"Mother!" Seeing this beauty appear on the stage, Ning Zanghua immediately ran to her side like a whirlwind. What was very shocking was that Pei Yuan, whom she called "mother", looked so beautiful in appearance. Only less than ten years older than her.
Pei Yuan touched her daughter's head, and said with some fondness and some resentment: "When I came back, I didn't know how to come to see your mother first, so I just went into the cell to find your brother Ling."
Ning Zanghua, a tigress-like character, actually looked like a kitten in front of her mother. She stuck out her tongue playfully and said coquettishly: "I thought you hadn't come back yet."
The mother and daughter were laughing and joking together, but the atmosphere on the other side was a bit subtle - Xue Yan realized that Pei Yuan was talking about the two new little brothers he had met. He turned his head and looked at Long Qing - Xie Zhan It's obviously not a woman, the beard on his chin must be an inch long.
Long Qing, no, Long Qing'er bit her lip, walked quickly to Pei Yuan, and asked loudly: "How did you tell?"
It has to be said that Long Qing'er put a lot of effort into disguising herself as a man. From the outside, she looked like a young boy with a fair face and a beardless face. Even Xue Yan's eyes were deceived, but Pei Yuan only managed to fool him. It was revealed upon meeting him.
Pei Yuan handed over a slender hand and gently held Long Qing'er's jawbone. Her finger touched the plum blossom-shaped birthmark on the right side of Long Qing'er's neck: "That's it." Then she looked like a ghost again. He reached out and pulled out the sword from Long Qing'er's waist: "There is still this."
The next moment, Long Qing'er jumped back, looking shocked and angry. She didn't know what was going on with the woman in front of her: "What are you doing?"
Everyone kept silent and looked carefully, and sure enough they saw a light brown plum blossom on the side of Long Qing'er's neck - but what's the point? Could it be that those with plum blossom birthmarks on their bodies are girls?
"Ha... I hugged you when you were little." Pei Yuan sneered slightly, not knowing what it meant. She pointed to her daughter: "Hua Hua was there at that time, but you guys One is babbling, the other is still in his infancy.”
"You...are you Aunt Pei?" Xie Zhan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked. Pei Yuan looked at Xie Zhan with a smile and nodded, seemingly recognizing her. This move made Long Qing'er suddenly turn around: "Junior brother, do you recognize her?"
"I had forgotten it at first, but I remembered it just now when Aunt Pei talked about your childhood." Xie Zhan told the past story to Long Qing'er: "Not long after you were born, Master You returned home, and I only went to the mountain to become a master a year later. At that time, you were at the age of learning to speak. Aunt Pei and Uncle Ning came to visit the master holding...the Tibetan Flower Girl who was still a child at the time, but I only I just know the last names of the two elders, but after so many years, I have forgotten their appearance - but seeing them today really made me think back to what happened back then."
This is also the origin of the strange names Long Qing'er and Xie Zhan gave each other. When the master adopted Long Qing'er, her name was listed in the "genealogy". Naturally, she was of a higher generation than Xie Zhan later, so even though She is younger than Xie Zhan, who is more than ten years old and is still his senior sister.
Pei Yuan, her husband Ning Jiyang, and their master were once sworn brothers and sisters who traveled the world together. But just like all bloody love stories, Ning Jiyang and the old swordsman both fell in love with their sworn sister Pei Yuan. Yuan also had feelings for the old dragon swordsman. The old dragon swordsman was very affectionate by nature, so he couldn't bear to take away love from them, so he married his adopted brother and sister. This was the version that the old dragon swordsman told Xie Zhan, until Pei Yuan said From that year on, Xie Zhan's romantic past flashed through his mind like an electric shock.
"Pull him down." Pei Yuan listened to Xie Zhan's request to him and curled his lips disdainfully: "He can brag. It was obviously the two of them who fought for my mother, although in the end Brother Long was able to defeat Lao Ning with one move - but How can a relationship in this world be determined by winning or losing in a competition? Lao Ning is stable and calm and knows how to take care of people, while Lao Long knows how to drink and brag every day - even a girl knows how to choose, right?"
"This sword is the one I used back then. Before he went up the mountain, I left this sword to him as a souvenir. Unexpectedly, I passed it on to you, a little girl..." Pei Yuan fiddled with the sword in his hand. Then he returned the sword to Long Qing'er, who was standing aside in a daze: "How many of you are still on Longshou Mountain now?"
Long Qing'er, who received so much information in an instant, seemed a little uneasy. Seeing Long Qing'er's vigilant expression, Aunt Pei smiled even more: "Qing'er, why are you so nervous? Aunt Pei can't eat you. .”
"What do you ask the people on the mountain for?" Long Qing'er looked distrustful. It turned out that she was afraid that this person who claimed to be her aunt would take advantage of the people in the mountain.
"I'm just asking about your master's current situation. If you don't want to talk about it, forget it." Pei Yuan didn't take the question too seriously, "Your master is a bad old man in his fifties, and you have only a few disciples. Two of them were released at once, and there was also a precious girl whom he regarded as his own... He was relieved that you would come down, but you really were relieved that he was all alone in the mountain?"
"Uh... ah, besides Master, there are other disciples staying on the mountain, and he is also in good health." Pei Yuanzhi's words proved that she was very familiar with the situation on the mountain, and Long Qing'er gradually let down her guard: "But... Aunt Pei, if you and my master are old acquaintances, then why doesn't he explain it to us?"
