Cannon fodder apprentice reborn

There will only be one person who will leave a letter to Ruan Qiu in the sword box and call him my son, Ruan Qiu's mother, Gu Lanjun.

Ever since she lived in seclusion in Xingluo Town, Gu Lanjun seldom used her sword again. The only time she really made a move was when she went to Cang Yao Palace to save her with two swords on her back. At that time, few people in Cang Yao knew her identity.

After returning from Cang Yao's capital, Ruan Qiu never saw her use the sword again, only knew that she sealed the two swords in the black iron sword box, and Ruan Qiu never opened the sword box again.

Ruan Qiu was sure that the letter in the sword box was left by her mother before she died.

However, he never knew it.

Not to mention other people, Ruan Qiu was also stunned.

Xie Xuanqing handed the letter to him, "The letter is left to you by my junior sister."

The sword box in Ruan Qiu's hand was taken over by Xie Xuanqing, and there was a letter in his hand, he was stunned, "I don't know..."

After he finished speaking, he looked down at the old and yellowed envelope in his hand, and gradually regained his composure, "Let me have a look."

No one made a sound, watching Ruan Qiu open the envelope and pull out a few pieces of letter paper, the delicate and beautiful young man in Tsing Yi had some slight changes in his expression when reading the letter, either nostalgic or reluctant, and then looked at Xie Xuanqing, Complicated eyes.

This letter was left by Gu Lanjun.

She said in the letter that since her master died suddenly, senior brother Xie Xuanqing defected, and her junior brother Yan Buping fell into a coma due to poison, Song Jingfeng was surrounded by everyone and quickly became the new palace lord. She did not believe that Xie Xuanqing would kill her master. Zun, secretly investigated the truth for a long time and found evidence of Song Jingfeng's collusion with Xuedantang, but she was also exposed and was almost killed by Song Jingfeng.

It was Ruan Lingzhao who saved her, and the two of them escaped from Zixiao Palace together. Ruan Lingzhao rescued Gu Lanjun with half of the Tianshui Jue left to him by the Nie family, but he couldn't heal her serious injuries, so he took the risk and divided his life. Most of it was given to Gu Lanjun.

At that time, Gu Lanjun and Ruan Lingzhao understood each other's intentions. They calmed down in Xingluo, got married, and had Ruan Qiu.

Because of Song Jingfeng and Xuedantang's pursuit, they were forced to hide their identities and could only temporarily live in seclusion.Unexpectedly, the situation will turn around, and not long after they got married, they reunited with their elder brother who had been missing for many years.

None of them regretted avenging their master, and they all tacitly concealed the fact that they had only a few lifespans left due to serious injuries.

Later, just as Xie Xuanqing said, after ten years of suffering, Xie Xuanqing returned to the state of transformation, intending to go back to save his junior brother and avenge his master, but Song Jingfeng and Xuedantang who had already practiced Ziyang swordsmanship were not either. So easy to deal with.

As many people know, Song Jingfeng succeeded in sowing dissension.

Gu Lanjun understands that Xie Xuanqing has experienced betrayal and bears a deep hatred. She has been blinded by hatred and cannot stand provocation at all. She thought about persuading Xie Xuanqing.And Xie Xuanqing is the elder brother who watched Ruan Lingzhao grow up. Ruan Lingzhao couldn't betray him, but Song Jingfeng did it on purpose. In order to prevent Xie Xuanqing and Gu Lanjun from stepping into the trap, he used his tricks and pretended to surrender, but in fact he was going to save Yan Buping.

Ruan Lingzhao knew that he didn't have much time after distributing the life yuan to Gu Lanjun. Only when senior brother Xie Xuanqing returned to Zixiao Palace could he find a way out for Gu Lanjun and Yan Buping. When he went, he never thought of coming back alive. .

The result is as we all know, Ruan Lingzhao tried his best to prove his innocence and rescued Yan Buping, while Xie Xuanqing took revenge by killing Song Jingfeng and returning to Zixiao Palace, but he could not save Yan Buping and Gu Lanjun .

At that time, Zixiao Palace was just waiting to be rejuvenated, and Xie Xuanqing was devastated by Yan Buping's injury. Gu Lanjun didn't want to be Xie Xuanqing's burden anymore, so he left Zixiao Palace alone.

