Silver Moon Halberd

Since Wuyou Fang was handed over to Ruan Dai to take care of it, Ying Ling retreated behind the scenes and lived a leisurely life without hearing anything outside the window.

It was mid-winter, and there was a cold wind blowing outside the house. Ying Ling leaned on the couch, with a brazier under her feet, and was looking closely at the IOUs in her hand.The contents of those IOUs are not the same, but it is the same person who signed and pledged in the lower left corner.

The handwriting on the first picture is crooked, as if it was written by a child; Ying Ling looked at it with a wry smile, and the past came to mind one after another.

When he was eight years old, Ye Qing brought him back to Ye Mansion as his adopted son. At first, he was poisoned by a strange poison and couldn't see him, so Ye Qing left him in Hengwuxuan and ordered his people to take good care of him.Fortunately, the antidote was found half a year later. Although half of the eyesight was damaged due to the poisonous deep implants, it is the mercy of God to be able to see the light again.

He is weak and has poor eyesight, so his adoptive father asked him to move into Xiangyi Pavilion to be with the calm Zhao brothers. However, when he set foot in the residence for the first time, it was not Zhao Banyao and Zhao Tianshu he met.

At that time, the peach blossoms and willows were green, and the spring was full of spring, and the bright sunshine shone through the new and tender branches in the corridor.In sight, a child tiptoed and didn't know what to put on the window sill, and suddenly turned his head when he heard the sound behind him.Before seeing the child's appearance clearly, Ying Ling squinted his eyes slightly because of a reflected light, which passed by his side from far to near, and he only had time to distinguish it was a dangling earring.

After standing still for a while, he was full of curiosity and walked to the window sill to have a look, but then frowned.A dragonfly with broken wings was wriggling on the window sill, struggling for death.

He buried the dragonfly in the soil. He couldn't understand how a little girl could be so cruel!

One day at noon, Ying Ling was reading the chess records in the house, when she heard the commotion in the courtyard, she went out to have a look and found that Zhao Banyao was wrestling with someone.Looking closely, the man was wearing a colored glaze earring on his right ear, like a little girl whom he met a few days ago.He hastily stepped forward to grab Zhao Banyao, no matter what happened, a boy should not be rough on a girl!

Turning half of Gao's swollen face towards Ying Ling, Zhao Banyao didn't even look at him, pointing to a puddle of things on the ground, said: "Shen Chuxing, listen clearly! Don't give this kind of dirty thing to my younger brother in the future!" After saying that, he left angrily. .

Ying Ling took a look, and froze in place for a moment, turned to look at the other party with a pale face, and stammered, "You...why did you give Zhao Tianshu the dead frog..."

"I'm afraid he's hungry." Picking up the bloody frog, Shen Chuxing bent his lips.

Although he wears an earring on his right ear, his attire is clearly that of a boy.The boy's dimples were shallow and his smile was innocent, but Ying Ling was already scared and ran away.

Shen Chuxing still came to Xiangyi Pavilion every now and then to "feed" Zhao Tianshu, sometimes sparrows, sometimes mice.He left with his front foot, and Ying Ling's back foot would let those half-dead little things go to the ground.

Finally, when Shen Chuxing sent a few goldfishes, including Ying Ling, dozens of children in the Ye Mansion were brought to the foster father.Those goldfish were originally raised in the shallow pond outside Hengwuxuan, which was very pleasing to the adoptive father, but unexpectedly most of them disappeared overnight, and there were still many mutilated bones scattered around the pond.

Not to mention that there have never been any stray cats in the mansion, even if a greedy cat came here, it would not be possible to spoil most of the fish in the pond; the servants would not dare to do anything wrong, except for ignorant children.

Ying Ling's stomach churns when he heard this. He buried the goldfish himself, so of course he knows the truth.He couldn't help but glanced to the side, but saw Shen Chuxing's bewildered face.In fact, he can expose it or not, but if he chooses to remain silent, everyone will be punished; not to mention that Shen Chuxing has the courage to do it but does not have the courage to admit it, it is simply contemptuous!

Ying Ling took a step forward and pointed at the culprit: "It's him."

"It's me." Almost at the same time, another person stood up.

Ying Ling looked at the man in surprise, and the man also looked at him in surprise.They "lead by example", but the "true culprit" caught in the middle stays out of the matter.

Ying Ling couldn't understand why she was punished together with these two people?Needless to say, Shen Chuxing, Ye Zhenge deserved to be an imposter!But she was also accused of not reporting what she knew and burying "evidence"... Ying Ling was full of grievances, and knelt by the pool under the spring sun to make a silent confession.

