Rebirth of the Golden Bastard

The two swords danced in the drizzle, and the blades swept across, splashing water droplets.In the blowing wind of the sword, one could even hear the sound of clear water drops.

Cang Qiao suddenly forgot what she was going to say, and just stared blankly at the two under the gray sky.

Xia Yunqing, who was all in black, was light on her toes, and her figure was light.The black boots were up and down on the soaked bluestone slabs, and the set of swords he was dancing was airtight; he was dressed in navy blue Sikong Shen, and the high beam of gold crown showed an incomparable momentum in the gray sky, with a sense of strength in his heart. Soft, wide-sleeved and windy.

"You're as graceful as a frightened bird, and as gentle as a swimming dragon." Si Kong Yanjin said slowly, then turned to look at Cang Qiao with a dumbfounded expression, "You think so too, don't you?"

"Ah?" Cang Qiao turned her head with a dull expression, "What dragon?"

The corner of Sikong Yanjin's mouth twitched, and he put down his teacup: "What did you want to say just now?"

"Oh..." Cang Qiao turned back and continued to look at the two staggered figures in the courtyard, "I forgot... I'll think about it after reading it."

"..."

Zheng——

When the two swords collided, the blades emitted a resonant dragon chant.Xia Yunqing staggered her steps backwards, turned around on the spot and stabbed towards the gap on Sikong Shen's left.

Sikong Shen retreated quickly, and with a flick of his wrist, he swung a sword flower towards Xia Yunqing's chest.

Cang Qiao screamed subconsciously, Xia Yunqing flashed, and the cold tip of the sword suddenly changed direction and approached the neck.

Sikong smiled deeply: "Brother Yunqing, accept it."

Xia Yunqing withdrew his sword sharply, "As expected of the Ninth Prince's original swordsmanship, which surpassed General Ying's step-by-step approach, and the fierce tiger descended from the mountain, contemptuous of the magnificence of the world."

Sikong Shen handed the sword to Nan Xun who came over, "If you ask me, your swordsmanship is more subtle. If you don't suddenly lose your focus, I'm afraid I will lose."

Xia Yunqing was not too modest, the two looked at each other and smiled, feeling like they were confidantes.Only then did Cang Qiao exhale, "It's as good as it is, but I thought the Ninth Prince's sword would really go down."

Sikong Shen turned his head and said with a smile: "Master Xia was too worried, in terms of distance, my sword will only reach the chest."

Cang Qiao nodded, and then clapped her hands: "Well played!!"

Sikong Yanjin couldn't help laughing: "Why does this sound so awkward?"

"Then the acting is good?" Cang Qiao glanced at Xia Yunqing who was staring at her, and frowned, "What are you doing looking at me? You are distracted because you are not good at learning, and I don't know how to treat guests to dinner."

Xia Yunqing had no choice but to look down at the floor helplessly.

Gu Xiao went over to help Xia Yunqing pat down Yuzhu's shoulder, the Ninth Prince simply took off his outer robe, rolled up his sleeves and sat on the seat with a smile: "This competition is really hearty!"

Sikong Yanjin looked at him, "You and Xia Yunqing are both General Ying's apprentices, why don't you use the master's swordsmanship?"

"I can only be regarded as half an apprentice." Sikong waved his hands, "But in terms of seniority, I am Yun Qing's senior brother."

Xia Yunqing nodded, "I started late, but now I have left the school."

"It's a pity." Sikong Yanjin shook his head, "General Ying keeps mentioning you, saying that it's a loss for Yilan Kingdom that you don't take the martial arts championship to be included under his command."

Cang Qiao glanced at Xia Yunqing in surprise. Although he knew that the man was good at martial arts, he didn't know that he had such good reviews.

"Let's go after dinner." Sikong Shen said: "After a while the rain will stop, go to the courtyard to see the begonias in the palace."

As he said that, he still laughed: "It's just not comparable to Xia's Begonia."

Cang Qiao was stunned for a while, then remembered, and turned to look at the third prince: "Continue to the topic just now."

Sikong Yan rolled his eyes at him, "Remember again?"

Both Sikong Shen and Xia Yunqing looked over curiously.

