thief, don't run

"Brother——! I've said it all, and I don't want to read it!" An Lingxue pushed the couple's roster out, turned over, wrapped himself up, and stuffed himself into the cage again.

"Axue!" An Lingfeng grabbed her by the corner of the quilt and pulled her head out, "It's already high in the sun, and I'm still sleeping!"

An Lingxue was so annoyed by his quarrel, she sat up all of a sudden, frowned, with an unfriendly expression, "Brother! You still don't let me sleep!"

An Lingfeng pulled a stool, sat down, handed the roster in front of her, and said earnestly: "Axue, you don't need to go to the yamen, and you can't stay at home every day. Look, you're about to become a useless person." .”

An Lingxue leaned against the bedpost at one side, lazily, without answering.

Her brother unfolded the stack of rosters and put them in front of her, pointing them one by one to show her, "Axue, anyway, it's rare for you to come back, just take a look, these are all the young people from various families that your brother and I have collected. Talented people, they are not yet married, their family background is good, their looks are not bad... Oh, look carefully, don't throw them away!"

An Lingxue picked one up and saw it said, "Scholar from the Sun family in Qili Street, [-] years old, fiancee..." Before finishing reading, she threw it back into her brother's arms, and said helplessly, "Brother, what do you want?" Let my hand with a knife go to add fragrance to his red sleeves? I haven't read my own books..."

"That's fine." An Lingfeng thought that she would read it if she wanted to, so he threw away one book in his hand, and the next one was, "Jia Ren, a silk and satin merchant in Changlefang, at the age of [-]..."

"Brother, he has a son, right? Do you want me to marry him or his son?"

An Lingfeng paused, threw this book away, and said again: "Then this one is reliable, he is the son of our county magistrate, Zhou Zheng, he is honest, and he also knows the basics, this is good!"

An Lingxue sighed, "He's fifteen years old, he's one year younger than me. He pulls on my clothes all day long and calls me sister. Brother, you don't want me to take care of my son for the county magistrate, do you..."

"Oh—sister, it's not that you want to marry someone right away, it's good to go out and get to know people more." An Lingfeng handed the rest of the roster to her, and said with a serious face: "I don't care. , among the rest of these people, you must pick one out today, and then go meet him!"

"Brother~"

"It's not easy!" An Lingfeng turned a deaf ear to her pleading, and said righteously: "If you stay at home any longer, you will get moldy, so quickly pick one for me!"

An Lingxue rolled her eyes, she was about to get out of bed, but her brother pushed her back again, and seeing his irresistible eyes, An Lingxue had no choice but to rub her head resignedly, flipped through a book, and said perfunctorily, "OK, OK , then this one."

An Lingfeng took it over and took a look, and said: "Okay, okay, this is good, Axue has a good eye!"

An Lingxue was puzzled, she just picked up a copy, she didn't know which one it was, it vaguely said that the surname seemed to be Zhao... Forget it, anyway, it doesn't matter who it is, just go out and pay the job in front of her brother.

It's not that An Lingxue doesn't understand her brother's intentions. First, he wants her not to be bored at home so that she won't think of sad things. Second, he wants to find a good man to marry her to calm her down.

Last time, she failed to escort Zhong Liyun to escape, Master Cui secretly suppressed her, and wanted to dismiss her from office, so as to contain her father, but somehow, the officer was not dismissed, but transferred to Guanshan outside Changle Beijing Guarding the imperial mausoleum is almost the same as exile.She only gets free once a month. She goes home and wants to take a good rest, but her brother drags her out to meet people.

An Lingxue was very irritable.

However, under the pressure of her brother's eyes, An Lingxue still packed herself up and went out, and according to the agreement, came to Yunxianglou...to drink tea.

She, a former county captain who only knew how to catch thieves, didn't know how to tea, so she had to sit in the tea room, sometimes listening to the yelling of the waiter outside, or looking at the little girl under the railing who bought candied haws, and then came to taste the tea on the table. Refreshments... this one is pretty good.

Only when An Lingxue saw someone, did she know that the person she met was Zhao Xu, a Zhonglang general who guarded the imperial city. He was injured a few years ago, so he went back to his ancestral home in Shangluo County to recuperate.He is twenty-six this year, he is a romantic young man, although he is a general, he is not rough, but he is very polite, meeting here today, he is also very elegant, and his speech and conversation are all gentle and elegant, showing his demeanor.

