The setting sun has disappeared, and the undulating peaks are covered with orange.
Yang Zhaoxi dismissed Luo Changqing and then turned back to the courtyard. He saw that Lu Qiuniang had carried the mulberry leaves back to the silkworm house and was standing in the courtyard, looking at him with her eyes full of love.
Yang Chaoxi felt warm in her heart. She couldn't help but take a few steps, scratched her head and said, "Mom, I warned Uncle Luo Shi! I'm afraid he won't dare to cause trouble again. It's just that he used too much force just now and broke the wooden fence.
, I will help mother fix it tomorrow morning."
Lu Qiuniang looked at Yang Zhaoxi, who was much taller than her, and seemed to see Yang Sanlang's appearance in a trance. Her eyes were shining brightly and she said: "Xi'er has grown up after all! He looks a lot like your father... After all this time,
You must be hungry, right? I’m going to cook some food right now.”
The mother and son then picked up the large and small baggage brought back by Yang Zhaoxi and entered the hut. The two had not seen each other for more than a month and exchanged greetings. Needless to say.
If there was nothing going on in the mountains at night, even the oil lamp would not be lit. After dinner, the two of them took care of the silkworms in the twilight, then returned to the earthen kang in the bedroom, and went to sleep early.
Yang Chaoxi was accustomed to practicing kung fu and qi, and his physical fitness was far beyond that of ordinary people. Even though he was running around for a day, he didn't even sweat much. At this time, he was lying on the couch, his eagle eyes were as bright as stars, and he was
Yes, no sleepiness.
"Xi'er? Can't you sleep?" On the other side of the earthen bed, Lu Qiuniang hadn't fallen asleep yet.
Perhaps it was because she had been worried for many days, but she finally felt relieved, and the joy and satisfaction in her heart had not dissipated at this moment. All she thought about were the past moments from when Yang Chaoxi was born to when she left in despair.
"Um!"
Yang Zhaoxi responded vaguely and pondered for a long time before speaking slowly, "Mom, I know that every time you mention daddy, you will be sad for a long time. But there is a question. The child has always wanted to know, do you know how daddy died?
of?"
Lu Qiuniang was immersed in her memories when she suddenly heard him ask such a question. Her heart was twisted and she said with a slightly trembling voice: "Your father... was of course when he was guarding Taiyuan City, he fought with the Jizhou thieves and was trapped in a tight siege.
He was hit by many arrows...and finally bled to death...Why do you suddenly want to mention this matter today?"
Yang Zhaoxi had a change of thought, but he didn't want her to know his intention, so he lied: "Mom, don't worry too much, I just miss my father a little. A few days ago, I bumped into an old soldier in Luoyang City, so I had some wine with him.
, chatting for a long time, I found out that he actually came back alive from the battle of guarding Taiyuan. Speaking of the brutal fighting back then, the veterans were very sad."
Lu Qiuniang felt relieved. As for the death of her husband Yang Sanlang, the regiment training soldiers who came back from the village had some different opinions. However, due to the prestige of Lizhengguan Dashi in the village, those regiment training soldiers were just a dream.
After drinking, she accidentally confided something, which gradually reached her ears. However, that statement was too shocking and there was no sufficient evidence, so she kept it in her heart and never mentioned it.
Just then, Yang Chaoxi suddenly asked him about the cause of his father's death. Lu Qiuniang said that he had heard something and came back to confront Guan Dashi, so she was shocked. Seeing that he just bumped into Yang Sanlang's former colleague, she felt a little agitated.
I was touched and felt relieved.
He is dead! Even if there is another hidden reason for her husband's death, even if the truth is found out and the real culprit is caught and punished on the spot, what will happen? Her brother Sanlang has long been turned into a jar of ashes and will never come back to life again.
.
Thinking of this, Lu Qiuniang hurriedly changed her words and said: "Xi'er, since you have gone down the mountain with the Taoist masters from Shangqingguan to practice, you must think carefully about everything and don't be reckless and cause trouble. If...if you encounter
Don't miss the girl you see in your eyes. Your father passed away early, and your mother raised you so well that she naturally hopes that you will get married and start a business soon, so that you can leave more flesh and blood for the Yang family."
My mother spoke sincerely and from the bottom of her heart. How could Yang Chaoxi not be moved? So after listening to her voice, her throat quivered slightly and she remained silent for a long time, not knowing how to respond. After a long time, she finally said, "I understand, kid."
