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Wen Yining still didn't come back at sunset, Ruyi stood impatiently at the door, walking around was extremely irritable, at this time of weekdays Wen Yining had already had dinner, now every household in Jianye City lights up the lights, and pedestrians on the road Fewer and fewer, but there is still no sound of horseshoes.

Wei Fengguo prepared a table of good wine and food, but he couldn't wait for Wen Yining to come back, so he rode his horse to the gate of Jianye City earlier than he wanted, and he didn't know if he had waited for his master's return.

Ruyi couldn't bear to walk up and down, so she turned around and went to find Ping An.

He rushed directly into Ping'an's room, but he didn't find Ping'an's figure.Then I went to the place where Ping An usually practiced martial arts, but I still didn't see Ping An.Ruyi thought to herself, could it be that Ping An is also worried about her master, so he followed him first?

Ruyi was thinking whether to chase after her now or just continue to wait, but at this moment she heard the voice of peace:

"As one wishes?"

"Ping An?!" Ruyi quickly turned around and saw Ping An coming back from the outside with his sword in his hand, "Where have you been? Have you gone to see the master?! Or has the master returned?!"

Ping An was taken aback for a while, and remained silent for a while with an unnatural expression.Ruyi looked at Ping An strangely, walked over and reached out to touch Ping An's forehead:

"What's the matter? Ping An? Your complexion is not very good. Are you sick?"

Pingan shook his head, avoiding Ruyi's hand, and just dragged Ruyi into the house, as if afraid of catching a cold.Ping'an was not good at words, and Ruyi didn't care, but she still looked at Ping'an's face worriedly:

"Your complexion is really bad, Ping An, should we go to see Imperial Physician Han?"

Pingan glanced at Ruyi, shook his head and said nothing, just walked to the table and put down his sword, poured tea for himself and Ruyi, Ruyi followed Pingan and said to himself:

"However, Imperial Physician Han should be very busy at the moment. He said that the princess is pregnant. I don't know if the princess has told the priest, and will the priest be happy..."

After speaking halfway, Ruyi suddenly slapped her head:

"By the way, it's safe! Let's go to the master first! He didn't come back after he went, I'm worried that something will happen to him!"

Ruyi took Ping An's arm and walked outside, but he didn't expect that this time he didn't pull Ping An's hand, usually he can pull Ping An's hand with only a little effort:

Ruyi was surprised, and looked back at Ping An again, only to find that Ping An's complexion was not good, and he was holding back some excitement. His hands hanging by his sides were tightly clenched into fists, and his knuckles were already turning white.

Finally noticing that the peace at this time is different from the peace in the past, Ruyi looked into Ping An's eyes, "What's the matter, Ping An, what happened?"

"I..." Ping An looked at Ruyi, and opened his mouth under his throat, but fell into silence after only one word.

Ruyi was in a hurry, walked over and squeezed Ping'an's fist and opened his fingers one by one, and said to Ping'an more eagerly, "Ping'an, you can tell what you have, if you don't tell me, how will I know what happened to you?! Happened What's the matter! Tell me—don't frighten me by being so silent!"

Ruyi was a little anxious. He remembered that when Ping An was like this, when they first met, Ping An had red eyes every day, practiced hard, didn't like to talk, and didn't like to talk to people.After ten years of hard work, Ruyi thinks that Ping An can finally look like a normal person, at least in front of him, she can cry and laugh.

Why did Ping An suddenly become like this again?

Pingan was silent for a long time, and finally dragged Ruyi back to the center of the room, sighed before speaking, "Ruyi, do you still remember what I told you about my family?"

Ruyi vaguely remembered that Ping An said that when he was a child, his whole family was wiped out, and he also knew that Ping An practiced martial arts and stayed with his master for revenge.At that time, the master was in the life of King Ning, and when Ping An helped, he seemed to have discovered the culprit of the tragedy of his own family. Ruyi remembered that Ping An had already mentioned this matter.

"What? Have you already taken revenge?" Ruyi asked.

Pingan shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Ruyi, don't you ask me, who is my enemy?"

Ruyi shook her head, and suddenly stared at Ping An with wide eyes, "Ping An, you, you are not going to tell me that your enemy is the master?!"

"Master, he's about the same age as you, he, he's absolutely impossible to kill your whole family!"

Ruyi panicked, but Ping An pressed Ruyi's shoulders to calm him down. When Ruyi calmed down, Ping An said in his unusual voice:

"Ruyi, let me tell you a story—"

"More than 20 years ago, my father was just a poor scholar studying hard in a poor window. In order to get ahead early and marry his beloved woman earlier, he owed a lot of debt. Member. I am even more fortunate to have made many people with lofty ideals in the court. I only look forward to being able to be a Jinshi in the palace examination, to be a local official, to pay off the debts of the family, and to lead my mother to live a stable life for a few days."

