Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 15: Old Things

Only Zhan Zhao and Ding Xiu were left in the room, and neither of them spoke for a while.

After a long time, Ding Xiu shrank his whole body into the grand teacher's chair, buried his head in his arms, and said in a buzzing voice, "Zhan Zhao, I was a little excited just now, don't take it to heart."

Zhan Zhao was already apologetic in his heart, but Ding Xiu felt even more sorry when he said this, coughed and said, "Axiu, it's my fault, I have never considered your situation."

Ding Xiu shook his head against his arm, and said in a muffled voice, "No, you don't understand the situation, so I'm going to get angry at you. It's too wrong." He said in a low voice.

Zhan Zhao's heart moved, and he asked her: "Axiu, is this really... so serious?"

Ding Xiu raised her head, her eye circles were still red, she sniffed, and said, "What do you mean? Why is it serious?"

Zhan Zhao said slowly, "Axiu, you said just now that you put your life on the line for this matter."

Ding Xiu's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm, "Humph" and said: "Can't I exaggerate? Besides, you are a Nan Xia with great skills, so you don't know the suffering of us small characters. To be honest, If I hadn’t stayed in Kaifeng mansion during this time, but searched around, I might have died somewhere, and there was no one to collect my body.”

Hearing the absurdity of what she said, Zhan Zhao quickly interrupted her: "Axiu, how can you curse yourself like that?"

Ding Xiu chuckled lightly: "That's a curse? Then maybe I will end up in a worse situation? God doesn't have eyes, Zhan Zhao, I don't care about him, I want to care about God. He wiped his neck with a knife."

Zhan Zhao was annoyed and funny at what she said, so he paused and said to her: "That can't be so nonsense, Axiu, look at me." Ding Xiu raised his head and looked at him, his eyes were clear and clear, as if two eyes were full. Wang Shui, she didn't say a word, quietly waiting for Zhan Zhao to speak.

Looking at Ding Xiu's quiet and well-behaved appearance, Zhan Zhao suddenly softened a part of his heart, he looked seriously into Ding Xiu's eyes, and said solemnly: "Axiu, don't worry, no matter what dangers, I will protect you of."

Ding Xiu's tears flowed down all at once, she covered her eyes with one hand, and couldn't help sobbing.For such a long time, alone for such a long time, suffering so much, suffering so much, worrying all night, no one has ever said this to her, no one has ever said to her, "I will take care of you." ",there has never been.

For a long time, the road ahead has been dark, no matter how she walks, she can't get out of the circle drawn by fate, and no matter how she walks, there will be no good results.But now it is different, now it seems that a ray of light suddenly shot in, illuminating the world.So what if you can't escape your fate?So what if there are no good results?All of a sudden it seems to be less important.There is someone who will always be with her, and she doesn't want to have a long life with him.But as that person said, he will protect her well, even if nothing can be changed, she is willing.

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In the next few days, Zhan Zhao and Ding Xiu lived on the island with peace of mind.Ding Xiu was even more happy, because Bai Yutang told her that now it's the big fish season, and it's enough to eat fresh fish.So Ding Xiu spent the past few days drinking the Fen wine Zhuyeqing won by Bai Yutang and eating the famous yellow croaker cooked by Lu Fang's wife Min Xiuxiu, which is well-known throughout Songjiang Prefecture, living a very uneasy life.

Seven days later, Bai Yutang told Ding Xiu that all the 36 organ locks had been unlocked.

Looking at the black box on the table, Ding Xiu was a little uncertain: "This, is it the last step?"

Bai Yutang gave a "hmm" and pointed to a mechanism gate in the upper right corner: "The mechanism gate has been revealed, success or failure depends on you."

"Look at mine?" Ding Xiu was taken aback, "Did I hear that right? No... are you coming?"

Bai Yutang crossed his arms: "Anyway, it's just a switch. If you have hands, you can do it. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

Ding Xiu looked at Zhan Zhao, then at the gate, shook his head and said, "No, no, I can't, I'll leave it to you, you have unlocked all 36 gates, no... not bad for this one."

Bai Yutang stared at Ding Xiu's eyes, and said slowly: "It seems that you really don't know where to turn."

Ding Xiu looked up, puzzled and said: "How do you say that? Could it be, you know?"

Bai Yutang pulled out the chair and sat down, motioned for Ding Xiu and Zhan Zhao to sit down too, reached out to pour himself a glass of wine, stroked the glass in his hand, and said, "This box was made by my master Wei Yunqing himself. I can probably guess what's inside," he looked at Ding Xiu, and said slowly, "It's the seed of the seven bitter flowers, isn't it?"

Ding Xiu lowered his head and didn't speak.

Bai Yutang asked: "Girl, tell me the truth, where did you get this box?"

Ding Xiu thought for a while, and said: "My teacher left it to me. She said that a major event happened 20 years ago. Changzhou... The Mo family was destroyed. She and the master were rescued from the fire... This box belongs to the box." .”

Bai Yutang nodded: "Changzhou Mo's house... That's right. My master once said that he made three such boxes, one in my hands, one in the Daming Mansion's Shangguan's house, and one, which is At Mo’s house in Changzhou. I’m not very clear about the major events 20 years ago, but the box should contain the seven bitter flower seeds. Back then, the master was bewitched by Na Mo Gu’s words and left the seven bitter flower seeds behind, which eventually led to a catastrophe.”

Ding Xiu swayed for a while, then stabilized, stretched out his fingers to pinch the center of his eyebrows, and said, "And then? Do you know where to pull?"

Bai Yutang shook his head: "I'm not sure, but I can vaguely guess. I don't know the box at Shangguan's house. In the box in my hand, the mechanism for opening the lid is in the lower right corner, the mechanism for putting putrid liquid in the upper left corner, and the mechanism gate is in the lower left corner." To open the box, you need to turn the brake up.” He paused, pointing to the box on the table, “This box, the mechanism lock is exactly the same as my box, but the positions of the mechanisms at the three corners are reversed, so I think ..."

Ding Xiu interjected: "The switch of this box is to be turned down!"

Bai Yutang nodded with a smile: "I'm just guessing, how to pull it out is up to you to decide."

Ding Xiu took two steps back, put his hands behind his back, and shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no, I won't do it if I say no, you can do it, manly man, how can this kind of thing make me a... weak Ladies come to do it..."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help laughing, and regretted it after laughing, because he suddenly found that Ding Xiu was looking at him like he was looking at a steamed carp.

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