Prequel to the Master of Demonic Dao

Nightless City, Shangyuan Festival.

"Fire Trees and Silver Flowers Never Night" is a true portrayal of the city that never sleeps, let alone the Shangyuan Festival.The entire Nightless City was decorated with lights and festoons, and the lights were brilliant, lighting up the entire night, so that the stars and the moon lost their luster.

It was rare for Wen Ruohan to go out, Wen Ruohan only brought Wen Yan, a servant who was a few years older than him.

"Young master, it's time to go back. If the suzerain finds out, he will definitely punish him again." Wen Yan followed behind Wen Ruohan every step of the way, holding many gadgets in his hands.

Wen Ruohan said: "He doesn't even have time to accompany his concubines tonight, so he wouldn't think of taking care of me." A 14-year-old boy is playful after all, he can't let go of those little things on the stall.

Wen Yan said patiently: "Then you should go back early and accompany Madam, son, you haven't seen Madam for a long time."

Wen Ruohan was taken aback, he had indeed not seen his mother for a long time, and like him, his mother was dispensable to Wen Su.Since he was born, he and his mother have been neglected, obviously he is the eldest son.

"Then go back." Wen Ruohan took a look at the gadgets on the stall, said softly, wrapped everything he had seen in his hand, and paid for it.

As soon as he turned around, he collided with a person and stepped on the other person's foot.The man was dressed gorgeously, with a gloomy face, as if he had bumped into something unclean, he patted his clothes with both hands in disgust, and cursed.

Wen Ruohan took a step back and saluted, "My lord, I'm sorry."

But the man put on an aggressive posture, took a step forward, and pushed Wen Ruohan back: "I'm sorry, that's enough? He stepped on and bumped me, do you know who I am?"

"My lord, calm down, step back." Wen Ruohan stretched out his foot.

"Young master," Wen Yan protected Wen Ruohan behind him, "Young master, please step on me, don't hurt my young master."

The man became even angrier, and shouted: "What are you talking about, that you hurt your young master? He was the one who hit me first!" He stomped on Wen Yan a few times unceremoniously.

"My lord," Wen Yan groaned in pain, and wanted to explain, when a bright young girl's voice came: "Liu Qi, are you enough?"

The three of them looked together, and saw a tall and slender woman in red walking towards them holding a sword. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a small melon-shaped face, small lips, fair complexion, bright eyes and white teeth, and a gleam between her brows. With a little heroism, he glanced at Liu Qi coldly.

Liu Qi actually shrank back, took a step back, and said, "Miss Qin."

Qin Qinglian snorted coldly, and said loudly: "Mr. Liu is not only aggressive in the nest, but also aggressive when he comes out. You need to know who is the idler in the city of Nevernight, and not everyone is like your father. .”

Liu Qidao: "Yes, Miss Qin is right."

Qin Qinglian glanced at Liu Qi again, and upon seeing this, Liu Qi ran away immediately.

Qin Qinglian watched Liu Qi run away, then turned his head, smiled at Wen Ruohan, and said, "Young master, go home quickly."

Wen Ruohan watched her bright smile freeze.

Qin Qinglian looked at his dementia-like expression, and said with a smile: "Young master, you can bear it." She looked him up and down, "I can see your skill, that idiot Liu Qi is not your opponent at all, you But he backed down again and again, he was able to bend and stretch, and he was much more promising than Liu Qi."

"..." It's not that Wen Ruohan didn't answer, but he was already in a daze.

Qin Qinglian smiled again, and left gracefully.

He already missed the time to see his mother when he went back, and Wen Su had already stayed overnight with a certain concubine.Wen Ruohan took out the bunch of gadgets he bought on the street and fiddled with them one by one. When he was playing with them, he lost interest, and that bright smiling face always appeared in his heart.

He couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, it seemed that there was a little sadness, a little joy, and something hidden deep in his heart was sprouting, his chest was stuffy, and he was extremely irritable.Maybe it was because the clothes were tight and he couldn't breathe well. He grabbed the clothes on his chest, but he still did the same after several times.

Perhaps, this is "like"?

"Wen Yan, go and find out, which family does Miss Qin belong to?"

