When Xu Qian was five years old, the spring was in full bloom in March.
He rode on his father's neck, chasing the dancing butterflies among the deserted mountains.
Little Xu Qian said: "If only I could fly!"
His father looked at him with a look that Xu Qian didn't understand at the time: "Dogdan also wants to fly like a butterfly."
Xu Qian nodded: "Yeah!"
On that day, Father Xu made a big decision. He took the risk of hooking up with his five-year-old son and taught his son Qinggong himself.
It's just that Xu's father asked that Xu Qian could not speak to anyone, not even his mother.
Xu Qian has been a good boy since he was a child. He made great promises and never mentioned it.
He has never shown in front of outsiders that he can do it lightly.
When Xu Qian was eight years old, it was hot in July and the sun was shining brightly.
Father Xu's hair turned white, and Xu Qian was much taller.
Father Xu taught the Beishan Sword to his son for the first time.
The swordsmanship of the inner disciples of the Beishan Sword Sect is not allowed to be taught to the outside world, and if they discover it, they will surely die.
But Father Xu still taught.
Seeing his son learning with each sword excitedly, Father Xu reached out and touched the child's head, but his eyes were dead silent.
He was chosen.
He is afraid every day.
If he could, he would not have entered Beishan's door when he was young.
But the world didn't know earlier, his hands were already covered with blood, and he couldn't look back.
When Xu Qian was ten years old, in the rainy season in May, the city was torrential rain.
During those days, my grandmother brought my uncle's cousin to Liangzhou to play. Afterwards, Xu Qian followed my grandmother to Qinghe County. The cousin refused to leave Liangzhou, which is more prosperous than Qinghe County, and stayed for a few more days.
Later, Liangzhou flooded, and Xu's father died.
When the news came, the ten-year-old Xu Qian couldn't understand.
His father would remind him every time that Qinggong and swordsmanship should not be shown to the public, and they must not be used unless it is a matter of life and death.
But in such a life-and-death situation as a flood, why didn't his father use it
As Xu Qian grows up year by year, he understands more and more of the world, and his doubts and fears deepen.
Xu Qian did not dare to think about it, did not dare to investigate, did not dare to speak.
As long as he forgets all this, his father is still the father he admires the most.
He took it all down to the bottom of his heart.
But after Xu Qian learned that General Ji of Ji's army was the son of that man, he went to seek refuge.
In the Ji family army to defend the family and the country, stationed in the frontier, and occasionally have the opportunity to attack General Ji, he can sleep well at night.
But in this world, escaping will never solve the problem.
Even if you escaped at that time, one day, the same problem will always be faced.
Eight years later, Qinghe County suffered a flood.
Xu Qian saw the familiar swordsmanship, saw these people, and still faced the Ji family with the sword.
Xu Qian understood everything.
His father, the father he admired most in his heart, made him shameful.
In a hidden place in the distance, an old voice sounded: "Who is that person?"
"Back to the head, it seems to be Xu Dafeng's son, Xu Qian."
"Xu Dafeng?" The old voice sneered, "I didn't expect him to keep this hand, he is guarding me Beishan. I said that Beishan won't move his wife and son, so he won't move. But he violated the precept. ."
The voice fell, and a small sword broke through the air, and its force was unstoppable, and it went straight into Xu Qian's heart.
Wu Weian caught Ji Mingyan who was falling.
Xu Qian's figure froze in mid-air, and then fell rapidly.
Qian Yining hurriedly swam over and reached out to catch it.
Blood gushed out, dyeing the water even more red, and even stained Qian Yining's face.
Xu Qian gasped in his brother's arms.
The cowhide bag with the pumpkin seeds in his arms also fell out. The cowhide bag was cut by the sword, and the pumpkin seeds fell on the river surface one by one. They sank when they got wet, and then sank a little bit into the surging flood. under.
Before he died, Xu Qian thought.
It would be nice if I didn't grow up.
What if it was always five years old.
He and his father chased butterflies in the mountains, beat a hare back, and when they got home, they could smell the aroma of the rice at home.
