Chapter 24 Plum Blossoms Break the Moon
After leaving the Huo Mansion, taking off his neat guard uniform and putting on ordinary clothes, Yun Chen felt much more relaxed and comfortable.
But her courage, coupled with the Hidden Moon Sword on her body, still made her exude a "don't mess with" aura.
Following the location given by Huo Gannian, she traveled for two months, first going to Longxi and finding a rice merchant's mansion.
After she introduced herself and the reason, the host met her.
Unfortunately, when she took out the silver coin that she kept around her neck day and night, the owner had no idea about it.
"This is the most common silver coin from the Nan Kingdom. Everyone has one. There's nothing special about it."
"Take a look at the pattern above. Does it look familiar?"
The owner looked carefully at the coin against the light and found that there was an exquisite pattern engraved on the back of the coin, which looked like a plum blossom-shaped moon.
The host thought about it several times, "Is this a pattern on clothes? A pattern on my daughter's jewelry? Or a jade pendant or a wooden plaque?"
It seems that he is not the benefactor. Yun Chen understood this and said goodbye.
The master had a keen eye for character and saw that Yun Chen was a loyal and capable man. He could not help but look at Yun Chen's back and said with regret:
"It's a pity that this little brother already has a benefactor. Otherwise, he would be a capable man if he could enter my house. It's so rare to come all the way here to seek a benefactor."
Leaving Longxi, it took two months to travel north.
When passing by Youzhou, Yun Chen thought again and again, and then entered Canghai City, bought some good wine and food, and went straight to Xiangxiao Cliff outside the city.
Xiangxiao Cliff is located on the seaside, and the cliff is shaped like a hand, stretching into the sea.
The cliff is covered with Lycoris radiata, and a small tomb stands quietly in the sea of flowers.
Legend has it that a god lives in this tomb.
Twenty years ago, in order to compete for the remains of the immortal, former officials of the previous dynasty and people from various countries came here to fight for it, and the scene was brutal and bloody.
It is said that during the most brutal moments of the war, blood dyed the earth red, flowing in rivers from the cliffs and into the sea.
Later, as time went by, year after year, people who coveted the remains of the immortal died one after another, the legend gradually faded, and gradually no one came here to fight for it.
People say that Xiangxiao Cliff has been the site of thousands of deaths and is a haunted and ominous place, so no one dares to come here.
But at that time, for a four-year-old kid like Yun Chen who loved to climb up roofs and disliked cats and dogs, exploring a haunted cliff was the most exciting thing.
A group of little kids bravely accompanied Yun Chen to the cliff.
Under the dark clouds, the red spider lilies swayed like blood, the cold wind made the lonely grave whimper, and a man in black stood beside the grave.
Hearing the children's voices, the man in black slowly turned his head, revealing a pale and strange face.
The children were so scared that they screamed and cried, and ran away in all directions, but Yun Chen was the only one who didn't run away.
She approached the grave and the man in black, remembering what her mother had said about respecting the dead.
She raised her two small hands and bowed awkwardly towards the grave. Then she looked at the man in black, pointed at the long sword in his arms, and asked:
"Can I touch it?"
The man in black took off his mask, revealing a face devoid of any emotion.
From then on, Yun Chen became a disciple and learned martial arts.
She only knew that her master's surname was Jiang, and she knew nothing about his other identities, age, background, or why he had been sweeping the immortal tombs at Xiangxiao Cliff all year round.
Unlike Huo Gannian who became gloomy because of his crippled leg, her master seemed to be born without tears or laughter, a person without emotions, with a face as cold and indifferent as if carved from stone.
I will only be moved when I visit the graves or look at the tombstones.
Yun Chen practiced martial arts and sword skills on the cliff day after day, and her master swept the grave and wiped the tombstone day after day.
She didn't understand when she was a child, but as she grew up, she gradually understood the look in her master's eyes.
It's like holding a handful of sour fruits in your eyes. If you hold them tightly, you will feel sour, but if you let go, you will feel lost and painful.
Calculating the time, she hasn't been back to Xiangxiao Cliff for two years, and she misses her master a little.
She quickened her pace and ran away. From a distance, she saw her master wiping the tombstone.
"Master! Master! I'm back!" she shouted happily.
"Yes." The master didn't even turn his head.
Running over, Yun Chen placed two jars of fine wine in front of the tombstone as usual and bowed respectfully.
"Master, I joined the Huo Gang, but I'm out again. I still have to go find my benefactor."
"kindness."
"Master, the young master of the Huo Clan lent me his sword. It's a truly magnificent sword. Take a look!"
The master glanced at it:
"kindness."
