Eight hundred miles of Dongting, there are countless sandbanks in the lake, there are countless bays, if you leave the ships to and from the familiar channel, often take a wrong step, it is like walking into the ecstasy array, it is easy to get lost in the criss-crossing waterways, some hidden in the reeds from the sandbar bay, may be buried with a lot of white bones, may also be entrenched in the ruthless water bandits, this section of the lake is located in the west of Huaiyin, since ancient times it is the place where the water bandits gather to hide dirt and dirt, even in the peaceful and prosperous times, it is the same. Therefore, law-abiding business tourists are reluctant to approach casually, but are unconcerned fishermen, who can wander around in small boats, even if they encounter lake bandits, it doesn't matter, at most they are coerced as thieves, and maybe they live more happily.

At the beginning of September, the autumn sun is still strong, in a nameless sandbar inner lake, a gorgeous pleasure boat parked on the shore, on the bow of the palace lamp, the four words "Moon Shadow Lingbo" are clearly visible, the waterway leading to the outside is separated into a natural formation by the reeds that cover the sky and the sun, preventing people with bad intentions from coming to disturb, this is the best place to hide and recuperate.

There was a soft "bang", and an apple smashed on the back of the head of the young man who was sitting on the side of the boat fishing, and the young man looked back angrily, but immediately fell into the eyes that were as quiet and beautiful as a deep pool.

Leaning on a comfortable recliner, there are fragrant tea snacks on a small square table next to it, a plate of apples, a plate of plums, basking in the warm autumn sunshine, no matter how you look at it, Qingping is disgusted. With a finger of her hand, Qingping said angrily: "Zijing, you tell me clearly, what did you do in my room that day, why is Sister-in-law Chen's eyes so strange every time she looks at me?"

Zi Jing's face turned red, don't turn her face, and made up her mind not to confess, Qingping was furious, and she couldn't wait to smash all the fruits and pastries on the table to this nerd, but when she thought of Lu Qi telling herself about Zi Jingfei's ability to pick leaves and hurt people, and then thinking of the sweet and soft taste of those dim sums, she couldn't help but glared at Zi Jing hatefully, and said, "I don't want to eat fish at noon today." ”

Seeing that Qingping had changed the topic, Zijing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then how about I go to the continent to catch two wild ducks, one braised and one stewed?"

Qingping Diao: "It's not good, I'm tired of eating wild meat, I want to eat something light, and my sister doesn't like to eat meat." ”

Zi Jing scratched his head in distress, they had been hiding in this nameless sandbar for more than ten days, the fresh vegetables on the boat were long gone, when he first learned cooking, there were all kinds of rich ingredients at hand, there had never been a time like now, even the condiments were not complete, Zhong Bo and Chen San went out to buy rice and grain and had not returned, and the ready-made game could not be used, which made him feel that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Seeing his sad face, Qingping smiled and leaned back, and the crisp laughter echoed on the lake like a silver bell, and finally she stood up and said triumphantly: "Look at me showing you a hand today, Zijing, you help me to the top of the sandbank." ”

Zi Jingyi frowned and said, "Sister, your injury is not healed yet, and it is difficult to walk on the sandbar." ”

Qingping said: "Although my internal injuries are serious, but they do not hinder my movement, although I can't dance the sword now, but it doesn't matter if I walk a few miles, and I won't have half a year, my internal injuries will not be completely healed, are you still stuck on the boat for half a year, hurry up and hold me." ”

Zijing saw that she insisted, so she had to hold her slender waist and fly to the sandbar, this area is a wetland, and when she stepped on it, it was muddy splashing, Zijing ran directly to the high place of the sandbar, only to put Qingping down, and broke a branch for her to make a cane, Qingping looked east and west excitedly, and searched for the weeds with a cane, if she saw edible wild vegetables and mushrooms, she called Zijing over, let him recognize the appearance of wild vegetables, under her guidance, only half an hour later, Zijing had already picked a basket full of wild vegetables, at this time Qingping was already sweaty and panting。 Seeing this, Zijing hurriedly picked up Qingping and ran back to the boat. He didn't notice that Qingping, who was being held in his arms, had a hint of blush on his face.

