Alternative Jianghu Adventures

"So, what's going on here?"

The interior furnishings are very simple, and the Hu Qi and Han style have achieved a rare unity here.

Although it is a living room, at first glance, it looks more like a private study.

Dark kneeling rugs with hot gold rims are spread all over from the threshold to the inside, but in the middle is a table shaped like a book case, with ring-shaped animal heads squatting and roaring on the legs of the table.

There are some pavilions on both sides, with various exotic styles on them, and the glazed products of different colors on them show the owner's preference for this kind of utensils.

Xia Yun sat down, pestered He Lianqiu and asked:

"Are you alone here? Didn't you have a maid named ... Oh yes, it was called Wan'er, I remember, where is she? What's the situation in Baicao Valley? My friends in Fengge don't have any of you." According to the news, your operation this time is really covert... Tsk, the owner of the valley has come to us, and everyone else should be fine, right?"

Xia Yun drank the freshly brewed tea on the table in one gulp, He Lianqiu frowned.

"Reckless waste." Qiao Anyue knocked on Xia Yun's head expressionlessly, "This method of making tea is perfect, you'd better not drink this, just use old tea instead."

Qiao Anyue sighed at the side - from the beginning, Miss Qiao, Xia Yun was so unruly most of the time, she deeply understood Helian Qiu's displeasure.

Xia Yun hummed a few words in disdain, but didn't dare to answer.

"Tsk, Helian, why are you still wearing fur after entering the house, isn't it hot?" Xia Yun quickly changed the subject.

The house is burned with high-quality silver charcoal, with almost no miscellaneous smoke, and even a faint woody fragrance.As soon as Xia Yun entered the door, he felt a sense of warmth, and immediately took off his outer robe.

"Baicao Valley... is gone."

He Lianqiu put down the tea set, sat back on the pear flower wooden chair, did not answer Xia Yun's question, and said to himself, "Almost all the disciples and medicine farmers in the valley were trapped to death, and only [-]% of the high-level escaped. Help in the South."

Qiao Anyue narrowed her eyes and noticed that He Lianqiu was still abnormally pale.

"...Old problem, body cold." Xu Shishi met Qiao Anyue's gaze, and He Lianqiu explained softly.

Body cold is just an appearance, and everyone knows what is actually going on.

Just a few simple words pushed Xia Yun's deliberately heated atmosphere to a trough once again.

He Lianqiu's eyes swept over Yuan Hua and Yuan Chong - no introduction was needed at all, the plan to rescue these two brats was planned by her alone, and after staying in Shen Yuan Pavilion for so long, the relationship between the two It is clear at a glance what the identity is.

"Your Highness." He Lianqiu nodded slightly, with a faint indifference on his face, treating these two little ghosts who could be said to have caused the death of Baicao Valley equally.

"...When I was recuperating in the organ city, the internal thieves of the northern army had already infiltrated Baicao. The major forces in the world were all on the south side. Lu Kun wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, so he picked Baicao with the weakest force. .”

In a few words, He Lianqiu explained most of the changes in this year.

"Before planning the rescue, I had a lot of contact with Guige Shen Gong. When Lu Kun started, he cooperated with the internal thief. At that time...for personal reasons, I said that I was sick and saw no outsiders, but in fact it was with several medical experts. The wise elder secretly found a secluded place, and just escaped the catastrophe."

He Lianqiu's expression was calm, but Qiao Anyue keenly captured the remorse and... joy that she unintentionally revealed when she said the words "personal reasons"?

"The organ city was also found by the northern army and burned." He Lianqiu continued: "When there was nowhere to go, I received an invitation from the Guige to protect me."

This explains why it appeared in Shen Yuan Pavilion.

"...Half a year has passed."

He Lianqiu said it lightly, but it is easy to imagine that many hardships were omitted in the middle.

I am lying in bed with a serious illness, and I have to do chores in the valley.Even if most of them are handed over to the younger sister, but the major issues have to be decided and participated in personally.Although it was not her fault that the internal thief was not her fault, the result has already happened. If I had to say it, Helian’s family was sparse, the elder died young, and there were only two sisters. Blame it on your own body.

Later, she was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe, but as the owner of the valley, all the people in the valley were ruined—she only mentioned that only she and some high-level people survived—the implication is that the only relatives were also killed in the sea of ​​fire.

Homeless, with nowhere to go.

As for how Lu Kun secretly wanted people who fled Baicao Valley everywhere, and how she came to the north, the hardships were even more difficult to bear to think about.

"Sometimes I think, if my selfishness could be a little bigger at that time..." He Lianqiu put down the tea set in his hand.

This unhurried look is very similar to the scene when they first met Xia Yun and the others, but now it is terribly eye-catching.

"In this way, Baicao will survive more people." He Lianqiu took a deep breath, "After all the calculations, I didn't want to bother so many people, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, only to be 'harassed' by me." people survived.”

He Lianqiu's words did not even catch her breath, and she was even more steady than a healthy person like Xia Yun, making people forget that she was suffering from a serious illness.

——However, as a matter of fact, from the cough heard during the meeting, and this extremely pale face, there is really nothing unusual.

"Helian." Qiao Anyue frowned, and said the conjecture in her heart, "Are you convinced..."

"Well, Huiyang Dan." He Lianqiu closed his eyes.

Huiyang, as the name suggests, has the ability to "return light and reflect light".It is equivalent to letting people hang their breath.No matter how serious the condition is, you can walk freely at this time by losing your lifespan.

"It's just the difference between early death and late death." He Lianqiu pulled out a comforting look to indicate to the two that they were fine.