She also met Song Xinting who was released by Xie Xuanqing on the road. In fact, she was angry with Song Xinting at first, but when she saw him lying on the street like a beggar with injuries, she was also moved. Compassionate.

Taking in Song Xinting was a decision that Gu Lanjun made after long consideration. At that time, she had already settled in Tingyun Temple and gave birth to Ruan Qiu, because Song Xinting was sincerely kind to Ruan Qiu, and it was after giving birth to Ruan Qiu that Gu Lanjun finally came to her. Put down the hatred.

Only love can eliminate hatred.

Gu Lanjun has had many caring moments in her life. Nothing has happened yet. When she was still the envied five sons of Zixiao, when her brothers and sisters got along peacefully, and when she married Ruan Lingzhao, she also cared about many people. The seniors and juniors, etc., the two people she couldn't let go of the most were Ruan Lingzhao and her child Ruan Qiu.

Ruan Lingzhao once married her, and also exhausted his lifespan trying to save her.

Ruan Qiu was born different from ordinary people.

She didn't dare to tell Ruan Qiu's secret, and struggled to watch Ruan Qiu grow up slowly, and her road still came to an end.

At that time, she realized that she had to find someone for Ruan Qiu who could protect Ruan Qiu for the rest of her life. She thought about sending Ruan Qiu to her own sister, who was the Empress Cang Yao, but she did not expect to receive Ruan Qiu first. It was Gu Lanyin's distress letter.

So Gu Lanjun carried the two swords on his back, and took Ruan Qiu to the capital of Cangyao to save the little emperor Li Yu. Leave Ruan Qiu behind.

Gu Lanjun predicted that she would not be able to survive that autumn day, so in order for Ruan Qiu to live well, she decided on a place for Ruan Qiu——

Zixiao Palace.

She told Ruan Qiu, when you read this letter, mother has already left, you don’t need to stay in Tingyun Temple, go to Zixiao Palace with two swords, go to your uncle, he will take care of you instead of mother .

On that autumn day many years ago, Gu Lanjun looked at the little Ruan Qiu who was playing with Song Xinting outside the door, and when he wrote this letter while supporting his sick body, his heart was full of self-blame and reluctance, but even more unwilling.

Before she had time to see Ruan Qiu grow up, she always attributed the source of Ruan Qiu's abnormality to herself.She wrote this letter intermittently for a long time, it was just a few pieces of letter paper, and she couldn't finish what she wanted to say to Ruan Qiu, but she really didn't have time, so she could only stop here, put down the pen, and write this letter The letter was put into the sword case.

In the end, Gu Lanjun told Ruan Qiu that she was sorry that she had said many times, and hoped that Xie Xuanqing would stop caring about Ruan Lingzhao's death. Even Song Xinting, she hoped that he could truly let go of his hatred and live freely.

After reading the letter, Ruan Qiu couldn't calm down for a long time. When he was a child, he didn't understand why his mother always said sorry to him. When he grew up, he knew the truth, and he really suffered because of it.But now that he saw the letter, he wanted to say that there was no need for his mother to apologize to him. He was born like this, and it was not what his mother expected, but his mother was no longer here, and he couldn't find anyone to say these things.

"Xiao Qiu?" Because Ruan Qiu was silent for too long, and his expression was very downcast, Yin Wuchen was very worried, and gently held Ruan Qiu's wrist.

Ruan Qiu slowly came back to his senses, shook his head at Yin Wuchen, and when he looked at Xie Xuanqing again, he couldn't help but sighed softly, and handed the letter to him.

"I think this letter is not only for me, but also for the uncle."

Xie Xuanqing was a little afraid to take it, he was afraid that he would see Gu Lanjun's reprimand, and the excessive self-blame suppressed him so much that he could hardly breathe, but under Ruan Qiu's clear eyes, he still stretched out his hand stiffly, and carefully Received the letter.

After reading this letter, Ruan Qiu had a little more real trust in Xie Xuanqing. He looked at Xie Xuanqing's uncontrollably trembling fingertips, and couldn't bear to sigh: "Master, mother didn't blame you, she always knew very well that father is Why did you die, you took me away back then, just because you didn’t want to drag you and Senior Yan down.”

