CHAPTER XXV

Riding the crane to the west and returning to the orphan girl sorrow (1)

It is said that Yi Qiaoqian is still living in Cheng's house, and at first practiced martial arts for two days, and then became tired, so he went around playing, and Cheng Hong gradually had a little leisure, so he would accompany him to play, no problem. After a few days like this, seeing that Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, Cheng Hao ordered the housekeeper to prepare two truckloads of New Year's goods, and then rolled up the flamboyant Mobao, held it into his arms, and sent Yi Qiaoqian home for the New Year. Cheng Hong gradually wanted to visit his master, but he wanted to go together, and Cheng Hao saw that his beloved son was very good, not as weak as before, so he readily agreed. Qin Haoxuan and Duan Feng had nothing to do, so they boarded the carriage with Cheng Hao and enjoyed the beautiful scenery outside the window. Cheng and Yi had no suspicions, and they sat in another car to play and frolic, needless to say that they were happy on the way.

More than a dozen servants of the Cheng Mansion surrounded the carriage and arrived in the alley in front of Yi Mohan's house. Left near the lonely and cold, there is nothing to praise. Yi Qiaoqian jumped out of the car and shouted happily: "Grandpa, I'm back!" As she spoke, she walked to the front of the house as if she was looking for scattered duckweed, and when she pushed open the door of the hidden room, she couldn't help snickering, and turned to walk lightly towards the house. The rest of them were waiting for Yi Mohan to invite in, and suddenly there was a cry from Qiao Qian in the house, which was accompanied by crying, which made people's hearts tighten.

Cheng Hong gradually took the lead in running into the house, but seeing Qiao Qian pushing the master hard, he begged bitterly: "Grandpa, grandfather•••••• you wake up quickly, •••••• you wake up" While speaking, he couldn't cry, but Yi Mohan lay stiffly on the cold couch, his eyes closed, and there was no movement.

When the rest of the people entered the house, Qin Haoxuan stretched out his finger to probe Yi Mohan's snort, and then shook his head and sighed: "The old man is old, and it is inevitable that he will suddenly fall ill and die. Everyone was stunned, Cheng Hong gradually couldn't help crying, and then knelt beside Yi Mohan's bed, whimpered and begged: "Master•••••• Sister Qiaoqian is home•••••• please wake up quickly••••••

After a long time like this, Qiao Qianshang couldn't help but sob, Hong gradually whimpered and comforted from the side, Duan Feng was a rough person after all, and it was inevitable that he would become more and more anxious at this time, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are commonplace, crying like this, how can there be a good man's posture." Thinking of this, he immediately said angrily: "How can there be no immortal when you are old, how can you cry like this, but how can the old man rest in peace." ”

Yi Qiaoqian didn't want to bear such a truth, so she immediately shouted at Duan Feng: "No! You are talking nonsense! Grandpa is just asleep, he will never leave me alone." As soon as the words fell, Fu lay on Yi Mohan's body again, and asked in a trembling voice: "Grandpa, you are my only relative in this world, can you really bear to leave Qiao Qian•••••• as long as you wake up, Qiao Qian will be your good granddaughter in the future, and listen to your •••••• everything" Cheng Hao saw that he was crying and sad, and couldn't help sighing, and said: "It's better to wait outside the door first, and let these two children accompany Old Master Yi more." ”

Cheng Hao and everyone withdrew from waiting, leaving only Hongjian to accompany Qiaoqian. Let's say that Yi Mohan has always been poor, the furnishings in the house are simple, the belongings are simple, and it is still in the middle of winter, but there is no carbon in the brazier, Cheng Hong gradually felt a little cold, and then took off the fire mink and draped it on Qiao Qian.

Only the wind can be heard in all directions, and there is no other sound. Yi Qiaoqian was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Brother gradually ••••••" Cheng Hong gradually responded in a low voice, Yi Qiaoqian said: "Grandpa loves cleanliness very much, he always said that people don't have to dress luxuriously, but they must be dressed neatly, I want to ••••••" Later, Fu sobbed again, and then continued: "I want to scrub his body•••••• and let him go on the road clean••••••" Cheng Hong gradually bowed his head slightly, turned to look around, and saw a basin of clear water in the room, and two pieces of coarse cloth were placed on the edge of the basin, so he brought the water to Yi Mohan's bed and wiped it carefully with Qiaoqian.

