Unsheath

Broken Act III

It's night, Xinzhou is falling asleep, and the lights of Liang's mansion are still there.

The young master Liang Jingsheng suffered from a strange disease, and he was in a daze all day long, as if his mind and soul were separated.From time to time, he was sober-minded, and when he wanted to get something to eat, he would gesture to Tao Hui.He was unparalleled in handsomeness, but quickly lost weight, and his cheeks were loose and sunken.

Tao Hui carefully applied medicine to Liang Jingsheng's scratches, and finally stuffed his arm into the quilt with great effort.He had already closed his eyes, breathed out evenly, his eyebrows were so beautiful that Tao Hui was startled for a long time.When talking about love with her, he will still be a little shy, and will hug her tightly, making the arms of the sword solid and reliable.

Since he was hurt by others, he could not speak.Tongue and throat are intact, the doctor said it was a heart disease, there is no cure, and it needs to be well nourished.

Not letting go of a chance, the old lady set off to find the elder brother of the young master's younger sister Lin Qingxiao to seek medicine for her beloved son.

The Lin family is entrenched in the area of ​​Tianhai Mansion, and the wealthy side is still strong after two generations.Tao Hui thought that the old lady was going to seek an expert from the outside world, who might be able to bring back a miraculous doctor with wonderful hands and rejuvenation.

The old madam's health is getting worse and worse, this time the momentum is so great that she is the only one in the house.Several of her servants were worried about the unsustainability of the Liang family, and they were in constant fear, and she was too lazy to force them to do things.She and Jing Sheng have no children, which is probably the most worrying thing for the old lady.

When Tao Hui was guarding Liang Jingsheng, he slept too lightly and couldn't stop talking in his sleep, talking incoherently and fragmentedly.When he woke up, he was about to die again, without saying anything.

She was so sleepy that her eyelids were shaking, and she didn't dare to go out alone, she wanted to wait until the guard with the lantern came to patrol this area before leaving.She didn't close the door, groped her way to the table, and fell down unconscious.

A man appeared from the darkness of the room, holding a small incense burner in his hand.

Xu felt something, and Liang Jingsheng twitched slightly.He pursed his lips, spit out indistinct □□, occasionally mixed with a few syllables.He left home to study when he was a boy, and now he speaks Mandarin, which does not look like a native of Xinzhou.

"No... private... teacher, master..."

He was stunned, with fine cold sweat constantly oozing from his forehead, his brows were furrowed, and his limbs were shaking frantically.The visitor was bold enough to put the incense closer again, and he raised his hand all of a sudden!

"Second Senior Brother, are you alright?"

In the dark night, a cool tune sounded.

Liang Jingsheng's body stretched slowly, as if he had passed through a nasty dream and fell into a deep sleep.

Half an hour later, Liang Jingsheng repeated the same mistakes, and was comforted by incense to relieve his pain.The woman with the lady's bun sneezed.Unaffected, he clicked his mouth a few times, but he was not afraid of the cold and slept soundly.

The visitor became very playful, put the incense burner on Tao Hui's head, and sat on Liang Jingsheng's bed with his legs crossed.

When he was close to ugliness, the visitor leaned over carefully to look at Liang Jingsheng's ears.A millipede protrudes its tentacles from his ear.It is very slender, and its length cannot be estimated. It is crystal clear in the moonlight, with an ominous blood color, and it is hidden and invisible under the full moon.

Xu was bored with the host, it slipped out without a sound, wriggled and went underground.

There was a flash of white light, and the millipede stiffened.

It is intact, and the shadow below it has been divided into two parts!

After a while, it slowly split in two, and the slurry sprayed out.

Someone took out a porcelain bottle and sprinkled the powder on the worm shell—it shrank rapidly and turned into ashes—he admired the result for a while, then walked out of the room sideways, and just disappeared into the vast night.

The sunlight hit Tao Hui's hand, she woke up leisurely and blinked.She couldn't see her husband's face from her angle, so she took it for granted that he was still resting and was about to wash up by himself.

"Ah Hui... why are you sleeping here?"

The person on the bed said dumbly.

"Didn't I take care of you, did you forget?" She subconsciously responded, and immediately panicked, "...Oh, you've recovered from your illness! Young Master...Jing Sheng can speak now!"

"Give me water."

