thousand words

Chapter 98

The next day, Rong Shu and Che Feiji left first. They were Baili Mingyan who took advantage of the night and drank the healing medicine and slept soundly. He didn't realize it until the next day when he realized that he wanted to ask Rong Shu. Didn't have time to ask about some things.

In the next few days, although Qian Yuhan and Qianli still went in and out of the Xiyuan Annex, the two of them seemed very busy, leaving early and returning late every day, and sometimes Baili Mingyan couldn't even get a face-to-face meeting, and Baili Mingyan didn't force it , Drink the medicine left by Rongshu on time to heal the illness with peace of mind.

Seven days later, on the night of the seventh day, Gu Shangqing sent a message, only four words: Yanshan Linjia.

Baili Mingyan raised his hand and burned the note, looking at the dark night sky outside the window, frowning in thought.

Ten days ago, he asked Gu Shangqing to investigate some things about Bailichen. He wanted to know who was the person calling his mother in his dreamlike memory?

In Baili Mingyan's memory, his mother Bailichen's first wife has always been Duanmuying, the eldest daughter of Yunxi's Duanmu family.He knew from a young age that Baili Chen married Duanmu Ying when he was 20 years old. This marriage was arranged by his grandfather, Baili Zhenyuan, the owner of Qijue Villa, and the owner of Duanmu's family.Duan Muying gave birth to Baili Mingqi in the second year of their marriage, and then she had no children until eight years later, she gave birth to Baili Mingyan, and later died of illness.

Regarding this mother, Baili Mingyan is very alienated, and has almost no memory of her. The only memory is her funeral.

But now there is a woman with a clear image, and that sudden memory made him have an inexplicable intimacy with this woman.Judging from Qian Yuhan's reaction, that memory is by no means a dream, as long as he calms down and thinks carefully about Baili Mingyan, he will find that his original memory has many loopholes.

For example, I have no memory of things before the age of six. According to common sense, a six-year-old child should have remembered things long ago, but his memory is blank and he can't remember anything; Both Qi and Qian Yuhan used to be playmates, but he didn't remember Qian Yuhan at all before meeting him in Chuuxuege.

Now it seems that the reason is ready to be revealed. It is obvious that someone deliberately erased his memory before the age of six. As for the method used, Baili Mingyan is not sure, but what he can be sure of is that the person who erased his memory must be Bailichen.

Now that I got the news from Gu Shangqing, the mother in my memory seems to be related to the Yanshan Lin family...but the Yanshan Lin family was wiped out in the catastrophe 17 years ago.

So, was she also killed at that time?

After a while, Baili Mingyan got up abruptly, he quickly packed his luggage and walked out of the house with a half stick of incense in his hand.

As he expected, the lights in the two rooms that were usually separated by two had already been turned off at this time, and Baili Mingyan knew that there was no one there after just one glance.He hastened to fetch the horse from the stable, hoping to catch up.

A waning moon hangs high in the sky, and the cold and silver light shines on the thousand mountains. One person and one horse trek along. Because of the deep snow on the road, one foot is shallow and the other is shallow. I can't feel the biting chill at all, and I walk at a leisurely pace.

After walking like this for about a quarter of an hour, the sound of horseshoes finally came from behind. The person on the horse did not look back, but slightly hooked the corners of his lips.

Baili Mingyan thought that he would not be able to catch up with Qian Yuhan, but he didn't expect to see a figure not far in front of the mountain road within half an hour after he hurried out.

Qian Yuhan only tilted his head slightly when he heard the people behind him catching up, as if he had expected it and said calmly: "Here we come."

Baili Mingyan nodded and took a deep breath to calm himself down. Then he remembered that Qian Yuhan hadn't turned his head to see him nodding, and added, "You know I'll come after you?"

Qian Yuhan raised his eyebrows, and suddenly smiled. There was a little teasing in his tone: "Don't you know? You clearly vowed to walk nine hundred and ninety-nine steps."

Baili Mingyan didn't expect Qian Yuhan to choke him so suddenly, his prepared words got stuck in his throat, he coughed twice in embarrassment, and then asked, "Where's that kid Qianli?"

