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Not only was Tang Qingxiao extremely astonished, following his statement, He Si'er also turned to look at the old woman next to her, and was so shocked that she was speechless for a while.

There are many old ladies in the world, but in Tangjiabao, there is only one who can deserve this title, and that is Mrs. Tang, one of the helmsmen of Tangjiabao.And this old lady Tang is definitely the most famous, most unpredictable, and most awe-inspiring old lady in the world.

He Si'er couldn't believe that this very ordinary-looking old woman with a kind face was one of the helmsmen of Tangjiabao, which was famous all over the world and could stop children from crying at night.But Tang Qingxiao had already recognized it, so it was definitely not wrong.

Old Madam Tang smiled, took a puff of a cigarette, and said casually, "The weather is fine today. I went out for a walk after eating, and I happened to be nearby to see you two."

Tang Qingxiao and He Si'er did not speak. Although Mrs. Tang spoke as if she was an old farm lady who came to visit, she was not really just an old farm lady.

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The old lady stepped forward and looked at the sword that Tang Qingxiao had been staring at in a daze before. Her eyes were filled with sadness and kindness, just like looking at a deceased son or grandson. Putting it in her mouth and taking a sip, her face was blurred in the blue smoke.After a while, the old lady Tang said slowly: "Justice is one of my favorite grandsons, although he is not the one I grew up with, I am very sad to know that he is gone, and I dare not even come to see the one he left behind. A knife. But I didn’t expect that even that knife can no longer be seen now.”

Tang Qingxiao didn't speak.Just bury your head lower.

"Smile, you don't have to blame yourself too much, no one will blame you." Mrs. Tang didn't look back.But it seems that Tang Qingxiao's appearance and what's in his heart are all in his eyes. "You also know that if our Tang family wants to gain a foothold in this bloody arena, we must pay a price. Every generation of Tang family dies in fighting and fighting. Hundreds of times more. This is the sin of our Tang family. Your temperament, your experience, and your brother's death are all born and evolved from this murder. In the final analysis, this is the sin of being born into the Tang family. An ending that cannot be escaped. So you don't have to blame yourself too much."

The old lady Tang picked up the sword and looked at it carefully. Facing the sunlight coming in from the half-closed window, she could clearly see that there were actually countless small and complicated lines on the hilt of the sword.At first glance, it looks like a Taoist cloud pattern talisman, but it is not. It is connected with the sword body to form a picture scroll with no specific practical meaning, but it gives people an inexplicable throbbing picture scroll.It kills everything like a cold winter.It also carries the grand and unstoppable meaning of the torrent of humanity. "I heard that Monk Huiguang is going to use the power of the Buddha's relics to transform into a sword of killing that protects humanity. So this is the murder of my Tang family?" In the smoke exhaled, Mrs. Tang squinted her eyes, as if she was feeling carefully. Looking at the charm in this texture, it seems to be thinking.

"Old lady, do you believe in Buddhism?" Tang Qingxiao couldn't help asking.

"When did you see that there was a Buddhist hall in the Tangjiabao, and when did you see that I stopped drinking and eating meat?" Mrs. Tang smiled.This old lady must have wine and meat in every meal, and her favorite is twice-cooked pork, fish-flavored elbow, and sweet-and-sour fish. Everyone in Tangjiabao knows these.In contrast, Mrs. Tang, who never drank alcohol and only ate simple food, was a bit like a monk.Of course, he certainly wasn't.

"I only believe in what I see and feel. At most, it's just what I see and feel, which is somewhat similar to those monks." Mrs. Tang walked up to Tang Qingxiao, and finally He looked at the long sword in his hand, then handed it to Tang Qingxiao, and said, "Actually, that's fine. It used to be your brother's sword, but now it's your sword."…

Tang Qingxiao stretched out his hand to take the long sword, staring at the familiar yet unfamiliar blade in a daze.

"Your brother's sword is your brother's sword after all, and you have to walk your own path after all. No matter how difficult it is to wield your own sword, you can only wield it yourself." Old Madam Tang said lightly. "I think if your brother is still alive, he must hope so. His path is also walked out step by step by himself."

"Back then, I told the old man that there is no need to force the child to do what he does. He doesn't need to force himself to be a member of the Tang family. He just needs to be himself. The old man thought so too. Although in the end he still accepted Tang family's debt, but I don't think this decision is wrong." Mrs. Tang stretched out her hand and patted Tang Qingxiao's shoulder lightly. "Now I'm telling you the same way. Do whatever you think you should do. Although this sword was left to you by your brother, it's your own sword."

"Okay. While the weather is fine, my old lady will go for a walk to bask in the sun, so it won't hinder your young couple."

Old Mrs. Tang was really like an old lady who came to visit. She said lightly and went downstairs with her hands behind her back.Only Tang Qingxiao, who was holding the sword in a daze, and He Si'er, who looked at him a little at a loss, frowning slightly were left behind.

