"You have been tormenting me so much all these years, just to see more of Chunning's shadow in me. I have been letting you go all these years, but you have been holding me down for too long. I can't just because of you Stay alone for a lifetime. So mother, from now on, I will not be with you anymore." Xiao Chunmian sighed.
Mrs. Xiao shook her head desperately, her long nails scratched Xiao Chunmian's arm, but couldn't catch Xiao Chunmian's body.
"Mother, what should you do after I leave?" Xiao Chunmian asked, "Continue to be trapped in guilt towards Chunning, and be so crazy all your life? No, mother, this is too painful... If you really want to do it for Chunning Rather lose your life, why not just go down and accompany her?"
Xiao Chunmian pinched her hands too tightly, Mrs. Xiao was still able to struggle at first, but after a while she rolled her eyes and could only twitch there.
It wasn't until this moment that those terrified servants finally came back to their senses and rushed forward in a panic, trying to save people.
When the nearest person was only one step away from him, Xiao Chunmian let go of both hands, and watched Mrs. Xiao fall to the ground with cold eyes. And when someone finally touched his shoulder, Xiao Chunmian's right hand had already touched the hilt of the sword at his waist. Turning around, he swung his sword and scabbard, and all the people who rushed were knocked upside down in an instant, bringing out a strong wind, which blew the pages of the book on the table.
The sword was retracted to the side, and the hem of the clothes fell slowly. Xiao Chunmian tilted her head and smiled slightly, "This is a matter between me and my mother. It is best for you not to interfere."
Someone struggled to get up from the ground, and wanted to continue to pounce. Mrs. Xiao also took advantage of this time to slow down, trying to crawl away with her hands and feet.
Xiao Chunmian wiped the sword body with his left hand, wiped off the scabbard, and threw it on the face of the disobedient servant, all of a sudden, his nose was full of blood. Broken the bridge of the nose. Then Xiao Chunmian turned around lightly and skillfully, the tip of the sword fell to the ground, the blade just touched Madam Xiao's neck, it was icy cold.
Mrs. Xiao was trembling, not daring to move. The others panicked and became less daring to act rashly.
"Mother." Xiao Chunmian still had such a gentle smile on her face, "Do you want to go down to accompany Chunning? If so, I will give you a ride. Although death cannot be resurrected, it is better to live, but you have already It looks like this, maybe life is better than death. If I do it, I don’t need to worry about dirtying other people’s hands.”
Although Mrs. Xiao is crazy, she is also afraid at this moment. She couldn't help panting heavily, her face was pale, and her wide eyes were full of fear of death.
"Willing, or not?" Xiao Chunmian tilted his sword slightly, and touched Mrs. Xiao's neck, "Mother, I just need a word from you, and I will never disregard your wishes."
Mrs. Xiao was inexplicably horrified, she couldn't help but tremble, and instead, a wound was rubbed against the blade of the sword on her neck.
"Mother?"
"Don't kill me!" Madam Xiao finally yelled, in a panic, "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I don't want to die! Don't kill me!"
"Oh?" Xiao Chunmian narrowed her eyes, "Mother, are you serious? There is a chance to reunite with Chunning, but you don't want it? You are crazy about Chunning, but you would rather live in a world without Chunning ? Is there anything more important than Chunning?"
"I, I..." Mrs. Xiao stumbled for a while, and finally shouted, "Chunsheng! I still have Chunsheng!" Xiao Chunsheng was the youngest son she gave birth to ten years ago. After Chunning's death, she was driven mad by a heavy sense of guilt. Every day she just cared about Xiao Chunmian and ignored the youngest son intentionally or unintentionally, but now she remembered it.
"Yes, you still have Chun Sheng." Xiao Chunmian sighed with relief, "So even if I choose to leave, even if I can't continue to replace Chunning in your eyes like that, you can still live a good life?"
"I can! I can!" Mrs. Xiao said again and again.
"So good." Xiao Chunmian smiled and patted Mrs. Xiao's face with the blade of the sword, then finally took the blade away from Mrs. Xiao's neck and stood up.
He straightened the hem of his clothes that had been messed up before, turned around, and walked out slowly, "In this way, I can finally leave with peace of mind."
The blade of the sword hangs down by his side, reflecting the cold light and reflecting the little blood stained on it. Wherever he walked, no one dared to stop him. It was the first time for them to discover that this young master who always seemed kind and gentle from home actually had such a terrifying side.
But even Xiao Chunmian now has a gentle and kind face.
He walked up to the servant who was still dripping with nosebleeds, and dropped a silver ingot, "Hurry up and find a doctor, if you fall and hurt yourself, it will be serious. If you have more, go buy some good medicine to supplement it. Don't try to save money."
The man accepted the silver ingot, still trembling all over.
Xiao Chunmian smiled and continued to walk outside.
"Master..." Someone trembling behind said, "Master will be back soon..."
Xiao Chunmian shook her head, without pausing for a moment, "Father? Father won't need me... As long as mother doesn't make trouble, what difference does it make to father whether I'm around or not?" Those who don't need him, he naturally Will not stay for it.
He touched the luggage he had brought with him, walked out of the mansion all the way, and crossed the street.
At the beginning, he and Yu Qiu made a ten-day appointment, and this was already the last day.
But when he finally walked into Guanglai Inn, the shopkeeper told him that Yu Qiu had checked out early this morning and had just left.
Xiao Chunmian's heart skipped a beat, and she rushed outside, looking around, but where could she see Yu Qiu's shadow? Could it be that it's still too late... It's just one step too late!
Xiao Chunmian lingered at the entrance of the inn, suddenly feeling at a loss.
