"Oh...... Oh, you mean the girl in front of you, her name is Xiao Ni, and she came to the house half a year ago. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info this kid...... I liked her at first sight, she looks so smart, Ling Xiao, you take a closer look at this child's appearance, it really looks like you when you were young. Zhang Yuanzhi stared at Ling Xiao and said.

Ling Xiao looked at Xiao Ni carefully, it was indeed a little similar to herself when she was young, she was slightly stunned in her heart, and unconsciously clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand, why did such a beautiful girl with a refined temperament appear in her father's mansion? Her eyes kept staring at Xiao Nirvana, and kept thinking. That little Nirvana kept his head down, standing there in an orderly manner, without the slightest reaction.

Ling Xiao sat there, thinking about the things after entering the mansion from beginning to end, the atmosphere in this mansion was different from usual, she always felt awkward, what made her feel this way, she was anxious, but she couldn't tell. Fan Yuncheng also looked at this girl more and more like Ling Xiao, he was really taken aback when he saw it just now, and now he settled down to watch it carefully, but it is very different from Ling Xiao when he was young, she is more handsome than Ling Xiao, and her demeanor is more lively, not as calm as Ling Xiao.

"I don't know which Nirvana girl's name is?" Ling Xiao suddenly asked.

"Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the little girl grew up in the nunnery since she was a child, and it was the masters in the nunnery who gave the little girl this name, the little girl was illiterate, and she didn't know which Nirvana word it was. The girl bowed her head and replied softly.

"The scripture says: Do not deviate from the Dharma and attain Nirvana. He also said: The Dharma is boundless, so Bodhi is boundless, and the way to know Nirvana is a wonderful contract. Ling Xiao recited softly, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Nirvana carefully, "Presumably your Nirvana is derived from this scripture, so in this way, your Nirvana has a great origin." ”

"The little girl only knows the origin of my name today, thank you Madame for pointing out Little Nirvana. The little Nirvana thanked softly.

That Fan Yu opened a pair of tiger eyes, looked at Xiao Ni intently, and thought that this sister was really beautiful. Fan Jun saw on the side that his younger brother's eyes had been staring at Xiao Ni, and the girl named Xiao Ni had already smeared rouge on her face at this time, and her expression was a little shy, and she couldn't look up at Fan Yu directly, Fan Jun hurriedly reached out and pulled his brother's sleeve, signaling him not to look any further.

"Brother, this sister is so beautiful, mother, can you let my sister go to our house?"

As soon as Fan Yu's immature child's voice came out, the people in the hall were stunned, and the adults didn't speak for a while.

Ling Xiao raised his eyes and looked at Jun'er standing beside Fan Yu, although there was no unhappiness on his face, but Fan Jun could feel that today's mother's heart was very heavy, he had followed his mother's side since he was a child, and he knew a little bit about his mother's thoughts, but the mother in front of him today made him unable to figure it out.

"Yu'er, Sister Xiao Ni wants to do things in your grandfather's house, and your child's family, don't talk too much. Ling Xiao's low voice stopped.

"Oh, the boy knows. Fan Yu suddenly asked his grandfather again, "Grandpa, can't I really live with you today?"

"Huh...... Yu'er, you can't do it these days, you just arrived in Yongzhou, and you still need to deal with the affairs in the house. Another day, another day grandpa wants you to stay here, and it doesn't hurt to stay a few more days. Zhang Yuanzhi reached out and stroked Yu'er's head, and Ling Xiao could hear him sigh very softly.

"Oh! Yu'er knows. Fan Yu's face was a little unhappy, but he quickly shifted his interest to the lotus pond in front of the door, turned around and ran to the pool. Fan Jun frowned, afraid that this naughty brother would cause some trouble again, so he hurriedly followed.

"Father, daughter wants to go see Madame. "Ling Xiao hasn't seen his wife for ten years, and since the last stroke, the old lady's body must be getting worse day by day.

"Go ahead, talk to her, she's always thinking about you. Zhang Yuanzhi waved his hand and motioned for her to leave.

Old Madam Zhang couldn't speak anymore, but kept crying, holding Ling Xiao's hand tightly with her movable hand, and her mouth kept opening and closing. Ling Xiao put his ear to her mouth and heard her slurred words.

"Madame, you...... Do you want to know about Miss Qifeng?" Ling Xiao asked her tentatively.

The old lady burst into tears and nodded slightly.

"Miss, it's okay, I heard that General He is now an official to the general of Zhengxi, and he is a general who is respected by the emperor. Miss is now by General He's side, and she will have a good time in the future. Ling Xiao comforted her.

