Return of the Swallow

Chapter 53: leading edge

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The handsome young man didn't move immediately after hearing the words, and still sat lazily in the same position without speaking, only looking at Liu Xiangu lightly.

The little servant behind him with a big head and a big head looked like an old god was there, holding his shoulders and raising his chin, as if waiting for Liu Xiangu to express her position.

Liu Xiangu sighed and said, "How come Xiaodao doesn't obey what Zhudong said? I'll do it according to your arrangement."

After receiving this affirmation, the young man finally stood up and adjusted the cloak outside and said, "If that's the case, then I'll have a look around."

Qin Yining had followed Mrs. Dingguo to the courtyard at this time, and vaguely heard a low and magnetic male voice, which sounded familiar, but couldn't remember where he heard it, so he didn't pay much attention.

"Grandma, how about we go to see the pagoda first?" Qin Yining asked with a smile, helping Mrs. Dingguo out of the Moon Gate, turning a corner into the courtyard in front of the main hall.

But Mrs. Dingguo shook her head and sighed: "Sister Yi, if you like, you can go for a walk by yourself later. I'm a little tired, and I want to go to the incense stick for Doum Yuanjun."

"Then I'll accompany you." Qin Yining saw the exhaustion on the brows of Mrs. Dingguo's eyebrows, and gave up the idea of going around.

When Mrs. Dingguo saw her like this, her smile deepened, and she said, "It's rare for you little girls to come out once, so you can go shopping by yourself. I have mother Bao and the girls here to accompany me. I will go back to the carriage to rest when I go to incense. , if you look around by yourself, it's not a waste to come to Xiangu Temple, isn't it?"

Qin Yining was actually a little moved, but worried about the body of Mrs. Dingguo's wife.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Dingguo touched her cheek, "Little girl, you are young, don't be so concerned, what can I do? You and Miss Tang, go to see the pagoda, later I'm here to offer incense in the hall, that's it." Said, waving his hand, with a banging appearance, he took Mom Bao to the main hall first.

Tang Meng stayed by Qin Yining's side and said with a smile, "Don't worry too much, girl. I see that the old lady's health is not serious, just a mental illness. I think I am worried about the family."

Qin Yining nodded, thinking that Mrs. Dingguo must have been frightened by Liu Xiangu's words.

She didn't know much about the metaphysics of physiognomy, and she was dubious. When she remembered what she said just now, "the red star moves", Qin Yining felt her face heat up, and she couldn't help thinking of the Dengzi who suddenly fell from the sky that day and snatched her away. The hairpin didn't say anything, and touched her face.

Qin Yining felt hot on his face, frowned, and coughed lightly: "Then let's go around first, you are familiar with this place, where is the scenery good?"

Tang Meng smiled and dragged Qin Yining to stroll around Xian Gu Guan.

Qin Yining is still wearing that scarlet brocade cape with white rabbit fur trimmed on it today. In the gray and white scenery in winter, her figure is like walking on an ink painting, becoming a bright color that stands out.

Pang Xiao and Hu Zi arrived at the open space in front of the main hall, and what they saw from a distance was the back of her and Tang Meng gradually walking towards the pagoda.

"Master, I didn't expect to meet Miss Qin here today, do you want to go up and talk?" Hu Zi winked and said, "I just said what the old Taoist girl said, but it means something, such a good opportunity, do you want to go? …”

Pang Xiao frowned and glanced at Hu Zi.

Hu Zi coughed and finally shut up and stopped talking nonsense.

Pang Xiao, however, stood there and watched Qin Yining's back without moving.

There are no other people around, if there are people, they will find that his elegant appearance in white clothes and a squirrel cloak does not match the sharp aura he inadvertently exudes.

At this moment, the two heard footsteps approaching, and Pang Xiao and Hu Zi quickly turned to the back of a sturdy tree.

I only heard Mrs. Dingguo and Mama Bao leave the main hall and walked towards the mountain gate, saying as they walked, "...Sister Yi is a sensible one, perhaps you can already see that it is also a test for the spectator. I can't bear it, how can you be really good to Miss Tang?"

"Do you think that one is too noble? The old slave looks at her like a philistine."

"These are all appearances, but I think she is an outsider and an insider. Otherwise, how could she take in Miss Tang? It's just a disguise if you want to be a philistine..."

Mrs. Dingguo and Mama Bao gradually walked away, and their voices weakened.

Pang Xiao and Hu Zi came out from behind the tree.

"Master, I didn't expect this old lady to be a transparent person." Hu Zi was very fond of Mrs. Dingguo.

Pang Xiao nodded, and after meditating, he restrained his sharp edge, blurring his ruthless and sullen eyes, and his back was no longer habitually straight, but slightly hunched.

As a result, the sharp-edged personality suddenly changed, and he became an elegant noble son.

"Let's go, let's also go to the main hall." Pang Xiao took the lead.

Hu Zi nodded and said, "Let's also burn incense sticks, the old lady, the lady and the lady are still in the palace, I don't know what to do, I hope we can get things done this time and eliminate the emperor's anger. anger."

Speaking of his mother, grandfather and grandmother who were temporarily detained in the palace for "little residence", Pang Xiao's expression became a little worried.

The golden statue of Doumu Yuanjun in the hall is majestic and solemn.

