Bastards

Memory is like a veil.

It is separated in the depths of time, hazy and misty, it will be in dreams, all kinds of disasters and dangers, lonely and low, visits at special times, pokes to a certain point, reminds you of something, but will not take the initiative to confess everything.

It is just waiting there quietly, waiting for you to dig out various moments, waiting for you to think of more things and feel more.

At this moment, the moonlight quietly swayed, falling on Yang Xuan's shoulders and the corners of his clothes, covering the little tiger with silver light.

A man and a tiger jumping in the streamer, sometimes jumping into the shadows, sometimes rushing to the bright place, with dots of light rolling around their sides, as if stepping into the depths of time...

After the bits and pieces of streamer light dissipated, it was a clearer memory.

Cui Yu rested his head on his fingertips, his eyes were a little dazed.

He had seen similar images.

In the same way, on a moonlit night, a woman, whose figure was like a civet, flew over the eaves and walked over the wall, and at the moment of breathing, fell from the distant sky to the backyard of Cui's house...

At that time, he hadn't crossed over yet, and the boy was still his predecessor.

In the long memory of her predecessor, her grandmother Bai didn't like to go out, she didn't care about common things, and she didn't even care about housework. Her only hobby was doing needlework and embroidery.

Grandma always thinks of her grandfather, and all the needles and threads in her hands are made for him, but sometimes she works hard for several months to make a piece of ingenious and exquisite clothes, and my grandfather can't wear it for a season.

Their Cui family brothers are nothing, but the family has never been short of money. The head of the family like grandfather, not to mention making dozens of new clothes every month, will definitely not be so shabby that one piece of clothing can be worn for a season.

Although the clothes made by grandma are not shabby.

A piece of clothing that put a lot of effort into it, my grandfather wore it for less than two months, at most seven or eight times, and then threw it aside.But grandma didn't mind at all, and started to do the next thing enthusiastically.

She has persisted in this matter for more than 20 years, and she has never stopped being pregnant and confinement, until the fire...

Cui Yan looked at that memory bit by bit, and almost laughed out loud.

At that time, Mrs. Bai's temperament was easy-going and kind, rather than being too weak and docile, with soft ears and no ambitions.

She is a stepwife. When she got married, the sons left by her first wife were all settled. The most important thing she should do was to take care of the back house and hold Zhongfu in her hands, but she didn't. She only used her thoughts on the grandfather.The daughter-in-law went through the door one by one, none of them were fuel-efficient lamps, and she was quickly taken away. If she was not stupid and didn't know how to fight, she became pregnant soon, and the grandfather took care of her for the sake of the fetus in her womb. , her life will be even more difficult.

This Bai's life is very good.

Although he is stupid, doesn't know how to run a business, and doesn't know how to take power, but the first wife gave birth to three sons, all of whom have grown up, and don't care much about this stepmother.The daughters-in-law split up, there were conflicts and awkwardness, and some had to be strong, it was more to their liking for Mrs. Bai to let her go. They could mess around as they wanted, as long as nothing embarrassing happened, it would be fine.Bai's first child was a boy, and the child was very sensible, even though the mother's thoughts were all on the father and didn't care much about him, he still tried his best to look good for his mother and protect her.

Therefore, Bai's life in the back house is quite comfortable.

Just like a bird with a pure mind that does not compete with the world, it lives a life of gold and jade in a cage, very satisfied, without any complaints.

The little uncle in my memory has always been a dragon.I heard from the old man in the mansion that my little uncle fell into the water when he was four years old. It was so cold that he almost died.A fortune teller came over and said that the little uncle had a disaster when he was young, so he should not grow up in the mansion, so he had to be sent out... In this way, he was entrusted to his relatives.

Every year, the little uncle would come back to visit his family, and he was very eccentric. Perhaps he was getting better and better, lively and healthy, and he was always set on the fact that he was growing up outside, and he was not asked to come back.

The Bai family doesn't value the little uncle very much, probably they haven't grown up together since childhood, and the little uncle is not very close to the Bai family, but likes to play with the family's little radish head...

After the fire, Grandmother Bai's appearance didn't change, her temperament... didn't seem to change much, but her personality changed.

