The past ignites old dreams

It's too late.

I said that I wanted to see you get married with my own eyes, but I didn't expect it to be a step too late.

I also said that there are still so many days in the future, and I will always watch you.

The future is long, but I am afraid that time will not wait for me.

Anxiety and anger are pent up in the heart, and the people who came over the mountains finally arrived at the place of concern. How ironic, the gate of Qinghe Mansion is still decorated with all kinds of flowers and red silk.

"Brother Crow is back!"

Xiaohu went out with a team of servants.Lead the horse, sweep the dust, and serve auspicious water.

Xiaohu: "Brother Crow, have you recovered from all your illnesses?"

Qing Ya looked at Xiao Hu, as if he didn't know him. After watching for a while, he answered slowly, "Is it New Year's Eve last night?"

Xiaohu felt strange, who didn't know yesterday's New Year's Eve and today's New Year's Day?What happened to Crow?

Qing Ya drank a mouthful of auspicious water, it was freezing cold, the water was already cold, and after drinking it, he felt chills all over his body, his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys were colic, and he vomited blood for a while.

"Brother Crow!" Xiaohu panicked and rushed to help him.

Crow waved his hands and exhaled deeply.Spitting out this mouthful of blood actually cleared up the crow's mind.

He walked to the mansion.It has been many years since I have been to Qinghe Mansion.After Master died, he seldom stayed in Shandong, let alone come to Qinghe.

Now that the Qinghe Mansion has just finished a grand wedding, and it is Chinese New Year, there are bright red "囍" characters inside and out. The more Qingya walked in, the more he felt palpitations. He stopped and asked Xiaohu, "Cui Yan now?" Do you still live in the original courtyard?"

Xiaohu opened his mouth and closed it again, thought for a long time and replied, "The bridal chamber candles were spent at Miss Lu's Liangxin Pavilion."

"Before that?"

"Before...Second Young Master, he..." Xiaohu scratched his ears and stammered for no reason, "He...stayed in Chenmeng Tower."

"Who lives in the Dust Dream Tower?"

"That..." Xiaohu lowered his head, "It's Mr. Qiao Ran."

Crow nodded and continued to walk in front of him, "I think it should be him."

Cui Qianxue walked towards her, "Mingzhu married here, she is Cui's rightful second wife, why do you still call her Miss Lu?"

Xiaohu raised his head and saw Cui Qianxue, his heart thumped, "Miss, forgive me, I'm used to it, and I forgot to change my words. Next time, I won't dare!"

"Don't be an example." Cui Qianxue's face was serious, as if she was worried, she sent everyone away, even Xiaohu was pushed away by her.

Qing Crow called out, "Sister Cui."

Cui Qianxue said, "Qing Ya, you have worked hard all the way, follow me to the backyard."

The two walked one after the other for a while before reaching the backyard.

Unlike the beaming outside, the silence here is uncomfortably quiet.

They arrived at Cui's ancestral hall.

Cui's ancestral hall sits west to east, backed by mountains and facing water, and is an important place for the family.Non-ethnic people are not allowed to enter or leave.The green crow stops at the end stone screen wall with the relief of Songhe Yannian.

Qing Crow: "Sister Cui, I can't go in."

Cui Qianxue took Qing Ya's hand, she first exclaimed, "Why are your hands so cold?" Then she said, "You just go with me."

In the open space between the ancestral hall and the screen wall, there is a nanmu coffin.Two snow-white cranes are embedded in the coffin with crystal stone carvings to extradite the soul.

There were already people waiting beside the coffin, Cui Yan, who was gloomy and misty, and Qiao Ran, who was worried and sad.

Cui Yan nodded to Qing Ya, "You are here."

Qiao Ran also had a face-to-face meeting with him.

Qing Ya gave a simple "hmm", without the unrestrained and unrestrained appearance of the past.

Cui Qianxue caressed the coffin, lowered her head and sighed, she pointed to the inside of the ancestral hall, and asked Cui Yan, "Are all the elders gone?"

Cui Yan replied, "It's gone."

Cui Qianxue: "How's the discussion?"

Cui Yan: "On the first day of the new year, you can't go out through the back door. This is a custom."

Cui Qianxue was also depressed, "You can't go out through the front door. Yesterday was a happy event, how can you hang up the white flag today? It's hard for Lu's side to explain, and I'm afraid I will be ridiculed by the world."

