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With the bright moon hanging high, it was actually not a good time to commit crimes.But the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival is much lighter than that of New Year's Eve. Apart from rituals such as worshiping the ancestors and praying to the sky, the Lantern Festival is a real place to sit around and have fun with relatives and friends.During such festivals, people's spirits are also more relaxed.

Until he dug over the wall of the Mu Mansion, Bai Qian still felt a little illusory.It's like deviating from everyday reality and breaking into a bizarre world by mistake.

In fact, he did break into someone else's world.

Jing Xi leaned over, took Bai Qian's arm and put him down.Someone came to meet him at the corner, quickly supporting Bai Qian.Jingxi climbed onto the wall with both hands, landed silently, and squatted down on one knee to cushion the force of the fall.

Then Jingxi carried Bai Qian on his back, lightly brushed his toes, and flew away.The remaining people scattered in all directions, hiding in the darkness, and did not follow.

There was no sound during the whole process, as if nothing happened at all.

Bai Qian lay on Jingxi's shoulders, his shoulder blades were still exposed through the cotton coat.Looking sideways is Jingxi's auricles, with body heat on her neck, which is faint and difficult to detect in the cold wind blowing on her face.

Jingxi chose a dark place with few people, and walked into a teahouse by a small path.The boss is a woman, and when Jing Xi stepped in, she immediately closed the door.The woman looked at Bai Qian twice, lowered her voice and asked, "Shuang Yi just left, and there is no change in Fanxi City."

Jing Xi arched her body and put Bai Qian down.Bai Qian propped himself up on the table and stood up, grabbed Jingxi's arm first, and forced Jingxi to look back at him: "It's not convenient to talk in Mu's residence, can we talk here? What's the matter?"

Jingxi was about to leave, hearing his question, her expression was a little hazy under the bright moonlight.Jingxi seemed to be in a dilemma, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Mu Qingjian's illness is not normal."

"so?"

"I suspect that there are traitors in the Mu family."

Bai Qian frowned: "Wait! What kind of traitor? What happened to the change just mentioned? I can't follow your train of thought."

Jing Xi put her hand on Bai Qian's, but she just forcibly pulled his hand away.

Bai Qian also spoke impatiently: "You mean, there are undercover agents sent by others in Mu's residence, and they want to take advantage of the festival to do bad things?"

Jingxi muffled, "I'm not sure."

Bai Qian asked: "Wouldn't Mu Yueguan and the others be in danger!?"

Jingxi took a step back, her eyes were still calm and deep, without any change: "I told Uncle Zeng."

Bai Qian reached forward to pull Jingxi's skirt, but in a moment of panic, he ignored his physical condition, because his center of gravity was unstable, he fell forward directly.Jingxi instinctively wanted to avoid it, but Bai Qian grabbed his shoulder and bumped into his chest in a daze.

Bai Qian clasped Jingxi's neck with both hands, and buried his whole face in his arms.Jingxi's breathing hit the top of Bai Qian's head, from slow to urgent, and became more and more heavy.

Jingxi was terrified by this hug-like atmosphere, and pushed Bai Qian smoothly.Bai Qian couldn't stand still, and Jing Xishi didn't need much strength to be thrown out.

Jingxi didn't intend to bully him at first, but seeing him lying on the ground alone, because of embarrassment, his attitude became tough, and he said coldly, "I, I'm going back to Mu's residence. It's safe here, just stay here!"

Bai Qian hurriedly called out: "Hi! Jingxi!"

Jingxi didn't seem to hear anything, she flung open the door and ran out, even forgetting to close the door for Bai Qian.

Bai Qian lay on the ground and shouted in a hurry: "Jingxi, come back to me! You are deaf, aren't you?"

The wooden door hit the wall, still trembling and rebounding, creaking more and more slowly.The clear moonlight and the cold winter wind poured in, Bai Qian was anxious, hating only his useless legs.

No one came back, Bai Qian knew that if someone really wanted to murder the Mu Qingjian brothers and sisters, it was a critical moment and he couldn't help but delay.Everyone was busy, but I was tied up because of my two crippled legs, incompetent and troublesome.

Bai Qian climbed up from the square chair, took out a pen and paper under the moonlight.He didn't know how far he could go, he didn't know how much he could contribute in such a disaster.But the desire to be able to take care of myself has never been so urgent.

It's like returning to the days after the operation, depressed, but hoping to be closer to the sun.

Bai Qian quickly drew a lot of pictures, drew the edges with a g-pen and put them back in his arms.He drew a pair of crutches with a few strokes, pulled out the knife that Jing Tianshu gave him, and re-drawn along the rough scar running through his palm. Looking at the blood oozing from the wound, his heart felt as if it had passed away.

I'm getting used to life here.The first time I wanted to cut a fingertip, I hesitated for a long time before I was willing to do it.Now that the knife went down, the pain was still excruciating, but even the frown lines were much lighter.

One day, I will become a real Huaiyuan person and live the life of a Huaiyuan person.Until that day, I will draw all the things I remember in my mind, and do my best to help the Mu family brothers and sisters, get rid of their homelessness, and strive to live a better life.