She no longer likes to do embroidery work, and she is no longer soft, so she came up with the idea of ​​Zhongfu.

As the highest status hostess in the family, she carried out vigorous and vigorous rectification, and brought Cui Ying, the only daughter behind her fourth uncle, to her side and raised her personally.Because Cui Ying and Cui Jin have a good relationship, both are children without parents, and their character is not bad, so she simply took over the two together and took care of them.

But the way she takes care of her children is different from others.

Others raise their children, most of them put in all their energy, they are good at basic necessities of life, they care about everything, they take care of their safety, their minds are good, and they find a good teacher to teach them on the right path.Bai's is different, she directly raises them.

The cage on the outside is tight, don't let the real danger come, and the inside is loose, don't care about it, let the two little ones struggle, experience various setbacks, and learn lessons from the setbacks, grow up with them, and make your mind stronger and stronger , the means are also increasing.

Seemingly ruthless, letting others fend for themselves, but in fact they have been following the general direction. All the setbacks that the two of them experienced were personally selected by Mrs. Bai for them.

As for the outside...

No one tried to intervene, it's very good, everyone is in peace, you and I are fine, but if you have other thoughts and want to lend a hand, then I'm sorry, Bai will teach you how to be a man every minute.

But Mrs. Bai is not particularly lonely, as long as you don't mess with her, she won't hold on to anything that kills her, and she will leave room for it.

After several times of such contests, those daughter-in-laws suffered a few times, and they all understood that this one cannot be offended.And there's no need to mess with them, they don't have a particularly big conflict, and they don't have a life-and-death relationship, so it's better to retreat.They don't need to pamper Bai and the two children, or even give them proper respect, as long as they leave them alone and let them do whatever they want.

Gradually, another delicate balance appeared in the inner house.

It seems that there are still sisters-in-law fighting, all kinds of trivial matters, quarrels, and quarrels, just like other people's back houses, but in fact, there is Bai who controls the nodes, but she does not show up in front of others, all methods are used in secret, and her reputation is getting less and less obvious , Gradually, no one mentioned it, just like an invisible person.

So, everyone didn't find out what was wrong...

Cui Mata slowly looked back at the past, many things, many clues, the former youth would forget after seeing them, and did not try to connect them together, but Cui Mata was not, he understood everything after looking at it and thinking about it.

Not long after the fire, the predecessor saw Bai's flying over a wall, but he was frightened and unstable at that time, how dare he say it?Later, the Bai family took over Zhongfu, although the aunt still didn't want to see him, but under the Bai family's rules, his life was not very good, but it was much better than before.

In this way, how could he want to doubt Bai Shi and report Bai Shi, he wished that Bai Shi would always be like this and let him live like this all the time!

He was a sensitive and kind-hearted young man in his previous life. He probably felt ashamed and couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. While erasing the series of concubine Tian's secrets, he forgot all about this scene.

Perhaps there were some subconscious troubles in his predecessors. Xu Baishi was too low-key, and maybe he was busy all the time, paying attention to Yang Xuan all the time. What is the difference from now.

Moreover, several years have passed since the fire, and everything has long been used to...

Cui Yu's eyelids drooped slightly, and a slight smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

Yang Xuan and the little tiger tossed and tossed for a long time. Seeing Cui Yan smiled, he immediately rushed over: "You promised, didn't you!"

Cui Yu couldn't stand his perverted entanglement, so he agreed now.

But the attention is still on the memory.

Yang Xuan was a little dissatisfied, and poked his face: "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, I may have found another Dragon Guard."

Cui Yu looked at Yang Xuan, his eyes were bright and clear, reflecting the light of the candlelight: "Longwei is a higher status than my uncle."

Yang Xuan's eyes were wide open, his expression seemed to be stuck, and he remained motionless.

No matter how strong his heart is, no matter how good his ability to accept new things is, he still can't recover after hearing all kinds of big news one after another!

"What did you say?" He held Cui Yu's shoulder, his voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring something, "Who did you say you found?"

Cui Yu smiled slightly, and spit out two words: "Longwei."