Back on the boat, Qingping rested for a while, dragged Zijing into the kitchen, stir-fried those wild vegetables, skillfully cooked, and made a few delicate side dishes after a while. Then forced Zi Jing, who had been playing beside him, to taste, Zi Jing hesitated and took a chopstick of wild vegetables, after all, he had never seen Qingping cook, not to mention that these wild grasses can be eaten, swallowed the first bite, Zi Jing nodded lightly, although there was a slight bitterness, but it was fresh and refreshing, not bad. He said excitedly: "It turns out that these can also be eaten, sister, you are so powerful." ”

The look on Qingping's face suddenly became a little indifferent, and it was not until she watched Zijing finish her lunch that she said: "Zijing has not experienced hard times, I don't know that these things were originally half a year's food for the poor, when my sister and I were six or seven years old, we wandered around, and we survived on these wild vegetables, and then we met the master, so we had a relatively stable life." Master's kindness to us cannot be repaid for a lifetime, Zijing, do you know why my sister killed me that day?"

Zijing originally listened to Qingping's calm words with a hint of sadness with a worried expression, and was stunned when she heard the words, bowed her head and said: "Sister Luqi is usually silent, but my sister is smiling, so everyone thinks that Sister Luqi is strong by nature, but my sister is much more easy-going." But Zijing knows that in fact, her sister is the most fierce person, if she encounters setbacks and humiliation, Sister Luqi can endure it silently, but her sister can't bear it, unless she can take revenge with her own hands afterwards, otherwise her sister's heart will be as painful as being burned by wildfire. Yan Zishuang's martial arts are strong, Yue Yang fights, the two sisters know that unless there is a miracle, they can't beat her in their lifetime, and the two sisters disdain to use external forces to win, so Sister Luqi wants to kill her sister, because if she really does Yan Zishuang's girl, her sister will definitely die of grief in the future, and she can't turn a blind eye to death, it is better to kill her sister now, so as not to suffer her sister. ”

Qingping glanced at Zijing deeply, and sighed: "Although you used to be confused, but you are our sister's confidant, although I don't say it these days, but I really want to thank you, if you don't show up that day, I will die at most, but my sister will suffer from killing my sister." My sister and I have guessed about your memory, we don't ask you about the past, as long as you still think of us as sisters, this ship is your home. But you wake up from nightmares every night, and my sister and I can't bear it. Zijing, I really want to tell you that no matter what you have experienced, there are many people in this world who are more miserable than you. Do you want to know about my sister and me?"

Zijing's expression suddenly became calm and indifferent, and when she heard the last sentence, a glimmer of brilliance flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Does my sister want to tell me?"

Qingping smiled faintly, pulled Zijing to the outside of the cabin, and said, "Zijing, do you know the relationship between me and my sister?"

Zijing said blankly: "Aren't the two sisters the same sister, they just get along day and night, and they are like siblings, so they simply match each other." ”

Qingping shook her head and said: "We usually say this, but we don't want to mention our life experience, in fact, although our sisters have different fathers and different mothers, they are from a family, can Zijing know the bloody hand crazy Yin Tianwei twenty years ago?"

Zijing shook her head and said, "I don't know what's going on outside?"

Qingping's eyes flashed with sadness, and said: "Yin Tianwei was originally a Chaohu water kou, thirty years ago by the Tang family recruited An, became a general of the navy, this person can be good at fighting, after Yang Wei ascended the throne, the Tang family and the imperial court formed an alliance through marriage, Yin Tianwei was transferred to Jiangling Town to guard, Jiangling is an important town in Huguang, if you hold Jiangling, you can take Xiangyang in the north, control Huxiang in the south, Wuchang in the east, and Xiling in the west. Yin Tianwei also lived up to the trust, when the lord of Huofeng and Yang Wei were at war, the king of Han and the king of Dian also intended to make trouble, Yang Wei handed over the military and political power of the two lakes to Yin Tianwei, this person held the two lakes with his own strength, although it was also because the two vassal kings were not strong-minded, but this person was indeed outstanding. It's a pity that such a person has one of the most unforgivable shortcomings, that is, cruelty and debauchery. When he guarded Jiangling and took charge of the military power of Lianghu, there were countless concubines in his family, most of which he snatched by force. The mother of the family is Zigui people, the mountains and thousands of ravines out of Jingmen, the growth of Ming Concubine still has a village, Zigui is the hometown of Zhaojun Niangniang, so people say that Zigui is more beautiful, my mother is the local premier beauty, since childhood to marry the local famous family, unexpectedly on the day of marriage, Yin Tianwei returned from the Xiling defense line, as soon as he saw her, he moved his heart, and ordered the slaughter of two relatives at that time, and the mother was taken back to Jiangling. Two years later, I was born, although Yin Tianwei has countless concubines, but it may be that he has done too many things to lose his conscience, so he has no children, after I was born, he was ecstatic, and regarded me as a pearl in his palm, and loved pets in every way. At the same time as I was born, my sister was also born in Yin Tianwei's house. Her mother was a famous lady, her husband went to Jiangling as an official, but Yin Tianwei took a fancy to her, a military order borrowed a knife to kill, her mother was not rid of filial piety, she was forced to marry to the Yin family, at that time her mother was pregnant, had to submit to him, after giving birth to Sister Luqi, that lady may have seen a girl, there is no possibility of revenge, so she committed suicide, although Yin Tianwei was vicious, but perhaps because I was born and in a good mood, I handed over Sister Luqi to my mother to raise. ”

