I am fish

"These injuries are from the year Xie Fuchen imprisoned me."

The soft candlelight shone into Wei Tingxu's eyes, dyeing her calm eyes amber, as if a treasure buried in the ice and snow for thousands of years had just broken the ice.

"Thank... Xie Fuchen?"

Wei Tingxu spoke so suddenly that Zhen Wenjun was stunned for a moment before he realized it.

Wei Tingxu promised that when the two meet again, he will tell her where the injury on the back came from, but Wei Tingxu has always been cunning and suspicious, and he will not easily reveal his true inner thoughts.So Zhen Wenjun never thought that she would let go of the city and talk to anyone about her secret past.

I didn't expect that what I tried my best to seize could not be obtained, and it appeared by itself when I had no hope.

"Yes, that's Xie Fuchen, Xie Zhongcheng who is respected as a great Confucian in the world."

Zhen Wenjun once imagined how the injury on Wei Tingxu's back was left. She must have experienced a terrible past, and Zhen Wenjun even speculated about the details of being abused, but they were overthrown in the end.

Probably not.She thought, those scars are more than ten years old. Ten years ago, Wei Tingxu was a child. Who would torture a child?Maybe it was an accident.

It was no accident.

In fact, her imagination brushed aside, brushing past the edge of Wei Tingxu's real pain.

On this night in the Wei Mansion, the two people who had just escaped the danger of their lives sat on their stomachs, propped up their aching bodies, and talked until dawn. After listening to Wei Tingxu's past, Zhen Wenjun couldn't feel it at all. Sleepy.

This was the most appalling thing she had ever heard when she grew up. She never thought that the danger of the human heart was beyond her imagination.

In Wei Tingxu's almost emotionless reminiscences, Zhen Wenjun seemed to have a scene of hell unfolding before his eyes.The young Wei Tingxu dragged her slowly through the endless darkness to the entrance of the abyss.Wei Tingxu pointed to the pitch-black abyss that screamed from time to time and said:

"Look, this is my past."

Zhen Wenjun has always believed that everyone's growth has traces to follow.The reason why she is so full of scheming today that she even did not hesitate to get blood on her hands is precisely because of the painting that Mr. Yunmeng gave Xie Taihang back then.If it weren't for the fact that she looked like the savior Wei Tingxu was looking for, maybe she was still in Suichuan with her mother, or she had successfully escaped from Xie's mansion, and she could find a place with beautiful scenery and far away from disputes to live a clean life.She will not appear in Runing, and she will not become a person who is full of lies and murders without blinking an eye.

The same goes for Wei Tingxu.

Growing up in a wealthy family, Wei Tingxu, who is still the youngest daughter in the family, should be loved by the whole family. She may not have the conditions to grow up to be a resourceful, thoughtful, and watertight person, making Wei Tingxu, the ruthless murderer today, Xie Fuchen It is indispensable.

Wei Tingxu was born in Runing, and his health has been poor since he was born. When he was two years old, he got pneumonia, and he almost died in a very dangerous situation.Her father and mother searched all over Da Yu's doctors, fed her with decoction for more than half a year, and finally pulled Xiao Tingxu back from the borderline of life and death, but her health was still very bad, with three days of minor illness and five days of serious illness. Drink as water.

Wei Shi was worried that her daughter would not be able to support her, so she invited a famous fortune teller to help her check her daughter's fate.The astrologer said that this woman is the image of the Buddha burning all over the world, and the capital is the land of water and dragons. The confrontation between the evil spirits of the two sides will seriously hurt the body, so she should not stay for a long time, otherwise her health will never recover.She must be sent to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to absorb the essence of mountains and rivers, and she can only be brought back when she is 16 years old. After that, she will live a long and healthy life until 99 years old without disease or disaster.

The fortune teller said so, so the Wei family had no choice but to send Wei Tingxu away and send him back to Ping Cang's old family to raise him.

