Chapter 128: Returning Home at Night
The gate of Tianzheng Mansion was open, it seemed that someone deliberately kept the door for him to wait for him to go home, from the front yard to the main hall was not as dark as usual, the corridors on both sides were lit with lanterns, and even the dust in the courtyard was swept away.
Although the home is still as deserted as ever, and there is a vague atmosphere of some people's lives, it makes him feel a little unaccustomed.
Walking directly to the backyard, he found that his room was still lit, just when he was different, the door was pushed open with a "squeak", and before he could see clearly, he saw a figure rushing out of it, pounced on him, and hugged his waist tightly with both hands, knocking him unsteady and retreating a few steps in a row.
"Ah Xiao......" Xiao Qianye hugged her gently, wanting to say something to comfort her, but she felt that the person in her arms was trembling violently, gritting her teeth and enduring the uncontrollable sobbing.
Is she crying? After so many years, no matter what kind of danger she encounters, she has always been optimistic, is she also a woman who will cry because of worry?
At this moment, the mood that had been enduring for a long time finally broke out, Xiao Qianye lowered his eyes and remained motionless, feeling that his shoulders were soaked with a warm liquid.
"I'm fine, really okay. After a long time, Xiao Qianye calmly touched her hair, Yun Xiao really raised her head, but her hands were still tightly held and refused to let go, and her tearful eyes looked at him without blinking, as if he would accidentally say goodbye like last time.
Xiao Qianye smiled dumbly, and suddenly felt a lot more relieved, in a familiar home, there was a familiar person who had been waiting for him to come back, he should have felt sorry, and Yun Xiao was worried and scared, but there was an inexplicable happiness in his heart, and even a strange smile was aroused by words.
"Are you still smiling!?" noticing the expression on his face, Yun Xiao scolded with disgust, and the heart that had been hanging on finally landed.
After all, she didn't ask anything more, her eyes gradually stabilized from trembling, and then gradually revealed tenderness.
"Are you the only one at home?" Xiao Qianye looked around, and sure enough, the light in the eldest brother's room was off, and the person was nowhere to be seen.
"Well, your eldest brother hasn't come back for a few days, so he should be busy dealing with the mess in the inner city and don't have time to go home. Yun Xiao took his hand, a flash of mystery suddenly appeared on his face, pointed to his room, and blinked, "You have been gone for ten days, everyone is very busy, and I can't help much, now the weather is getting cooler and it is about to enter winter, I see that the layout in your room is too simple, and the bedding is still thin in summer, anyway, I will keep thinking about it when I am idle, so I will take advantage of the past few days to tidy up for you......"
10 days...... Xiao Qianye remained silent, but he chuckled in his heart, in the short period of time in the Heavenly Realm Divine Splitting Technique, ten days had passed?
"However, without your permission, you won't blame me, right?" Yun Xiao suddenly came over, the light in his eyes flickered, making him blush slightly, and laughed quietly, "I went in with your eldest brother's consent, I originally wanted to see if any other girls had given you any love tokens or something, but when I went in, I found that there was nothing inside, and you even moved the study next door with you, right?"
"It's easy to put it together. Xiao Qianye quibbled, "I don't usually come back to live, and there are no servants at home, isn't it faster to clean only one room?"
"Crooked. Yun Xiao let out a louder laugh and casually pushed open the door of the room.
Candles were lit on the table, and the messy paperwork and books were still in their original positions, but the bedding and pillows on the bed were all replaced with new ones, and a row of small white flowers that he did not recognize but were somewhat familiar were placed on the windowsill, and the small kettle used for watering was put away and placed in the corner of the wall.
The whole room was cleaned, a stove was placed on the floor in the corner of the bed, and a charcoal fire had been lit to warm the surroundings as well.
Xiao Qianye lifted his forehead, and in such a reassuring atmosphere, tiredness gushed out undisguised from the depths of his body, making him suddenly sleepy.
Yun Xiao walked in lightly and patted the table: "These are the things you need to use in the office on weekdays, I didn't move, lest you come back and not find a hurry, you are a little different from when you were a child, when you are in Kunlun, you will put everything away very carefully, and you will not be so messy on the table." ”
"No one from Tianzheng Mansion will come, it doesn't matter how you put it. Xiao Qianye's eyes suddenly lost the brilliance of Fang Cai, since the Tianzheng Mansion was destroyed eight years ago, those high-ranking officials and nobles who had been friends with their parents also tacitly chose to avoid suspicion, plus the two brothers did not live in the imperial capital for a long time all the year round, the Tianzheng Mansion, which was originally full of guests, became crowded overnight, and later his eldest brother seemed to have used some special spells near the mansion, and even those little birds and beasts would not come in again.
"Well, so I took it upon myself to put some flowers for you so that it wouldn't be too deserted. Yun Xiao also sensed his loss in an instant, and hurriedly trotted to the windowsill, leaned over and sniffed it, then beckoned to him, and said, "Guess who gave me these flowers?"
