Xue Huan

The mist is slightly heavy, and the morning mist is still chilly. The morning light is slightly dew, hitting the bluestone slabs of Taiyuan streets, and the sound of "唦唦" footsteps resounds on the quiet street.The ancient city is just waking up.

A figure slowly appeared outside the misty city gate.The clothes are as white as snow, and the temperament is cold.His steps are very steady, every step is actually imprinted on the hard stone floor, he is not fast but not slow, with a strange ancient sword on his waist, black and shiny, this man's complexion is also white, eyes The color is black and bright, the shape of the nose and lips is good, the whole body is in harmony with black and white, and there is a faint simplicity of Cangshan Mountain with snow.But few people dare to stare at his face for a long time, his demeanor is too cold, and there is a kind of indomitable fierceness.

It stands to reason that as long as such a character appears in the crowd, he should be the focus of everyone's attention, but today it is strange. He has been walking on the street for a long time, and the street vendors are still busy doing their jobs, and the pedestrians are as usual In a hurry.When he came to this place, he was as calm as a mud cow entering the sea.

The person who came was called Ximen Chuuxue, and he was used to this situation now.He didn't remember how many similar cities he had traveled and how many similar roads. The first time he discovered this situation was in the second city he passed by.At that time, he had been walking for a long time, looking at the sun, he found an inn beside him and went in, found a seat to sit down, but after staying for a long time, no one came to greet him, Xiao Er passed by him again and again. , This has never happened to him in the past [-] years. It was not until a person who was blind to his cold sitting opposite him that he was sure of the strange situation he was in now.He is taciturn, and he has no habit of talking to strangers for no reason. If Lu Xiaofeng was here, this kind of work could be entrusted to him, but now he is alone, and he is used to being alone, and the eyes of others do not match him. It has nothing to do with it, so even though he felt a sense of incompatibility with his surroundings, he didn't take it to heart.At present, he saw that he had been walking for a long time, and it was time to stop and rest, so he decided to walk into this inn, which made him confirm his vague speculation in his heart.These people can't see him, can't touch him, he and them are like two worlds, now it's time to affirm that this is not "as if", but "is".After figuring out this joint, he didn't stop any longer, and then he found that he was neither hungry nor tired at all. This was really strange for a person who had traveled for a long time, but now even weirder things happened. It's nothing compared to that.

When he came to Taiyuan, he didn't know that it was Taiyuan. There was only one road in front of him, stretching to an unknown place, and he walked on the road as long as it was there, regardless of the direction or purpose.If ordinary people face this kind of unknown and monotonous journey, they may be timid at first and then desperate and crazy, but Ximen Chuuxue is different. A person who pursues the ultimate swordsmanship has long been used to this kind of loneliness. The road ahead is just another way of loneliness. It's just a form.But he was still a little irritated, this kind of irritability might not exist in the Ximen Sword God who has attained ten years later, but now Ximen Chuuxue is still a mortal in the world of mortals, but his emotions are slightly indifferent, and it just seems that there is no wave in the ancient well.

At this time, he stopped at the door of a house and looked up. The two big gilded characters of "Li Yuan" were simple and heavy. He is under the control of others, but the current situation does not allow him to think too much. For the first time, the purposeless journey has a direction. It seems that there is no better way than going in now.

Li Garden imitates the shape of a mansion in the south of the Yangtze River. The rockery and ponds in the garden are scattered, and there is a lush plum forest. It is the season of plum blossoms, pink, yellow and cherry white. It is like a fairyland.Ximen Chuuxue let out a sigh of relief, Yu Pu, who was half-forced to this place just now, dispersed a lot, Ximen Chuuxue loves plums, his residence is surrounded by patches of plum groves, the layout here is very suitable for him.The owner of this place must be a very elegant person, this place is elegant from inside to outside, it should be from a scholarly family.Although there are few exotic plants in the garden, every plant and tree is in line with the poetic sentiment and implicitly picturesque.Expensive but not extravagant, refined but not embellished, Ximen loves this a little bit.

He didn't rush in, he was afraid of bumping into the female relatives in the backyard, although no one could see him, but some things had already been engraved in his bones.He came to the study, and there was no one in the front hall, which he thought was the safest place.It later proved that he was right.

