no one knows better than me

Zhuang Qingliu, who was packing up her things, also turned her head: "Madam Qi, is there anything else you need to do?"

Qi Hu nodded, leaned over to put on his shoes, held up the plum blossom rails, and asked, "You know, why mother has been living here all these years?"

"Because it's remote and quiet here..." Mei Hualan supported her and turned her head to look at the night outside the window, "And because...it's near Lingshan?"

"Yes. It's close to Lingshan." Qi Hu sat by the bed, took a quiet look outside, and said, "Mother had a group of close relatives back then. After being hunted, blood was drawn and flesh was drawn, tortured to death in every possible way. After these people died They have all turned into hostile spirits, and no one can subdue them. They have been suppressed in Lingshan all these years, and my mother is here to watch them. But as soon as I leave, no one can suppress them. Only the remaining Once the wraiths with vague consciousness run out, they will be even more powerful, and it is the disaster of those innocent ordinary people."

Zhuang Qingliu looked in the direction of Lingshan, turned back quickly, and said, "You don't have to worry about this. I will deal with it."

Qi Hu shook his head at her: "These are not ordinary grievances. They were deliberately refined by the people of the Hou family back then. Even if they can be subdued, they will definitely cause you to suffer major or minor injuries. What's more Young master, you have been chased by Lei Jie recently, so you cannot easily use your spiritual power."

Zhuang Qingliu frowned and wanted to say something, Qi Hu turned and walked to the window, looked outside and said: "I also have some old enemies in the Dachuanhou clan, I hope to settle with them tonight."

Mei Hualan opened her mouth: "My brother and I will replace you..."

"Silly boy, your life is yours, and your mother's is yours." Qi Hu turned his head, raised his hand suddenly, and stroked his daughter's hair, with the years of hardship hidden in his eyes, "Your father and I They are husband and wife, but it was also because of my clansman's affairs that changed his life. Over the years, my mother often thinks about it, and there are some things that I know are right, but I still regret it a little."

"There is only one thing, and I will never regret it when I think about it. That is, he and I have the two of you—he was very happy when you and your brother were born."

Mei Hualan suddenly lowered her head and covered her eyes with her hands: "Mother..."

Qi Hu's eyes were filled with indescribable softness, he reached out and hugged Mei Hualan deeply into his arms, and kissed her hair.

"Your father abandoned his position as the young suzerain and left the Mei family. Apart from not being used to the habits of some people, he did all kinds of bad things and made many enemies. It is also because he knows some things about the Mei family, but he doesn't know How to deal with the blood relatives who live together day and night, so he chose to leave by himself. But the Mei family became like this later, involving countless lives. He also regretted it many times and felt that he was weak, so at this special time tonight, mother I also want to stand here and see for him.”

The most important thing is that she came back as Mei Zongci's wife and the supposed mistress of the Mei family.At this time, she must stand up in front of those in the Mei family, stand in front of the most people, so that she can write off and repay all the debts she owed in the past, and only then can her two children win the most legitimate status in the future.

Everything was under consideration without words, after Zhuang Qingliu took a deep look into her eyes, he finally whispered: "Madam Qi..."

Qi Hu shook his head, motioning for her to stop talking, let go of the plum blossom rail and walked to the corner of the table, took out a list from under a pile of old books, handed it out, and said: "This is some of the same clansmen who have taken care of us over the years. People and elders, these people are very good people, there is no lack of virtue, and should not be affected, you take them away in a while."

Mei Hualan reached out to take it.

Qi Hu pulled out a red blood jade safety buckle from his close neck, and after taking it off, he put his hands in front of Zhuang Qingliu, and said seriously: "The left and right halves of this safety buckle are made of Huazhou and Huazhou respectively. The umbilical cord blood of Lan was born in that year. In our hometown, mothers would carry such things with them all their lives to pray for the safety of their children. Although I know that there is no one who has no relatives and no reason, I should not bother to entrust them, but I always feel that I Should have had a relationship with you."

"So I want to entrust these two children to you in my heart. Please take care of them more in the future."

After Madam Qi finished speaking, she got up and stood up, stretched out her embroidered robe, folded her hands and gave Zhuang Qing the greatest gift in her life.

Zhuang Qingliu performed the same salute as her, knelt down in front of Qi Hu, took her jade buckle with both hands, and said softly: "Given by the elder, I dare not resign."

"After I die, I will continue to be buried near the Lingshan Mountain. Your father didn't have any bones left, so you can use his clothes to be buried with me. Don't go to the cliff tomb of the Mei clan. Your father doesn't like it. I I don't like it either."

"And your brother. Your brother... Just let him concentrate on his own business. You don't have to come back to see me, and don't remember hatred too much in your heart."