"Aren't you guys from Baohuaque? Can you change someone?"

Sikong Yanjin was taken aback for a moment, and he subconsciously exchanged a glance with Sikong Shen.Then he said: "Why?"

"Because Huaque doesn't want to have anything to do with the royal family."

Xia Yunqing was embarrassed, and Gu Xiao was nervous.Sikong was stunned for a long time, then suddenly sighed helplessly: "Cang Qiao..."

"what!"

Cang Qiao suddenly laughed and said, "The Ninth Prince called me by my name."

"Uh." Sikong Shen was a little puzzled, "What's wrong with the name?"

"You have been calling me Young Master Xia since the first time you met me, but you have always called Xia Yunqing Brother Yunqing."

As he spoke, he puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction, "It's very clear who you hate and who you like."

Sikong Shen's eyes turned around Cang Qiao's face, as if trying to find a trace of the other party's intentional look for faults.But he couldn't find it.Cang Qiao's expression should be as serious as it is serious, as sincere as it is.

This is rather dissatisfying.

"Cang Qiao..." Sikong coughed dryly, "You're just going straight up and down in front of us, you have to restrain yourself when you meet other people."

Cang Qiao blinked, "For example?"

"Your Majesty, Minister of Civil and Military Affairs." Sikong said solemnly.

Cang Qiao also nodded seriously, "Understood."

……

Xia Cangqiao was so straightforward and obedient, but it choked Sikong Chen who had prepared a stomachful of persuasion.

Sikong Yanjin looked like he was enjoying the show, and Sikong said helplessly: "The troupe's affairs... we can't let us decide."

"Can't you just talk to the emperor?" Cang Qiao asked curiously, "For example... a beauty is a disaster, raising a tiger is a problem."

what is this...

Sikong turned to look at Xia Yunqing, Xia Yunqing had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Brother..."

"Don't call me bro!"

Cang Qiao raised eyebrows immediately, as if I would cut your throat if you called out again.Xia Yunqing pursed her lips, "This is already a settled matter."

Cang Qiao pouted, "You people don't know the seriousness of the matter at all."

Sikong Chen was actually laughed at, and rubbed his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair: "What do you mean by that?"

"Hua Que is a famous actor in the south of the Yangtze River, but he is a sought-after beauty actor in the south of the Yangtze River." Cang Qiao crossed his legs and spoke like a storyteller, "His appearance, tsk tsk... even I can't help but blush. You Let me tell you, if he is allowed to sing an opera, what if some prince falls in love with him, and what if the emperor falls in love with him..."

"Xia Cangqiao." Sikong Yanjin looked at him suddenly, "This is disrespectful."

Cang Qiao choked for a moment, "Okay...it's a great honor for the Emperor to be favored by the Emperor."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the third prince again, "Is this okay?"

"..."

"Anyway!" Cang Qiao said with a look of reluctance to interrupt me, "If the world is in chaos, there must be monsters."

Sikong Shen took a sip of tea and almost spit it out, "Yilan is doing well..."

"Hey, think about it the other way around!" Cang Qiao frowned, "With evildoers, the world is bound to be in chaos."

Gu Xiao whispered behind him: "It turns out that Mr. Hua Que is a monster..."

Cang Qiao stared back at him silently.

"Beauties in the world always bring unnecessary troubles." Cang Qiao said with a regretful expression: "In order to reduce troubles, let's avoid it."

"Then the sparrow is so beautiful?" Sikong Chen put down his teacup, looked at Xia Cangqiao and asked.

"Beautiful!" Cang Qiao nodded affirmatively.

Sikong smiled, "I want people to see it even more."

Cang Qiao opened her mouth in an O-shape, that expression: Look, look!Haven't seen it yet!That's it!

Xia Yunqing said: "I think elder brother's doubts are still necessary."

Sikong Yanjin looked at him curiously, "Oh? What's the point of this?"

From the beginning to the end, he didn't hear any doubts about Xia Cangqiao's words.