Wen Yan quickly found out that this Miss Qin was called Qin Qinglian, and she was the daughter of the suzerain of the Qin clan who was attached to the Wen clan in Qishan. Qin and Liu Qi's father were both in the "supervising office" under Wen Liang, a doctor of the Wen clan. work together.

Wen Ruohan naturally knew Wen Liang, Wen Liang was his cousin according to seniority, but obviously Wen Su valued Wen Liang more, because his medical skills were extremely high, and only he could heal Wen Su's chronic diseases.After a long time, Wen Ruohan discovered that the "medical skills" that Wen Liang used on Wen Su was a kind of spell, and he was "fortunate" to "test the medicine" for his father once.

Wen Su asked him, would he be willing to bear some pain for his father?

Usually, he doesn't get his father's attention, and he doesn't know what his father's love is. If he can help his father please him and win his favor, Wen Ruohan is naturally willing.

That time, 12-year-old Wen Ruohan was in so much pain that he was dying.Qin Qinglian is right. What he is good at is patience. With such an environment like his father, he has already learned how to endure at the age of 12.He is still so young, he has nothing, and everything needs to be given to him by his father. His father is his heaven, and his feet are also stepping on the land that belongs to his father.If you can bear it, everything that belongs to your father will belong to him in the future. If you can't bear it, all this will disappear.

Wen Su looked at the child struggling in pain in front of him but holding back without crying out expressionlessly, and asked him, "Do you regret it?"

Wen Ruohan bit his lip, and squeezed out three words from between his teeth: "I don't regret it."

Every time Wen Su had an attack, he tried his harem and children one by one.

Use voluntary transfer first, and those who are "sincere" to him will be let go next time, and those who have no sincerity will be picked out, and forced transfer will be used.

Luckily, Wen Ruohan only tried the medicine for his father once. After that, Wen Su relaxed his guard against him a lot.

As for Wen Liang, Wen Ruohan couldn't afford to offend her. His father's life was in his hands.

In addition to patience, there is waiting.

Never night, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Every Mid-Autumn Festival in Wensu, the family attached to the Wen family will be entertained. Firstly, in order to highlight their favor and win people's hearts, secondly, they also hold a Qishan light party.As the eldest son, Wen Ruohan, who has turned 14, appeared for the first time at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, sitting next to Wen Su.

Sect Master Qin came with his most proud daughter. She was graceful and smiling, followed behind her father, saluted Wen Su, and then turned to Wen Ruohan to salute, "I've met Mr. Wen."

Wen Ruohan burst into ecstasy, it turned out to be her!However, she no longer remembered him, and after saluting him with a smile neither humble nor overbearing, she followed Sect Master Qin to the seat assigned to them.

Liu Qi also came with his father Liu Zongzhu. After seeing Wen Ruohan sitting next to Wen Su, he felt that there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he was about to die.Trembling, he followed behind his father, trying to block Wen Ruohan's sight with his father's body, and saluted with his father tremblingly, fearing that Wen Ruohan would see his face if he didn't synchronize.

However, Wen Ruohan's eyes were not on them at all, and he even waved his hands a little angrily to tell them to leave as soon as possible, don't block him from looking at Qin Qinglian.

The seat at □□ was originally arranged at the front, and the closer the seat to Wensu, the more important it was, but Liu Qi insisted on sitting in the back seat. Sect Leader Liu was puzzled, but when he asked him, he only lowered his head and glanced at him. In the direction of the chief seat, Liu Zongzhu only thought that he was timid to Wen Su's majesty, and sat down helplessly after scolding "no prospect".

Liu Qi is not a fool either, he followed Wen Ruohan's gaze to find the latter's focus, Qin Qinglian.So he found a seat opposite to Qin Qinglian's.

Liu Qi also knew that his father valued Qin Qinglian very much and wanted to marry him as his daughter-in-law. He had tested Sect Master Qin in a joking way, but was rejected by Sect Master Qin. Sect Master Liu hadn't given up yet, so he asked him to show more in front of Qin Qinglian.It seems that after returning home, he should persuade his father to stop doing futile things.

Throughout the dinner, Wen Ruohan's eyes stayed on Qin Qinglian's body. He had no idea what his father said, what others flattered him, what he ate and drank.

Qin Qinglian's every move is just right, he is polite with his elders, generous and decent with men of his generation, keeping a distance, sometimes discussing things seriously with women of his generation, standing alone, and sometimes laughing together, showing his daughter's attitude.On her face, there is always a bright smile from the bottom of her heart.

