Bai Boju is not the kind of person who is very energetic. Compared with Zhu Mingyu and Yang Fan who are equally famous with him, he is more calm and reserved. He keeps his emotions and anger in plain sight and never expresses his true thoughts. Even to his own family members, he will not say much. Read the book
Of course, the reason why he can be called one of the Three Heroes is more because of his magnanimity.
But now Bai Boju has no magnanimity, and he doesn't even seem to have the energy he should have.
He sat on the steps directly in front of the lobby, looking very depressed.
Watching his third brother and Jade walk through the door, a smile finally appeared on his face.
"Jade, you're here."
Jade looked at the lifeless Bai Boju and said, "Brother Bai, have you... not rested for a long time?"
Nowadays, the only two brothers left in the Bai family are getting weaker and weaker. After the accident at home, the two of them have not communicated with each other and don't know what to say.
Bai Boju replied softly: "I always feel that... in the next moment, someone will break into the Bai family. I don't dare to sleep. I'm afraid that if I sleep, no one will be guarding here."
Jade said: "Brother Bai, go and rest, I'm here, no one dares to come."
Bai Boju smiled and stood up from the steps with difficulty: "Yes... Jade, thank you for your hard work."
After saying that, he walked towards the lobby, took two steps and turned back: "There is no one at home... Your room has been reserved for you, go on your own."
Looking at Bai Boju's staggering back, Bai Shuyu smiled bitterly: "Sorry, brother, he is not good at talking and is a bit clumsy in doing things... In this situation, all he can think of is guarding the Bai family like this."
Jade sighed: "How many servants are there in the family?"
"There are... about ten of them."
"Where's Chen Ling'er?"
"I let her go."
"Leave?" Jade was a little confused, "Let her go now?"
Bai Shuyu replied: "She has helped the Bai family enough. I promised her to give her a stable rest of her life... I bought her a property in Dengzhou. It is very quiet and no one should be able to disturb her."
Jade looked at Bai Shuyu with a distressed expression and asked, "Are you hungry?"
"Fortunately, I haven't moved much these days, so I'm not hungry."
"Have something to eat."
Feicui cooked some food herself and asked her servants to send some to Bai Boju after finishing cooking. She and Bai Shuyu finished the meal in silence.
It was already bright, but the two people who had not slept all night could no longer bear the sleepiness and needed a good rest.
After sending Jade to the entrance of the small courtyard, Bai Shuyu said feebly: "You have a good rest."
Jade said nothing and pulled him into the house.
After returning from Luzhou, the two rarely got close. Sometimes she envied Li Fenglan. Li Fenglan had a misunderstanding with Han Lu before, but when the two fell in love with each other, they fell into an identity crisis. When Han Lu's identity was clarified, the two naturally came together. Han Lu has always been following Li Fenglan like an accessory, without any comments and no ill intentions. Of course, Han Lu is probably the only one in the world who can tolerate Li Fenglan's character. Now the two of them get along day and night, and when they eat secretly, they think they are hiding from everyone's eyes, but in fact everyone knows about the fishy relationship between them.
This is good, there is nothing to worry about, unlike me, who has an unreasonable mother who is always challenging her fragile nerves.
Bai Shuyu hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. Now with Jade lying beside him, he slept soundly, and even his snoring sounded like he was at ease.
Jade turned sideways and gently stroked Bai Shuyu's chest twice. The gentle inner force helped him smoothen his breathing. After a short time, his snoring became quieter and he slept more deeply.
Jade saw that Bai Shuyu was sleeping soundly, got up, put on clothes, and quietly left the house.
The few remaining servants of the Bai family were taking care of the house. They had long been accustomed to Jade's presence, and were not surprised by her sudden arrival.
Jade searched for a long time and finally found Lian Rong who was cleaning the lobby.
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Allow. " Jade shouted softly.
Lianrong stopped what she was doing and saw Jade standing at the gate. The little girl's eyes suddenly turned red. She dropped the linen in her hand and ran over to hug Jade: "Miss Jade! You are finally back!"
Jade patted Lianrong's back gently and comforted: "Don't cry, during this time in the Bai family..."
Before Jade could finish asking, Lian Rong cried and said, "Miss, she... Miss, she..."
Jade sighed: "I know... Where did you bury her?"