Bai Shi is so powerful, he must not be an ordinary person.The little uncle grew up outside, and he didn't have a deep relationship with the previous Bai family, but with this one, the relationship is real. When he was away, there were many letters. When he was in Luoyang, no matter how busy he was, he would always remember to come back and ask An to visit... The little uncle, Long Wei, was probably brought up by the Bai family.

"who is it?"

Yang Xuan's breathing eased.

"She is--"

Just as Cui Yu was about to speak, suddenly Bai's voice came from outside: "I heard that Brother Yu is awake?"

Then came Lan Qiao's resounding reply: "Yes! I woke up just now, and Ah Chou jumped outside happily, causing a lot of noise, but it's late at night, so I didn't dare to disturb you..."

What a coincidence.

Cui Yu's eyes were slightly bent, and he looked at Yang Xuan with a rather meaningful gaze.

I don't know if it's because he was crazy with the little tiger for too long, his IQ has not recovered, and Yang Xuan didn't understand the meaning of this look.He still wants to know who Long Wei is, but this timing...is not quite right, so he has to wait a little longer.

When Bai walked into the room, her face was as quiet and kind as ever, with a smile on her face: "I heard that there was movement here, and I think you woke up. Yingying hasn't slept well these days, and she finally fell asleep. I didn't Call her, your little uncle has gone crazy for some reason, and he is not at home today, so I will come and see you for them. How do you feel now, how are you? Is there any discomfort? Do you want to eat? "

Cui Yu watched Bai Shi approaching step by step.

She was stepping on the moonlight, her footsteps were as light as a girl's, and she deliberately pressed her movements slowly so as not to appear disobedient.She is not too young, she is going towards fifty, no matter how well maintained she is, there are lines at the corners of her eyes, no matter what, she shouldn't be so light as a swallow, her martial arts must be very good.

But Yang Xuan never noticed it.

Who is she?

Why is it so mysterious, why do you know so much, and why...has the exact same face as Grandmother Bai?

When Cui Yu was immersed in thinking, Yang Xuan answered his grandmother for him, with a hint of worry in his words.

"I don't feel uncomfortable, I'm in good spirits, I'm not thirsty, I'm not hungry, I don't want to drink water, I don't want to eat at all..."

Bai's left hand grabbed the sleeve of his right hand, stretched out his right hand, touched Cui Yu's forehead, then retracted it, and pinched Cui Yu's pulse.

"Although I don't know much about medicine, the pulse is good, steady and strong, I think it's great."

She comforted Yang Xuan: "You are in good spirits, as long as you don't feel uncomfortable, if you don't want to eat, just wait a little longer. After a while, you will definitely be hungry..."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Cui Yu with a smile again: "What's wrong? I stared at grandma for a long time, but there is something on grandma's face?"

Cui Yu blurted out the words on the tip of his tongue: "You are the Dragon Guard."

The other two in the room were stunned.

Yang Xuan was dumbfounded, so what his baby was talking about just now was... this one?

Bai Shi paused for a moment, his smile grew bigger, he didn't shirk, didn't hint at hide-and-seek, and directly admitted: "Yes, I am."

Now Cui Mata paused.

Really are!

It should be so straightforward!

It's not like the little uncle and the others, entangled all the way...

After telling such a big secret, Bai's expression didn't change much, his smile was still warm, and his gesture was friendly: "You have questions to ask me."

Cui Mata also nodded simply: "Yes, a lot."

Bai looked at the sky outside the window, thought for a while, and said: "It's a little late today, logically, I should take care of your body and let you have a good rest, but I see that you are in good spirits. After sleeping for so long, you must be a little tired for the time being. , why don't you use some supper?"

Her attitude remained the same as before, and she patted Cui Yu’s hand as she did to her close juniors: “I know you are not hungry now. Right now, I have an appetite, the night is still long, and there is plenty of time for us to talk."

After she finished talking to Cui Yu, she turned her head and said to Yang Xuan with a smile, "Your Highness needs to use some too. After these few days, I think His Highness has lost weight."

……

Mrs. Bai personally ordered the preparation, and the back kitchen acted very quickly. After a short while, a few bowls of sweet soup came over.

The sweet soup is hot, and it is said to be sweet. In fact, the sweetness is not heavy, and it is not greasy at all. I don’t know what ingredients are added in it. It is slightly sour. It is very refreshing and delicious. After drinking the soup, the bitter taste in the mouth disappeared, the stomach was warm, and the appetite also opened up.

