Chapter 3 The third episode of New Year's Eve, innocent people were killed, and late night appointments were innocent
Seeing him like this, You Yang stood up and said, "Brother Bao, you have already told me many things, thank you very much."
Bao Linghui was a little worried, and after You Yang left, he asked his father, "Daddy, what's the matter with you?"
Bao Chongyi said: "It's nothing, it's just that the incident happened so abruptly that I couldn't figure it out for a moment."
Chu Tianshu said: "Brother, you can rest, younger brother will come back another day."
Bao Chongyi said with a smile: "It's rare for us two brothers to meet. At least I have to keep you for three or five days. How can you just leave? Sit down, I just want you to help me with the details." After finishing, drink With a cup of hot tea, the tiredness will disappear and the spirit will be revived.But he still seemed to be thinking about something and didn't speak.
Bao Linghui couldn't help asking: "Father, there is something you haven't said yet. Does Qi Yanran, the martial arts hero, have a granddaughter?"
Bao Chongyi said: "That's right, he has a granddaughter who is his son's posthumous daughter. When he went to Beijing that year, he knew that I was a guest at the Zhenyuan Escort, so he specially brought his granddaughter to see me."
Chu Tianshu asked: "How old was his granddaughter at that time?"
Bao Chongyi said: "It's only six or seven years old. She has two braids and eyes that seem to be able to talk. She is a very clever little girl."
Chu Tianshu said: "That was ten years ago, right?" Bao Chongyi said: "Yes." Chu Tianshu said: "That girl in black seems to be about twenty years old."
Bao Chongyi sighed: "Yes, according to my opinion, Shijiu is the same person. That's why I feel strange!"
Bao Linghui said, "Father, what are you wondering about?"
Bao Chongyi said: "Although Qi Yanran's behavior is a bit weird, he is an out-and-out hero. He is definitely not comparable to Xu Zhongyue and others who are trying to gain fame. His granddaughter has been by his side since he was a child, how can he be so good with the Flying Dragon? Brother Chu, you were here just now, in your opinion, what is the relationship between the two of them?"
Chu Tianshu said: "Like a pair of brothers and sisters, and they grew up together since childhood."
Bao Linghui said: "Ling Yuyan, a female disciple of the Qingcheng School, and Meng Zhongqiang, a disciple of the Kunlun School, once ran into the flying dragon and the girl in black on the road. According to them, the girl in black was chasing the flying dragon at that time. It seems to be a woman. Fall in love with a man, but the man ignores her."
Bao Chongyi said: "If it really looks like a brother and sister who grew up together, it will be even more strange!"
Chu Tianshu suddenly said: "Brother Bao, do you know how that apprentice Qi Yanran died?"
Bao Chongyi said: "This is a very secret matter. I heard that he was killed by eight guards. But those eight guards also killed seven of them, and the other was seriously injured."
Chu Tianshu was taken aback, and asked: "So, what is his identity as an apprentice?"
Bao Chongyi said: "I don't know. But with so many guards sent out to arrest him, he must be a criminal who committed a serious crime."
Bao Linghui said: "Since the Ouchi guards are handling the case secretly, father, how do you know so clearly?"
Bao Chongyi said: "I was told by Chief Tang of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.
"Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is the largest bodyguard bureau in Beijing, the head of the bodyguard Tang Huaiyuan is very familiar with people, he has friends from all walks of life, black and white, all of whom are friends.
"Hey, back then I couldn't get along with the escort business because I didn't want to make friends with the government."
Bao Linghui smiled and said, "Father, stop complaining and talk about serious business. I've heard it more than once."
Bao Chongyi continued: "Tang Huaiyuan has a friend who is a third-rank imperial guard with a knife, and his status is higher than that of ordinary Ouchi guards.
"It was he who disclosed this case to Tang Huaiyuan.
"Of course, he won't reveal such secrets about the imperial convicts for no reason. He wants Tang Huaiyuan to help him find out which family and sect the imperial convicts belong to, and the origin of the master's school. You must know that even if the imperial convicts are dead, their origins are still unknown. We need to investigate clearly. If the crime committed is serious, maybe the same family will also be implicated.
"The imperial guard actually already suspected that the prisoner might be Qi Yanran's apprentice, so he came to ask Tang Huaiyuan for confirmation because of his knowledge and knowledge. At the same time, he also wanted to ask him if he knew Qi Yanran's whereabouts.
"He didn't give the name of the prisoner, nor the circumstances of the case. However, he gave a very detailed account of the prisoner's martial arts, which he said based on what the survivor saw and experienced.
"Among the seven dead, three were crushed to the head by palm force; two were pierced through the heart by a sharp sword; The back arrow from the shock went through the throat. The only survivor was hit in the face by his swinging sleeve, blinded in two eyes, flattened in the nose, and suffered internal injuries, and fainted immediately. It took more than half a year of recuperation before he was able to recover .
"Also, before the fight started, the group of big inner guards once launched a sneak attack with hidden weapons, rolled up the sleeves of the criminals, and beat them back. However, the martial arts of the eight guards are all extraordinary, so only the weaker one The bone-penetrating nail shot by myself was reflected back and passed through the throat, and the other seven people had to suffer a lot before they were either killed or injured."
Chu Tianshu asked: "These two kung fu are Hunyuan Yiqi Gong and Liuyun Feixiu." In fact, there is no need to ask Bao Chongyi, he already has the answer in his heart.
Sure enough, Bao Chongyi said: "Of course it is, otherwise I don't even know the name of Qi Yanran's apprentice, how can I be sure that he is the one who died?"
Chu Tianshu said: "In what year did this case happen?"
Bao Chongyi said: "The sixth year of Qianlong. Well, this year is the sixteenth year of Qianlong, exactly ten years have passed.
"Boss Tang knew that Qi Yanran and I knew each other, so after he found out about this case, he went to Luoyang to find me."
Bao Linghui thought about it and said, "That's no wonder!"
Bao Chongyi said: "No wonder why?"
Bao Linghui said: "That year, Tang Huaiyuan, the head of the Zhenyuan Security Bureau, came for the bodyguards of a firm in Luoyang. On the second day after he arrived in Luoyang, Guo Yuanzai and I were at Jiang Xuejun's house, and Xu Zhongyue also came later. Guo Yuanzai was The person who came out secretly to visit Mr. Xue didn’t want his master to see him, so he hid with me in Mr. Xue’s room.
"We heard Xu Zhongyue and Xue Jun's father talking about the matter of Chief Tang's bodyguard. Xu Zhongyue felt strange, saying that the bodyguard was only worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, how could it be worth the chief bodyguard of the No. The head will go out by himself?"