"Sorry." Qiao Anyue was well aware of the efficacy of this medicine, she opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she only said two words.

"Cheng Zhe found Tianya Haijiao." Qiao Anyue said quickly.

A trace of surprise and astonishment flashed in He Lianqiu's eyes, and then crazy joy gushed out.

"But," Qiao Anyue looked directly into Helian Qiu's eyes, and personally killed Helian Qiu's hope that had just ignited, "I used it."

Little sparks disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Then Qiao Anyue briefly explained the situation on the island, which made Helian completely calm down.

"Maybe it's God's will."

"No!" Xia Yun said suddenly, "There is still hope! As long as you can find the flower buds left by my master back then, you can still be cured of your illness!"

Xia Yun suddenly jumped up from the chair, and said decisively: "I have left all the things Xia Cunxiu left here. If you look carefully, you will definitely find clues!"

As he said that, he wished he could go out and go back to his room to clean up Xia Cunxiu's things.

He Lianqiu didn't expect Xia Yun's reaction to be so strong, so he quickly asked Qiao Anyue to hold Xia Yun back, and said, "Actually, I didn't intend to pin my hopes on the ends of the earth from the beginning."

She paused, and then said: "... Ever since Cheng Zhe announced that he was going to find this legendary thing, I had no expectations."

Qiao Anyue pressed Xia Yun down again.

"So, it's okay." He Lianqiu comforted, "If I can find it again, it must be good, I'm afraid..."

She was half-speaking, then suddenly stopped.

Xia Yun also calmed down—by the way, even before taking the medicine, He Lianqiu would not live long, and now even if he is able to walk freely with precious herbs hanging, the remaining lifespan is even more pitiful.

Maybe tomorrow, maybe half a month later, maybe half a year later... That uncertain date of death is firmly entrenched behind Helian Qiu.

Of course, Cheng Zhe could search again, but what about the time spent on the way?Can you catch up?Even if you find it, what if the journey back is far away?What if I was trapped in a weird place like that island again for another year or a half?

Xia Yun suddenly remembered the words that He Lianqiu had been hanging on his lips before:

"Time is running out."

"But no matter what, you have to give it a try." Qiao Anyue patted Xia Yun on the back, and said to He Lianqiu, "You may not know her well, she was looking for a dead person If they can persist for such a long time, neither Xia Yun nor Cheng Zhe will give up."

"Then let's try it." He Lianqiu nodded gratefully, the same as his attitude towards Cheng Zhe before - neither pouring cold water nor obstructing him.

"However, before that, we have more important things to do." He Lianqiu finally turned to the topic.

She slowly said: "After the incident in Baicao Valley, the actions of the south have not stopped. The incident of Baicao Valley has aroused the anger of other sects on the rivers and lakes - under the collapse of the nest, there are no eggs. Although some sects are afraid of oppression, But there are some that have been pushed to the south instead."

A gleam of light gradually flickered in He Lianqiu's eyes, "Governor Shen and I took advantage of the situation and bought some shaky sects. In the past six months, we have set up a trick for Lu Kun."

As soon as she said this, she couldn't help coughing again.

This time the coughing time was extraordinarily long, Qiao Anyue couldn't help but walked up to He Lianqiu, and asked, "Can I have a look?"

"...It's really just an old illness. I don't know about my own illness? It's just that I didn't expect...that it would cause such a great loss to my body." He Lianqiu smiled helplessly, but Qiao Anyue had already grabbed his wrist.

Putting two fingers on her wrist, Qiao Anyue carefully felt the pulse, "Doctors don't heal themselves, why don't you..."

Before she could say the word "clear", her expression suddenly became strange.

"What?" Xia Yun picked up his teacup, seeing Qiao Anyue's strange expression, he couldn't help asking.

That expression was not the boredom of being aware of a serious illness, but a mix of puzzlement, shock, and astonishment.

"You...you have..." Qiao Anyue stammered in a rare way, she raised her eyes to meet Helian Qiu's gaze, but couldn't say anything after that, after thinking about it, she changed the phrase, "You are born ..."

The result is still only the beginning.

At this time, a young girl came rushing from outside the house suddenly. Xia Yun took a closer look and found that it was Wan'er who had asked about it at the beginning.

Wan'er looked anxious, "Ma'am, the young master and the young lady have woken up, no matter how hard you try to coax her, she is crying right now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that there were other people in the living room. Looking carefully, Wan'er couldn't help blurting out, "Xia Qiongqiong...oh no, Miss Xia?"

"What was your name Helian just now?" Seeing Xia Yun drinking tea, Qiao Anyue asked for her.

"Ma'am." Wan'er didn't realize it.

At this moment, in the study.

Shen Gongze went straight to the point, "I don't want to care about what's going on between you young people, but that's your fault."

Cheng Zhe was puzzled.

"You don't know?" Shen Gongze looked at Cheng Zhe's reaction, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked back in surprise.

"what do you know?"

"Master Helian has a child." Shen Gongze stared carefully at Cheng Zhe's eyes, noticing that Cheng Zhe's eyes were full of disbelief, and then added:

"yours."

"puff--"

Xia Yun spat out a sip of tea that he hadn't swallowed yet, his tone raised.

"What?! Madame!?"

The author has something to say: Why do I jump into the water as soon as I click on the candy, are you all potential knife gangsters???... It's incomprehensible

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Let me tell you a very scary thing...that is, I found that my love for this article seems to be disappearing...well...at least my mind is full of the plot of the next pit today...hope it's just intermittent despair Convulsion

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Thank you fghj for mine