devil may cry

Chapter 14. Engagement

It's not just Xue Luoqian who hasn't fallen asleep here yet, I'm afraid it will be difficult for everyone to sleep tonight.

Qi Baiyuan knelt heavily in front of Beimingyan, and kowtowed three times. Except for Xiao Yan who was repeatedly entangled by Ye Xiaoyun, the dozen or so people living in this inn, especially the Xue family, and especially Xue Luoqian, were all gone. Thank you very much.

In all fairness, Bei Mingyan felt that he hadn't done anything to save Miss Yue.It was the Xue family who took in Miss Yue; it was Qi Baiyuan himself who reported the letter;Even if you want to thank, you should also thank the two younger brothers beside you.

Qi Baiyuan was born as a concubine at home, so he was inferior to his elder brother in many ways, and his status alone in a big family was enough to suppress him for a lifetime.The Qi family has participated in both martial arts and business, but they are not proficient, and there are not many famous people in the family. Compared with the martial arts talent Xue Luoqian, "Smiling Cangyun" Ye Xiaocang and Ye Xiaoyun brothers in the same period, It is much inferior, even the declining Yue family, there are people in the world who call it "Jade Faced Lord" Yue Shuang.

Qi Baiyuan doesn't like fighting and killing, and he doesn't know how to do business. He prefers reading and reciting poems.One year at the Lantern Festival, he and Yue Shuanglin met under a tree. The two fell in love at first sight. After Qi Baiyuan returned home, he wanted to propose a marriage.

Master Yue already had a son-in-law at that time, the famous Xue Luoqian, who came to inquire, but was sent away by two "unwilling".At this time, the daughter said that she belonged to her own heart, and Master Yue didn't force her anymore.

However, Mr. Yue was still a little reluctant to choose the Xue family before, and the Qi family whose name he had never even heard of later.At the time when heaven and man were at war in their hearts, Ye Xiaoyun sent someone to secretly send a post, saying how to yearn for the girl from the Yue family, and his son Yue Shuang strongly supported it.

Afterwards, she got into the Ye family, was splashed with dirty water, and the Qi family also withdrew the marriage, but Qi Baizhi was a womanizer, and seeing the decline of the Yue family, she wanted Yue Shuanglin to enter the mansion as a concubine.

These are all what the two of them said, Bei Mingyan didn't say anything after listening, and only gave them 300 taels of silver.

Now that I have the idea of ​​going far away, I cannot live without money.It's just pity for the dead Master Yue and the declining Yue family.

Yue Shuanglin and Qi Baiyuan kowtowed again to thank them, Bei Mingyan asked his second younger brother to send them out of the city overnight, Yue Shuangji secretly came to see them off, the two sisters cried a lot, and wept goodbye by the river.

Before leaving, when the few people were saying goodbye downstairs, Yue Shuanglin looked at Beimingyan and stopped talking several times, and finally couldn't help but whispered: "Master Beiming has a wife?"

"No," Bei Mingyan was taken aback, not knowing why she suddenly asked this.

Yue Shuanglin asked again: "Then... is there someone who falls in love with you?"

A blurry figure suddenly appeared in his mind, which made his heart tremble violently. He shook his head and said, "No, there hasn't been one yet."

Yue Shuanglin seemed to be relieved, but also seemed to be regretful and sad: "Okay, young master, don't dislike my slave's talkativeness, but, young master has a marriage contract with Miss Xue, so how can I teach Miss Xue when I leave home this time?"

Bei Mingyan nodded and was about to say something when Bei Mingyi suddenly waved upstairs: "Brother Xue! We are here!" He raised his head suddenly and saw Xue Luoqian standing at the window, because his back was facing the candlelight. And there is some distance, so I can't see the expression clearly.

Bei Mingyu tugged on the third younger brother's sleeve: "Keep your voice down! Brother Xue can see us of course! Don't wake up Uncle Yue!"

Bei Mingyan turned his head, met Yue Shuanglin's inexplicable gaze, and said softly, "It should be made clear."

In the early morning of the next day, the old man Yue learned that the young lady ran away with Qi Baiyuan, and hated himself for sleeping too much last night, everyone tried to persuade him, but it was completely useless.The old man cried bitterly, and kept saying that he was sorry for the Yue family, the master, and the Xue family. Bei Mingyan was at a loss, and everyone was so busy that they couldn't even eat breakfast.

Xiao Yan's anger was about to reach its peak, almost to the point of being unbearable.

Xue Luobei said with a bitter face: "If she doesn't go with Mr. Qi, does she still have to stay at our house?"

Huo Shenfang said: "Old man, Mr. Qi is a sensible person, and he agrees with Miss Yue, why not let her go instead of forcing her to stay?"

Uncle Yue still had something to explain, Ye Xiaoyun put the steaming steamed buns on the table, without even looking at him, he said lightly: "It's almost done."

The old man Yue avoided his figure, sobbing less.

Compared to these, Bei Mingyan is more concerned about: "What are you and Miss Yue going to do in the future?"

Xue Luoqian looked at him and said, "The family lacks a butler."

"...That's fine," Bei Mingyan said nastily, looking at Old Man Yue: "Old Man, Miss Yue, what do you think?"

"When is our house short of a housekeeper?" Xue Luobei asked while gnawing on the steamed stuffed bun, and Xue Tianlai poured it down for him with a bowl of porridge: "Eat your food, don't talk too much."

"If Mr. Xue doesn't give up, the Xue family doesn't give up, Xue..." Uncle Yue wiped his tears and thanked them one by one, Xue Luoqian interrupted: "Don't give up." After speaking, he bowed his head to drink the porridge without frowning.

The old man Yue was stunned for a moment, and then said embarrassingly, "Ah, it's good if you don't give up, don't give up..."