Bao Chongyi said: "He used his bodyguards as a cover to ask me about Qi Yanran's master and apprentice. I am an old member of their bodyguard bureau. If he stops by to see me, no one will be suspicious."
Unconsciously, Chu Tianshu's heart moved, and he asked, "Did Jiang Yuanyong move to Luoyang to settle down that year?"
Bao Chongyi said: "That's right, it's from that year. Hey, brother, why are you asking this? Jiang Yuanyong is just a mediocre martial artist as his name suggests."
Bao Linghui laughed and said, "It's called 'Yuanyong', which means far away from mediocrity. Dad, isn't your explanation exactly the opposite of the original meaning?"
Bao Chongyi was poor when he was young, unlike his son, who was born after he already had little assets. Because he was out of school when he was young, he let his son study literature and martial arts for half a day since he was a child.He does not read as many books as his son.
Bao Chongyi blushed, and said: "I won't talk to you about words, no matter whether he is far from mediocrity or near mediocrity, in short he is a mediocre martial artist without much ability."
Chu Tianshu secretly laughed in his heart: "Although my Uncle Jiang's ability is far inferior to Qi Yanran, he is probably much better than you." He said: "That's why I find it strange that he is a mediocre martial artist, and he is just a mediocre martial artist. For those who moved to Luoyang, why did Xu Zhongyue become good friends with him so quickly, as a hero of Zhongzhou, without hesitation?"
Bao Chongyi had never thought about this question before, he was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Maybe it's because he has a crush on Jiang Yuanyong's daughter?"
Bao Linghui laughed unconsciously, and said, "Father, you are confused again. Jiang Xuejun was still a little girl under ten years old back then."
Bao Chongyi said: "As the saying goes, people are karmic bonds, maybe the two of them have similar tastes, and Xu Zhongyue made him curry favor."
Bao Linghui was very dissatisfied with his father's explanation, and said: "Father, you are wrong again, I often go to Jiang's house, and I saw with my own eyes that Martial Master Jiang's attitude towards Xu Zhongyue is the same as your attitude towards Xu Zhongyue, it's just perfunctory. If you talk about flattery, it can only be said that Xu Zhongyue flattered him."
Bao Chongyi snorted and said, "Then, according to you, why did Xu Zhongyue curry favor with him?"
Bao Linghui said: "I can't figure it out either. However, I do know how they made friends. Jiang Wushi has a cousin who has long been in Luoyang, and he often goes to and from Xu's house. It can be regarded as Xu Zhongyue's disciple."
Chu Tianshu was not satisfied with Bao Linghui's explanation.But he still didn't want Bao Chongyi to know that Jiang Yuanyong was his uncle, so he didn't express his doubts.
Bao Chongyi was not very happy when his son refuted him. He glanced at his son and said, "Of course you know a lot about Jiang's family. But it doesn't matter if you go to Jiang's house in the past, so don't go to Xu's house often in the future!"
The son understands what the father means, which means that Jiang Xuejun is now married to Xu's wife, and he wants his son to avoid suspicion, so he can't go to Jiang Xuejun anymore.Bao Linghui blushed, and said, "Father, you can take the topic too far."
Bao Chongyi also didn't want to embarrass his son in front of his friends, so after using the topic to "teach" his son, he said with a smile: "Yes, I have forgotten what was mentioned just now. Why bother to think about trivial matters?"
Bao Linghui said: "You said that Chief Tang of the Zhenyuan Security Bureau specially went to Luoyang to inquire about Qi Yanran's master and apprentice with you. Father, have you ever told him what you know?"
Bao Chongyi said: "Are you really a fool when you are a father? Although Tang Yuanhuai is my old friend, I will not tell him.
"He came to ask me, and I was secretly funny. Qi Yanran brought his granddaughter to his bodyguard to find me. He had met Qi Yanran before, but he didn't know it was Qi Yanran."
Unconsciously, Chu Tianshu's heart trembled again, and he thought: "I heard that Tang Huaiyuan is very smart and capable, why didn't he ask a stranger when the escort came? Two things, but after three years, he also I shouldn't forget it so quickly, is it just because Bao Chongyi is no longer the bodyguard of his bodyguard, but the identity of a guest, is it inconvenient for him to inquire about it?"
Bao Chongyi continued: "I can trust Tang Huaiyuan——
"Because of the Escort Bureau, he has to make friends with the government, and he will not regard the imperial guards with swords as real friends. He came to ask me about it, probably because he couldn't restrain his curiosity.
"But even so, it is always better to be cautious in everything. I can only let him know that I met Qi Yanran more than 30 years ago, and he already knew that. As for the prisoner, I can be sure that Qi Yanran is the only one. I dare not say this about my apprentice."
Bao Linghui said: "Father, although you didn't say it, I'm afraid he can guess it."
Bao Chongyi said: "He has never seen Hunyuan Yiqi Gong and Liuyun Feixiu, even if he has doubts, it is just suspicion. Besides, Qi Yanran's apprentice is dead, and Qi Yanran is also missing, even if he guessed right It doesn't matter."
Chu Tianshu suddenly said: "Did Qi Yanran's apprentice die on the spot, and the only surviving big inner guard saw it with his own eyes?"
Bao Chongyi said: "That's not true. The Ouchi bodyguard who survived by chance lost consciousness long ago. However, according to what he told Tang Huaiyuan's friend who was a third-rank military officer, before he lost consciousness, the prisoner had already lost consciousness. Suffered seven or eight wounds, his eyes were already blinded, and the wound on his chest was caused by a big inner guard from Shaolin sect with the vajra palm force! In any case, even if he could escape at that time, he would not survive three days. sky!"
Chu Tianshu said: "However, his martial arts are so strong, since the body has not been found, the so-called saying that he can't live for three days may not be believed."
Bao Chongyi said: "Do you doubt that he is not dead?"
Chu Tianshu said: "I dare not say. But according to what I have seen today, the martial arts of the flying dragon is a bit weird?"
Bao Chongyi said: "How weird?"
Chu Tianshu said: "He was able to smash seven or eight bone-penetrating nails into pieces, and he was able to slap Xu Zhongyue with a seemingly careless slap from a distance of one zhang away." Where You Yang's description of the contest process was not detailed enough, let's talk about it carefully and know it with Bao Chongyi.
Bao Chongyi said: "How old is the Flying Dragon?"
Chu Tianshu said: "About twenty-four or five years old."
