Chapter 20: Old Things
When Bai Qian heard this, he thought to himself, what a big sister, he had never seen any big sister in that meeting, could it be that Xilingye also hired someone else to take care of the children in Jinshazhou?
Thinking so much, it is better to ask directly, Bai Qian said: "Meng Lan, who is the big sister in your mouth?"
Xie Menglan: "Well, it's a big sister surnamed Bai, who is very beautiful and has good martial arts." www.biquge.info By the way, you haven't seen her, she came here after you left, and then Brother Xiling left, Sister Bai said that Brother Xiling entrusted her to take care of us. ”
After a pause, Meng Lan continued: "After Brother Xiling left, there were no new children here, I once overheard Sister Bai say that she was going outside to find her father-killing enemy, but Brother Xiling persuaded her to stay. ”
Bai Qian was a little curious in his heart, what kind of woman could get such an important entrustment from Xiling Ye.
Bai Qian: "Menglan, what about Sister Bai now?"
Xie Menglan: "She is gone, Sister Bai should still not give up the idea of revenge, she left two years ago, and she will still come back to see us occasionally." ”
Bai Qian: "There are only a group of children left, why is the village still exactly the same as before, are you all doing it yourself?"
Xie Menglan knew that Bai Qian was referring to the fields and vegetables outside the door, and explained: "I just planted some vegetables by myself, and the grain was left by others earlier. ”
Bai Qian: "I see. ”
For the rest of the day, Bai Qian wandered around the village, and unlike the verdant land when he first entered the village, many places had already shown signs of decline.
The rice in the field actually grows on its own, and the seedlings are thin and thin, and they are crowded together in large piles, and it looks like there will probably not be any harvest this year.
The new bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest are also growing in a mess, becoming more and more crowded, and weeds are gradually growing on the sheep intestine path that used to walk. As Xie Menglan said, she couldn't take care of such a large village by herself, and she could only watch it fall into ruin.
Everyone has been working hard to keep the village as it is, and they don't want Xilingye to come back and see a strange place, but who knows that five years have passed, and Xilingye has never appeared again.
Many children have even forgotten what Xiling Ye looks like, he was their savior, he was the big brother who gave them a new life, but now in their memory, there is only one name left.
The peaceful and peaceful life of Jinshazhou, coupled with Xilingye's perennial deliberate education, most of the children have given up the idea of seeking revenge, and it has become their most simple wish to live a life in peace and security all over the world.
Bai Qian has always hated vendetta in the rivers and lakes, and praised everything Xiling Ye did, the only regret is that he himself could not stay here for a long time, so he was involved in a deeper conspiracy.
He didn't have time to think too much about what Sister Bai was sacred that Meng Lan said, and only thought that in a few days, he would take Meng Lan away with him, let Jinshazhou and Xiling Ye sleep together, and become a secret that will no longer be mentioned.
This was the last thing he could do for him, and thinking of this, he walked the familiar path over and over again, trying to seal up the land as much as possible in his memory.
Bai Qian became talkative and sad, and mentioned a lot of things to Shang Lu about when he was a child, and Shang Lu almost thought that Bai Qian was also adopted by Xiling Ye.
When he was walking in the afternoon, Shang Lu saw Bai Qian take out the other flute on his waist again.
It looks like a very ordinary bamboo flute, and the pear blossom dark pattern on the flute seems to have been seen somewhere. He remembered that Sister Huijing in the Taoist temple could also play the flute.
Shang Lu: "Brother Bai, you've been playing this flute, why don't you play a tune." ”
Bai Qian's expression was slightly surprised, and he said, "I won't." ”
Shang Lu: "You carry it every day, saying that you can't blow it, who will believe you?"
Bai Qian: "But I just won't, I like to take it, who is in the way?"
Shang Lu: "That's not true, it's just that since you can't blow, what are you doing with it?"
Bai Qian thought for a moment and said, "I can't use it for self-defense?"
