Chapter Twenty-Three: Reunion after a Long Absence
Two days later, at noon, Ye Shuying accompanied Shen Yuhong to Lake City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Ye Shuying had another sword in his hand, an ordinary and cheap sword.
So the two of them didn't have any trouble along the way. On the way, Ye Shuying also learned about Shen Yuhong's life experience and mentorship.
One night in the summer of ten years ago, in order to seize the Snow Seal Sword, the Seven Star Sect suddenly extended its magic grip to the Shen family in Wulitang, Xiangxi, and in less than half a burnt incense, more than 20 lives of the Shen family survived except for Shen Jun, who was seriously injured and escaped with his wife and children after losing the Snow Sealing Sword.
After dawn, Mrs. Shen took her seriously injured husband and seven-year-old young daughter to Huaxi Valley in the south of the Great Yu Mountains to find Lu Rongping, who was known as the "Wonderful Enemy Yama", for treatment. But unfortunately, as soon as they entered the Huaxi Valley, Shen Jun died of anger.
Mrs. Shen was so grief-stricken that she and her daughter cried loudly, attracting a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy. After learning that the young man was the medicine boy of the valley lord Lu Rongping, Mrs. Shen entrusted her daughter to the young man, and then killed herself and went with her husband.
The young man brought the little girl to Lu Rongping and took care of the funeral for Shen Jun and his wife. Because Lu Rongping had never accepted an apprentice in his life, and he loved this seven or eight-year-old girl very much, he accepted her as a disciple and taught her carefully.
Ten years have passed, Shen Yuhong has grown up, not only has good medical skills, but also has the qualities that a good doctor should have, and has cultivated an amazing internal strength.
But Ye Shuying couldn't say anything about his life experience, because he was an orphan from birth, an orphan born to a very ordinary mother before she died.
Twenty-one years ago, on a late autumn evening, his master found him in a pile of dead people who had just been robbed and killed by bandits. His mother was stabbed several times, and she gave birth to him with a smile on her face. After his master buried the dead, he carried him and slaughtered the nearby bandits.
However, before burying his mother, his master found a valuable jade pendant and a silk cloth that recorded profound martial arts. Therefore, his master also guessed that his mother was not an ordinary woman, otherwise how could an ordinary woman who was pregnant with Rokjia be slashed several times in a row, and after being seriously injured, she could still survive until the child was born. The biggest possibility is that her mother practiced martial arts, and when the bandits committed murder, she resisted, and only after hurting the fetus in the fight did she be poisoned by the villains. It is not known whether there was a father among those who died.
His master took him back to his residence, looked out the window at the fallen leaves, sighed that life was like yellow leaves in the wind and duckweed on water, so he gave him the surname "Ye". And because there were seven small characters on the jade pendant, "Sparse shadow, horizontal oblique water, clear and shallow", he was named "Sparse Shadow".
He didn't say who his master was, or where he grew up. Shen Yuhong didn't ask.
They walked into an inn, only to find that there was only the shopkeeper and a fellow in the inn, and there was not even a guest for dinner.
Seeing them enter the store, the shopkeeper and his buddies were a little surprised.
But Ye Shuying and Shen Yuhong still generously chose a table by the window and sat down.
The guy immediately came over to greet him with a smile on his face, and said, "Two guest officers, what should you eat?" The small shop has osmanthus wings, Babao chicken, pot-roasted catfish, beeswax elbow, cold salad belly silk, steamed magnolia slices, ......."
Shen Yuhong said: "Let's have two or three kinds of stir-fried dishes in the store, plus a clear soup, and some rice." ”
The guy said, "Okay, you two wait a minute, it'll be fine right away." "That guy didn't call for food, and went directly to the back kitchen to spread the word.
Ye Shuying looked around at this inn, the development of the store is not small, there are fourteen tables in the restaurant, which are spotlessly clean, but there is a shiny oil, obviously business has been good recently. Looking at the decoration of the store, although it is not old, it is also dyed with traces of time, obviously it is not new, and it is very puzzled why this store is so sluggish. He couldn't figure it out, so he turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, why is your store so deserted today?"