Qian Yuhan turned his head and glanced at him, his half-closed eyelids raised slightly, as if a little surprised, but he looked away for a moment and replied lazily: "Tell him to do something, and it will be a hindrance if you keep it."

Baili Mingyan: "..." The implication is that I will not hold back.

Qian Yuhan sat on the horseback and swayed, Baili Mingyan followed behind silently, after walking for a while Qian Yuhan asked again: "You followed me without asking me where I was going?"

Hearing this, Baili Mingyan smiled lightly and said, "I didn't follow you, I just happened to be on the same road."

Qian Yuhan was slightly taken aback, raised his eyebrows where Baili Mingyan couldn't see, and said, "Where are you going?"

Baili Mingyan: "Yanshan."

Qian Yuhan: "Such a coincidence?"

The corners of Baili Mingyan's lips curled up: "It's a coincidence."

Qian Yuhan shook his head and smiled without speaking.The two walked in silence for a while, and Baili Mingyan suddenly said without a trace: "The words Shen Qingyun said before leaving are true. The target of attacking Qian's family back then was Mrs. Qian, and I only explained to Mrs. Qian His goal is not the Yishui Qian family, but the Yanshan Lin family of Mrs. Qian's mother's family... So you went to Yanshan this time to investigate the Lin family's affairs?"

Qian Yuhan slowed down, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Baili Mingyan. He turned his head to look at the handsome and tall man beside him. After a long time, he retracted his gaze and admitted the other party's guess: "You guessed it right."

Seeing that Qian Yuhan stopped talking, Baili Mingyan asked instead, "Aren't you curious about what I'm going to do in Yanshan?"

Qian Yuhan said: "Since you remember what happened when you were a child, you will definitely want to know about your mother."

Baili Mingyan was shocked, turned his head suddenly to look at Qian Yuhan and blurted out: "You know?!"

Qian Yuhan shook his head: "I was only eleven or twelve years old at that time, and I only knew that your mother had a good relationship with mine and often brought you to Yishui to play. I vaguely remembered that my mother called her Jingwan, so I called her Aunt Wan. That's all." After a pause, Qian Yuhan continued: "Even later, you suddenly stopped coming to my house, and then the famous sects were attacked one after another. After that, I thought Bailichen's wife, Duanmuying, was Your mother, her nickname is Jing Wan, until I met Ming Qi later."

Baili Mingyan: "Ming Qi, does he know?"

Qian Yuhan: "He probably doesn't know, maybe he thinks you and him are brothers until now. He was eight years old when he saw you for the first time, and he doesn't know what Bai Lichen told him , to actually foolishly believe that you are his real brother."

Baili Mingyan was puzzled: "Then how did you find out that he and I are not blood brothers?"

Hearing this, Qian Yuhan turned his head and looked at him seriously, his eyes twinkled under the moonlight, and he said: "I knew you first, and then I knew Ming Qi. As soon as I saw him, I felt that he was very different from you. The difference is obviously not from Bailichen, but from your mother." After finishing speaking, Qian Yuhan suddenly sighed softly, smiled helplessly and continued: "It's a pity...my mother had already passed away at that time, my father I kept my mouth shut about it, and I couldn’t validate my feelings.”

After hearing this, Baili Mingyan suddenly raised his head and showed a wry smile. He laughed at himself: "Oh... no wonder he didn't give me half the hope of becoming the owner of the young village. I was doomed since I was born..."

The night wind swept away the last leaves on the dead branches and roared across the mountain road, the mixed cold air almost pierced the traveler's clothes.

"Is it not good?"

Suddenly there was a small voice in the wind, Baili Mingyan was stunned and turned his head: "What?"

I saw Qian Yuhan looking up at the waning moon above his head, and repeated in a cool voice: "Isn't this not good now? Don't become some young master to inherit the villa."

After a while, Baili Mingyan followed Qian Yuhan's gaze and looked up. Although the waning moon was missing, it was very bright. He said, "Very good, it's very good now."

After saying that, Baili Mingyan clamped the horse's belly violently, and the horse rushed out with a whoosh, kicking up dust and snow and leaving Qian Yuhan behind.Seeing this, Qian Yuhan suddenly became interested, and the next second his horse also flew after him, as if to compete.

