get married first, fall in love later

Wuying took Jiang Qingxiao's hand and walked along the direction the river came from. Not long after, he vaguely heard a commotion not far away accompanied by voices.

"Wuying, listen, someone is talking." Jiang Qingxiao excitedly grabbed Wuying's arm and asked, "Have we already walked out of the bottom of the cliff?"

Wuying raised his right index finger and brought it to his lips with a soft "hush", and then pulled Jiang Qingxiao behind the tree to hide his figure.

After a while, the crowd came closer, and it was obvious from their clothes that they were the servants who followed Xia Lingyu to search and rescue.

Perhaps they were a little tired after walking for a long time, so these people found a nearby flat lawn to sit down and rest.

"Master, drink some water." A subordinate next to Xia Lingyu took out the water bag he carried with him and handed it over to him.

Xia Lingyu took it and brought it to his mouth to drink a few swigs, then tightened the lid and threw it back.After the subordinate took it and put it away again, he asked puzzledly: "I have a question in my mind, I don't know whether to ask it or not."

This subordinate has been by Xia Lingyu's side for the past few days, presumably he should be his confidant.Therefore, Xia Lingyu not only didn't get angry when he heard this, but actually nodded and replied: "Ask."

"My subordinates are ignorant. Since the young master has the heart to put Wuying to death, why bother to search for it? Do you want to see the corpse to be at ease?"

"What do you know!" Xia Lingyu raised his eyebrows and glared at him when he heard the words: "Jiang Qingxiao has a dark seed for that Wuying love root, maybe the two of them don't know it, but I, an outsider, can see it very clearly. Ying, how could Jiang Qingxiao follow me back easily?"

It turned out that he already knew that he escaped from marriage, and he pretended to be ignorant before, just to find an opportunity to abduct himself back, right?This insidious villain surnamed Xia has hidden deep enough.Jiang Qingxiao felt resentful in her heart, and unconsciously creaked her fists.

"Thanks to all my calculations, I never thought that girl would jump down with her life. Jiang Shamen is very powerful in the south of the Yangtze River. If I, Jianling Pavilion, want to keep my position as the leader of the rivers and lakes, I have to unite with such people." Only big gangs can play a role. Whether Wuying dies or not is not the most important thing, if Jiang Qingxiao dies, this young master will suffer a lot!"

Xia Lingyu was talking, gritted his teeth and spat hard on the grass in front of him, and said, "Let's not talk about that damn girl running away from marriage, but now she's doing something like this, next year I'll use her gang power to inherit my father's After taking the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, she must be repaid twice as much!"

When I first met this person, he had a gentle and elegant style, and I thought he was a modest gentleman. Who would have expected that he would be such a man who is good at planning and ambitious.Could it be that my father and brother were blind, and they still treated such a white-eyed wolf as a good son-in-law!

Jiang Qingxiao thought bitterly in her heart, seeing that Xia Lingyu and his party got up and walked away after resting enough, then she jumped out and looked at Wuying and said, "Do you want to kill this despicable villain now?"

Wuying shook his head and said: "The terrain here is complicated, we are not very familiar with it, and he can easily escape by attacking rashly. Besides, the son of a martial arts leader is afraid that his kung fu is not too weak, so I'd better go back and discuss it with the young master before making a decision." For good."

"Okay, then let's go find Xiao Xi and Xiao Bao now."

As Ouyang Xi was talking, he took Wuying's hand and followed the path that Xia Lingyu and his party had come. After a long time, they walked out of the range of the cliff.

In the middle of the night, Qian Xiaobao was unable to fall asleep because he was worried about the safety of Wu Ying and the other two. When he was tossing and turning, he heard a soft call from the window: "Master."

It is the voice of Wuying!Qian Xiaobao turned over and sat up almost immediately, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, Ouyang Xi, who was not sleeping well, also woke up, stretched out his hand and pulled out her sleeve in a daze and asked, "Xiaobao, what's wrong? "

"Perhaps Wuying and the others are back, I'll open the door and have a look."

"Really?" Hearing this, Ouyang Xi sat up with a grunt, watched Qian Xiaobao walk over to open the door, and then two people flashed in, it was Wuying and Jiang Qingxiao who had fallen off the cliff for a day and a night.

"Qingxiao! Wuying!" Ouyang Xi was going crazy with joy, rushed over and hugged the two of them tightly in his arms for a while, then separated and looked them up and down: "What do you do? So, are you hurt?"

When Qian Xiaobao closed the door and came back, Ouyang Xi was holding Jiang Qingxiao's hand and chattering non-stop.She turned around and looked at Wuying, and her always calm heart couldn't help but feel some turmoil at this moment. After calming down, she only asked the same question as Ouyang Xi.