After a while, Xiao Chunmian couldn't help but laugh. Even if you really miss Yu Qiu, what is there to worry about? After finally making up his mind, he got rid of the shackles of his family, and at worst he just went to Beijing to catch the exam. As for the fairy road, since he has stepped into the door, as long as he explores carefully, there is always a chance to find the next road.
It's just that he was thinking about the Yu Qiu he saw for the first time after waking up from the illness that day, thinking about the amazement and warmth in that look, and thinking that he would never see Yu Qiu again, so he was inevitably disappointed.
But Yu Qiu didn't actually leave Yulian County at this time.
In fact, at the moment Xiao Chunmian stepped out of the gate of Xiaofu, Yu Qiu had just entered Xiaofu through the courtyard wall.
If it wasn't for waiting for Xiao Chunmian, Yu Qiu would have left long ago, but it was the last day, Yu Qiu sat and waited in the inn, but Xiao Chunmian never showed up, and he couldn't hold his breath anymore.
Yu Qiu knew that Xiao Chunmian must be caught up in family affairs, and couldn't help thinking: Human kindness is always easy to be bullied these days, and a guy like Xiao Chunmian who abuses good people has to face that crazy mother and That black-hearted dad, isn't it obvious that he will suffer? And the ten-day deadline has come, if I really leave like this, wouldn't I just watch a sheep stay in the tiger's heap, and watch a genius of comprehension die because of this
After thinking about it a few times, Yu Qiu couldn't wait any longer. He broke into Xiao's mansion again, determined to take Xiao Chunmian out no matter what, even if he knocked Xiao Chunmian unconscious and dragged him away, he would not hesitate at all!
It wasn't until he sneaked all the way to Xiao Chunmian's room that he realized that Xiao Chunmian wasn't there. On the table was a letter pressed by the inkstone, it was written by Xiao Chunmian to the magistrate's father. There were only a few words in the letter, except that he had made up his mind to leave home and asked his father not to worry, there was nothing else.
Yu Qiu looked a little dazed, and couldn't tell whether it was surprise or joy.
He put the letter under the inkstone again and pressed it, and was about to leave, but he heard an abnormal noise in another corner of the mansion.
Curious in her heart, Yu Qiu sneaked over to take a look, and saw Mrs. Xiao going crazy again.
Mrs. Xiao threw everything she could drop, crying and shouting as she fell, hoarsely, like a ghost, "Girl! You are so cruel! How could you leave me as a mother and go away?" My daughter, my daughter! Mother misses you so much, mother is sorry for you! Come back, at least come back to see mother in my dream!" After shouting, she simply knelt down on the ground and howled loudly.
Looking at it from a distance, Yu Qiu felt that this person seemed to be more insane than usual. He was shivered by the cold wind, and hurriedly continued to escape. Because he was too far away and couldn't see his expression clearly, he didn't realize that Mrs. Xiao's madness was very different from before.
But everyone in Yulian County knew that Xiao's family had only two sons, so where did Mrs. Xiao have a daughter? While thinking about it, Yu Qiu climbed over the courtyard wall, and within a few steps, he saw a figure standing outside the inn where he stayed.
Xiao Chunmian has been waiting for a long time. The young man is tall and tall, stepping on a long shadow, dyed with a layer of soft gold in the sun sinking in the west, with his head down, looking at his feet, his expression seems to be contemplative, but it is more like full of loneliness, At first glance, it looks a little pitiful.
Yu Qiu walked over quickly. It wasn't until she was close to her that Xiao Chunmian suddenly became alarmed, raised her head, was stunned for a moment, then narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I thought you wouldn't wait for me."
He was already good-looking, but with such a smile, it made people feel dizzy.
"I thought you couldn't get out!" Yu Qiu grinned, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, but when he was about to touch it, there was another pause, and he took his hand back calmly, and asked, " Immortal road is difficult, have you really made up your mind?"
Xiao Chunmian nodded resolutely, "Of course."
Yu Qiu looked him up and down carefully again. Although Xiao Chunmian's clothes had been tidied, they were still a little wrinkled, and there were even more sweat stains on the back. He must have been entangled a lot when he came out of the house. After reading it, Yu Qiu was about to turn his gaze back, but suddenly he was taken aback, and quickly looked at the opponent's arm again. Xiao Chunmian just raised her hand, revealing a scratch that was originally hidden by her cuff.
"Are you going from there?" Xiao Chunmian asked, pointing to the north.
Yu Qiu nodded, but his heart was very heavy. Through this trace, he imagined the scene when the other party left home, wishful thinking that Xiao Chunmian must have been bullied again.
In such a short time, Xiao Chunmian had already walked several steps north and was looking back at him, "Xiaoqiu?"
Yu Qiu shook his head and walked up, but his heart was still full of worries.
After a long while, Yu Qiu suddenly said, "I just passed by your house and heard your mother... shouting for some girl."
Xiao Chunmian paused, sighed softly, and continued walking forward.
"I felt strange that day. You are obviously the eldest son of the Xiao family. How could you have fallen into such a situation? Now that you hear your mother's voice as a daughter, I can finally confirm your identity." Yu Qiu looked at him like that. With a raised eyebrow, "Since you plan to follow me, why hide it from me? In fact, you are not at all..."
"That's right." Xiao Chunmian smiled self-deprecatingly, "Indeed, I'm not the eldest son at all."
Seeing him laughing lonely, Yu Qiu couldn't help but pause, and swallowed the rest of the words.
"actually, I… "
Yu Qiu waved his hand, "Don't say it when you're sad, I already know it anyway."
Xiao Chunmian sighed, nodded, swallowed the rest of the words, and only thought about it in her head.
What Xiao Chunmian thought was: Actually, I am just a bastard.
He didn't know, what Yu Qiu thought was: So you are really a woman disguised as a man!
Thinking of how recklessly he had abducted someone else's daughter, Yu Qiu's face became a little hot.