The old lady smiled and closed her eyes, she had been looking forward to it for many years, just to hear news from her daughter.

Ling Xiao beckoned, and called the laurel beside his wife to his side, he hadn't seen him for ten years, and the laurel was obviously old, this little girl who grew up with his wife since he was a child is now nearly forty years old.

"Yuegui, how has the old lady been in recent years?"

"Soaring...... Alas, what do I have to say about this? The old man's body began to fail two years ago, but he has always refused to say it, and the wife has been sick in bed all these years, alas, there is no one around to take care of them, and how many people can know the suffering in their hearts. ”

"I'm sorry for you, Gui'er. ”

"Don't say that, we have been together since we were children, and Madame has always treated us very well, but I don't have such a good life as you, marrying Master Fan......" Yue Gui thought that Ling Xiao could marry Miss back then, and now she is living so well, and she is also happy for this sister. She is just a rough girl, she still doesn't know why the lord and the lady want to let Ling Xiao marry, and when she gets older, she knows the powerful relationship, when she thinks of this honest and loyal old man Zhang, can be so ruthless, she still thinks about it is also very sighing.

"Yes, you haven't been married for so many years. Ling Xiao sighed softly.

Yuegui smiled bitterly: "It's okay not to marry, accompany the old lady, I'm willing." ”

Ling Xiao took off the gold bracelet on his hand and put it on Yuegui's hand: "I didn't prepare anything for you this time, this is my sister's thing, my sister must accept it." ”

Yuegui raised her hand to look at the gold bracelet, took it off again, wrapped the bracelet with a clean handkerchief, put it in her arms, she wiped away the tears on her face: "I have to work on weekdays, it's inconvenient to carry it, besides, this is given to me by my sister, I Yuegui has never confiscated such valuable jewelry, it's better to put it away carefully." ”

"It's okay......" Ling Xiao said with tears in his eyes.

"When Madame is in good health, where do you like to walk around the most?" Ling Xiao remembered and asked Yuegui.

"When Madame is in good health, she will go to Fuxian Temple to make incense and pray for Miss Qifeng. Sometimes I also go to the Cui'an to talk to the teachers and wives to relieve the boredom in my heart. Although the young lady has not heard from her for all these years, after all, she is the flesh and blood of the old lady, and the old lady does not want to think about her for a day, and often asks people to inquire where she has gone, but she never asks. Fortunately, you and Master Fan know some people in the officialdom, and we can find out her whereabouts somewhat. The old lady has lived a good life over the years...... It's so bitter. Laurel couldn't help but start shedding tears again.

"Don't cry, they will only get better and better in the future, Gui'er must not worry too much. Ling Xiao comforted softly.

"Sister, when Mrs. was still able to get up a few years ago, she had deposited an important thing in Fuxian Temple, and specially instructed me that if I could see you, I would inform you of this matter and go to Fuxian Temple to retrieve it. ”

"Gui'er, do you know what it is?" Ling Xiao was shocked when he heard this.

Yuegui shook her head lightly and said, "I don't know what Madame is keeping, but she said that this thing can be used when her life is at stake." ”

"If I get this thing back, what kind of evidence will I have to take it?" Ling Xiao asked with a frown.

"Madame said that when you got married, she gave you a gold hairpin, which is a token. Laurel looked up at the golden hairpin that was stuck in her bun.

Ling Xiao's heart suddenly became cold at this time, Zhang Mansion at this time, everything in her eyes was not the same as before, she was a little at a loss, she hoped that her worries were superfluous, but the increasingly heavy clouds pressed on her head, making her feel painful.

“...... Gui'er, these words are what the master wants you to tell me. Ling Xiao was silent for a while and asked her softly.

"Sister...... You're still so smart that you guessed it at a moment's notice. "Yue Gui knows that she can't hide anything from this Ling Xiao in front of her, she is too smart.

"Gui'er, you must be honest with me today, something has happened in the mansion recently. Ling Xiao remembered that what she had seen and heard in the mansion today was a strange feeling, but after all, it was just a feeling, and she didn't have the slightest evidence to confirm her thoughts.

"Sister,...... We have a deep sisterhood, and what Gui'er said my sister must also understand, since my sister got married, this Zhang Mansion has always been like this, half-dead, not the slightest bit angry. But you're different...... You have a husband, a son, an elderly father-in-law and mother-in-law in your old family, you need more people to take care of, and the people in Zhang's mansion need you more, sister...... Twenty years ago, when you got married, I promised the old lady that I would never say more than I shouldn't," Yuegui's voice trembled a little, and she didn't want to say more.

"Gui'er, if you tell me now, maybe I Ling Xiao can do something......" Ling Xiao saw that she had something unspeakable.