The shopkeeper said: "The two customers have just entered the store, and I can see that the two are from other places." It's just that I didn't expect the two of them to walk the rivers and lakes and not even know such a big thing. ”
Ye Shuying said: "Oh, I don't know what kind of big thing it is?"
The shopkeeper said: "Today, the owner of Yanmei Village held a group meeting in the Fengjia Horse Farm, and set up a ring to invite the heroes of all factions of Nanwulin to participate in the competition, with a sweat and blood BMW that travels 900 miles a day as the jackpot. The martial arts practitioners in the entire Lake City basically went to the Fengjia Racecourse, so the small shop was quite deserted today. ”
Ye Shuying nodded and said, "I see." He didn't ask any more, but said to Shen Yuhong: "Miss Shen, the heroic event of the Fengjia Racecourse, presumably your cousin will also go, how about we go to the Fengjia Racecourse after lunch?"
Shen Yuhong smiled lightly: "Okay." ”
In less than a stick of incense, three dishes and one soup have been served. The two hurriedly ate, settled the bill and left the store, and walked to the Fengjia Racecourse.
At this time, the Fengjia Racecourse was crowded with people, and more than 2,000 people gathered around the open-air ring, excitedly watching the competition in the ring.
This ring took two days to build for today's martial arts competition, the ring is more than 20 zhang long, 15 or 6 zhang wide, the platform is five feet high, the red carpet is paved, there are several weapon racks on both sides, there are blades commonly used by people who learn martial arts, there is a mat shed on the north side, the owner of the three major mountain villas in Lake City sits in the tent to watch the competition, and there is a gray-bearded elder next to him who is presiding over the overall situation.
Although Feng Yingtian, the owner of Yanmei Village, who held this grand event, is over half a hundred years old, he is still burly and majestic, with thick eyebrows, black and long beard, and a face full of spring breeze. His son Feng Muyun and son-in-law Gu Feilian stood proudly behind him.
Yang Jian, the owner of the Moon Mountain Villa, and Luo Changfeng, the owner of the Tianluo Mountain Villa, are also nearly half a hundred years old, but the momentum of the heroic gods is not less than when they were young.
When Ye Shuying and Shen Yuhong entered the Fengjia Racecourse, there was a martial arts competition in the ring, a middle-aged man using a lancet and a tall thin young man with a folding fan as a weapon.
Ye Shuying quickly inquired about the process and rules of this competition. It turned out that the competition had lasted more than two hours since the morning dawn, but it was still in the first round. And the rules of the game are not complicated, the first round of each contestant is free to play, anyone who wins three games in a row can enter the second round of the competition, if no one dares to face the battle can pass directly; the second round of the competition is as long as you win two games in a row can enter the third round of the competition; from the third round, only need to win one to enter the next round of the competition, until the only undefeated person is decided.
After understanding the situation, Ye Shuying did not pay attention to the game. It's still in the first round, it's still in the auditions, there's nothing to see.
He began to look for Yang Ming's figure in the crowd, he first looked at the mat shed to the north, and found that Yang Ming was not next to Yang Jianjian, so he could only look for it slowly through the vast crowd.
Shen Yuhong followed behind him. This woman, who hadn't seen Yang Ming for ten years, obviously didn't remember Yang Ming's appearance.
After the two competitions, Ye Shuying had not found Yang Ming yet, but he saw Lin Zhiyuan and Lin Chenxin, the brothers and sisters of the Lin family.
Ye Shuying frowned slightly, and immediately changed the direction of his progress. But Lin Chenxin saw him and walked over to him quickly with joy.
Ye Shuying's brows relaxed, but a trace of vigilance arose in his heart, and he stopped and gave up dodging.
Lin Chenxin also stopped suddenly, she saw a trace of vigilance between Ye Shuying's eyebrows and eyes, and also saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman standing beside him who looked gentle and weak.
Lin Chen's heart was a little sad, and when he saw that Ye Shuying was not moving, he had to walk up to him step by step, and said softly with a little excitement and apologies: "Brother Ye, it's great that you are still alive...... That night, I didn't know that the antidote my brother gave me was fake, and after I knew, I looked for you all night......"