The mother and son were chatting, and after a while, the sound of a deep sleep could be heard from Lu Qiuniang's end. She had been working all day, raising silkworms and weaving, and was actually exhausted both physically and mentally. However, Yang Zhaoxi suddenly returned,
After making her happy, she temporarily suppressed the fatigue of the day. At this time, she leaned on the pillow for a long time, and finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.
Listening to the familiar breathing sound, Yang Zhaoxi slowly pulled her body out of the quilt, tiptoed off the earthen bed, climbed on cloud shoes, and walked outside. However, she was worried about the loud sound of the wooden door, so she gently opened the window, and a fish jumped
, and had already left the hut.
Just as he was falling sharply, his arms slightly propped up on the ground, and his body suddenly rose again, and then rolled a few times, and he was already standing outside the courtyard. He immediately looked in the right direction, and he was familiar with the door and the road, and headed straight towards the gate.
Rushing to the Oishi family's hut.
The moon was hazy and the lead clouds were extremely heavy, as if the first shower of early summer was brewing.
He had grown up in the village for several years, and even though everything was dark and the path was difficult to distinguish, it was not difficult for him to find which house he wanted to go to at night.
When passing by Niu Pang'er's brand-new courtyard, I couldn't help but feel pain in my heart. I even missed my breath for half a beat, and my feet slowed down. However, after listening for a long time, there was a silence in the brand-new thatched cottage, even Niu Pang'er
I didn't hear the snoring of my son at all, which was quite strange.
Yang Zhaoxi sighed silently, fearing that he would be noticed if he delayed for too long. He did not dare to listen anymore and continued to run forward.
The sky was dim and the entire Yangliu Villa had fallen into a deep sleep. Except for the occasional cry of a night owl, which made several dogs bark in agreement, it felt quite mysterious and peaceful.
Yang Zhaoxi took advantage of the weak skylight and soon saw the vague outline of Guan Dashi's house. Without any hesitation, he jumped into the courtyard with his feet and knees raised, touched under the bedroom window, and listened carefully. But he listened to what was going on inside.
The person's breathing was fast and slow, and occasionally there were a few painful groans. It seemed that he was not sleeping peacefully.
Yang Zhaoxi felt a little curious: Could it be that Guan Shibo was hunting during the day and was hit by a wild boar or other mountain beast and injured his legs and feet? If this is true, even if he notices the attack after a while, his skill will be greatly reduced. And he kills him.
His chances are naturally a bit higher. After all, Guan Dashi has been practicing with the Mangshan regiment for many years, and his fighting skills are quite good. When he was still young, he taught him most of the fists, feet and weapons...
Thinking of this, I finally felt a trace of intolerance in my heart. If I really took his life tonight, it seemed that I would be repaying kindness with revenge, and in my heart, must be the satisfaction of having a great revenge? But when I think of Chen Gu's words that day
With such a serious look on his face, thinking that he was the murderer who caused his father's tragic death, the tenderness in his heart finally became cold and hard again.
Yang Chaoxi shook his head to get rid of all these thoughts. Then he calmed down, reached behind his back, slowly pulled out the Shadow Bearing Sword, and carefully lifted up the half-covered window. When the gap was big enough, he opened the window with both hands.
With a kick of his foot, he leaped up suddenly and instantly slipped through the gap. Then he rolled, his figure was already silent and half-crouched in the bedroom.
Yang Zhaoxi calmed down for a moment, holding the left hand on the window sash, and then slowly pulled it back. Looking up, he saw a figure lying on his side on the earthen bed, and his body also exuded the smell of wound medicine mixed with blood.
Why, it's somewhat familiar.
He tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand, and his eyes quickly adapted to the darkness in the bedroom. The outline of Guan Dashi's figure gradually became clear on the kang.
He held his breath, raised his heart, and stood up. His sword moves were not fancy, he aimed at Guan Dashi's throat, and suddenly stabbed down!
"laugh!"
With a crisp and clear sound, it was obvious that the sword had hit the target. However, the touch in the palm of the hand was slightly off, as if it had penetrated into a sandbag...
When he looked again, he saw that the long sword was buried in the pillow. Guan Dashi rolled up and reached the foot of the kang, shouting angrily: "Who is it!"
