Qining remembered that King Muye said that the girl from the Mu family followed Beigong with her mute slave, but Beigong turned a blind eye.
Beigong Liancheng is obsessed with swordsmanship. Perhaps for him, being distracted by the love of his children will only become an obstacle to his swordsmanship, so he treats the girls of the Mu family very coldly, but the girls of the Mu family have deep roots in love, and According to the custom of southern Xinjiang, the man who takes away the headscarf on Yilang Festival is his lifelong lover, so he always follows him.
When Muye Wang came to Beigong Liancheng, Beigong Liancheng only told Mu's girl and the mute slave that both Mu's girl and the mute slave had passed away, but how exactly they died, Muye Wang didn't know at all.
Qi Ning was actually very curious about why the girl from the Mu family passed away. She had been following Beigong Liancheng and what happened next.
"Then...who is it?" Qining asked cautiously.
Beigong was silent, and after a moment he said: "My mother!"
Qi Ning was startled. He originally thought that the woman who had regrets in Beigong Liancheng's heart would be a girl from the Mu family, but who knew that Beigong suddenly mentioned his mother.
Qi Ning naturally knew something about Beigong's life experience.
It is said that Beigong's mother was a singer. Although she joined the Qi family, she was always ostracized by the Qi family. The Qi family was also a wealthy family in Jingnan at that time. It seems that it was because a concubine who was a singer would damage the reputation of the Qi family. , she was never allowed to go out and was almost kept under house arrest in the Qi family's backyard.
Qining has entered the courtyard known as the Ghost Courtyard, which still retains many of the scenes from the past.
After Beigong was born, he and his mother were kept under house arrest in the hospital and depended on each other. The Qi family did not even regard Beigong as a descendant of the Qi family. Fortunately, the old marquis of Jinyi thought of his brotherly love and took care of Beigong's mother and son.
"She lived a miserable life, but I was unable to protect her." Beigong said calmly: "By the time I could take care of her, she had already left."
Although his voice was calm, Qining could feel Beigong's attachment to his purpose.
Although he is a great master, Beigong still has blood ties after all.
"Have you always resented the Qi family?" Qining finally asked, "So you don't even want the Qi family's surname?"
Beigong turned to Qi Ning and asked, "Do you think I changed my last name because I have resentment towards the Qi family?"
Qi Ning thought for a moment before saying: "The Qi family treated you unfairly back then, so...!"
"There is no love, and there is no hate." Beigong said lightly: "I changed my surname just for my mother. My current surname is my mother's surname." He sighed softly: "The hardships in life are filled with resentment and resentment. There is no such thing as hatred. If you are resentful, you will not be annoyed by it. The day my mother passed away, I had no relationship with the Qi family, no hatred, no attachment."
Qi Ning hesitated for a moment and then said: "Since you no longer have any feelings for the Qi family, why...that time in Dong Qi, you wanted to save me?"
"Your grandfather was kind to me." Beigong said: "He has left. The favors owed to him can only be returned to his descendants."
Qi Ning was thoughtful, but Beigong showed a smile and said, "Do you understand what I mean when I say these words to you?"
Qi Ning said: "I seem to understand, but it seems... I don't understand!"
"Don't keep hatred in your heart, it will destroy you." Beigong said: "You have to keep it in your heart when others treat you kindly, because no one in this world owes you, and no one has to treat you well. No matter what. Whatever path you take in the future, don’t be filled with hatred, as that will make you unhappy throughout your life.”
Qi Ning didn't expect Beigong, who was the Grand Master, to say such a thing, and was stunned for a moment.
"Do you still remember King Muye?" Beigong suddenly asked.
Qi Ning was startled, nodded and said: "Remember."
Beigong was silent for a moment and then asked: "Is there any news about him?"
Qi Ning did not hide anything and immediately informed Beigong of what happened in the East China Sea.
King Mu Ye accepted Qi Yu as his disciple, but he didn't want Qi Yu's snake-scorpion heart. When King Mu Ye was recovering from his injuries, he suddenly took action and stole King Mu Ye's internal power. He also imprisoned and tortured King Mu Ye all the time. King Muye asked about the Mu family's martial arts. If Qi Ning had not appeared, King Muye would have died in Qi Yu's hands.
It was just that King Muye mentioned Beigong's past in Jingchi Valley, but Qining did not tell him.
After the East China Sea family was dealt with, King Mu Ye's whereabouts were also unknown, and Qining had no news about King Mu Ye since then.
"It's not a bad thing for him." Beigong sighed: "He has always been resentful towards me. Back then, I asked the Daguangming Temple to put him under house arrest, just because I hoped that the light of the Buddha would shine everywhere and that he could eliminate the resentment in his heart by chanting sutras and chanting the Buddha's name."
Qi Ning sighed: "It seems that his hatred for you is hard to get rid of. Although his internal strength has been destroyed, he still says that he will practice again. He will always have to settle the score with you in his lifetime."