Same name as him, Xu, warm and pleasant.He nodded and smiled in a very gentle and generous way.

According to rumors, Zhao Xu is also quite famous in Shangluo County. There are many girls who have secretly promised him, and various matchmakers even come into the house several times, but they are all rejected by him for various reasons. After a long time, people will become suspicious. Whether he has hidden diseases, or has the habit of breaking sleeves.But it's mostly just for leisure and conversation, no one has ever seen it with their own eyes, so the girls thought about it a little bit more.

An Lingxue was also a little curious, how could such a person listen to her brother and ask her to meet here?

However, she has been inexplicably lazy recently and doesn't want to care about anything. She came here today just to perfuse her brother. She just hopes that time will pass quickly and she will go home early. It doesn't matter if he is Zhao Xu or Qian Xu.

"Miss Anling seems to be worried?"

Although I don't want to pay attention to him, if people ask questions, if they don't answer, it is also rude.An Lingxue withdrew her gaze from looking downstairs, nodded slightly, and said, "It's nothing, the tea is just a little cold."

After finishing speaking, she picked up the teacup and was about to take a sip, but one hand suddenly covered her teacup, and at the same time held her hand, An Lingxue frowned, exerted all her strength, and wanted to take back the teacup, but she remained motionless.

An Lingxue's lips curled into a slight smile, it turned out that Zhao Xu had used his inner strength, no wonder she couldn't move, but this also aroused her competitive spirit, she also put her inner strength on the cup, wanting to compete with him Come down high.

The two held a teacup together like this, and they were in a stalemate for a while, Zhao Xu said helplessly: "Miss Anling, if this goes on like this, the cup might break, I just want to exchange a cup of tea with you."

awkward.

An Lingxue let go of his hand awkwardly, watching him take his cup, poured out the tea in it, washed it again, replaced it with a new cup of tea, and pushed it back in front of her.

In fact, her preface that the tea was cold was nothing more than politeness, but he was serious, and offered her another cup of hot tea. An Lingxue thanked her politely, tasted it symbolically, and said, "Good tea."

"Ah."

The person on the opposite side laughed lightly, An Lingxue looked puzzled, and only heard him say: "For those who practice martial arts, this place disturbs the tranquility, girl, would you like to move around and walk around with me?"

Before An Lingxue could answer, Zhao Xu said again: "Without him, just strolling casually, it's boring to be alone, what do you think?"

Zhao Xu stood up, with one hand behind his back, and he didn't look at An Lingxue. All he could see was the wild scenery outside the city gate.

Although not forced, the meaning of the invitation is also very clear.An Lingxue didn't want to move at first, but if she was here all the time, it would be boring, so she got up too, and said, "So, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Please."

Zhao Xu stepped sideways to give way, An Lingxue stepped forward happily.I have to say that Zhao Xu's temperament is very gentle, and it is very comfortable to be with him. If we meet each other, we may become close friends.

The two walked side by side, and An Lingxue took a good look at him. Her black hair was tied up, meticulous, her blue shirt was straight, neat and shapely, her slender hands were half-caged in the wide sleeves, and she walked like a wind. The jade leather belt tied at the waist is tough and straight, and the jade belt hooks the saber, chic and elegant.

An Lingxue raised her eyebrows, she knew that Zhao Xu used to be a military general, but no one would wear a sword when he came out to an appointment, not to mention he has no official position, even An Lingxue would not wear a sword on the street outside of duty.

Although she is now the mausoleum guard, she can't wear a sword anymore.

Zhao Xu followed An Lingxue's line of sight to see his own sword, smiled, and said, "I heard that Miss An Ling's martial arts are good, but I'm not talented, and she was also a general of Zhonglang, why don't you learn from them?"

"Okay!" An Lingxue immediately agreed, she has been worrying about not having a place to vent these days, and today she found a cheap opponent, just to relax her muscles and bones, and pass the time by the way.

"However, where are we going?" The two of them were going to compete naturally in a spacious place, but there were so many people in the city that it was not good to disturb the law and order. Although An Lingxue was no longer a county captain, this awareness still There has been.

