Painter

Chapter 86: 86
The thunder light disappeared in an instant, and Li Chan looked at the shocking ink characters under the candlelight, and the sound of thunder in his ears was gradually replaced by the sound of rain.

Mr. Bi continued: "The ancestors of the Cui family in Beixiang were vassals of the Qingqiu fox family in ancient times. At that time, the human race had no surnames, and the ancestors of the Cui family were given the name 'Jin'er' by the Tu Shan family. After eradicating the demons, the Jin'er family was ordered to govern Cui Yi, and the descendants will take Cui as their surname from now on."

While Li Chan was reading, she thought about the Shennvqiao case. It turns out that apart from feeding demons with humans, the Cui family has an even more shocking past.

Today's head of the Cui family, Cui Shilian, is the right minister of Xitai, an extremely personable official, and the surname of Chaozhen and Empress is also Cui.This empress Cui is quite famous in the world. After the sage chased away the demons in the west, the power of the country was seriously injured.Take the Xuanxiang Pipa as an example, the Shenpeng Kingdom, which has always been as humble as a vassal state, couldn't hold back the heart of retaliation, and dared to send musicians across the sea to Xuandu by boat, in order to prove itself that it was blue, and turned against customers. The dire situation at that time was evident.At that time, in the name of the oracle from Xiangritian, the lord of the Northern Man Sa'ang Kingdom sent envoys to Dayong Kingdom to marry Dugu Chiyu, Princess Jingyang of Dayong Kingdom, as his wife. Empress Cui, who was not involved in politics, found an excuse to "imprison" Princess Jingyang to Yeting, and stopped the marriage. Because of this, the people of Dayong still praise Zhen and Empress from the bottom of their hearts. It's a good word, and I don't know how the common people will feel if they know the origin of Empress Cui's ancestor.

Li Chan thought of this, and Mr. Bi wrote some words: "A family like the Cui family has a relationship with demons, and is attached to two religions. They are also ministers of the court, and their positions are uncertain. Between Yishan and the monsters from outside the territory, a matchmaker has been formed. The emperor's westward journey to Zen Dushuo will definitely change Xuandu. This is the first move in the chess game. "

After writing this passage, I turned the pen holder, put it on the pen hill, and stopped moving.

On rainy days, the ink marks stay away for a long time, and the faint candlelight is reflected.Li Chan read the words on the paper from beginning to end several times.After a long time, he breathed out a dull breath, lifted the corner of the paper, put it on the candle crown and lit it, and threw it into the brazier at his feet.

He walked to the window and looked at the closed window with his hands behind his back, but his eyes seemed to fall outside the window.In the sound of wind and rain, the sound of thunder is looming.

The red paper-cut doll shook slightly: "What is Shaolang planning?"

"Nie Sanlang is my good friend." Li Chan glanced at the dying embers of Shuzhou hemp paper in the brazier, and did not continue.

Xu Da on the beam shouted: "Ah Lang will kill whoever he wants. We will make sure that there is no bones left! That Taoist priest is not very capable. If we hadn't tried to save Nie Sanlang that night, even if he used the flying sword, he would still be injured. Less than half a hair of ours!"

He changed the topic again, "It's just that the Taoist priest has a bit of dirty tricks after all, and he has a lot of entanglements behind him. I hope Alang will not be reckless, please don't be reckless!"

Li Chan didn't respond to Xu Da, but turned to look at the door of the house.

Tu Shanxi leaned against the wall, holding a long knife in his arms, and said: "Qingqiu sent me to test the imperial capital formation, and he treated me as an outcast, and I don't even know the identity of the person who handed over to me. I know No more than Li Lang, but that man's swordsmanship is astonishing, although Li Lang has the means to protect himself, he has no morals after all, so he is not his opponent."

Li Chan remained silent, and saw that Tu Shanxi was about to speak but stopped, so she said, "If you have something to say, just speak up."

Tu Shanxi and Li Chan looked at each other, then moved their narrow eyes to the other side, "The knife is good, thank you very much."