Liang Jingsheng had been ill for a long time and was too weak to pronounce words.Tao Huishang couldn't extricate himself from the ecstasy, said yes in one voice, and began to think about the next thing.

"Jing Sheng! I, I'm going to tell Mr. Accountant that his old lady in lower script likes to read..."

After drinking the water, he thought about it and asked, "Was anyone there last night?"

Tao Hui was puzzled: "You are confused, what are you talking about, I am here, and fell asleep before the night watchman... Could it be amnesia? I will ask the guards to invite the doctor!"

Liang Jingsheng smiled wryly and shook his head.

Tao Hui is only 24 years old and still looks like a child. He is the orphan of Liang Jingsheng's peers, and he has been watching him grow up.After becoming his first wife, she didn't have much heart, but now she was concerned about it, and went to the accountant in a hurry.He watched until he could no longer see, trying to get up.Most of the injuries were healed, but there was a little lack of energy and blood, and the beating was too crazy at the time.

He reached out and scooped up the edge of the bed, and touched Saber Qingyu.He took a deep breath, closed his eyes tightly, and pressed the jade pendant tied to the hilt to his heart.He was so rebellious, yet he was always protected.

"Master, is it you... The apprentice is wrong..."

Tao Hui spread the good news of the young master's recovery all the way, and ran to the accountant.Tao Hui rushed in and asked him to write a letter, and he agreed.The old man's hair and beard are white, and he can't write in regular script very fast. She was bored waiting, and stood by the threshold looking up at the sky.

Xinzhou is to the south, the climate is warmer than Tianhaifu, and a hundred birds are already singing.A cuckoo stopped on the ground, opened its bright red beak and wailed to the north.Seeing that it was out of gregariousness, Tao Hui remembered Liang Jingsheng's allusion of "Zi Gui crying blood", and felt pity for it, so she turned to feed it with pasta.

But Zigui didn't appreciate it, and as soon as he spread his wings, he flew away close to the roof of Liang's mansion.

Tao Hui pouted, and chased it back to Liang Jingsheng's yard.

The young master of the Liang family was like a confused child, holding the Qingyu sword tightly.Tao Hui froze for a moment, went up to embrace him tenderly, and stroked his hair.

Zigui looked down at the loving couple, and kept silent—it was hungry and was going to find its owner.

A few days later, in the northeast of Xinzhou, Tianhai Mansion.

Lin Qingxiao, who was stranded at home, received two letters from Fei Ge, both of which were written by Gongzi Mo.One is that Liang Jingsheng's sanity has recovered, and the reason is unknown; the other is that two years ago, a young woman who claimed to be Chu Qiao stayed at Chengzhe Peak in the name of Chumen, and left without saying goodbye three days later, but it was found that she went to Passenger ship in Hezhou.

At the same time, Lin Qingye's people got in touch with the elder brother's widow.

After mourning, she had remarried. Fortunately, she was still visiting the grave regularly before she was found.

Huo Ting is a general who has pacified the southwest highlands several times and made great contributions.About three years ago, he went deep into the hinterland of the barbarians, and was betrayed by the adjutant. He ran out of ammunition and food, and asked his subordinates to hold his head, begging today for a crime.

The strange thing is that Huo Ting's head did not rot until he went to the capital, and all the civil and military officials in the court were frightened.Today, I was horrified, and hastily conferred titles and titles, and bestowed countless wealth, just to appease the general's grievances.

In the storyteller's version, he turned into a bodyless ghost to demand the traitor's life.

Lin Qingxiao is not as close as Chu Qiaolai to Huo Ting and Liang Jingsheng.The two people in front have established their own family long ago, but only in name.Apart from the few children in the county who climbed trees and poked honeycombs, her only playmates were senior sisters.

When she was young, she asked her master how the brothers got started, and he smiled inscrutablely, saying it was fate.

If he had knowledge, would he worry about his incompetent disciples?

Her curiosity about the whereabouts of the senior brothers actually came from the words of the senior sister before the trial.

Chu Qiao was hailed as a prodigy, and she was sure of winning the pass. She skipped three days of morning exercise for no reason, and was fined to clean up the wreckage after dinner.

It was midsummer, so she took out the handkerchief Cui Sanlang embroidered for her carelessly, and vigorously rubbed it left and right like a rag, trying to wipe off the dirt on the dining table.

"Senior sister, what are you doing after you go down the mountain?"