Ye Shuying said lightly: "I don't blame you. But what I said that night was also true. So, Miss Lin, under ......"
Lin Chen's eyes were already red, and his eyes were filled with hazy mist, and he said, "But...... I liked you a year ago, and back then, you liked me, I could feel it. In the year you've been missing, I've been looking forward to seeing you again. I wanted to get you back, but I almost ...... you."
Ye Shuying said: "I'm afraid that Miss Lin will be wrong from the beginning." Besides, there is no need to talk about what has already passed. ”
Lin Chen said in his heart: "But you obviously care about me, otherwise why did you give me the Yintai Sword......?
Ye Shuying said: "No, this matter has nothing to do with others. I gave you the silver sword because you blocked it for me. ”
Lin Chen said in his heart: "Your Yintai sword is in my brother's hand, I will ask him to return it to you." With that, she turned and walked away, only she knew that her tears had slid down her cheeks.
Ye Shuying breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and looked around, and suddenly found that Yang Ming was less than five zhang away from him, and he was overjoyed, and said, "Miss Shen, I saw Yang Ming, let's go." ”
Shen Yuhong nodded and followed him. He quickly stopped in front of Yang Ming and arched his hand: "Yang Shaoxia, let's meet again." ”
Yang Ming saw Ye Shuying and arched his hand: "Brother Ye......"
Shen Yuhong couldn't help but say, pounced on Yang Ming, put his arms around his neck, leaned his face on his shoulder, and said excitedly: "Cousin Ming, I finally saw you, I finally saw you......" didn't give Yang Ming time to react and a chance to resist at all.
Yang Ming was stunned on the spot, a little at a loss, and said: "Girl, please respect yourself......" He knew that there were many women who admired him here, but he didn't expect that there would be a woman who was so bold and pounced on him in full view.
Full...... Sure enough, there were dozens of pairs of eyes, and about half of them were women.
Shen Yuhong didn't let go, and said excitedly and a little aggrieved: "Why don't you go to look for me, you can always find me before, no matter where you lose me, you can find my ...... quickly"
Yang Ming was already confused. He was not a frivolous and unsympathetic person, nor did he have any ambiguous relationships with any woman in his memory, nor did he use false promises to trick anyone into waiting for him to find her.
Yang Ming is a big husband who stands up to the sky, he is decisive in killing, happy to take revenge, and he can make his depressed subordinate Yue Mingqiu immediately return to his heroic nature, but at this time, he has no way to take a little girl.
He looked at Ye Shuying a little helplessly and innocently, as if he wanted to ask Ye Shuying if he knew what was going on.
Ye Shuying just sighed in her heart: "No wonder she kept saying that she was looking for her cousin Yang Ming, not her uncle, it turned out that their relationship was really extraordinary." ”
There was a woman in green next to her who couldn't stand it anymore, and said with jealousy: "I don't know what to be ashamed of." ”
Yang Ming frowned and said, "Girl, if you have anything to say, can you let go first?"
Shen Yuhong let go at this time, and took two steps back, raised his eyes to look at Yang Ming, there was no shame or embarrassment on his face, he just watched quietly, slowly regained his composure, returned to his gentle and weak appearance, and said: "Cousin Ming, I know you don't recognize me, if it weren't for Brother Ye, I wouldn't recognize you either, we haven't seen each other for ten years." I'm Hong'er, cousin Ming, I'm Shen Yuhong, can't you remember it at all......"
Yang Ming straightened out his thoughts, and suddenly his eyes flashed with excitement, and he said in surprise: "Hong'er, you are really Hong'er, you are still alive......"
Yang Ming took a closer look at her face, she had indeed changed a lot, but she also became more and more like her mother and aunt, so when he saw her face clearly, he no longer doubted it, but took her into his arms and said, "Hong'er, it's great that you're back...... Dad and Mom would be happy if they knew. ”
But Yang Ming immediately let go of her again, and he also took two steps back. Dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on them, and he was uncomfortable.
Shen Yuhong didn't care, she finally found her cousin Ming, the relatives who had been separated from her for ten years but she never forgot for a moment, her brother who treated her better than her own sister, what is there to treat her coldly when her relatives recognize each other?