At that time, Wei Lun had not yet become a Sangong, and was still an official of the Ministry of Officials.His eldest son, Wei Jinghe, was hailed as a rare general in Da Yu's 50 years. At the age of 16, he went out with the army to fight against the Gujing tribe, and beat the Gujing tribe who possessed thaumaturgy to the ground.In the next seven years, all the Hu people were attacked, and the territory of Dayu, which was originally only 36 counties, was expanded to 48 counties.Wei Jinghe's bravery of force and the god of using soldiers were the topics that Da Yu talked about most from the central government to the folks. The soldiers of the Hu tribe would not fight and retreat when they heard Wei Jinghe's name.

In the negative era when femininity was prevalent and Furong powder was rampant, Wei Jinghe was like a sharp sword born out of nowhere, piercing the appearance of corruption in Da Yu, and infusing the people of Da Yu who were accustomed to receiving news of defeat. A wave of enthusiasm told them that Da Yu was also a masculine man who could kill the enemy Zhen Guo.

At that time, the emperor appreciated Wei Jinghe very much, so he promoted him exceptionally, personally awarded him the high position of Hussar General, opened a mansion for him, and rewarded him with a million gold. Many people voluntarily serve to defend their families and the country.

At that time Wei Jinghe was called "General Tai Jing", and no matter how many people fawned on him, he had to queue up.In addition, he has a handsome appearance, and he is still as white as jade after fighting in the battlefield all year round, which can make Da Yu's woman go crazy.Countless young women regard him as the lover of their dreams, and it is not a new thing to invite a matchmaker to go to Wei's mansion to talk about matchmaking.But Wei Jinghe was not dazzled by these honors, he always knew who he was and what he should do.He didn't marry a wife and have children until his thirties, and devoted himself to training the guards and studying tactics.What he thought was to defend the country and expel the Hu people, and he had no personal affair at all.

Wei Lun has always been proud of his son, until one day the counselor of the Wei Mansion expressed his concern:

"The eldest son is a dragon and phoenix among men, a genius unrivaled in the world. This is the blessing of the common people, but it may not be the blessing of Duke Ming."

Wei Lun immediately understood what the counselor meant.Although the first emperor admired Zixiu on the surface, his heart is unpredictable. Zixiu's prestige is too high now.Zixiu naturally has a pure mind and is dedicated to being a king, but Wei Lun has to be on guard.

Wei Lun tested the emperor's heart many times, the emperor praised Wei Jinghe repeatedly, and showed no sign of doubting him in front of Wei Lun, but privately let Xie Fuchen, then Captain Huben, lie in ambush when he was visiting relatives, and set up an ambush its kidnapping.

Wei Jing and Hui Pingcang didn't tell the others that the person who betrayed him was his most trusted follower at that time.This entourage was his childhood companion, the scholar. The two grew up together, studied Confucian classics together, and went to the battlefield to kill the enemy together. He is Wei Jinghe's confidant, a person who can entrust his life to him.Unexpectedly, his life was really in his hands in the end.

It was only later that Wei Tingxu learned the whole story.

Wei Tingxu, who was only nine years old at the time, was still weak, and liked her elder brother very much.She had just been taken back from the Suidong Mountains by her family to recuperate. Her legs were disabled and she could not walk, so she could only stay at home most of the time.Wei Jinghe knew that his younger sister was always clamoring to see him, but couldn't come to the capital due to physical reasons, so he took time out of his busy schedule to go back to Pingcang to see his younger sister, and brought her a car full of the most fashionable things for children in the capital to play with. Taking advantage of the spring, he took her to the outskirts for an outing, but was arrested by Xie Fuchen and others on the outing.

Wei Tingxu remembers the day that changed her life. When she woke up early in the morning, she saw her mother, elder sister and elder brother standing on the corridor looking at the sky. She also looked up to the zenith curiously, and saw two golden suns side by side in the sky. , It illuminates everything on the earth dazzlingly.