"The person who is popular all over the south of the Yangtze River and makes all the theater troupes vie for it must have his advantages." Xia Yunqing said: "It must be a certainty that he will welcome foreign envoys after he has been to the palace. If people from foreign regions take a fancy to him, Proposed to send the sparrow to the envoy..."

Sikong Yanjin raised his eyebrows, "If you send it, Huaque's reputation is too great, and it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the people. If you don't send it, it will damage the harmony with the envoy."

"My emperor has always ruled the world with benevolence." Xia Yunqing respectfully said: "It would be great if this did not happen, but if it happens, it will give the emperor a headache."

Sikong Shen nodded in satisfaction, "Sharing the worries of the father and the emperor is what the sons and ministers should do."

Sikong Yanjin also touched his chin, "I will find a way to do this."

Sikong Chen glanced at him, and slowly said: "I will do my best."

Cang Qiao looked around, this matter was considered ridiculous just now, how could it be recognized in the blink of an eye?

He turned his head and asked Gu Xiao in a low voice: "What is the difference between what Xia Yunqing said and what I said?"

Gu Xiao said seriously: "The wording is different."

"..."

Is this a trick to say that he has a problem with his language skills?

……

Coming out of the palace after dinner, the clock was knocked on the street.The rain has stopped, and the sky is cloudless, showing a purple-blue light and shadow.

Shadowy gray and black houses are arranged along the official road, and the red lanterns on the corners of restaurants illuminate the warm and quiet street.

The air after the rain was very comfortable, and Cang Qiao didn't want to sit in a sedan chair, so she strolled around with her hands behind her back to digest food.

Xia Yunqing followed beside him, as silent as a piece of wood that could not speak.

"Seed cake oh sesame cake..."

"Candied haws, candied haws..."

The noisy small vendors on the street shouted, and the wonton shop with the dark canopy was steaming hot.

Cang Qiao suddenly felt very peaceful inside.Since he was reborn, he always felt that he was having a long dream, a dream that had nothing to do with him.But at this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of belonging.

Sure enough, night is the best place to live, and it is much more reassuring than daytime.

In the dark alley, there are beggars and homeless people.Cang Qiao glanced at it, and asked Gu Xiao to throw a few ingots of silver, but didn't want to be thrown back by the other party.

"I don't even want Xia Cangqiao's money!"

"Taking his money? Who knows what he'll make us pay?"

Gu Xiao came back resentfully, with anger that couldn't be hidden in his eyes.

Cang Qiao curled the corner of her mouth, but smiled: "You have a lot of backbone."

Gu Xiao looked at him in surprise, "Aren't you angry, young master?"

"What's there to be angry about?" Cang Qiao took out a fan from the back of her waist and twirled it between her fingers, "I kindly gave it to my conscience, but it has nothing to do with me whether others accept it or not."

Gu Xiaopei said: "Master is more and more philosophical."

Cang Qiao chuckled, and Xia Yunqing beside her finally spoke, "Brother... sorry."

Cang Qiao was stunned for a moment, then said silently: "You have nothing to be sorry for. It's me, the elder brother, who embarrasses you."

"No." Xia Yunqing clenched the sword at her waist unconsciously, "I never thought that my elder brother would embarrass me, it was just because what my elder brother did...was wrong, it was wrong. Wrong...just should be punished."

"So you didn't do anything wrong." Cang Qiao tapped the fan in the palm of his hand, "I'm sorry, so I don't need to say anything."

"But I promised big brother." Xia Yunqing said: "I promised to stand by your side no matter right or wrong from now on, but I failed."

Cang Qiao stopped under a restaurant, suddenly raised her head and said, "You said it, if you make a mistake, you should be punished."

"Yes." Xia Yunqing raised her head and fixedly looked at the side of the man's face.

The man's face was covered by a bright red lantern, the corners of his mouth were slightly curled up, and there was brilliance in his eyes.

"Go and get that girl's handkerchief, and I will forgive you."

His voice is bright and pleasant, with a smile.

Xia Yunqing was stunned until the man lowered his head and frowned at him, "Did you hear that?"

"Ok?"

He snapped back to his senses, and the voice in his head spun around twice.

—Go get that girl's handkerchief, go get that girl's handkerchief, get that girl's handkerchief...

"!"