Then I listened to my mother nagging why they came back so late.
*
Fortunately, Xu Qian's sword at the critical moment swung the killer move that stabbed Ji Mingyan in his heart.
The sword wounds on Ji Mingyan's body looked terrifying, but they were not fatal, they just hurt.
But Ji Mingyan didn't cry out in pain, he lay in the corner, facing the wall, silent.
Because the poisonous lady came to Guishui, she did not go down to save people today, but stayed in the mine to take care of the injured.
The wound on Ji Mingyan's body just now was bandaged by the poisonous lady herself.
She looked back at Wu Weian and Ji Yunxi who were walking out.
It was Wu Weian who brought the injured Ji Mingyan up, and the others were still below to save people.
The poisonous lady squatted in front of Ji Mingyan, stretched out her hand and poked him: "Are you okay?"
Ji Mingyan did not return.
The poisonous lady wondered: "Did you faint from the pain?"
Ji Mingyan said glumly, "No."
He tilted his head with difficulty, and his eyes were particularly red: "Sister Ah Po."
Poisonous Lady: "Well, what?"
Ji Mingyan: "Do you still have pumpkin seeds?"
The poisonous lady paused: "There is one more."
Ji Mingyan: "Can you give me one?"
The poisonous lady didn't say anything, she took it out in her pocket and stuffed the last handful of pumpkin seeds into Ji Mingyan's hands.
Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian walked out together.
After Wu Weian finished telling the story of Ji Mingyan's injury, Ji Yunxi didn't say a word.
The two stopped at the entrance of the mine, watching the continuous rain outside.
In the rain, someone came running in a hurry.
Yuan Guanshi stopped in front of the two of them, and he bowed his head in a hoarse voice: "Young Master, Madam, the old slave didn't have time, Aunt Gui died."
Wu Weian's brows and eyes were light, and he glanced at Ji Yunxi, who was beside him, thought about it, and asked, "How did you die?"
Yuan Guanshi said succinctly: "Someone shouted that Xu Qian was dead outside, Aunt Gui hurried out, and was injured by a dark arrow before she ran a few steps."
Wu Weian: "Understood, just step back."
The round steward bowed again and left in a hurry.
Ji Yunxi looked outside, with the rain in his eyes.
Wu Weian stood with her: "Are you okay?"
Ji Yunxi's tone was as usual: "It's okay."
She tilted her head to look at him and suddenly asked, "How is your overall situation going?"
Ji Yunxi's question was endless, but Wu Weian understood what she meant and replied: "The general trend is already done, just wait for the time."
Ji Yunxi nodded and said nothing.
It is only today that I understand why back then, no matter how the eldest brother checked, how the second brother checked, or how she checked, the problem could not be found.
Because people who are alive have no problems.
Whether Aunt Gui or Xu Qian, they are innocent.
And Xu Dafeng died with her parents.
Now, Xu Qian is dead, and Aunt Gui is also dead.
All the parties involved in that year are dead.
A sense of powerlessness spreads in his heart, and Ji Yunxi only thinks about one thing right now.
Let it be sunny soon.
Other things can be settled slowly, but the weather will be fine soon.
For a while, neither of them moved.
The wind poured in with raindrops, and fell on his face and hands, slightly cold.
After a while, Wu Weian said first: "I'm leaving."
Ji Yunxi looked at him, his eyes filled with inquiry.
Wu Weian raised his eyebrows gently: "What?"
"It's nothing." Ji Yunxi retracted her gaze, something moved in her eyes, she said softly, "If it was you before, at this time, you would take the opportunity to stay."
Wu Weian has never been a person of affection. He is very indifferent to everything in this world.
Ji Yunxi had doubted Wu Weian's true identity before.
Could he be some prince from the emperor's exile
Because his temperament is quite similar to the emperor in a certain way.
In the eyes of the emperor, these people are nothing but chess pieces.
And in this world, in Wu Weian's view, I'm afraid it's just a game of chess.