Bao Chongyi said: "Then it will never be Qi Yanran's apprentice. His apprentice has already become a prisoner ten years ago. There is no need to add more to the snake. Everyone knows that a child who is only fourteen or fifteen years old will never become a prisoner." of."
Chu Tianshu said: "But according to Brother Bao, is his palm strength like Hunyuan Yiqi?"
Bao Chongyi said: "It's hard to say, Shaolin School's Vajra Palm and Baoding Yang Family's Liuyang Hand can both do what he does. Of course, the use of internal force is different, but you can only judge by doing the moves yourself."
Chu Tianshu said: "In this way, at least they are very similar!"
Bao Chongyi said: "No, that's right..." There seemed to be "more to come", but he didn't go on.
Chu Tianshu is a very smart person. Looking at his expression, he already understood in his heart: "In fact, he clearly knows that this is Hunyuan Yiqi Gong, but he himself does not want to believe it. Because he is afraid of something in his heart."
Bao Linghui couldn't help but said: "Father, you and Qi Yanran have not communicated for more than ten years. How do you know that the Flying Dragon is not his disciple? Besides, you don't know whether his apprentice whose life or death is uncertain has a son?"
Bao Chongyi seemed to be muttering to himself: "No way, he was besieged by powerful experts! He was seriously injured, even if he has a son, how can he have the strength to protect him?"
Bao Linghui said: "Don't you agree that their father and son don't live together?"
Bao Chongyi suddenly let out a long sigh like a deflated ball, and said, "If Feitian Shenlong is someone who has a close relationship with Qi Yanran, no matter whether it is his closed disciple or his apprentice, it will be even more unimaginable. !"
Chu Tianshu said: "Why?"
Bao Chongyi was surprised: "Brother, you are a smart person, why can't you understand this point?"
Chu Tianshu said: "Big brother please advise."
Bao Chongyi said: "First, Qi Yanran's reputation as a chivalrous man will inevitably be tarnished by him. Second, he has obtained Qi Yanran's true biography. In today's world, besides Qi Yanran himself, who else can subdue him? Qi Yanran loves his granddaughter the most. Will he I don’t know if he’s still alive in the world, but even if he’s still alive, I’m afraid he won’t have the heart to cut off this disciple whom his granddaughter likes with his own hands.”
Chu Tianshu said slowly and suddenly: "Although the Flying Dragon is 'notorious', it may not really be a big devil who does all kinds of evil as ordinary people say!"
Bao Chongyi said: "You saw him for the first time today, right?"
Chu Tianshu said: "Not bad."
Bao Chongyi said: "Then how do you know that he is not like that?"
Chu Tianshu said: "I have heard of his 'evil deeds' a lot, but I have never heard of any decent hero who was murdered by him. The 'evil deeds' he did, for example, the Lord Leibao of Fengleibao He cut off his head, and Li Zhaizhu of Yinmachuan stabbed him blind, etc. Those people are the tyrants of one side, even if they are not considered chivalrous enemies, they may have done much more bad things than good things !"
Bao Chongyi said: "You said that there are no decent heroes who have been murdered by him? Not necessarily? He Jingjin cut off a pair of ears for him. He Jingjin is a famous old hero in the chivalrous way!"
Chu Tianshu said: "Xu Zhongyue is known as the hero of Zhongzhou. Compared with He Jingjin, he is even more famous in the chivalrous way!"
Bao Chongyi's heart trembled, and he said, "You mean that He Jingjin, like Xu Zhongyue, is a hypocrite seeking fame? But I don't know what you saw?"
Chu Tianshu said: "I don't know He Jingjin well, let alone know what he is like, but I believe that if he is really worthy of being called an old hero in the way of chivalry, the Flying Dragon will not cut him off. ear!"
Bao Chongyi said: "In this case, you would rather believe that the Flying Dragon is the true way of chivalry."
Chu Tianshu said: "At least I believe that he is not the big devil as others said."
Bao Linghui said: "That's right, I believe so too."
Bao Chongyi said: "Why do you say that?"
Bao Linghui said: "Father, in your opinion, Mr. Jian Da can be regarded as a chivalrous way?"
Bao Chongyi said: "I am very clear about his character, some flaws may be unavoidable, but from the overall perspective, if he can't be regarded as a chivalrous way, there is no one in the world who can be called a chivalrous way."
Bao Linghui said: "Father, let me tell you, Mr. Jian Da, whom you respect, also respects the flying dragon. At least he doesn't regard the flying dragon as a devil who does all kinds of evil."
Bao Chongyi said: "How do you know?"
Bao Linghui said: "Before he became a notary, he called Feitian Shenlong his younger brother. At least such a title is not hostile, right?"
Bao Chongyi remained silent, thinking to himself: "That's right, Mr. Jianda would never use such an affectionate name for a devil anyway."
Bao Linghui said: "Father, what are you thinking? Do you still not believe it?"
Bao Chongyi said: "No, I wish that the Flying Dragon would be like what you said, even if it wasn't a knight, at least it wasn't a devil."
Chu Tianshu suddenly said: "Brother Bao, I want to go out to find a friend, and I may not come back tonight. I wonder if you can rest assured that your son will accompany me to look for it?"
Bao Chongyi said: "Of course, but I don't know who to contact?"
Chu Tianshu said: "I met your son, a friend of the younger generation."
Bao Chongyi thought to himself: "He Linghui's best friend is Guo Yuanzai. Guo Yuanzai is Xu Zhongyue's favorite disciple, and even his future son-in-law. Could it be that Chu Tianshu wants to inquire about the relationship between the Flying Dragon and Xu Zhongyue indirectly from Guo Yuanzai's mouth?" The secret between Zhongyue. You must know that Feitian Shenlong came with the purpose of breaking up Xu Zhongyue and his wife. No one can guess. Try asking him about it."
Bao Chongyi was so sophisticated, he thought to himself: "Chu Tianshu is a famous young man from a martial arts family. Xu Zhongyue just asked someone to send him an invitation card, but he is willing to come. It is not expected that he will come to see the peony in Luoyang." It's that simple. Well, he cared so much about the Flying Dragon, and he asked about Qi Yanran's affairs very carefully. It seems that his lack of acquaintance with the Flying Dragon probably had something to do with it. Or even what happened today was already in his expectation? "Inquiring about other people's secrets is a big taboo in martial arts, so even though his friendship with Chu Tianshu is extraordinary, it is inconvenient to ask further.
Bao Linghui accompanied Chu Tianshu out of the city, and couldn't help asking, "Hero Chu, where is your friend?"
Chu Tianshu said: "You often go to the Xu family, and you must be very familiar with the situation of the Xu family?"