Wuying shook his head, looked at Qian Xiaobao's excited face, paused and said, "Young master is worried."

"It's inevitable to worry about it, but as long as you're all right, it's worth worrying about."

After Ouyang Xi finished speaking, he pulled the two of them to sit down at the table, poured two more cups of tea and handed them over, and then asked curiously: "We only knew you were safe when we saw Wuying's signal flare before. Be back so soon."

Wuying recounted everything that happened between the two of them from falling off the cliff to returning here.After hearing this, Qian Xiaobao frowned, and said angrily: "You said it was bad, did Xia Lingyu fall off the cliff just now because of his conspiracy?"

Wuying nodded, and Jiang Qingxiao took over the conversation and said, "Thanks to the icy lake at the bottom of the cliff, otherwise it's hard to say whether Wuying will be alive or not, let alone come back." With Wuying's arm, he leaned into her arms.

Although this movement was not large, it did not escape Ouyang Xi's observant eyes.She smiled "hehe" and moved to Jiang Qingxiao's side and asked, "You are a blessing in disguise?"

Jiang Qingxiao didn't understand the meaning of Ouyang Xi's words for a moment, but seeing her smirk and her eyes fixed on the hands she and Wuying shook, she immediately understood and blushed embarrassingly. : "Oh, sort of."

Ouyang Xi smiled heartily after hearing this: "So that person surnamed Xia has done a good deed. Oh, by the way, did you see them when you came back?"

"En." Jiang Qingxiao responded, "We followed their tracks to come back so soon."

Qian Xiaobao listened quietly to their conversation, turned his head to look at the dawn of the sky, then turned around and said: "You are also very tired after walking for most of the night, go back to your room to rest, and wait until dawn , and then go to Senior Yaodu to unravel this mystery."

Wuying listened, and after saying good night, he dragged Jiang Qingxiao back to the room.

Qian Xiaobao hadn't slept all night. Seeing that the two of them came back safely, he felt a little tired. He pulled Ouyang Xi back to bed and lay down, and soon fell asleep.

At the breakfast table, without Xia Lingyu, the atmosphere became more harmonious for no reason.Yao Du was very happy that the two of them had returned without any danger, but when he saw that his apprentice hadn't returned all night, he couldn't help feeling a little bit worried.

Fortunately, when everyone had finished eating and drinking and was sitting at the table drinking tea leisurely, Xia Lingyu and his party came back with haggard faces.

As soon as he entered the door and saw Jiang Qingxiao who was sitting upright at the table, Xia Lingyu's eyes burst out with joy, and he walked over to grab her hand and asked, "Qingxiao, are you back? As long as you are fine! In vain, I have worked so hard to run this cliff."

Jiang Qingxiao withdrew his hand with a cold face, squinted from bottom to top and replied: "I don't know whether Mr. Xia feels at ease because I am safe and sound, or is he happy that your grand plan to dominate the world has never failed?"

A sharp light flashed in Xia Lingyu's eyes, but he still put on a confused look and asked in puzzlement: "What does Qing Xiao mean by this? But I heard some provocative words from a treacherous villain." After speaking, he stared viciously. He glanced at Wuying beside her.

"Crafting villain?" Jiang Qingxiao laughed when she heard the words: "Don't you feel blushing when Mr. Xia said these words? We Ming people don't speak dark words. On the way to the bottom of the cliff last night, you said that to your subordinates." I heard those words word for word.”

Xia Lingyu changed his face when he heard the words, but he was still struggling: "Qing Xiao, you must have heard wrong, how could I say such things?"

Yao Du, who had been watching silently in the main seat, listened to what the two of them had said, and then defended himself, saying: "Young girl Qingxiao may have misunderstood Yu'er, right? Since the two of you are unmarried couples, you should be Be firm in your heart, and don't be disturbed by provocative words from people who have nothing to do with you."

"Does senior trust his apprentice like that?"

Yao Du turned his head to look at Qian Xiaobao who asked this question, although he didn't understand the meaning of her words, he still replied obediently: "Although Yu'er didn't grow up by my side since childhood, but I watched him grow up." , I naturally believe in his character."

Qian Xiaobao asked again: "Then what about your other apprentice—Wu Lingxi?"

"Xi'er?" Yao Du was not surprised when she mentioned Wu Lingxi, but asked in confusion, "What's wrong with her?"

Qian Xiaobao got up and walked in front of Yaodu and said, "Senior, don't you wonder why Miss Wu suddenly left Yaowang Valley and hasn't returned yet?"

These words finally caused Yao Du to show a little surprise: "Young man, you seem to know a lot."

Qian Xiaobao smiled meaningfully: "It's more than what senior thought."

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you mean by what you just said?"