Wu Weian chuckled: "Really?"
After a while, he sighed and replied, "Yes."
He turned his head, looked at the disabled people in the mine, and said to Ji Yunxi, "You have to be careful."
His eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "There is a person with good hands, I will go down and have a look."
The sword shot at Xu Qian had two brushes.
Whoever encounters that person below will surely die.
Wu Weian didn't stay any longer, and with a little toes, he disappeared into the rain curtain.
The words 'Be careful too' fell on Ji Yunxi's throat, before she could say it.
*
This is the third day that Wu Weian and his party went to Qinghe County, and the rescue has become more and more difficult.
Those who are alive on the bright side are almost saved.
But in the dark, how many people are still alive and dead
The crowd investigates together.
Qinghe County is a middle and upper-class county, and the area of the county is not small.
The torrent of water passed by, and the house was swept up and down.
But in some high rooms where the flood has not yet swept away, there may still be people who are dying.
Everyone divided the area, went to these high buildings, and checked them one by one.
The entrance to some rooms was blocked by the broken walls rushed from all sides.
When the officers and soldiers meet this situation, they will only shout a few words in their mouths: "Is there anyone else inside?"
If there is no response, they leave.
The Ji family army is different.
Even if no one responds, they will still try their best to lift these shields to see if there is any unconscious person inside.
Sometimes, there is no one inside.
Sometimes, there are people inside.
Sometimes, the people inside may already be dead.
Sometimes, the people inside may still have half a breath, and they can come back to life with a sip of water.
Before the real opening, who can tell the situation inside.
Officers and soldiers Zhu Kuai watched what Ji Jiajun did and followed suit silently.
In addition, they have to guard against whether there is a swordsman hidden inside.
If it is a swordsman, it is death.
In the current situation, the swordsman has not cared about it.
They kill with red eyes, no matter who they are, as long as they collide with their swords, they will be killed without mercy.
Wu Weian was catching the person who shot the sword at Xu Qian.
With such skills, Wu Weian guessed that the person was probably the head of the Beishan Sword Sect.
The heads are all dispatched in person, and today the sage really looks down on them.
The thief is captured first, and the king is captured first.
The head of Beishan is not a vegetarian either. He is very cunning and knows that he will meet him head on. He is not Wu Weian's opponent. With his excellent swimming skills, he swims like a fish through the broken walls and ordinary people. .
From time to time, he appeared around Ji Mingshuang and slashed at Ji Mingshuang with a sword.
Wu Weian rushed over, and the head of Beishan did not hesitate to fight, and immediately plunged into the water to escape.
Then next time, he will appear around Ji Minghao or around Yuan Guanshi.
The head of Beishan hovered among these people.
Wu Weian has been chasing the head of Beishan, even if he is played around, he has never been impatient, always calm-
To this day, the swordsman has never appeared in the mine.
But that doesn't mean there isn't.
When the rain was about to come, Ji Yunxi sensed danger.
She is no longer with the crowd, bandaging the wounded in the crowd.
Ji Yunxi began to look for a shelter.
The first thing that came to her mind was the carriage.
She can think of it, can the people behind her not think of it
But the carriage was still outside, as if it was leading the king into the urn.
Go in and hide, afraid that you will be shot into a hedgehog
Aunt Gui was injured by a dark arrow in the distance.
Then, Ji Yunxi thought of the military camp of the Ji family.
She let people take a look first.
But the person who came back told her that Ji's army had no barracks at all.
They came in a hurry, and they were all carrying supplies, food and grass for the victims, and supplies for camping, which Ji's army did not bring.
These days, the second brother lied to her that he was sleeping in the camp.
But in fact, Ji Jiajun slept under the tree, using the moist soil as the mat and the rain as the quilt.
After all, the mine is the best refuge.
Ji Yunxi made a decisive decision, and ordered the prince to be called to stay in a corner of the mine with the injured Ji Mingyan, away from the crowd.
Wanxiang has returned, and joins hands with the martial arts masters hired by Ji Yunxi to protect Ji Yunxi and the others behind her.