Cui Mata... is really a little hungry.

The supper was not particularly rich either. Big fish and meat were served cold and hot. We only prepared porridge, wonton buns, shredded chicken noodles, and pickled side dishes mixed with sesame oil and garlic.

Cui Yu likes the bowl of small wontons very much, the filling is not too much, a little bit of meat, the dough is thin and big, thick bone broth, put seaweed, shrimp skin, coriander and shallots, the mouth is delicious, Cui Yu kept spooning, and directly ate a big bowl.

However, Yang Xuan had a soft spot for chicken noodles and steamed buns, so he ate up a small dish of side dishes.

Grandma didn't really want to eat meat, so she used some porridge.

After eating and drinking enough, green tea was served, the three of them sat at the table, and everything was ready.

Bai looked at Yang Xuan with a smile, and then at Cui Yu, waiting for him to ask a question.

Cui Yu didn't hesitate, and went directly to the topic: "Who are you...?"

Bai's gaze paused, and he looked at Cui Yu with approval: "You were not so smart in the past."

Cui Yu closed his eyes and coughed twice: "I was a little confused before, but now I've grown up."

"Be so smart all the time, don't change back."

Bai picked up the tea and took a sip without rushing: "You've seen me use lightness kung fu, haven't you?"

"Yes."

So that time, she knew.

But she didn't keep her mouth shut after that, and she didn't ask him to keep a secret...

This is smart enough, he is very accurate about the situation, knows that nothing can go wrong, and he is very broad-minded, and he will not kill people at will.

Cui Yu had a better impression of Bai Shi.

But don't change the previous sentence... Does she have any guesses about him?

It doesn't matter if he exists or not, his time travel and rebirth is too unreal, even if he tells it, no one will believe it.Anyway, the young Cui Mata is just growing up, and no one can be sure what changes will happen.

Watching his family's performance, none of them doubted his origin, that's enough.

"My name is Bai Lang, and I have a twin sister named Bai Lin."

Bai's words were easy and casual, but it caused an uproar in the heart of Cui Yu and Yang Xuan.

They turned out to be twin sisters!

No wonder they look exactly the same!

No wonder no one suspected it!

The two looked sideways at each other, and the expressions in their eyes were exactly the same, both of them were shocked and thoughtful.

Cui Yu was born in Cui's family, so he knew about his family affairs. Yang Xuan had taken a fancy to Cui Yu early on, so he checked Cui's family and the information about Cui's family, and he was also very clear about it.

Cui Mata's grandmother married a step-wife named Bai Lin.

"Excuse me," Yang Xuan said slowly, and asked Bai, "Where's your sister?"

There was a sneer on the corner of Bai's lips, showing sarcasm and helplessness, or sighing: "Dead."

Emotions are very complicated.

Cui Yu frowned, thinking of Guan Qiao: "But...the fire?"

"Yes." Bai looked out the window, the smile on her face gradually disappearing, "She only has that man in her heart, no matter how bastard that man is, she hasn't changed, and she doesn't even care about her own children... My heart It's not that hard, you can watch a child with Bai's blood being bullied to death."

She spoke slowly, talking about the past.

The Bai family has made great contributions to the country. It used to be one of the eight small families in Luoyang. However, the descendants were not up to date and had no future. Later, even the males disappeared, the incense was cut off, and it gradually declined. Until now, few people know about it. .

If the twins are dragons and phoenixes, it means auspiciousness and everyone is happy. If the twins are males, except for the royal family or nobles who need to inherit the title as the eldest son, the conflict of interests is particularly serious. There is no need to throw away children, even if they are both female fetuses. In this world, women's status is low, so it's okay to have one more child.

Pianbai's family has few heirs, and the eyes of Pan's son and grandson, Pan's eyes are straight, but all the husbands and midwives who have pinched the pulse and seen the pregnant woman say that it is likely to be a boy, but when they give birth to a pair of daughters, the whole family, everyone, face All pulled down.

Everyone agrees that this is an ominous omen, if all of them are kept, there will be no male heirs in the future, and one must be thrown away.

