Return of the Swallow

Qin Yining had a long and heavy nightmare. In the dream, there were constant shouting and killing, there was a lingering bloody smell, and there were people chasing behind her and shouting and killing. She was very confident that she could escape, but when she got up, she realized that she was just A child with short hands and short legs was quickly caught up.

The moment she was stabbed into her shoulder by the knife, she screamed in horror, her whole body shook violently, and she opened her eyes suddenly.

It hurts, my shoulders really hurt!

Looking at the elegant magnolia flower embroidery on the familiar light blue bed canopy, Qin Yining couldn't tell whether she was awake or dreaming again.

Her last memory was of a family trapped in a dead end with fire on one side and assassins on the other. She leaned on her father's arm and saw with her own eyes that Lin Yiniang committed suicide because of her sixth and seventh sisters.

How could she go back to her bedroom? Are you all okay?

"Girl, you're awake!" Bingtang, who was standing on the edge of the bed, said happily, "How do you feel?"

Qin Yining opened his mouth, only then did his throat feel dry and sore, and he couldn't speak.

Bingtang hurriedly brought a small white porcelain bowl and fed her half a bowl with a spoon.

The water in the mouth was salty and sweet, but the burning throat felt better. Then she asked hoarsely, "How long have I slept? What day and time is it now?"

"Miss Hui, you've slept for a day and a night. Now that Hai Shi has just passed, the servant came back with a letter this morning. You were still burning badly at that time, and thanks to your good health, it's been much better now."

Qin Yining nodded and asked, "Who else is at home?"

Hearing this, Bingtang hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously said: "Don't ask so much. The old lady, Hou Ye, and Madam are all fine. Ji Yun said that you just passed out last night, and the rescuer came. It will be later. It's not a big deal for everyone here, even the injured Eleven Master just woke up and knew he was hungry. Ji Yun had a few minor wounds on his body, all of them were flesh wounds. It doesn't matter. I gave her medicine and let her first go to sleep."

"I remember that Jiyun wasn't injured last night." Qin Yining turned his head weakly to look at Bingtang. She thought that Ji Yun must have contributed a lot to the fight later.

When Bingtang thought about what Ji Yun told her, she still had lingering fears. She helped Qin Yining to get up, put a large soft pillow behind her, and took a bowl to continue feeding Qin Yining water.

"It is said that after the group of assassins left, three more masters sneaked in quietly. At that time, Lord Hou arranged for you to temporarily settle in the study room in the outer courtyard.

Only Ji Yun was guarding you. Those three people's martial skills were too high, and Ji Yun reluctantly resisted. Fortunately, the people arranged by the little prince arrived just in time to subdue the three assassins, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. "

"Pang Zhixi arranged someone?"

"Yeah, here is a young chivalrous man. He is very skilled in martial arts, and his medical skills should be better than mine. The wound medicine girl he deployed works very well. He also captured the three assassins later alive. ."

"Where's the assassin?"

"I have already handed it over to Lord Hou. I don't know how Lord Hou will deal with it." Bingtang put down the bowl, tested the temperature of Qin Yining's forehead, and persuaded: "The girl's injury has injured a blood vessel, leaving a lot of blood. , you should take care of yourself now, you don't need to pay attention to other things. Now everything outside is handled by the Hou Ye, the second master and the third master together. Presumably with the wisdom of the Hou Ye, it will be done well. of."

Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly and shook his head gently.

"This matter can't be counted like this."

"Even if you can't do this, you can't toss yourself anymore. If you don't take good care of yourself, where do you get the strength to take care of other things?"

Qin Yining suppressed the ** who wanted to deal with the matter immediately, and said in a low voice, "Where's my medicine? Bring it here."

When Bingtang heard this sentence, tears almost fell.

Qin Yining was simply the strongest woman she had ever seen.

Ordinary women have witnessed the death of their relatives after going through such a tragic annihilation, and the assassins kept clamoring for her to be handed over to disturb the family members. Hit to death.

The anger of killing the family, the fear of chasing and killing, the complaints of relatives, and witnessing people close to her die in front of her, it is said that Songlan went to save her life after blocking a knife...

If it were anyone else, I'd probably go crazy by now. Even if it's okay, it will definitely be self-pity and self-pity, waiting to rely on others.

But Qin Yining has always been sensible and tenacious. She has never complained about herself. She has always known what she should do.

