The bright moon sits on the ground

This down,? That is a full three days.

In the dream, all kinds of people passed by him, and their eyes didn't stay on him for even a minute or a second.

Nie Qiu opened his eyes.

There are clean clothes on his body, and the soft cushion on the bed in his bedroom under his body, which is light and fluffy, like a ball of cotton.

He opened his mouth, his throat was so sore, and every syllable he could barely utter was hoarse and low.

The maid quickly brought over a cup of warm water, pressed it to Nie Qiu's lips and let him drink a couple of sips.

For the past three days, he has had a fever intermittently. Nie's mansion is extremely busy. The maid just went out to change the basin of water, and when she came in, he found that his whole body was hot again. Sweat, looks very uncomfortable.

Even if he wakes up now, his body is still sore and weak, and he can't move.

The snow is falling outside, it seems to be very cold, but there is a heater in the bedroom, which dispels the cold of winter.

There is a faint and long-lasting fragrance in the air, it is soothing fragrance.

The maid came over and wiped the sweat off Nie Qiu's forehead, and said softly, "I'll call the master to come."

Nie Qiu squinted at her slightly, then shook his head.

But the master said that as soon as Nie Qiu woke up, he would tell him immediately.As soon as the maid showed a bit of embarrassment, she heard the fourth young master in front of her say in a hoarse voice, "Tell me about the past few days."

The maid who had stayed at Nie's house for five or six years thought for a moment.

"Fourth son,? When you suddenly passed out, everyone was terrified. The master immediately asked someone to carry you in, and then called the doctor to come over to see your illness..." She paused,? I don't know what to say It is inappropriate to say, "You have too many wounds, especially the knife wound on your back. The bones are deep, and the clothes and flesh are stuck together. We can only cut your clothes. The doctor said that you have several fractures on your body. , the internal injury is also serious, mainly because it has been dragged on for too long, and the vitality is damaged. It is estimated that the root cause of the disease will fall, and it can only be healed slowly. When he said this, the master's face was ashen. "

"During the period, the master and madam came to see him several times. After the fourth young master's fever subsided slowly, the master went back to the study—the madam went to buy some new clothes, and put them all in the cabinet."

While the maid was talking, she remembered something else, "Master was afraid that you might not be used to the bitter medicine, so he went to ask someone to buy candied fruit. The taste is sweet and not greasy. You can taste it when you drink the medicine later." Have a taste."

Nie Qiu's lips moved, as if he had said something.

"What?" The maid didn't hear clearly.

"I don't like sweets." Nie Qiu's voice was hoarse and deep, his throat seemed to be still hurting when he spoke, even though he gritted his teeth, he said the sentence word by word, "Throw it away. "

The maid was at a loss for a moment, and it took a while before she said "yes".

"Whatever the Fourth Young Master wants, I'll call someone to buy it."

Nie Qiu took a slow breath, inhaled the rich scent of calming fragrance in the air and the smell of falling snow outside the room into his nostrils, and then said: "No. I don't want anything."

He didn't want to talk anymore, turned his head and closed his eyes.

Sink back into the drowsy dream.

The doctor was right, Nie Qiu's body just fell to the root of the disease.

Even within half a year after recovering from the illness, as long as he is a little emotionally agitated, he can't help but bend down and cough dryly, which affects his internal organs and causes a dull pain.In winter, as soon as the snow fell, the place where the bone had been broken in the knee would be aching. When the pain was so severe that I couldn’t even walk, I could only hug the stove and sit at the door in a thick fox fur coat to watch the snow.

That is to say, during this year, Nie Qiu's emotions gradually became introverted, and finally became a little silent.

He can't be angry, not even too happy. Occasionally when he wants to see a visitor, he puts on his usual face, with a smile on his mouth, but there is no smile in his eyes, and he doesn't even feel the slightest feeling in his heart. nor.

It was as if something invisible separated him from the world.

Only when thinking of Shenyun Pavilion, can Nie Qiu feel a trace of freshness.

However, his body is weak now, soaked in medicine, gold is very expensive, let alone practicing martial arts, he may not even swing a knife for a long time, at most he can only light a lamp when it is raining heavily outside, and look at it in the dim light. The Hanshuang knife with the handle was sharpened several times, but he was reluctant to just put it back into the sheath, so he simply took the broken knife and drinking fire, and put it beside him.

There is a tassel with the character "Qing" on the fire-drinking knife.