"Sister, you must take care of your family. Yuegui's attitude was resolute, Ling Xiao knew that she wouldn't ask anything, so she had to leave Zhang's mansion with sadness.

Since Zhang Fu came out, Ling Xiao was speechless all the way. She didn't know how to explain the confusion in her heart to Fan Yuncheng, even if she said it, with his character and temper, he would never leave the Zhang Mansion so easily, if that was the case, what would happen next, she really didn't know anything.

The Yongzhou Mansion was busy welcoming the arrival of the new prefect, Ling Xiao stood in front of the window, looking at the family members who were busy inside and out, her worries became more and more serious, especially what Yuegui said to her today, the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became.

"Ling Xiao?" Fan Yuncheng sensed her strangeness, "What's on your mind?"

"Master, do you know where Miss Qifeng is now?" Ling Xiao thought of Zhang Qifeng, who was pampered and willful, but was too obsessed with her reputation, where is she now?

"......" Fan Yuncheng didn't know how to answer his wife, for twenty years, he has been constantly looking for Zhang Qifeng's whereabouts, then He Zheng has been fighting for many years, he is just a civilian official, and he is not familiar with the generals in this army, and He Zheng has always been extremely mysterious, his whereabouts are unknown, sometimes he appears next to the sixth prince, and sometimes he appears next to the emperor, which makes it really difficult to guess this person's scheming.

Ling Xiao turned around slowly: "I have seen the old lady today, she has been thinking about her daughter. ”

Fan Yuncheng looked at his wife's expectant eyes and was silent. Ling Xiao has always wanted to inquire about Zhang Qifeng's whereabouts, just to be able to give an explanation to the old lady, Fan Yuncheng has inquired for many years, and has never heard of He Zheng's marriage, let alone any news of Zhang Qifeng.

"Soaring...... Presumably, Miss Zhang never married General He. Fan Yuncheng knows only this, he doesn't know how to comfort his wife, the ill-fated woman, now dead or alive, he doesn't know anything at all, although he hates her practices, but also pity her hard life, twenty years, Fan Yuncheng has also thought, if that Zhang Qifeng stands in front of him, does he still hate her? Fan Yuncheng sighed secretly, the feeling is complicated, he doesn't know whether he still hates it, but he hopes that she is safe and happy in his heart.

"But she's a weak woman, where can she go?" Ling Xiao sighed heavily, "I can't figure it out when I think about it, even if I can find her and ask her to return to the old lady, it's good." Ling Xiao really wanted to find Miss Qifeng at this time, even if she still hated herself, she was willing to let her stay and accompany her elderly parents.

Fan Yuncheng walked to Ling Xiao's side and gently took her into his arms: "It's useless to think too much, I think Zhang Qifeng will be fine." ”

"But I'm always worried about ......"

"What's the concern?"

Ling Xiao didn't say any more, yes, why was she worried? because of things that hadn't happened yet, or because of the faint uneasiness in her heart? she couldn't tell clearly.

"You haven't had a good rest for more than ten days, and now that you have finally settled down, you should rest early. Fan Yuncheng looked at his tired wife, she always thinks about a lot of things, always has to do a lot of things with her own hands, how can she not be tired?

Fan Yuncheng stretched out his hand to pick up Ling Xiao, his wife was seriously ill since giving birth to Yu'er, her body was not as good as before, and she was much thinner, he didn't have much effort to pick her up, he put Ling Xiao's hand on the back of his neck, and slowly walked to the bed with her. Twenty years passed so quickly, he only felt that the time he spent with Ling Xiao was far from being so long, and his two sons were growing up day by day, but he didn't want his wife to grow old day by day.

A hint of blush swept across Ling Xiao's cheeks, she was not used to her husband's spoiling of her. She didn't know that it was precisely because of the girlish shyness on her face that Fan Yuncheng loved her more and more.

In the house of Xingluan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he has been thinking clearly because of what happened during the day, a little sullen, it was late at night, he slowly paced out of the study, the night was cold, he walked a little faster under his feet, unconsciously came to the garden, at this time the garden, the pond is quiet, the green leaves are forest, quiet and peaceful, looking at this scene, the anxiety in Xing Luan's heart slowly calmed down, at this time, he heard the sound of someone plucking the strings, in the silent night, the sound of the piano is slightly vicissitudes and sadness, this sad mood deeply infected Xing Luan, he hurriedly raised his legs to the place where the piano sounded。

On the side of the pond under the moonlit night, a woman in the pavilion carried two girls, was stroking the piano in the gazebo, and when he approached, he found that the woman who stroked the piano was the incarnation of the woman he brought back from the Taishou Mansion in Hanzhong Brazil. After he saw this woman tonight, he suddenly figured out why Lu Chang spoke ill of him during the day, could it be that those trumped-up charges were forced on his head, all because of the incarnation in front of him?

