Peony Overlord [Rebirth]

There was no reason to discuss it until late at night, so I had to let it go.

After Xing Yanhong came out of the shower and changed clothes, Chu Xinle was already half lying on the couch looking at the flickering oil lamp on the table, her long hair had been wiped clean, Xing Yanhong sat beside Chu Xinle, Chu Xinle came back to her senses, took the The handkerchief wiped Xing Yanhong's hair.

"What are you thinking about, so preoccupied?" Xing Yanhong asked.

Chu Xinle slowed down and said, "It's nothing, just thinking about something from the past."

Speaking of this, Xing Yanhong remembered something: "I remember that after the Chu family was destroyed, you were taken to the Xue family by Xue Man..."

Needless to say later, the two of them knew each other well.

"This is also the reason why it is difficult for me to make a choice." Chu Xinle kept silent about what happened at the beginning. Everyone said that it was the ghost king En who killed Xue Chengji, the former head of the Xue family. Chu Xinle did not make the slightest excuse for this, but only said other things: "Whether Xue Man treats me or I treat Xue Man, we both have a deep understanding of each other's personalities, so I can tell at a glance that the alliance is definitely not his original intention, and he is definitely not someone who is willing to listen to other people's opinions. , then we have no way of knowing which party benefits from this matter.”

"People will change. After all these years, how do you know that Xue Man will not change?" Xing Yanhong took his wiping hand and pulled him into his arms.

Chu Xinle sighed, and said: "It is only because I know him so well that I know that he will not change no matter what. He has a strong desire to win and lose, and he is jealous of evil. Xue Chengji is his father and a role model for his life, but he The person he longed to be in his life was killed by his best brother, and when he tried his best to get revenge, he found out that his father was the murderer of the Chu family. What would he do? He couldn't wait to forget With everything now, how can there be time to think about how to release the news to benefit the alliance?" Chu Xinle changed her position and pillowed on Xing Yanhong's lap, her slightly narrowed eyes flickered with the light of an oil lamp, and murmured: "Who the hell is it? Shi Zhen Ming? Or someone... using Xue Man as a shield..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, his mouth was covered, and Xing Yanhong pulled the man out of his arms blankly, with a strong possessive desire in his eyes: "You mentioned him too much in front of me."

Chu Xinle could not have imagined that this eagle cub could be so jealous, so she couldn't help laughing, and said deliberately: "Then what should I do? Who let Xue Man and I know each other for so long."

Xing Yanhong immediately leaned over to block Chu Xinle's annoying mouth, but when he was about to approach, Chu Xinle stretched out a finger to stop him. He put his finger on Xing Yanhong's lips, and restlessly rubbed the tip of his nose against Xing Yanhong He whispered, "don't kiss yet, we haven't settled the account yet, why didn't you tell me about the wolf?"

Chu Xinle's sudden question caught Xing Yanhong by surprise.

"You know everything?" Xing Yanhong asked.

"Hmm." Chu Xinle raised her eyebrows affirmatively.

"The wild wolves were arranged by the barbarians to enter the Central Plains. I think you already know about this." Xing Yanhong lay down with his arms around Chu Xinle, and his voice was very soft: "I don't want you to worry too much."

"Then the elder brother was arranged here, but he didn't tell you, are you angry?" Chu Xinle changed the topic.

Xing Yanhong laughed lightly, he rested his chin on the top of Chu Xinle's head and said with a sigh, "Yi An, as long as you love yourself, I won't be angry at anything else you do."

Drowsiness gradually came up. Xing Yanhong ran around these days and didn't sleep well at all. He didn't hear the person in his arms for a long time. He thought that the person had fallen asleep, but he seemed to hear it again in a daze. What did the person in the arms say.

***

"From now on, you just need to live here." Chu Xinle couldn't resist the young man's wantonness. The coarse linen clothes he was wearing couldn't be compared with the young man's fine brocade attire.

This house is much more luxurious than the broken-down weed house where he and Li Lianyi lived. The lotus petal patterns carved on the wooden fence are lifelike. There is also a fat belly fish tank in the yard, in which three red carps are swimming happily. Xinle hadn't lived in this kind of place for a long time, so when she came in like this, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"I know this place is too luxurious compared to the place you used to be, but I am already the smallest yard that my father has been asking for." Xue Man saw his timidity, patted his chest, and comforted him at the same time. Forget about boasting yourself.

Chu Xinle supported Li Lianyi, and nodded to Xue Man with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Xue, Mr. Xue for your great kindness, I—"

"Stop it, stop it," Xue Man immediately stopped him, and said, "I didn't save you because you praised me here. What kind of kindness is there? Isn't it just to give you a place to live? It's a trivial matter," Xue Man waved He waved his hand, remembered something, and continued: "But I really want to thank me, tell me your name first, I still don't know your name, and told my father that you are my friend."

Chu Xinle and Li Lianyi looked at each other, and said to Xue Man, "My name is Al, I'm the one who reined in the cliff."

Xue Man was taken aback, and said, "It's the first time I've heard someone with this name."

