Silver Moon Halberd

In October, the heat is gradually disappearing, and the dew is cold and cold, about to condense.

At night, the sky is falling with a patter of rain.

Under the rain curtain, the vermilion lacquer gate stands majestically on the side of the street, the cornice lanterns are hung high, and the flickering candlelight reflects a huge "leaf" character.He is also a family of Zhongming Ding Ding, and he has seen Taihe City and Tongliang Feng's family before, and Xi Xiu expected the scene in front of him.He and Ye Zhenge stepped off the horses one after another, and a young servant took the reins, and the servant who had been waiting for a long time immediately shook off his cape to wrap the two of them, and hugged them into the small sedan chairs respectively.

Opening a corner of the curtain, Xixiu walked around and watched the scenery pass by one by one. If Taihe City is majestic and majestic, Tongliang sea is wide and sky high, Yefu is an antique and deep house compound.The corridor is winding, green willows are hanging around, the clear pond under the corridor is misty, and the flowers and trees are dancing and falling flowers are colorful; after passing through several courtyards and going deep, there is a long and quiet alley...

Seeing that the rain was getting heavier, Xi Xiu put down the curtain and closed his eyes, thinking that this is the place where Ye Zhenge lives, and it really is completely different from Lin Haixi Valley... While thinking about it, the sedan chair slowly landed, Xi Xiu leaned out, and the sedan chair Three maidservants were waiting outside, one of them held the lamp, and the other two covered their heads with umbrellas.

A group of five people passed through several moon gates and several corridors, and stopped in a courtyard.After picking up the curtain to enter the room, Ye Zhenge turned into the screen to change clothes, while the maidservants performed their duties, some served tea and water, some opened the closet to take out clean clothes, and some brought soup cups and spoons.

After finishing the work, only one person said: "Master Qi, the room next door has been tidied up, what orders do you have?"

"Go back."

"Yes."

Hearing that the door of the house was closed, Xi Xiu dared to look around.The interior furnishings are simple without any luxury, the most striking thing should be the ten red sandalwood bookcases, which are neatly filled with books.He inspected from one end to the other, and was about to flip through it curiously when he saw Ye Zhenge walking out from the screen.

"Duck races with ginseng in autumn. It's extremely nourishing. Try it." Ye Zhenge scooped up a bowl of soup and put it on the table. Rest next door."

"I won't disturb you." Xi Xiu drank the whole thing in one gulp, not because he was greedy, but because Ye Fu's bowl was too "elegant".

Ye Zhenge studied ink and picked up a pen, and smiled faintly: "I'm afraid the lights are too bright to disturb you."

"I'm not afraid." Xi Xiu quickly took off her outer shirt, opened the thin quilt and lay down.

Shaking his head helplessly, Ye Zhenge casually lowered the wick.

In the middle of the night, under the oil lamp, Ye Zhenge leaned over his desk to write, with a thick stack of papers piled up on one side.He kept his eyes on the end of the pen, holding the teacup with his left hand and brought it to his lips. He coughed after taking a sip, and reddish-brown water stains dripped onto the paper.Dazed, he took out the handkerchief and wiped his lips...Suddenly, there was the sound of cloth being rubbed in the bed, and he hurriedly crumpled the paper and the handkerchief and threw them to the bottom of his feet.

Xi Xiuyuan didn't sleep deeply, and after being awakened by the noise, she simply got out of bed and walked to Ye Zhenge's side.He lowered his head slightly, caught a glimpse of the familiar four words on the paper, and was immediately surprised: "Did Senior Feng know that you borrowed "Chizhou Zhilue" to write silently?"

Picking up the pen again, Ye Zhenge wrote while saying: "So what if I know."

"He hates your father, but you use his feelings for you to seek benefits for the Ye family?"

"How do you know he hates my father?"

Xi Xiu was startled, and stammered: "It's... Senior Feng told me..."

"After listening to your uncle's narration, you decided that it was my father who was wrong?"

"Isn't it?" Xi Xiu said angrily, "Don't mention the past, he wants the big ship and blueprints just to fight against Senior Feng. For this purpose, he doesn't care about your safety at all!"

After he stopped writing, Ye Zhenge raised his eyes to look at him, and said, "You said that my father disregarded my safety in order to confront my uncle, but that was on your side, but my surname is Ye, and it is my duty to seek profit for the Ye family. Fulfilling your father's wish is a natural thing for the son of man. If you don't understand, think about yourself, the respected master made you swear that you would never go out of the valley, did you ever blame him for being unreasonable and depriving you of your freedom?"

"But Master never put me in danger, never—" swallowed the words, Xi Xiu gritted her teeth, and said, "Ye Qing treats you like this, and you still protect him..."

Withdrawing his gaze, Ye Zhenge got up and went to the window, opened the window, and found that the rain did not know when to stop, and the stars in the sky were blinking lonely.Looking at the star for a moment, he said softly: "A wrong result is often not caused by one person's fault. Father is certainly wrong, but if uncle hadn't insisted on going his own way and forcing others to make things difficult, how could father have married the daughter of the Feng family?"