However, Qian Xiaobao didn't seem to be in a hurry. He scanned Xia Lingyu's body if there was nothing in his eyes, and saw that he finally showed panic on his face, so he narrated what he thought in his heart: "It's about the past of seniors. It seems that it is not clear in one or two sentences. But if I say that the beloved apprentice in front of you deliberately drove away the one you loved more, would you believe me?"

Mentioning the "past events", the expression on Yao Du's face changed several times in an instant, he was surprised and suspicious, but he desperately hoped to express his thoughts through her mouth.But after all, decades are not in vain. Compared with these young juniors in front of her, her self-control is still much stronger. Even though her heart is already turbulent, her face is still calm.

"My past? Young people don't want to say big things to deceive my old man."

"Then I might as well express my conjecture, and let seniors check it out?" Qian Xiaobao walked back to the table, took a gulp of his teacup, and said, "Twenty years ago, you and I were the same The senior sisters in the same school fell in love, but they left you for some unknown reason. When you were heartbroken, after your master passed away and officially took over as the owner of the new valley, you dismissed everyone in the valley, and you were alone in the Valley of the Medicine King Falsely live."

Having said that, Qian Xiaobao deliberately paused, turned his head to look at Yaodu on the main seat, although his face was full of sadness, but he didn't stop him, and continued: "A few years later, you suddenly left the valley, a few days later Bring back a baby who is still in its infancy, put it under the door, and bring up the professor with the other disciple who was taken in before, that is, Mr. Xia who was present."

"And this baby is the current Wu Lingxi." Qian Xiaobao was talking, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a faint silver hair in the hidden place outside the door, but he didn't point it out. He continued with his gaze: "A certain year after that, you went out of the valley again and brought back an old woman with silver hair, that is, Aunt Wu who cooks, and this old woman is also your senior sister. , Wu Lingxi's biological mother - Wu Lianqiao."

With a "snap", there was the sound of porcelain falling to the ground outside the door, and everyone looked around, and saw the hunched silver-haired woman standing on the spot, her body still trembling slightly.

"I... I'm going to get a broom to clean it right now..." Wu Lianqiao finished speaking intermittently, turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by the old man Yaodu: "Senior Sister! How long are you going to hide?"

Wu Lianqiao turned around hesitantly, looked through the crowd, and looked at the person who was no longer young but had the same face above the chief seat, and said in a trembling voice: "Su Er, I...I didn't mean to deceive..."

Wu Zisu stared at her for a while, her face was cloudy and uncertain, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Ouyang Xi, who was sitting by the door, stepped forward first and said, "Mother-in-law, let's talk first."

Wu Lianqiao looked up at Wu Zisu, seeing that she didn't make a sound to stop her, she raised her leg and stepped in.

However, Qian Xiaobao uttered another shocking words at this time: "Senior Yaodu must have recognized your senior sister early in the morning, otherwise he wouldn't have brought her back to the valley?"

Wu Lianqiao was overjoyed when she heard the words, she looked at Yao Du and asked, "Su Er, is what she said true?"

The person who had no choice but to sit firmly on the main seat only looked at her fixedly, but still didn't say a word.

Xia Lingyu had been calmly watching from the sidelines just now, he wanted to analyze how much they knew and how much his master believed through Qian Xiaobao's words.

Seeing that Qian Xiaobao talked more and more, he gradually became a little discouraged in his heart, but he saw that her master never said a word.It seems that Master and her elders may not believe what this kid said.Immediately, he said with a cold face, "Huangkou boy, don't talk nonsense here, get out of Yaowang Valley before my master gets angry!"

Ouyang Xi has never heard anyone say that Qian Xiaobao is wrong, let alone this sinister villain in front of him, he couldn't sit still, rushed to her and choked: "The thief shouted to catch the thief, why? You are afraid of my husband Shall you reveal all your family background of deliberately forcing Wu Lingxi out of the valley, and coercing Senior Wu Lianqiao to do bad things for you?"

"You!" Xia Lingyu became angry with embarrassment, raised his hand and threw out a silver needle, and came straight to Ouyang Xi's face.

Qian Xiaobao didn't expect that Xia Lingyu would dare to commit murder openly under the watchful eyes of everyone, but he shot so fast that it was too late to save him. Just as he was panicked and at a loss, another silver light flashed in the air, and "ding" It knocked the previous one to the ground with a bang.

"Master?!" Xia Lingyu looked at the chief in a panic, and Wu Zisu glanced at him lightly, and said, "Could it be that Yu'er really did what they said was ashamed of her master, otherwise why would she be so eager to obstruct it? "

"I... of course I didn't, Master, don't be fooled by them..."