Qi Hu opened the door with both hands, turned his head in the night, and suddenly said to Mei Hualan and Zhuang Qingliu: "You don't have to be filial for me, mother has never given you much in this life. So I hope you can live a better life as much as possible, no matter how good you are." One point, if you can have a good day, just live one more day, and live a happy life with the person you like."

The tearful Mei Hualan raised her eyes belatedly, as if unconsciously aware of the meaning of this sentence.But Qi Hu had already swept up into the sky, and his figure gradually flew into the night.

"Mother, mother... mother——!"

The fierce wind howled, the dark clouds covered the moon, Mei Hualan stumbled to pick up the sword, and instantly chased in the direction Qi Hu left. The rushing people swarmed endlessly.Qi Hu's figure has been submerged into the crowd, but Mei Hualan has been curled up beside her, defending her from being hacked.

No matter where she was pushed by the tide, Zhuang Qingliu was always like a shadow floating in mid-air, watching the battle behind her, until Mei Hualan tried her best and couldn't stand anymore, then she swept her wide sleeves lightly, She took it into her arms.

There are fewer and fewer Mei family disciples who raised their swords to resist, and those who were hit were scattered all over the mountain.Then Hou's army gradually gathered like a tide, and the places swept by the big waves, whether it was mud or Shen Ke, would be empty.

Zhuang Qingliu glanced lightly, and was just about to leave with Mei Hualan in his arms.At this time, a figure suddenly fell in front of him——Plum Blossom Night.

The nominal cousin of the Meihualan siblings and the two actually don't look much alike, but they have been arrogant all their lives, and they value their dignity very much on weekdays. His face was still fresh and clean.

Zhuang Qingliu glanced at him without stopping.Meihuaye suddenly walked over with the epee that was still dripping blood.

"Don't be on guard." Mei Huaye cut her finger, lowered her head, and drew something like an emblem or pattern in the unconscious Mei Hualan's arms in Zhuang Qingliu's arms. After using the last light of the spiritual light, she disappeared into Mei Hualan's body and disappeared.

Zhuang Qingliu obviously knew what it was, so he just glanced casually without interrupting his movements.

"This is the Zongyin of our Mei family that is passed down from generation to generation only among the suzerains. Without inheriting the Zongyin, many places and restrictions in the Immortal Mansion cannot be opened." After Mei Huaye passed the Zongyin to Mei Hualan, suddenly Chu Jian lowered his eyes and smiled, "I like this sister more than that brat."

Zhuang Qingliu didn't intend to listen to what he said about being a younger sister at a time like this. After Zong Yin passed on, he spun around with Mei Hualan in his arms, and left in the air.

Mei Huaye laughed loudly behind her: "I know that with you here, I won't let her die. As long as there is one person in my Mei family, my ancestor's 500-year family business will not be considered destroyed in my hands. Those who made stepping stones will always have revenge... Hahahahahahaha! Kill me!!"

The ethereal voice behind him gradually faded away, and Zhuang Qingliu flitted lightly among countless rubble roofs and breeze treetops, casually thinking of some scenes he had seen a few years ago - at that time, Mrs. Mei was always talking about Mei Hualan's brothers and sisters scolded, Mei Hualan didn't like to talk, and often kept quiet, but Mei Huazhou sometimes looked up seriously, and retorted a few words neither humble nor overbearing.And at that time, on the night of plum blossoms, there would always be a time when the plum blossoms would shut up.

Mrs. Mei didn't say anything in person, but turned around and reprimanded Mei Huaye: "Don't think that you secretly reprimanded Mei Jiaxu all day long, and I didn't know you were protecting them both."

"Ah——" Mei Huaye raised her hand indifferently, "Whoosh", threw the ancestral suzerain sword into the lake and speared a fish, and said casually, "Aren't I a brother?"

Mrs. Mei sneered and said, "Brother? Who are you going to be brother?" She pointed to the direction Mei Hualan left, "Didn't you hear what she called you on weekdays? On the surface, she lowered her eyebrows and called 'brother' in a calm manner! And what did she call Mei Huazhou? It was 'Brother'!"

Mei Huaye laughed, clapped her hands casually, turned her head, and glanced at Mei Hualan's small body going to the school yard: "It's just a heartless little thing."

Mrs. Mei didn't bother to waste any more words, she just passed him and walked along the corridor.

A gust of night wind blows, Zhuang Qingliu embraces the plum blossoms and lands in the large suburban yard that has been prepared in advance. Everyone on Qi Hu's list has already been received here. At this moment, the small yards that are stacked on each other are lit with lightly dancing candles .