Bao Linghui was startled, and said, "Are you going to Xu's house again?"
Chu Tianshu nodded and said, "Not bad."
Bao Linghui said: "Do you want me to accompany you to find Guo Yuanzai?" His thoughts were the same as his father's.
Unexpectedly, this time Chu Tianshu shook his head and said, "No. And it's best not to let Guo Yuanzai know."
Bao Linghui was puzzled, and said, "Then who are you looking for at Xu's house?"
Chu Tianshu said softly and slowly: "Look for another good friend of yours."
Bao Linghui said: "You, you are talking about..."
Before the word "who" came out of his lips, Chu Tianshu went on to say, "I'm looking for the bride, Jiang Xuejun!"
"What? You, you're looking for Jiang Xuejun?" Bao Linghui opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe his ears.
Chu Tianshu smiled and said, "Is it not possible?"
Bao Linghui paused and said, "As you said just now, she is now Xu Zhongyue's bride!"
Chu Tianshu said: "That's right, you're right. The title of 'Bride' is a bit wrong. She and Xu Zhongyue have never paid homage. Why, are you afraid of suspicion?"
Bao Linghui was so upset that he didn't know how to answer.Chu Tianshu continued: "Didn't you see it just now? People in the Xu family no longer regard her as Xu Zhongyue's bride!"
Bao Linghui remembered that after Xu Zhongyue was injured, no one in the Xu family paid any attention to Jiang Xuejun.Xu Jinyao, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, even insulted her once.I couldn't help getting angry, and said: "Yes, how could Mr. Xue live such a miserable life in Xu's house? I can't let others demean her! I should advise her to leave Xu's house as soon as possible, even if she doesn't listen to the advice, At least I should go and see her!"
But Bao Linghui immediately thought: "I should care about Jiang Xuejun. Chu Tianshu is not related to her, so why did he secretly go to meet her at night?"
Chu Tianshu seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "You don't think I'm really fascinated by her beauty, do you?"
Unconsciously, Bao Linghui also made him laugh, and said, "Hero Chu, you are an upright gentleman, how dare I think of going on a crooked path? But I think it's a little strange."
Chu Tianshu said: "It's wrong, it's wrong. First, I'm definitely not a gentleman who doesn't look sideways. In front of beauty, I will still look at her a few times. Second, I can't be regarded as a villain if I am fascinated by sex." , as long as you can be in love and be polite, appreciating beauties just like appreciating famous paintings, being fascinated by beauty and not having dirty thoughts in your heart, then why not? Jiang Xuejun's beauty is seen by everyone. As soon as I arrived in Luoyang , I already know that four people are infatuated with her. But Xu Zhongyue is the most obscene. He is like a gangster who sees a flower and insists on breaking it off and putting it in his own vase."
Bao Linghui smiled and said, "Where are the other three?"
Chu Tianshu said: "Including your brother, even if everyone's fascination is different, there is nothing to criticize."
Bao Linghui blushed, and thought to himself: "The other two, one must be Guo Yuanzai. The other one, I don't know if it refers to himself or the flying dragon."
Chu Tianshu continued: "You find it strange, probably because I have never met her before, but why do I want to see her with you?"
Bao Linghui was embarrassed to admit it, but smiled without saying a word.
Chu Tianshu said: "That's why I want you to accompany me to find her. She is now Xu Zhongyue's only wife who owes her a visit. I have never met her before. If I go to find her, I'm afraid she will misunderstand me." He is a frivolous person, not only refuses to go out with me, he may even refuse to listen to my explanation, and will deal with me as he used to deal with Miss Xu as soon as we meet."
Bao Linghui said: "Oh, so you want me to help find her?" Emphasis on the word "help", "help find her", and "to find her together", but they are not quite the same.
Chu Tianshu said with a smile: "Exactly, I want you to ask her out for me, but you don't need to say my name first. Don't worry, if I have wronged feelings for her, I will never go with you."
Bao Linghui blushed, and said: "Hero Chu, don't keep making fun of the younger generation. I'll ask her out for you." He didn't have doubts in his mouth, but in his heart there was a mystery: why is Chu Tianshu so mysterious?
Chu Tianshu sighed and said, "I was going to ask the girl in black for help, but she must have left Luoyang with Flying Dragon at this moment. I couldn't find her, so I had to ask your brother for help."
Bao Linghui was taken aback and said, "Is that girl in black the granddaughter of Qi Yanran?"
Chu Tianshu said: "I think so."
Bao Linghui said: "You can ask her for help, then you and her are acquaintances."
Chu Tianshu said: "I don't know each other."
Bao Linghui asked again: "Today, Feitian Shenlong and her made a scene in Xu's house one after another. Feitian Shenlong and Jiang Xuejun made a move, but anyone can see that Feitian Shenlong really has love for Jiang Xuejun. Although the girl in black and Jiang Xuejun did not Fighting against each other, but on the contrary, she is full of hostility towards Jiang Xuejun. Do you think so?"
Chu Tianshu still used the old saying: "I think so." Then he added: "Not only is she hostile to Jiang Xuejun, but Jiang Xuejun is also hostile to her."
Bao Linghui said: "Since they are hostile to each other, how can you ask her to help you find Jiang Xuejun?"
Chu Tianshu said: "As long as I see her, she will not be hostile to Jiang Xuejun."
Bao Linghui said: "The more you talk, the more confused I become. You and her don't know each other, but you are sure to persuade her not to be hostile to Jiang Xuejun. This, this, this..."
Chu Tianshu said: "You will understand, and you will understand at least half of it soon."
Bao Linghui said, "Half?"
Chu Tianshu said: "Yes, once you meet Jiang Xuejun, you will understand at least half of her. After understanding her half, you can also understand the half of the girl in black. So to be honest, you I can understand more than half of it."
Bao Linghui smiled wryly and said: "Since that's the case, in order to break the boredom, I can only quickly help you to secretly ask out the bride who is only owed to worship."
Chu Tianshu laughed and said, "That's right, that's exactly how it is."
Yes, that's right, just as Chu Tianshu expected.
The girl in black was named Qi Shuyu, and she was Qi Yanran's granddaughter.
At this moment they are already outside Luoyang city.
Flying Shenlong's bleeding had stopped, but it was not known whether it was due to mental exhaustion, so he fell asleep while riding on the horse.
Qi Shuyu's riding skills were extremely good, one arm held his waist in a half-circle, so that the flying dragon would not fall off the horse, and the horse was still running forward.
