Text Volume 1 Wood Hibiscus Chapter 17 Darkness Strikes

The cold mountains turn green, and the autumn water is murmuring

Outside Chengdu, on the outskirts of a mountain.

Flowers all over the mountains surrounded an elegant courtyard, a simple bamboo fence surrounded by flowers, and it was also full of flowers.

An took a deep breath, looked at the flowers all over the mountains, and said with a slight smile: Living here must be very happy every day, what is the point of fame and fortune, life and death?

Qingqing replied with a smile: Then you can stay, plant flowers and raise some poultry in your spare time, although the days are dull, they are quiet and simple.

Ann looked at her, looked into the distance, and didn't speak. The familiar and warm figure in his heart, the amiable old man, always haunted his heart. He knew that they didn't want him to do anything for them, they just wanted him to be safe and happy, away from all the distractions of this world.

But he couldn't. The fire in his chest burned all the time, and his anger could only be extinguished by blood. The thought of this made his delicate face distort.

Qingqing looked at An, whose face suddenly changed greatly, and took An's hand at a loss and said softly: An, what's wrong with you, why is your face so ugly.

An came back to his senses, shook his head, and said with a smile: Qingqing, I'm fine, accompany me to the hillside in front to see the flowers.

Qingqing smiled, took Ann's hand and walked out of the courtyard. Both of them are innocent teenagers, who don't care about the difference between men and women, laughing and chasing along the way, and soon come to a mountainside.

I saw Qingqing holding her waist and panting softly: I don't have the strength, let's rest here, and sat down casually as he spoke, An smiled slightly when he saw this, and also lay down beside her.

On the horizon in the distance, a round of the sun is about to set, and the sunset in the western sky waving a gorgeous scarf to reflect on this man and woman. The man's eyebrows are clear, and the woman's is gentle and lovely. In a blur, the grass everywhere seemed to be plated with a golden yellow. The evening breeze blows, and the dogtail grass shakes the lyric of the dusk, and the flowers all over the mountains are as delicate as a fairy tale, and as beautiful as a dream.

The two of them just sat and lay down like this, enjoying this wonderful time.

Qingqing looked at An's delicate and fair face, her deep and bright eyes seemed to hide a trace of loneliness and sadness, and she couldn't help but whisper: An, where is your family?

An closed her eyes, sniffed the fragrance of flowers, and said lightly: It's all gone.

Qingqing lowered her head, her hands on her knees, she remembered that day, her gentle and elegant mother led her young to play on this mountainside, she found a particularly bright hibiscus flower and inserted it in her ear, looked at her with a smile, and said to her: My Qingqing is as pure and beautiful as this hibiscus flower.

Unfortunately, her mother suddenly fell seriously ill a few years ago and left her soon after. She remembered that day, her mother was lying on the bed, gently holding her hand, and said softly: Qingqing, you go and pick a hibiscus flower, my mother wants to wear it for you again. Holding back tears, she squatted beside the bed with a white hibiscus stuck in her sideburns. Her mother looked at her carefully and said with a smile: It's a pity that my mother can't see the day when Qingqing gets married... Before she could finish speaking, her mother's hand hung limply.

The vicissitudes of the world have passed, and a bright picture has been sketched, but it is just a flash in a hurry, where is its shadow. The deceased can't reach out and touch, only the residual longing is getting stronger day by day. Everything is wrong, people are confused, and things are sad. The fireworks of life become more and more brilliant in the sunset, burning into the embrace of night, completing one noisy passion and finale after another.

At this time, a hand reached over and held her hand, Qingqing held back her tears, looked at An with a gentle face, and finally couldn't help crying.

Anxin felt a pain, as if he had made up his mind, and said with a smile: Qingqing, you wait for me to finish handling my own affairs, and I will come back to accompany you all the time, if that guy Fengyuebai doesn't come, I'll take you to the capital to find him, okay?

Qingqing burst into tears and laughed, and said angrily: What do you mention him, there are so many noble ladies in the capital, maybe he will forget me wherever he goes. Alright, young man, it's not too early, let's go back, your two brothers should almost wake up. As he spoke, he pulled Ann up, looked happy and walked back, singing and laughing all the way.

Chengdu Mansion, Zuiyue Building, in a wing room in the backyard.

The fat shopkeeper smoked his pipe and looked thoughtfully at an osmanthus flower outside the window. I just heard him say lightly: Come back so soon?

In the dark corner, a figure kneeling on one knee replied: His subordinates can't find out the identity of any teenager, and he only appeared in Chengdu Mansion today, as for his two brothers, they are just wandering teenagers, temporarily living in the ruined temple in the west of the city. Which girl is just an orphan who sells flowers, and her home is on a mountain outskirts of the house.

The fat shopkeeper frowned and said: Continue to stare at them and step back.

As soon as An and Qingqing returned to the small courtyard, Da Xiong and Ding Monkey also happened to wake up, and the two looked at An and Qingqing who were smiling in a daze, and muttered: Am I still in a dream, this will be a while, Brother An has found a little daughter-in-law...

Ann went up and knocked on the heads of the two, and said with a smile: What nonsense.

Qingqing also smiled and fetched a basin of water, the two of them washed briefly, drank some water, looked at An, looked at Qingqing again, touched their swollen head and said: Brother An, where is this?

Qingqing smiled and carefully explained the ins and outs of the matter, but deliberately concealed Fengyuebai. Ann smiled on the side, but didn't say anything.