The girls who came out from the husband cried loudly and had a strong body. The girls born later were very small and had a soft voice. Everyone unanimously decided to throw away the small ones and keep the healthy ones.

After all, the Bai family named the sisters after a kinship match, with Linlang as a beautiful meaning, and the two sisters each shared a word.

From then on, Bai Lin grew up carefree in the Bai family, not to mention being loved all the time.Bai Lang was thrown to the mountainside, just when a member of the Dragon Guards passed by and picked her up to raise her.

Bai Lang is now a member of Dragon Guards, with excellent martial arts skills. I also know that when she was young, her life was definitely not as relaxed and comfortable as her sister's, but she had friends who played and grew up with her, and a group of best friends who were handed over to her back. Enjoyment, for this reason, even unwilling to marry and retire, has been active in the Dragon Guard team.

Long Wei didn't hide her background from her. She watched the Bai family's building collapse with her own eyes, and she didn't feel anything.

She lived a good life and was very straightforward. She had no love, no expectation, and no hatred for the Bai family.

Bai Lin was raised by the Bai family to be an ignorant, silly and sweet person, and she didn't care if she wanted to live or die for a man.

She doesn't have that many hearts, and is... really busy too.

However, Bai Lin was so unruly that she almost killed her youngest son Cui Shu, she was a little unhappy.

Cui Shu looks very similar to the Bai family, especially the eyes and mouth corners, which are exactly the same as their sisters.He also looks very cute, with crooked eyes when he smiles, and his mouth is very sweet at a young age, and he can coax people.

Such a lovely child, the Cui family wanted to give him away, and Bai Lin agreed, without any objection.

Bai Lang smiled coldly, took a few detours, and brought Cui Shu to his side to raise him. Cui's family and Bai Lin didn't know how to investigate deeply, so they believed it easily.

Fortunately, Cui Shu is a good boy, easy to take care of, likes the atmosphere of Longwei, and has good aptitude, so Bai Lang has been raising him.

Until... that fire.

In that fire, not only the two-bedroom and four-bedroom family died, but Bai Lin also died, in order to save that ruthless husband.

The house is messy and no one cares about it. Cui Ying, the only daughter with four bedrooms, is very pitiful. She knelt before the coffin at a young age, wearing sackcloth and mourning for her parents.

At this time, Bai Lang is old, even if he doesn't want to go back to hiding, he can't fight on the front line as before, he has to find a place, change a suitable identity to hide, and do other things.

She picked and chose, and chose the Cui family.

She looks the same as Bai Lin. Given this opportunity, she can directly replace her. It is very safe and does not attract suspicion.After entering Cui's house, she can not only hide her identity and do Longwei's affairs in secret, but also take care of Cui Ying by the way.

She likes this child Cui Ying very much. She is a small child with clear eyebrows and eyes. Regardless of the wind and rain outside, her shoulders are straight and her back is full of resilience. .

Cui Yu quietly listened to Bai's story about the past.

I don't comment on the past right and wrong of the elders, but the one sitting in front of me is indeed a heroine, a heroine, courageous and knowledgeable, open-minded, and has a gentle heart.

Abandoned at birth, she was not suitable for others in her life, but she is not pitiful, and she does not need others to be pitiful. She has a more magnificent life, and she has the pursuit and dream that she is willing to dedicate her life. All her choices have made her a person and a success It's admirable for her life.

Many images flashed in Cui Yu's mind.Bai's understatement of what he said in the past, it seems that there is no trouble, but such a heroine, acting in the Dragon Guard team, preventing foreign enemies, calming internal strife, and doing various dangerous things, must be very eye-catching!

For example, Xiang Ling, the little uncle, Fu Rongsen and Yin Zimo's various performances before, if placed on the young Bai Shi, how amazing would it be?

It must be handsome!So handsome that he burst!

Cui Yu admired the peaceful grandmother in front of her very much.

There are almost stars shining in the eyes.

Yang Xuan also admired Bai Shi, but he didn't like the adoring look that Cui Yu cast in the past. His people, should they always focus on him!

No matter how good others are!

Then he opened his mouth to spoil the atmosphere: "What happened to that fire?"

Was it Uncle Cui Mata who released it, or was it related to Concubine Tian's adultery?