"It's an ominous omen to compete for glory in two days." Wei Jinghe stroked his beard, rather melancholy.

Grandmother said: "Zixiu, don't think about those troubles when you come back, just rest at home for a few days."

Wei Jinghe said "um", and went to the room to see if his sister had woken up.

After only a few sips of porridge, Wei Tingxu couldn't bear to let his brother take her out, so Wei Jinghe picked her up and put her on the carriage firmly.The two sat face to face, and the carriage stopped suddenly when they were in the midst of their excitement. Someone shouted "there is an assassin" outside the carriage. Wei Jinghe looked serious, told Wei Tingxu not to get out of the carriage, and immediately rushed down , Kicked an assassin over, snatched his weapon, like a strong bull running wildly in the wild grass, every assassin he went was crushed by him, powerless to fight back.

Just when Wei Jinghe was about to overthrow them all by himself, he suddenly heard his sister crying.An assassin held Wei Tingxu hostage and made Wei Jinghe catch him without a fight, otherwise he would kill her.

Wei Jinghe had no choice but to throw away his weapon, and was kidnapped together with Wei Tingxu.

Wei Tingxu still doesn't know exactly where she will stay for the next year. She only remembers being locked in a narrow water prison after she woke up.

The water prison is only two bodies wide, and visually taller than her.At the beginning, an iron ring was worn around her neck, which was attached to the wall, her hands were chained to her lower back, and her legs were chained to the ground on the left and right sides.Not to mention running away, she couldn't even change her posture. She could only keep her back straight in pain.

The floor of the water cell was extremely cold, and there was a layer of cold water that covered her waist.Wei Tingxu was afraid of the cold, so he was locked up in this gloomy water prison for three whole days and nights without eating a single bite.Countless times, she was so thirsty that she wanted to bend down to drink the water under her waist, but her neck was locked tightly, so she couldn't do it.

The top of the water prison is covered with a round wooden plank, and there are railings in the middle of the plank to cover the water prison.Countless times when she was semi-conscious, she dreamed that her brother appeared above him, and his brother came to rescue her, and she returned to the warm home in Pingcang, eating the meals made by her mother and sister.But after waking up, he was still in the water prison, and nothing changed.

Immersed in water for too long, already fragile waist pain.She was hungry, thirsty and cold, sobbing and shouting, but no one showed up the whole time.Fortunately, her legs were broken and she lost all feeling, even if they were soaked, she would not feel any pain.The rats that climbed down from the wooden railings gnawed on her body wantonly but could not resist. The pain of being bitten alive was not the ultimate pain, it was just the beginning.

On the fourth day, her brother did appear, but not to rescue her.

Wei Jinghe, who was firmly bound, was thrown heavily on the wooden board above Wei Tingxu's head. His face was covered with blood, he struggled to open his eyes, saw his sister with a face of fear, and smiled weakly:

"Ting Xu, don't be afraid, brother is here..."

The trembling Wei Tingxu breathed out white gas from his mouth. When he was sure that he really saw his brother this time, his desperate heart became hot again. The moment he was about to call his brother, an iron rod was pulled on the back of Wei Jinghe's head. superior.Wei Jinghe took the blow abruptly, his eyes widened and his teeth clenched, without saying a word.

The iron rod lashed at his head, back and legs crazily. No matter where it hit him, he never made a sound, let alone begged for mercy.Wei Tingxu just looked at her brother's face like this, it was an extremely resolute face, and his body was made of iron, which was stronger than any iron bar.

"Zixiu is indeed a tough guy, Xie admires him."

The executioner stopped panting until the iron rods were bent.Wei Tingxu heard a man's voice echoing in the cold room, calling himself "Xie".

Wei Jinghe didn't pay attention to that person at all, and grinned at his sister, a string of blood dripped from his mouth, Wei Tingxu stared blankly.

