Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 8
At night, on the sidelines of the school martial arts field, there are still people, and the night wind is still there, but the moonlight has disappeared.

"Junior Sister, does it still hurt?" Li Yuankun asked with concern as he gently stroked Lu Kexin's slightly red and swollen face.

"What about you? My dad's foot is so heavy." Lu Kexin leaned on Li Yuankun's shoulder.

"It's okay, Master didn't use all his strength, otherwise my arm might be useless." Li Yuankun replied.

"Senior brother, what should we do? My father insisted on letting me marry the elder brother. I begged my mother to tell my father during the day, but it still didn't work. My father is determined to let me marry the elder brother. Tell me, what should I do? Tell me, what should we do?" Lu Kexin began to cry as she spoke.

"Junior Sister, it's all my fault. I don't live up to expectations. I——I'm sorry for you." Li Yuankun hugged Lu Kexin, heartbroken, guilty, and more helpless.

"Cough—" A cough interrupted their conversation.

When the two heard someone's voice, they immediately let go of their hands and looked towards the source of the sound. It was none other than Situ Ying who was coughing. Li Yuankun stammered and asked, "Brother, it's so late, why are you still up?"

Situ Ying walked over slowly, sat down side by side with the two of them, and said, "Yuan Kun, I beat you in today's martial arts competition, can you blame me?"

Li Yuankun said: "Brother, it's because I'm not good at learning, how can I blame you."

Situ Ying said: "That's good, that's good. When we were young, we learned swords here with the master during the day, and went to the kitchen to steal food and eat here at night. I really miss it. Later, the master often asked me to go out to do errands. Since then, I have not come here at night with you again. Ke Xin, did you start to like Yuan Kun at that time?"

Lu Kexin replied: "Elder brother, I—"

Situ Ying continued: "It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, but how can I not know what the two of you are thinking?"

"Eldest senior brother, please help me and the second senior brother!" After Lu Kexin finished speaking, she was about to kneel down to Situ Ying.

"Junior Sister, don't do this!" Situ Ying hastily stretched out her hand to support Lu Kexin.

"Eldest brother, my junior sister and I really want to be together, but now, now—we—" Li Yuankun said, not knowing how to proceed. He knew that this matter was decided by the master, and Situ Ying asked again What changes can be made?
Situ Ying asked: "Yuan Kun, you really like Kexin."

Li Yuankun replied: "That's natural, why do you ask that?"

Situ Ying pondered for a while and then said, "How dare you swear?"

Li Yuankun said: "Why don't you dare? But let me borrow my brother Zidian."

Situ Ying took off the sword at his waist and handed it to Li Yuankun. "Give!"

Li Yuankun took over Zidian, drew his long sword out of its sheath, pointed at the moon, and said: "If I, Li Yuankun, have a negative relationship with Kexin in the future, let me die under this sword!"

"Senior brother—" Lu Kexin's eyes turned red again when she saw Li Yuankun make a heavy oath for herself.

"Tomorrow Maoshi, the two of you will be waiting for me at Wujianping. Remember to bring Qingshuang." Situ Ying said slowly, her mood was no longer as calm and determined as before.

"Brother, why did you go there?" Li Yuankun asked.

"You don't need to ask any more questions. You will know when you get there. It's getting late. Go back to your rooms. You have to get up early tomorrow." After finishing speaking, Situ Ying waved her hand and went into her room without looking back. .

"Brother, what should we do?" Lu Kexin asked Li Yuankun.

"We can only take a step and take a look. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the senior brother together to see how the senior brother arranges it. You should go to bed earlier." Li Yuankun said, and gently hugged Lu Kexin.

"Well, that's the only way to go. I'll come here to call you tomorrow morning. Don't let my father see you." After Lu Kexin finished speaking, she still leaned in Li Yuankun's arms, and Li Yuankun also hugged her gently like that at this moment. Once separated, it will be difficult to see each other...