Xie Xuanqing's hand trembled suddenly, her eyes widened, staring blankly at the letter paper.

Li Sansi probably guessed something, and turned his head to look at Ruan Qiu.Yin Wuchen didn't ask any more questions, but just squeezed Ruan Qiu's hand tightly.

This kind of silent comfort made Ruan Qiu a little funny. In fact, he was not that sad. He was happy to see the letter left by his mother again. He also gently squeezed Yin Wuchen's palm and told him that he was fine. A little worried about Xie Xuanqing.

Before today, he had always held a wait-and-see attitude towards Xie Xuanqing, but now that he knew that his father's death was exactly as Xie Xuanqing said, he could truly recognize Xie Xuanqing as a senior uncle.

Besides, the fact that Mother entrusted him to Zixiao Palace before she died showed her trust in Xie Xuanqing, so Ruan Qiu was also willing to trust him.

For a long time, Xie Xuanqing regarded Ruan Lingzhao's death as his own responsibility. For this reason, he blamed himself for many years and had made up his mind. He also believed that Gu Lanjun left because he hated him for killing Ruan Lingzhao, especially after knowing Gu Lanjun's death.

For this reason, he has never dared to mention the old events of the year, nor dared to meet Gu Lanjun, dared not go to them, so he just waited in Zixiao Palace.

He felt that he was not qualified to appear in front of Gu Lanjun and Ruan Qiu.

I can only ask for their forgiveness.

But he didn't expect that he would know the real reason why Gu Lanjun left Zixiao Palace today, and he also saw the comfort Gu Lanjun left him.

It turned out that Gu Lanjun had never blamed him.

Xie Xuanqing remained silent for a long time, and maybe he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He suddenly remembered that when Ruan Lingzhao entrusted Gu Lanjun to him before his death, he never said any resentment, but he said a word——

Ling Zhao does not regret being the senior brother's junior.

Ruan Qiu also knew a little about Xie Xuanqing's knot, so he guessed the importance of this letter to him.Ruan Qiu didn't know if Xie Xuanqing could let go of his knots, so he could only say: "Master, in the eyes of your parents, you are like a brother like a father, and you are the most important person to them. It's hard for you to let go of their death and departure, but it's already gone. It's been 20 years, it's time for you to come out."

Xie Xuanqing was silent for a moment, then said hoarsely, "I want to accompany them alone."

When he looked up at the two names juxtaposed on the tombstone, reddish bloodshot eyes appeared in his eyes, and an imperceptible gleam of water flashed across them.

Ruan Qiu couldn't help being stunned.

Gu Lanjun was able to entrust Ruan Qiu to Xie Xuanqing back then, and now Ruan Qiu has enough trust in him. He glanced at the tombstone of his parents' joint burial, looked at Yin Wuchen and Li Sansi, Li Sansi did not speak, and walked down the mountain in silence .

Yin Wuchen also shook his head helplessly.

None of them were any of the five sons of Zixiao back then, and none of them could put themselves in the shoes of Xie Xuanqing's heart.

Ruan Qiu left with Yin Wuchen, and after walking a few steps, he paused, and looked back at Xie Xuanqing again, his eyes sparkling.

"Then we are waiting for the master at the Taoist temple. I hope the master will not make us wait too long. After all, mother said, let me go to Zixiao Palace."

Xie Xuanqing suddenly raised her head, her eyes staring blankly at the tombstone in front of her.

Ruan Qiu didn't say any more, he thought that Xie Xuanqing should be able to understand what he meant.Knowing that Xie Xuanqing didn't look back, he still smiled at his stiff back, and took Yin Wuchen's hand down the mountain.On the contrary, Yin Wuchen looked at Ruan Qiu meaningfully, with a clear smile in his eyes, full of helplessness.

After the three of them walked away, Ruan Qiu noticed the deep meaning in Yin Wuchen's eyes. He touched the tip of his nose with some guilt, and said in a low voice: "Master, Mother's last wish is that I go back to Zixiao Palace. Send this sword box back."

When he said this, he didn't discuss it with Yin Wuchen, and their previous plan was to take Xie Xuanqing to see his parents and then separate, and the head teacher sent him and Yin Wuchen back to Xuanjizong to prepare for their marriage.