"Brother... do you hurt?" Wei Tingxu asked.

"It doesn't hurt." Wei Jinghe said, "I am a good boy and I don't know what pain is. A traitor has no strength, only enough to tickle my brother!"

Wei Jing and the elongated people stick out their tongues at her, this is the monkey behavior that Wei Tingxu most often asks him to imitate.Every time Wei Jing and pretending to be a monkey can make her laugh out loud.This time was no exception, Wei Tingxu laughed tremblingly when he saw his funny appearance.

Just as Wei Tingxu smiled, suddenly four streams of ice water surged out from the four walls of the water prison and poured into the prison, raising the water level of the small water prison a lot in an instant.There was a water injection port on top of Wei Tingxu's head, and the piercing water was poured down on her head. Wei Tingxu was choking and coughing again and again. The more she coughed, the more water poured into her mouth and nose. Just when she felt that she was about to suffocate, suddenly The neck can move, and the locks of the hands are also unlocked.At this time, the surface of the water had reached her chin, and it was about to submerge her head immediately.

Wei Jinghe yelled, "Breathe in!"

Wei Tingxu took a deep breath hastily, her eyes went dark, her ears buzzed, and the water covered her head.

She has been able to swim since she was a child and is good at water, but she never swam again after breaking her legs.The whole person was immersed in the ice water, and her legs could not be used.Fortunately, the lock on his leg was also unlocked. Wei Tingxu struggled to paddle with both hands, and reached out and grabbed the railing.Lifting her body up with both arms, she found that the water injection had stopped, and there was a gap between the water surface and the board.As long as the head is raised, the mouth and nose can breathe air.To survive, she had to maintain this movement all the time, as long as there was a little bit of slack, a certain crest of the rippling water would push the water into her mouth and nose.Without legs, she tried her best to maintain her posture, and she didn't dare to slack off for a moment. Even so, she was choked several times, and her nose was burning with pain.

The icy water froze her arms to the point of losing consciousness, and her heart almost stopped beating.Wei Tingxu didn't want to die here, so he could only bite his lip and use the pain to stay awake.Once she was unconscious, the only possibility was drowning.

"Tingxu! Hold on!" Just now, he was still grimacing calmly, but now he watched helplessly as his sister was on the verge of life and death, but he couldn't break free from the iron chains that bound him. broken.

It was really smashed by him.

As soon as Wei Jinghe turned over, he was about to rush into the dungeon, but was dragged back by the iron chain.Originally, one person pulled him and was almost taken in together, but two more came, and the combined force of the three dragged him back.

"Break his hamstrings." The voice of the person surnamed Xie sounded again.

Wei Tingxu couldn't do anything, not even his own life.

After struggling in the water for an unknown amount of time, she felt that she had been soaked into a corpse, and was finally fished out.

Wei Tingxu was thrown into another room in a trance. She curled up drowsily, hugged herself tightly, and struggled to move her arms, rub her body to warm up, and let herself live.

Just when she was finally able to move her fingers, a wet panting sound blew past her ears, and a group of black shadows surrounded her.

This is not a human voice, Wei Tingxu can tell that it is a dog's breathing.

Wei Tingxu was so shocked that he didn't dare to move, he even held his breath.The only eyeball that dared to move slid around, and she was thrown into the dog pen, surrounded by four fierce dogs with flat heads and wide mouths.The fierce dogs kept sniffing around her, as if to determine whether she could enter.Liegou's saliva dripped on her hair, and she clearly smelled the stench from Liegou's mouth.

Outside the dog pen, Wei Jinghe, who had his hamstring broken, was pushed to the ground by two people, who grabbed his hair and forced him to look.

"Don't worry, the dogs I raise are very obedient. I will try my best to keep your sister from being bitten to death. But I can't keep my sense for long. The later you speak, the more your sister will suffer." Xiu, you can figure it out."