"She is your biological mother, where would you be without her?"

Clenching his fist against his lips, Ye Zhenge coughed lightly and said with a smile, "That's right, this is something that can never be changed."

Xi Xiu pulled off her shoulders and draped it over him, and was about to close the window with her backhand.

"Come with me to meet someone, okay?"

Glancing out of the window that was about to close, Xi Xiu wondered, who needs to meet in the middle of the night?

The night breeze was cool, and the wet ground reflected faint starlight. After walking for a quarter of an hour, the two stopped in front of a secluded courtyard.The courtyard door is locked tightly, and the paint stains on the door seem to have been abandoned for a long time.

Ye Zhenge knocked on the door knocker, and after a while the door creaked open, an old woman poked her head out, saw the faces of the visitors clearly, and led them in sideways.Xi Xiu saw that the old woman was healthy and calm, she was a practitioner, so she guessed that the identity of the owner of this courtyard must be unusual, and seeing that the courtyard was clean and tidy, and the scenery was elegant, she was even more sure of what she was thinking.

Walking outside a room, the old woman opened the door and looked in, then turned around and nodded to them.

After entering the house, Xi Xiu looked around, there were no candles in the room, but three huge pearls that illuminated the sight, even a layman like him knows the price.His eyes shifted from the bright pearl to the bed, and he gasped immediately. He didn't know what words to use to describe it, because it hardly looked like a human...a bald head, a bald face, skin covered with burn scars, hands, fingers It is incomplete, and it is difficult to mend with a piece of fabric.

——I went to visit my nephew on his fifth birthday. Guess what he said to me?He actually told me that my mother was back, and swore to take me to a locked abandoned courtyard. I looked over the wall and was shocked. What was locked in the room was a monster!

Xi Xiu suddenly understood something.

Ye Zhenge walked over quietly, squatted down, and put the man's crippled fingers into his palm.

The man raised his head slowly, the corner of one eye was glued together, and the other was wide open, as if it was going to fall out of the eye socket abruptly.She looked at Ye Zhenge carefully and earnestly with these eyes, and suddenly grinned, a hole was "cut" on her pale face, revealing her white teeth.

Hurriedly abandoning her work, she took out a bamboo basket from the bedside, only to see that the basket was full of baby clothes, she picked up a piece of clothing and compared it to Ye Zhenge happily, but without feeling sad, she said: "You look... ...too fast..." The voice was muffled, hoarse and unpleasant.

"Don't worry about me all the time, and take care of yourself," Ye Zhenge said while pointing to his side, "I brought someone to see you."

Following Ye Zhenge's pointing, the woman looked at Xi Xiu curiously.

After hesitating for a moment, Xi Xiu squatted down and carefully held the woman's hand.

Seeing the young man's considerate actions, Ye Zhenge felt a warm current in his chest, and smiled and said to the woman: "I am congenial with him, do you agree that we can be together?"

"Agree, agree..." The woman nodded frequently, her "withered" fingers lovingly stroked the back of Xi Xiu's hand, looking left and right, she seemed extremely satisfied, "The day of marriage——"

Before she finished speaking, her originally happy face suddenly collapsed. She looked around in a panic and fumbled for her sleeves anxiously: "Silver... where is my money?"

Ye Zhenge took out the money bag from under the pillow with ease, and put it into her hand: "Here it is."

Thanks again and again excitedly, the woman limped to the dressing table and sat down, and began to "dress up" facing the pale wall, as if there was a bronze mirror there, and she still had her hair hanging down her shoulders.

Her hands rested empty on her temples, her eyes shone with the innocence of a young girl, she was born so ugly, if others saw her, she would only laugh at the ugly, but she was ignorant, lowered her eyes shyly, and said: " Grandpa gave me some silver and asked me to buy a nice dress."

While talking, he suddenly covered his face and choked up: "When will Brother Qing come... Grandpa is sick and getting old, I don't want Grandpa to worry..."

Ye Zhenge hugged the trembling body like a child.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly swung her arm and slapped him fiercely, with a terrified expression: "Give me back my grandfather! You give me back my grandfather!"

Ye Zhenge seemed accustomed to not dodging or evading, and hugged her even tighter: "Mother."

This call was like the softest hand in the world caressing her heart. The woman moved and tears fell from her eyes. She cried and laughed, patted Ye Zhenge's back lovingly, and murmured: "Chen'er, mother!" Chen'er..."

Helping the woman to lie back on the bed, looking at her sleepy face, Ye Zhenge softly recited the nursery rhyme that the other party used to lull him to sleep when he was young.His eyes were calm and unwavering, but his voice was soft and drowning: "Lingshanke, Lingshanke, sacrifice your life and forget your love, and your love will become stronger. I don't hear the hero boat go away from the king, but I can only see the tide rising and falling..."