Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

"The moon in the south of the Yangtze River fills the west tower in the clear night."

"When the clouds fall, the ice spits out the mirror, and the jade sinks into the hook deep in the waves."

"When will Yuanqi rest?"

The evening breeze was rustling, and from the attic in the backyard of a certain courtyard in Pingting County, there was the sound of a piano and melodious singing. Hearing it made people feel like they were on a moonlit night in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the attic, the dim light shines through the window, reflecting a graceful figure.

On the soft couch by the window, Xia Zhiqing sat on her knees on a long table, her ten slender jade fingers like green bamboo playing on the strings of the guzheng, her red lips parted softly, and she sang softly.

"Tap tap tap"

The sound of rapid footsteps interrupted the sound of the piano.

After Xia Zhining entered the attic, she ran up the clattering stairs to the second floor.

There is a low table next to the long desk.

There is a teapot on the low table, a half-drunk cup of fragrant tea, and a plate of preserved fruits.

Xia Zhining came to the low table, sat on the floor, picked up the half-drunk tea, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Sister, I learned something interesting today."

Xia Zhiqing rolled her eyes at her sister, took her hands away from the strings, picked up a piece of preserved fruit between her fingers, took a small bite, and then took the tea cup from Xia Zhining's hand and said, "You want to drink, don't you know how to pour it yourself? Use my cup. .”

"Sister, what's the difference between you and me? Didn't we all agree at the beginning that we would marry the same husband?" Xia Zhining raised her arms and put her arms around her sister's neck, giggling.

"Zhining." Xia Zhiqing's face turned slightly red and she scolded: "That was a childhood joke, it cannot be taken seriously."

"I don't care, I take it seriously anyway."

Xia Zhining stood up, came to the sword stand, and picked up her long sword.

Choking——

The long sword is unsheathed.

Xia Zhining picked a sword flower, raised her crystal pointed chin, and said: "Sister, if you choose a good husband, you must satisfy me. Like the rotten scholar who can't be carried on his shoulders, you will never be able to do it." If it doesn’t work, just forget it if you can’t fight, and you still look poor.”

"Zhining."

Xia Zhiqing raised her eyebrows.

How could a woman not be pregnant, especially since she was already nineteen and already at the age of marriage, so naturally she had a crush on her, but she was ruined by Zhining.

According to Zhining, anyone who wants to marry their sister, Wen, must surpass her sister, and Wu must defeat her.

This condition is naturally extremely harsh.

Xia Zhiqing is known as the most talented woman in Qingzhou Prefecture. She writes good poems, and there are only a handful of people in Qingzhou Prefecture who can compare with her.

Those who can surpass Xia Zhiqing have made no achievements in martial arts.

So much so that to this day, the two of them are still in the boudoir.

Seeing her sister's nonchalant look, Xia Zhiqing sighed softly and changed the subject: "What's interesting?"

The long sword is sheathed.

Xia Zhining sat down, put the long sword on the low table, held her chin in one hand, and picked up the tea that her sister had just poured with the other hand, and said with a smile: "I heard that there has been an evil star in the county recently who specializes in killing people from the Qinghe Gang. , in two days, they killed fifty or sixty people from the Qinghe Gang, but they don’t know who the murderer is or what his name is, and they are so scared that they dare not leave the city recently, haha.”

Xia Zhiqing listened quietly. Although she was not interested in this kind of fighting and killing, it was good to use it as a storybook to pass the time.

"I heard that the cause was that the leader of the Qinghe Gang named Chen Hu was killed on his way back. None of his subordinates survived. The money box he was carrying was also taken away by the murderer." Xia Zhining sat up straight. , tapping his fingers lightly on the low table, and said:

"Sister, I heard that Chen Hu is not a good person. He must have done a lot of bad things in the fish and meat village by robbing the girls, and then he met the local knights and fought against him. I didn't expect that in this dirty Pingting, There are actually people like this in the county.”

Xia Zhining's eyes shone.

Unlike her sister Xia Zhiqing, she is not good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is a popular scholar. Instead, she likes to dance with guns and sticks. She especially admires the knights who punish evil and promote good in this novel, and always hopes to get to know such people one day. .

Hearing this, Xia Zhiqing raised her forehead a little. She didn't understand what her sister was thinking about every day. She looked down on the people at the bottom all day long and was in a bad mood. She even called these people a pariah and vented her resentment on them. .

However, he admires knights who stand up for the people at the bottom and even trample the law on this basis.

"Zhining, you are here again. Whether they are knights or gangsters, dad dislikes these people the most." Xia Zhiqing sighed.

"Alas." Xia Zhining also sighed, lying on the low table, and said: "I don't know when I can leave this poor place. I finally heard about an interesting person, but I don't know who he is. Sister, I think Back to Nanyang."

…

Two days later.

Fuze Village.

[Number of sword swings +1, magic-breaking sword experience +1. 】

In the yard, Chen Mo braved the cold wind and slashed with the Tang Dao.

After breaking through to the eighth level, Chen Mo maintained a daily slashing count of 20,000 knives for the past two days.

Demon-breaking knife technique (intermediate level 164521/200000).

The cellar was dug by Zhang He, and the space inside was expanded a lot.

In order to prevent collapse, a lot of firewood was taken down and used as support.

Maybe it was his massacre of the Qinghe Gang in those two days.

Recently, the Qinghe Gang has become quieter and no longer sends people out of the city to search the village.

Just when Chen Mo thought that the storm of this matter had passed.

The next day, Chen Mo was chopping Tang Dao in the courtyard as usual.

Zhang He, who was supposed to come over to widen the cellar as usual, ran over in a hurry and said in a panic: "Brother Mo, it's bad, the Qinghe Gang is here again."

Chen Mo's face tightened. After listening to Zhang He's words, there were dozens of people coming this time, and all of them were holding swords and crossbows.

Zhang He whispered in Chen Mo's ear: "Brother Mo, did the Qinghe Gang already know that we did that thing, so they came to the door. I also heard them asking the villagers, our village Is there anyone great?"

"You probably don't know yet. Otherwise, if they come directly to us, you should still search them. Don't panic and relax."

Chen Mo whispered and turned around. Han Anniang was looking at him nervously. She vaguely seemed to have guessed something and muttered: "Uncle."

Chen Mo smiled and pretended to be relaxed: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Chen Mo gave Han Anniang the dagger and asked her to hide in the cellar.

Afterwards, he buried the Tang Dao in the vegetable field, took off the handle of the hatchet, pinned it to his waistband, covered it with cotton clothes, and waited quietly with Zhang He for the Qinghe Gang to come over.

Soon, a group of people from the Qinghe Gang searched outside Chen's house.

This group of people is similar to the Qinghe Gang last time.

After entering the house, he rummaged around the whole house and found some belongings, and took them in front of Chen Mo.

The difference is that this group of people should have been specially trained and cooperate with each other tacitly.

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