Hearing this, Zijing sighed and said, "The two sisters have been living in the rivers and lakes since they were children, could it be that Yin Tianwei has been retributed?"

Qingping said coldly: "Retribution, in this world, I only see good people being victimized, how have I ever seen the wicked being retributed, although Yin Tianwei is absurd and cruel, but he is indeed a rare talent, although he was born recklessly, but he is not only brave and good at fighting, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he can fight on the horse, and he can manage the government when he gets off the horse, although there are many evil deeds, but if he gets along for a long time, he feels that he is stronger than others, and his mother once said to me before her death, she will never regret meeting Yin Tianwei. ”

Hearing this, Zijing was slightly stunned, and looked at Qingping's gaze a little more confused, but soon became extremely clear, and said, "Presumably my sister's mother killed Yin Tianwei, right?"

Qingping was stunned for a moment and said, "How did you guess?"

Zijing lowered her head and said, "The two sisters must have similar temperaments to Ling Tang, so Ling Tang will definitely not be a weak person who has forgotten the deep hatred of the sea of blood." ”

Qingping smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, my mother is strong, she saw the blood of the two families flowing into a river that day, so she swore revenge, but Yin Tianwei is not only strong in martial arts, but also powerful, but his mother is powerless, and Yin Tianwei has countless enemies, so he is very careful on weekdays, he has more than 100 concubines, but none of them can accompany him all night, often sent back after being happy, and his mother has no chance to take advantage of it." So she came up with a way, first of all, she forced herself to forget her family feud and fall in love with Yin Tianwei wholeheartedly, her mother was beautiful, and she was smart and enlightened, coupled with her true feelings, in a few years, she really won Yin Tianwei's sincerity, of course, she herself was deeply fallen, I remember that my mother was laughing every day, loving mother, majestic father, and sister company, I once thought I was the happiest person in the world. When I was five years old, Yin Tianwei made my mother the wife of the main room, asked for the imperial court for her, and dismissed all the concubines. ”

Zijing's expression shook when she heard this, she raised her head, and wanted to say something, but it was difficult to open her mouth, but Qingping said faintly with tears: "The poison under my mother is a kind of ********, but there is no cure, this poison was originally used by my father to harm people, and I didn't expect it to be used by my mother to bind himself." After my father was poisoned, he didn't panic, but just asked his mother if he was hypocritical, I still remember that my sister and I were eavesdropping outside the window that day, and I originally wanted to hear their private love words, but I didn't expect to hear this. The mother said to her father: "Tianwei, I have never regretted meeting you and falling in love with you, but the enmity of my parents is not shared, not to mention that there are hundreds of lives in two families, today I will accompany you to die, but also willingly, as for the two children, I really want to let them go, you owe Lu Qi a blood debt, which has been repaid today, as for Ping'er, since you and I have a grudge, this child is the only ironclad evidence that you and I know and love each other." If you want, have them go, and if you don't, kill them, and let them go with you and me. After hearing this, my father smiled and said: "I have killed countless people in my life, enjoyed half my life of glory and wealth, and countless concubines, but these beauties are either afraid of me and afraid of me, or greedy for glory and wealth, among them, only you are sincere to me, I was satisfied, only then I noticed the poisoning, I originally thought that you deceived me, but now since your affection remains the same, what does it matter if you die." Then my father asked a close guard to take my sister and me out of Gangneung, saying that he had many enemies in his life and did not want my sister and me to be affected by him. That day, when my sister and I were taken away by the general, I heard my mother stroking the piano in the room, and my father was singing, but we had not gone a hundred steps before I heard the sound of the strings breaking. Speaking of which, Qingping finally called Yin Tianwei her father, perhaps because she was also affectionately touched by her parents.