There was a rosewood chair covered with tiger skin in the room. When Ximen Chuuxue arrived, a little guy was struggling to climb onto the chair.The little guy has short hands and short feet, no taller than the legs of a chair, and his beige fur coat with red piping is rolled into a ball because of his current movements, and the whole person looks like a small ball.The chubby little hands are very round and cute. At this time, his back is facing Ximen Chuixue, so Ximen can only see Xiaotuanzi's slightly curly hair tied with a silver-white ribbon, revealing two small ears that are shiny and jade-white , now flushed a little from what was still too much work for him.He is no more than three years old, and Simon guesses that he is the young master of the mansion. The weather is cold, and he is wrapped up very thickly. Perhaps the overly thick clothing hinders his movement, and he is already tired when he finally climbs up. He was out of breath, and his cheeks were red and pink, which was really provocative.

Now Ximen can see Xiaotuanzi's appearance clearly, a pair of clear eyes inadvertently came into his eyes, these eyes are really beautiful, embedded like black grapes in his white and tender face, Ximen Chuixue was stunned, only thought this The eyes are too clean, much clearer than other children's.In fact, he has no position to say this. He has never dealt with children. Although he does not dislike children, he does not particularly like them, but he just instinctively thinks that this little guy has prettier eyes than other children. many.Perhaps it was because the little guy was the first person he had met in such a long time. He always felt that he saw people he met through a mirror. No matter how long he walked, the world still had nothing to do with him, so Before, he was neither anxious nor afraid.Or maybe it was because the little dumpling looked too naive just now, anyway, Ximen was soft-hearted towards him for no reason.The appearance of the child is really a huge lethal weapon, even as cold as Ximen Chuuxue, he couldn't resist it.That little white and soft figure must feel great when pinched, it must be because I have been bored for too long, and even Ximen Chuuxue's thoughts wandered.

But he can't care about these things now, Xiaotuanzi is reaching for the desk with his short hands at the moment, which is too dangerous for a child of his age, and sure enough, he managed to climb onto the chair The dumpling was dangling now and was about to fall down at any time, and then his little foot stepped on the air, and he was about to fall to the ground. Ximen's heart tightened, and he strode up to reach out to pick up the little guy, only to realize that he seemed unable to touch it. Others thought it was futile to stretch out their hands, but they didn't expect that their hands sank enough to support the little guy, and it didn't make him fall too badly.The weight on his hand flashed by, but Ximen really caught it. He couldn't touch other people but could touch this little dumpling. He didn't know the reason, but now it seems to be a good thing.The child's bones are soft, but fortunately the cloth was thick enough and Ximen blocked it so that he didn't fall badly, but his hand was rubbed, and a purple-black patch was very obvious on the tender white palm.Ximen frowned, how did this servant take care of his young master, such a young child let him run around by himself, this little thing is also naughty, this time it is a good lesson.

I thought he would cry when he fell, but Xiaotuanzi's reaction surprised Ximen.He stumbled and stood up, his eyes were a little red, it seemed that it was not painless, he sniffed his nose, tried hard to swallow back the tears from his eyes, first blew on the injured place, and then hid it in the In the sleeve, Ximen looked funny, doesn't it hurt?

"Xunhuan?" A voice suddenly came from my ear, and I saw a half-grown boy walking in, only eleven or twelve years old, but there was a faint sense of stability in his actions.

"Brother." Xiaotuanzi replied, her voice was slightly nasal.It turned out that this little dumpling was called Xun Huan, Li Xun Huan, Ximen thought to himself, what did the owner of this family think, and gave the child such a romantic name.But he didn't think about his parents either. Could it be that the name "Chuixue" was chosen by a normal family?

"Why did you come here, where is the nanny?" The young man walked in, gently hugged his younger brother, rubbed the top of his head and asked.

"Nurse, um, nanny..." Xiao Xunhuan hesitated and couldn't speak, and it seemed that he ran away by himself.

"You..." The young man didn't make much trouble seeing his appearance, he pinched his younger brother's tender face to let it go.Xiaotuanzi looked at his elder brother dissatisfied, and stretched out his hand to push away the "salty pig's trotters" that were still raging on his face, but this movement revealed the "secret".

I saw Xun Huan's big brother grabbed his little hand, the black and blue on his hand was extremely glaring, and asked with a sullen face:

"how did you make it?"

Without waiting for him to rack his brains to say something, he picked him up, this movement was extremely skillful, it seemed that he had done it more than once, walked to the door and drank:

"Come here, where is the nanny, call the nanny." The young man had a serious face and was very majestic.