Wei Tingxu didn't know what the surname Wei wanted from his brother, but the bruised brother was always smiling at her.

"Ting Xu, you and I are going to die here today, tell me! Are you afraid!"

Wei Tingxu knew that what her brother was most afraid of was her admitting defeat, and she also knew that Xie wanted her to cry and scream, so that her brother would soften his heart and maybe give in for her.She can't hold her brother back, absolutely not.

"I'm not afraid." Wei Tingxu said tremblingly, "Today, our brothers and sisters... will die together. On the way to Huangquan, there will be someone to accompany us!"

Hearing such heroic words from the younger sister, Wei Jinghe laughed loudly: "Okay! As expected of my sister, Wei Zixiu! Our brother and sister will die together today!"

"At that time, I was ready to die. In fact, I was also afraid of death, but I was more afraid of embarrassing my brother and the Wei family."

One of the oil lamps had been burned out, and Zhen Wenjun went to refill it and re-lit it with a torch.After the fire light stabilized, she sat back on the soft bed, continued to check the wound on Wei Tingxu's body, and carefully applied the crushed herbal medicine on it.

"Of course, I didn't die in the end, but was kept in the dog pen and became part of their food."

When Wei Tingxu talked about this old thing, he always explained it in such a detached tone, as if he was talking about something that happened to someone else a hundred years ago.

The four ferocious dogs were properly tied to the four corners of the dog pen. They rushed up from all sides, and the only place where they could avoid them was the very center of the dog pen.Wei Tingxu, who had already been bitten off several pieces of flesh, finally found this life-saving center point. The hungry fierce dog became more excited when he smelled the blood, and barked and kept attacking her. If he couldn't bite, he used his paws. Grasp.Wei Tingxu hugged her head and shrank into a ball. She wanted to protect her fragile head and chest, so she had to expose her back to accept all the attacks.

She didn't know how long she had been in the dog pen. She remembered that she knelt there with her head in her arms, not daring to move day and night, and she had to maintain a high degree of vigilance. She must not be bitten and dragged by any dog, otherwise It will be bitten into rotten meat in an instant.

The barking of the dogs kept buzzing in her ears. After being scratched and bitten on the back until it was bloody, the dogs would rest for a while, and the dogs would pounce on them again after the wounds had healed.During that time, her wounds never healed, and even festered and had a fever, but the surname Xie actually asked people to give her food to prevent her from really dying.

Wei Tingxu repeatedly despaired in despair, and repeatedly hated that person surnamed Xie.

Someone is coming to feed.

Once food is delivered, those dogs will turn their attention to the food, and Wei Tingxu can get a moment of relief at this time.

The person who came to deliver the food only prepared dog food and threw a bowl in front of Wei Tingxu.

The dog food stinks, making Wei Tingxu almost vomit.But if she doesn't eat, she will die.

At that time, she hesitated whether to live or not.Living may become a burden for my brother, but if I die...

If he is dead, who will punish this villain surnamed Xie?All her hatred has nowhere to go, and death with hatred is not what she wants.

She wants to live on and pay back all the shame of today.

"So, have you eaten?" Zhen Wenjun didn't dare to imagine, she already had an affirmative answer in her heart, but emotionally speaking, she wanted Wei Tingxu to deny it.

Wei Tingxu's red and swollen left face could no longer express any expression, but she answered Zhen Wenjun's question with silence.

Zhen Wenjun couldn't say a word, and couldn't imagine what kind of struggle Wei Tingxu went through.

After eating the dog food bite by bite, Wei Tingxu didn't cry, and didn't even blink his eyes.She saw that Wei Jinghe had been arrested again, Xie wanted him to succumb after seeing his sister's miserable condition, but Wei Tingxu didn't let Xie get his wish.She told her brother with firm eyes, I will not shame you, absolutely not.