"Who is dead?" Qing Ya saw that Cui Yan was only surrounded by Qiao Ran, and she already guessed something in her heart, but she didn't want it to be true, and would rather ask more.

Cui's siblings are unwilling to say the name of the deceased.

Only Qiao Ran replied, "It's Cui Ling."

Crow asked: "How did you die?"

"Killed by people around Yang Jingli." Qiao Ran hated him deeply, "They also killed my adoptive father!"

Qing Ya: "With Cui Ling's martial arts——"

Cui Yan: "There are four of them. Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu. They used to be experts in front of the emperor, but they were begged by Yang Jingli to use them. Qinglong is dead, and Baihu is seriously injured. They are still locked in the dungeon in the mansion. "

Qing Crow: "Why do you keep him? Could it be that Dali Temple can take care of these things? Yang Jingli is the emperor's younger brother, a figure who can cover the sky with one hand. The officialdom can't cure him!"

Cui Qianxue looked at Qing Ya's pale face inexplicably, and suddenly put her hand on Qing Ya's forehead.

She said, "Qing Ya, what's the matter with you? Why are you so cold?"

"Sister Cui." Qiao Ran said, "He is not in good health."

Cui Yan asked Qiao Ran, "Do you still have the medicine you gave him in Fanyang?"

"No more." Qiao Ran shook her head regretfully.

"I haven't thanked you enough yet. Qiao Ran, I don't feel sleepy without sleep for a few days now." Qing Crow said.

Qiao Ran's eyes were full of worry, "I'm afraid it will be worse if you are like this."

"I'll have a few words with Cui Yan." Cui Qianxue signaled Cui Yan to go aside, she held her brother's hands in distress, as if she had returned to her childhood, how close the siblings were.

"elder sister."

"Second brother, listen to me, don't worry about Cui Ling's affairs. Cui Mo will report the white tiger to the police, no matter what the result is, at least give the royal family a warning. Cui Ling is gone, and he will never come back again. , but you still have a big family, you shoulder the mission of the family and the rivers and lakes, you have your wife, and soon, you will have children. You also have Qiao Ran, who is kind-hearted and easy to talk, and has him to accompany you , you won’t be lonely. Most importantly, I don’t want to see someone die beside you again. Cui Ling is gone, and there is no one in the new batch of Dark Feathers who can take Cui Ling’s place. You are deeply affectionate, although you will do your own thing, at least it will not harm you."

After Cui Qianxue finished speaking in one breath, both of them were silent, and then Cui Qianxue left first, saying that she had something to do.

Cui Yan, who was shrouded in haze, walked back between Qingya and Qiao Ran.

He first asked Qing Ya, "Where is Lu Liao?"

"Him?" Qing Ya was in a daze, as if Lu Liao was a dust-covered past, "Probably dead, probably not dead."

Cui Yan asked again, "How is your body?"

Crow: "Probably not far from death."

Qiao Ran: "Don't say bad words! There will be a way!"

Qing Crow felt disappointed, "Life and death have a destiny, and life is fixed. I don't care that much anymore."

"Since that's the case—" Cui Yan said here, but it was hard to say, because he paused for a while, and then he spoke with a strong determination, "Go and kill someone for me."

Qing Crow didn't even ask for his name, and stared straight at Cui Yan, heaved a sigh of relief, and solemnly agreed, "Okay, I'll go."

Qiao Ran looked around, he had already guessed who Cui Yan wanted Qing Crow to kill, he roared angrily, "Are you sick?!"

When Qing Ya wanted to speak, there was only a lump in his throat, but he couldn't say a word. He held back with all his strength, and looked up into the distance.

Qiao Ran grabbed Cui Yan's collar, wishing he could tear pieces of his body off, "Cui Yan, I've never seen anyone more ruthless than you! You used Yang Jingliu before, but that child died Well, back then you knew that Heishui City was dangerous and you wanted Cui Ling to go there, but now that Qing Ya is seriously ill and is in danger, you want him to kill someone for you at the risk of losing his head!"

Cui Yan let Qiao Ran pull and push until he was tired and let go.Cui Yan straightened his collar and said lightly, "Crazy enough? Qiao Ran, don't be smart. You should be glad that you are worthless, and you can be safe only by staying by my side."