Qian Xiaobao was still in shock, and hurried forward to pull Ouyang Xi to protect him behind him, raised his eyes and glared at Xia Lingyu, and said: "If you didn't deliberately mislead Wu Lingxi, saying that your master has an unethical love for her, it is inevitable that you will have sex with you Like an uncle, she encountered the misfortune of inexplicable death, why did she escape out of the valley in a hurry?"

"I..." Xia Lingyu was about to refute, but Qian Xiaobao didn't give him a chance, and just continued: "If you hadn't coerced Senior Wu into revealing her true identity to Senior Du, why would she stay here in order to stay?" In the valley, I continued to guard the love in my heart, and as a last resort, I sneaked into Qingxiao's room in the middle of the night, and brought the person who had fainted earlier for you?"

"Blood spurts!"

The dog was in a hurry and wanted to jump over the wall. Xia Lingyu was pressed so hard that he couldn't keep his hypocritical face. He reached out and drew the sword from his waist and attacked Qian Xiaobao.Unexpectedly, just as the sword was out of its sheath, there were two "swish" sounds of breaking the wind, and then Xia Lingyu was hit on an acupuncture point, and stood stiffly in place.

"Master...Master?" He wanted to turn his head and ask Wu Zisu why, but he couldn't help but his neck was stiff and motionless.Fortunately, the old man Yaodu got up and slowly walked down from the main seat, stood still in front of him and said word by word: "Yu'er, as a teacher, I hate others to make decisions for me, don't you know? "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xia Lingyu's answer, he turned around and walked in front of Qian Xiaobao. After examining her again, he said, "Young people really know a lot, but you are wrong about one thing."

Wu Zisu looked through the crowd and landed on Wu Lianqiao who was not far away, and said calmly, "She was not brought back by me, but by herself."

Qian Xiaobao said: "But you must have recognized her long ago, right?"

Yao Du smiled faintly when he heard the words, walked up to the slightly trembling old woman, and recalled with half-closed eyes: "That winter, she appeared outside the door in the snowy sky, pale and slightly hunched. She is wearing a black veil to cover her face, and her head is full of silver threads like snow. Although she tried her best to disguise herself, who is she? She is the person I have loved for more than ten years. You can fool your eyes, but you can't fool your heart."

Standing in front of her, Wu Lianqiao's body was already trembling, and her eyes were full of disbelief: "You, you have recognized me a long time ago? Then why..."

"Why did you stay?" Wu Zisu's face suddenly showed a hint of sternness: "Yes! I hate you! I hate you for leaving me without leaving an explanation, and I hate you for forgetting when you left. Marry someone else after our former eachother!"

"But..." She stopped her mournful accusation, her voice suddenly became confused: "Why the moment I saw you, apart from the hatred I tried to keep in my heart, was there more joy? "

"Su Er..."

"What is hate? If there is no love, how can there be hatred? I love you as much as I hate you. Otherwise, otherwise, how could you secretly bring back the daughter you sent away on purpose to raise up?"

Wu Lianqiao opened her eyes wide again in surprise: "Xi'er, she is really..."

"Yes, she is. Don't you think she is exactly the same as when you were young?" Wu Zisu recalled the beauty of the past, and the lines of her face became softer, but then she seemed to think of something, and looked at Wu Zisu. Lian Qiao asked: "You also think I love her, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't be crying alone while watching me kiss her while hiding outside her window late at night, and you wouldn't have hesitated to confess your identity to me before, and finally backed down. She is young and beautiful, and you feel inferior to her, so you choose not to fight for her, but withdraw silently?"

"I..." The person who was talking about the central matter hurriedly avoided the gaze of the person in front of him, but he didn't know how to refute.

"Senior Sister," Wu Zisu stretched out her pale and slender index finger, and gently lifted Wu Lianqiao's chin: "Seeing the one you love turn to fall in love with someone else, isn't it good?"

"Su Er, I'm not..." Wu Lianqiao seemed to have finally made up her mind to say something, but was interrupted by Wu Zisu again: "Are you finally willing to say it? Said that you didn't intend to betray, that you were out of fear I was sad and embarrassed, so I deliberately married in my place? But Senior Sister, do you think that you will make me feel grateful?"

"Su Er, how did you know?" Wu Lianqiao seemed to have no expression other than surprise on her face. There were so many things that happened today that she couldn't digest them for a while.

"I found it in the letters left by her when I sorted out Master's belongings not long ago."

"Then, do you still hate me?"

"Hate, of course I hate you! I hate you for helping me make this decision on your own, and I hate you for refusing to tell the truth, which made both of us suffer. But what I hate the most is myself," Wu Zi said. Su looked up at her again, with complex emotions in his eyes, sadness, pain, entanglement, and joy, but he couldn't see the hatred she kept saying: "I hate why I still can't let you go..."