Yin Wuchen was not angry, but smiled and said: "Going to Zixiao Palace is your mother's last wish. If you want to go back, how can I stop you?"

As long as Ruan Qiu didn't come back once he went to Zixiao Palace, he wouldn't be afraid.

With Yin Wuchen's support, Ruan Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, bent his lips and smiled, and couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect Mother to put the letter in the sword box. I haven't opened the sword box since she left. .Recalling that when the sword box was buried, the temple master asked me again and again if I really didn’t want to take a second look. I didn’t even look at it once. I’m such a fool.”

Yin Wuchen shook his head, "If you had gone to Zixiao Palace back then, we would not have met at the Temple of Bliss, nor would I have met you at the sect. I would accept you as a disciple and coax you to go to Lingjue Peak. Xiaoqiu , now that I think about it, it’s all a certainty in the dark.”

Ruan Qiu thought about it too, looked back at Yin Wuchen, and squeezed his hand tightly.

A cough suddenly sounded from behind, making Ruan Qiu's hands tremble in fright, and he blushed and let go of Yin Wuchen, he forgot that the head teacher was still there.

Li Sansi is indeed still there, and she has no other intentions, just to remind Yin Wuchen and the others not to rush to kiss me, "Lao Xie has had this knot for so many years, and it should have been untied long ago. I said yes He thinks too much, Ruan Lingzhao and Gu Lanjun are not such stingy people, no matter how he brought up Ruan Lingzhao, even the old sword master may not have Xie Xuanqing to be close to him, can you really resent him?"

Yin Wuchen glanced at her quietly, and silently took Ruan Qiu's hand again.

Li Sansi clicked his tongue. She can beat Yin Wuchen now, and she is not afraid of his threat at all, "But I never thought that you would come to worship Ruan Lingzhao, junior brother. I don't know, nephew Xiaoqiu, he is still your father." defeated by his men."

This Ruan Qiu really didn't know, he froze for a moment with a dazed look on his face.

"what?"

In fact, he wanted to ask last time. Judging from the teacher's tone, it seemed that he was no stranger to Xie Xuanqing, his parents Ruan Lingzhao, and Gu Lanjun.

Li Sansi is keen on betraying her junior, especially when she saw Yin Wuchen's black face, she smiled and said: "It seems that you really don't have the face to tell your apprentice. Well, I'm a villain, little nephew, listen up, talk about your master When Zun was 15 years old, he went back to the sword test meeting for the first time. He insisted on asking the old sword master to move his position to his master. He lost Yan Buping halfway and wanted to ask the old sword master. We couldn't stop him. As a result, he It's crazy, after beating Yan Buping, you want to challenge Xie Xuanqing again, then old Xie still has a few younger brothers and sisters, your mother Gu Lanjun wants to fight, but if he doesn't want it, you will have to fight Xie Xuanqing..."

Yin Wuchen said softly, "Li Sansi."

But Ruan Qiu was very excited when he heard it, but he didn't expect that there was something about his mother here. Seeing that the head teacher really stopped, he frowned and looked at Yin Wuchen.

He was just a little strange, he didn't want Yin Wuchen to see his frown, his expression froze slightly, and he sighed: "Okay, let her talk."

"You have today too!"

Li Sansi laughed gloatingly, had enough, and then told Ruan Qiu a story, "Then your father Ruan Lingzhao drew out his sword and taught your master a lesson. Make your master cry and run back to the sect."

Yin Wuchen closed his eyes, "You don't need to say what you imagined."

"Anyway, you were beaten stupid, you didn't even go to the sword test meeting, and you have been retreating since you returned to the sect." Li Sansi said, with a bit of nostalgia on his face, "Little nephew, his father is very good. Yes, so far, I didn’t embarrass you in public, and even praised you for your good aptitude, maybe a few more years of sword practice will allow him to really use the sword, and then fight with Lao Xie.”

At the age of 15, he was young and arrogant, and wanted to challenge the Master of the Sword Saint...Ruan Qiu always felt that this scene looked familiar, but this did not prevent him from becoming more and more curious about his own father. Shining like starlight.

"really?"

