The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 213
"pain……"

The boy curled up and lay on a pile of dead branches and leaves, moaning weakly and sniffing his nose twice.

Although there were countless bruises and fine wounds on his body, he didn't cry too much.Tears are the least valuable thing here.

The boy who seems to be only four or five years old is actually almost seven years old.Compared with his tall companions, his body is too thin and thin, no wonder he has been bullied during training...

"Are you hiding again?"

Suddenly, he only felt that there was a shadow over his head.You don't need to look up to know who is coming.

"Humph."

The boy was buried face down in the leaves, with his back to his little mate.

"Okay, why are you getting angry?"

What came was a boy who was several years older than he looked, bent down jokingly and kicked the boy's ass, and said with a smile: "Isn't it just being bullied by the seniors again? So you lost your temper and ran out to stop practicing? If you know, you will be locked up in a dark room."

"Hey! Bai Ye! Why did you even kick me!"

The boy turned over and sat up angrily, staring at the boy. "They teased me and didn't let me take a good step, and you were watching and laughing. Why are you still looking for me! I don't have a brother like you!"

"cut!"

Bai Ye slapped him on the head: "How did the landlord teach you? You were bullied, and you beat him back. You deserve it."

"If I hadn't been your brother, I would have brought you lunch? I lost my temper and didn't even eat, and I will continue to practice later. You won't starve to death!"

"...don't eat!"

"There is roast pork today."

"...No, don't eat."

"A big piece of roast meat, ah, it's so delicious... Oh, I even went to the kitchen and stole a chicken leg..."

"..."

"Open your mouth."

"Humph."

Wiping his nose casually, Ye Cong sat up angrily, opened his mouth and bit off half of the chicken leg, almost biting Bai Ye's hand.

"Hey! Who stole it from you!"

Bai Ye was angry and funny, and stuffed the chicken leg into Ye Cong's mouth.Ye Cong gulped his mouth full and stared at Bai Ye dissatisfied, but he rubbed his hair into chicken coops with his greasy hands...

……

"Dream again."

In the middle of the night, Ye Cong opened his eyes and sat up slowly.

Pushing open the window, the moonlight like water pours into the room silently.The sky is deep, and the stars are looming in the sky, and they look a little dim under the light of the bright moon.

It was a good weather for watching the moon, but Ye Cong didn't appreciate it very much.

Bai Ye, you seem to have said before that there are legends in distant countries that people will become stars in the sky after death.

This sky is full of stars, which one is you shining?

"It's time to go to the grassland."

It is already autumn, if you go to the grassland, you can see a very beautiful starry sky.The place where the white night sleeps is a good place to watch the stars.

Although if you go there, you will inevitably meet that annoying woman...

But, it doesn't matter anymore.

By the way, what kind of legend about the stars seems to be told by that woman to Bai Ye?
When Ye Cong thought of "that woman", he felt very upset.

So that night, the hard-working disciples of the Yulou heard the whistle of midnight practice...

My God, why does Master Ye always like to wake everyone up to practice in the middle of the night from time to time!Although lurking at night is a compulsory course for spies, there is no need to practice so frequently!
Master Ye is famous for being strict, and it has become more and more strict in recent years.In fact, with Tingyulou's current status in the world and the many backbones in the building, there is no need for the landlord to take care of it himself.But Master Ye has no intention of retiring to the second line. The big and small affairs in the building still need to be watched by his old man, including the training of each disciple will be personally inspected.

But there are always some times every year, Lord Ye will disappear in the building for a period of time, and no one knows where he went.Only some old people in the building knew it.Every time the landlord comes back, he will retreat for several days without seeing anyone...

"Lord, there's a letter from the capital."

The subordinate handed over a large envelope sealed with wax lacquer. From the obscure pattern on the seal, it was known that this was a letter from the Chu family.

Chu family.

Today's Chu family is at the peak of power in Daqing. Under the leadership of Chu Ge old Chu Qingbo, who is the top of the hundred officials, the power of the Chu family in the southeast is not limited to Jiangnan and Southeast, and their momentum is at its peak.Many of the Chu family's descendants also entered the court as officials, and a new civil official group was faintly forming.

But 20 years... at the age of 40, Chu Qingbo is already an extremely powerful minister with power over the world.

But in the letter, he still needs to use honorifics to Ye Cong.

because……

Ye Cong is his elder.

