innate spirit, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to save my life." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Don't feel guilty, if it weren't for your golden crow to break through the long night, I wouldn't be able to support Madame Bai's sword." ”

Ning Changchang asked: "The anger has not subsided, and the teacher came to ask for the sin?"

Zhao Xiang'er shook his head and said, "I was a little angry, but after listening to you and them, I don't think I need to get along with a fool, right, Ning Da Sword Immortal?"

Ning Chang thought that it was not too late for the gentleman to take revenge for three years, and swallowed his anger and said, "What His Highness said is extremely true. ”

Zhao Xiang'er sneered: "Don't think I don't know your fancy intestines, thinking that anyway, the spiritual veins have been restored, the innate spirit has been completed, now endure the humiliation, and cultivate hard in the future, maybe you can break my wrist with me in three years, right?"

Ning Chang said: "Don't dare, I don't feel too relieved about the three-year covenant, I admire His Highness very much, and every time I think of it, I always feel a little disrespectful to His Highness." ”

Zhao Xiang'er didn't believe it at all, and said: "Even if you are so qualified now, I don't think you can surpass me, I hope you won't let me down after three years, I can't get off the stage if I am beaten too badly." ”

Ning Chang said: "It's two years, eight months and three days. ”

Zhao Xiang'er frowned and sneered: "I didn't take it to heart." ”

Ning Chang diverted the topic and said, "That hairpin ......"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Accompany me to go outside for a walk." ”

Ning Chang didn't know what she was thinking, but in order to complete the task of marrying Lu, she had to go out.

Zhao Xiang'er glanced at him and said, "Finally changed back into men's clothes?" The white dress before dangled in front of me, which was disgusting. ”

Ning Chang looked at her for a long time and said, "Why is Miss Zhao still wearing this men's clothes and loving this clothes so much?"

Zhao Xiang'er glanced at him: "What do you mean?"

Ning Changchang smiled: "It's okay, so we can be regarded as brothers and sisters when we go out." ”

Zhao Xiang'er clenched her fists and walked towards her room: "You stand still, I'll go change my clothes." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Xiang'er came out of her room, she changed into a brand-new elegant long dress, covered with a dark blue cardigan, without the constraints of men's clothing, and her figure looked more graceful.

She and Ning Chang walked out of the courtyard and headed out into the street.

Riverside City is in ruins.

Many officials were still counting the number of survivors in Linhe City, doing the work of cleaning up the aftermath, and several families began to organize the funeral, but the funeral was also hasty, after all, the soul was destroyed, and there were no bones left, and nothing was left.

"Sometimes I think, what did we do right this month?" Zhao Xiang'er suddenly said: "I stopped Madame Bai because this is the territory of Zhao Kingdom, if she succeeds, the seal in my name will never be lifted, and you are mostly doing it out of self-preservation, if we don't take action, the people in this riverside city should still be alive like ghosts, enjoying the beauty of eternal life in this kingdom of God." ”

Ning Changjiu said: "The composition of every Xudu Divine Kingdom, below is the lives of the people of the city, if she is really allowed to develop hugely, it will definitely cause countless wars in the future, not to mention that her mythological logic is wrong, even without us, it will collapse sooner or later." ”

Zhao Xiang'er snorted and said, "But do they know? Will they thank us?"

Ning Changjiu said softly: "They are your people, and you have made the right choice for them, and that is enough." ”

Zhao Xiang'er was silent for a while, and said, "I didn't expect you to still speak some human words." ”

Ning Chang shut up stupidly.

The two of them walked on the dark and dead street, occasionally almost everyone turned on the long-lost lights, there were paper money floating on the ground, and the cold wind blew a desolate whimper, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was the sorrow of people or the howling of the wind.

"What is your origin?" Zhao Xiang'er couldn't help but ask.

Ning Chang said: "I am a loyal person of His Highness. ”

Zhao Xiang'er pinched his arm and said, "Don't think about getting by, tell the truth!"

Ning Chang smiled bitterly: "I have forgotten a lot of things, and now I am thinking about it little by little, maybe it is the memory of my previous life." ”

Zhao Xiang'er was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, and said: "I know that you are extraordinary, but I never thought that you are so extraordinary, and the innate spirit that has just formed can easily tear apart Madam Bai's enchantment, even if it is innate restraint, I still feel incredible." ”

Ning Chang said: "Maybe this is the only way to be worthy of being His Highness's opponent." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Although you are not very good, your talent and luck are indeed enviable. ”

His Highness praised it. ”

"By the way, if you win by luck after three years, what will you do with the marriage letter?"

"Of course it's a retreat...... What if Your Highness wins?"

"You don't have to test your tone, and you don't have any illusions, when the time comes, I'll force you to read the apology letter aloud, and then tear up the marriage letter in front of you and smash it in your face. ”

"Your Highness is so ruthless. ”

As he spoke, a voice rang out in the alley.

"Big brother, big sister-in-law!" a little boy ran from the other side of the alley, shouting loudly, as if he was shaking something in his hand, "I...... I got it...... Ahh

As he spoke, the soles of his feet slipped, and his body leaned forward suddenly, Zhao Xiang'er stretched out his hand and pointed at him in the air, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The little boy named Ding Leshi stood still on his knees again, and he kowtowed, "I have come to thank my eldest brother and sister-in-law for saving their lives. ”

Zhao Xiang'er said in a cold voice: "No need, and I'm not your sister-in-law." ”

Ding Leshi raised his head in astonishment, looked at the fierce face of the beautiful sister, and then looked at the big brother who was half a cut lower in momentum on the side, thinking that his father and mother were often in such a state when they were alive.

