Chapter 26 The sudden collapse

Outside Xie Chen's family is a small river dug manually, which is water diverted from a major river in the city.

On the other side of the river is a river embankment with green grass. The grass and trees have been cultivated for many years and have already become a scenery. It is especially eye-catching in spring.

Logically speaking, is there no prince in the current imperial court? Is there no dignitary who likes this unique and quiet villa? Why is it divided into two halves and downgraded to accommodate two families?

Because this place is so close to the border, during the previous dynasty, it was still inland, so it was very comfortable for people who often came here to spend their vacations.

But now that the border has moved south, this garden is located in a county on the border. Maybe when there is a war, this place will suffer. No powerful person is willing to take this risk.

The Shen family settled here because the army that Shen's father served was stationed on the border not far away.

The Xie family also settled here because they migrated from the north and traveled a long way to cross the border between the two countries. This is the closest place.

Therefore, the fact that the Shen family and the Xie family are neighbors is not just a coincidence, but also inevitable.

On this day, the weather was sunny and the spring breeze was gentle.

Xie Yuan was practicing boxing on the grass by the river. After finishing a set of boxing, he picked up the sword and started dancing.

Shen Liuzhen was leaning on a tree trunk nearby, holding a book in his hand, silently memorizing his homework. Occasionally, he would move his eyes away from the book in his hand and look at Xie Yuan's sword-wielding figure with a look of envy. The look of enjoyment.

I saw Xie Yuan suddenly running towards a crooked-neck tree next to him, stepping on the trunk in three steps, leaping and spinning in the air, swiping his long sword, and only heard the clang of the sword energy piercing the air. , the leaves of the big tree opposite were chopped all over the ground, falling rustlingly.

Xie Yuankong's strong and vigorous figure was as light as a swallow. He fell down silently like a cat and thrust his sword into the grass next to him.

With a "click", a branch broke and fell from the tree, which happened to be the silhouette of Xie Yuan walking over.

Shen Liuzhen couldn't help but smile, and heard a little maid following them whisper:

"It's a good tree, if you have to go up and chop it down..."

Xie Yuan seemed to be exhausted and lay next to Shen Liuzhen, panting and muttering:

"If you let me go out to play, I won't chop down the trees."

The little maid was completely silent, pretending not to hear anything, and was packing the snack box aside.

Shen Liuzhen turned his head and looked at Xie Yuan.

Seeing her with her hands up, resting her head on her head and looking at the white clouds in the sky in a daze, he complimented her in a low voice and said:

"Brother, that move just now was so cool, it made me want to practice martial arts."

Shen Liuzhen said this every day.

Xie Yuan gave him a blank look, but still looked at the white clouds slowly moving in the sky, and said: "Don't say it, it's time to move. I'm worried that no one will practice with me."

Shen Liuzhen turned over a page of the book and said, "Let's forget it. I just thought about it, why waste time on something I'm not good at."

"You are always reasonable." Xie Yuan complained to him.

The weather in spring is neither cold nor hot, the breeze is gentle, and the leaves sway from time to time and make rustling sounds.

Xie Yuan lowered his eyes, kicked Shen Liuzhen's foot next to him with his boot, and whispered:

"You think of a way, let's go out and play!"

Shen Liuzhen turned another page of the book, sighed exaggeratedly, and said loudly: "Don't you see so many people watching? Where are you going?"

As soon as these words came out, the young men responsible for holding the horses and the maids serving tea and water all looked at them under the tree with wary eyes.

The talkative maid just now said aloud: "A Yuan, please live in peace. Madam is not in good health these days. Don't make her worry again. If you run away privately later, we will be beaten."

Xie Yuan raised his face and looked at them, then glared at Shen Liuzhen, his eyes becoming slender: "You did it on purpose, didn't you? Did you want to be beaten?"

Shen Liuzhen subconsciously raised his arm...

There is no way, for a person who is often beaten, the defensive posture has become instinctive.

Seeing that Xie Yuan was just talking and had no real intention to move, he felt relieved a little. However, it was really scary to look at him with her naturally powerful red phoenix eyes, so he hesitated and said:

"Master's wife is not in good health, aren't you worried? You still want to go out and play."

This sentence was poked into Xie Yuan's weakness by Shen Liuzhen's secret thoughts.

Sure enough, the anger on Xie Yuan's face disappeared, and he turned to look at the sky again. His eyes flickered for a while, and he said with a sad and helpless tone: "My mother...she is often in poor health, and I am used to it..."

At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves hitting the ground, and Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen stood up and looked behind them.

Sure enough, it was Father Shen who came back with his men, but he was still wearing a full set of armor.

Xie Yuan stood up and waved excitedly to Father Shen: "Master! Master!"

But this time, Father Shen just turned his head to look at them on his galloping horse, waved his hands twice, and left.

Xie Yuan was a little confused. Shen Liuzhen stood up lazily from under the tree and walked to Xie Yuan's side. Together with her, they watched Father Shen hurriedly enter the door of Xie's house and said:

"It looks like there's something urgent..." Then he added, "It doesn't look like it's a good thing."

"Let's go back and take a look." After saying that, Xie Yuan ran to their pony, jumped on his own horse, took the reins from the boy's hand, and rode away.

Shen Liuzhen looked at the back of Xie Yuan's galloping horse and said with a sad face: "...Oh, aren't you tired? You've been running around like a gust of wind all day."

That's what he said, but he still ran to his horse and got on it.

The little maid asked towards his back:

"Xiao Langjun, are you coming back? Are you going to clean up here?"

"Take it." Shen Liuzhen said, chasing Xie Yuan's horse and ran away.

As soon as Xie Yuan entered the hall door, she saw her father Xie Yun sitting on the grand master's chair next to him with a dejected look on his face. On the other side, her master General Shen also had a sad look on his face.

"Thank you, brother...just give me your condolences." Master said with lowered eyes.

"I know... I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to be so tragic." Her father, Xie Yun, was in a trance and murmured. He looked up and saw Xie Yuan standing at the door, just stunned. Looking at her, there was an expression on her face that she couldn't understand.

Father Xie waved to Xie Yuan lovingly.

This scene made Xie Yuan feel inexplicably uneasy and heavy. She walked towards her father step by step, snuggled up to him obediently, and looked up at him.

Xie Yun stretched out a hand, touched the top of her head, and then touched her face, as if he was looking at her or thinking about something. Then suddenly, two tears fell from his face.

Eye sockets slipped.

His expression was extremely painful, with tears streaming down his face. His collapse was so unexpected and so complete...

So Xie Yuan opened her mouth in confusion, looking at her father's grief-stricken expression in disbelief, and she was completely confused...
Chapter completed!