"I didn't steal the goldfish, I'm hungry, can't goldfish be eaten?" Shen Chuxing stared intently at the plump fish in the pond.

Ye Zhenge said softly: "I can't."

"Dragonflies, sparrows, and mice can't be eaten, and neither can goldfish. What else can't be eaten?"

"No one alive."

Ying Ling was listening to the conversation between the two of them. It was unbelievable that they were discussing the truth that even young children who want to babble understand!What was even more inconceivable was that a few days later, Shen Chuxing came to Xiangyi Pavilion, bypassed the Zhao brothers' house, but put a thin sheet of paper under his window.

On a certain day of a certain month in a certain year, Ying Ling broke a few goldfish.The handwriting is crooked, neither horizontal nor vertical, but the character "po" looks exceptionally straight.

Ying Ling bit the bullet and asked Shen Chuxing what he meant.

Shen Chuxing blinked, and said innocently: "The young master said that I caused you to be punished, so let me apologize to you."

Ying Ling once thought Shen Chuxing was a fool.He seemed to know that he was wrong but didn't know exactly where he was wrong. Like a beast, he was addicted to flesh and blood, looking for fresh "food" to feed the young Zhao Tianshu; all his behaviors were irrational, cruel and ignorant.

Maybe it was because of the punishment of his adoptive father, maybe he was afraid of Zhao Banyao's fist, and maybe it was thanks to Ye Zhenge's earnest teaching that Shen Chuxing seldom went to Xiangyi Pavilion again.And Ying Ling would glance at the window sill next door from time to time, as if there used to be a secret that belonged only to him, a cruel and ignorant secret.

One summer day three years later.

Ying Ling couldn't remember why she was annoyed by Shen Chuxing and chased him together. She only remembered that he lost one thing afterward, which was the jade ring in Treasure's bosom that never left her body.

He walked the same road no less than a hundred times, but still found nothing.In the scorching heat, he slowly squatted down amidst the noisy chirping of cicadas, and buried his head and face in the crook of his arms.

"Give you."

Hearing this, he raised his head, Shen Chuxing's broad smile and the snacks brought to him appeared in his hazy vision, his eyes turned red immediately, and teardrops fell down: "Have you seen my emerald ring?"

Shen Chuxing shook his head, stretched out his fingers curiously, wiped a tear from his face and put it into his mouth, then frowned and spit out: "It's not as good as plum blossom pancakes. I bet the young master that if he can make you angry, he will Lose me two plums—"

Ying Ling's head "boomed", and before he could think carefully, he picked up a stone and threw it at the opponent.

Blood gushed out in an instant, slid along the forehead to the tip of the eyebrow, and trickled from the tip of the brow into the eye socket, converging into tears and winding down.Shen Chuxing tilted his head, smiled sideways at him, passed the snack in his hand to him, and continued: "The young master said that I should give you a piece, so that you won't continue to be angry."

"Madman!" Shocked and suspicious, angry and frightened, Ying Ling slapped Shen Chuxing away and fled in a hurry.

He anxiously waited for his adoptive father to come down, but the three days were calm. He didn't wait for punishment, but he waited for another "IOU".

On a certain day in a certain year and a certain month, Ying Ling broke an emerald ring.The handwriting is much more beautiful than that of the three-year-old front, but the best writing is still the word "broken".There was also a piece of plum blossom cake and a cracked jade ring on the IOU.

No one has seen this ring, and no one knows that there is a crack in the ring itself.

The loss and recovery did not make Ying Ling ecstatic. After hesitating for a long time, he decided to go to Guanju Garden to visit Shen Chuxing.He dragged the stick of incense for three quarters, and stood tiptoe in front of the door, and was about to knock with his fingers, when a human voice suddenly came from inside the room.

"What does pain feel like?"

Shen Chuxing's voice fell, and after a moment of silence, Ye Zhenge's voice sounded again: "It's like Meng Chunhui stole your favorite snack."

But Wen Shen Chuxing yelled, "What a Meng Chunhui took my snack again—"

"Don't move, lie down. I'm just making an analogy. You know the feeling of 'pain' is uncomfortable?" Ye Zhenge smiled, "Look, I brought you something delicious."