"Our poor family doesn't have any names, so we are lucky to have such a name." Chu Xinle spoke humblely.

Xue Man looked at the little boy in front of him who looked a little strange to him. In fact, they didn't know each other, but he always saw him when he went to the teahouse a few days ago. He thought the boy was fair, so he paid more attention to him. Seeing him fighting with other children in the alley, the ruthlessness was completely opposite to the low-shun appearance in the teahouse. Xue Man found it interesting, and it was boring to stay in Xue's mansion by himself. It was really good to have someone to play with, so he brought him back. Xue Chengji usually loves his son the most. He checked this Ale and found nothing wrong, so he agreed with Xue Man to bring him back.

Of course Xue Man didn't know this, but he didn't want to appear too ignorant in front of Chu Xinle, so he nodded mysteriously and said, "Then you guys rest for now, and go practice with me tomorrow morning, and watch you fight His skill is good, but his body is too small, I don't know if he can pull the bow of our Xue family."

Facts have proved that there is no direct relationship between being small and strong. Chu Xinle can not only draw a bow and arrow, but also learn faster than the rest of the Xue family. This also makes Xue Chengji admire him and is willing to let him practice with Xue Man .

There is no intrigue between teenagers, if a friend does well, then he is also happy, Chu Xinle is indeed too smart, he only took two years to master all the things that Xue Man learned in three years.

Today, it was a sunny day, the scorching sun caused the leaves around to curl up, Chu Xinle was still in contact, he was blindfolded with black stripes, and he was practicing a new move, who knew that the arrow hadn't been shot yet, Just being patted on the shoulder, Chu Xinle knew who it was without looking at him.

He didn't take off the blindfold, but let go of the arrow directly, fast and accurate, the long arrow pierced the bull's-eye, and the old bowstring in his hand was rattled and rattled.

"Beautiful!" Xue Man couldn't help applauding him, "When will I be so accurate."

Chu Xinle pulled down the blindfold, the glaring light made him unable to open his eyes for a while, he couldn't see clearly what was in front of him, he just joked: "Don't brag, if you could go out less to read books, you would have surpassed me a long time ago gone."

Xue Man shook his head: "I'm drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. I'm not in a hurry, but I have to listen to the book. Do you know what I heard today?"

Chu Xinle didn't expect that the scorching sun in this summer would be so dazzling, her eyes were blindfolded for too long, and she still hasn't recovered, so she could only ask perfunctorily, "What do you hear?"

"Lü Bu killed Ding Yuan." Xue Man put on airs and said, "Before he defected to Dong Zhuo, Lv Bu took refuge in Ding Yuan, the governor of Jingzhou, and Ding Yuan taught him his life's talents. Out of selfish interests, he killed Ding Yuan without hesitation." Xue Man said clearly, and did not forget to make a gesture of wiping his neck with a knife in his hand.

"People are not for themselves, heaven and earth will perish." Chu Xinle finally opened his eyes, who knew that when he opened his eyes, he saw two longbows in Xue Man's hand, and asked, "This is..."

After being reminded by him, Xue Man remembered the business, handed him a bow in his hand, and said: "My father gave me a birthday present. I think this bow is pretty good, so I beg my father to order the shop to make you one too." , we are exactly the same, there is a name engraved under the bow, we can't be confused."

Chu Xinle turned the bow over and saw that there was indeed a word "le" engraved on it. He blinked and asked, "Your birthday?"

Xue Man nodded: "Yes, just today."

Chu Xinle's fingers holding the bow suddenly tightened, his head drooped lower and lower, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "...I don't even have any gifts for you..."

Xue Manhun gave him a punch indifferently, and said: "Why do we still distinguish so clearly?" Then he put his arms around Chu Xinle's shoulders, raised an eyebrow at him, and said: "You can teach me more. , to save my father from nagging me again."

Even though he said so, Chu Xinle still gave Xue Man a gift the next day.

Xue Man looked at the bunch of finely crafted red ears in his hand, with a puzzled look on his face.

"This is Li...my mother made it up last night, and she said it was one of us." After saying that, Chu Xinle pulled out the bow behind her back, and Xue Man saw that the red ear that was exactly like him was already hanging on the bow. on the bow.

Xue Man actually liked this Hongsui very much. After all, no one had ever given him such a gift, but he still had to put on a show of accepting it mercifully and said, "If that's the case, then I'll take this as well." Bring it on."

Although he said so, he took it faster than anyone else. During that whole day, no matter whether he saw Cheng Jie or other servants in the mansion, he would first put out the bow and ask, "Does it look good?"

He will leave contentedly when he gets an affirmative answer from others.

They have known each other for a long time, and they even agreed to get married on the same day in the future.

Summer afternoons are the most sultry, but the two of them like to squat in front of the fish tank to tease the fish, and lie directly under the shade of the trees when they are tired.

"My father found a few more girls from everyone today. I looked at the portraits, and they all looked not as good-looking as you." Xue Man looked up at the leaves blown by the wind.