"Sending you?" Xiao Qianye walked over, feeling that this white flower was a little familiar, and he couldn't remember what it was called for a while, Yun Xiao smiled and patted his head to remind, "Has this military pavilion master even forgotten common sense? This is a white camellia, a white camellia." ”
"White Camellia ......" Xiao Qianye muttered, always feeling as if she had heard these words somewhere.
"Do you remember the little girl from the white tea clan in the sea market? Yun Xiao reminded slowly, and couldn't help frowning, "I met her in the street market outside, she is now working in a place called Qin Lou, she is much more capable than before, and when she is done for a while, I will take you to meet her." ”
Yun Xiao sighed and shook her head, that little girl seems to have experienced a lot of unimaginable tribulations, it is said that after the incident in North Shore City, she was taken to the imperial capital, and she has been doing chores in the Qin Tower, and she was forced to leave Tianyu City not long ago, and she suddenly got the news that she could come back recently, she was very happy.
Yun Xiao suddenly lowered his voice, carefully observing the faint reaction in his gold and silver pupils, he was just silent casually, and he didn't know if he had listened to his own words.
Sure enough, it still doesn't work...... Where has he been all these times, and who has he met? Even though she has deliberately avoided these most important questions, the person in front of her still has a preoccupied expression that she can't feel at ease.
Should you ask him directly, right? Yun Xiao bit her lip, hesitated, and was a little annoyed by her hesitant character, and didn't know what to do for a while.
Xiao Qianye raised her eyes and looked at each other, only to see that she suddenly came back to her senses, revealing a slightly overwhelmed expression.
He was also stunned for a moment, a little dazed, and suddenly blurted out: "Ah Xiao, why don't you ask me what happened after that? It's been ten whole days, and you have dark circles in both eyes, and you haven't rested much at first glance, okay? But why do you still pretend to be calm, don't you want me to worry?"
Yun Xiao didn't reply, she retracted her gaze like an electric shock, and then stared at the white camellia in front of her, biting her lip without saying a word, the petals of the white camellia were pure white and clear, standing in the cold, it was a seemingly delicate but still arrogant flower, in the Central Plains, this kind of flower was even attached to the unruly meaning of "holy love".
But her feelings for him have always been humble and desperate, and she has been out of control since she first met when she was young, and even she herself can't figure out what this is for.
There has always been something strange on his body that attracts him closer, and the master who was in charge of the family back then was also aware of this abnormality, so he arranged his living in Nonjian Peak and was taken care of by his mother.
But what kind of thing is this? She has been trying to figure it out for so many years, but it has always been like a layer of mist between the two of them, obviously close in front of them, but they can't see clearly.
Yun Xiao's heart tightened, and the master and mother ...... Do you know everything?
"Don't be cranky. At this moment, as if sensing the flickering loss on her face, Xiao Qianye hurriedly went up, pinched her face for some reason, forcibly turned around and looked into her eyes, and said eagerly, "What are you thinking about again?" I won't hide anything from you, and I'm not blaming you, I just hope you take care of yourself more, you, you ......."
He was a little incoherent, feeling that he would lose this person without warning at some point, and a huge fear welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help but exert himself - she has always been like this, she has always been the unprincipled little junior sister who follows her, anyway, she doesn't care what she says or does, even if her fellow disciples sometimes deliberately make things difficult, Yunxiao will support herself without asking the reason, he seems to have long been used to it, unscrupulously and deservedly enjoying her being good to him, and he has never seriously thought about why she did this.
Suddenly, Xiao Qianye caught a glimpse of the burning scar on his left hand, and his pupils dilated for a moment, revealing a look of horror.
Is it because of the ancient bonds...... Is it because Di Zhong was once burned by the blood of the Divine Bird, so Yun Xiao, who has the blood of the Divine Bird, has been waiting by his side in this way?
No, it's not...... Thinking of this, Xiao Qianye's body shook, as if he had fallen into a nightmare - impossible, this fate between himself and Yun Xiao could not be because of the ancient bonds, this is their unique experience and memory, and it has nothing to do with Di Zhong and that divine bird!
"Are you okay?" Yun Xiao shook him nervously, seeing that he seemed to wake up from a nightmare, and even cold sweat oozed from his forehead at this moment.
Xiao Qianye gritted her teeth and said nothing, but her hand suddenly grabbed her tightly and pulled her into her arms, not daring to relax the slightest.
When I first arrived in Kunlun Mountain, the person who greeted me at the mountain gate was Yunxiao, and the two had formed an indissoluble bond since that day.
At that time, Yun Xiao was not an official disciple of Kunlun, but as the daughter of Mrs. Qiushui, she regarded Kunlun Mountain as her home, and aimlessly had fun everywhere every day, peeking at the disciples practicing sword practice, and occasionally breaking into the Danfang Medicine Temple to play, but the people in the sect were very fond of her, and they didn't mind that she was a fatherless child, and several uncles and uncles often teased her to find fun.