That smile was like the sun, illuminating Wen Ruohan's world.

Although the Wen family compares himself to the sun, Wen Ruohan's life in the past ten years is like dark clouds covering the sun, and he can see the golden edge of the dark clouds, but the warmth and light are far away.

Ever since Wen Ruohan became aware of the incident, the first word he understood was "forbearance", but now, there was one more word: "begging".It is not asking for others, but pursuing by oneself, taking the initiative to attack, not waiting for the father's conscience to discover and "give".

In addition, there is another word, "waiting", waiting for oneself to be strong, to be able to do what one wants to do, and to get the person one wants.

However, for many things, people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. Before Wen Ruohan was strong, something happened to Qin Qinglian.

Shortly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wensu was closed again. Wen Liang returned to Qishan from his hometown in Dafanshan, and put Qin Zongzhu and others in prison for dereliction of duty.

Qin Qinglian went to visit his father, and was favored by Wen Liang, who threatened to marry Qin Qinglian with the life of the Qin Sect Master.

Qin Sect Master committed suicide, Qin Qinglian fled with his clansmen, was intercepted and killed by Wen Liang halfway, and brought back to Qishan.

Qin Qinglian was forced to marry Wen Liang, and without any news of her, her clan members became popular around Wen Liang.

Knowing that Wen Ruohan liked Qin Qinglian, Liu Qi secretly came to him at the risk of being questioned by Wen Ruohan's teacher, described Qin Qinglian's tragic situation, and begged him to save Qin Qinglian, Liu Qi was benevolent.

But Wen Ruohan only had a few guards around him, and Wen Liang could even mobilize Wen Su's close guards. Could it be that he took a few guards to rob people?

Only Wen Su could suppress Wen Liang, but Wen Su couldn't retreat, and Wen Ruohan had also heard that his father was practicing some sorcery, and he couldn't be interrupted, otherwise he would go mad at the slightest, and die at worst.

Wen Ruohan had no choice but to go by himself, and suppressed him as the eldest son of the Wen family, the future suzerain, but Wen Liang was not afraid, because he had always been valued by Wen Su, and he was used to being favored, and Wen Su didn't think much of this son. , he has many sons, and it is not certain who will be the head of the family in the future. Secondly, Qin Qinglian is his Wen Liang who is "married by a bright matchmaker".

It's not impossible to rob by force, the key is to be able to rob.

Wen Ruohan didn't have all the conditions.

Later, it was heard that Qin Qinglian's uncle had tipped off the escape plan of several families, and several families were destroyed, even the benevolent Mr. Liu died.

In the end, it was also heard that Qin Qinglian was taken to Ling Chi in front of all the clan members of the Qin family, and the Qin family was also destroyed.

Wen Ruohan only found out about all this afterwards.Since their reunion on the Mid-Autumn Festival, in just a few months, things have changed.

Wen Ruohan pushed open the gate of the Qin Mansion. The mansion was covered with talismans. The bodies of the Qin family had been removed, and it was said that they were thrown into mass graves.The ground was full of dark red, a thick layer of condensation covering every corner of the yard.On a pillar in the courtyard, there was also dried blood, Qin Qinglian's blood.

Wen Ruohan stroked the blood on the pillar, and called softly: "Qinglian."

Wen Ruohan's little sun either hid behind the clouds, or disappeared completely.

The sky slowly began to rain lightly. The rain in winter is very cold, but not as cold as Wen Ruohan's heart.

The dried blood on the ground was slowly soaked and turned bright red again, and the coagulated blood clot looked like a red agate in the blood.The water on the ground was accumulating more and more, and the blood flowed along the gullies in the courtyard, all of which told of the tragedy of that day.

Wen Ruohan lit a torch in the rain, threw it towards the Qin Mansion Hall, and with a wave of his palm, used Wen's torch to fuel the torch, and the Qin Mansion burst into flames with a "boom".

Wen Ruohan stood outside the gate of the Qin Mansion and watched the flames that filled the sky until the Qin Mansion was reduced to ashes.

And his heart died along with Qin Qinglian.

The author has something to say: The story of Qin Qinglian (Qin Sisi) and Wen Liang was mentioned in the article on Mass Burial Mounds

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