When she heard that someone had entered the pavilion, she raised her eyes and saw that it was Xing Luan of Daxingtai, she hurriedly stopped playing the piano, stood up from the table, and gave a deep salute: "Lord Xing." ”

"Huasheng, why are you still here at night stroking the qin?" Xing Luan glanced at her piano table, a book next to the piano table was halfway over, Huasheng saw his gaze, and hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, I came across a book of Cai Yan's music score, and my heart was itching, so I was a little late to stroke the piano tonight." ”

Xing Luan looked at Huasheng, muttered for a long time, and said to the two maids under him: "You go down first, wait from afar, I have a few words to say to Huasheng." ”

"Alas...... How long have you been in Fuchu?"

"It's been half a year. Avatar replied softly.

"Today...... I'm incompetent, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep you. Xing Luan said softly.

"I don't know what the little woman did wrong, and the adults want to drive me away?"

"Alas...... You are naturally beautiful, and you are destined to suffer more than others...... Xing Luan sighed, such a beautiful girl, but she will be ravaged by those shameless people, if you refuse to give up this woman, I am afraid that my whole family will be affected by this woman, and I will end up with a ruined family.

"My lord, since you brought the rebirth back to the house, the rebirth is grateful, if the adult makes me an official prostitute, I am only afraid that I will live a life of no one and no ghost at this time,...... Now what the adults will do with me, I have no complaints in my incarnation. "Avatar knew that sooner or later she would come, how could she be a weak woman, if it was then, she would do what she wanted, she had never thought of dying before tonight, somehow, at this time she really wanted to plunge into the pond and never look at this ugly world again.

"These days...... Alas, let's go talk to Mrs. more these days, and then I will send you and a few sisters to Yu Shi Cui Liang's house......" Xing Liang couldn't say any more.

“...... Yes, sir. ”

"Go ahead......" Xing Luan waved his hand, unable to bear to say more.

"My lord, can Huasheng take this qin away?" Huasheng looked at the guqin he was still playing just now, and felt reluctant.

"This guqin...... It was the piano used by Cai Yan back then, which has been passed down in my family for several generations, but in my court, only Zhongshan Wang Yuanying is a great expert in knowing the piano and playing the piano...... Now, since you are a weak woman who asks for it, it must be because you have a constant fate with it, so ,...... Just let it go with you. Xing Luan had to endure the pain of cutting his love, and he lost two treasures at the same time this night, which made his heart ache.

The heart is full of desolation, this piano is with himself for more than half a load, every day like his friend day and night, he will leave in a few days, and the only thing he really cares about is it.

"There is a trace of the exercise, and there is a quiet and tolerant place. Ou Ming is fierce, and I am in charge of Tong. The story of Cai Yan floated in the heart of Huasheng, when Cai Yan was plundered by the Huns, suffered a lot, and returned home after all kinds of hardships and dangers, but what about herself? Can there be a day when she returns home? The home far away in Hanzhong, do you still remember this orphan girl who is floating away? When she thought of this, tears fell down her eyes, and the girl's parents had to look good, so they had to suffer these unprovoked disasters?

"Dad! Mother...... Now that the child is in a foreign land, he has been stabbed, who will save me, who can save me in this world?" asked Huasheng as he raised his head, looked at the stars in the sky, and wept bitterly.

Xing Luan, who was hiding in the shadows, listened to the tragic cry of this lonely and helpless girl, and his heart was like a knife...... He put this child in danger, and he felt guilty in his heart, thinking that he was also a commanding warrior on the battlefield, a majestic general, who had killed countless enemies and had a lot of achievements, and now he was carrying an official position on the big platform, how could he become so timid and afraid of things? Why did he bow his head and swallow his anger in front of those villains who turned black and white upside down and did not know right and wrong? Is it just to keep the position of the big platform?

"...... of the metamorphosis" Thinking of this, he walked out of the shadows and slowly walked in front of the metamorphosis, "What happened tonight, it was my Xing Luan who was wrong, you ...... If I didn't say this, you will stay in the house for the rest as before...... After a while, let Mrs. choose a good family for you...... Let's get married. Xing Luan's voice was a little choked, he really couldn't bear it, and every sentence was from the bottom of his heart.