Qiao Ran seemed to be able to hear the sound of her heart breaking, like an egg hitting a rock, smashing her body to pieces.He couldn't stay for a moment, and couldn't look at Cui Yan more than once, his Adam's apple rolled, his eyes were red, Qiao Ran turned around and left.

"You shouldn't reprimand him." Qing Crow said, "Is there anyone better than Qiao Ran?"

"He just... doesn't understand anything."

"Don't understand anything, or don't you know anything?" Qing Crow closed his eyes and opened them again, suppressing all the pain, "If he knew that you ordered Xiaozhu to be killed, what would happen?"

"What does he think, and what can he do?" Cui Yan said calmly, "At that time, Xiao Zhuzi was the eunuch in the palace, and he followed Qiao Ran all the way, revealing more and more rumors to Yang Jingli, just pretending that I couldn't see it, and death was not a pity .”

"You're just like that..." Qing Ya paused, frowned, his eyes were deep, "Xiao Yan, who have you really treated?"

Cui Yan did not answer.

Qing Crow said, "When we were young, Master said that the rivers and lakes are dangerous, and life and death are impermanent. If you are in it, you will be admired by everyone above, and you will be trampled by everyone below. But he forgot to tell us that after reaching the top, there is a cliff. .”

"Qingya, you know that it is impossible for the Cui family to separate, and it is impossible for me to give up the family for anyone. You promised me that the world is heavy, and you will bear the burden for me. Now you have no cure, Qiao Ran can't even bring the dead to the bone, I can't let you die in vain, I have to drag someone behind, at least I can avenge my dark feather."

"Xiao Yan." Qing Ya looked sideways at Cui Yan, and actually smiled slightly. He said, "I have liked you since I was a child, especially."

Crow turned around and left step by step.To this day, it is chilling to the bone.

Seeing Qing Ya come out, Qiao Ran, who was hiding behind the screen wall, was blown away by the wind, "Qing Ya, was it true that Xiao Zhuzi was killed because of Cui Yan's order?"

"Leave him, Qiao Ran." Qing Crow only kept his back, and gradually even his back disappeared from Qiao Ran's sight.

Qiao Ran heard a voice from behind again——

"Lu Liao, I did as you said." Cui Yan said, "I have already dismissed Qing Ya. You must keep your promise, that is, you will save Qing Ya's life and kill Yang Jingli for me."

Lu Liao: "Just because I don't kill people easily, doesn't mean I won't kill people."

"What about the crow? You are the one who poisoned him, and you are the one who wants to save him."

"I've never been poisoned. Thanks to your father, Cui Wen, the crow itself has poison in its womb."

"What do you mean?"

"Everyone in the past is dead, so why should I tell you?"

"Lu Liao! Come back—"

Qiao Ran didn't hear any more movement, and nervously took a small step to peek inside.

I saw Cui Yan supporting Cui Ling's coffin, his back was bleak, like a tree with a broken branch, standing alone in Qingshuang, with sad dreams.

Qiao Ran felt his eyes were dry, and he rubbed them vigorously, tears came out.

why i love you.why i want to be with you.

Qiao Ran was so frightened that her heart was beating wildly, and she even retracted her tears.

What was I thinking just now?How can I love him?

The joy of fish and water is fleeting.It is impossible for me to love you.

I should no longer have excess love or hate.

But why, I still want to rush to hug him desperately.

Qiao Ran, why are you so stupid and cheap!

Qiao Ran turned her back against the screen wall, her chest heaved and she couldn't rest.He didn't know that at the same time, Cui Yan had already reached the side of the screen wall facing the ancestral hall.Cui Yan also leaned his back against the screen wall, he could feel Qiao Ran's breath when he calmed down, rising and falling... rising and falling.

The two of them, separated by the painful screen wall, were back to back.

Cui Yan heard that Qiao Ran had left.The footsteps are getting farther and farther.

Cui Yan looked up at the cloudless and blue sky for a long time.

The author has something to say: Zhaobi: It is a unique part of traditional Chinese architecture.It was especially popular during the Ming Dynasty, generally speaking, as a shield inside the gate.The ancients called it: "Xiao Wall".Therefore, there is the theory of Xiao Qiang.