As fast as the horse ran, her mind ran even faster.But one is to run forward and the other is to run backward.Because all she thinks about is the past.Although she is very young, like the bride Jiang Xuejun, she is nineteen years old.Life experience is also very simple, but there are still many unforgettable past events.
Like this one...
Back in time, it was New Year's Eve ten years ago.
There are only four people in her family: Grandpa, her, Uncle Ding and Mama Wang.
Uncle Ding is about the same age as grandpa, and is her family's servant.Grandpa treated him very well, he never seemed to treat him as a servant, and often took him to drink with him.
But she didn't like Uncle Ding, and was even a little afraid of him. He seldom spoke, and his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
Wang Ma is her mother's nanny and also her nanny, the person who took care of her since she was born.Wang Ma would make snacks for her, tell her stories, and make embroidered clothes for her.
She liked Wang Ma very much, but there was only one thing she didn't like.She was her mother's nanny, but whenever she asked about her mother, Wang Ma never said anything about her.
Her father died early, and she was not born when he died, she knew about it.
But she knew her mother was not dead, just gone somewhere.Her memory of her mother is extremely vague. She was only three years old when her mother left.
Why did the mother abandon her?Where is it now?
Grandpa refused to tell her, and Wang Ma refused to tell her either.
Grandpa loves her very much, but when he asks about her mother, grandpa will get angry, saying that she is not worthy of being her mother, and wants her to treat her mother as dead.Therefore, she dared not ask grandpa again.
Of course Wang Ma would not be angry, but she also refused to answer the questions in her heart.Maybe it's not that she doesn't want to, but that she doesn't know.
All she was willing to tell her were trivial things about her mother.For example, my mother is very beautiful, embroidering is better than her, and she can write poems.Whether the poem is well done or not, Mama Wang doesn't know.But she knew that her mother was known as a talented woman.Wang Ma didn't quite understand what a "talented girl" was. "Probably a talented woman is someone who can write poems well, so your mother's poems must be very good." Wang Ma said.
She still doesn't know how to make poems, and she doesn't want to know how well her mother's poems are doing. She just wants to know where her mother lives.
Too bad no one could tell her.
Although the population of the family is small, there is still a lively atmosphere during the Chinese New Year. The house has already been repainted. Grandpa has two more pots of narcissus on his desk, and there is a big vase with plum blossoms in the living room.Uncle Ding also had a smile on his face.She is even happier, and she can set off firecrackers as soon as the New Year comes.
On the night of New Year's Eve, she accompanied her grandfather to "watch the year" as usual.The so-called "keeping the old age" is just that her grandfather allowed her to go to bed later tonight, not really staying with him until dawn.
But this year's New Year's Eve, she really kept the New Year's Eve.
Grandpa drank two glasses of wine, and repeated those two lines of poems over and over again like last year's New Year's Eve.
At the end of the year, no one has returned for thousands of miles.
She could read at the age of six, read at the age of seven, and her grandfather taught her to read 300 Tang poems at the age of eight.She is nine years old this year, and after the new year she will be a ten-year-old "big" girl.What I didn’t understand last year, I understand this year.But--
She understands the meaning of these two lines.
She didn't understand why grandpa read these two poems.
"On New Year's Eve, I look forward to the return of relatives from afar." Is this how grandpa felt when he read these two poems?
But who is the family member he looks forward to?
Her father, that is, her grandfather's only son, died long before she was born, and of course the dead will not come back.
As soon as she asked about her mother, grandpa would get angry. Of course, this "man who has not returned for thousands of miles" could not be her mother.
So who is it?
What she didn't understand last year, she understood this year. She knew that Grandpa was missing his apprentice, a "Master Uncle" surnamed Wei whom she had never met.
Grandpa talked about him a lot, more this year.Not only told Uncle Ding, but also told her, although she had never met this uncle.
This Uncle Wei is a famous hero in Jianghu, this is what she knew from the conversation between Grandpa and Uncle Ding.But she didn't like to listen to the things in the world they talked about.She likes peace, watching Mama Wang embroider, and listening to grandpa tell stories about the Seven Immortals.She didn't want to know that Jiang Hu liked those mutual hatred and fighting.What's more, what Grandpa and Uncle Ding said about this master uncle who had never met, was mixed with too many "lip codes" (terms) of the world, she couldn't understand at all.
However, she really likes the "little things" that grandpa talked about when the master was young. The master probably learned martial arts from grandpa when he was seven years old, two years younger than her current age. "It turns out that Uncle Master was more naughty than me when he was young, but he is much more attentive in learning martial arts than I am."
Even though she is young, she understands how Master misses his proud disciples.
What she didn't understand was why grandpa only loved his disciples, but he didn't seem to miss his son? (At least that's how grandpa felt to her.)
Not only did Grandpa not want to mention her mother, he also rarely talked about her father.It is precisely because of this that she is much more familiar with the master uncle she has never met than she is with her father.
Is it just because her father is dead, and grandpa doesn't mention him to avoid being sad?
Losing a child in old age is of course very sad, but she knew that grandpa's reluctance to talk to her about his father was probably not just to avoid being sad.
Once he was drinking with Uncle Ding, and she was catching crickets in the yard. She didn't want to eavesdrop on their conversation, but she heard it anyway.
She didn't pay attention to what Uncle Ding said at the beginning. She only pricked up her ears when she heard Uncle Ding mention the word "Young Master".
She knew that the "young master" Uncle Ding said was her father.
It's a pity that Uncle Ding only said the word "young master" and couldn't continue.
A sound of "Dang" interrupted Uncle Ding's speech.
Grandpa smashed the wine glass into pieces, and Uncle Ding was startled. She hid in the yard outside but did not dare to make a sound.
At first, she thought her grandfather was angry with Uncle Ding, and she felt it was strange. Grandpa had always been like an old friend with Uncle Ding, and would never say a harsh word to Uncle Ding, so why was he suddenly angry with Uncle Ding?
It turned out that grandpa was not angry with Uncle Ding, but with her father.
"Even if Uncle Zi is really dead, he deserves it. I won't be sad for him, let alone avenge him!" Grandpa broke his wine glass and said loudly.
Uncle Ding didn't dare to say any more, and she was so frightened that she quickly hid in her room.
But she knew that even though grandpa said that, he was still sad.Because it was she who heard Grandpa's voice hoarse, and when she was having dinner, she saw that Grandpa's eyes were still red.
At that time, she was young and didn't know how to think carefully about what grandpa said, but now that she thinks about it, she has another question in her mind.
"Grandpa said the six words 'Even if he really died', so is it possible that Dad is not dead?"