Before becoming the last personal disciple of the head master, Yun Xiao did not have any foundation in swordsmanship, it seemed that her mother, Lady Qiushui, did not want her daughter to be contaminated with any martial arts.
Mrs. Qiushui once joked that she wanted to wait until her daughter became an adult to send her down the mountain, so that she could start a family like an ordinary child, and if she could have a happy family and a healthy child in the future, it would be great.
Xiao Qianye was a little distracted and in a daze, and at this time, he suddenly remembered Mrs. Qiushui's words, and he really realized what it meant - the Lingfeng clan did not have a mixed race, and Yun Xiao, who had grown up with the breath of a mixed-race Lingfeng and relied on the power of Shen Yue, must not have a complete family of his own.
"Are you afraid?" Yun Xiao whispered in his ear, "What are you afraid of? I have never seen you tremble like this except for the time when you fell off a cliff eight years ago......"
Xiao Qianye's expression was certain, and he suddenly sobered up, the accident eight years ago was the beginning of everything, which made the bloodline in his body belong to the fierce beast Qiqi unbalanced for the first time, and also made the God of War Emperor Zhong, who had already been devoured, finally wake up.
In Kunlun Mountain, most of the time the head Jiang Qing is actually out of the world, even if he teaches the three personal disciples, he only comes back once every few months, after the incident eight years ago, the head master suddenly returned, and then rarely talked with Mrs. Qiushui all night.
This time, the master stayed for an extraordinarily long time, as if he had expected that the Feiyuan across the sea would be shocked, and he stayed in the master gate until he learned that the Tianzheng Mansion had been destroyed, and he couldn't wait to resign to him and turn back.
On that day, the master didn't say anything, but agreed to his request with a long silence, but the eyes that he had never been able to see through had always hidden worries.
Eight years have passed, he has never returned to the master, and the head of the master only in the first year, brought a Kunlun unique perched branch bird to him, and then there was no news, in order to avoid suspicion, he changed the perching branch bird to "Tianzheng Bird", and did not mention his master anywhere in Feiyuan.
"You'll leave me too. He suddenly sighed silently, but in an affirmative tone, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "If you knew everything, you must have gone back to Kunlun Mountain a long time ago, it was I who hid some things to let you ...... Stay with me. ”
"Back to Kunlun Mountain, oh...... By the way, the master has written to me. Yun Xiao didn't notice the abnormality in his words, and hurriedly took out an open letterhead from his bosom and handed it to him, "I almost forgot such an important thing......!"
Xiao Qianye snatched the letter, her mind buzzed, and she couldn't hear her anymore.
Master's Letter...... Did Master tell her about Senior Brother Tianche?
Wrong...... Xiao Qianye was vigilant, a stern cold light flashed in his eyes, Guan Yunxiao's expression didn't look like he knew that something had happened to Tianche, could it be that the master would help him hide these things?
He swallowed the foam, his hands couldn't stop shaking violently, forcing himself to unfold the letterhead, and read every word seriously, it was the master's handwriting, yes, such a loose and powerful font, he couldn't be more familiar.
However, this seems to be just an ordinary letter to his family, and for the matter that he is most concerned about Tianche, the master only uses "He is still recuperating at Qingqiu Zhenren, so as to gradually recover, don't worry." "Brush-off!
Xiao Qianye's eyes widened in disbelief, there was no reversal after the Lingyin clan turned into a Jiao, how could there be the gradual healing that the master said?
Was Master deliberately concealing these things and not wanting Yun Xiao to worry? Or did Uncle Qingqiu really have a way to save him?
His mind was in a mess again, Xiao Qianye rubbed his eyes irritably, and sat down on the futon in a dejected manner.
"It's time for you to rest. Yun Xiao took out the letter from his hand and put it away, quickly pressed down the person who wanted to stand up again, and lifted the corner of the futon with his backhand and pasted it directly on his face.
Xiao Qianye lay on his back on the bed, and finally felt the overwhelming Venus rising in front of him, his eyes turned slightly, and he looked at her with his mouth open, as if he wanted to say something, and swallowed it back, and the tiredness came from the depths of his body, irresistibly sweeping his body.
"You...... Don't go, don't leave me......" The moment the nightmare hit, Xiao Qianye's mouth was chattering, and he reached out and grabbed it out of thin air.
"I won't leave you. Yun Xiao gently held that hand, leaned over to cover him, looked at the person who fell asleep in an instant, and suddenly smiled clearly.
Then she moved her gaze a little bit, falling on the white sword spirit that he was still clutching until sleep, and her expression became stern.
What kind of tragic battle must have been encountered, and what kind of terrifying rift could be made of Kunlun's sword spirit? What kind of helplessness and compromise was behind this person's seemingly casual understatement?
A plan to kill the gods...... Yun Xiao silently recited these four words, feeling a coldness that penetrated deep into her bone marrow.
I won't let you do it alone.
She leaned down and kissed the sleeping man on the forehead, then drew the sword from his hand and turned and walked out of the room.