Li Chan was slightly taken aback, looked at the long knife in Tu Shanxi's arms, and said understandingly: "I will thank Mr. Cheng another day."

Tu Shanxi bowed his hands to Li Chan, turned into white light, and jumped into the painting.

Li Chan called out: "Red medicine."

Mirage seeped in through the cracks in the window, Hong Yao appeared and said, "Ah Lang?"

Li Chan said, "How is Kong Konger?"

Hong Yao looked out of the door helplessly, "Today I used the mirage technique to help her practice the sword. Until now... until now, I haven't rested a few times. After dinner, I took a nap and started to tossing again. "

Li Chan raised her eyebrows, opened the door, and the messy hair on her forehead was blown up by the wind.The sound of opening the door was covered by the sound of thunder and rain, and the candlelight only spread to the threshold before being swallowed up by the night rain.

The backyard was pitch black, only loquat trees dancing wildly in the wind and rain.

Hong Yao muttered: "A Lang told me to take good care of her, but she wouldn't listen to me, if I hadn't used spells to protect her veins, and cooked ginseng drink..."

At this time, the lightning flashing from the clouds saw the scene in the courtyard. The girl was drenched all over, but she was still holding her sword and slashing in the mud, as if she was fighting against the wind and rain.The wind suddenly became stronger, and a branch of the loquat tree was blown off suddenly. When Nie Kongkong turned around, his steps staggered, as if he was about to be blown down by the wind, his temple hair was close to his cheeks, and his face was extremely pale.

Lei Guang disappeared at this time, the courtyard became dark again, but the sound of wind and rain became more and more arrogant.The girl's figure was engulfed in darkness.

Under the eaves of the Liangjian, all the monsters gathered around, all worried about this girl.

Hong Yao sighed softly: "Why bother to be brave..."

Thunder appeared in the clouds again.

Between lightning and thunder, the girl in the rain stood still at some point.The toes swept up a piece of accumulated rain, flew up against the falling raindrops, and stirred up a cloud of water vapor like sleet.A wisp of the sword blade reflected the lightning, passed through the water and vapor, and disappeared into the darkness again as the lightning disappeared.

All the demons cheered and applauded, and Hong Yao also heaved a sigh of relief.She looked up at Li Chan, only to see Li Chan staring at the darkness, with mixed light and dark on his face.He breathed the icy night wind, and folded his hands. Since he entered Dayong west, he had held a pen for several years with these hands, but he hadn't held a sword for a long time.

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When Nie Kongkong woke up, his eyes were squinted by the light of the sky. He sat up and saw that it was morning outside the window.

She rubbed her eyes to dispel her tiredness, and lifted the quilt covering half of her body, feeling sore all over her body.He walked out the door stiffly, and saw that the east kitchen was already smoking, and Hong Yao could be seen through the crack of the door.The aroma of the food is mixed with a faint medicinal smell.

The thunderstorm of last night has stopped, the courtyard is slightly muddy, and the grass between the mud bricks is greener.She looked for Li Chan, only to see Sao Qingniang sweeping in front of the steps, and asked, "Qingniang, where's Uncle?"

As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that my throat hurt badly. Although I was not infected last night, I still caught a cold.

"I went out early in the morning." Sao Qingniang glanced at the study room, then smiled at Nie Kongkong, "Hurry up and get something to eat."

Nie Kongkong hummed, and saw a piece of paper spread out on the table next to the window in the study, and the inkstone and water bowl beside the paper hadn't been put away yet.She walked over and looked, and there was a poem written on the paper:

"Last night, the strong wind destroyed the old trees, and now the peaches and plums are blooming with new branches."

Nie Kongkong read this sentence in a hoarse voice, and couldn't help but look back at the loquat tree in the yard. The tree had broken some branches last night, and it seemed to be a little thinner today.She looked around to find new branches in the poem, but she didn't see any new branches. She only felt an inexplicable strength in her chest, and her body was not so sore.

(End of this chapter)