After 14-year-old Lin Qingxiao entered the door, the farthest place she has been to is the county seat.

Chu Qiao was very patient with her junior sister: "Do you know why I don't get up early these three days?"

"be lazy?"

Lin Qingxiao replied without hesitation.

"How could it be, Junior Sister, don't get me wrong," Chu Qiao cleared her throat, and said solemnly, "I have been serious and honest. The world is big, of course you have to be prepared. "

She casually threw the handkerchief on the table, took out a scroll from her sleeve, and rolled it out.There are many names of counties and mountains and rivers on it, which are quite detailed.

Lin Qingxiao saw some clues and asked, "Map?"

"It's amazing," Chu Qiao said. If Chu Qiao had a tail, she would definitely fly into the sky. "Cui Sanlang sold it to me cheaply. His family, regardless of gender, has been doing embroidery for generations. Some merchants will entrust them to make maps, so that they can carry on."

Hearing this, Lin Qingxiao thought of Cui Sanlang coercingly handing a handkerchief to Chu Qiao.In fact, not only the son of the Cui family, but also the teenagers of the same level could not ignore Chu Qiao.Accompanied by Truman, she is as easy-going as a teacher's wife. She is born with some ghosts and cleverness, and she seems to be able to take root wherever she goes.Now that she is about to celebrate her 16th birthday, she seems to be even more dazzling.

Lin Qingxiao felt a little uncomfortable.Chu Qiao came over to grab her fingers and give her some space. She didn't struggle, but was dazed.

"Junior Sister, look, our Truman is here... I'm going to find the senior brothers, the second senior brother is in Xinzhou... that's right here! The salary means firewood, so there is a forest around the city...I'm going to learn from the Xuanyin School Royal Bird..."

The hot flashes of breath hit Lin Qingxiao's ears, making her ears turn red with embarrassment.Chu Qiao didn't even know how many teenagers had a crush on her, how could she understand the girl's mind, and thought it was Qingxiao who came out of it.Her birthday is in July, and the cicadas are already singing very loudly.

"Do you feel warm?"

"Do not……"

Chu Qiao couldn't see why, and thought that her junior sister was frightened by hundreds of cities in the world, so she told her, "It's good that you have nothing to do. You must come to see me on the day I go to the trial. It's hot, don't suffer from heat stroke." .”

She circled Qingxiao's wrist again, and placed it on top of the three characters "Tianhaifu".

"Qingxiao, this is your home."

Lin Qingxiao shook her head and whispered, "It's Truman."

Chu Qiao paused for a moment, but changed the topic: "Tianhai Mansion is in the east. Your family is still very prominent, with a lot of money, and you give us money every year. If you go down the mountain, remember to visit Lin Qingye, he This person is brilliant, but he likes you and will always help you."

"What did Senior Sister say?" Lin Qingxiao said stubbornly, "I will look for you first when I go down the mountain."

The careless man seemed to understand her attachment, and agreed with a smile.They are not much different, they are only two years old, but in Lin Qingxiao's heart, there is a deep gap between them.Chu Qiao felt that this junior sister worried her a lot, and she couldn't just leave like this.

In fact, she did.

Lin Qingxiao was taken down the mountain by her teacher, but she didn't see the trial.On the way home, there was a heavy rain, and the wind was very refreshing, but she was eager to return home.Outside the courtyard of Truman's mansion, there is a verdant landscape, standing a familiar person, it is Chu Qiao who has retreated from the body.After she won, she ignored her father's cloudy face and pried a new sword.

They hugged each other for a long time after the new rain.

"I'll give you my namelessness, and take away the Duanying of the head. It will be your safe talisman in the world in the future. Truman is like a paradise, you don't need to learn to survive, but the outside world is dangerous, I can't be like being in Truman for the rest of my life I will protect you as well."

Chu Qiao was right, with her around, the overlord in the county would not dare to do anything to her.

She remained motionless, letting the senior sister deliberately blow into her ears.Halfway there, Chu Qiao was annoyed and amused by her lack of oil and salt, kissed her cheek on purpose and made a loud noise.Lin Qingxiao finally panicked, and stood on tiptoe to pay tribute to the past.

Many years later, when Lin Qingxiao thought of that day again, it was Chu Qiao's unhesitating back, and that mischievous kiss that was only for children.

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After this chapter, the plot began to be chaotic, and the yellow card was warned.