"I think firstly, the master doesn't want to cause trouble to Aunt Pei. Secondly... he may not know that Aunt Pei is in Haiyin County. After all, it has been twenty years since we last seen each other." Xie Zhan thought clearly. , people on Longshou Mountain rarely go down the mountain, and there has been no news from Pei Yuan’s family since they were last here, so it is possible that there has been no contact for twenty years. But this is just his perception. In fact, although the Pei Yuan family has never been to the mountain again, there is something called a letter in this world...
"You are smarter than when you were a child. When you were a teenager, you knew how to practice swords day and night, like a wooden man." Pei Yuan smiled and praised Xie Zhan's change without criticizing: "Okay, since we are old friends Children, let’s not stand around talking, let’s move to the main hall.”
On the few steps from the cell to the main hall, Xue Yancai muttered to himself as if he had just woken up from a dream: "Good guy, it turns out that the world is a circle."
However, he is an upright and forthright person. Knowing these things will not make him worry about anything. Instead, he feels that the kiss is even better. He still puts his arms around Xie Zhan's shoulders as before - Long Qing'er has been exposed She is a big girl, and it would be inappropriate to hug her like a rough man: "It turns out that we have always been a family. Now don't worry."
Xie Zhan also nodded in agreement. Although he was still thinking about informing his master about being named in the Eternal Life Alliance, his wariness towards the Eternal Life Alliance has gradually dropped: "It seems that Qing'er and I have no objection. Reason."
On the other side, Ning Zanghua also had a short conversation with Sister Long Qing'er: "Sister Qing'er, it was my younger sister who was rude yesterday. She was angry at the time and said a lot of nonsense. I hope you don't worry about it." superior."
Long Qing'er is still a little confused, but although she is a woman, her personality is very heroic like a man's. Since they are both from the world and have such a fate, she said that she doesn't care, but she is too talkative. He asked, "Since you are Aunt Pei's daughter, why do you still call Brother Xue Brother Xue?" Xue Yan was obviously much older than Pei Yuan.
Unexpectedly, these words were heard by Pei Yuan, who was walking at the front, and his phoenix eyes immediately glanced at his daughter: "How many times have I told you, be polite to you, Uncle Xue."
Ning Zanghua couldn't show off her fiery personality in front of her mother, so she could only say: "I have learned from you and my dad to call you Brother Xue since I was a child. Besides, Sister Qing'er also calls me Brother Xue." Well."
Seeing that Pei Yuan was about to reprimand Ning Zanghua again, Long Qing'er interrupted and said, "Aunt Pei, why... how many years older do you look than sister Hua'er?" Although it was said that he helped Ning Zanghua. , but in fact Long Qing'er herself was very curious about this issue from the moment she met Pei Yuan - after all, what girl doesn't love beauty?
Pei Yuan bent her eyes and said with a smile: "Don't forget what aunt does. She still has a few prescriptions that can make you look youthful. I will teach you this recipe someday, but you are not allowed to spread it to others. !”
"By the way, how come your master is willing to let you out?" Pei Yuan asked Long Qing'er to sit next to her. She knew that Old Long regarded this little girl he picked up as his own daughter and rarely let her go. She went down the mountain, not to mention being released eight hundred miles away in one fell swoop.
Long Qing'er blinked her eyes a few times: "Master said that I would have to go down the mountain sooner or later, so why not let me see the vast world while I'm still young? But he didn't trust me either, so he told my daughter It was a lot of inconvenience for my family to go out, so in order to prevent accidents, they asked me to dress up as a man and asked my junior brother to protect me."
"It seems that his martial arts is very high." Pei Yuan said.
"Yes, except Master, no one else on the mountain can defeat him!" Long Qing'er looked admiring. "Although everyone says that Master loves me the most, I can feel that the person that Master values the most is actually his junior brother."
Pei Yuan glanced at Xie Zhan, who was sitting with Xue Yan, and she suddenly remembered that when she went up the mountain, apart from Long Qing'er, who was still learning to speak, Xie Zhan was the youngest, and among the other disciples there were even older ones than the old Long Swordsman. He's even older - how could this humble boy be so powerful? Thinking of this, she asked Qing'er half-questioned and half-answered: "The person your master likes must have an extremely amazing talent, right?"
Long Qing'er, who had been smiling slightly, also glanced at Xie Zhan, his expression became a little serious, and his voice lowered, as if he was afraid that his junior brother would hear: "No... Master said that senior brother's talent is just better than ordinary people, barely. He can only practice martial arts, and he can even be said to be the stupidest disciple on Longshou Mountain."
"Then..." Pei Yuan felt that there were some contradictions, but after thinking about it, she understood - during the days when she stayed on Longshou Mountain, she could see this child practicing in the courtyard day and night. Swordsmanship, it was midsummer at that time, but neither the strong sun at noon nor the infestation of mosquitoes in the middle of the night could shake the child in the slightest.
For some reason, Pei Yuan saw the shadow of her step-brother in Xie Zhan even though they were two people with very different personalities. Although she said that his step-brother only knew how to drink and brag, she He also clearly knew that whenever his sworn brother was awake, nine out of ten times, he was immersed in the art of swordsmanship, just like the man in front of him who was no longer a teenager.
"They are really two interesting children, each inheriting half of the old dragon." Pei Yuan smiled softly and said to himself.