Beigong smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "You can hate someone for ten, twenty years or even a lifetime, but you can love someone for just a moment. Is it possible that hatred is more difficult to let go of than love?"
Qining was really surprised when Beigong said these words to him for the first time today.
After all, he is a great master and is at the top of the world. Naturally, he cannot easily reveal his thoughts to others.
Suddenly, Qi Ning felt that compared to the other two great masters, Bei Gong was more like a flesh-and-blood person. Although he seemed to be indifferent to emotion and anger, he obviously still retained the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of ordinary people in his heart.
It is precisely because he is a great master that he will not reveal his thoughts to others easily. All things can only be suppressed in his heart and cannot be told to others. A person's joy and anger cannot find an outlet, which is actually an extremely painful torture. .
Several great masters knew that a war might come soon. Before the war, Beigong obviously wanted to find someone to express his sorrow to, and Qi Ning was obviously the most suitable candidate.
Qi Ning knew Beigong's mood, so he finally had the courage to ask: "Sword God, can I ask a question that I shouldn't ask?"
"you say!"
"As far as I know, King Muye comes from Southern Xinjiang." Qining said softly: "Southern Xinjiang is located in a remote area, why does he have such deep-seated hatred for you?"
Beigong was silent, and then said after a long time: "When I was young, my mother and I depended on each other. I only had one thought at that time. I could make myself strong in this life. No one in the world can bully our mother and son." He smiled faintly: " You have been in the courtyard of the Qi family's old house. When I was a child, I found a rusty iron sword in the courtyard. I don't know who threw it there. That was the first time I knew that such a weapon existed in time. He was also my only companion when I was young."
Qi Ning was surprised, thinking to himself that Beigong Liancheng was so attached to the sword.
But considering the environment Beigong Liancheng was in at that time, the iron sword was naturally Beigong's only toy. Being with the sword all day long, he naturally formed an indissoluble bond with the sword.
"After that, I dedicated my life to the way of swordsmanship." Beigong said slowly: "I have been exploring the true meaning of swordsmanship for the first half of my life. To me, nothing in the world is more meaningful than searching for the way of swordsmanship, so I never cared about anyone’s feelings and hurt a lot of people because of it.”
Qi Ning sighed in his heart, thinking that if Beigong could say such words, he would have returned to the human world from the realm of the Grand Master.
"The biggest regret in my life is that I can't take care of my mother." Beigong's voice was very soft, as if he was telling Qi Ning, and seemed to be saying to himself: "But the one I feel most sorry for is another woman."
Qi Ning didn't say anything, but he was already sure that the "she" in Beigong's mouth must be the girl from the Mu family. Beigong was not sorry for the girl from the Mu family, but felt sorry for her.
"King Mu Ye is resentful towards me just because he thinks his sister died because of me." Beigong sighed softly: "In fact, Jian Jia did die because of me."
"Jianjia?" Qining was startled.
"Jianjia is green and white dew is frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water." Beigong chanted softly: "Jianjia is originally a low-grade water plant. According to the custom in southern Xinjiang, when taking a life, the more humble the name, the easier it is to feed it. "
Qi Ning nodded slightly. This was the first time he knew the name of the girl from the Mu family, and asked softly: "She...how did she pass away? But...died of illness?"
Beigong didn't answer, just stared at the sea, silent for a long time.
He didn't speak, and Qi Ning didn't ask too much. He just stood beside Bei Gong, thinking that it seemed that Bei Gong still felt guilty about Mu Jianjia. It's no wonder that King Mu Ye sought revenge several times. Although Bei Gong hurt him, But he didn't kill him. With Beigong's strength, it would be easy to kill Muye King. If he hated Muye King for bringing trouble to him, Beigong could solve it once and for all. He didn't kill Muye King. After all, deep down in my heart I felt sorry for King Mu Ye.
"When a person climbs to the top of a mountain, he only thinks about reaching the top and doesn't care about the people and things around him." After a long time, Beigong suddenly said: "It wasn't until I reached the top of the mountain and looked around that I found those who had been there. Everyone around him has disappeared, and it is extremely cold at high places, not because it is really cold on the top of the mountain, but because the price paid for climbing to the top of the mountain is too great. Everything he once owned was lost as a price, and after losing it , only to realize that those things are the most precious things." At this point, Beigong glanced at Qining and said softly: "Don't hurt the people who care about you, and don't give up what you have for your own selfish desires. .”
Qining nodded and said: "I understand!"
Beigong smiled faintly, did not speak anymore, but turned around, put one hand behind his back, and left slowly. At this time, dusk fell, and there was darkness between heaven and earth. Looking at Beigong's back, Qining suddenly felt that this great master was lonely. And lonely, alone.
Of course Qining understood what Beigong said.
Maybe if Beigong goes back to that time, he will make another choice. Maybe he will not become a grand master, but what he has is obviously more valuable than becoming a grand master.