This kind of tenacity, if it appears in a mistress who has read a thousand sails, will take it for granted.

But she's only fifteen years old!

Bingtang was in the same year as Qin Yining. When the Tang family was destroyed, she was sent away half a year earlier, so in the end she just heard the news and didn't see the tragic situation with her own eyes.

Rao is so, every time she thinks of it, she can't sleep all night, hates and fears, and can't control her emotions at all.

If she was allowed to experience everything Qin Yining had experienced, Bingtang felt that she was afraid that the grass on the grave was already three feet tall.

After sniffing, Bingtang got up and brought a bowl of boiled thin brown sugar corn porridge, and said with a smile, "Girl, eat something first, this nourishing blood is good for your body, so let's put it on the bottom. Medication again."

Qin Yining nodded, raised his weak hands to take the bowl, and ate the warm porridge with trembling. He took the medicine brought by the rock candy and drank it, and then rinsed his mouth again.

The medicine relieved the pain and calmed the nerves. Qin Yining lay on the bed and became tired after a while. Before falling asleep, he did not forget to instruct Bingtang: "Go and tell my father and mother that I'm fine. Take care of their bodies."

"Yes, don't worry ma'am, the shopkeeper Zhong Da has arranged for a lot of people to come to our mansion to help, but the shopkeeper Zhong Da himself did not go back. Listening to the dispatch of the Marquis, you can take care of it with peace of mind and wait for your health to recover. Let's do it well."

Qin Yining's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and after listening to Bingtang's words, he let himself fall into a deep sleep with peace of mind.

When she woke up again, it was still night. At this time, Qin Yining felt that she had gained some energy. She used brown sugar and japonica rice porridge, ate some boiled green vegetables, and took medicine. She would not rest anymore. Bingtang and Qiulu helped get up and went downstairs to the mourning hall in the front yard.

Although it was a summer night, Qin Yining was extremely cold at this time.

She gritted her teeth all the way, went out the hanging flower gate, and turned into the main courtyard. She saw that the courtyard was covered in white, and the spiritual flags were hanging high. The coffin, the white paper lanterns were blown out by the wind, and the air was filled with the smell of burning paper.

When they saw this scene, both Bingtang and Qiulu felt horrified. When they thought about how these people died in vain, most of them were familiar with each other, and their tears could not help falling.

Qin Yining walked past the open coffins, only glanced at it a few times, and stopped looking at it.

When I entered the mourning hall, I saw Qin Yu, Qin Han, the second master, the third master and Qin Huaiyuan all in front of the mourning. They were all dressed in plain clothes and put paper money in pots.

"Father." Qin Yining called out.

Qin Huaiyuan turned around and saw Qin Yining in plain clothes with a pale complexion.

"How did you come?"

"I'm here to put incense sticks for everyone and kowtow."

Lying in the coffin in front of Qin Yining was the third lady in a sapphire blue shroud.

She just glanced at it, and the tears could no longer stop. She knelt in front of the spirit, kowtowed, and choked in a low voice: "It's my fault. It's my fault for everyone."

Hearing Qin Yining's words, there was a choked sound in the room.

The third master wiped his face, shook his head and said, "Sister Yi doesn't need to blame herself. I said before that what happened this time is not anyone's fault. It's just that our fate is unfortunate, and we are caught in this troubled world."

Qin Yu's wife was not spared this time either. They were young husbands and wives, and they were very affectionate on weekdays. Although Yao's had nothing for many years, Qin Yu was reluctant to take a concubine because of her. Now that Yao's gone, Qin Yu felt that His heart was empty, and after listening to the words of the third master, he didn't open his mouth.

Qin Yining fought hard and was unwilling to try to figure out the thoughts of her family, because even if she was hated by her family, it would be the end she deserved because of her tired family.

She's concerned about something else now.

"Father, do you know where the assassin came from?"

"Well." Qin Huaiyuan's face was reflected by the firelight, and he said slowly: "The matter has been investigated clearly. This time the assassin was sent by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty. One is because of Tianjizi's approval of your fate. The second is that they tried to assassinate the emperor. This time there were a hundred assassins in the Zhou Dynasty, and they had disguised themselves as businessmen and entered the city two days ago, and they were already targeted by the silver-faced spies and the soldiers of the five cities."

The second master, the third master, Qin Yu and Qin Han all put down the paper money in their hands and handed them to the servants who were guarding the spirit.