It was hard for Yin Wuchen to talk about the scandal so many years ago, but seeing Ruan Qiu yearning so much, it was not so embarrassing. Thinking about it, he still felt a little emotional, "Senior Ruan did teach me about my swordsmanship back then. Thank you too."

Li Sansi couldn't help laughing, "Junior brother, you and Ruan Lingzhao are of the same generation!"

Unexpectedly, he, Yin Wuchen, actually demoted himself for the sake of his little apprentice!

Yin Wuchen only talked to Ruan Qiu, "I only met him once, and that was the sword test meeting that year. If Xiao Qiu wants to know, just ask me."

Ruan Qiu was very curious about the father he had never seen since he was born, so he calmed down a little bit, knowing that Shizun had been taught a lesson by his own father when he was young, and he was a little embarrassed to think about it, so he asked: "Is it really possible?"

Yin Wuchen responded with a calm smile, "Yes."

Li Sansi couldn't take it anymore, "Should I still say it? My junior brother asked your father's name back then, and made an appointment with him to compete in the next sword test meeting. Ruan Lingzhao has a good temper, so he agreed. At that time, my junior brother was still very young. , thinking that I would not lose twice under the sword of the same person, but..." She smiled and sighed: "Ten years later, the younger brother left the customs, but Ruan Lingzhao never came to the sword test meeting again. "

The longing and curiosity in Ruan Qiu's heart turned into bubbles with this sentence, and his heart suddenly went blank for a moment, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Yin Wuchen still held his hand, and said softly: "Before that sword test meeting, Zixiao Palace was in turmoil, he just had no time to be there."

Ruan Qiu thought of Xie Xuanqing, "At that time, something must have happened to Master Uncle."

"good."

Li Sansi still felt that the topic was a bit heavy, so he waved his hands and said, "Old Xie's life is good, but he is not bad, but he is still good. He has experienced betrayal once, and he can no longer bear the betrayal of his loved ones again, even if it is being provoked." He was indeed at fault for what happened back then, but he used to treat his juniors and sisters with sincerity. Even Song Jingfeng, he once regarded him as a relative. It's a pity... little nephew, with you here, he You should be able to relax."

Ruan Qiu was thoughtful.

He felt that the head teacher and the uncle should be good friends, so he spoke to the uncle.What the head teacher said was correct, but...he looked at Yin Wuchen silently.

The scandal of Yin Wuchen's youth was brought up by others, although he didn't have any reaction on his face, but the reaction when he stopped Li Sansi just now, when he thought about it, Ruan Qiu wanted to laugh, Master is so cute.

Master was so interesting when he was young...

The three went down the mountain all the way, and returned to the Taoist temple to wait for Xie Xuanqing. Because Ruan Qiu changed his mind, he was not in a hurry to return to Xuanjizong.Li Sansi had no objection, she used Yin Wuchen as an excuse to sneak out now, and it was in her mind not to go back.

After all, Xie Xuanqing was the owner of Zixiao Palace, and he didn't make Ruan Qiu and the others wait too long. Half an hour later, he returned to the Taoist temple. At that time, he had recovered his calm and returned the letter to Ruan Qiu.

"This is left to you by my junior sister, you can keep it."

Xie Xuanqing looked at Ruan Qiu, her eyes were full of hope, but her face was somewhat hesitant, "Ruan Qiu, you said earlier that you want to go back to Zixiao Palace?"

Before Ruan Qiu could answer, Li Sansi walked in from outside the Taoist temple, stretched his waist lazily and said: "It is logical that you and I can't hear wrong at the same time, so it's really true. Thank you, hurry up Release your cloud boat, it's time to go."

Ruan Qiu smiled and said, "Yes, it's getting late."

Yin Wuchen also came out of the house, and reminded: "Let's start now, and we will probably be able to arrive at Zixiao Palace before it gets dark tomorrow."

Xie Xuanqing was not sure at first, but she was overjoyed when she heard the words, the smile on her face couldn't be concealed at all, she didn't have the resolute aura of the former Zixiao Palace master.But in front of his junior nephew, he still tried his best to maintain his prudent image, and then looked at Ruan Qiu, his regrets that had been suppressed in his heart for many years were slowly released, his eyes were still gentle, and his smile was quite gratifying.

"Alright, go back to Zixiao Palace."

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