The sky is slightly bright, the Tianmu Lake outside Jingyang City is desolate, the morning breeze blows across the lake in winter, and the light microwave lake reflects a ray of light on the horizon, which is particularly cold and lonely. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

A plain-clothed woman stood quietly by the lake, rubbing the piccolo in her hand for a long time, but never put it to her lips, and played a song.

"Heart. ”

At some point, a slender man in Tsing Yi had quietly come behind her and whispered.

The plain-clothed woman's body shook violently, but she forcibly endured it and didn't turn back.

"Xin'er—"

The man in Tsing Yi put an arm on the woman's trembling shoulders and gently pulled her into his arms.

Shui Xinying, the plain-clothed woman, pillowed her head on the broad and powerful chest of the man behind her, and two lines of tears flowed from her eyes.

"You're finally back—"

"I'm back, Xin'er. ”

Haoxing Mingrui hugged Shui Xinying tightly in his arms, trying his best not to let his painful and complicated feelings leak out in his voice.

Shui Xinying suddenly broke free from Haoxing Mingrui's embrace, turned to look directly at this face that made her think about it, and said sadly for a long time: "It's been ten years, I thought you would never come back......"

"But you've been waiting, by this Tianmu Lake, waiting for me to come back. Haoxing Mingrui said in a hoarse voice.

"You-" Shui Xinying's eyebrows frowned slightly, and there was a trace of surprise and confusion in her eyes, "How do you know?"

Haoxing Mingrui sighed, "For so many years, I have been watching you from afar, how can I not know?"

"What did you say?!" Shui Xinying's gaze suddenly turned from puzzled to angry, "Why are you doing this?!"

"Because I don't dare to get close to you again, for fear that I won't be able to control myself, and I want to be with you forever, even though I know that it will bring you great harm!"

Haoxing Mingrui looked down at Shui Xinying's delicate face, and finally couldn't help but hug her into his arms again, "Xin'er, I know that I shouldn't see you again, but I still can't help but sneak here to see you again and again." Seeing that you always have that flute in your hand, but never blowing it, my heart is very conflicted—I wish you would blow it, show that you still want to see me, but if you do, I don't know what to do with it!"

At this time, although Shui Xinying's heart had all kinds of grievances and incomprehension, but the person she had missed for ten years finally returned to her side, she still couldn't help but be full of joy and excitement, snuggled tightly in Haoxing Mingrui's arms, smelled the manly breath on his body that made her intoxicated, and said softly: "I will never blow it." For when you gave it to me, we made a pact that if I blew it, you would appear before me as long as you lived. That's why I've been afraid to blow it, I'm afraid that if I blow it and you don't show up, it will cut off my last glimmer of hope—"

"Xin'er, I-" Haoxing Mingrui stopped talking with a heavy face, and finally just whispered, "Xin'er, it's windy here, and you're so thinly dressed, how about we talk in another place?"

Shui Xinying nodded softly.

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In an elegant tea shop by Tianmu Lake, Haoxing Mingrui poured a cup of hot tea for Shui Xinying, and said softly: "Xin'er, drink a cup of hot tea to warm up your body first." ”

"Thank you, Brother Ming. Shui Xinying lowered her head and smiled, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Seeing Shui Xinying put down the tea in his hand, Haoxing Mingrui got to the point: "Xin'er, in fact, I don't have a surname Ming, my real name is Haoxing Mingrui, and my father's name is Haoxing Xiaoyin, he is the Yongwang of Dayu." ”

Shui Xin Yingden was stunned there.

"I know I owe you a lot, especially after hiding my identity from you for so long. When you and I first met, I was not completely hesitant in my heart, because I knew that Ling Shi was the Snow Sect Master, and she had such a deep relationship with Xue Pinghao, the leader of the Loyalty Alliance. At that time, the Loyalty League went around arresting and killing the hermits who remained in the territory of Dayu, and as the son of the Yongwang, of course, I also had the blood of the hermits in my body, so how could I be indifferent to what the Loyalty League did? But no matter how much I struggled, I still couldn't leave you ruthlessly. At that time, I only had a little luck, hoping that one day, the court would be able to accept the hermits again, or that you would be willing to leave Dayu with me and never come back. ”

Shui Xinying also stabilized her mind at this time, and asked softly: "Then why did you suddenly say goodbye ten years ago?"