Looking at the bunch of grapes with sun-dried palms, Ying Ling walked away and found Zhao Banyao after returning to Xiangyi Pavilion.But Zhao Banyao's mouth was tighter than a clam shell, and he didn't know what to ask, so he was unwilling to "ask" Gu Qiya, but Gu Qiya politely pointed to the path leading to Guanju Garden.Ying Ling was so angry that his teeth itch, if he could lower his face and ask Shen Chuxing, why would he still be looking for him!

After several twists and turns, Ying Ling finally "bribed" Meng Chunhui with the bunch of grapes.

Meng Chunhui had a chubby belly, and was sweating from the heat even if he stood still, Chong Yingling smiled and walked away.

"Who said it was for nothing?" Ying Ling pulled him hard, "What about you?"

Meng Chunhui slapped his forehead and suddenly realized, and stammered: "First trip...it's nothing...Qingyi...he doesn't know...pain...he never knew...pain...same as me...same as me... Since I was a child... I can't... talk..."

The intermittent words in my ears were as noisy as the chirping of cicadas.

——What does pain feel like?

Shen Chuxing is neither stupid nor crazy...

Ying Ling raised her right hand, stretched her five fingers and slowly closed them again, as if she could still feel the heavy force of the falling stone.After that, he had the same dream for several nights in a row. In the dream, he stood in front of the Zhao brothers' house and put something on the window sill. He still remembered the conflicted and struggling mood, but he always forgot it when he woke up. What is it that you let go of.

The time is fleeting and the time is fleeting.

Ten years later, Ying Ling bid farewell to her adoptive father, went to Jinyuan to join Wuyou Fang, and "faced" Huo Xiangting in the autumn of the following year.

Huo Xiangting has excellent gambling skills but is notorious. He doesn't gamble with money or things but with his life.

Eighteen years ago, Granny Lan, the "Nine Li God Gambler", was murdered by her former enemies because her son and daughter-in-law were murdered by her former enemies.A few years later, Huo Xiangting threatened her grandson's life and forced her to sign a life and death certificate, vowing to compete with her.Granny Lan was concerned about the safety of her grandson and was provoked by Huo Xiangting's words, her mind was confused for a while, and she was defeated by a single move.

Huo Xiangting chopped off Granny Lan's fingers one by one before she died.

Ying Ling caressed the crack on the jade ring, raised her eyes to look at Huo Xiangting lightly, and took a long while.Playing chess for three days and three nights, Wuyou Square was crowded with people inside and outside; three days later, Huo Xiangting cut off his ten fingers, laughed wildly and vomited blood and died.The owner of Wuyoufang became famous and created a new generation of gambling legends after "Nine Lishen Gambling".

Just when she was in high spirits, Ying Ling ushered in an unexpected visitor.

Unavoidable to be suspected, the news exchanges between Wuyoufang and Qianning all passed through Guixiangyuan, but Shen Chuxing showed up in a grand manner, with one hand behind his waist and the other holding a tied up tomboy.

Ying Ling first looked at Shen Chuxing, who had grown a lot taller after a year of separation, and then turned her gaze to the stranger.

Even though she was dressed like a man, it was hard to hide her glamorous appearance. The girl twisted her body and struggled, cursing in a hoarse voice: "Shen! If you are sensible, let go of you, Uncle Ruan!"

The girl's name is Ruan Dai, and she has been dependent on her grandfather since she was a child. After her grandfather passed away, she wandered around the world and learned a few tricks from a third-rate gambler with her cleverness.

She is not skilled but has the courage to swallow the sky, so she won the Wuxia sword from the Wuxia swordsman by fraud, pawned ten taels of silver in the pawnshop, and ran to Yicui Pavilion to spend time and wine.The flawless swordsman threatened to kill her. If Cui Yanyan hadn't ordered people to redeem the sword and pay a lot of money, Ruan Dai's life would have ended!

Shen Chuxing was very sensible, and kicked Ruan Dai's knee, forcing her to kneel in front of Ying Ling: "Hurry up and see Master."

"Who wants to recognize a tuberculosis ghost as a master!" Ruan Dai was "neither humble nor overbearing", staring at Ying Ling with disdain.

Ying Ling couldn't help coughing twice, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth.He was fed strange poison by Huo Xiangting when he was young, his physique was already weak, and he exhausted his efforts in fighting the opponent, now his appearance is indeed not much better than that of a consumptive ghost.Lowering his eyes, he threw a dice into the teacup and shook it, then flipped it upside down.

"Six o'clock." Ruan Dai replied without blinking.

Nodding approvingly, he continued to throw in one, and Ruan Dai still handled it freely, until the fourth one, the girl finally showed a unwilling expression.But he threw two dice in a row, the six dice shook together, and when he lifted the teacup, his guess was exactly right.