Now she is a nineteen-year-old "eldest lady", and she has never heard any news about her father in nineteen years, so it must be the year when grandpa threw a wine glass to get angry with her father, he must have died "seriously" up.
She suppressed her wild thoughts, and still took back the clues of memories.Back to that New Year's Eve night ten years ago.
"It's the end of the year, and I haven't returned home for thousands of miles!" Grandpa was nagging Uncle Ding about his beloved apprentice again, which even made her a little jealous of the uncle who had never met. . "The person grandpa loves the most, is that uncle or me?"
She had heard more than once about that Uncle Wei's apprenticeship, she was sleepy and her eyelids were already closed.
Suddenly I heard the sound of "Du, Du, Du", which was the sound of crutches.She had seen blind people walking with a cane, and it was this sound.Strange, on New Year's Eve, the third watch has passed, and there are still people walking outside?And hearing the sound of the cane being tapped, it came very quickly, and it was walking towards her door.
There was a knock on the door.
“谁？”爷爷喝问。
“师父，是我、我，承纲回、回来了！”嘶哑的、低沉的声音，听得令人心里打颤。
当啷一声，爷爷手里的酒杯在地上开了花。就像上次她看见的那样。
不过这次并不是爷爷摔的，是爷爷控制不了他颤抖的手，酒杯从他手中跌下来，碎成片片的！
她吓了一跳，人也顿时从睡魔袭击之下清醒过来了！
“啊，纲儿，是你，我终于盼望你回来了！”爷爷颤巍巍的站了起来，走出院子。
用不着爷爷告诉她，她已经知道来的是谁了。
她知道是爷爷年年除夕夜盼望的“万里未归人”，这个“未归人”，今年终于归来了！
But--
等不及爷爷跳去开门，那位她从未见过面的大师伯已经把大门推开，自己走进来了。
但第一个走进来的却不是大师伯。
进来的是两个人，走在大师伯之前的是一个年约十四五岁的浓眉大眼的小伙子，是他牵着大师伯走进来的。
除夕夜，厅堂里，院子里都挂满灯饰，烛光、灯光，明如白昼。
大师伯形容枯槁，衣裳破烂。扶着拐杖走路，一跛一拐，她做梦也想不到，爷爷在她心中塑造的“大英雄”形象竟是如此！
再看清楚，她更禁不住吓得尖叫起来。
大师伯脸上两个空洞，眼眶里没有眼珠，满脸都是血污。
爷爷颤声叫道：“纲儿，你怎么啦？”
大师伯忽地抛开拐杖，跪在地上。那个浓眉大眼的小伙子也跟在他的后面跪下了。
“纲儿，你这是干嘛？”
“师父，我求你一件事情。唉，师父，你的大恩我点滴未报，如今又要……”
“你说吧，我无有不允！”
“我这个孩子想请师父替我将他教养成材！”
“你的孩子就是我的孙儿，这些话还用得着你和我说吗？不过，你……哎呀，你……”
爷爷紧紧抱着大师伯，大师伯的头更为低垂，好像抬不起来。她凝神细听，还隐约听得见大师伯断断续续的话语。
“师父，你，你对我恩重如山，恕我今生无法报答你了，非但无法报答你，还要累你为这孩子操心，我、我实在过意不去。我的事情，这孩子会告诉你的。”
大师伯死了，后来她才知道，大师伯是运用残余的功力，自断经脉而亡的。他的性格极为倔强，他不愿意在武功被毁而且变成残废的情形之下再活下去。
从此她多了一位异姓的哥哥，大师伯的孩子卫天元。
起初她妒忌这个哥哥，妒忌他比自己更得到爷爷的宠爱。但不知从什么时候开始，渐渐妒忌减少了，变得越来越是喜欢和他一起玩了。
但卫天元却是不喜欢玩的，他喜欢的似乎只有武功。往往在她缠着要他出去玩的时候，甚至会板起脸孔骂。但说也奇怪，她对爷爷的话也不听的，却肯听这个哥哥的话了。卫天元骂她，她非但不生气，而且还愿意跟他一样的勤练武功了。
她用心练武，爷爷很喜欢，卫天元很喜欢，她也很喜欢。因为她知道，要是她的武功哪天练得特别好的话，天元哥哥会对她特别好，往往不待她开口，就肯陪她去捉鸟儿，去摘野花。
她不怕天元哥哥骂她，只怕他不理睬她。她越来越多发现，常常在两人一起玩的时候，天元哥哥会突然走过一旁，脸上露出忧郁的神情，呆呆的望着天边的白云。
为什么他会这样，她问他，他不肯说。
唉，她现在才知道是什么原因。不，三年前已经知道了，不过知道得没有现在的清楚而已。
卫天元是五年前离开她家的，一去两年，方始回来。那时她已经是十六岁了，大人的事情，也肯让她知道一点了。
她知道卫天元是出去找寻杀父仇人的，她也知道他曾经与徐中岳在嵩山比武之事，但她知道徐中岳不是他的杀父仇人，否则以他的武功，当场就可把徐中岳杀了。不过他对徐中岳的生平行事似乎极为关心，那次回来，就是为了向爷爷查问有关徐中岳的一些事情。