At this moment, the hatch opened quietly, and a wisp of piano suddenly came from the cabin, the sound of the piano lingered with melancholy, but with a faint joy and comfort, which was played by Lu Qi in the cabin door. Qingping heard the sound of the piano, her expression ached, and she sang: "Thirty years of looking for a swordsman, a few times back the leaves and branches, since I saw the peach blossoms, until now there is no doubt. ”

After singing a song, the sound of the piano in the cabin has changed, becoming desolate and desolate, it is when he fought with Yan Zishuang that day, Lu Qi played "Walking Frost Exercise", this is a famous song that describes the crying of filial piety, although it is a little different from his own situation, but Zijing whenever he remembers the scene when he was expelled from the house, he will break his liver and intestines, so he likes this piano song the most, when his memory has not recovered, he already likes to listen to Lu Qi play "Walking Frost Exercise" very much , the piano exercise he sang in Yueyang Tower was what Qingping taught him to sing when she saw him listening to the piano. If it weren't for that, he wanted to intensify the battle that day, and there was no way.

At this time, there was a singing voice from the cabin, but it was Lu Qi playing the piano and singing, but she was singing another piano exercise. Her voice is not as beautiful as Qingping, but it has a different cold taste.

"Walking in the morning and picking the morning cold, I don't know what his heart is listening to. Lonely Grace parted and destroyed the lungs and liver. He Gu Huang Tianxi was sorrowful, and the pain was different from the grace, who said that Gu Xi knew that I was wronged. ”

At the end of the song, Zijing said with a gloomy expression: "Sister Luqi, Sister Qingping, are you trying to persuade me to go home?"

Qingping said lightly: "You are a rich boy who has suffered a blow at first sight, you lost your memory in the past, why don't you go back now?" I hear you always whispering in your dreams, it seems that someone is driving you away from home, for so long, maybe your father and mother are already thinking about you, maybe they are already regretting it, Zijing, go home, don't wander around, like me and my sister, wandering all over the world, the world is home?"

Zijing bowed her head and was silent, and only after a long time did she say, "Why did the two sisters follow your master?"

Qingping said with a smile: "It's nothing, the family will take our sisters away that day, he is loyal to my father, but unfortunately my father's enemies are too many, it didn't take long for us to be found by the enemy, in the melee, the entanglement is scattered, and the enemy is in hot pursuit, not to mention eating wild vegetables and gnawing tree bark, even if you can't eat for a few days, it's not strange, if you don't meet the master to save you, I'm afraid that our sisters have already become white bones on the side of the road, that is, they don't die, I'm afraid that now they have fallen into the sea of suffering, and life is better than death." ”

Zi Jing said in a daze: "Is that general Zhongbo?"

Qingping smiled: "You guessed, that general is Uncle Zhong, don't look at Uncle Zhong's harmony now, when he was by my father's side, he was like a murderer." He won't tell me what you've done in my room, but if you want to kill you, I'm glad I don't bother with you. ”

Zijing subconsciously remembered the face of Zhongbo Tieqing, who carried him away from Qingping's couch that day, and couldn't help but say happily: "I will be careful not to offend Zhongbo in the future." ”

Qingping was stunned and said, "What, you still refuse to go home?"

Zijing said gloomily: "I've only seen my father two or three times, and I almost don't remember his appearance, and he has passed away, I was kicked out by my mother, and my mother said that she would not see me again." ”

Lu Qi said coldly: "She will regret it after all." ”

Zijing said in a deep voice: "I have been with my mother for fifteen years, my mother's words are like the wind, there is no change, since she expelled me from the house, she will not change her decision, if one day, she wants to see me, she will send someone to look for me." It's just, it's just ......" he didn't say any more.

Qingping said helplessly: "Sister, why don't you let Zijing follow us." ”

Lu Qi said coldly: "After Yueyang, we probably won't have a peaceful life to live." ”

Zijing hurriedly said: "My martial arts are very good, if anyone dares to bully the two sisters, I will kill them." ”

Qingping smiled: "You are really a big mouth, if someone is embarrassed with us, it must be a first-class character, can you protect us?"

Zijing hurriedly said: "And I can also be a cook and a servant for you, okay?"

Qingping burst out laughing when she heard this, but turned her head to look at the hatch and asked Lu Qi's opinion.

After a long silence, Lu Qi's cold voice came from the cabin: "Why bother?"

Zijing looked at the hatch nervously, waiting for Lu Qi to make a decision, he clenched his fists nervously, waiting for the final decision, he really didn't want to be abandoned again.