"As long as you learn half of my skills, not to mention going to Yicui Pavilion to have a good time, buying Yicui Pavilion is also a fantasy."

Xu Shi was overwhelmed by his superb skills, and Xu Shi was moved by these remarks, and Ruan Dai stayed in Wuyou Workshop since then.

Ying Ling took in "Little Trouble" but didn't intend to take in "Big Trouble" at the same time, but Shen Chuxing had no sense of being unwelcome, and he relied on him for nothing but all his belongings.Five taels for the first time, 50 taels for the second time, and 500 taels for the third time. It was only when Ying Ling lent 5000 taels that he realized that this person was a bottomless pit!

Although Ying Ling has only been in charge of Wuyoufang for one year, it is not an exaggeration to have gold and silver mountains, but his grandmother often admonished him when he was alive: People are most afraid of "greed" and dissatisfaction. Those who lose want to make a comeback, and those who win want to win More, but who can win forever?The family went bankrupt, his wife and children were separated, and Qing Qing died.In the end it was empty.

Therefore, he has always kept things in moderation, and the cost of food and clothing is also very simple.

However, Shen Chu is shy in his pockets but addicted to gambling, spending money like running water, picking and choosing what to eat and drink!I used to be able to drool over dead frogs, but now I eat seedless tangerines from a long way across the ocean and drink Dahongpao worth [-] to [-] silver, and complain that it’s not sweet enough or fragrant enough.

Across the short table, Ying Ling glanced at the orange peels on the table, and then at the smacking mouth on the opposite side, her forehead twitched, thinking that Ye Zhenge was trying to correct Shen Chu's "bad habits", and he was so pampered as a daughter, so hard to serve very!He was about to sneer, but his thoughts were interrupted by the things in front of him.

"This orange is too small to be eaten." After stuffing the last one to Ying Ling, Shen Chuxing clapped his hands, and threw a peanut into his mouth.

After staring at the orange for a while, Ying Ling put it on the table, then took out a palm-sized brocade box from her sleeve and handed it to Shen Chuxing.Shen Chuxing took it and opened it, only to see a crystal clear glass earring.This is the "One Tear" from Tiangong Pavilion, which is extremely rare and hard to find.

"like--"

Before Ying Ling could say anything, a subordinate sent a letter from Guixiangyuan outside the house.He opened the letter and read it carefully, and lit a candle after reading.

"The young master went to Canglan Mountain to obtain the Longyuan Sword, and he should be back. Didn't you say anything in the letter?"

Seeing the flames rushing to her fingers and throwing the embers into the copper basin in a hurry, Ying Ling pursed her lips guiltily: "No." Then she turned her head to look at Shen Chuxing, and saw that he was wearing the earring on his right ear.

It was night, and Ying Ling had another dream from ten years ago... He carefully placed something on the window sill, and then looked carefully, Shen Chuxing, who was the size of a thumb, smiled and spread out his palm towards him.

After waking up, Ying Ling was in a happy mood, and pushed Shen Chuxing's door open with delicious food that she had never tasted like a few days ago.

The room was empty, and there was a thin piece of paper under the teacup.

On a certain day of a certain month in a certain year, five thousand nine hundred and thirty six taels are owed to Ying Ling.

It's been four years since then.

The north wind was howling, making the paper window squeak, Ying Ling numbly threw the three IOUs into the brazier one by one, thick smoke came out from the brazier, he covered his nose and coughed lightly, and waved the smoke away with the other hand.The smoke faded, and he looked at the table again. It was an ordinary piece of rice paper, with a blank center, except for the three characters "Shen Chuxing" written in the lower left corner.

Four years later, on such a cold day, Shen Chuxing came to Wuyoufang again with a secret letter in his arms.

Outside the square is a killer who is sharpening his knife, and in front of him is a colleague with an innocent smile. Ying Ling is dumb and eats coptis, so he has to spend three thousand yuan to catch the hot potato.

With delicious food and drink for this big Buddha, Ying Ling thought that Shen Chuxing was just here to avoid the "wind and rain" for a while, but he obviously underestimated the extent of the other party's brazenness.While Shen Chuxing exchanged the bank note with a secret letter, he also asked him for one thing - ice glass beads.

Hearing this, Ying Ling just stared at him, and said coldly, "Where's the earring I gave you?"

Shen Chuxing said with a nonchalant smile, "I lost the bet."