"Just over there in the forbidden area."
"take me."
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Bai Xueyan is a very decent woman. People in the world say that she is soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She also has a scheming right hand.
Back then, she could ruthlessly kill all the branches of the Bai family in Luoyang for the sake of her brothers. In the following years, the entire Bai family struggled to support herself. First, he picked up his former intelligence business. Although he only published the Jianghu Di newspaper, he managed to control his family's shaky economy.
He is devoted to his family business and is still unmarried in his twenties. In the first few years, many people came to the Bai family to propose marriage, but she declined them all.
Such a decent person should have a decent ending, but it is a pity that things depend on man, and God does not fulfill his wishes. The Bai family rose because of her and also withered because of her. How much people in the world once respected Sister Bai, now they despise her so much. During this period, there were many unpleasant things said about her in the world, and even Li Fenglan and Feicui, who were hiding in the valley and never went out, heard some.
People's words are scary, not to mention that this incident is not entirely to blame on outsiders.
After Bai Shuyu came home that day, the servants in the family had heard about the incident, and the eyes of their siblings became strange. Of course, it could be that Bai Shuyu was suspicious.
Instead of looking for his sister and second brother, he ran to the ancestral hall, smashed his father's tablet to pieces, and wrote on the pillars of the ancestral hall with a cinnabar pen, "Bai Ruoyun has no virtue and no conduct, and he is worthy of being a member of the Bai family." "Children".
What he did was of no use. After a few days of hunger strike, Miss Bai killed herself with a pair of scissors.
Unmarried women could not enter the ancestral tombs, and there were no ancestral tombs to enter, because Bai Shuyu burned his own ancestral tombs after smashing the memorial tablet of his biological father.
In the desolate and dilapidated Bai family forbidden area, next to the original White Tower ruins, a lonely tomb lies there. There is no tombstone and only some traces of sacrifice.
Jade took the incense handed over by Lian Rong, she sent Lian Rong away and stood alone in front of the grave. After a long time, Jade held up the incense and bowed three times before inserting it on the ground in front of the grave.
"Sister Bai," Jade murmured, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for me... Li Fengyao, you wouldn't be like this. I... am not a talkative person, I don't know what to say. You have always liked me, You want me to be your younger brother and sister, I understand how you feel... I think so too. Now that I'm in your home, I will protect Brother Bai and Shu Yu, don't worry... If, if Li Fengyao still wants to Going one step further, I... will kill her myself..."
Jade has made up her mind. At this time, she somewhat understands Li Fenglan and why she would escape. It turns out that sometimes it is so difficult to make up her mind.
…
Agarwood stayed behind closed doors for several days, and the whole Thorny Gate got used to having Xu Qingchen preside over important events.
As Feng Yao said, Xu Qingchen is very talented in this area.
During this period, he did a lot of things, almost all of which were aimed at Li Fengyao. There were some Jianghu sects that were caught by Li Fengyao and acted as her thugs. Xu Qingchen did not reason with them and directly suppressed such sects. In less than ten days, the world was in turmoil again.
Looking at the report from the novice, Xu Qingchen frowned and thought about countermeasures, thinking that if either Bai Shuyu or Li Fenglan came to help him, he wouldn't have such a headache. Master Feng is old and overworked some time ago. He has been bedridden these days and cannot trouble him anymore.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xiong San's shout from the door.
"Qingchen! Look who's coming!"
Xu Qingchen raised his head and saw a man as burly as Xiong San followed behind him.
Seeing this man, Xu Qingchen couldn't help but burst into tears.
He dropped the letter and took two or three steps to the door.
"Brother!"
"Light dust!"
The two brothers held hands clasped together, and the scene was somewhat touching.
Xu Qingchen asked excitedly: "Why are you here? Where is my sister-in-law? Isn't she with you? By the way, how is my sister-in-law's health?"
Hearing Xu Qingchen's rapid-fire questions, Zhang Yuan looked a little embarrassed and...lost.
Seeing that Zhang Yuan didn't answer, Xu Qingchen vaguely noticed something and asked in a low voice: "Brother... where is my sister-in-law?"
"Qingchen," Zhang Yuan patted Xu Qingchen's shoulder, "let's... sit down and talk."
