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The news was so sudden, he was surprised and delighted, and he didn't know what to do.

"Sister, is this serious?" Zhou Shaobai couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and opened his mouth to ask, his voice trembling a little.

"Of course, seriously, I'm innocent, how can I joke about such a thing as a marriage contract? It's just ......"

Zhou Shaobai hurriedly asked, "Just how?"

Qin Ziling said slowly: "When I was seven years old, my mother told me that my Qin family had a marriage contract with the Zhou family, and the son of the Zhou family now went to Xiyun Mountain to cultivate, and when he was eighteen years old, he went down the mountain and went home, and at that time, he would get married." At that time, I was still young, so naturally I didn't understand. When I was thirteen years old, I understood a little more, and my heart was ten thousand unwilling. ”

Zhou Shaobai's heart sank, and Qin Ziling continued: "I often think, I don't even know what that person looks like, whether he is black or white, ugly or handsome, tall or short, whether his character is good or evil, whether his knowledge is high or low, I don't know anything, and when he goes down the mountain, I will marry him?"

"So I often pestered my father and mother, saying that I wanted to break the marriage, and my father was so angry about it that he beat me a few times. My mother often persuaded me, saying that for thousands of years, women all over the world have come like this, and the words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders cannot be violated. Especially if there is a marriage contract, if you break the contract, it is even more despised. My mother took pity on me and didn't want me to be beaten and scolded by my father anymore, so she persuaded me to accept my fate and learn to be obedient. I don't want to see my mother cry sadly for me, so I agreed to her for the time being. Speaking of this, Qin Ziling's face was pink, and she didn't dare to look at Zhou Shaobai.

She then said: "Last year, just after the New Year, my mother ...... Unfortunately, I contracted a vicious disease, and my father tried his best, but he still had no skills, my mother...... And he went. After I went, just over a month later, my father married a good woman in his Qinglou. Since this woman came to my house, she has always looked at me unpleasantly, often beat and scolded me, telling me to go into the mountains late at night to chop wood, and to carry water and laundry in the moon, which is worse than a maid. ”

When Zhou Shaobai heard this, it turned out that Qin Ziling had also been bullied, and he couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart, and gave birth to a lot of love and pity for the same disease.

"My dad doted on her very much, and she conceived a son for my dad, so my dad didn't care about me anymore and let her bully. It wasn't until one day, outside Lianzhou, that General Zhenyuan of Xingyuanbao was seriously injured by a tiger while hunting, and the sergeants sent him to my house for treatment, so he stayed in my house for a month, and my father dragged him back from the palace of Hades and cured his injuries. Who knows, after he returned home after his injury, he actually ...... He actually sent someone to send a dowry gift, saying that he would take me as a concubine!"

Zhou Shaobai couldn't help but grit his teeth and asked, "Then what?"

"My father refused at first, saying that the little girl had a marriage contract and could not be a concubine for the general. However, that woman kept blowing the wind on my father's pillow, saying that if I entered the General's Mansion, my family would definitely be able to enjoy the glory and wealth by taking advantage of the east wind of the General's Mansion, and in the future, my half-brother would also have a good backer, which would be much more cost-effective than letting me marry the son of a medicinal herb merchant. So, my father listened to her words, accepted the dowry from the General's Mansion, and sent someone to Uncle Zhou to propose to dissolve the marriage contract. Uncle Zhou didn't dare to go against the General's Mansion, so he agreed. ”

Zhou Shaobai was so angry that he shouted: "How can this be!"

Qin Ziling ignored him and continued: "That general has been injured in my house, so I have seen him. He had gray hair and beard, he was older than my father, he had a large number of wives and concubines, and I heard that his youngest child was twenty years old. I am 120,000 unwilling. However, my father had already accepted the dowry, and had even set a date for me to enter the house, just five days later. ”

As if he had been hit by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Zhou Shaobai was stunned, watching two lines of clear tears slip from Qin Ziling's eyes again.

"No, sister of the Qin family!Ziling!Absolutely not, you can't marry that bad old man and ruin your life!" Zhou Shaobai came back to his senses, and couldn't help but hold Qin Ziling's shoulders tightly, shaking and shouting.