"Under the nest, there are eggs?Lord Xing, if you come to a great disaster because of me, then I will be reborn...... The end result is the same. Huasheng raised his teary eyes and smiled sadly, "Instead of causing dozens of people in the Xing family to die well, it is better to give up my Huasheng and keep everyone ......safe."

"Kid......" Xing Luan couldn't go on.

"When I was a child, my mother often recited sutras in the Buddhist hall, and asked me to recite them with her, and she often told the story of the Jizo Bodhisattva, 'Hell is not empty, and you will not become a Buddha, and all living beings will be exhausted, and you will prove Bodhi'......" The rebirth read this, and laughed softly, "I am not a Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva is a big mind, purifying all sentient beings, and I am a mortal, I can't even save myself, let alone save others, just ask for ...... It's just a matter of not bothering others. ”

"Metabiosis...... Old man, I'm ashamed of you......" Xing Luan couldn't bear it anymore, and the old tears were all over the place.

"Lord Xing, since my rebirth is destined to be full of disasters and hardships in this life, I can't hide from it, and when I want to leave is up to my lord. The metamorphosis fell to his knees, "The avatar and the adult are all here, and that's it...... Don't get past it. ”

"......" Even if there is a lot of reluctance, Xing Luan has no choice but to accept his fate, what he can't let go of is the relationship between them during this period of time, and now the transformation in front of him is like a kite with a broken string, and he can't catch it if he wants to......

That night, on the outskirts of Yongzhou City, a black shadow fluttered lightly across the open space in front of the Land Temple, and there was already a person waiting there.

"You're late. The early arrivals said coldly.

“...... It's never too late to come. The late comer did not give in, and the cold moonlight shone on his face, and his handsome face was now a little pale.

"You are still so stubborn, when I gave up on you back then, it was really helpless. The man in black sighed softly.

"Now that you want me to come, I must still be a useful person. The man said coldly.

"Why do you say these words? I have been waiting for you to come back for twenty years, and now that I have seen it, I will never let you go. ”

The man's cold eyes stared at the person opposite: "It's been twenty years, I've been following Fan Yuncheng for so long, why are you recruiting me back?"

"You've always thought so badly of me, since I was a kid, and still is. Yan Fei, am I the kind of person who has no feelings?"

Yan Fei was silent, do they still deserve to talk about feelings as killers? In the past 20 years, he has been in the Fan family, the best 20 years in this life, the Fan family, old and young, have always treated him as their own family, and now they want him to abandon all this and continue to be a cold-blooded killer?

"I won't leave the Fan family. Yan Fei's eyes showed murderous aura.

"Hahaha...... What I want is your words, if you really want to leave the Fan family, I will force you to go back. ”

"You...... What exactly do you want to do?"

"Kill!"

"Who are you going to kill?"

"The teacher will tell you, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to do it then. ”

"Yuwendu, you raised me since I was a child, and you didn't teach anything other than teaching me to kill. ”

"If you don't agree to me at this time, I'm afraid that it will be the life of the Fan family......" That Yuwen smiled coldly, Yan Fei in front of him was already eyebrows upside down, and he was about to have a seizure.

"It seems...... That Fan Yuncheng's family is indeed very important to you, it is also killing, if I kill, it is to kill the entire Fan family, if you kill, then the Fan family will be spared, choose one of the two, you choose. Yuwen snorted lightly.

"I don't choose either, Master, you better ask for another master. Yan Fei turned around and left.

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill the entire Fan family?" Yuwen Du asked coldly.

“...... With me, you can't kill them. ”

"Okay, okay! Then we'll see each other. Yuwendu didn't give in.

The two of them glared angrily at each other, and they did not give in. At this time, the city of Yongzhou was already full of crises.

"Master, master, no, something is wrong. Early the next morning, not long after Fan Yuncheng and his wife got up, the housekeeper Fan Fu broke in from the outside, he didn't even knock on the door, and pushed the door directly.

"Why are you so flustered, what's wrong?" Fan Yuncheng was startled, he was puzzled by the panic of this servant who had been with him for more than 20 years.

"Sir...... What a disaster......" Fan Fu cried and fell to his knees.

"What to say quickly...... Fan Yuncheng saw Fan Fu so flustered for the first time, his heart was unconsciously hanging in the air, at this time he had just arrived in Yongzhou, what else could happen to make his housekeeper so panicked?

"Sir...... Madam...... It's miserable, it's really miserable. Fan Fu looked at the two of them, and he was already sad and couldn't help himself.

"Fan Fu, you take your time, my master and I are here, and we don't have to be afraid of anything. Ling Xiao comforted softly.

"Ah...... Mrs. Zhang's family of seventeen ...... last night They were all killed last night. Fan Fu finally took a breath and cried