Yun Chen continued to talk non-stop, rambling on about his experiences of the past two years for a long time, and his only response to her was basically the word "Yeah".
At this time, the master finished cleaning the tombstone and suddenly drew his sword and stabbed Yun Chen without any warning.
Yun Chen dodged a little slowly and was almost stabbed in the shoulder.
Seeing that his master was going to kill him right from the start, Yun Chen immediately became excited and drew out the Hidden Moon Sword to fight.
After more than twenty rounds, Yun Chen was barely able to tie with his master.
Yun Chen was so tired that he was out of breath and sat on the ground wiping the sweat off his face.
"Master, I've made a lot of progress! More practice means more experience! Hehe!"
The master seemed to have not heard Yun Chen's words at all. He didn't even breathe, and there was not a drop of sweat on his head. He wiped his sword and asked:
"A few months ago, you went to Egret Island in Yancheng?"
Not knowing why the master mentioned Egret Island, and knowing that she had been there, she nodded:
"Yes, I'm here to escort Young Master Huo."
"Have you seen the master?" the master asked again.
Yun Chen thought of the beautiful and graceful lady in the main seat, and his eyes lit up instantly:
"I saw her! She's a fairy-like woman..."
"Wait." The master suddenly interrupted Yun Chen and pointed to the place closest to the tombstone: "Stand here and talk."
Yun Chen didn't think much about it, and walked over obediently, using all the words of praise she knew in her life to describe the host woman in detail.
At the same time, in Yancheng, thousands of miles away, some people are missing their loved ones and some are worried.
Yun Chen had been gone for half a year, and Hua Jue was extremely uncomfortable.
This period of time is neither long nor short, just enough to get to know someone, but also enough to remember someone.
He missed the boy who always had a sunny face when he woke up every morning.
Every time he ironed clothes, Yun Chen would shamelessly stuff the clothes in his way.
Every time he looked at someone with his nose up, she would say:
"Hey, stop looking at people through your nose, it'll make you ugly!"
He missed the days of guarding together.
Yun Chen always wields the Hidden Moon Sword cleanly and neatly, and the sword flowers are dazzling.
He used to call her a country bumpkin, saying she was not worthy of holding the Hidden Moon Sword.
But later he wanted to say, "This hidden moon only shines in your hands."
But before I could say anything, she left.
It has been more than five months since he left, and there has been no news at all.
Hua Jue felt uncomfortable and walked into Huo Gan's study listlessly.
"Young Master, when will Yun Chen come back?"
Huo Gannian gave him a dagger-like look.
"Are you itchy?"
Hua Jue sighed, "Master, I miss him a little."
Huo Gannian was reading a book and said coldly without even looking up:
"You're itching for trouble. Go run fifty laps around the training grounds."
Hua Jue lowered his head even more, "Yes, Young Master... By the way, what about Bu Yan?"
"He's already gone running."
Compared with Hua Jue and Buyan, Ye Yan seems much calmer.
These days, everyone in the mansion is busy cleaning up before the New Year.
There were a lot of things in Huo Gannian's private warehouse, and many of the old items had not been sorted out for many years. Ye Yan brought a few people to help Runhe sort them out.
Watching Buyan and Hua Jue coming in and out of the study, and then walking towards the training ground with their heads down, Ye Yan couldn't help but shake his head:
"Young guys are so impetuous. Look at me, I didn't even mention Yun Chen's name."
Run He curled his lips. "Come on, Madam Ye asked when she came to deliver your clothes this morning, 'What's wrong with little brother Yun Chen? My Ye Yan has been talking about him in his sleep every night recently!'"
Ye Yan blushed, "I didn't do that, don't talk nonsense!" He quickly concentrated on packing up his private vault.
When I cleaned up to the innermost room, I saw more than a dozen large boxes piled together, covered with a thick layer of dust.
"What are these? They look like they haven't moved for a long time." Ye Yan asked.
Runhe glanced at the direction of Huo Gannian's house and whispered:
"These are all things from when the young master injured his leg in Youzhou five years ago... We rarely take them out, fearing that putting them in front of the young master might upset him."
"Then let's carry it to the backyard and clean it up."
Several people carried the boxes to the backyard, cleaned them, dusted them off, and rearranged them one by one.
In the diamond-shaped grid in the corner of the box, a black jade pendant gleamed in the sunlight, attracting Ye Yan's attention.
Ye Yan picked up the jade, which was a piece of pure black mutton fat of extremely rare quality.
Black as lacquer, oily as fat, finely carved, petals as thin as cicada wings, and bright and round like a jade plate.
It was indeed an expensive and valuable item. Ye Yan carefully put the jade pendant back into the box.
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