Others would not be the emperor's target, so he walked around as usual and continued to treat the newly arrived victims.
Although the prince didn't want to be guarded by such a useless person, the prince was not stupid and could tell the difference between the two.
If it was said that his father wanted to die the most, it would be him.
He didn't say anything, and lay down next to Ji Mingyan, intending to take the opportunity to catch up on sleep.
After staying up for several nights, the blue and black under the prince's eyes became heavier.
The more the prince slept, the closer Ji Mingyan got closer, and Ji Mingyan suddenly exclaimed: "Your Highness, you touched my wound!"
The prince was frightened and hurriedly stepped back: "Ming Yan, are you alright?"
Ji Mingyan hurt so much that the eyes are not the eyes, and the nose is not the nose: "Something is wrong."
Prince: "..."
When he asked if he was okay, no one would say that he was okay, and he would say that he was okay.
Ji Yunxi leaned on the side and was slightly lost in thought.
Hearing this, she glanced at it and said to the prince who was about to get up: "Sixth brother is fine, you don't need to worry about him, Your Highness."
Ji Mingyan muttered, "I really have something to do, it hurts."
But the prince didn't fall asleep leaning on Ji Mingyan, he got up and looked at it, and lay down at the oblique corner of Ji Mingyan.
The poisonous lady was just sitting there, and when she saw this, she moved the site and sat next to Ji Mingyan.
Ji Mingyan's bitter hatred never lasted long.
He packed the pumpkin seeds given by the poisonous lady in a lotus.
The purse was given to him by Ji Yunxi, and is said to have been embroidered by Xuezhu himself.
Ji Mingyan asked, "Sister Apo, do you think pumpkins can still grow in this pumpkin seed field?"
The poisonous lady looked disgusted: "Everyone is familiar with it, do you think you can grow it?"
Ji Mingyan muttered to himself, "How will you know if you don't try."
The poisonous lady spat: "You try, if you can plant it, I will call you a grandfather."
Ji Mingyan couldn't help but be overjoyed: "But really? I plan to use the soil from Youshan."
The last time he came back from Youshan, Ji Mingyan dug up a pile of soil and planned to use it in his yard when he returned to the capital.
Ji Yunxi listened to Lady Poison and Ji Mingyan muttering and making noises.
The sky outside the cave darkened little by little, the day was about to pass, and the night was about to usher in.
Night is more dangerous than day.
Just when there was some light outside, the prince who had been sleeping for more than an hour suddenly sat up.
He leaned against the wall and was silent for a while. He couldn't help it. He coughed and said, "I'll go outside the cave."
Seeing the Prince's face, everyone knew what to do outside the cave.
Ji Mingyan asked, "Your Highness, can't you bear it any longer?"
Prince: "..."
People have three urgency, how to bear it
And he's been trying to endure it for a while!
Ji Yunxi called out, "Wanxiang, you take three people to protect His Highness."
Wanxiang stood up: "Yes, miss."
The prince's face was a little hot: "Do you have to be incense?"
Ji Yunxi replied, "Wanxiang is the best among these people."
The prince couldn't, and took the four to go to the toilet outside the cave.
Just as the prince was about to reach the entrance of the cave, eight people suddenly rushed out of the disaster victims.
The eight people are not young, and the swordsman is old.
And near the entrance of the cave, there are dark arrows in the distance!
The elder of the house has been hiding around the prince, and seeing this, he grabbed the prince and avoided an arrow.
There are also dark arrows, four swordsmen who are not weak, and the five elders of the house, Wanxiang, are also very passive.
Ji Yunxi's situation here is even worse.
The four remaining martial arts masters were defeated after a few moves. In a short period of time, two were killed and two injured.
Ji Mingyan propped up his hands, stood up without a word, and together with the poisonous lady, protected Ji Yunxi from left to right.
When the four old men saw this, they raised their swords and stabbed them!