Xu Qingchen hurriedly asked Zhang Yuan to sit down and watch tea. Xiong San had heard of Zhang Yuan a long time ago and had always wanted to get to know him, but unfortunately he didn't have the chance, so he didn't leave.
After the three of them sat down, Zhang Yuan pursed his lips: "Qingchen...you, don't blame me."
Xu Qingchen frowned: "What did eldest brother say? How could I blame you?"
Zhang Yuan tapped his knees lightly and said softly: "Your sister-in-law... is freed. After being tortured for so many years, she finally doesn't have to suffer this crime anymore. She left two months ago. You were in Chang'an at that time, right?" ? I didn’t want to disturb you, so I didn’t tell you. Now that I’ve finished dealing with your sister-in-law’s funeral, I feel relaxed, so I came to see you.”
Xu Qingchen had already burst into tears. It was his eldest brother and sister-in-law who saved him back in Runan. The couple was a burden, but they still saved him. Xu Qingchen vowed to repay this kindness. Now that the matter on his side is almost settled, who would have thought that his sister-in-law would leave first.
Xu Qingchen walked to the gate, knelt on the ground with a plop, and knelt down in the direction of Yangzhou. The sobs grew louder and turned into wails.
He cried for a long time. Zhang Yuan came to him, pulled him up, patted his shoulder and said, "Man, why are you crying? Your sister-in-law didn't suffer much when she left. The most regrettable thing is that you two were not here It’s nice to be around her.”
Xu Qingchen wiped away her tears hard and asked, "Brother, what are you going to do? Just stay at the Thorn Gate so that we two brothers can be taken care of."
Zhang Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "Actually, your sister-in-law doesn't want to go back to Yangzhou. She still has many places she wants to go to, but she just went back because her body couldn't hold it any longer. For the rest of my life, I will take care of the places she has never been to. Go to them all, just to fulfill her wish. I sold off a lot of my family property in Yangzhou and only kept the house. If you two have no place to go, you can go back to Yangzhou to live."
Xu Qingchen nodded vigorously.
Zhang Yuan asked: "By the way, where is Linghan?"
Xiong San on the side was a little puzzled and said to himself: "Didn't he go back to Yangzhou? You didn't know?"
Xu Qingchen's heart sank. At that moment, he told a lie.
"Linghan..." Xu Qingchen looked troubled, "She... wanted to go out for a walk, so I let her go."
Xiong Sangen was puzzled. He didn't understand why what Xu Qingchen said was different from what he said then.
Zhang Yuan frowned: "Going out for a walk? She is pregnant now. Do you trust her to go out alone?"
Xu Qingchen smiled bitterly: "Brother...Linghan has had a miscarriage..."
"What?!"
Xu Qingchen pulled Zhang Yuan to sit down: "It was more than two months ago. I was in Chang'an at that time. She didn't want me to worry, so she didn't tell me... You two senior fellow apprentices are so similar... She has been depressed since she came back, and some time ago she suddenly told me that she wanted to go out for a walk. I originally wanted to accompany her, but she wouldn't let me."
Zhang Yuan sighed: "Hey...this girl has always been so willful."
Xu Qingchen stood up and said to Zhang Yuan: "Third brother, help me arrange a room and let the kitchen prepare a table. You will come too later. The three of us will not return until we are drunk."
Who knew that Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Qingchen, you know that I have stopped drinking a long time ago."
Xu Qingchen then said: "Then let's just eat something simple."
Zhang Yuan refused again: "I came here to see you and Linghan. Since Linghan is not here, I won't
Sorry to bother you. "
Xu Qingchen was a little anxious: "Brother, what did you say? Come to my place and leave without eating a meal?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Didn't I tell you just now? I have to look around for your sister-in-law... You know my brother's temper. Don't bother me. I'll leave now. I'll come back after a while. Look at you."
Xu Qingchen really couldn't defeat Zhang Yuan, so he had no choice but to send him out of the Thorn Gate.
Standing at the gate, Xu Qingchen felt panicked. First of all, the eldest brother's visit this time did not bring good news. I thought my sister-in-law could survive for a few more years, but who knew that she would leave less than a year after they got married. Secondly...he lied again.
Until Zhang Yuan could no longer be seen, Xu Qingchen still stood blankly at the door until Xiong San stood in front of him and asked a question.
"Qingchen, where did Linghan go?"