"Brother, it was Xunhuan who ran out by himself." Xiaotuanzi was so anxious that he almost burst into tears when he saw that his elder brother was going to question the nurse.

Seeing that the eldest brother was unmoved, and at this moment the panting nanny was brought over by the servants, seeing the face of the eldest young master sinking like water, and looking at the bruises on the hands of the second young master, the nanny knew that it was not good, so she dared not What to say to justify herself, the second young master has always been well-behaved, and she didn't let herself worry about it, so she didn't stare at it all the time, but the child is a child after all, when the second young master disappeared, she was anxious like something, worried It's one thing to be questioned, if anything happened to the well-behaved and sensible Second Young Master, she would want to apologize with death.Seeing that nothing serious happened now, but when she saw the bruise on the white jade-like hand, the nanny felt very distressed, her self-blame and guilt deepened, and she was ashamed to say anything to explain it, and she just waited for the young master to forgive her.

Before the eldest brother could say anything to punish, Xiaotuanzi spoke first, with a clear crying voice, and the childish voice was very distressing:

"Brother, don't blame the nanny, it was Xun Huan who ran away quietly..." The child didn't know many words, so he could only repeat this fact, seeing that he was getting more and more anxious, and was about to cry.

Xiaotuanzi is very popular on weekdays, with powder-carved jade features that look like a jade dumpling, and he doesn't like to cry, he is well-behaved and sensible, and he smiles softly on everyone he catches, which makes people half-hearted.He is smart and smart, and the whole family, including the servants, love him like anything.I didn't see him shed tears when he fell like that just now, and now the tears are about to fall out of his eyes, and now everyone present is distressed, the reprimand and anger that his elder brother had just brewed were all disturbed at once, He hurriedly wiped away the tears of the younger brother in his arms, sighed helplessly and said:

"Hey, what else can I say if you're like this? Let's go down as an example." The second half of the sentence was said to the nanny, and then turned around and nodded Xiao Xunhuan's nose and said:

"You little guy, you don't make people worry at all. You are going to lose golden beans for such a small matter. Shame on you."

"No..." Xiaotuanzi said in a muffled voice, but his thick nasal voice couldn't fool anyone.

The nanny smiled gratefully at the two brothers when she heard the order, then looked at Xiao Xunhuan with some reluctance and worry, and said:

"Thank you Eldest Young Master, but Second Young Master's injury..."

"I'll handle it."

"Hey...the servant is going down now." The nanny has nothing to say, can she still rob the young master from the young master?

Xiao Tuanzi blinked, looked at the nanny and then at his elder brother, and realized that it was all right now, the tears in his eyes just now had dried up, and then he smiled at his elder brother in a flattering way:

"Brother, can you not tell your parents..."

"Don't tell parents what?" Before Tuanzi could finish speaking, a deep male voice sounded.Xiaotuanzi froze all over, then turned around with a mournful face and called out:

"father."

Li Songling went to the study after returning home from business affairs. From afar, she saw a lively scene in front of the study. When she got closer, she found that her two sons were there. She was overjoyed and quickened her pace. As soon as she walked there, she heard the youngest son having fun. If so, he asked.Then he immediately noticed the injury on the younger son's hand, and the tone that was still a little bit joking just now suddenly sank, and asked the elder son:

"Cheng Yu, what's the matter?" Then he turned to the servants waiting at the side and said, "Why are you standing there, why don't you go get the medicine quickly." His face was dark and frightened the servants.

Li Chengyu just realized that he should actually ask someone to bring the medicine to his little brother first, but he got angry at that moment, thinking that it was the unreasonable person who deceived his precious brother, so he didn't think about it so much. Now that his father is here Yes, he looked at trying to hide his body in his arms into a small ball, and raised the corners of his mouth gloatingly, to see how you, little guy, would explain it.Then he hugged his younger brother and followed his father into the study.

In the room, First Young Master Li was hugging Second Young Master Li, and the two's father was sitting opposite him. His father gave Li Xun Huan medicine with a serious face.

Li Ertuanzi felt a burning pain coming from the injured place, and frowned slightly, just about to make a jjj sound, but seeing his father's serious face, he swallowed his voice again, but the other uninjured hand suddenly Holding tightly to the hem of the eldest brother's clothes, he didn't know that the actions he thought were secret fell into the eyes of the other two. Angry and funny, Li Songling's hand movements became much lighter unconsciously.