Lu Qi was silent, but Qing Ping already understood what she meant, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's the same end of the world, Zi Jing, since you have decided not to go home, then stay with us, but Zi Jing, you are always my sister, Sister Lu Qi's screaming is not successful, so let's call me Sister Lu Qi in the future, is it okay to call me Second Sister in the future?"

Zijing shook her head and said, "I call you sister, call her Sister Luqi, how can it be a random scream." ”

Qingping was speechless, couldn't help but look at Zijing angrily, and said, "You call me sister, I call her sister, what a mess, no, you have to change it." ”

Zijing resolutely shook her head and refused to agree, Qingping pulled him to argue, Lu Qi looked funny in the cabin, she was a bystander, and she had already seen that Zi Jing had subtle feelings for Qingping, sister, Sister Lu Qi, the difference between the two words is the difference between intimacy and alienation, but Lu Qi didn't care, except for Yaoqin, only Master and Qingping could occasionally make her heart move, Zijing was just a reckless teenager to her. Seeing that the two were still arguing there, Lu Qi said finally: "That's it, Zijing will call Qingping's name in the future, and you two will call me sister, how about that?"

Qingping exclaimed: "Sister, how can I do this, wouldn't it be cheap Zijing, I must be a year or two older than him." ”

Zijing's eyes were shining, and she shouted happily, "I know, sister." ”

A smile flashed in Lu Qi's eyes when she heard this, but it disappeared in an instant, and she walked back to the cabin with the piano in her arms, leaving the quarrel between the two teenagers and girls behind.

After a long time, Qingping and Zijing were tired of arguing, and the two finally stopped, and Zijing asked in a low voice: "Qingping, if your master does not die, but goes back to Youji, what will you do?"

Qingping reflexively said: "Call sister," then hesitated, and then said: "If the master goes to Youji and doesn't tell us, he must no longer want our sister to be by his side, so the world is so big, there is always a place for us, but we don't want to go to Youji." ”

Zijing understands that the relationship between the two women is never willing to be humiliated, if Youji has the slightest reluctance to accept the two women, the two women will not go to Youji, which is also the reason why the two have never gone north so far, there is a trace of joy in his heart, he blurted out: "That's great, you don't go to Youji, I don't want to go to Youji?" Qingping, when your injuries are better, let's travel the world, my mother said, read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, I really want to go around to see it." ”

Qingping didn't bother to correct his salutation, and said, "What, do you hate Youji very much?"

Zijing was silent for a moment and said, "I don't hate Youji, it's just that my mother doesn't like me to go to Youji, so I won't go." ”

Qingping sighed and said, "Yes, what is your name?"

Zi Jing said lightly: "My name is no longer needed, Zi Jing is the word given to me by my mother, and I will be Zi Jing in the future." ”

Qingping looked at his cold expression and said, "Your mother is so ruthless, she drove you out and didn't allow you to go home, why do you still think of her like this?"

Zijing looked at the lake, and said for a long time: "My mother is very good to me, although she refuses to let me stay with her, but she has taught me a lot of things, and I know that my mother wants me to be free, if she is really ruthless, she can make me do many heart-wrenching things, I know that my mother wants to use me, and I will not want to resist, but she knows my intentions, but she has never forced me to do anything, sister, do you say that my mother is very good to me?" Although it was a questioning tone, Qingping heard the weakness in his words, although she was a little disapproving, but she didn't want to hit Zijing too much, not to mention that Zijing called her sister again, so she chuckled: "You're right, how can there be a mother in the world who doesn't love children, my mother just wants to die with my father, and she didn't think about me being buried together." In her heart, she didn't regard Zijing as an outsider at all, her younger brother, what were she afraid of, looking at the sky, she yawned and said, "Why Uncle Zhong and Uncle Chen haven't come back yet, tonight's rice is gone." ”

Zijing didn't dare to move, just looked at the sunset on the horizon. At this time, he heard the sound of oars rowing in his ears, and after a while, he saw a small boat flying in, with an old servant with a gray beard standing at the bow, and a middle-aged man in his forties at the stern, simple and honest, it was Uncle Zhong and Uncle Chen, and the boat was full of food and groceries. Zijing was overjoyed and was about to tell Qingping, but she saw Qingping's head lowered, breathing evenly, and she was already asleep. Zi Jing's heart was very warm, if time stopped at this moment forever, how good would it be, he gently picked up Qingping and walked to the cabin, the lake breeze was cold, if Qingping was affected by the wind and cold, and the injury was sick, it would be troublesome.