The water in the basin was cold, cold and heart-to-heart, Yi Qiaoqian tears down her cheeks, Cheng Hong gradually felt sad, and couldn't help but secretly wonder: "Qiaoqian's sister is always laughing and laughing, I have never seen her crying bitterly•••••• alas, this time the master is dead, Qiaoqian has no relatives, I will ask my father to take him in, so that the master can go at ease•••••••"

"There seems to be some blood on the top of Grandpa's head, come and see. Cheng Hong gradually looked towards the place where Yi Qiaoqian pointed, but saw that there was a slight blood stain on the end of the master's bun, and it was overflowing from a scar the size of a needle's eye, so he called everyone outside the house in.

Qin Haoxuan looked at Yi Mohan's injury, as if there was something like an embroidery needle, deeply inserted into his Baihui acupoint, and immediately used enough strength, pressed the back of Yi Mohan's head with one hand, and slowly pushed it down to the top, and then the thin object revealed the black head, Qin Haoxuan forcefully clamped it out, and the rest of the people looked at it intently, the hard object inserted into the brain was a thin wooden needle.

Qin Haoxuan's heart sank, and he said: "At first, I thought that Scholar Yi was old and had just fallen ill and died, but now it seems that he was killed by a traitor. With that, he took out a brocade handkerchief from his bosom, spread it slowly, and took out a thin needle with the same appearance. Yi Qiaoqian immediately asked, "Why do you have this kind of needle?"

Qin Haoxuan let out a long sigh and said, "I sneaked into the palace that day, and I happened to meet the great eunuch Zhao Chengen who came over to fight, so that I had this wooden needle in my body. After my secret weapon was forced out, I saw that this secret weapon was not ordinary wood, and its texture was as hard as gold and iron, so I took it into my arms. It's just that the thin needle that hurt me has been quenched with poison, and the one from Master Yi is not poisonous, so his death is like a sudden death, and it is difficult to see that he was assassinated. As soon as the words fell, Duan Feng said in a rough voice: "Damn, these two secret weapons are exactly the same, Yi Mohan must have been killed by Zhao Chengen's castration." ”

Yi Qiaoqian wept and cried: "Uncle Qin, Qiaoqian begs you to kill Zhao Chengen for me and avenge my grandfather." And when he had spoken, he prostrated his head again and again. Qin Haoxuan hurriedly helped him up, and said comfortingly: "Good boy, even if you don't ask for anything, Qin will avenge you, but Zhao Chengen's martial arts are above me, and now the palace will be heavily guarded." Why don't you wait for me to return to the Xuanyuan Sect's main altar, and then report this matter to the head of the sect, and beg him to send me some manpower, and Uncle Qin will find an opportunity to avenge you?" As he spoke, his face was full of apologies, and his heart seemed to be whipped.

Yi Qiaoqian sobbed angrily: "You don't dare to go to the palace at all, if you go back to the Xuanyuan Sect •••••• you still won't help me•••••• I have to find him myself, I don't need you to help!" As soon as the words fell, he ran out of the house. Qin Haoxuan stretched out his finger and poked at the other party's jade pillow acupoint, Qiao Qian suddenly felt that it was dark in front of her, and she fell asleep. Qin Haoxuan shook his head and sighed: "This child has encountered a great calamity, and her mood is agitated, I will point her acupoint to make her rest for a while, and she will wake up tomorrow." ”

Yi Qiaoqian dreamed of her grandfather in a trance, he was holding his little hand and playing under the tree, and after a while, another couple walked towards him. Although Qiao Qian couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly, she knew that they were their parents, and her father was carrying a very good-looking lantern in his hand. When Yi Qiaoqian was feeling happy, her mother suddenly said kindly: "Your grandfather is going to go to a far away place with his father and mother, but we will always think about you, you have to be good at home, and you have to take good care of yourself••••••" Yi Qiaoqian burst into tears and begged earnestly: "Qiaoqian listens to you everything, just don't leave me." As soon as the words fell, but when they saw their mother gently shaking their heads, everyone floated gently into the distance, and their figures became more and more blurred, and then they disappeared. In the bleak courtyard, only Qiaoqian was left alone, calling helplessly: "Daddy, mother, grandfather••••••"

"Sister Qiaoqian, wake up, wake up, wake up••••••" Yi Qiaoqian opened her eyes slowly, and saw that Fu had returned to Hongji's house, and the other party was holding her hand tightly, looking extremely concerned. Yi Qiaoqian forced a smile to herself and said, "I'm fine, but my hand is so painful to be held by you." ”

Cheng Hong gradually came back to his senses, then let go of his hand, and smiled apologetically: "It's all my fault, it's all bad to blame, just look at you and you're having nightmares, it seems very difficult, that's why •••••• this is ••••••."