Seeing that he had been exposed, Yang Chaoxi simply let go of his hands and feet and was about to strike with his sword. However, he felt that the sound of shouting was wrong, it was not Guan Dashi's voice. He immediately said coldly: "Who are you! Hiding here in the middle of the night,
Are you trying to play the 'Li Dai Tao Zang' trick with me?"
But the man had already heard his voice, and his anger immediately turned to confusion: "Are you... Yang Shaoxia? Why did you come here late at night with your sword? Could it be... that you came back to the mountain this time... to kill Guan Lizheng?"
Come..."
Yang Chaoxi also recognized the person on the kang, but it was Luo Changqing, who had disturbed his mother at dusk and received a slap from him. He was immediately furious and ready to rant: "Luo Changqing! I spared your life before.
, because I care about my mother eating fast and worshiping Buddha, and she doesn’t like killing. Unexpectedly, you don’t know whether to live or die, so you hide here and pretend to be a ghost! Tell me! Where is Guan Dashi now?!"
However, Luo Changqing had already propped himself up and leaned against the wall, his voice trembling with pain: "I...I don't know...I have been coming here often recently, just to take a look at Qiuniang...Guanli is a generous and righteous person.
, and left me to rest here... It was only after I entered the village today that I discovered that Guan Lizheng had already left. I asked the villagers around, and they only said that they had gone down the mountain and entered the city a few days ago, but they didn't know where they were.
where……"
Yang Chaoxi didn't believe it, so with a long groan of the Chengying Sword, it was nailed to the side of his neck, wiping out a bloody groove on his ear: "I, ask, again! Guan, Dashi, is here,
where?"
Luo Changqing felt a coldness in his neck, and he had no doubt that he had said something wrong, which would result in his head being dislocated. The only person he wanted in his heart now was Qiuniang, but he had been turned away by her several times.
.At this moment, I am already discouraged, but I am not afraid of death and greed for life:
"Yang Shaoxia, if I have the intention to deceive you, even if you kill me right now, you won't be able to tell the truth... I just made it clear that I only came a few hours earlier than you and have been waiting for Qiuniang at your home.
Come back. How can we find out a lot of information? If you still don’t believe it, please take action!"
Yang Chaoxi felt that he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. He suddenly drew his sword and started slashing wantonly in the bedroom. After a few breaths, the anger subsided, and he sheathed his sword and stood up. With a "bang", it turned out to be
He broke through the window sash and escaped into the dark night.
Luo Changqing was still in shock, so he slowly moved out from the kang, held up the lamp, and looked around, he couldn't help but be horrified:
I saw many shocking gaps of different lengths being plowed out on the earthen kang, walls, wardrobes, tables, floors, etc. It looked like they were caused by a long sword? Rather, it looked like they were caused by a mo knife, a spurge, etc.
Caused by long soldiers slashing.
Luo Changqing knew that there must be a hidden secret in this matter, but just now Yang Chaoxi was so angry that he couldn't ask for the whole story. He had to wait until one day when Yang Shaoxia's anger subsided and asked him again in detail. If Guan Dashi really did it
Even if I have some friendship with him, I'm afraid I can't help him...
Yang Chaoxi carried his sword and walked away, feeling frustrated. Not only did he fail tonight, but he also exposed his intentions.
But Guan Dashi was like a prophet, and he escaped a disaster by chance. If he knew about it in the future, he would seek revenge from him. When he wanted to take action again, he was afraid that he would have to face Guan Dashi and the entire
Mangshan regiment training, and most of the villagers in Yangliu Villa...
Even my mother would be shocked if she knew that he came back to the mountain to kill Li Zheng.
Just as he was thinking dejectedly, he suddenly found the courtyard of his thatched cottage very close at hand. He first raised his eyes and looked at the courtyard, and when he saw that everything was the same as before, he felt relieved and jumped back to the courtyard. He connected his feet again,
He ran to the outside window, straightened his knees, and jumped in.
Only this time, even though he landed silently, he immediately discovered that a figure was already sitting in front of the wooden table and bench outside, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
When he settled down, the figure made a soft "pop" sound, and struck the tinder with a fire sickle. Immediately, a flame slowly rose from the oil lamp, and the dim light soon filled the hut, reflecting the
Lu Qiuniang came with a frosty face.
Yang Chaoxi trembled when she saw this, and quickly fell to her knees, lowered her head and shouted: "Mother——"