true identity

Different from the picturesque scenery outside, when the gate opened, it was a circular practice field, where a group of tall, short, fat and thin girls wore uniform flower blue clothes and practiced swords neatly.The sword style is simple and not too sophisticated, but what is worth admiring is their serious attitude.More than [-] people lined up in two rows. Gongsun Ming led Zhao Ci through the middle aisle. Their eyes were all focused on the long sword in their hands, and no one was distracted.

Across the crowd, Zhao Ci found a familiar face.

Seeing Gongsun Ming whispering to the girl next to him, Liu Lin came from the teaching platform, raised her sword and clasped her fists in front of her, and said, "Young Master." Before Zhao Ci could respond, she said to Gongsun Ming, "Senior brother, I received a response, Qin Ke After hearing the news of the young master's return, the people who went to Dongyang Village turned around and returned to the mountain."

Qin Ke had a strange attitude when he hurried back to the mountain last time. Before Gongsun Ming found out what he wanted, he immediately went to Dongyang Village.Now that Zhao Ci is back, he will definitely follow.Coincidentally, he was going to settle the account of Zhao Ci's amnesia with him.

The thoughtful Gongsun Ming glanced at Zhao Ci, and gave an order to Liu Lin: "The young master's safety is the top priority, and pay attention to concealing the identity of the spy." After speaking, Zhao Ci, who was in a cloud of mist, walked towards the main hall.

Liu Lin followed closely behind.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a woman in the back of the room. She was reclined on the imperial concubine's couch, her face was covered by a screen like white paper, and only her figure could be glimpsed by the light and shadow projection.There are three or two maids around her, they are laughing and talking while serving the massage, she doesn't care about it, and responds with an easy-going "hmmm".Her mellow voice was not as soft as that of ordinary women, it sounded a bit masculine, but her gentle tone made people feel comfortable.

Gongsun Ming took Zhao Ci to a distance of two arms from the screen and stopped. He comforted the nervous Zhao Ci with his eyes, then turned his head and said, "Aunt Xiang, the young master brought it here."

Aunt Xiang waved her hand, and the laughter stopped abruptly.The girls serving were scattered like birds, one by one bypassing the screen and leaving. Before leaving, they did not forget to give Zhao Ci a look, and some even shook their heads at Zhao Ci complainingly.

The inexplicable attitude made Zhao Ci feel very puzzled, and he couldn't help but panic after he had just calmed down.

He won't be beaten again, will he?

Faced with this question, the screen was slowly pushed away.The woman's face and posture are completely exposed in front of her eyes.

Aunt Xiang looks a little different from what Zhao Ci imagined, but after careful consideration, she thinks that she really should look like this.The apricot eyes on Rong Chang's face are not angry but prestige, the line of her lips is as rigid as a blade, but the gentle eyebrows reveal her heart.Her skin is delicate and shiny, and her body is well-proportioned without losing shape.Seeing Zhao Ci, she put her feet down and walked towards him intently.Standing like a pine and walking like a wind, one can see that he is Lian Jiazi.

"You are really as stubborn as a cow." The angry tone softened a little at the end, Aunt Xiang was not as tall as Zhao Ci, and when she walked up to him, she raised her head and raised her hand to pat his head.

After touching Zhao Ci's skin that was more than 01:30 rough from the sun and rain, Aunt Xiang's anger dropped by another three points: "Can't you give me a soft hand and beg for mercy? What happened when you ran away from home?" Do you think you are still a child of seven or eight years old?"

Her attitude gave Zhao Ci a little confidence, he was relieved, and he tentatively greeted: "Aunt Xiang."

"I still remember that I am your Aunt Xiang." The hand that was stroking the cheek pinched the flesh around his mouth for a moment, and Zhao Ci bent over to breathe out in pain.Aunt Xiang patted his face, slid her hands to his shoulders, and turned his arms and arms.After giving up practicing for a long time, the muscles have become thinner, and the fat stored on them has also lost a circle, not as firm and vigorous as before.Aunt Xiang was angry and distressed: "After leaving Hanfeng Mountain, you don't practice martial arts anymore, do you still plan to make a difference? If your father knows that I taught you to look like this, he will probably blame me to death."