Pingan spoke very slowly, he had never said so many words before, and Ruyi listened very carefully, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"At that time, the imperial court was in the midst of employing people, and my father was so successful that he was on the list. Finally, he paid off his debts, married my mother, and got a small official who was a county magistrate in a county in the north of Gyeonggi. He also lived there. Get off me."

"Later," Ping An said after taking a deep breath, "Later, father was promoted and was able to become an official in the capital. Suddenly, he changed from an official position under the seventh rank to a director under the third rank. Neither father nor mother knew So, I found out later that it was because of the kind words of Jinshi on the same list in front of a certain powerful official that they were all promoted."

Pingan paused and continued, "I grew up in the capital. My parents are from small towns. The prosperity of the capital is out of tune with them. My father is cautious, so he will inevitably be squeezed out in the court. But there is no one in the family. Corruption and perverting the law, and neither did he accept bribes, and my father didn't say much in court, he just took care of my mother and me wholeheartedly. That year, my mother was just pregnant with my younger brother, so my father and I wanted to have a good New Year so that we could welcome my younger brother. arrival."

"But, it was in that year, something happened in that year—" Ping An's voice suddenly became louder, "That high-ranking official was impeached that year, and then his whole family was imprisoned. All the officials in the field were arrested, beheaded, exiled, and some were even beheaded by the whole family. From the beginning of autumn, there have been screams and fires in Beijing. Until the end of that year, the court was still there. Arrests."

Ruyi was already very surprised at this moment, he opened his mouth cautiously, tugging at Ping An's sleeve, "Ping An, what you said—couldn't it be about Changming's 11th year?"

In the 11th year of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Zhang Xian and the relatives of Zhang's mother's family were impeached and suppressed by others. Emperor's will - after the death of Emperor He, Zhang Xian was required to be buried with the empress.

At that time, the person who wiped out the power of the Zhang family was none other than Wen Yining's father, the Taifu Wen who had been the first-rank Taifu since the 11th year of Zhangming.

Seeing Ruyi's changed face, Pingan actually smiled: "My father's surname is Duan, and he is the director of the department of medicine. How can my father protect himself wisely. It is a pity that Wen Taifu has a high position and power, and he is backed by Emperor He, so my father cannot afford to provoke him."

"It's hard to get over my anger. My father once wrote a poem after drinking—but it was passed into Wen Taifu's ears by a villain. Therefore, my Duan family was regarded as a rebellious party, a clique of foreign relatives, and was decreed by the emperor— —Sentenced to be executed for copying all families.”

Ruyi's face became paler and paler, but Ping An continued to ignore Ruyi's panic and continued:

"There are only the three of us in my Duan family, and my father didn't even hire a few servants...Why do you need to kill all over the house? Just a few thieves who know martial arts can easily kill my parents who don't know martial arts."

"Ping An..." Ruyi grabbed Ping An's shoulder, "You, you, you really checked it out?!"

"I've found out," Ping An nodded, and suddenly a gleam of pain flashed in his eyes, "If Master hadn't saved me, I'm afraid I would have died in the flames too, but, just I didn't expect that I would protect my enemies so many times." Year!"

"Snapped--"

Ruyi couldn't help but slap Ping'an loudly, Ruyi was so angry that she pointed at Ping'an and said loudly:

"Ping An, listen to me clearly. The person who killed your parents was Emperor He. The master was only young at that time. How could he be your enemy! You stand up, you stand up now, you follow me, you follow me I'll go to my master and tell him what you said clearly!"

"If you really regard him as your enemy, why don't you dare to admit it?! If you want to take revenge!" Ruyi took a deep breath, "You should also take revenge in a dignified manner. You use other people's hands to take revenge like this. What kind of hero is he?!"

"I just want revenge," Ping An turned his head away from Ruyi with a pale face, "No matter what means."

"You—!" Ruyi was impatient, and walked around the house even more impatiently, "What the hell is going on with your elm head?! Even if the master has a bloody feud with you, didn't you promise your master to protect him well?" ?!"

"I promised master that I will protect my master. He told me who my enemy is, but now that I know who my enemy is and that master's whereabouts are erratic, I..."

"Enough!" Ruyi interrupted Ping'an, looking at Ping'an with red eyes, "Ping'an, I'll ask you! Are you going to save someone with me?!"

Ping An looked at Ruyi, silent.

"Even if it's..." Ruyi's voice trembled a little, but she didn't take a single step back, "Is it your and my... feelings?"

Hearing these words, Ping'an's face turned pale instantly, and he looked up at Ruyi in surprise.

"Master, for you..." Ruyi's eyes were full of tears, and her words were choked up, but she was very firm, "For you, it may be an enemy—but for me, master is my big brother." Benefactor. If, if I hadn't met my master, I wouldn't be as happy as I am today."

"Ping An, you...disappointed me so much."