"Xunhuan, what are you doing in the study?" Seeing his son's pain-relieving appearance, how could he be angry, so he asked in a slow voice, and diverted his attention by the way.

Seeing that his father seemed less serious than before, Li Tuanzi also put the little heart he was carrying back into his stomach, and replied in a murmur:

"I want to help my father grind ink."

The voice was quiet, but fortunately everyone present could hear it clearly. First, he looked at Xiaotuanzi's five short stature differently, and then said:

"Daddy is not short of ink..."

"I know, but after I help dad grind the ink, dad can help me write." Seeing the meaning in the eyes of dad and elder brother, Xiaotuanzi felt aggrieved.

"Daddy is very busy, and researching ink is so troublesome..." I was worried that my father would find it troublesome and ignore me.This worry is completely superfluous. When did his father reject this little guy, but it is true that he wants to save his father some effort.

His elder brother joked with a smile:

"If you want to write, why don't you write it yourself? Isn't it possible to climb up and grind most of your skills?"

Li Ertuanzi looked at his elder brother with a bit of resentment. People are valuable and have self-knowledge. Although he is small, he still has this. With his chubby paws, he can't even hold a pen steadily, let alone writing. The elder brother is definitely laughing at himself.

"Ahem..." The father interrupted the younger son's gaze with a suppressed smile, and said:

"What word does Xunhuan want?"

"Hundreds of years!" Xiaotuanzi agreed, and answered crisply.

"Oh, okay, huh?" Father Li immediately realized why the child wanted these words.

"Sister Ziling is getting married, this is for her." Xiaotuanzi replied.His mother was not in good health, so apart from his mother, there was also a nanny and a maid who took care of Xunhuan. The maid's name was Ziling.Xiaotuanzi is very tender, and Ziling is no exception. She is younger than the nanny, and has a lively personality, just like his older sister. The two have a very good relationship.In fact, the more important thing is that Xiaotuanzi’s health is not good, he always has to drink bitter medicine, and his mother ordered him to forbid him to eat more sugar to prevent his teeth from being damaged. Fortunately, the small cakes brought out by Ziling from time to time relieved his painful days He has always remembered her kindness to him. Now that she has reached the age of marriage, if she has the blessing of the master's family, her husband's family will definitely not treat her badly.Of course, Xiaotuanzi can't think of the latter point now, but he just thinks that sister Ziling will be very happy if it is given by his father.

This child, Li Songling and Li Chengyu sighed at the same time. They remembered other people's kindness at such a young age. On the one hand, they were very relieved, but on the other hand, they were secretly worried, fearing that he would suffer from it in the future.Although three years old is old, I hope I think too much.Li Songling responded with a smile, but then ordered:

"In the future, tell your elder brother and your father directly about this kind of thing, and don't act without authorization. Fortunately, nothing good or bad happened this time, otherwise everyone who serves you will suffer."

"Yeah." Little Xun Huan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, yes, he also regretted it, what if it hurts others.But when it came to not falling, he seemed to feel that someone was helping him just now, and he didn't know who it was, so he must thank him very much.So he told his father and brother what he just thought, but the elder brother proved that he was the only one he saw at that time, Xiao Xunhuan blinked, his little head didn't understand what was going on, maybe that person didn't want others to know that he existed?

Ximen Chuuxue has been watching the family of three from the sidelines, and heard Xiaotuanzi's conversation, knowing the reason for his actions just now, but he can only sigh like his father and brother, this little idiot, really...

Then he watched his elder brother hand over Xiaotuanzi to the later nanny, followed Xiaotuanzi for a while and saw that he was about to be taken back to the house, and felt that he should go if he had nothing to do, always doing something with a child, and then suddenly saw Xiaotuanzi Tuanzi said something to the nanny, got down from her arms, and walked towards him.

Ximen Chuuxue's heart skipped a beat. It's true that he likes this little guy, but he has absolutely no experience in dealing with children. No matter how cute a creature is like a child, it's troublesome. Can this little thing see itself?Then he realized that he was really thinking too much. The little guy looked in his direction and found that he didn't catch anything. A strange flash of black grape-like eyes flashed in his eyes, and he bowed honestly and said, "Thank you!" .”

Ximen Chuuxue was a little complicated in his heart, he couldn't say he was disappointed or happy, the little guy might only be able to feel his existence, but he couldn't see it, this mood was too shallow, and it only left a shallow trace in his cold heart trace.

He turned around to leave, but then his steps froze and his face turned black, he couldn't go anymore! !