Bai Qian lightly clenched his fist, blood dripping all over the manuscript paper.Still waiting until the paper was completely soaked, Bai Qian moved his palm away, and the paper in front of him turned into Bai Qian's crutch.Stainless steel surface treatment tube, with shock-absorbing spring, and anti-slip rubber feet underneath.

Bai Qian picked up one of them, held it high and smashed it on the floor tiles.The force was too strong, the jaws of the tiger's mouth numb from the shock, and the whole arm went limp.Bai Qian didn't have much hope at first, but the crutch didn't break, so he couldn't help being a little surprised.

But time was running out, and he was not allowed to hesitate any longer.Bai Qian grabbed the pen and paper and stuffed it into his bosom, stood up while leaning on his crutches, and returned to Mu's house along the original road.

In fact, after hearing what Jingxi said, Bai Qian could guess some of Jingxi's thoughts.He was worried that the Mu family would be in trouble, so he transferred himself out first, so that he could always keep himself safe.At this time, the most important thing for me to do is to stay in that teahouse honestly, and wait until Jingxi has finished handling all the matters in a safe way, and then show up.

But there is a string in the deepest part of my heart that has been jumping, arousing the evil fire that is about to move, making people desperately want to rush forward.

Bai Qian tried his best to speed up and walk under the moonlight.The few grasses in his arms were like hot discus, scalding his heart, but the pain was inexplicably exciting.

Bai Qian thought over and over again, I finally drew it, I am not just a waste lying on the ground anymore.

No matter how fast he walked, and desperately rushing beyond the limit, it was not enough for Bai Qian.Thinking that the Mu brothers and sisters would be in danger, Bai Qian wished he could draw a pair of wings and fly over to help them immediately.

The moonlight gradually shifted, Bai Qian turned a corner, and seemed to hear loud noises.Going further, you can see a few wisps of black smoke slowly burning out of the corner of your eye.Not long after, the raging fire followed the soot.Bai Qian almost staggered and ran over, and saw the magnificent Mu Mansion engulfed in flames.

Most people are still immersed in sleep, and the wine they drank on the night of Lantern Festival is still haunting their bodies, and the occasional noise from the outside world can't wake them up from their dreams.So these people dreamed for thousands of years and never woke up again.

Bai Qian was slightly stunned, his hand holding the cane loosened, and he slid off and sat down.

It turned out that they were not the Mu brothers and sisters.It turned out that they wanted to kill the entire family of the Mu family.

Bai Qian regained consciousness, picked up the crutches and struggled to get up.From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure flashing past, and Bai Qian instinctively raised his crutches to block the knife from the opponent.

The metal collided, sparking dazzling sparks in the night.Bai Qian turned his head and saw a man in black appearing under the red light, what was particularly dazzling was the ghost mask on that man's face.

Gui Guminglian!

The man swung the knife again, Bai Qian was still sitting on the ground, there was nowhere to dodge.Pulling out the dagger with his backhand, the man's knife was a little faster, but he smashed it down with the back of the knife.Bai Qian raised his hand, and the dagger slashed across the man's wrist, spattering a streak of blood.

The man in black didn't hurt Bai Qian's life, nor did he expect Bai Qian to fight back so resolutely.With his arm injured, the man folded his arms and retreated, then moved his feet and cut from another direction.

The back of the knife fell again, but hit the back with a deflection.Bai Qian snorted, and the dagger stabbed sideways, directly into the man in black's abdomen.

The warm blood seemed to be steaming even in the cold winter, Bai Qian felt his hands were sticky, and his nostrils were filled with a disgusting stench.Blood smeared on his face, slipped down from his forehead, and lost one eye.

In the space where the firelight distorted, Bai Qian saw Jingxi rushing in the flames, coming to him with a wave of heat all over his body.

Bai Qian raised his head: "Where is Yue Guan! Where is Mu Qingjian!"

Jingxi embraced Bai Qian: "It's too late, let's go!"

Bai Qian waved him away and pointed at the man in black on the ground: "I can kill people! I have abandoned the bottom line! Go back and save them! It doesn't matter how many you kill!"

Jingxi suddenly stretched out her hand, rubbed the blood off Bai Qian's eyelids with her fingertips, and said in a deep voice, "Calm down, you are too excited now. Bai Qian, listen to me. There are too many people on the other side, and the fire is fierce. If you go, you won’t be able to save them. Do you understand? Now we can only retreat and wait for the opportunity.”

"Wait...wait for what?"

"Avenge them."

Bai Qian suddenly shouted: "If everyone dies, revenge is useless! I don't beg you to go, you let me go, I will go by myself!"

Jing Xi raised his hand and hit Bai Qian's prosthetic leg on his right foot.Cracks burst out, the entire prosthetic limb was broken into pieces, and Bai Qian's trousers stepped down.

Jing Xi said coldly, "How are you going?"

Bai Qian stared fixedly at his legs, his miserable smile gradually widened, and he roared almost hysterically, but only uttered some vague syllables.

The fire is still burning, and there are still fighting sounds everywhere.On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it became a purgatory on earth.

Jingxi's palm fell again, the back of Bai Qian's neck hurt, and his eyes darkened.

The person in front of him is the same as before, with sharp edges and corners, but never expressionless.Bai Qian saw his lips open and close, and then fell into darkness.