"This kind of life lasted for a whole year. I also stayed with the dog for a whole year. During this year, Xie Fuchen used all imaginable and unexpected means to deal with us brothers and sisters, even in front of me. Someone insulted the maid at that time, and threatened me that if I don't let my brother speak again, those people will treat me in the same way. Now that I think about it, I am lucky. At the last moment, my father and several brothers I finally found the place where we were detained and rescued me." The wounds on his back and arms were all healed, and Wei Tingxu wanted to reach out for clean clothes, but Zhen Wenjun helped her get them first and put them on She shouldered, "Yes, only me. My brother and other followers are all dead. Those maidservants were humiliated and died by them."

Wei Jinghe didn't reveal what Xie Fuchen wanted to know till the end.When Wei Tingxu was hugged by his second brother, he saw his body.The elder brother she admired was no longer the tall and strong figure she was familiar with. He had been tortured until he was skin and bones, and the last corpse was a small ball, curled up pitifully.

This was the final fate of the legendary General Tae Kyung.

Grandmother took her back to Runing Wei Mansion to recuperate. Wei Tingxu's condition went from bad to worse. Grandmother remembered what the fortune-teller said, and Wei Lun suspected that the matter was instigated by the emperor. Ru Ning has become a high-risk place. It is not easy to place the family here again, so Wei Lun asked his wife to bring the family back to Pingcang, and set about training master dark guards to protect the safety of the family.Since then, Wei Lun's personality has completely changed, he has become unpredictable, and has since embarked on the road of "traitor".

Wei Tingxu's injury has not improved, so his mother had no choice but to find a hundred-year-old temple and send her to raise her, hoping that the Buddha can save her poor daughter's life.

Up to now, Wei Tingxu still remembers the ringing bells in the ancient temple every morning and evening, and the monks practicing martial arts shirtless no matter under the bright sun or in the snow.She lives in the Sutra Pavilion, and because of her poor health, she basically has no chance to go out. Even in Pingcang, where the climate is mild, she is very likely to get seriously ill because of going out on a warm spring day.

The small window of the Sutra Pavilion is the only exit to her lonely little world. She often looks out from this window, and has never talked to any monk in the monastery, but she can distinguish each monk who lives here. People can tell how many steps there are in the long staircase leading to the gate of the temple, how many bricks and stones the courtyard where monks practice martial arts is composed of, and they can also know when wild geese fly away and when they come back.

She couldn't do anything except take various medicines, and she didn't want to see anyone. At that time, Xiaohua and Lingbi lived with her in the temple, but they didn't see each other often, and they only appeared when she called them when she needed them.

Reading scriptures and ancient books was her only pastime.In addition to Buddhist scriptures, the Sutra Pavilion here also houses more than 4000 volumes of various classics, which were collected by a great Confucian more than 30 years ago.The abbot once told Wei Tingxu about this past story, saying that the great Confucian loved collecting ancient books all his life, but his descendants went into business. He was afraid that his family would dispose of these rare books at will after his death, so he donated them to the temple before he died. .

Wei Tingxu read day and night, almost as if obsessed with magic.

"I don't want to forget by reading a book. I always remember all the things Xie Fuchen did to me and my brother. I want to grow my wings, learn more and understand more, and find the way of revenge in the book." Wei Ting Xu's eyes, which had been calm for a long time, finally stirred up waves, "The hatred and shame made me calm down. I once swore to myself that I would kill all the descendants of the Xie Fuchen clan. I want all the people surnamed Xie to die in my hands, and let everyone Xie Fuchen paid the price he should pay."

Originally, this long story finally came to an end here, and Zhen Wenjun should have breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard Wei Tingxu's last words, she thought of something she hadn't remembered for a long time.

No matter how much she doesn't want to admit it, no matter how disgusting she is, there is one thing she can't change no matter what.

She is not "Zhen Wenjun", her surname is Xie.

The blood of Xie's family flowed in her bones, and she was Wei Tingxu's sworn enemy.