Li Xiu walked on the streets of Chang'an City, he walked very slowly, after fourteen years, he is now nineteen years old.

Everything here was so familiar to him, yet so unfamiliar.

Chang'an City in winter is a little cold, but compared to the outside of the pass, these little coldness is nothing.

His feet stepped on the long street, feeling the green bricks under his feet, there was no snow on the official road in Chang'an, and the steadfastness under his feet made Li Xiu's face much paler, and he shrugged his shoulders and coughed lightly twice.

"Uncle Qiao, if I had died, would Chang'an still be there?"

"You're still alive. ”

Old Qiao led the horse quietly, and a smile appeared on his old face.

"It's still alive, yes, it's alive after all. ”

Li Xiu stood in front of the palace gate, raised his head slightly and looked up at the four big characters of Chen Liu's palace, and smiled softly.

"I thought I wouldn't survive the beginning, but since I survived, I had to get back the debts owed by Chang'an City back then, and no one could run away. ”

"No one can run away. ”

"Yes, young master. ”

Old Joe's face was still full of smiles, and he squeezed out many folds.

There was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and gradually approached, Li Anzhi jumped off the horse, and Li Xiu turned sideways.

"I have asked someone to clean up the place where you live, and from now on you will be the young master of the palace. ”

Li Anzhi patted him on the shoulder, and after a few words, he turned over and left the palace gate, he was in charge of the defense of Kyoto, and he had a heavy responsibility and could not be slackened.

Li Xiu saw him away, and then suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in front of the palace, got up and walked into the mansion.

Lao Qiao handed the horse rope to the guards on both sides, and did not speak, quietly following behind Li Xiu like a shadow.

A subordinate of the palace led the way in front, with a smile on his face, and kept talking about the layout of the mansion and the interesting things that happened before, and after a full cup of tea time, he found that this prince seemed to be extremely cold, and he didn't smile all the way, so he simply stopped wasting his tongue, and kept silent and just led the way in front.

"Your Highness, this is where you live. ”

"Go ahead. ”

Old Joe waved his hand at the man and gestured.

"This..."

When the man heard this, he hesitated.

Li Xiu looked sideways and frowned.

The man couldn't figure out his temperament, thinking that he was impatient, and his body trembled and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, Madame has prepared a family banquet, and in two quarters of an hour, please move to Chaoyue Pavilion." ”

Most of the buildings in the palace have not changed, such as the Chaoyue Pavilion, which was the place where Li Laizhi held Li Xiu and often ate when he was a child.

"Tell me that the princess has a heart. ”

Li Xiu nodded.

The subordinate hurriedly saluted, and then bowed his head and left, and when he walked through the corner of the garden gate, he couldn't help wiping the cold sweat of his sideburns, and said in his heart that His Royal Highness the prince was too difficult to serve, and it was better to hide in the future.

According to folk customs, he should call the second lady an aunt or uncle.

But he called him a princess.

The next person doesn't understand, but someone should understand.

Li Xiu took a few steps and pushed open the door in front of him, his eyes were in a trance for a moment, and then he regained his calm.

The clothes in the house were the same as when they were children, there was no difference at all, even the four-foot wooden horse in front of the window was quietly there, and the shabby spots did not change at all.

"He must have been terrified. ”

Lao Qiao stepped forward and took a few steps, took off Li Xiu's shirt, and then helped him sit on the chair.

Li Xiu's eyes were closed, his chest was constantly rising and falling, and he was trying his best to suppress his breathing.

Since he was a child, he has endured unimaginable pain every year, and he will have an onset of disease once a month, and the pain is like cramps and bones, which is indescribable.

Just frowned, the little guy thought he was impatient.

In fact, he was just in pain, but now it has become a habit, and he is no longer rolling on the ground and wailing heart-rending like when he was a child.

Looking at Li Xiu, whose face was pale and without a trace of blood, Lao Qiao's eyes were full of pity, the young master's unparalleled figure in the world was unexpectedly made to such a point by a three-tribulation remnant.

After a full quarter of an hour, Li Xiu's breathing gradually stabilized, his eyes gradually opened, and his body was already covered with sweat.

Lao Qiao stretched out a hand towards him, and a pale white light flickered in his palm, and the wetness on Li Xiu's body disappeared, and to outsiders it still looked like the young man in green shirt standing proudly in front of the city gate.

"Uncle Qiao, do you think I'm going to die. ”

Li Xiu looked at the snow on the willow tree outside the window and said softly.

His voice was flat, and his face was still as old as ever, as if he wasn't talking about his own life.

"You have already broken two tribulations of the three tribulations, and now there is only one last step left, so you still don't say these disheartening words. ”

Old Joe whispered comforting.

"I was five years old when I broke the first catastrophe, and the snow fell that day, burying half of the world, if it wasn't for the landlord to save me, I would have died. ”

"But you've broken the first calamity. ”

Li Xiu ignored him and still said to himself.

"Four years ago, I broke into Mohui Valley to break the second tribulation, and this time I met Mr. Chen, who saved my life when I was dying, and helped me break the second tribulation, so I saved his life later. ”

Old Joe didn't speak, and his face became much heavier.

"Now that I have more than a month to live, who will save me in this last catastrophe?"

No one answered, and Lao Qiao didn't speak, but his face was gloomy, and there were hidden clouds and clouds gathering in the sky, and there was thunder in the winter, roaring above the palace.

Li Xiu got up and pressed Lao Qiao's hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go, Uncle Qiao, it's time to have a family banquet." ”

Old Qiao's face returned to calm, he saluted Li Xiu, and said respectfully, "Yes, young master." ”

The two walked out of the door and walked to the Chaoyue Pavilion, the wind and clouds in the sky dispersed, and the thunder disappeared.