Many years ago, when Yun Ruochen first met Chu Qingbo, he felt that he was somewhat similar to Ye Cong in appearance.Unexpectedly, Chu Qingbo turned out to be Ye Cong's nephew.

His biological mother, the singer whose traces were quietly erased after giving birth to him, was Ye Cong's biological sister.

Things are always full of surprises.Ye Cong tried his best to search for the whereabouts of his sister in the early years, but even with the help of Tingyulou's contacts, it was difficult to find any news, but because Ye Shenyan said unintentionally that "Chu Qingbo and Master Ye Cong look alike", he found his relatives .

In fact, it has long been expected that the sister who was taken away by Ren Yazi may not be alive long ago.When the facts were in front of him, Ye Cong wasn't too sad, he just felt...

As expected, I am destined to be alone.

Behind his cold silver mask, the host of Tingyu Tower, who has a detached status in the Jianghu and is respected by everyone, is actually just... a person who longs for a little warmth.

Yet he just kept losing.

When he was six years old, the Ye family fell into ruin. He lost his warm little home and all news of his family.

He and Bai Ye were adopted by Ting Yulou at the same time, and they always encouraged each other, and finally became the two most beloved personal disciples of the master.

Bai Ye is three years older than him, for some reason, the two always hit it off, eating, sleeping and practicing together.He is very attached to Bai Ye, with Bai Ye by his side, he feels that the hardships of practicing kung fu are not considered hard.

The happiest thing when I was a child was that I often went to the big kitchen with Bai Ye to steal food in the middle of the night.

Practicing kung fu requires a lot of physical strength, but the brothers always like to bully him, he can't eat enough!When others bullied him, Bai Ye would never make a move, and would only sneer and say to him, are you trash?
But at night, when he saw him rolling around on the bunk hungry, Bai Ye would sigh again, drag him up, and say "Go, go to the toilet".

In fact, they went to the kitchen to steal food, and they could steal everything, such as dried sweet potatoes, bacon, chicken... For this, they were severely punished by the landlord, and they were locked in a dark room for several days, and it was almost destroyed.

Later... he slowly became stronger.It is only for him to bully others, and others can no longer bully him.But Bai Ye was even stronger, no matter how hard he chased him, he couldn't catch up with him.

That's all right.He was very happy that Bai Ye was stronger than him, and he was really happy to have such a powerful brother...

But when he was 16 years old, something happened in the white night.

That day, Bai Ye returned to the building with injuries all over his body, and the bones in several wounds were gone.Ye Cong was startled, and quickly found the best golden sore medicine in the building to heal his wounds.

But the scarred Bai Ye kept laughing, laughing all the time.

"Ye Cong, I'm done."

"Ah?" Ye Cong almost cried out in fright: "Don't scare me, this is all a traumatic injury, and it won't be life-threatening!"

"I am done."

Bai Ye was not like the usual him at all, all the sharpness disappeared completely, and only a foolish smile remained on his face.

"Ye Cong, do you know how it feels to like being alone?"

"Uh?"

Ye Cong's heart missed a few beats, and the hand that applied the medicine to Bai Ye was visibly sluggish, and he said dryly, "What are you talking about?"

"It's over, I seem to like a girl..."

Bai Ye closed his eyes, and murmured: "People like us, it seems... that we shouldn't like people..."

The porcelain bottle containing the medicine slipped from Ye Cong's hand, and the medicine scattered all over the floor.

Like his world...shattered ever since.

Bai Ye is no longer just his own Bai Ye.Bai Ye, who has a sweetheart in his heart, begins to move erratically, and often disappears between missions.

That woman named "Lianqing"...is really annoying.

At that time, Ye Cong never thought that there was a woman he hated more than Liang Lianqing, and that was Liang Lianqing's daughter, Yun Ruochen!
...Recovering from the past, Ye Cong opened the letter from the Chu family with a serious face.

It's all business.Over the years, Tingyulou has been in contact with the Chu family, the Zhao family, and the imperial court.On the surface, they are more powerful than Tingyulou, but they still have to rely on Ye Cong for many things in the dark.

Tingyulou's influence is getting bigger and bigger.

Who would believe that Ye Cong is essentially a person without ambitions.

He continued to operate the Tingyu Building just because... he and Bai Ye grew up here.As long as Ting Yulou is still there, the memories of him and Bai Ye will not disappear.

"I'll leave Tingyulou to you."

Back then, Bai Ye only left this sentence and followed Liang Lianqing.