After staying in a daze for a while, Tang Qingxiao's hand suddenly trembled, and the long sword in his hand danced a black-red sword flower, which was agile and deep, but with a bit of the calmness left by the thick sword before.

With a sound from Hora, the wall facing the sword flower disintegrated and collapsed in an instant, and the bright and bright sunlight outside shone in all at once.

He Si'er opened her mouth wide in shock.Her eyesight is not bad. Although the wooden wall collapsed completely, it did not receive much impact, and the whole attic did not receive any extra vibration. Even in the Nangong family, she has never seen it in the hands of elders who are proficient in swordsmanship in the Maoshan School.

The bright sunshine shone on Tang Qingxiao's somewhat pale face, which seemed to add a lot of warmth and vitality to his expression. He let out a long breath, turned his head to look at He Si'er and said, "I'm sorry, You have worked hard these past few days."

He Si'er didn't understand why he said that suddenly, but felt her eyes a little sore all of a sudden, and turned her head to look elsewhere.

He looked up and squinted at the sunny sky outside.Tang Qingxiao said suddenly: "So the weather is really nice today, why don't we go out for a walk?"

He Si'er bit her lip and thought about it.Still nodded: "OK."

The two walked onto the street of Tangjiabao in this way, bustling with pedestrians and horses, hawkers hawking along the street, and the Tang family who occasionally greeted each other. The scenery was still the same as before, but He Si'er felt a little different.The two walked side by side like this, as if they really looked like a young couple.But when she thought of what her uncle said in the letter, she was upset for a while.

"I don't have any friends. Since I was a child, until now. It can be said that I have almost no friends." Tang Qingxiao suddenly opened his mouth, talking casually as if chatting.Coming down from the attic and outside, the gloom in his expression seemed to gradually dissipate, and his temperament also changed somewhat.Although it still looks a little too thin.But it feels a little more energetic and approachable.He found a scabbard for that sword and hung it on his waist. It looked no different from an ordinary long sword.

He Si'er didn't open her mouth. She glanced at Tang Qingxiao and turned to look straight ahead, just listening quietly and attentively.

"The Tang family has no friends. Not many people dare to be friends with the Tang family. To stand tall and steady in this cannibalism, the Tang family has calculated too much and killed too much. So Tang It is difficult for family members to have friends, and I don’t want to have friends. But after meeting my brother and Xia Daoshi, I realized how rare friends are. Speaking of which, my brother can also be regarded as my friend. It’s just that I never knew it before " Tang Qingxiao took a deep breath. "And my brother was killed by me. Taoist Xia is already my last friend, so I care about him very much. He is also your friend, right?"...

"Yes." He Si'er nodded.I was a little overwhelmed by this sudden sense of easygoing and intimacy.

"Xia Daoshi is really a very good, rare friend. He looks like a bit of a philistine, but he has nothing to worry about in his heart. He doesn't really care about gains and losses. He does everything according to his heart. I envy him very much. There are too many things to let go of, I just want to watch him be free and do what he wants to do. He was rescued by Xu Zhengzhou and his master that day, although your second uncle was abolished. It’s hard to go after them personally, but after all, Yingshan Wei is powerful, and I’ve always been a little worried, so I asked you to listen to Yufang for me to inquire about news for two days.”

"Well, it's okay." He Si'er buried her head, not knowing what to say.That day when she was guarding Second Master Tang on the ruins of Jingyang City, she did not see the turbulent and treacherous turmoil, but later she knew it from Tang Qingxiao and Nangong Wuji. "My uncle came out and stopped the second uncle's plan. With my uncle's temper, he will definitely not send anyone to trouble Taoist Xia again."

"Nangong Wuji doesn't know how to do sneaky tricks, even our Tang family can trust that." Tang nodded with a chuckle. "There hasn't been much change in Longhu Mountain. At that time, Zhang Yuanling was scared away. He probably wouldn't act rashly until he figured out a way to deal with it. Besides, his backyard is in chaos. As long as Daoist Xia goes to Yingzhou, The Tianshijiao is beyond reach."

"En." He Si'er still nodded.It was very strange for the two of them to keep talking about the other person in this extremely rare chat, but she didn't seem to have much to say other than that.What else can I say?

"What do you think about our engagement?"

These words suddenly jumped into her ears, and He Si'er's mind went blank for a while. She turned her head to look at Tang Qingxiao in astonishment, but found that Tang Qingxiao didn't have any deliberate expression, just chatting casually as before .Fortunately, at this time, the two had reached a slightly remote path outside Tangjiabao, and there were no other people around.

"Didn't you say that your uncle stopped all your second uncle's plans? I think with your uncle's character, no matter whether you will cooperate with our Tangjiabao in the future, you will not be forced to use this kind of plan." Way to maintain the relationship with Tangjiabao."

"Er" He Si'er's face turned red for a while, and turned pale for a while.