他在家里住了十多天又要走了，临走那天晚上，爷爷和他单独谈话，她又忍不住悄悄走到后窗偷听，唉，想起他们那晚的谈话，她就不觉脸红。
她停止了想下去，不仅是为了害羞，她发现卫天元已经醒了。
她勒着坐骑，准备把卫天元扶下来，但卫天元不用她扶，已经能够自己下马了。他们走进树林歇息。
齐漱玉还是有点放心不下，说道：“大哥，你的伤怎么样？”
卫天元笑道：“我只不过划破一点皮肉，算得了什么？”
齐漱玉道：“但当时我看见你一口鲜血吐出来，可把我吓得慌了。大哥，你当真没受内伤？”
卫天元道：“当时我心里不舒服，吐了一口血，反而觉得舒服了。”
齐漱玉的心上蒙上一层阴影，叹了一口气道：“大哥，你怎值得为一个负心女子作践自己的身子？”
卫天元道：“她没有负心，她从来没有答应过我什么。”
齐漱玉道：“唉，那就叫我更担心了。你竟然这样迷恋她么？”
卫天元似乎有点着恼，说道：“小妹，你不懂的。她是我小时候最好的朋友，我只是不愿意她嫁给我讨厌的徐中岳！”
其实真的只是如此简单吗？他自己也说不上来。或许他连自己也欺骗了。
齐漱玉不敢说下去。只是带着忧郁的神色看着他。
卫天元的目光和她接触，不觉有一点内疚于心。想了一想，缓缓说道：“小妹，你对我好，我知道。我可以告诉你，当时我回剑自杀，并不是真的想自杀。至于为了什么，那你就不必再问了。”
齐漱玉听了此言，转忧为喜，说道：“你真的不是要为她自杀，那、那我就放心了。大哥，多谢你解开我心上的一个结，我高兴得很。”果然听话得很，没有再问下去。
卫天元不敢接触她的目光，心中自责：“小妹，我对不起你，我虽然不是真的想为她自杀，但一颗心还是放在她的身上。”
原来他当时回剑自刺，是想试试姜雪君对他是否还有情意的，一试之下，发觉姜雪君惊骇莫名，那霎那间，对他的关切之情表露无遗。他绝对相信，假如不是师妹当时已经出手的话，姜雪君也会扑上来阻止他自杀的。也正因他试出了姜雪君对他的情意，故此他的一颗心也只能还是留在姜雪君的身上了。
“小妹，我想静坐一会，你替我把风。要是徐家有人追来，你可以打发的，就替我打发吧。”卫天元道。
齐漱玉说道：“大哥，你放心，徐家那些人，除非剪大先生亲来，否则料想我还对付得了。”
卫天元盘膝静坐，闭目运功，不过片刻，头顶冒出热腾腾的白气，齐漱玉又是欢喜，又是佩服，心里想道：“原来元哥已经练成了太清气功，我倒是不用为他担忧了。莫说他受的只是一点轻伤，即使是更重的内伤，他也能够运功自疗。”
不过她也并不是完全没有担忧，相反她还是心事重重的。
“他的伤可以无妨，只不知他伤好之后，肯不肯跟我回家？
“他说过只想见那位姜小姐一面，如今他的心愿已偿，不管是恩是怨，也该了结了吧？
“但他们的交情可非比寻常，比起我来，那位姜小姐和他更是青梅竹马之交。他们这次见面，又是在这样一种令人意想不到的情形之下。元哥，他能够拈得起放得下吗？”
断了线的回忆又再接起来了，她想起了三年前那个晚上，卫天元回家不过住了半个月又要离开的那天晚上，她在爷爷的后窗，偷听到他们的谈话。
她在他们那次谈话之中，才开始知道有个姜雪君的。
在她偷听之前，他们说了些什么，她不知道。她听到的第一声是爷爷的叹气。
爷爷叹了口气，说道：“我知道你决不会让你的小妹受人欺侮，我当然相信你会舍弃自己的性命也要保护她一生平安。但我叫你照顾她的一生可不是这个意思。”
卫天元道：“爷爷，我懂得你的好意。但我大仇未报，我、我不敢……”不敢什么，他没说下去。但爷爷是懂的，她也懂的，卫天元是在找个藉口，推却了她爷爷的“好意”。
爷爷沉默了一会子，忽地问道：“你出外两年，可打听到你姜伯伯的下落？”
卫天元道：“尚未得到任何有关他的消息。”
爷爷说道：“听说你姜伯伯有个女儿？她叫什么名字，今年多大了？”
卫天元道：“她叫姜雪君，年纪恰好和小妹一样。”
爷爷说道：“有一件事我本来不该问你的，但我把你当作自己的孙儿，我想知道你的心意，希望你也对我实话实说。”
卫天元道：“爷爷想要知道的我决不敢隐瞒。”
爷爷道：“你爹和姜志奇是好朋友，你们两家又是邻居，不知你爹和他是否有过联姻之议？”
卫天元道：“没，没有，没有。”她躲在窗外，虽然看不见，也可以想象得到，他一定是满面通红了。
爷爷微笑道：“别紧张。你怎么知道没有？”
卫天元声调低沉：“出事之后，爹爹和我从家乡跑到这儿，在路上走了十多天，他把一生的事情，几乎都对我说了。哪些人的恩未报，哪些人的怨未清，我都知道。对姜伯伯，爹爹只是要我记得他的恩义，但可没有叫我如何报答。除此之外，他就没有提到别的事了。”
爷爷说道：“不错，那一年你也已经有十四五岁，是个懂事的大孩子了，假如他曾给你定亲，一定会告诉你的。”顿了一顿，接着又再说道：“何况你的姜伯伯是对你们父子有过恩义的人。你爹自必料想得到，在他出事之后，姜家也一定会给他连累的。但古语有云：大恩不言报。他没叫你如何报答，只是觉得这种恩情难以报答，并非叫你不用报答。”
卫天元低声道：“我明白。”
听到这里，她的心又卜卜的跳起来。爷爷和他这样说是什么意思呢？
只听得爷爷继续说道：“元儿，你不要害羞，你老实告诉我，你心里是不是喜欢姜伯伯的女儿？虽然你们并无婚姻之约，但要是你喜欢她，我也愿意尽我的力，帮你打听他们下落，玉成你们好事。唉，要是在一个时辰之前，我还不会说这样的话的。但现在我已经想明白了。姻缘不能勉强，我也不能只是为我的孙女儿打算。”
当时她年纪小，不懂这是爷爷以退为进的战略，心里还埋怨爷爷。“我并不是非嫁给元哥不可，但爷爷你为外人想得这样周到，也不问我高不高兴你想做的这个媒，我心里就不服气。”
卫天元说道：“爷爷，你别忘记那位姜姑娘是和小妹一般年纪，当时她还未满十岁，要说我喜欢她，也只是好像我喜欢小妹一样。不过，我很想见她一面，希望能够知道她有个好归宿，我才安心，这倒是真的。”
爷爷说道：“好，我明白你的心意了。你去吧。我也希望你下次回来的时候，能够带给我那位姜姑娘已经有了好归宿的好消息。”