They hid in this mine for a few days, and they didn't act rashly, just waiting for the eight people to arrive, waiting for the prince and Ji Yunxi to appear at the same time, and waiting for the best time to make a move.
And now it is!
The strongest Wu Weian has been restrained by the head.
Ji Yunxi and Wu Weian's manpower in the dark have long been exposed.
But as soon as the four swords came out, a large iron sword suddenly swung out and cut down with force, causing the four swords to hum, and the wrists of the four old men holding the swords trembled slightly.
As soon as the four old men retreated, they each looked at each other without fear.
Two of them surrounded Chao Xuezhu, and the other two continued to approach Ji Yunxi and the others without hesitation.
The two people surrounding Xuezhu were the two most powerful elders of the Northern Mountain Sword Sect other than the Sect Master.
One of them stared at Xuezhu viciously: "Okay, the old man wanted to kill you! My little sister, but was caught by your own hands? Just die!"
The swordsmanship was fierce, and Xuezhu didn't dare to take it lightly.
With a serious face, he fought with the two elders, and for a while, he could not tell the winner.
Ji Mingyan and the poisonous lady raised their hearts.
The two stared at the remaining two old men, and threw a lot of poison-stained hidden weapons out, but they were all thrown away by the sword, and even one was thrown into the crowd.
The two froze in their hearts, looking at the terrified ordinary people in this mine, and had concerns.
Ji Yunxi looked at the two people who were hesitating and lingering, and there was no panic on her face, and she calmly stood up from the ground.
Just when she got up, twelve people jumped out of the shadows, and they rushed away from the remaining two old men who were left unchecked.
Seeing this scene, the eight old men were all stunned.
Ji Mingyan and the poisonous lady were also stunned.
Ji Mingyan turned his head: "Sanmei, how many people are you hiding in the dark?"
Ji Yunxi looked at the eight people with surprise in her eyes. She whispered, "I only hid six people."
There are six people who have never appeared from beginning to end.
This was Ji Yunxi's hole card for him.
And where the other six came from is self-evident.
Only him.
She has trump cards, how could he not.
Ji Yunxi closed her eyes gently, her eyelashes trembling.
This man is really...
The last twelve people who appeared, as Ji Yunxi and Wu Wei'an's last hand, would not be bad.
The eight old men fell behind in an instant, and several people were even injured.
They acted decisively and did not resist, and wanted to retreat.
The four old men on the other side of the prince were already at the entrance of the cave, they retreated the fastest, and rushed into the rain as soon as they turned around.
Wanxiang quickly chased after her with someone.
The four old men on Ji Yunxi's side were still some distance from the entrance of the cave, and Xuezhu's skill was not bad, so it was difficult for them to escape.
Seeing that he might have to explain this today, Mrs. Xie's elder brother, Elder Xie, glanced at the crowd, flew over without saying a word, rushed into the crowd, picked up his sword and slashed down.
For a while, there were screams in the mine, blood splashing everywhere.
The victims scattered like ants, blocking the way Xuezhu and the others were chasing forward.
Seeing this, the other three old men followed the elder Xie into the crowd, planning to escape while the chaos.
Baofu, who was helping to bandage the wounded in the crowd, ran towards Ji Yunxi regardless of how he saw Ji Yunxi being attacked.
But he was stopped by Mrs. Qiuyu.
Sister Qiuyu scolded: "Are you crazy? That sword doesn't have eyes!"
Baofu jumped in a hurry: "My lady is still there! The lady is still there!"
Sister Qiuyu: "Do you know martial arts? What can you do in the past? If you haven't passed, you will be cut off by a sword, and you won't be able to get close to your young lady's body!"
Baofu: "But the lady is there!"
Sister Qiuyu: "Your young lady didn't let you go before, but let you stay with us, just not letting you do a disservice and avoid it here! Bad luck!"
As soon as the words 'disservice' came out, Baofu, who was struggling to run over, stopped struggling.
She was so anxious that her eyes were as red as rabbits, but she still managed to endure it so as not to cause trouble.
