When the curtain fell, Xiao Ding and others checked into the inn.
After dinner, it was still early, so everyone ordered some tea, fruits, and sat down together to chat.
"There are too many martial arts people coming and going along this way. Many of them have accents from other places. Could it be that something big happened in Shu?" Tang Qingqing took a sip of tea and said.
Sikong Zhaiyue looked at Xiao Ding and said strangely: "So you haven't told her about this yet?"
"What's the matter?" Tang Qingqing asked in shock.
"Uh, it's about the Eighth Escort Agency and your Tangjiabao alliance." After saying this, Sikong Zhaiyue hurriedly picked up a cup of tea and drank it while blowing the tea. The tea was not hot to begin with. He did this just because he didn't want to Let’s answer Tang Qingqing’s question again.
Xiao Ding rolled his eyes at Sikong Zhaiyue. This skinny monkey was indeed smarter than the monkey.
"When did it happen?" Tang Qingqing turned to Xiao Ding and asked.
Xiao Ding smiled bitterly and replied: "Tomorrow, people from all walks of life will come to congratulate one after another, and there will definitely be evil spirits who will take advantage of the troubled waters, so we plan to go and have a look. Firstly, we can inquire about the news. Secondly, you should also go back. Check it out."
"I'm not going. I want you to go. I'll wait for you at this inn." Tang Qingqing's face darkened and she said angrily.
"You have been out for so many years, and you should let go of any anger you have. If you don't go back to visit your parents when you pass by your house, you will be laughed at by people in the world." Xiao Ding advised earnestly.
"I don't have a mother, let alone a father. I have no relationship with Tangjiabao for a long time." Tang Qingqing's voice was cold and trembling.
Xiao Ding stared at her, sighed, and said, "Why don't you admit it? If it didn't matter a long time ago, why did you take out the Biluo Needle at the foot of Songshan Mountain, fearing that it would bring disaster to Tangjiabao?"
Tang Qingqing was silent, her eyes rippling.
Ye Rongqiu poured a cup of tea for her and said softly: "Qingqing, tell us about your life experience. Don't keep it in your heart alone."
Tang Qingqing looked at her, her face seemed hesitant.
Ye Rongqiu held her hand with sincere eyes.
Everyone's eyes are sincere, and everyone's face is full of concern.
Tang Qingqing left home since she was a child. Over the years, she has been living alone and has developed an extremely strong personality. But now she is surrounded by friends. People who have friends will naturally have the desire to talk.
She has a special relationship with Xiao Ding. In front of Xiao Ding, she will appear to be brave because she doesn't want him to look down on her. But it was different when facing others, especially Ye Rongqiu. After the two of them resolved the gap, Tang Qingqing had already regarded Ye Rongqiu as her best friend.
Tang Qingqing calmed down and said slowly: "I had a happy childhood, because my mother was still around at that time. She would make delicious food for me every day, sew new clothes for me with her own hands, and often buy me a lot of Something novel and fun. At that time, every day was carefree."
Tang Qingqing paused, as if her mind had flown back to her distant childhood.
"But everything changed later, because suddenly there was a woman in Tangjiabao. That woman looked like a fairy, but had a heart like a snake. Since that woman came, I have never seen my mother's smile again. I ...Master Tang stayed with that woman all day long and stopped asking about our mother and son. My mother was depressed and depressed all day long and became ill. After my mother became bedridden, that woman deliberately mentioned in front of Master Tang that she wanted to take care of me. Mom, from then on she cooked my mother's medicine, and she personally served my mother to drink the medicine. However, I found that my mother's health was getting worse and worse, and she often had more scars on her body for no reason. One day I hid in Peeking into the closet, I saw that vicious woman, she turned out to be..."
Tang Qingqing suddenly felt so sad that she covered her face and cried. Ye Rongqiu gently patted her vest to help her soothe her emotions.
Tang Qingqing calmed down a little, and then said: "That woman actually rode on my mother's body, beating and scolding her. She said why don't we two die quickly? People living like this don't look like humans or ghosts. Wasting food makes her look bad."
Tang Qingqing finally couldn't help but burst into tears, and everyone was dumbfounded. They couldn't even find words of comfort, so they could only stay with her silently and suffer with her.