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The night had not yet faded, and in the hazy sky, the figures of Lu Kexin and Li Yuankun swayed on the mountain road leading to Wujianping.

"Senior brother, why do you think the senior brother asked us to come here?" Lu Kexin asked.

"I don't know, but senior brother has always taken care of us. He said yesterday that he asked us to come here, and he must have his own reasons. Let's hurry up, maybe senior brother has arrived now." After Li Yuankun said, the two speeded up The footsteps, but the effort of a stick of incense, arrived at Wujianping.

Sure enough, Situ Ying was already waiting for the two of them at Wujianping, but Li Yuankun and Lu Kexin were quite surprised that Situ Ying was wearing night clothes.

Li Yuankun stepped forward and asked, "Brother, why are you dressed like this?"

"You don't need to ask any more questions, draw your sword, I will have another match with you." Situ Ying's voice at the moment was exceptionally cold, so cold that Li Yuankun felt a little strange, even scared.

Li Yuankun was about to ask again, but found that Situ Ying's Zidian had been unsheathed, pointing straight at himself, so he took out Qingshuang and said, "Brother, what is this?"

Seeing that the two brothers and sisters were on the verge of swords when they met, Lu Kexin also panicked, and hurriedly said: "What are you doing, quickly put away the sword." Then she walked towards the two of them.

Situ Ying stood Zidian on the ground, held the sword in his right hand, and shouted, "Back!" Then he pushed the sword hard with his wrist, like a wall of air pushing towards Lu Kexin. After staggering a few steps, he stopped.

Li Yuankun saw Situ Ying suddenly attacking Lu Kexin, and just as he was about to go to help him, Situ Ying had already laid Zidian in front of him.Situ Ying said: "I just want to fight swords with you, so I won't hurt Kexin, let's use the sword."

Li Yuankun had just seen Situ Ying attacking Lu Kexin, and he was already quite displeased. Now that Situ Ying kept pressing him, he couldn't bear it any longer.Said: "I'll compete with you!" After saying that, he blocked Zidian lying in front of him, stepped back a few steps, and got into a stance.

"Okay, you can see clearly, today I will let you know how good my sword skills are!" After speaking, Situ Ying jumped forward, and Zidian stabbed Li Yuankun in the face. This move was exactly the one Li Yuankun used yesterday!
When Li Yuankun saw this move, he remembered how he was defeated by his brother's sword yesterday. He wanted to block with his sword like Situ Ying, but he was really not sure, so he used his sword to avoid it. With this sword, I never thought that just after Zidian Qingshuang touched, Zidian went to Qingshuang's inner side like a ghost, avoiding his wave.

Situ Ying swung his sword upwards, and the long sword slashed at Li Yuankun's arm. Li Yuankun exclaimed inwardly: "It's not good." He had no choice but to leave Qingshuang behind, took a step back, and dodged Situ Ying's sword.

"Did you see, it still only takes one move to kill you! So, why do you talk about taking care of Kexin? How can the master betroth Kexin to you?" After finishing speaking, Situ Ying put the long sword into its sheath, and then Said: "You two come with me."

Li Yuankun picked up Qingshuang that fell on the ground, at this time Lu Kexin also walked to his side and said, "Senior brother, how are you, are you okay?"

"Well, I'm fine, don't worry." After speaking, the two followed Situ Ying and walked forward. Situ Ying stopped, took out a package from behind an ashlar, took out a booklet, and handed it to He walked over to Li Yuankun and said, "Look, what is this?"

At this time, the sky was already dim and somewhat bright. Li Yuankun and Lu Kexin saw the words on the booklet clearly by the light, and the two of them couldn't help but screamed in surprise.Li Yuankun asked: "Eldest brother, this is the master's sword manual, why is it in your hands?"

"Yes, my father regards this sword manual as extremely precious, even I have only seen it a few times on weekdays, why is it in your hands now?" Lu Kexin also asked like this, looking quite anxious.