Zhao Ci, who snatched the meat from his lips, took a step back in fear.Seeing Aunt Xiang was like seeing his mother, and he was terrified of her thunderbolt invincible claws.The function of the woman's knife mouth and eagle claws makes you want to live or die, but the tofu heart can be boiled into a bowl of nourishing broth that warms the heart and nourishes the lungs, ironing your heart with love.

Aunt Xiang's pitiful eyes made Zhao Ci feel warm. Once he let go of his burden, Zhao Ci couldn't help but want to apologize to her: "Aunt Xiang, I was wrong." her expectations of herself.He is no longer the original Zhao Ci, and she will be disappointed no matter what.

Unexpectedly, at the next moment, Aunt Xiang saw through his scheme and replied: "Major crimes are not punished, but small crimes are inevitable." Before she said how to punish, she first pulled Zhao Ci's wrist to check his pulse, and the more she probed, the more she frowned, and even The Sichuan character pattern between the eyebrows is forced out: "Who did you meet, and why did you suffer such a serious injury?"

Gongsun Ming said: "I asked Hua Xiao to follow all the way, and she picked up Zhao Ci from the foot of Zhujian Villa."

"That bastard Jiang Pingyi dares to bully people like this with a few broken swords." Speaking of Zhujian Villa, Aunt Xiang had a preliminary judgment on Zhao Ci's injuries, and she suddenly said strangely: "You as a How did Jiang Yanyi's friend come to the door to become like this, and what happened in the middle?"

Zhao Ci's rarely relaxed mood suddenly retracted, and his eyes dimmed, like a lamp flickering in the night wind: "I, I..." The words seemed to be locked in his throat by a switch, and he couldn't say anything. Say the second word.Once recalled, all kinds of things that night flashed before my eyes like a lantern, Pei Ding's suspicion, the arrogance of the owner and his wife, Jiang Wude's blow, and Jiang Yanyi's indifference...

Pei Ding said that it was irrational for Jiang Yanyi to blindly listen to Zhao Ci's words, but it was still unfair for him to trust Pei Ding's words.

What Zhao Ci couldn't accept was that Jiang Yanyi actually believed Pei Ding's words and began to doubt himself, and even stood by when his brother attacked him head-on.

Zhao Ci's heart ached in a sea of ​​anger, and he covered his chest with a pale face.

Gongsun Ming quickly supported Zhao Ci and said to Aunt Xiang: "A Ci is seriously injured and needs more training."

Seeing that he was restless and impetuous, Aunt Xiang immediately stepped forward and slowly sent luck to Zhao Ci from behind.After half a stick of incense, Aunt Xiang put down her hands and took the handkerchief handed over by the maid to wipe off the sweat from her forehead: "Okay. Let's go to rest first."

Zhao Ci's pale face gradually turned red, he opened his eyes and put down his hand on his chest: "Thank you, Aunt Xiang." Gongsun Ming wanted to take him away, so he grabbed Gongsun Ming and said to Aunt Xiang, "It's Qin Ke. .”

As soon as Qin Ke's name came out, Aunt Xiang stopped wiping her sweat and her expression seemed to be frozen.

This matter cannot be delayed, since it is mentioned, it should be resolved early.If he missed it, Zhao Ci didn't know if he still had the determination to bring it up again.Determined to notice Zhao Ci, he explained the ins and outs of the night at Zhujian Villa.

From Jiang Yanyi's ambush in Baihualou to Qin Ke's poisoning, to Qin Ke's lobbying of Zhujian Villa to no avail, and the fact that there are disciples of Hanfeng Mountain stationed in the Dongyang Village mine.

Everything points to a person he has never met——Qin Ke.

However, Aunt Xiang evaded a little, her eyes were half closed, and she was helped to a chair by the maid and sat down tiredly.Looking at Zhao Ci, Gongsun Ming, and Liu Lin, he couldn't help sighing.

The Gongsun family is famous for its superb swordsmanship throughout the country, but its only shortcoming is that it likes to pick people up.Seeing the broken children left behind in the wilderness made her feel distressed. Her father did this - picked up Qin Ke, and she did the same - picked up a group of swordsmen.

Hidden misfortunes abounded, making her love and hate at the same time.