Ding Leshi untied the burden in his hand while considering the title, took out the two wrapped eggs from it, handed them one by one, kowtowed: "These are the last two eggs in my family, the eggs that can hatch chicks, give them to you...... I...... I want to learn martial arts!"

Ning Changjiu and Zhao Xiang'er glanced at each other, they both recognized this child's courage and heart, but they could see at a glance that he didn't have the Purple Mansion Qi Sea at all, how could he practice?

Ning thought about it for a long time, and still said truthfully: "Your physique is not suitable for cultivation. ”

Ding Leshi was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't want to cultivate immortals, I just want to learn martial arts." ”

In this world now, ordinary martial arts tricks are vulnerable in front of even the weakest cultivators, Zhao Xiang'er shook his head and said: "If you just be a killer with strong martial arts, it is still useless to meet a character like Lady White Bone." ”

Ding Leshi hummed softly and pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, another girl came to the alley, and the girl bowed down, and her movements were meticulous.

Zhao Xiang'er recognized her, it was the granddaughter of the city lord.

"You also want to learn martial arts?" asked Zhao Xiang'er.

The little girl nodded vigorously.

It's just that she also doesn't have a monastic posture.

Zhao Xiang'er wanted to refuse, but saw Ning Chang walking to Ding Leshi's side, squatting down and looking at him, and said seriously: "It doesn't matter if you don't have talent, it's not that there is no precedent in this world for mortals to behead cultivators with swords, and you are so polite, you should have good luck in the future." Now that your parents are dead, you can go with me, and I will find a way to arrange a reliable martial arts gym for you, so that they can give you basic skills first. ”

Ding Leshi was stunned for a while, although he knew that this brother was obviously weaker than the big sister, but he was also a fairy-like figure, he was pleasantly surprised, for fear that the other party would change his mind, so he quickly knelt down: "Thank you, Master!"

Zhao Xiang'er looked at this scene, frowned, she looked at the little girl, and said, "What's your name?"

The little girl said cautiously: "Yan Shi." ”

Zhao Xiang'er asked again: "Did you suffer hard?"

Yan Shi had already made up her mind and said firmly: "It's eaten." ”

Zhao Xiang'er nodded and said, "Then you can go with me." ”

The little girl was stunned for a moment, vaguely understood something, but she didn't care, she was happy in her heart, and immediately knelt down and shouted Master.

Ning Changjiu and Zhao Xiang'er glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of competition.

Ning Chang said: "Congratulations to Miss Zhao for accepting a good apprentice." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Ning Daochang is the same. ”

Ning Chang said: "Why don't you make another agreement?"

Zhao Xiang'er also had this intention, and said: "After a year, let's see which of us has a better vision, how about it?"

Ning Chang said: "A word is a certainty." ”

So the two little boys and little girls who had just worshiped the master were pitifully reduced to their competitive bargaining chips.

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......

When Ning Chang returned to the study, the night was even deeper.

Lu married and Ning Xiaoling did not sleep, Ning Xiaoling was quite interested in the story of the Kingdom of God, and was asking Lu to marry many questions with relish.

Ning Chang pushed the door in, put the silver hairpin in both hands, and said, "Don't dishonor the master's order." ”

Lu grafted the silver hairpin, nodded and said, "Miss Xiang'er didn't embarrass you, right?"

Ning Chang said: "Miss Zhao and I are both reasonable people. ”

Ning Xiaoling listened to the story very well, and she didn't bother to dismantle the senior brother, so she grabbed the master's hand and asked, "Who is more powerful, the Immortal Monarch and the Lord of the Twelve Divine Kingdoms?"

Lu Married explained: "According to the book, the Hades were one of the first gods to appear when this world was born, and they were in charge of the death of all things, but I don't know what catastrophe happened at that time, the Hades and several of the first gods fell early, and their authority was scattered in the world, and a small part was divided by the cultivators who were destined to do so, and most of them still floated between heaven and earth as ownerless things. ”

Ning Xiaoling nodded and asked, "What are the names of the twelve lords of the Divine Kingdom, except for the Vermilion Bird, the Sky Hunt, and the Sin Monarch?"

Lu was originally reluctant to talk about this, after all, the taboo in the dark was not unreasonable, but looking at Ning Xiaoling's eyes, he still explained softly: "After the sin king, it is the lord of the country, Bai Zang, and after Bai Zang, there is Hu Fu*, I don't dare to say too much about these existences, let me tell you the legends and stories of the two lords every day." ”

Ning Xiaoling was full of interest and said happily: "The master is the best." ”

Ning Chang listened to this sentence on the sidelines, inexplicably a little jealous.

By the time Lu married her and finished telling some of the imaginative myths and legends about Baizang and Hufu, it was already close to midnight.

Ning Xiaoling was a little drowsy, so Lu also stroked her forehead, put her on the couch, and tucked the quilt for her.

When she was about to walk out, Ning Changjiu suddenly stopped her.

Lu married and said softly: "What's the matter?"

Ning Chang said: "The disciple is brave and wants to try to heal the master's injuries. ”

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(*Note: 鹓 (yuān) Fu)