"I stole this sword manual from my master." Situ Ying replied coldly.

"Brother! You—" Li Yuankun and Lu Kexin never imagined that this sword manual would be stolen by their senior brother.

Situ Ying said lightly: "Don't worry, listen to me first, if you two really want to be together, there is only one way."

"What way?" Li Yuankun asked.

Situ Ying said: "You and Kexin left Pinjian Villa, and you will remain anonymous in the rivers and lakes from then on!"

"Ah!" Lu Kexin almost fainted when she heard this.

"I know. It's hard for you to accept, but is there any other way?" Situ Ying sighed and said: "Yuan Kun, your swordsmanship may be good for self-defense in the Jianghu, but if you really meet some strong people, You can't protect Kexin, but you can't handle it. That's why I stole the Wanhua Sword Manual, I hope you can practice more in the future, and don't let Kexin's sincerity to you be disappointed!" Saying this, Situ Ying's voice was already trembling.

After listening to Situ Ying's words, Li Yuankun and Lu Kexin were moved to tears, and the trace of complaint against Situ Ying in their hearts just now disappeared without a trace.

Situ Ying paused for a moment, and then continued: "In this package, I have saved some silver taels in my daily life. You two can take it and save some flowers, which will be enough for the two of you to use for several years."

Li Yuankun listened to Situ Ying's words, and saw that Lu Kexin had already cried into tears. On the one hand was the home he had lived in for 16 years, and on the other was the love man in his heart.Making a choice among them is not only difficult, but also a pain in the heart. No matter what decision you make, there will be an indelible wound in your heart.In fact, how much worse could Li Yuankun's pain be than Lu Kexin's?
"Senior brother, I'll go with you." Lu Kexin seemed to use all her strength to say these words. After she finished speaking, her body softened and she couldn't stand still.

Li Yuankun quickly supported Lu Kexin's body with one hand, and said, "Junior Sister, are you really willing to be with me?"

Lu Kexin didn't speak, her eyes were slightly closed, tears were seeping, she nodded slightly.

"But, there are also master and mistress, if you leave with me, what should they do—" Li Yuankun said, his voice choked up.

"Senior brother, if Second Senior Brother and I leave, I hope you can take good care of my parents for us in the future, so that they will forget about me as a daughter." After speaking, Lu Kexin turned her head away.

"Well, don't worry, I will take good care of Master and Mistress in the future, maybe—maybe it will be a long time, Master won't be angry, and you will be able to come back again. At that time, we can still be together." Although Situ Ying That's what they said, but all three of them knew that it would be difficult to turn back after leaving.

"Senior brother, my junior sister and I will always remember the great kindness you have done to us today. If there is any need in the future, my junior brother is willing to repay it with his life!" Li Yuankun was indescribably grateful to Situ Ying. .

Situ Ying pulled Li Yuankun back and said, "Junior Brother, this must not be the case. I don't know if I did what I did today, whether it was right or wrong. Maybe I just didn't want to make you two feel sad. If you are really a bloody man, don't be grateful to me. In the future, treat my junior sister wholeheartedly, don't let my junior sister suffer the slightest bit, that's all."

"Brother——" Li Yuankun held Situ Ying's arm tightly, tears welling in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it, you—you can get your things and leave quickly. I have prepared horses for you below, and you have to go all the way north. When the master finds out, it must be going to the north." The south is looking for you. If you have a place in the future, remember to send me a message. If you have a chance, I will see you go." Situ Ying's voice choked, and Situ's eyes were red. No one in Pinjian Villa has ever seen Situ Ying was so sad, and no one had ever seen Situ Ying cry.

Li Yuankun and Lu Kexin thanked Situ Ying again and again, took the things, and walked down the path on the other side to Wujianping.In the hazy mist, Yiqi rode fast to the north, it seemed that this morning, and the vast Pinjian Villa were so cold.

(End of this chapter)