Ding Monkey and Da Xiong stared at An, and sighed: It turns out that Brother An is a young knight, which is really disrespectful.

An was expressionless, and said lightly: Even if I am a young man, I am not as good as some people who blatantly go to eat overlord meals in broad daylight, right?

Da Xiong laughed when he heard this, but Ding Monkey looked embarrassed and couldn't help scratching his head.

Da Xiong smiled: Brother Monkey, if Qingqing didn't appear anywhere, he happened to be rescued by An. What are your plans?

Ding Monkey heaved and lowered his voice and said: This monkey has already thought about the way to go, the street under the box window is full of traffic, people come and go, we just need to jump down and blend into the crowd and swagger away.

Qingqing snorted and laughed: I see you are still dreaming, the three of you are burly and strong, the other is slender and thin, and... She looked at Ann, and then smiled: "You two see that he is dressed like a little beggar, and it is difficult for the three of you to walk down the street without being recognized."

Ding Monkey looked left and right, and laughed along.

Qingqing said with a smile: Okay, in order to repay this An Shaoxia for saving his life, the little woman will be kind enough to take you in, but don't think about eating and drinking in vain, watering flowers and weeding, and turning the ground to plant vegetables.

Ding Monkey happily flipped eight heels in a row, and almost spit out all the wine he drank at noon.

Qingqingdao: It's not too early, I'll go cook some food, and you can talk. After that, Ying Ying went.

After Qingqing left, Ding Monkey approached An Dao with a wicked smile: Brother, the ability is not small, I will take a nap, this is a hero to save the beauty, and he is in the house, hehe, the monkey admires. After speaking, he smacked his lips.

An smiled and scolded: I think in the future, in addition to working and resting, you two will follow me to learn some cultural knowledge, so as to save yourself from talking nonsense and making people laugh.

Da Xiong smiled on the side: I'm stupid, I still don't learn, I don't want to worry about you teaching me some kung fu, and I will also go out to do chivalrous righteousness and protect the people.

Ding Monkey'er's eyes lit up when he heard this: "So very good, so very good."

An pondered for a moment, and replied helplessly: Okay, but culture still needs to be learned.

When the big bear and the Ding monkey heard this, they smiled and applauded loudly.

An pretended to be deep and said: Before this, you have to promise me three things first.

Ding Monkey and Da Xiong hurriedly said: I will also agree to 10,000 pieces.

An nodded, paced with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: First, don't be brave and ruthless, bully the weak, second, don't fight for fame, don't ask whether you win or lose, and third, and the most important one, don't violate loyalty and betray principles. After speaking, he secretly felt funny in his heart, and quickly coughed twice to show his composure.

And Ding Monkey and Da Xiong didn't think about it, and nodded their heads again and again.

An didn't expect that the day after he came out of that place, by mistake, he actually got acquainted with Ding Monkey, Da Xiong, Feng Yuebai and Qingqing, and reluctantly became the master of the two, but what he didn't expect was that his kindness changed the fate of the three of them, and also planted the seeds for future disasters.

After all, An was a young man, and agreed to teach him the martial arts of the two, so he immediately became serious, staring at the bodies of Da Xiong and Ding Monkey and looking at it carefully, and he couldn't stop touching and pinching it. It made the big bear and the Ding monkey confused.

An thought for a while and said: Martial arts practice depends on people, your two bodies are very different, and the martial arts you learn are also different, Da Xiong, you are burly and strong, and you prefer to practice some masculine and powerful outer kung fu.

After hearing this, the two were overjoyed and anxious to start. At this time, Qingqing came over with a smile and a sumptuous and delicious home-cooked meal, and asked, "What are you talking about so happily?"

Da Xiong said happily: Brother An promised to teach me and Brother Monkey martial arts.

Qingqing said with a smile: That Xiong Shaoxia, and Ding Shaoxia will definitely protect the little girl in the future.

Ding Monkey and Da Xiong patted their chests and said: "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it?" In the future, the girl's safety will be left to the next place.

The four of them talked and laughed, fought and made trouble, and the meal lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

At this time, it was already the time of day, Qingqing arranged a place to live, Ding Monkey and Da Xiong lived in the wing, and An Ze lived in the warehouse that had just been cleaned up, saying that the warehouse was usually empty, and there were only some simple agricultural tools in it. Qingqing saw that An's clothes were shabby and ragged, found some fabric, and went back to the room to sew clothes for him.

Ann stood in the room, looking at the simple and clean room, thinking that she hadn't slept in bed for several years, and couldn't help but relax, and wanted to lie down.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed, and he flew out of the window, over the fence, and ran away into the distance.

I saw a black figure in the distance, under the reflection of the moonlight, flickering east and west, up and down, flying as if flying.

An followed behind expressionlessly, always keeping a distance. The two chased like this for almost half an hour, and the person in front finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped by a lake. Ann then stood three feet behind the man.

The figure saw it clearly, and saw that the figure was short, dressed in black, with a black scarf on his face, and obviously a short weapon hanging from his waist. The two of them stood still, neither of them speaking first.

After a while, the figure in black said slowly: Shaoxia has such a deep internal force.

An was expressionless and said lightly: You are not bad.

The figure in black snorted: But you still have to test martial arts?

Antao: You're not here for revenge?

The black-clothed figure rolled his eyes and said coldly: What is it, what is it?

Ann smiled and said, "I hate playing dumb riddles with people, no matter what your intentions are, you will die here today."