After breakfast, all the swordsmen of the Xue family, who were exorcising demons and defending Taoism, went back to Xue's house first, taking old uncle Yue and second miss Yue with them.

When walking away, Yue Shuangji couldn't help looking at Ye Xiaoyun, but was ignored by Ye Xiaoyun either intentionally or unintentionally.

Ye Xiaoyun hid behind Xiao Yan, grabbing the hem of Xiao Yan's clothes tightly.Bei Mingyan was surprised that with Xiao Yan's temper, he might fight if he was close, but Xiao Yan looked amiable all morning, at least on the surface, it could be seen that he was really trying to bear it.

How did Bei Mingyan know that Ye Xiaoyun pestered him last night to make him a supper, it's not that he hasn't beaten him before, he has already beaten him!But Ye Xiaoyun's attainments in martial arts are comparable to Xue Luoqian's, a dagger is ghostly and silent, how can he beat it?

Not only was he invincible, but he also had a more terrifying punishment to come, so he wanted to fight.

He wanted to leave last night because of Ye Xiaoyun's presence.

More than half of the people left, only the three brothers and sisters of the Xue family, the three brothers of the Beiming family, Xiao Yan, Ye Xiaoyun, Huo Shenfang, Bai Qingyu and Yang Yang who came yesterday.Last night, Bei Mingyu escorted Qi Baiyuan and his two out of the city, and rushed back overnight, and at this time they were still asleep in the guest room upstairs.

Bai Qingyu and Yang Yang helped Xiao Yan clean up the dishes in the backyard, and Ye Xiaoyun naturally followed.

Only Xue Luobei might be free after dinner, Diao Erlang sat on the grand teacher's chair and looked at Bei Mingyan and said, "Master Beiming, you are still engaged to my cousin, you know that, right?"

Bei Mingyan's heart clicked, and so did Bei Mingyi.

Bei Mingyi couldn't help looking at Xue Luoqian, thinking, here we come, here we go, the business is here!

"know."

"I thought you forgot."

"How could..."

"Since you won't, what are you going to do if you don't go back to Beishan? Could it be that you want my sister to marry into this inn and be the proprietress?" Xue Luobei looked at Xue Tianlai with a smile.

His cousin's temperament is most like Xue Luoqian. Because of the marriage contract, the Xue family made an exception to teach martial arts. It has been 13 years since the age of the marriage contract. She is diligent in practicing martial arts every day, strict with self-discipline, and never lazy. Even Xue Yaoshan, who was always serious and stingy with praise, couldn't help but admire her.Now a girl's family is told about her marriage for no reason, and there are still outsiders, but she is still indifferent, she only casts a glance at her cousin, and whispers: "Speak up!"

Bei Mingyan hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no." His original intention was not to let Miss Xue suffer with him, but Xue Luobei intentionally made fun of him and deliberately misinterpreted: "Oh? I understand what you mean, do you think My cousin is a family trainer, she knows nothing but martial arts, so marrying her will cause you trouble?"

Xue Tianlai on the side couldn't help but want to laugh, but brother Qian was sitting opposite, unable to laugh.

"Young Master Xue misunderstood," Bei Mingyan said anxiously, "I don't mean that, it's just..."

It's just that his deeper intention was to withdraw from the engagement.

This was decided when Yue Shuanglin questioned her last night.

No matter how brilliant he was in the past, the girl from the Xue family couldn't match him, and now he is just a useless person, lingering here, not to mention that he and Miss Xue have no intention of each other, even if they are in love, now He can do nothing and give nothing.

Even if it is the most illusory sincerity, he may not be able to give it.In the first two years after leaving Beishan, he was isolated from the world, and he couldn't even speak when it was serious. The shock of that incident made him become like a newborn child. Not only that, he lost all business and died. Will is not enough.

He was silent, Xue Luoqian looked at him quietly, and pursed his lips tightly.

Xue Luobei wanted to say something else, Xue Luoqian said: "Luo Bei."

The cold voice seemed to have awakened Bei Mingyan, as if he mustered some courage in his heart: "Miss Xue, can you take a moment to speak." After all, it is her daughter's home, so it is hard to say it on the stage.

Unexpectedly, Xue Tianlai smiled heartily, and stepped forward: "Young Master Beiming...can I call you Brother Yan like I did when I was a child?"

They met once 13 years ago, and she called him "Brother Yan" crisply. This memory should have been deep, after all, she was the woman who spent her whole life with her, but when Bei Mingyan thought about it later, her impression of her was actually... Not as profound as the impact on Xue Luoqian.

He nodded, and Xue Tianlai continued: "Tianlai has one thing to ask Brother Yan. Brother Yan should know that each family has its own rules, and the Xue family's rule is that martial arts practitioners do not pass on their daughters unless they are talented. Extraordinary talent. For such a person, it is enough for the Xue family to have elder brother Qian, but Tian Lai is not. But because Tian Lai is engaged to brother Yan, she has practiced martial arts with elder brother Qian and elder brother Bei since she was young. When you get married, you keep the way of women."

"In this way, I have seen the different life that women can have because of martial arts, fighting the sword, fighting for justice, and being free."

"I don't want to be like a girl in an ordinary family anymore, married to a man whom I can't see before marriage, or a man I don't love," she brushed her hair and smiled lightly: "I know Brother Yan doesn't treat me like a man and a woman. I'm afraid Brother Yan won't even remember that there is a woman named Tian Lai in Xue's family."

Bei Mingyan shook his head and said, "I remember."

"Then I'm very happy. However, if Brother Yan wants to retire at this time, my sons and daughters in the world will not feel that there is something wrong. It's just that my grandfather and the Xue family will never teach me martial arts and ask me to marry someone. If Brother Yan is not in a hurry to marry someone now To get married, I want to ask Brother Yan to give me some more time."