At this time, Mei Hualan, who had woken up at some point, opened her eyes motionlessly, as if she was looking at the dark sky and said blankly, "Have I grown up already?"

Zhuang Qingliu hugged her and stood under a bare snow-covered tree, suddenly lowered her head and laughed coaxingly: "Where did you grow up, you're still a kid."

Mei Hualan closed her eyes deeply without warning, and turned her head gently into her arms: "Then why do I have no parents?"

Zhuang Qingliu's footsteps walking into the house came to an abrupt halt, bowed her head with soreness in her heart, kissed her hair lightly like Qi Hu, and whispered: "You still have me. I will love you well."

With tears streaming down her face, Mei Hualan stretched out her hand tightly and clasped her back.

The gray sky gradually dissipated, and the morning light slowly woke up. Finally, when the sunlight pierced through the clouds, the group of offshoot disciples led by Mei Huazhou rushed to the foot of the mountain of Mei Family Immortal Mansion.The entire Mei Family Immortal Mansion was already a scorched mess, ruined walls and felled trees all over the mountains and plains, and all the people who fell to the ground had lost their breath, and the entire Qiandao Lake was filled with bright blood red.

A disciple's eyes became hot in an instant, and he cried bitterly: "Senior brother...big brother, the sect is gone."

Mei Huazhou also stood in the cold wind for a long time before pressing them to leave in the patrol of Houshi's monks, and whispered: "It's not that the sect is gone, it's that people are gone."

In the next few days, the bodies of Qi Hu and some members of the Mei family were found and buried. Mei Huazhou and Mei Hualan stood side by side in front of the parked coffin and could not kneel for long. A low cry came out.

In order to coax Mei Hualan to eat, Zhuang Qingliu, who is not good at cooking, started to make delicious food in the kitchen. After tasting a couple of mouthfuls of what he made, he threw it away decisively and ran outside - secretly learning from a master on the roof of the kitchen of another restaurant .

It's not that she thinks so, it's actually that this Linshui restaurant has its own rules of not taking out food and drinks, and the chef also signed a contract with the restaurant, so he can't take students without permission.

Seeing Zhuang Qingliu going up to the house to uncover the tiles, and lying on the tiles like a big bird, Zhu Heng felt that it was normal, but he was sitting on the curved eaves and halfway through talking, and then suddenly asked: "What does this smell like?" ?”

After speaking, he took a glance, and suddenly found that Zhuang Qingliu had opened a hole in the roof.Zhu Heng was a little shocked and immediately said: "What are you doing? What are you peeping at?"

"Peeping to learn how to cook. Otherwise, do you think it's easy to be an upright teacher here?" Zhuang Qingliu squeezed her mouth as a matter of course, "—Shhh, keep your voice down, the food here is the best, To learn, of course, to learn the best."

And Mei Hualan usually likes to drink the freshest porridge here, if she learns how to make it back home, she should be able to coax her to eat more.

Zhu Heng gave her a white look, hooked her hand angrily and dragged her away: "Hurry up, Lei is here!"

Zhuang Qingliu glanced tiredly at the thunder and lightning chasing her in the sky, flicked his hand "swish", and left the apprenticeship fee for the master she unilaterally worshiped - a bright coral bead.

"Wait, wait, wait."

Both of them jumped off the roof, Zhuang Qingliu came back like a big moth, and tiptoed: "I almost forgot to close the tiles for him."

"..."

When eating in the afternoon, Zhuang Qingliu deliberately chose the place in the open and bright back lake, and also planted a bunch of fake flowers pinched by spiritual power on the bald camphor tree next to him, half-coaxing and half-kneading people to come and sit .

Mei Hualan glanced through the dishes with some weary eyes.

Zhuang Qingliu enthusiastically pushed all the dishes in front of her, then opened a bamboo snack box, raised her head and asked, "Lan Lan, what are you doing?"

Zhu Heng gave her a strange look: "Eat buns."

"Why eat buns?" Zhuang Qingliu immediately hooked the small bamboo cage and turned it 180 degrees, "I didn't make it for you, thank you."

Zhu Heng: "..."

Zhuang Qingliu moved away the dishes in front of Mei Hualan that hadn't touched her chopsticks for a long time, and arranged the small buns and a bowl of porridge in the cage for her: "Don't you want to grow taller? If you want to grow taller, you have to eat more, not even a single meal Pull that."

Mei Hualan's heart suddenly moved, and she slightly raised her eyes to look at her.Zhuang Qingliu was looking at her with a smile on her cheek: "You don't eat well. I'm not very happy recently. If you want me to be happy, eat more."