At dawn, the two came to the edge of Yishui River. The fastest way to go to Yanshan Mountain was to take a boat across Yishui River on the Xingshui Road, and then walk for half a day.

There were not many people boating and fishing in winter, and the two of them walked along the water bank for about an hour before seeing a small boat.It was getting light, and the fisherman sat on the bow and yawned. When he saw two people riding horses from a distance, he suddenly woke up, rubbed his hands and walked over, saying, "Are you two going to cross the river?"

While talking, a young girl came out of the cabin, and while wrapping her jacket tightly, she asked casually, "Daddy, is someone here?" As soon as she finished speaking, she looked up and saw the two people on the horse froze for a moment, and immediately looked away. Lowering her head and blushing, the girl leaned over to the fisherman and whispered, "Is it these two? They are so handsome..."

The fisherman immediately raised his hand and patted the girl, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Young lady, don't be ashamed!"

The girl pursed her lips and said, "It's handsome, Second Brother Li is not as good as them."

The fisherman said: "Stop talking, be careful not to be heard."

However, Baili Mingyan and Qian Yuhan have such good ears, although they have not recently heard the conversation between the two.Facing the girl's admiration, Qian Yuhan took it for granted, and calmly said to Baili Mingyan: "Listen, that girl praised you for being handsome, tsk tsk tsk..."

Qian Yuhan really made Baili Mingyan unable to hold back the moment he opened his mouth, so he grinned and said 'hehe' twice, and retorted: "She was talking about you."

Unexpectedly, Qian Yuhan turned over and got off the horse indifferently, and said: "Although the girl praised us both, her eyes are always attached to you."

Baili Mingyan was taken aback for a moment, always feeling that this sentence was a bit wrong, so he dismounted and followed Qian Yuhan without thinking about it.It was only heard that Qian Yuhan had already opened his mouth to ask: "Did the boatman wait for the two of us on purpose?"

The fisherman immediately went up to him and asked, "Are you two going to Yanshan Mountain?"

Baili Mingyan's heart trembled, but when he was about to go forward, Qian Yuhan stopped him calmly, Qian Yuhan stepped forward and said softly: "Dare to ask the boatman, who told you to wait here at this moment?"

Before the boatman opened his mouth, the girl poked her head out from behind him and hurriedly said: "He is a son of a rich family, but he is rich, and he actually gave us a piece of silver. Usually, Daddy only earns a few copper coins once he fishes." ..."

"Xiao Ling!" The fisherman stretched out his hand and pushed his daughter back, and he backed up half a minute involuntarily, and replied, "Two days ago, a nobleman in luxurious clothes found me and gave me a piece of silver, and told me to come here at sunrise two days later. Wait, there will be two distinguished guests going to Yanshan Mountain, let me take them across the river." The fisherman swallowed his saliva, his expression a little embarrassed, and he continued: "It's difficult to fish in winter, and you can't make money. Giving a piece of silver is just to carry people across the river, who would not want to do such a good thing..."

Qian Yuhan nodded and said, "Then there is Lao Chuanjia."

After that, he didn't ask any more questions, and went straight to the boat.Although Baili Mingyan had doubts in his heart, he still followed him into the boat. The two sat down in the cabin, and Baili Mingyan said: "Maybe there is a fraud."

Qian Yuhan didn't take it seriously, and smiled knowingly, "Don't worry, the boatman didn't lie to us."

Baili Mingyan: "It's so strange, how did that rich man know that the two of us will appear here at this moment, and how did he know that the two of us are going to Yanshan Mountain?"

Qian Yuhan: "I haven't mentioned the matter of going to Yanshan Mountain to anyone, and you probably haven't either, so no one knows about it."

Baili Mingyan was even more puzzled: "Then what the boatman said..."

Qian Yuhan smiled and said: "No one knows, it doesn't mean no one guessed. Even if we don't show up here, that person only lost a piece of silver, and it's not a big deal."

Baili Mingyan was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly he looked at Qian Yuhan, and suddenly realized: "The fortune teller!"

Qian Yuhan smiled deeper: "Yes."