Ye Cong hated him so much, hated Bai Ye for being cruel, hated Liang Lianqing, and later, hated Yun Ruochen...

But when he heard the news of Bai Ye's death, all the hatred disappeared.

It doesn't make sense anymore...

"Well, for the Chu family's affairs, let's take care of them for these two days."

A businesslike, nonchalant tone.He has always been cruel to his subordinates.

"Yes."

"I'm going away for a while."

"Yes."

The subordinates all know that the landlord has to go outside the Great Wall every year at this time.As for what to do... that's not something they can inquire about.

"Have you selected the new kid in the building?"

"Go back to the main building, and they've all been selected. There are a total of [-] children who came in this time, and five of them are quite good."

"Well, you can figure it out..."

Ye Cong waved his hand in a disinterested manner.

He walked past the courtyard, and as far as he could see, all his subordinates bowed down and bowed down to send him away respectfully.From a distance, I saw a group of young children in the yard watching all this awkwardly.

That's the new kid...

Ok?
He squinted his eyes, jumped suddenly, and flew into the courtyard in an instant, picking up a child!
"Wow! Wow!"

The child was terrified and kicked around.The subordinates didn't know what the boss was doing, but suddenly saw Ye Cong lift the child's feet and shake it.

"Pfft", a half-eaten roasted chicken leg fell from the child's arms.

"Boy..."

The voice behind the silver mask also has the cold and hard texture of metal.

"You went to the kitchen to steal chicken legs?"

"Woo... I... woo woo..."

The four or five-year-old child was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, crying.His instructor couldn't hold back anymore, and wanted to beat him with a stride, but was stopped by Ye Cong.

"Why steal something to eat?"

"I, I'm hungry..."

"I stole the chicken leg!"

Suddenly, a little boy who was one or two years older than the child stood up from the group of children, shaking his neck and raising his neck.

"My brother...my brother is hungry, last night I...I just..."

"You guys are brothers?" I don't know if it's an illusion?The subordinates seemed to see the corner of the landlord's mouth curled up?They must have read it wrong!
"Ok!"

A stubborn little boy with his neck raised high, but his legs were shaking all the time.

"Brother?"

"...No...but we are closer than brothers!"

"Woo, brother, I'm afraid..."

The child who was caught by Ye Cong earlier hugged the big boy's feet, tears and snot all over his face.

"Closer than a brother..."

Ye Cong suddenly reached out and touched the big boy's head.

"May I have your name?"

"... Ah, dog."

The big boy trembled even more.This masked person seems to be a very powerful leader, and everyone else is afraid of him...

"It's really ugly."

Ye Cong said bluntly, Ah Gou had no idea, and the surrounding subordinates were already frightened.

The landlord didn't lose his mind today, did he?When will he do this kind of..."gossip" thing?
Could it be that the landlord is in a bad mood today and wants to kill a few children to vent his anger?Not really, the host doesn't seem to be such a bloodthirsty person, uh...

Oh my god, the landlord actually laughed!Laughing at the two boys!
All the subordinates couldn't help but knelt down, praying that the landlord would best only get angry with these boys and not blame them.

"Stop calling me a dog."

"Then, what's my name..." The big boy was stupid, he felt that this masked man wasn't so scary anymore, and it was quite friendly to talk to him...Why are these people so afraid of him?

"Call, White Night."

Ye Cong suddenly pinched the big boy's body with both hands quickly, seeming very satisfied. "Good qualifications. You, and... um, you." He pointed to the crying little boy on the ground.

"These two, I will practice with me in the future. You teach first. Wait for me to come back and check."

what?
After arguing for a long time, it turned out that the original poster admired these two boys?
It's really hard to understand the boss's mind...

The boy who changed his name to "Bai Ye" was taken away alone with his little brother in a ignorant manner.They still don't know what awaits them in the future.

"When they grow up...will they be like you and me back then?"

Ye Cong left Tingyu Tower alone and headed north.

In the far north, White Night's tomb is always quietly waiting for his arrival.

The wind whizzes past the ears, bringing a strong sense of autumn.Ye Cong closed his eyes, as if he had returned to that day when Bai Ye lay on the bed and murmured to him, do you know what it feels like to like someone?
Of course I know.

It's just that you will never know my heart, Bai Ye.

Xiao Suo's figure gradually merged into the afterglow of the setting sun...

(End of this chapter)