The last wishes of her predecessors were stubborn and ridiculous, and the contradictions that had accumulated over the years finally broke out, and it was imminent for her to avoid and avoid.

She lowered her voice: "Since you come back to pay homage to your ancestors, I will explain to you in detail when I have time." She raised her hand and asked someone to send them out.

The disappointed Zhao Ci was sent out, and he and Gongsun Ming bid farewell to Liu Lin and came to Wumingtang.

On the steps of the hallway, Zhao Yan dozed off with her head propped up, trying to play with Zhuang Zhou in a daze, and immediately raised her head energetically when she heard the footsteps: "Brother, I knew that Aunt Xiang would let you come to pay homage to Daddy."

Tao Tao explained to Gongsun Ming helplessly, "I persuaded her several times, but she refused to leave."

Unexpectedly, Tao Tao, who was offline, wanted to be a full-time nanny. Zhao Ci asked Zhao Yan in surprise, "What are you waiting for me?"

"I want to worship daddy with you." Zhao Yan said with a smile.

Facing her charming little eyes, no one can refuse this request.

Zhao Ci couldn't help but said, "Then next time you ask Tao Tao to find me earlier so that I can go faster."

Zhao Yan nodded happily: "Brother is the best." She hurriedly opened the door and let Zhao Ci follow.

When Zhao Ci stepped over the threshold, he found that both Tao Tao and Gongsun Ming stayed outside the Wuming Hall.He asked strangely, "Hurry up and follow?"

Gongsun Ming shook his head: "Aci, only you are allowed to enter here. Aunt Tao Taofeixiang and I are not allowed to enter."

Shocked, Zhao Ci turned his head to look at Zhao Yan, who also nodded: "Yes, because there are all our ancestors inside. They can't enter at will. Brother, why did you forget?"

The truth is too cruel, Zhao Ci intends to use white lies to break the siege: "Well, the weather is too cold and my brain freezes."

Hearing this answer, Tao Tao couldn't help shivering: "Young master is getting better and better at telling cold jokes." She closed the door impatiently.Leave the two siblings in the garden.

Zhao Yan laughed: "I think my brother is old."

"Hey, is it necessary to hurt me so much?" Zhao Ci pointed to his face: "There are no wrinkles at all, a youthful health product."

Zhao Yan pushed open the door of the room while talking: "You used to say that dementia is due to poor memory and slow brain. Isn't dementia always something?"

"This also has the problem of dementia?" Before Zhao Ci's question was finished, he glanced at the furnishings in the room, and suddenly lost his voice and became dazed.

The mountain-like tablets are stacked from top to bottom like a golden pagoda. The thick wood makes the room filled with a unique fragrance of wood.Zhao Yan picked up the candles and lit the lamps in the dark room one by one. The light spread from the center to the surroundings. The lamp oil was made of unknown material. There was no trace of black smoke coming out of the lamps, but there was a faint fragrance.

The light gradually brightened, and the writing on the tablet gradually became clearer.

In the middle of the bottom row is the tablet of "Zhao Yue", with "Zhao Jingshu" on it, and the left, right, right and even the top few cards do not have their names written on them.

In other words, only the bottom two sheets of the huge giant tower have names written on them, and the rest are blank.It's like a faceless human head standing on a high mountain in a dazed and terrified way, staring at you with eyes without anxiety.

Zhao Ci couldn't help but shudder.

But what made Zhao Ci even more horrified was the wall behind the giant tower. On the exposed half of the wall, a phoenix was painted, spreading its wings and raising its head straight to the blue sky. People can't see it.

Zhao Ci subconsciously reached out and touched his lower back.There is also a phoenix behind him, does it look the same as this one?

Suddenly, Zhao Ci felt that the room was dark, and the phoenix on the wall moved, and those black pearl-like eyes fixed on him firmly, and the nameless coercion made him sweat profusely.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Yan returned to Zhao Ci after lighting the lamp.

Zhao Ci suddenly came back to his senses, and held Zhao Yan's shoulders to support his body.He looked up again, the room was as bright as day, and the phoenix eyes were still looking at him, clearly staring at Jiuxiaoyun.

"I, I seem to have seen the phoenix move." Zhao Ci murmured.

Zhao Yan covered her mouth and smiled: "My brother used this kind of rhetoric to scare me again."