It took a long time for Tang Qingqing to stop crying. She didn't know how long the accumulated resentment had been tormenting her. Maybe she would often wake up crying like this when dreaming back at midnight.
"One day my mother finally left. I went to her room to talk to her as usual. After talking for a long time, I realized something was wrong. Normally, even if she couldn't speak, she would smile at me and wink at me. At that time, I didn't She didn’t understand how terrifying death was, and thought that her mother was just too tired and fell asleep, and she would wake up as usual the next day.” Maybe she felt that death was actually a kind of relief for her mother’s situation, and Tang Qingqing had already No feeling of grief.
"Since then, I have been working hard to practice swordsmanship. I thought that as long as I practice my swordsmanship well, one day I can kill that woman with my own hands. I... Master Tang will teach me how to make swordsmanship except when carrying that woman on his back. Except for the skill of using poison to poison, he usually didn't dare to come to see me, because that woman had given birth to a son for him. When I was fifteen years old, I thought I had some success in swordsmanship. One night, While they were out, I sneaked into her room and waited secretly." Tang Qingqing's resentment towards her father was so deep in her heart that she didn't want to call her father anymore, and changed her name when the words came to her lips.
She had calmed down at this time, as if telling an innocuous story: "I knew that woman knew martial arts, but I didn't expect her martial arts to be so terrifying. She obviously found me as soon as she entered the room, but she Pretending not to know my existence, he deliberately walked to where I was hiding, suddenly shouted that there was an assassin, and at the same time stabbed me with a sword."
Although she spoke calmly, Ye Rongqiu's hand that held hers was trembling with nervousness. Tang Qingqing looked at Ye Rongqiu and smiled sadly: "Fortunately, I saw a smug grin on her face in the secret, and she shrank back. The sword only made a small wound on my left shoulder. While she and I were fighting endlessly, Lord Tang Dabao came. Maybe she knew that Lord Tang Dabao would come quickly, so she couldn't kill her. Otherwise, I There was no way I could get away with ten moves under her sword. The funny thing is, when she heard the footsteps outside the house, she made a feint move and deliberately hurt my sword, but she only deliberately touched my sword lightly with her arm. After making a cut, she screamed and dropped her sword to the ground. However, Lord Tang rushed over and scolded me for being disobedient and unfilial, and slapped me in the face. "
Ye Rongqiu heard her silver teeth clenched and asked in a hateful voice: "Is it possible that your father? No, doesn't Lord Tang Dabao know how powerful that woman's martial arts is?"
Tang Qingqing shook her head and said solemnly: "On that day, I ran away from home, and I vowed never to set foot in Tangjiabao again!"
Ye Rongqiu asked softly: "Has he ever looked for you in these years?"
Tang Qingqing smiled faintly and said: "I have looked for it, of course I have. He sent people to follow me secretly. After I cut off an ear, no one dared to come here again. It has been more than four years now." Well, I’m happy to be quiet too.”
"Four years and eighty-eight days. You have been away for four years and eighty-eight days, so I have been looking for you for four years and eighty-eight days." The speaker's tone was majestic and kind, and everyone looked up. , a middle-aged man in rich clothes has walked into the hall.
The man in brocade was followed by two men in green with swords. They stood on both sides of the gate with stern faces and unswerving eyes.
This man in brocade clothes has a mustache, a thin face, and is not angry or intimidating.
Such characters are generally accustomed to giving orders to others.
Tang Qingqing suddenly became short of breath, and she said coldly: "What are you doing here?"
The man in Jinyi looked at Tang Qingqing with kind eyes, and even there seemed to be tears in his eyes. He said slowly: "My father knows that I have been sorry for you these years, and also knows that you are stubborn and refuse to go home, so he secretly Send someone to protect you to prevent you from being bullied by others. Every few days, someone will secretly report your whereabouts to me. You may not go home, but as a father, I have to worry about your safety. "
Tang Qingqing was unmoved, her voice still as cold as ice: "You don't have to cry like a cat and pretend to be compassionate. You know better than me how my mother died back then. Don't worry, sooner or later I will kill that woman with my own hands."
It turns out that this man in brocade is actually Tang Qingqing's father, the head of Tangjiabao, Tang Xiaotian.