Yi Qiaoqian leaned towards the head of the bed, stretched out her hand on Cheng Hong's wrist, and said angrily: "Brother gradually is so stupid, how can I blame you for this, I know that you care about me, so you will be so reckless, so that you are in a hurry." Cheng Hong gradually smiled at each other, his cheeks were not so hot that he said, and then said, "You don't want to regain Qin's chivalrous spirit." After a pause, he continued: "Last night, Qin Daxia sneaked into the palace with Uncle Duan to inquire about the situation, and the precautions were really strengthened there, and there were Yulin troops everywhere, if it wasn't for the cover of night, they would have been discovered by the soldiers." ”

Yi Qiaoqian sighed lightly and said, "This matter is really embarrassing for him, since I am my grandfather and granddaughter, this big revenge should be avenged by me." In the future, if you go to the Xuanyuan Sect to practice martial arts, I will also go with you. Cheng Hong nodded gradually, and Wen Yan said, "You can rest for a while, and then talk about the next things later." As soon as the words fell, Yi Qiaoqian asked, "Where is my grandfather's body?"

Cheng Hong gradually said: "My father bought a nanmu coffin for his master and buried his old man, Sister Qiaoqian, don't worry•••••• " Yi Qiaoqian suppressed her tears and whimpered: "I'm •••••• I'm going to see my grandfather again••••••"

Cheng Hong gradually helped Qiaoqian to get off the bed, so that the brocade was wrapped in it, and then led her to push open the door, just as the snow was fluttering like goose feathers, and the green bamboo in the courtyard was rattling. The two children walked straight into the mourning hall, but saw that Cheng Hao and the others were paying tribute to themselves, and a pair of couplets on both sides of the coffin were hung with the words "Although the crane has been in the clouds, the sound of the crane is still cold in the night", its penmanship is vigorous and pathetic, and the words are sad between the lines.

Yi Qiaoqian slowly walked into the mourning hall, wept and worshiped in front of Yi Mohan's coffin, and then knelt down to Cheng Hao and the others: "Thank you for the help of a few elders, Qiaoqian has nothing to repay, so I can only kowtow to you here." After saying that, he was about to kowtow, Cheng Hao hurriedly helped him up, and said comfortingly: "Niece doesn't have to be so polite, this is a matter within my equal reach, you are helpless now, it is better to stay in my house in the future, I will definitely take care of you for Master Yi's life, and I want you not to be wronged at all." Yi Qiaoqian said: "Thank you Uncle Cheng for your care, but I will definitely go to the Xuanyuan School to learn art, so that I can avenge my grandfather in the future." Cheng Hao sighed lightly, and then promised that Qiaoqian would wait for the beginning of spring, so he let her and Hong gradually rush to the main altar of the Xuanyuan faction to practice.

When Yi Qiaoqian heard this, she had to stay in the mansion for a while, and during this time, she gradually practiced martial arts with Hong, and finally made some progress. In his spare time, Cheng Hong gradually led Yi Qiaoqian to watch the rare beasts raised in the house, and gradually eased his inner sorrow. In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming, and after worshipping the ancestors, Yi Qiaoqian immediately begged for him, asking him to resign to Cheng Hao, and then went to the main altar.

Cheng Haoguan saw that his beloved son was getting stronger and stronger, so he entrusted Qin and Duan to take care of them, and prepared enough gold, silver, soft, silk and silk for the two children. Qin Haoxuan saw this situation, and said to Cheng Hao: "This time, he took Hong up the mountain to practice, just ask him to wear it as a civilian, and he doesn't have to be so luxurious." Cheng Hao adopted the other party's words, and sent them off again.

The Xuanyuan faction's main altar is located in Huangshan Mountain, which is very far away from Chang'an, and Qin and Duan need to take care of the two children.