Anthology of Gu Long: The Prodigal Son of Border Town

Chapter 21
Originally, every night, he would come down to see his daughter, but these two nights, he seemed to have forgotten.

He hasn't slept for the past two days. This kind of heavy footsteps will not stop until dawn.

Ma Fangling had also faintly seen the worries and fears in her father's heart, which she had never seen before.

She also has a lot of troubles and fears in her heart.

She wanted very much to comfort her father, and she wanted him to comfort her.

But Ma Kongqun is a strict father. Although he loves his daughter, there always seems to be a big distance between father and daughter.

Where is the third aunt?Why didn't you go to accompany him these two days?
Ma Fangling quietly jumped out of the bed, barefooted, covered with clothes, facing the bronze mirror with rhombic flowers, stroking her hair.

"Should I talk to the third aunt? Or go to the town to find him?"

She couldn't make up her mind, all she knew was that she must never stay in the house alone again.

Her heart is really messed up.

But at this moment, she suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes coming straight from the pasture.

Just by hearing the hooves of the horses, one knew that the horse coming must be a fast horse selected from a thousand, and the rider on the horse must be a master of Wanmatang.

It was so late at night, if it wasn't for urgent matters, no one would dare to disturb her father.

She frowned, and heard her father's stern voice: "Did you find it?"

"I found Murong Mingzhu." This was Yun Zaitian's voice.

"Why didn't you bring them?"

"He has also been murdered. Master Hao found his body four miles away and was hacked to death."

There was a moment of silence upstairs, and then I heard the wind of the clothes flapping down from the window.

The sound of hooves sounded again, and they galloped away.

Ma Fangling suddenly felt a surge of fear, Murong Mingzhu was also dead, she had seen this arrogant young man in gorgeous clothes, yesterday he was still so alive, but tonight he has turned into a corpse.

And the horsemen, two of whom had taught her how to ride when she was a child.

Who will be next?Ye Kai?Clouds in the sky?Gongsun Duan?her father?

All the people in this place seem to have a shadow of death hanging over their heads.

She felt herself shivering, opened the door quickly, and ran out barefoot. The planks of the corridor were as cold as ice.

The third aunt's room is on the left at the end of the corridor.

She knocked on the door lightly, but there was no response, and she knocked harder, but there was still no response.

It's so late, why is Third Aunt not in the room?
She went out through a door at the back, the courtyard was silent, and the lights in Third Aunt's window had been turned off.

The starlight shone on the pale window paper, she pushed hard, and the window opened, she called softly: "Third Aunt."

Still no response.

There was no one in the room at all, and there were two big pillows piled up in Third Aunt's quilt.

The wind blows across the yard.

Ma Fangling suddenly couldn't help but shivered.

She suddenly discovered that everyone in this place, except herself, seemed to have some secrets.

Even her father is the same.

She never knew about her father's past, and never dared to ask.

She raised her head, and there was a huge figure on the window, and then she heard Gongsun Duan sternly said: "Go back to the room."

She didn't dare to turn her head to face him, everyone in Wanmatang, no matter who was up and down, had some fear of Gongsun Duan.

She tightened her skirt, lowered her head, and hurried back, as if she heard Gongsun Duan sneering at the third aunt's window.

After closing the door forcefully, Ma Fangling's heart was still beating.

There was another sound of hooves outside, and they galloped away.

She jumped onto the bed, pulled up the quilt, covered her head, and suddenly her body was shaking non-stop.

Because she knew that something tragic would happen again in this place, she really didn't want to see or listen to it anymore.

"...I shouldn't have been born at all, and I shouldn't have lived in this world at all."

Thinking of what Fu Hongxue said, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

She couldn't help asking herself: "Why did I have to be born? Why was I born here?..."

Fu Hongxue's pillow was also wet, but he was already asleep.

He didn't cry when he woke up, and he swore that from now on, he would never cry again.

But his tears flowed down in his sleep.

Because his conscience can only overcome hatred in his sleep, telling him what a shameful thing he did today.

Revenge, originally the oldest of all human acts, is almost as old as procreation.

This behavior, though unapproved, is dignified.

Today he violated that dignity.

When he was crying, he was in a dream, a terrible nightmare. He dreamed that his parents were bleeding, struggling in the ice and snow, calling out to him for revenge.

Then he suddenly felt a cold hand reaching into his bed, caressing his bare back.

He wanted to jump up, but these hands held him gently, and a gentle voice whispered in his ear: "You are sweating."

His whole body suddenly collapsed - after all, she came.

dark.

The windows were closed, the curtains were drawn, and the room was as dark as a tomb.

Why does she quietly appear in the darkness every time, and then slowly disappear in the darkness?

He rolled over, trying to sit up.

But she held him down again!

"what would you like?"

"Light on."

"Don't turn on the lights."

"Why? I can't see you?"

"No." She leaned down and pressed on his chest, with a soft smile, "But I can assure you, I am by no means an ugly woman, can't you feel it?"

"Why can't I see you?"

"Because if you know who I am, your expression will inevitably change when you see me in other places. We must never let anyone see the relationship between me and you."

"But……"

"But I will always let you see it in the future. After this incident is over, it doesn't matter how long you want to see me."

He didn't say any more, his hands were already busy looking for her button.

She grabbed his hand again.

"Don't move."

"why?"

"I have to rush back." She sighed, "I just said that I will never let others know about our relationship."

He is sneering.

She knew that a man would always be very angry when he was rejected at such a time.