"Naturally, I won't marry him!" Qin Ziling nodded, her eyes were very resolute, "I hid a knife close to me, if my father persecuted me, I would rather die." When my father found out, he was very worried, afraid that I would commit suicide in the General's Mansion and provoke the General to blame him. It was that woman again, and she had an idea to let me marry her willingly. She knew that the bead grass was an extremely rare and precious herb, known as 'one or two herbs, a thousand taels of gold', so she discussed with my father and came to me and agreed with me that if I could pick five taels of bead grass before I got married, I would return the dowry to the general's mansion and exempt myself from this agreement. ”

Zhou Shaobai was stunned: "No wonder you have to go into the mountains to collect medicine at night, but you were persecuted, Qin family girl, this is impossible, not to mention that it is difficult to pick five taels of pearl grass in the blue sky, even if you pick five taels, ten taels, even if it is twenty taels, according to that woman's temperament, she will definitely break the contract, and she will still force you to marry into the general's mansion! You must not believe her!"

Qin Ziling nodded: "I naturally know this, none of what she said is credible." ”

Zhou Shaobai was surprised: "Then since you know, what kind of verbose grass are you going to pick!"

Qin Ziling sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, I won't hide it from you. Actually, I went to pick the pearl grass, not for her, but for my father and myself. After my father married her, although he treated me harshly, but before that, he was still very good to me and my mother. Actually, I had planned to flee early in the morning, but it was easy for me to leave, and the general would certainly not let him go easily. I plan to pick these five taels of pearl grass, after I escape, when the general blames, he can use these pearl grass in exchange for a huge amount of money to find the general to accommodate, perhaps, in exchange for his life. Also, the entanglement I escaped from also depends on this bead grass. ”

Only then did Zhou Shaobai understand, and he couldn't help but admire Qin Ziling a little more: "Sister of the Qin family, you are really thoughtful. It's just that once the general is blamed, it is estimated that no matter how much silver he has, it may not be useful. ”

"That's all I can do. The rest is up to my father's own creation. Also, it's actually good to go into the mountains to pick the pearl grass, otherwise, I wouldn't know you, Brother Zhou. Qin Ziling said back, her pretty face was crimson, and her eyebrows were shy.

Zhou Shaobai looked at Qin Ziling with shy eyes, his heart was agitated, but he didn't know what to say, he was stunned for a long time, and asked, "Sister of the Qin family, you said you wanted to escape, but where are you going?"

Qin Ziling said: "I have a distant aunt who lives in Shuichuan, six hundred miles south of Lianzhou City, and she has always loved me very much, and I have secretly exchanged letters with her. So, I'm going to go to her for the time being. And—"

She glanced at Zhou Shaobai: "I'll leave tomorrow." ”

Zhou Shaobai was taken aback: "So fast?"

"Well, the sooner the better, if I wait until the fifth day, I will definitely be very well guarded, and it will be difficult for me to find a chance to escape. Qin Ziling nodded, and the two were relatively speechless.

A gust of wind blew, blowing thousands of willows.

Zhou Shaobai said slowly: "Six hundred miles...... Mizukawa ......"

Qin Ziling nodded: "Yes, it's a far away place. ”

The two were speechless, but their hands were clasped tightly together, unwilling to let go.

Qin Ziling waited for a long time, and seeing that Zhou Shaobai didn't speak, she hesitated and said, "Brother Zhou, I'm ......."

"Wait, Ziling. I'll call you Ziling from now on, is it okay?" Zhou Shaobai suddenly rushed to say.

Qin Ziling was half shocked and half ashamed, and nodded.

"Ziling, I can't go down the mountain until I'm eighteen years old, and at that time, I will definitely go to you. He said firmly.

Qin Ziling's eyes widened: "Brother Zhou, what you said, is it true?"

"Really. In the past two years, I have to practice diligently and practice all my skills, so that I can go down the mountain to protect you, so that no one in this world will dare to bully you. ”

The breeze blew Qin Ziling's hair, and although the cicadas were still chirping, the two young men could really hear each other's heartbeats.

"Brother Zhou, this time you didn't say that you risked your life, it's good. Qin Ziling smiled shyly.

Zhou Shaobai smiled: "If you don't like me to say, I won't say it." ”

Qin Ziling lowered her head and smiled, and said, "I'll set off tomorrow in the middle of the night." ”

"I'll be sure to see you off then. Zhou Shaobai said solemnly.

"Then I'll wait for you at the mountain temple outside the south of Lianzhou City. Qin Ziling raised her eyes and looked directly at Zhou Shaobai and said.

"It's a deal. Zhou Shaobai nodded.

"Horses are hard to chase. Qin Ziling finished word by word.

The life experience and the marriage contract are over