There are many people here, which is not suitable for this topic. Everyone left the front hall tacitly, went to a flower hall in the next courtyard to sit down, and arranged for trusted people to guard outside.

Qin Huaiyuan said: "That group of people planned very carefully this time. First, they sent people to our house, and the palace also arranged a large number of people. This is not enough, but they have left behind. If it wasn't for Mu Gongzi this time. Come on time, I'm afraid Sister Yi is no longer there now."

The second master and the third master both sighed and shook their heads.

Qin Yu asked, "Who is Young Master Mu?"

Qin Huai said a long way: "Mr. Mu was sent by the little prince Pang to protect Sister Yi."

The third master said in surprise: "You said that Pang Xiaowang sent someone to protect Sister Yi?"

Qin Yining knew that, in front of his family at this time, any concealment would easily lead to misunderstanding, so he said bluntly at this time: "Yes, when Pang Zhixi received the news that Emperor Zhou had ordered someone to assassinate me in Beijing, he immediately arranged for a highly skilled martial artist. The chivalrous person came to help, but he was only a long way to save the near fire, he came late, and did not catch up with the first batch of assassins to kill, but only captured the three assassins alive."

The second master nodded silently.

Qin Han frowned and said, "It seems that the opinions between Emperor Zhou and Pang Zhixi are not unified."

Qin Leng smiled: "I think, no matter where it is, the emperor is a virtue. They only care about their position and don't think about the people's hardships. The fourth sister was just spread a rumor that was indistinguishable. Zhou The emperor can send people all the way to assassinate him, and he also killed so many people in our family.

Qin Yining lowered his head: "In the end, it was I who harmed everyone." He took a deep breath, and before everyone could say anything, he turned to ask Qin Huaiyuan, "Father, what can you ask about those three assassins? coming?"

"They were tortured and had already vomited clean. It's just that the remaining assassins were still running away. The people from the Qingtian Alliance arrived in time and drove the group out, and they were all lost later. Now that martial law is enforced, they will not go out, they will only be broken up into pieces and hidden in the city. People from Wucheng Soldiers and Horse Division have been searching and arresting them all day long, but nothing has been found so far.”

"What if they are caught?" Qin Yining asked, "Did the emperor say what to do with these people?"

Qin Huaiyuan slowly shook his head: "The emperor didn't say anything."

"Didn't say it?" Qin Yining sneered and said meaningfully, "If you didn't say it, things would be difficult to handle. Father, second uncle, third uncle, you said that with the emperor's temperament, if Da Zhou put pressure on him, he would not Will you put all these assassins back?"

"It's very possible." Qin Han said in a heartbroken manner, "Thinking about the matter of the Sun family in Dingguo Gongfu, the Dazhou people haven't said anything, and the emperor has already started to mutilate loyal ministers. If the Dazhou emperor is casual at this moment. If you say 'hand over these people to spare you from dying', the emperor still returns the people back? Then, with so many holes in our family, aren't they dead in vain!"

Qin Yu closed his eyes and held the armchair tightly with both hands.

The third master remembered his eleven-year-old son and the empathetic third wife, and couldn't help but burst into tears. Such an adult cried like a lost child.

"It's my incompetence. I didn't protect your mother and your brother. If the emperor wants to let these murderers go, I will fight with the emperor!"

"Father." Qin Han took the third master's hand, "Father, please don't hurt your body by crying. Mother in heaven will never want to see you like this. Natural disasters are unavoidable, and this is not It's your fault, those of us who are alive, we have to seek justice for those who have gone, we have to bear a heavier responsibility, father, you must be calm."

The third master wiped his face with his sleeve and forced himself to control his emotions.

Qin Yining wiped away her tears and said hoarsely, "We must not let the emperor hand over people. Whether it's the three we have caught now, or the group of fleeing people. If the group of fleeing people can't be caught, then It is also a great hidden danger for us, if we catch them, but the emperor does not allow us to kill them, then I will have to think of something."

"Directly disobeying the emperor is not a wise move. In a head-on conflict, our family is equivalent to hitting a stone with an egg. We must find a proper way to make these murderers pay for their lives!"

Qin Huaiyuan asked Qin Yining, "Sister Yi, do you have a solution?"

"Yeah," Qin Yining nodded firmly, "I want the blood of these gangsters stained with the blood of the Qin family to pay homage to the dead!"