"..." Although Mei Hualan didn't say anything, she picked up a spoon and ate a lot.In the end, Zhuang Qingliu patted his head: "Good boy."

……

In the next few days, as the Hou family moved to occupy the Mei family's Immortal Mansion, the rest of the Mei family's disciples began to consolidate and retreat in an attempt to counterattack.The entire family of Immortals also talked about it all day long, and gradually began to spread some special rumors, such as hearing that Mei Huazhou's brother and sister had turned against Zhuang Qingliu and vowed not to stand against her.

"Oh?" A group of people gathered in the teahouse immediately put down their cups curiously, and one of them asked, "Why?"

"Hey, why else? Hou's attack on the Mei family and bloodbathed them all because of two recent incidents - one is the fact that Meihualan broke into Hou's plunder and killed Hou Pan a few days ago. It turned out that Mei Hualan fell on Mei Hualan, but everyone knew that Zhuang Qingliu was actually reckless and rebellious, and Mei Hualan was just a follower."

"And the second thing is about Hou Yin's nightmare a few years ago. Hou Yin is now dead because of the nightmare technique. It is said that it was brought down by Meihua Zhou in Wulan Mountain back then, but everyone knows that my family of immortals is not Without this technique, the rest of the monks who were sent to Gumengchao had never learned this technique. How could Meihuazhou know it? How could it be possible for Hou Yin to use it only once if he knew it? So this is just Zhuang Qing's hand! "

"Oh—" one person patted the teacup, "So the disaster of the Mei family was actually caused by Zhuang Qingliu?"

"Haha, I don't know, brother." Another person said mysteriously, "The brothers and sisters of Meihuazhou have special identities and have always been excluded in the Mei family. Now that Meihuaye is dead, he has already started recruiting troops to rebuild the sect. He will become the suzerain soon. It's a matter of course, and I don't know whether the Mei family's matter is his disaster or blessing. But one thing is certain, the mother of his brother and sister is dead!"

One person suddenly realized: "That means Zhuang Qingliu killed their mother! This is revenge for killing their mother!"

……

Although Mei Hualan didn't hear such rumors, she has gradually discovered that Zhuang Qingliu seems to be gradually keeping a distance from herself, and will no longer appear with her in front of people. If she appears, she will change her Face.

Mei Hualan looked at her for a moment for no reason, then raised her hand to remove the mask on her face.

But Zhuang Qingliu flitted back a little, laughed and said softly: "Stay away from me in front of people, it will be good for you in the future."

Mei Hualan knelt in front of Qi Hu's coffin and whispered, "Why would I do that?"

Zhuang Qingliu watched her quietly in the corner of the room for a while, then walked over and hugged her: "Then do you want to hang out with me for the rest of your life?"

The crying bag who hadn't shed tears for several days suddenly put his arms around her neck and buried his head in the hollow of her shoulder.

Zhuang Qingliu immediately softened her heart, hugged and patted her head: "Okay, okay. Hmm."

The night was getting dark, Mei Hualan was carried back to the room, and she still stretched out her hand after she was put on the bed, just looking at Zhuang Qingliu with sparkling eyes, clutching her sleeves again, and didn't speak.

Zhuang Qingliu suddenly laughed, and teased like she lowered her head when she was a child: "What's the matter, do you want me to sleep with you?"

There were gradually rustling sounds of insects outside the house, and after an unknown amount of time, Mei Hualan said, "Yeah."

Zhuang Qingliu's gaze calmed down slightly, and after standing by the bed for a long time, she lowered her body bit by bit, squatted in front of Mei Hualan and gently wiped her hair back: "I seem to be a little bit reluctant to part with you .”

Mei Hualan's eyelids moved slightly, and the emotion in her eyes floated up silently.At this time, Zhuang Qingliu stretched out his hand, covered her eyes with his palm, and then leaned his head against her in the position of lying on the bedside: "Then I will sleep with you. Close your eyes."

Mei Hualan obviously wanted to say something, and obviously wanted to see her again, but under such a warm and soft palm, she closed her eyes little by little, and fell asleep on top of her tiredness.

It wasn't until she fell asleep that Zhuang Qingliu slowly withdrew her hand. After looking down at the bedside for a long time, she silently raised her hand and touched her ear that had been kissed before.He touched her soft lips again.

That night, Young Master Zhuang, who always came and went like a big moth, kept jumping out of a window and turning back, until the sky was completely bright, and then a cluster of spiritual light ignited on his fingertips, burning The little note I left behind.

Mei Hualan had just woken up from a dream of spring flowers blooming, when she saw the person who was still sitting by the bed bowed her head, stretched out two hands and rubbed her face, saying: "I will take you back to the old dream tide. Bar."