Yes, she is not like Wanxiang, who knows martial arts and is not so stable, so when the young lady does something, she will support her.
Baofu didn't understand when he was a child, so he tried to get together.
Although the lady didn't say anything afterward, Baofu overheard what the other maids said, saying that she was always doing a disservice.
Baofu wiped his eyes, and anxiously walked around the crowd, staring at Ji Yunxi.
Seeing the twelve people who suddenly appeared, she burst into tears and laughed.
She knew that the young lady was always the strongest.
Miss always has a way out of danger.
Baofu breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the three killers rushing over from the crowd, Baofu hurriedly avoided it.
She also has to live well and help the lady to do this and that.
In fact, the lady is most afraid of trouble. Although she earns a lot of money and likes to read account books, she doesn't like to manage the warehouse, nor does she like to manage the trivial matters of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the house.
Although she is not as skilled in martial arts as Wanxiang, nor is she very smart, Baofu is quite good at these things.
Over the years with the young lady, I have gone through a lot of things, and Wanxiang will give her some advice. Baofu is agile, and she avoided all the swords that were swung.
However, suddenly I heard a 'Ouch' coming from behind.
The very familiar voice was Qiu Yu's voice.
Baofu turned to look.
Qiu Yu's head and leg were injured. Although she has been taking medicine on time these days, she followed Baofu and the others back and forth, busy cooking a large pot of rice, rushing to wash dishes, moving around, and she was not safe, and the injury was not bad. good.
Qiuyu can't run fast.
Qiu Yu had done her best to avoid so many swords, her leg, the wound opened, and blood poured out again.
The sword was held high above the head, and then swung down gently.
The tip of the sword glowed with silver light, gloomy and icy, and it was high above.
Baofu ran back, and she pressed Qiuyu, who was half a step slower, under her body.
It hurts.
Baofu thought.
She hasn't felt this kind of pain for many, many years.
Baofu turned his head and looked in the direction of Ji Yunxi.
In the sight, the smoky blue skirt swayed wildly, and a pair of beautiful but dirty embroidered shoes ran over.
It was this trip to Qinghe County that Baofu personally collected the luggage for Ji Yunxi.
In the dilated pupils, Baofu remembered the first time he saw her young lady, and she was lying on the ground dying as she was now.
Baofu was not called Baofu at the beginning. She was different from Wanxiang, who was born in the family. She was the Ji family who only entered the family at the age of seven.
Before the age of seven, Baofu had never had enough to eat. Her family disliked her for being a girl and scolded her if she wanted to.
Baofu has not been a vegetarian since she was a child. She has followed the example. Her parents beat her and scold her. Even if she was injured, she would fight back and scold her.
Her parents sold her many times, but Baofu was also very aggressive in other people's homes.
Baofu has been returned every time.
Selling and not being able to sell, although his temperament is poor, Baofu's work is really neat.
The family still keeps her.
In the winter when she was seven years old, when she was looking at her brother, he accidentally stumbled and had blood on his arm.
On the side of the frozen road, her parents beat her to pieces in front of everyone.
When Baofu was dying, the Ji family's carriage stopped beside him.
The steward came to ask her parents.
"My master lacks a maid, will your daughter sell it?"
"Sell, of course!"
"How to sell?"
"One... One or two? If you think your noble person is too expensive, it's okay to have a little less. This idiot in my family can do all kinds of work. It doesn't matter how you beat or scold!"
The carriage drapery, embroidered with flowers and bat patterns, was lifted by a child's hand.
However, Ji Yunxi, who was five or six years old, had an air of style, and his face was as cold as white jade.
The flattering parents glanced at each other, and did not dare to look again, and hurriedly lowered their heads, for fear that one more glance would make the nobles unhappy.
"Just buy it." Ji Yunxi glanced at the manager and thought for a while, "From today onwards, her name will be Baofu. And I will neither beat her nor scold her. On the contrary—"
She paused, looked at the pair of parents, her brows were extremely cold: "I will keep her safe and give her a lifetime of wealth."