As calm as ever.

As the name suggests, this person will experience three tribulations within twenty years, and it will be smooth sailing if he survives, and if he can't survive, he will be a dead end.

That's why it's also called crippled life.

People with this kind of physique are gifted with extraordinary talents and are excellent cultivation physiques, but the paradox is that people with this kind of physique cannot cultivate until they have broken the Three Tribulations.

If you can't practice, you can't break the calamity,

If you can't break it, you can't practice.

It's a dead end.

According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, since ancient times, no one who has had the remnants of the three tribulations has succeeded in breaking the tribulation, and most of them died in the first tribulation.

Breaking through the double tribulation like Li Xiu is already an eternally difficult feat.

......

Chaoyue Pavilion is located in a lake in the west of the palace, and there is only a wooden bridge between the pavilion and the shore walkway, and no one has been here since Li Lai died in battle fourteen years ago and Li Xiu disappeared.

Today, Li Xiu returned to Kyoto, and Li Anzhi's shop greeted him with red makeup, and hundreds of officials bowed their heads and waited.

Even Mr. Chen of the academy also appeared at the city gate.

This is a great courtesy, because Li Laizhi's credit is great, Li Anzhi's hard work is great, and we all know that his purpose of returning to Beijing this time will definitely not be simple.

One person, one servant and one horse, the wind and snow are returning with the general trend.

No one will beat him on this day.

Because Li Xiu has a special identity, because no one knows where he has gone in the past 14 years, because everyone still can't figure out the details of him.

Because of this, the academy girl who asked at the exit in front of the city gate was regarded as a fool by the hundred officials and was pretending to be clever.

In that case, you can ask tomorrow, you can ask the day after tomorrow, but you must not ask again today.

Ang Lee's long red and black armor is an attitude, and the second lady's family banquet in the Chaoyue Pavilion is also an attitude.

The dress in the pavilion is extremely extravagant and gorgeous, which is the heritage and strength of the palace in the eyes of outsiders.

It is a kind of respect and attention to the guests.

But Lao Qiao's face turned colder, and Li Xiu's eyes gradually narrowed.

This is a family banquet, the layout style should be warm and comfortable, and now it is the decoration of welcoming guests, this is Chen Liu's palace, he Li Xiu is the prince of the palace, when did he become a guest?

There is a table in the pavilion, which is full of wine and food, and the price of any dish is enough for the people of Chang'an for a year.

There was no servant here, and there were two people sitting at the table.

Two women, one of whom looked about thirty years old, with bright red lips and straight eyebrows, sat in the main seat, and the dress of a lady of the first rank looked so graceful and luxurious under the colorless water surface.

This person is Li Anzhi's wife, the daughter of Taiwei, and the current Mrs. Yipin, Qi Liu.

On her left hand sat a girl, twenty-eight years old, the only daughter of Li Anzhi, Li Xing'er.

Although the two are only three years apart, Li Xiu has never seen her.

Lao Qiao stood down outside the pavilion, looking down at the nearly 1,000 carp under the water with his hands behind his back, his face expressionless.

"Li Xiu has seen the princess. ”

Stepping in, Li Xiu saluted the princess, then nodded at Li Xing'er and sat on the chair.

Li Xing'er returned the salute, according to the seniority, Li Xiu is her brother, so naturally she doesn't need to treat her in particular.

She has fantasized about Li Xiu's existence since she was a child, but now that she sees it with her own eyes, all her thoughts just turn into a light glance, and then she lowers her head.

"Hugh'er, don't be polite, just call me uncle. ”

Qi Liu's bright red lips were open, and his tone was flat, with a little concern in it, just right.

But he was too deliberate, although he couldn't practice, but his talent was undoubted, and in the fourteen years he listened to Xue Lou, he learned everything he could learn, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he had read the world through.

But Li Xiu still nodded and called his uncle.

"You have disappeared for fourteen years, your second uncle has been looking for you for fourteen years, if it wasn't for the letter I received from you a few days ago, I'm afraid we wouldn't even know that you returned to Chang'an. ”

The princess did not eat, but said to him.

"My nephew has watched the snow for fourteen years, and although it is not very interesting, it is very beautiful. ”

Li Xiu said.

"It's really beautiful to think about. ”

The princess looked at his face, which was even more pale than snow, and said very seriously.

Li Xiu stretched out his hand to peel and unwrap the blue shrimp in front of him and put it into his mouth.

The taste is very fragrant, like the fish belly roast of Taibai Lou.

I only heard Qi Liu continue: "I plan to send you to the army, your physique is too weak, you haven't practiced for fourteen years, it's a pity that you have talent, you should go to the army to polish and polish." ”

Her voice became very majestic, and it sounded irresistible, and her eyes grew sharper.

Li Xiu didn't care, he lowered his head, gently inhaled the remaining taste on his fingers, and then shook his head.

The second lady's brows gradually furrowed, she herself was a powerhouse in the Youye realm, and the weather in winter was already cold, because she frowned, the temperature of Chaoyue Pavilion dropped a lot again.

There was frost condensing on the ground, spreading towards Li Xiu little by little.

Li Xing'er's pupils shrank a little, and she looked at her mother puzzled.

Lao Qiao still looked down at the carp in the water, but his eyes gradually became colder, he turned sideways, coughed lightly, a gust of wind blew, the cold in the sky dissipated, the endless lake rippled, and more than a thousand carp in the lake gradually surfaced, and the white belly turned upside down.

The carp in a lake died cleanly.

Li Xing'er looked at the koi floating on the lake, her eyes were red, and she got up and ran out of the Chaoyue Pavilion.

The second lady, Qi Liu, watched the silver bead on her forehead fall, fell on the table, shattered into several petals, and stopped speaking.