On the Hanshuang knife, there is a tassel with the word "Autumn" on it.

Sometimes I forgot to put the scabbard back into the scabbard, and just fell asleep lying next to the two knives.

Waking up early in the morning and turning around, the bright blades were facing him. Nie Qiu didn't feel scared. Slowly move it to your hand.

It was only at this time that he clearly realized that he was a disciple practicing martial arts in Shenyun Pavilion, and that he should be a knight-errant walking the rivers and lakes, not a delicate young master living in Nie's house.

Too much time has passed.

But the deep knife wound on his back will always be there.

Nie Qiu never went back to Shenyun Pavilion. Firstly, he didn’t dare to go back. It seemed that as long as he didn’t go back, the disciples of Shenyun Pavilion would still live well behind the bamboo sea; secondly, there was no need to go back. His body couldn't withstand the long journey, and he was very weak, so he just watched when he went back, and he didn't want to bring the attendants of the Nie family with him.

He knew where Han Shan was now, and he also knew the identities of those men in black.

They are thieves, hang a neutral archway, join a small sect, and hide in the forest like beasts.

You know what you know, but Nie Qiu can't do anything now, he has no cards and no status.

Although the Nie family is a well-known family of merchants, they are not closely connected with the major sects of Zhengdao.

What's more, Nie Qiu is now only the "fourth son" of the Nie family. If he wants to hide something from Nie Chi, he must first weigh his own value before speaking to others.

And Nie Chi didn't mean to train him to be the head of the family, and everyone could see it.

In other words, Nie Qiu is worthless in the eyes of others.

He can't win over any forces.

But Nie Qiu is not in a hurry, he has plenty of time to wait.

Wait for his health to improve, and wait for Han Shan to let go of his vigilance.

The only thing I felt guilty about was that I couldn't explain to Master and the others earlier.

Having said that, Nie Qiu still has to get what he wants.He is young and in poor health, so Nie Chi hasn't thought about giving him anything, but since Nie Qiu mentioned it, Nie Chi originally intended to let him do business, so let him choose.The land near the imperial city must be useless. Nie Chi would not give it to him if he wanted it, so Nie Qiu was conservative and chose the northern caravan a little farther away, although it was not as good as the area taken over by the rest of the Nie family. But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, better than nothing.

Seeing that he was interested in doing business, Nie Chi did not stop him, but felt a little relieved.

What's more, the foundation of the Nie family is there. At present, no matter how messy he is, it will not cause much loss to the Nie family.

However, Nie Qiu learned the way of doing business since he was a child, and he has been fascinated by it. Although he didn't do it very well, he was stable and stable, and he was much more reliable than the three older brothers on his head when they first started.

The opportunity came two years later, when the emperor traveled.

It stands to reason that anyone with a reputation is invited to go, and the Nie family is no exception.

There are so many people, men and women, old and young, Nie Qiu thinks there is nothing special about it, at most he is a bit pretty from the eyes of others, but there are too many good-looking people here, it is not his turn at all ——But the old man grabbed him as soon as he stretched out his hand. Nie Qiu subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but when he saw the approaching person, he held back forcefully.

He is the high priest of the dynasty, the status of being under one person and above ten thousand people.

At first, Nie Qiu thought he had made a mistake.Although the imperial court invited businessmen, it did not mean that the emperor really approved of these people who plundered half of his treasury, and they had no reason to win over himself, an adopted son of the Nie family.

So Nie Qiu respectfully asked, "High Priest, what's the matter?"

The old priest looked him up and down, didn't talk nonsense to him, and said directly: "It's you."

Nie Qiu was wondering when he saw the old priest turn away and whisper a few words into the emperor's ear.

After hearing this, the emperor raised his eyes and looked over with an unclear expression.

Nie Qiu was stabbed by that gaze, and felt a little creepy for a while, but he didn't look away.

Then he saw the emperor's lips move and said a word, good.

The next day, Qi Qianyuan, who is the fifth prince, brought people to visit Nie's house in person.

After listening to what the emperor asked Qi Qianyuan to convey, Nie Qiu felt in the fog.

Nie Chi was even more at a loss, but he was a businessman after all, so it was impossible for him to just throw away the meat that was delivered to his mouth.

Moreover, the family of merchants wanted to be the person who most wanted to climb up to the imperial court. With this as a springboard, they could do things that they dared not do in public in the past. Nie Chi originally thought about letting his daughter marry in. Since the emperor chose It would be even better if Nie Qiu was appointed as the high priest, so that the Nie family could directly establish a relationship with the imperial court.