"To rescue my relatives and benefactors. ”

Haoxing Mingrui sighed, "When my father died tragically, and the Yongwang Mansion was destroyed, it was my seventh uncle who saved our family. Presumably you already know that King Ding is Xiao Tianjue, who was later trapped in Jishi Temple, and Haoxing Xiaoyu, who has been hunted down and killed by the commander for many years. ”

Shui Xinying asked in surprise: "Are you saying that King Ding saved you? But wasn't he the one who ordered King Ling Zunyong to be shot in the palace city? What the hell is going on?"

Haoxing Mingrui sighed again, "The inside story of this is really not something that can be explained clearly in a few words. Xin'er, I can only tell you that King Ding is not only my dear seventh uncle, but also the great benefactor of Yongwangfu. Back then, under the siege of many masters of the Loyalty and Righteousness League, he rescued me from the Yongwang Mansion alone, and later saved my young sister Fang Yin, and raised Fang Yin's only son Yu'er left behind. ”

"The jade you are talking about, could it be Xiao Yu?"

"Yes. When the Yongwang Mansion was raided, my mother asked a loyal maid to sneak out of the mansion with my two-year-old sister Fang Yin before setting herself on fire, and the seventh uncle sent them to the south to avoid trouble. When Fang Yin grew up, she married a local scholar, and when her husband went to Beijing to take the exam, she found out that she was pregnant......"

Speaking of this, Haoxing Mingrui's voice gradually became hoarse, "Fang Yin is a hermit, and the child she gives birth to will definitely have the characteristics of a hermit, which cannot be hidden." In desperation, she had to tell her in-laws about her identity as a hermit, begging them to help her escape the catastrophe. However, her in-laws kicked her out of the house for fear of causing disaster. The maid who raised Fang Yin died soon after she got married, and Fang Yin, who had no relatives, had no choice but to ask someone to send a letter to the seventh uncle. But by the time the letter reached the seventh uncle, it was too late! In the end, Fang Yin, who was seriously ill, was taken back to Prince Ding's mansion by the seventh uncle, and she died of illness only two years after giving birth to Yu'er. ”

Shui Xinying sighed lightly, "It turns out that Xiao Yu has such a pitiful background!"

"Uncle Seven not only raised Yu'er, but also taught him martial arts, so Yu'er has always called him Master. Ten years ago, the seventh uncle and Yu'er were besieged in the Tibetan Valley, the four great monks of Jishi Temple and the leader of the Loyal and Righteous League, Xueping Hao, under the hands of the two sides, the seventh uncle and Yu'er were made by the four great monks, and were abolished martial arts, imprisoned in Jishi Temple. Later, Yu'er was taken away from the temple by the people sent by the emperor and imprisoned in the palace of Prince Ding. After I got the news, I hurried to rescue Yu'er.

After rescuing Yu'er, I began to plan to rescue the seventh uncle who was trapped in Jishi Temple, and after that, for various reasons, I really couldn't leave to see you again. Later, although I had the opportunity, I finally saw you again by this Tianmu Lake, but I no longer had the courage to appear in front of you, and the only hope in my heart was that I could always look at you from afar like this in this life. ”

Shui Xinying couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart when she heard this, "Did you give up like this?" I didn't even want to ask me, would I like to go with you?"

"Xin'er, if I tell you that my seventh uncle is the father-killing enemy of Lingshi, are you willing to betray Shimen from now on and die with me, a hermit who was ordered to be arrested by the imperial court?"

Shui Xinying looked at Haoxing Mingrui in confusion, and muttered, "So that's the case...... , between you and me...... and so much hatred ......"

"And as long as the Loyal Alliance does not stop killing the hermits, this hatred will grow deeper and deeper! Under such circumstances, how can I force you to make a choice? How can I not know that whether you choose me or Lingshi, your heart will inevitably be full of guilt for the one you have given up.

And if I choose to lie to you all the time, and continue to be with you, I will only hurt you in the end, because I can't give you any name, and I don't even dare you give birth to my child. Hidden babies are born as white as snow and do not turn black until they are two years old. Because of this easily recognizable feature, many hermit couples reveal their identity as hermits when their babies are born, and then they are caught and executed by the government along with their newborn children. How could I bear to put you in such a dangerous situation? That's why I never dared to see you again, hoping that you would forget about me—"

"Then why did you suddenly appear in front of me again today? It's for Xiao Yu, right?" Shui Xinying held back the tears in her eyes, and inexplicably gave birth to a strong hatred in her heart.