Zhao Xu looked at her and said, "It's also inconvenient for you and me to wear clothes. There is a dojo at home. If you don't mind the girl, how about going home with me?"

If it is an ordinary man, it is very rude to invite an unmarried woman home blatantly.An Lingxue thought about it, and agreed. First, she has some confidence in herself. Second, this is Shangluo County, which she manages, with a good atmosphere. Third, since the other party is Zhao Xu, most of the people in the army are informal. Well, if she is twitchy, she will be petty.

"The girl is really refreshing, please!"

Sure enough, Zhao Xu's family has a dojo. I heard that his parents have passed away, and now he is taking care of his uncle and sister-in-law. There is also a cousin in the family. The family is harmonious and harmonious. Although it is the ancestral home of Zhao Xu's family, he seems like an outsider.

After all, they were not acquaintances, Zhao Xu didn't mention it, and An Lingxue didn't go to visit.

After changing into light clothes, An Lingxue entered the dojo again, Zhao Xu had already changed his clothes, and stood in front of a row of weapon racks, waiting for her with his hands behind his back.An Lingxue walked over, Zhao Xu asked without turning his head, "Which weapon is Anling good at?"

After a pause, he said again: "Miss Anling is really troublesome to address, if you don't mind, can I just call it Anling?"

"Anything." Don't worry too much about the name, An Lingxue simply replied, glanced across the row, took down a short knife, and said to Zhao Xu: "I want it!"

Zhao Xu glanced at it, "One inch is long, and one inch is strong. I use a long sword, and you use a short knife. It's not suitable."

An Lingxue took out the knife, played with it in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case, if the martial arts are not good, even spears can't dance smoothly, but if the martial arts are excellent and unarmed, they can easily win."

For example, Zhong Liyun who is number one in lightness kung fu.

An Lingxue had a headache, shook her head, and said, "Don't talk much, let's start!"

"it is good!"

Taking a step first, both of them were startled, and then smiled knowingly.Since Zhao Xu is able to serve as a general in the imperial city, his martial arts are extraordinary, while An Lingxue is very good at stalking people, he can bully people with a short knife, making it difficult for people to escape, the light of the sword is crackling, after hundreds of bouts, the two of them are invincible. Compete.

However, An Lingxue noticed something strange, a few times when she attacked him with a short knife, he immediately reacted, but when he moved, he was extremely slow, barely avoiding the blade, even she was thrilled to see it, and there was something in her heart A bit of guesswork.

After another move that was equal in attack and defense, An Lingxue quietly moved his footwork, and in an instant, he approached him with such a high speed that in the blink of an eye, the blade reached his throat and touched his vital gate.

Before raising the sword in Zhao Xu's hand, he took a breath and said, "An Ling's martial arts skills are very high, I admire you."

An Lingxue also took a breath, put down the dagger, sat down cross-legged, slowly adjusted her breath to rest, and said, "I'm ashamed." She really didn't think she could beat him, but in the end she used Zhongliyun's teaching The lightness footwork given to her was a surprise victory.

However, it was also confirmed that Zhao Xu must have a leg problem to be unable to react in time, and this may be where he was injured.

Zhao Xu seemed to guess what she was thinking, sat down with her, and explained: "Yes, I was injured by an arrow in my right leg a few years ago, and I have had sequelae since then. It's nothing to walk normally. It is very slow to use force, and there is no other way."

An Lingxue nodded, she didn't know why he said this to her, but after sweating profusely, she replied: "Mr. I can't stand it."

"Haha, An Ling is really happy, can you tell me now, do you have any worries? When I was in the tea room earlier, I could see that you had depression in your heart. Now that you have had a good fight, you should take those things to heart." Say it out loud, don't you?"

An Lingxue remained silent.

Zhao Xu sighed, and said again: "I thought I had a fight with you and became friends, but now it seems that I'm probably being affectionate, I'm really rude, if you don't want to say it, then forget it, pretend I didn't ask. "

"Ah——" An Lingxue let out a long sigh, fell backwards, and lay carelessly on the dojo, as if talking to herself: "I...seem to like someone .”

The author has something to say: It will probably not be updated at [-] o'clock tomorrow morning. Let's put tomorrow's share in the evening. I will adjust it myself first.