"Hey, are you complimenting me or scolding me?" Chu Xinle immediately slapped him.

Xue Man didn't care, and asked again: "But to be honest, tell me what kind of girl you like, and I can find one for you." Chu Xinle's answer.

Chu Xinle pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then said, "It's just me, as long as people don't dislike me."

"Don't, don't, I don't know you yet?" Xue Man interjected directly: "Don't make those nonsense, tell the truth."

Seeing that this would not work, Chu Xinle thought seriously, "As for your personality, you have to be more docile and obedient, otherwise you will definitely bully Li... bully my mother, it doesn't matter if you can't cook, I'll do it Success is to plan more for the family, to be able to manage the family diligently, just like..." Chu Xinle racked her brains to come up with a metaphor: "Just like a little white rabbit!"

Xue Man lay back down bored, with a grass in his mouth, and said, "You're asking too much."

"Tsk...Didn't you ask me to tell you that?" Chu Xinle rolled his eyes at him and asked, "What about you, Patriarch Xue has found so many girls for you, and you didn't like any of them?"

Xue Man shook his head, and said directly: "No, who can be worthy of me, Xue Man!"

"..." Chu Xinle gave him a thumbs up and said, "If you are capable, you will die alone forever."

"That won't work, then you have to stay with me." Xue Man turned around to face Chu Xinle, and looked at him with his hands on his head.

Chu Xinle just smiled but didn't answer.

Seeing this, Xue Man was soft and hard, and only got Chu Xinle to say: "I'm sleepy, sleep."

Chu Xinle thought that he might just stay by Xue Man's side for the rest of his life and help him become the head of the family, and Xue Man thought the same way.

But how could God be so kind to Chu Xinle?All the souls of the Chu family were waiting for him to take revenge. He accidentally discovered the jade pendant on Xue Chengji's body. He had seen the engraved patterns on it the night the Chu family was burned. Although what he saw was broken and incomplete, Chu Xin Le will never forget it in his life. He is sure that the pattern is exactly the same as Xue Chengji's.

Later, when he checked it out, all the answers surfaced as if they were ready. All the real culprits of the Chu family's massacre were pointed at Xue Chengji.

The nights in late autumn are always so cold that you want to rot your bones. Chu Xinle sent Li Lianyi out in advance. He sneaked into Xue Chengji's room and planned to die with him. But when he was standing beside Xue Chengji's bed, he seemed not to want to die anymore. Li Lianyi Lianyi was still waiting for him, Xue Chengji killed the whole family of the Chu family, but Xue Man treated him like a brother, how should he avenge this hatred?Chu Xinle couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Regret?" A voice suddenly came from behind.

Chu Xinle took out the bow and arrow and turned around to aim them.

Xue Chengji didn't turn on the lamp, he came out from the dark place, the kindness on his face disappeared completely.

"You knew it a long time ago?" Chu Xinle narrowed his eyes, and his bow-drawing hands trembled.

"It's not too early, I just noticed you looking flustered recently," Xue Chengji sighed, and said, "Who the hell are you? The Chu family?"

Chu Xinle kept silent, and the hand that drew the bow couldn't help shaking.

"No, it was absolutely impossible to leave anyone alive at that time. Everyone in the Chu family had already..." Xue Chengji suddenly opened his eyes wide, and there was a hint of danger in those shining eyes. He seemed to have discovered something. Chu Xinle's words became colder: "You should have died long ago, you remnant! You should have long ago——"

But before he finished speaking, Xue Chengji spat out a mouthful of blood, and then a long arrow shot right through his heart.

"Father, you asked me to come—" Xue Man happened to push the door open at this moment, and saw such a scene.

The cold wind blows down the yellow leaves in the courtyard, and the moonlight from the window is like a dividing line. Xue Man is in the light, Chu Xinle is in the dark, and Xue Chengji is still lying in the middle, dying.

Chu Xinle woke up suddenly, but found that it was still dark outside the window. Xing Yanhong was a light sleeper. He woke up after being tossed like this. He sat up, saw the sweat on Chu Xinle's face by the moonlight and couldn't help frowning, and wiped it clean for him. He asked, "Did you have a nightmare?"

Chu Xinle was still in shock, he hugged Xing Yanhong weakly, buried his head in his arms, and said: "Xue Chengji was poisoned first, and then he was shot by an arrow, the remaining poison was found in my room, and Xue Chengji died in his room and die before me."

Xing Yanhong didn't expect that he would say this to himself suddenly, but he still reassured him and said, "This has nothing to do with you."

Chu Xinle chuckled lightly: "Yeah, none of this has anything to do with me." He raised his head from Xing Yanhong's arms, looked at him seriously, and said in a low voice in the cold and quiet night: "I didn't kill Xue Chengji." ,Do you believe it?"

The snow on the plum blossom branches in the yard fell and rustled. In the dark night, Xing Yanhong hugged Chu Xinle tightly, kissed his temples, and sighed softly: "Yi An, I believe, what do you say? Believe it all."