"You love to gamble so much, why don't you bet with me, but I have ice glass beads, what do you have?" Ying Ling's tone became more icy, and his face became very ugly.

Shen Chuxing asked for a pen and paper, and wrote an IOU that contained nothing but his signature.

Ying Ling finally laughed out loud.

He knew that Wuqing would go crazy and die sooner or later, and the interval between Shen Chuxing's going crazy was shorter than once.He knew that the "secret formula" that could save Shen Chuxing was with his adoptive father.

He frantically searched for information, and the clue from Lin Haixi Valley was passed back to Qian Ning himself; this means that the adoptive father may have avenged his revenge, and it means that Ye Zhen Ge's time is not long.

Only after Ye Zhenge's death did Shen Chuxing get the secret recipe.

And at this moment, Shen Chuxing asked him for ice glass beads, and gave him a "priceless" IOU...

The ice glass bead was won by Ying Ling from a traveling doctor. Although it is not a magic medicine for bringing the dead back to life, its effect is rare in the world.It can renew the vitality of a dying person and make him immortal for three months.

What does Shen Chuxing want to do?And for whom?it goes without saying.

Ying Ling accepted the IOU.He doesn't play Pai Gow, dice, or chess.He put two pills on the table, one ice glass bead and one life-extending pill, almost identical in appearance.And Shen Chuxing picked up the one on the right without hesitation.

"You only have one chance, don't you want to think about it?" Ying Ling was dumbfounded.

Putting the medicine in his mouth, and lightly wiping the corners of his mouth with his fingertips, Shen Chuxing curled his lips into a smile: "I never lose when I want to win."

He did not lose, what he ate was neither ice glass beads nor longevity pills.

Lying on the couch with blushing cheeks, Shen Chuxing watched Ying Ling fall towards him.

Touching Shen Chuxing's earlobe, Ying Ling didn't know what he was doing. He just wanted to teach Shen Chuxing a lesson, because this person "owed" him too much, but the soft and cold touch made his fingers swell.He gradually became a little dizzy, and his eyes were filled with white flowers, as if a ray of light shot into the bottom of his eyes; he narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to see clearly, and his lips moved close to the other party unconsciously.

Both wrists tightened suddenly, and the world was turned upside down!Ying Ling stared blankly at the person on the straddle, her eyes darkened, her warm breath hit her neck, and the tingling pain of her lips and teeth biting followed!When the illusion was about to be dismantled and swallowed, the other party's deep laughter swayed from the hollow of his shoulder.

Slowly straightening up his upper body, Shen Chuxing let go of the restraint, took out a crystal clear "bead" from his sleeve, and said with a smile, "I found the ice glass bead from your room last night. Whether you agree or not, I will order this bead."

Yu Bi blinked, and continued: "You gave me 'Po Whirling', I don't mind repaying the debt with it, I'm afraid you find it boring."

No sunshine, no pain, no emotion, no tears, no desire.

That was their last conversation, and it was also the last time Ying Ling had a dream related to Shen Chuxing.Shen Chuxing, who was the size of a thumb, smiled and spread out his palm towards him, which was empty.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew open the half-covered window and knocked off a piece of paper on the table.

Ying Ling hurried to grab it, but the thin paper fell into the brazier between her fingers!His eyes were reddened by the rising smoke, and in his hazy vision, the flame burned out the signature in the lower left corner in an instant.

He slowly straightened his waist, and his eyes moved forward from the permeating smoke.

There were several wooden boxes there, which were sent to Wuyoufang by a stranger this morning, and were handed over to him by name.The box is filled with silver, no more, no less, eight thousand nine hundred and thirty six taels; besides this, there are goldfish that are not full in the tank, and an undamaged emerald ring that sank at the bottom of the tank.

After 20 years, that person has not improved at all, and he still doesn't know where his "wrong" is.

Ying Ling gave a wry smile, and sat down at the table to type the score.

He spends most of the day playing scores, and he will play a few games with Ruan Dai on a whim, but Ruan Dai's chess skills are mediocre but she prefers to fight to the end. The chessboard is always dense and horrible.Whenever at this time, he would think of Ye Zhenge, although that person was a difficult chess player, he would immediately admit defeat if he had no chance of winning, and never made his opponent suffer.

But both Ruan Dai and Ye Zhenge are defeated by him.

He has never met an opponent in his life, the only situation where there is no solution.

There is no solution because there is no child.Play chess with your heart, win or lose.

The cold wind was blowing outside the house, and there was only intermittent, lonely falling sounds inside the house.

—End of "Heart Chess"-