"You seem to be trying your best to participate in your second uncle's plan, but in fact you are an honest person with no extra thoughts, and you are wronged to forcefully get involved in these transactions." Tang Qing smiled and looked at He Si'er indifferently. smile.That pair of brows and eyes of orchids that were as sharp as knives and as cold as those carved from ice crystals seemed to suddenly burst out with some warmth. "We have been together for a while, and I can see what kind of person you are. You are a friend of Daoshi Xia. I am a friend of Daoshi Xia, and we are half friends. I don't want to wrong my friend. Family, our marriage is not up to us. But I will take this opportunity to talk to the old lady, and it should be cancelled. So the most important thing is what do you think?"

"I, I..." He Si'er's head was almost stuffed into her chest, her neck and ears were all red.

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In Yuzhou, in the Nangong family's old house, Nangong Wuwei was walking quickly.

If we talk about wealth.The Nangong family is definitely one of the wealthiest families in the world, but the most basic old house here is still a small, slightly old and simple manor.

Nangong Wuwei has just replaced Nangong Wuji as the deputy commander of Yingshanwei.This can be said to be one of the most powerful and influential positions in the world, but now he is walking briskly in the old house, but he is walking as lightly as possible, as if he is afraid of disturbing the cleanliness of the house. He didn't dare to take it with him.The expression on his face was also cautious and tinged with apprehension.Just like a child who is going to meet the teacher.

In a field behind the house, Nangong Wuwei saw Nangong Wuji who was weeding in the field. In the distance, there were a few children from Nangong's family playing around. He didn't dare to speak, but stood by the field and waited.

Nangong Wuji saw him, clapped his hands and walked out from the field. He was dressed in coarse cloth and a bamboo hat.With hands full of dirt and grass roots, he looked like an ordinary old farmer at first glance.He smiled at Nangong Wuwei and said, "Why. What's the matter?"

"Miss Si'er has sent a letter. It's not a reply to elder brother, but it was sent directly to me, and she just asked me to pass it on to elder brother." Nangong Wuwei looked a little embarrassed.He knew that Nangong Wuji wrote a letter to He Si'er, but He Si'er did not reply to the letter to the Patriarch of Nangong, but handed the letter to him instead.

Nangong Wuji didn't seem surprised, and asked, "What did girl Si'er say?"

"She said that she was very grateful to the eldest brother for his care and love for her, but she felt that we had arranged a lot before, and now that we have handed over Shenjitang to the Tang family, we need to have corresponding means of containment. And the marriage contract The matter has already reached the families of both parties, and it would be embarrassing for everyone to repent temporarily, in short, she is still willing to marry into the Tang family."

"Hahahaha" Nangong Wuji laughed. "It seems that Si'er's marriage is the only one that your second brother didn't do too much. She is indeed extroverted. You have time to report to Jinzhi and Fourth Sister to let them know."

"Yes." Nangong Wuwei nodded, paused and said, "There is also a letter from Zhang Yuanling, saying that he intends to pay a private visit to Big Brother."

Nangong Wuji replied indifferently: "I've been ignoring things for a long time. I don't see outsiders. This kind of person is also an eyesore."

"It can be regarded as a family matter. Zhang Hengliang, Zhang Yuanling's son-in-law, died in Jingzhou. His wife died of grief and indignation after learning about the incident. Although he is still attending the funeral, he said in his letter that he intended to make Xiao Luo his wife and make Xiao Luo's son his wife. My son. I will come to see my elder brother after the funeral period is over."

Nangong Wuji sneered coldly: "He is so decisive in killing his wife and abandoning his son, and he is not procrastinating. It is a pity for this person to stick to Jingnan and become a celestial master. If he is a bandit, he will become a giant in the world."

"Brother, did you see him or not?"

Nangong Wuji didn't answer, but asked: "Where's Zhang Yuhong? I heard that he was seriously injured and was taken back to Longhu Mountain by Zhang Yuanling. But did he die from the serious injury?"

"No, Master Yuhong is recovering from his injuries. I heard that his life was saved, but he only injured his dantian in the Lingtai. I'm afraid he won't be able to save a little bit of his cultivation."

"It's a pity." Nangong Wuji sighed and shook his head slightly.After thinking for a while, he said to Nangong Wuwei: "Okay, since he hasn't attacked Zhang Yuhong yet, I can meet him when I have a chance. In the future, Xidi may use the power of Tianshi to teach .”

"Yes, I will write back to him."

Nangong Wuji seemed to remember it all of a sudden, and asked, "By the way, what happened to that little Taoist priest who got the Universal Talisman and was later rescued by old man Xu and his master?"

"They used the boat sent by Diancang to travel eastward in Jingzhou, and landed in Luoshui City. They should go to Yingzhou."

"Going to Yingzhou? It's really old man Xu's lazy temper." Nangong Wuji nodded. "It's a pity. I really want to see that little Taoist priest and his master. If there is a chance in the future, please help me invite them or I will go in person."

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