"I have endured here for seven or eight years, enduring pain, pain that you will never imagine, what am I doing for?" Her voice gradually became stricter, "I am waiting for you, waiting for your revenge, our whole life, This is what I lived for, I never forgot, and you must never forget."

Fu Hongxue's body was suddenly cold and stiff, and the bedding was soaked in cold sweat.

He wasn't here to have fun.

She gave herself to him for nothing but revenge!
"You should always know what a terrible person Ma Kongqun is, plus his helpers."

She sighed again, "If we can't succeed in this blow, I'm afraid we will never have a chance in the future."

"Gongsun Duan, Hua Mantian, and Yun Zaitian, the combination of these three people is not terrible."

"I'm not talking about them. Hua Mantian and Yun Zaitian didn't participate in that incident at all."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Some people who dare not show their faces, until now, I have not found out who they are."

"Maybe there's no one else at all."

"What kind of heroes are your father and your second uncle? How dare you act recklessly against Ma Kongqun and Gongsun? What's more, their wives are also heroines..."

Speaking of this, her own voice was hardened, and Fu Hongxue couldn't make it anymore.

After a long time, she continued: "Since your father's tragic death, many people in the world have been wondering, who can put these two unparalleled heroic couples to death?"

"Of course no one would think of Ma Kongqun, a beast with a human face and heart!"

His voice was full of anger and hatred.

"But besides Ma Kongqun, there must be other people. I came here mainly to inquire about this matter. Unfortunately, I have never seen him have any contacts with the masters in the Jianghu. Of course, he himself is even more secretive. It was never mentioned.”

"You have been investigating for seven or eight years, but you haven't found it out. How can we find it out now?"

"Now we at least have a chance."

"what chance?"

"There are other people forcing him now. When he is cornered, he will naturally pull those people out."

"Who are forcing him?"

She didn't answer, but asked instead: "Did you kill those thirteen people last night?"

"No."

"Where are the horses?"

"Not at all."

"Since it's not you, who is it?"

"I was just wondering."

"You can't think of it?"

Fu Hongxue pondered, "Ye Kai?"

"This person is indeed very mysterious, and he must have a purpose in coming here, but he definitely did not kill those people."

"Oh?"

"I know who he was with last night."

Fortunately, the room was very dark, and no one could see Fu Hongxue's expression—the expression on his face was really strange.

At this moment, a "squeak" sound was heard on the roof.

Her complexion changed, and she said in a deep voice, "You stay in the house, don't go out."

After finishing these eleven words, she pushed open the window and walked out through the window.

Fu Hongxue only saw a slender figure flash, and it disappeared in an instant.

There are already four people drunk here, and all four of them are very experienced horse masters in the Wanma Hall.

They used to get drunk often, but tonight they got drunk very fast and very hard.

Seeing the sudden tragic death of thirteen living companions, seeing one terrible disaster after another, how could they not be drunk?

When the fourth one fell down, Ye Kai was walking in from a door behind with his clothes up.

He has been here for a long time, and he just went to make conveniences once. He drank a lot of wine, so there must be many times of conveniences, but it seems that his time of conveniences this time seems to be too long.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Xiao Bieli beckoning to him from the corner of his eye, and he walked over.

Xiao Bieli seemed to have some mystery in his smile, and said with a smile: "Someone asked me to hand over something to you."

Ye Kai blinked and said, "Cui Nong?"

Xiao Bieli also blinked, and said, "Are you always so smart?"

Ye Kai smiled and said: "It's a pity that I will become an idiot in front of the woman I like."

He took a piece of paper folded into a wishful knot that Xiao Bieli gave him.

On the lavender paper, there was only one line written: "Did you give the pearl flower to others?"

Ye Kai gently caressed the bead flowers on the lapel, as if he was a little crazy.

Xiao Bieli looked at him, suddenly sighed softly, and said: "If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely fight with you."

Ye Kai laughed again, and said: "No matter how old you are, you are definitely not the kind of man who is willing to fight for women."

Xiao Bieli sighed, "You misread me."

Ye Kai said: "Oh?"

Xiao Bieli said: "Do you know how my two legs are broken?"

Ye Kai said, "For a woman?"

Xiao Bieli smiled bitterly: "By the time I know that woman is just a bitch, it will be too late."

He suddenly showed his face again and said: "But she is definitely not that kind of woman. She is much cleaner than all the women we have seen. Although she is here with me, she has never betrayed herself."

Ye Kai blinked again and said, "What is she selling?"

Xiao Bieli smiled and said: "What she sells is a man's problem that the more he can't buy it, the more he wants to buy it."

Pushing open the second door, there is an aisle, a very wide aisle, with rows of tables and chairs beside it.

At the end, there is another door. If you can't knock on this door, you have to wait in the aisle.

Ye Kai was knocking on the door.

After a long time, there was a response from the door: "Who is knocking?"

Ye Kai said: "Guest."

"Miss doesn't see any visitors today."

Ye Kai said: "Where is the guest who kicks the door down? See you?"

There was a silver bell-like laughter from the door: "It must be Young Master Ye."

A little girl with big eyes smiled and opened the door, and said, "It really is Young Master Ye."

Ye Kai laughed and said, "Am I the only one of your guests who can kick down the door?"

The little girl rolled her eyeballs, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "There is one more."

Ye Kai said: "Who?"

The little girl said: "The donkey who came to grind the mill for us."

(End of this chapter)