齐漱玉想起了爷爷那天晚上和卫天元的说话，不禁苦笑起来：“姜雪君嫁给徐中岳，未曾拜堂，就给元哥捣个稀巴烂，不知道算不算是好归宿呢？”
她倒是不禁地有点可怜姜雪君了。“徐中岳已给元哥打得重伤，又扫尽他的面子，他还能够和姜雪君继续做夫妻吗？”
心念未已，只见卫天元已经张开眼睛，站了起来。
“小妹，你不必为我担忧，我说过这点伤算不了什么的，你瞧——”卫天元口里说话，一掌劈下，把一株粗如儿臂树枝劈断，断口有如刀削一般。“你瞧，我的功力是不是已经恢复了？”
齐漱玉喜道：“元哥那么咱们这就回去吧。我是瞒着爷爷出来找你的，早点回家，也免得爷爷担心。”
卫天元笑道：“我早知道你是瞒着爷爷出来的了，你是该早点回去。”
齐漱玉道：“你在这里事情已了，爷爷一样的盼望你回去。”
卫天元道：“小妹，你听我说，我要你先回去，不必管我。”
齐漱玉道：“为什么？你不回家，要上哪儿？”
卫天元道：“我还要去徐家一趟！”
齐漱玉的脸庞好像晴空罩上乌云，半晌叹了口气道：“原来你还是舍不得离开那位姜姑娘。”
卫天元道：“我这次并不是为了去见她的，虽然可能也见到她。”
齐漱玉不作声，眼眶里已沁出泪珠，显然是不相信他的说话。
卫天元内疚于心，说道：“小妹，我不骗你，我真的是为了另一件更重要的事情。”
齐漱玉幽幽说道：“你别忘记我和你那位姜姑娘一样，今年已经十九岁，不是'小妹'了。”
卫天元勉强笑道：“好，那我就叫你大妹子，不叫你小妹了。你相信我，我不是哄骗你的。”
齐漱玉道：“那你再去徐家，是为了什么，你能不能告诉我？”
卫天元道：“我是为了徐中岳。”
齐漱玉道：“你不是已经将他打得重伤了吗？”
卫天元道：“有一件事情，我尚未查得清楚。你记得吗，上次我回家的时候，不是曾经向爷爷查探过一件有关徐中岳的事情？”
齐漱玉想了起来，说道：“记得，你是想要知道，在你家遭受鹰爪袭击那晚，徐中岳是在什么地方。后来爷爷也给你查探到了，当时他是在黄河边上的风陵渡收服黄河三鬼。你的家在莱芜，和风陵渡距离千余里，爷爷就是根据这一点推断徐中岳不可能是你的仇人的。”她心里有一句话不敢说出来的是：“你把他打得重伤，还不是只为了妒忌他吗。未免太过份了。”
卫天元忽道：“你猜错了。”
齐漱玉正在胡思乱想，闻言不觉吓了一跳，心想：“我还没有说出来，他怎么知道我在猜疑他。”
卫天元继续说道：“徐中岳是最善于作伪的人，连爷爷那样精明，也受他的骗了。”
齐漱玉一怔道：“你说的是什么事情？”
卫天元诧道：“说的就是徐中岳当年隐瞒他的行踪这件事呀，你怎的好像有点魂不守舍的模样？”
齐漱玉笑道：“你一开口就说我错，我怎知原来你是在说徐中岳，他怎样隐瞒行踪？”
卫天元道：“那年我家遭祸的那几天，他其实并不是在风陵渡。”
齐漱玉道：“但爷爷已经向许多江湖朋友查问过，那个时候，他正在风陵渡对付黄河三鬼。这也是当时轰动江湖的一件大事，怎能作假？”
卫天元说道：“拆穿了很简单，他和黄河三鬼本来是好朋友。他叫黄河三鬼自己放出谣言，说是被他单枪匹马挑了秘密舵子，比武比不过他，只能向他降伏。江湖上极少有人自灭威风的事，当时又没外人在场，他们三兄弟这么说，别人还能不相信吗？何况当时徐中岳的侠名正是如日方中的时候。”
齐漱玉恍然大悟，说道：“怪不得你和徐中岳嵩山比武之后，过了三年才去找他继续这场未完成的比武，敢情你是在这三年之中去查探这件事的真相。”
卫天元道：“不错，我也是最近才打听到真相的。”
齐漱玉道：“如此说来，你已经可以确定徐中岳是你的仇人之一了，为何你今天又不杀他？”
卫天元说道：“我只知道他当时不在风陵渡，但是否他就是我的仇人之一，可还不敢断定。我只觉得他和当时在场的一蒙面人相似，因此还要去找证据，而且今日有剪大先生等人在场，我若是一出手就打死他，岂不是更成了大魔头了？”
齐漱玉道：“证据难找吗？”
卫天元道：“说易不易，说难不难，要看机缘是否凑巧。嗯，我把你想要知道的都告诉你了，你应该相信我不是谎言骗你了吧？此事只能我一个人办的，你先回去吧。”
齐漱玉无可奈何，只好答应。心里则在打别的主意。
卫天元独自下山，不觉又是心乱如麻：“这件事恐怕还要雪君助我才行，不知她肯不肯帮我对付她的丈夫？”突然他发现了自己内心的秘密，他并不只是为了查明这件事的真相而去徐家的！
新房里没有新郎。
有的只是个名份未定的“新娘”。
未曾正式拜堂，能不能算是新娘呢？姜雪君不通律例，也不懂礼法，她不知道。
那个丫环将她扶入新房，赶忙就退出去了。因为她怕得罪小姐。
要不是有郭元宰替她出头，她这个“新娘”恐怕根本进不了新房。
郭元宰也没来看过她，不知是为了避嫌还是为了要服侍已受了重伤的师父——她的“新郎”。
新郎伤得如何，没人告诉她，她也不想知道。
她只是觉得这情景未免有点滑稽。
洞房里冷冷清清，只有一对烧残的红烛伴她。
本应该是洞房红烛薰罗帐，却谁知变成了：寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋。
“做新娘做得这样倒霉大概也只有我了。”
不过她并不埋怨自己的“命苦”，相反，她有一种轻松的感觉。
她并不埋怨，只是觉得“滑稽”。她想笑，但却笑不出来。
小时候她是很喜欢笑的，卫天元就曾经和她说过，最喜欢看她的笑脸。
而现在她也正是为了卫天元的缘故，笑不出来。
轻松的心情变得沉重了，血溅礼堂的一幕好像还在眼前。她的手上似乎还有卫天元的血腥气味。
虽然她并没有沾上卫天元的血，“我虽未杀伯仁，伯仁由我而死”这句话也用不上；但卫天元刺伤自己，她总觉得，好像自己刺伤他的一样。
“奇怪，我为什么没有想到伤得比卫天元更重的新郎呢？”
现在，她忽然想起这个“可怜的新郎”了。要说卫天元的伤是为她的缘故，徐中岳的不幸恐怕是更加为了她吧？
这是一个噩梦，但这样的噩梦，她并不是第一次经历。十年前的那个噩梦，比今日的这个噩梦还更可怖。
卫天元的影子在她面前摇晃，形象也渐渐变了。变作了十四五岁的大孩子。
那时他们二人是名副其实的青梅竹马之交。
卫天元比她年长五岁，他们自小就像一对兄妹。
其实说个“像