Shang Lu lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Okay, okay, it's just that I've never seen you fight, I saw you running away." ”
Bai Qian: "You said that you kid, why do you think about fighting all day long, what's the good thing about fighting?"
Shang Lu: "Forehead ......"
Bai Qian: "Xiao Lu, you said that your big brother Bai and I are very good here, if you accidentally kill someone during a fight, you have to squat, how worthless it is." ”
Shang Lu: "Brother Bai, I'm worried that if you run every time, you will lose your martial arts." ”
Bai Qian: "Xiao Lu, don't worry about this, your big brother Bai's kung fu is not covered, besides, I like light skills, I practice every day." ”
Shang Lu: "Well, that, Big Brother Bai, in fact, I can play two tunes." Do you want me to blow it to you? ”
As he spoke, Shang Lu stretched out his hand to get Bai Qian's flute.
With a dodge, Bai Qian easily let it pass. It is clear that white before not giving.
Bai Qian: "It's so quiet here, don't you play the flute too noisy?"
Shang Lu muttered in a low voice: "If you don't give it, you won't give it, why do you find such a high-sounding reason to reject me." ”
Bai Qian was probably not at ease, for fear that Shang Lu would take advantage of his inattention to secretly take it to play, so he quickly made up a reason to fool him.
Bai Qian: "Xiao Lu, this flute is a relic of my mother's family, I am not for playing, and it is also a hidden weapon, very dangerous, quenched and poisoned." You can't play blindly, it's easy to die. ”
Shang Lu continued to mutter: "Come on, where is there such a big secret weapon, unless you are blind, you can't see it." ”
Bai Qian, who was opposite, stopped talking, with a wistful expression, and touched a flute with great affection and caution. Behind Bai Qian is the Baizhang cliff of Jinshazhou, his eyes are ethereal and distant, and he seems to have really fallen into a long memory. The scene suddenly became serious, and Shang Lu was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak all of a sudden.
Shang Lu glanced at Bai Qian's solemn and contemplative face suspiciously, and then at the flute that he hated to be able to offer, and felt that there seemed to be some truth.
Shang Lu, who followed Bai Qian all the way, heard Xiling Ye's name in Xie Menglan's mouth this time, and guessed that Bai Qian and Xiling Ye probably not only knew each other, but were also very familiar.
Xiling Ye, this name, Shang Lu has heard of it, and it can even be said that it was still a thunderous name for a time.
He had heard the same name from many casual people passing by the Taoist temple, and it would be many years ago when he was not very sensible.
Chang'an Xiling family has been a general for generations, and it is the strongest Great Wall of the empire.
Xiling Ye became famous as a young man, is a martial arts wizard, followed his father in his early years, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats at a young age. Later, he led the troops to break the alliance between the Xiongnu and Xiliang and kept the last peace of the empire.
It was indeed the last peace, because after the Battle of Changning, there was serious internal friction in the imperial court, and there was constant opposition from the government and the opposition. The treasury was empty, the emperor was originally a irascible emperor, and the annual exorbitant taxes were numerous, which overwhelmed the common people, and there were voices against the emperor everywhere. There have even been many mutinies in many places, but the emperor's side, listening to the words of some villains, did not take those turmoil seriously at all.
Du Heng, the prime minister of the previous dynasty, took the opportunity to force Chang'an, ousted the old emperor from the throne, and ascended the throne himself.
There have only been four generations of changes in the previous dynasty, and it is quite shocking that it has been replaced so quickly. But the shock is the shock, everyone is shocked that the life is still the same.
Three years have passed since that coup.
Although the new emperor came from the wrong way, but fortunately, Du Heng's reputation and political achievements were not bad before, and after he came to power, he was even more hungry and worked hard, and the domestic environment was getting better day by day, which was not a good thing for the world.
Shang Lu still remembers the end of that war, when the Xiongnu and Xiliang coalition forces were broken, and they have been at loggerheads ever since. The Khan of the Xiongnu died in battle, and Xiliang also took a princess.
And the ending of Xiling Ye is recorded in the history books: martyrdom.