Pang Xiao and Hu Zi both put on incense, and then kneeled uprightly and gave the Daoist salute, kowtowed and said silently: "I beg Doumu Yuanjun, bless my disciple's mother and my family's safety, I am the only one responsible for the murder that I have committed. That's fine, but I hope it doesn't hurt the family."

With his forehead on the ground, Pang Xiao, who was praying sincerely, looked a little fragile, which made Hu Zi kneeling beside him feel distressed when he saw it.

He was inseparable by Pang Xiao's side, and he understood his difficulties the most. Everyone knows that Pang Xiaowang has high power and decisiveness in killing, but who can see that his height is so cold

The saddest thing about people is that they pay a lot, but no one can understand them, and they are even blamed in every possible way. Because of the ruthlessness of the little prince, sometimes even the old grandfather, the grandmother and the old lady would stab him. I hope he will not be so reckless with human life.

However, who can understand their helplessness

Sometimes, they are difficult to ride a tiger.

"Squeak-"

The sound of pushing the door broke the silence in the hall.

Pang Xiao and Hu Zi turned their heads at the same time, and saw Qin Yining wearing a scarlet cape and Tang Meng dressed as a little Taoist nun coming together.

Xu Shi was in a good mood, Qin Yining still had a bright smile on her face when she entered the door, the pear eddies on her cheeks and the smiling eyes looked extra cute.

Pang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then turned around quickly, his ears were dyed red, he knelt stiffly on the spot, looked up at the treasured statue of Doumu Yuanjun, as if he was praying sincerely.

There are three futons on the ground.

Hu Zi was kneeling on the left side at first, but at this time he was already standing on the side, only Pang Xiao took the middle position, just vacating the left and right sides.

Qin Yining was a little hesitant, but the Taoist temple was a public place after all, and she didn't have the right to drive people away, so she ignored the young man on the side, went to incense with Tang Meng, and immediately knelt on the futon on the far right, closing her eyes and praying sincerely. .

Tang Meng was kneeling on the futon on the left, and also performed a Taoist gift.

Although Pang Xiao was kneeling, Qin Yining never left her since Qin Yining knelt beside him.

She was born so delicate and lovely, but her fate was so rough...

She must be fourteen by now, right

When they first met, he was about her age.

The seven-year-old girl's tattered clothes were washed white and clean. The shopkeeper of the herbal medicine store she often got along with treated her adoptive mother on credit, but she was kicked out and pushed to the ground by the staff.

He followed Mr. Zheng and Guard Zhao not far away, and when he heard Guard Zhao's schadenfreude laugh, he felt uncomfortable.

He thought she would cry, but in fact, she really had reason to cry. But she just stood up, patted the dust on her body, stubbornly carried the tattered basket, and used the only copper coins left on her body to buy two meat buns for her adoptive mother to eat.

He still hasn't forgotten the big bright eyes on her small face, and the smiling face when she patted her shriveled belly and told her adoptive mother that she had eaten.

He couldn't bear it at that time, and pretended to pass by her house, wanting to beg for saliva.

When the little girl saw him, she stared blankly for a long time before she called out "Brother Beauty" with a smile and went to boil water for him.

After drinking the water, he gave her the money bag he was carrying. There were about ten taels of silver and some copper coins in it.

She was petrified by so much money and refused to ask for it.

He made Shi En's face, saying that it was a reward, and then left her house under the angry eyes of Mr. Zheng and Zhao Guard.

Mr. Zheng and Zhao Weiwei, both of whom were his father's former staff, immediately questioned him loudly after they left.

"Why do you want to help the enemy's daughter!"

"Qin Huaiyuan, that dog thief should be damned! If it wasn't for his treachery, how could General Pang die in a wrongful way and be fed to the dogs piece by piece by Ling Chi! Even the Pang family has no survivors left..."

He was fifteen years old and had just been found by Li Qitian to join the army for a year. Li Qitian raised the banner of General Pang and set him up as a banner to avenge his father and overthrow the tyranny.

No one asked him if he wanted to, but the army suddenly stopped in front of his grandfather's small restaurant, grabbed him and left...

No one even knew that he was just the product of General Pang's overnight romance, and General Pang himself might not even remember his existence.

And if the mistress of the Pang family was good, how could she quietly drive away his mother

He was born with someone else to decide his fate.

And this girl, isn't she born with someone else's destiny

He asked Mr. Zheng at the time: "What does this little girl know? You took her out and made her suffer so many years, isn't it enough?! You really have the ability, why don't you go to her father for revenge? An innocent child?!"

Mr. Zheng only said one sentence - father's debt and son's repayment.

They differ in some respects. Arguing doesn't solve the problem either.

A year later, he already had a certain prestige in the army, and he became a cold-blooded person who would never be soft-hearted when killing people.

It's just that whenever he thinks of that little girl, his cold heart seems to soften.

He brought people to find her, trying to help her.

But Liangcheng has been looted, and there is only a dilapidated empty house left in her house.

He arrested someone to ask, only to find out that her adoptive mother died last month, and she was nowhere to be found.

He thought she must be dead.

A sensible little girl, a little girl who would softly call him "Brother Beauty", a sensible child who made him feel guilty and pity, died so silently and aggrieved.

It just didn't occur to him that seven years later, he would see her again. She is like a flower that has already been born, so that every time he sees her, he will lose his sense of equanimity.