So Nie Chi immediately made a final decision.

It was impossible for Nie Qiu to refuse the opportunity that came to him.

On the other hand, the young fifth prince, who heard that he was in poor health, asked someone to bring some supplements.

One stone caused a thousand waves.

Everyone in the imperial city knew that the fifth prince who was the most favored by the emperor visited the Nie family in person, and the people who came to give gifts broke the threshold.

In order to avoid suspicion, Nie Qiu didn't show up, and Nie Chi had to deal with it.

However, if Qi Qianyuan came, he would naturally have to greet him in person.

Back and forth, even Nie Qiu noticed something was wrong.

After Nie Qiu entered the palace, he asked the old priest insinuatingly, and his answer was that His Majesty is very busy these days and has no time to care about these things.

That is to say, Qi Qianyuan's visits several times, entrusting people to deliver supplements, and sending novelties from foreign countries as tributes are all his own ideas and have nothing to do with the emperor.

Nie Qiu quietly concealed the astonishment in his eyes, and replied to the old priest's "Why do you ask this?" He was just curious.

If someone else asked, it might be a bit inappropriate, but the old priest didn't think there was anything wrong with Nie Qiu's question.

After all, he just found out that his status is going straight to Qingyun, so it is inevitable to be excited.

After coming out of Panxing Hall, Nie Qiu thought about it, but instead of leaving, he went to find Qi Qianyuan.

Qi Qianyuan was the old god, and he was not surprised when he saw him coming, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

"Mr. Nie, just say what you want to say, these people won't go out and talk nonsense."

The implication is that the people around him are his cronies.

Nie Qiu really didn't have any leverage to negotiate with Qi Qianyuan, the only thing he had was the title of "High Priest". Qi Qianyuan didn't show any superfluous things on his face. He was silent for a moment and asked, "Does Your Highness trust me?"

"No one will believe you except me." Qi Qianyuan lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

No matter what Nie Qiu said, others would only believe Qi Qianyuan's words more.

"Can I trust Your Highness?"

Qi Qianyuan finally smiled, put down the cup in his hand, "You have no choice."

A person who dares to play games with the royal family without a way out is either too stupid or too crazy.

And Nie Qiu is obviously the latter.

Qi Qianyuan looked down at the magnanimous young man in front of him, and snorted softly.

He became slightly interested.

Qi Qianyuan had also heard about this fourth young master adopted by the Nie family, who shocked the world, but he hadn't heard anything about Nie Qiu for so long, so he thought he had disappeared from everyone.Looking at it now, it is not the same.

There is a desperate determination and madness in those amazingly beautiful eyes.

There is no retreat, and there is no need to retreat. This person came with the will to die.

When a person is in distress, as long as someone stretches out his hand, he will grab it like a life-saving straw. It's a pity that there are not many such kind-hearted people, and Qi Qianyuan happens to be neither.

Nie Qiu was standing on the edge of the cliff. If he pushed, he would fall to pieces, but if he pulled, he would be his benefactor.

However, if it is beneficial to him, Qi Qianyuan thought, he would not mind helping Nie Qiu.

After all, the emperor has not established a crown prince at this time, and that seat may belong to someone else at any time.

One more bargaining chip, why not do it.

Qi Qianyuan touched his chin, not to mention, he also wanted to hear what this man was willing to sacrifice his life for.

So he asked, "What do you want?"

"I want the lives of everyone above and below the Mausoleum Gate."

Qi Qianyuan tapped lightly on the armrest with his fingers.

He didn't know where the Lingshanmen sect came from, and he didn't know how many people there were—but since he hadn't even heard of it, it shouldn't be a sect; but Nie Qiu came to beg him, and the number of people Certainly not many.Even though he thought so, Qi Qianyuan didn't have the idea of ​​refusing, anyway, there are not a few dead guards under his command, not to mention...

This may be a handle that was clearly exposed in front of him.Nie Qiu continued: "I will do it myself."

Qi Qianyuan didn't hesitate too much, and responded after a moment of silence: "Of course."

"Is there any festival between Mr. Nie and Lingshan Gate?"

Only then did Nie Qiu raise his eyebrows, and then smiled, saying lightly: "It's just a blood debt."

It is justified.

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-08-13?17：21：59～2020-08-15?17：26：44期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Kaworu? 5; Wordless Book? 2;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 20 bottles of mackerel;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!