It was late at night, but Liu Bai was not sleepy. A lot of things happened today, and she became the acting head. All this was too sudden, and she couldn't accept it yet.
Liu Bai took out a square bronze plaque left to her by her parents from the cabinet and gently wiped it with a silk handkerchief. One side of the sign was engraved with some Sanskrit characters that she couldn't understand, and the other side was engraved with strange graphics. She leaned on the table with her chin in her hands, looking at the flames jumping on the candlestick, and her thoughts flew to many years ago.
As long as she can remember, she has lived with her mother in a small wooden house in the mountains. Her father often travels far away, and even when he returns home, he is in a hurry. Except for a few domestic servants, she saw no one else. When she was three or four years old, her father hurried home with a little girl about her own age. Her mother hurriedly took her to a nearby cave to hide, and told her to stay there and not to rush home. left. However, she waited there for a long time and did not see her parents coming to look for her. She had to rely on her memory to find her way home. After finally returning home, what she saw were the corpses of her parents and servants. In her father's arms, she was still holding a girl as big as herself. The girl was covered in blood and was too miserable to look at. She knew that the enemy her mother said was here to seek revenge. Heartbroken, she leaned on her parents and cried for an unknown amount of time. Her voice became hoarse and her tears dried up. She stumbled down the mountain and begged for a living. It wasn't until that day when she met the leader and several senior brothers that her life changed.
"Uncle Wang, I want candied haws" a boy's voice appeared in my ears.
She remembered that her father had brought the candied haws home for her to eat, but she could no longer remember the delicious taste. Subconsciously looking towards the source of the sound, she saw a little rich boy wearing white brocade clothes, with a delicate face, shorter than her, and walking unsteadily. He was followed by several taller and bigger boys. boys, like some bodyguards.
Uncle Wang replied respectfully, "Sir, the leader has told me that you can't just eat outside food, or you'll get a bad stomach."
It's not good to have a bad stomach after eating candied haws. Is it something to eat? She doesn't understand how it could hurt her stomach. Her stomach growled again, she was so hungry.
"I won't eat, give it to them, okay?" the rich boy pointed at his older friends behind him and begged.
"Okay." Uncle Wang replied respectfully, turned to the group of servant boys and said, "I'm going to buy candied haws, you guys protect the young master." Then, Uncle Wang bought all the candied haws.
It looked so delicious that she subconsciously ran towards the candied haws. She was so hungry
"You little beggar, get away from me." A servant boy rushed over, Standing between her and Tanghulu, he held a bright dagger in his hand.
"I want candied haws on a stick" she cried, with only candied haws in her eyes. She rushed over desperately and was about to hit the dagger.
"Don't kill anyone." The rich boy ran over and pushed the servant boy away. He lost his balance and fell to the ground. His wrist was hit by a dagger.A scratch was made and blood flowed all over the floor.
"Master" Uncle Wang rushed over to help him up and said anxiously, "You can't bleed." After saying that, he neatly bandaged the little boy to stop the bleeding.
When she saw the candied haws scattered on the ground, she happily knelt on the ground and reached out to pick them up. She did not realize that she was surrounded by the servant boys and her life was hanging by a thread.
At this moment, the headmaster and the senior brothers took action and rescued her from the servant boys.
She didn’t remember what happened next, but she could still remember the previous moments. She even remembered the appearance of the rich boy.
"Dong dong dong" the knock on the door brought Liu Bai back from his memories. She quickly went to open the door, and there was Guo Qiang outside the door.
"Elder brother, you are still awake so late, do you have something to do with me?" Liu Bai asked him to sit in the room.
"I saw that the lights in Junior Sister's room are still on, so I came over to see if she can't sleep," Guo Qiang said with concern.
"Yes." Liu Bai nodded.
"I couldn't sleep either. I didn't expect the leader to have come back." Guo Qiang said, "To be honest with junior sister, the second junior brother and I were worried that something bad would happen to the leader. Now it seems, It's because we worry too much. But it's really puzzling why the leader left without saying goodbye."
"I think the leader must have some difficulties," Liu Bai said.
"I think so. But the leader's departure has a really great impact on the sect. I think back then, the leader was unparalleled in intelligence and was admired by many martial arts people. She also relied on a set of snowflake swordsmanship After defeating countless masters in the martial arts world, we were honored as the Snow Fairy by the martial arts people, and our sect’s prestige was also very high. Later, our Snowflake Sect also joined hands with many martial arts comrades to encircle and suppress Black Camel Mountain, giving the Hundred Poison God Sect a fatal blow. A blow." Guo Qiang recalled the past of more than 20 years.
"Second Senior Brother also mentioned it to me. At that time, the headmaster and Uncle Cui Zhen were always against the Hundred Poison God Sect and beat them to pieces." Liu Bai was proud of the headmaster.
"Yes, in fact, there are many grievances between the leader and the wife of the leader of the Hundred Poison God Sect." Guo Qiang said.
"That's it." Liu Bai said.
"Shortly after the siege of Black Camel Mountain, the leader went on a long trip, and then lost contact with us. While the leader was away, Master Cui Zhen felt that he had helped the leader finish the blow. The Hundred Poison God Sect took his disciples to retreat to the outside world. Unexpectedly, the master disappeared shortly after his uncle left. Otherwise, how could we have ended up with our uncle here? "Guo Qiang Wuxian. I feel so sad that I can't speak anymore.
Liu Bai frowned and sighed uncontrollably.
After that, there was a long silence.
For a long time, Guo Qiang said, "Don't talk about this. The newly recruited disciples will go up the mountain tomorrow. You, the acting head, will definitely not be free then. It's better to rest early." As he said that, he stood up .
"What should we do tomorrow?" Liu Bai said helplessly.
Seeing her asAt this point, Guo Qiang comforted him and said, "Junior sister, don't make things so complicated. You are not alone. There are so many senior brothers by your side. Didn't we overcome all the difficulties together in the past?"
Think She was right. Liu Bai took a deep breath and finally relaxed her eyebrows.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Remember, the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge." Guo Qiang said, patting her shoulder.
"I know, senior brother. Thank you." Liu Bai felt less nervous.
"Okay, I won't disturb your rest." Guo Qiang said and was about to leave.
Liu Bai suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Senior brother, do you remember when you and the leader rescued me? Where was that place?"
"Gaoyang, Hubei. What are you thinking about?" Things happened in the past," Guo Qiang said.
"Isn't Gao Yang near Wushan?" Liu Bai said to himself, and then asked, "What happened to those boys who bullied me?"
"We taught them a lesson ." Guo Qiang replied, "But I really regret it now."
"Ah" Liu Bai was puzzled.
"They should have been killed at that time." Guo Qiang said harshly.
Liu Bai was shocked and asked "Why?"
"Over the years, the Demon Cult has come to harass us regardless of anything. Shouldn't we be killed?" Guo Qiang said angrily.
"Demon Cult" Liu Bai was surprised and said, "What does this have to do with the Demon Cult?"
This time Guo Qiang was surprised. He said, "Junior sister doesn't know those things." Are they from the Demon Cult? There is also the young Master Yuxiao among them."
This surprise is not trivial. I am afraid Liu Bai will still have to suffer from insomnia tonight.
No matter how long the night is, it cannot stop the arrival of dawn.
The window paper turns white, and a new sun rises, bringing new hope.