Chapter 35: Over the Mountain Wind

  Is he Zhou Huai Xuan?!

  Sheng Siyan's stunned expression was really too exaggerated, and even Sheng Qiye noticed it, asking in surprise: "What's wrong? Why are you looking like this?"

  Sheng Siyan found herself with her mouth wide open, revealing the teeth she was changing, and quickly closed it tightly, shaking her head vaguely and saying: "Wasn't he taken away by thieves to be treated for his illness? Has his illness been cured?"

  "Thief? Treat illness?" Sheng Qiye was even more confused about what Sheng Siyan was saying. "His illness has long been cured."

  Wang stepped in to mediate, "This is a long story, let's head back and talk about it along the way."

  Sheng Qiye nodded and turned back to look at the Sheng family's Shen Nong Fu again, with a very complex expression on his face.

  Wang's expression was also very sad.

  "This time I'm back, I must find a way to let the Sheng family rest in peace." Sheng Qiye said in a low voice, his fist clenched tightly.

  Sheng Siyan's mind was all on Zhou Huaiquan, who had suddenly appeared and then disappeared just now, so she didn't hear what Sheng Qiye said.

  She was also very quiet on this road.

  Wang Shi and Sheng Qiye were reunited after a long time, they had a lot to talk about and didn't notice anything unusual about Sheng Siyan, just thinking she was very well-behaved and quiet.

  Sheng Si's eyebrows furrowed, her hands propped up her cheeks, and she stared at the scenery outside the car window all along, very puzzled as to how Zhou Huai Xuan had become like this.

  She remembered that on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month when she was five years old, while still blind, she followed Wang to worship in front of the Shen Nong Temple in the capital. It was there that she was kidnapped by a man in black and taken to the mountains, where she met Zhou Huai Xuan, the eldest young master of the Divine General's Manor.

  At that time, she was still blind and had not seen what Zhou Huai Xuan looked like, but she remembered the feeling he gave her, a gentle and refined feeling. Talking to him was like a spring breeze, and he was also very considerate of others, very kind, and completely different from the "iceberg man" who suddenly appeared and could lower the temperature around him by ten degrees...

  Could it be that this person is actually not the real Zhou Huai Xuan? But an imposter?!

  But then again, it's impossible.

  Firstly, Sheng Qi Ye directly called him "Zhou Da Gong Zi", and he went straight back to the General's Mansion.

  If he's fake, how dare he swagger back to the Shen Mansion? He can deceive her, a blind person, but he can't possibly deceive his own parents, can he?

  If she hadn't misremembered, Zhou Huai Xuan was already fifteen years old when he was kidnapped, and had become a young adult. This year he should be twenty years old; although his appearance would have changed, it wouldn't be as if they were from different worlds compared to when he was fifteen.

  "......Dad, this Young Master Zhou, do you really know him?" Sheng Siyan couldn't help but ask.

  Sheng Qiye looked at Sheng Siyan for a moment, "Of course I know her. What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

  Sheng Siyan wanted to ask him how he knew Zhou Huaixuan, but was interrupted by Wang, "Alright, alright, we're home now, let's talk when we get inside."

  Sheng Siyan had no choice but to shut up and followed Sheng Qiye and Wang down from the carriage.

  As soon as they arrived home, Mrs. Wang started preparing to kill a chicken and asked Sheng Siyan to go to the riverbank at the village entrance to see if there were any fishermen fishing, and to buy a few fresh fish back, saying that Old Man Sheng loved eating fish.

  Sheng Qiye happened to have something to say to Wang Shi and also sent Sheng Siyan out.

  Sheng Siyan sullenly went out and walked all the way to the riverbank at the village entrance.

  The small river winds its way, the surface of the water sparkling. Sheng Siyan didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery on the river, so he went to a fisherman's house and bought several fish. He also saw some fresh yellow eel and thought that Wang Shi loved to eat stir-fried eel paste, so he bought several of those too, putting them in a fish basket to take back home.

  As she passed by Wang Erge's small courtyard, Sheng Siyan habitually glanced at their front door.

  It's been four years now, and this big gate is still locked tightly.

  Wang Erge and his group have been gone for four years, and there has been no news from them until now.

  Sheng Siyan had been expecting Wang Erge to write back at first.

  Later, Wang's family let her dispel this idea, saying that the person who followed Wang Erge would not allow him to contact these rural relatives again.

  Sheng Siyan has collected her thoughts and no longer has any expectations.

  But out of habit, she still subconsciously glanced at their home entrance.

  Today is no different from the past, and the next door is still locked.

  Sheng Siyan lowered her head and pushed open the big door of her own small courtyard, and suddenly felt that there was a black rope-like long strip in the corner of her eye, flashing by in the yard.

  If it weren't for the deep color of that thing and its fast speed, Sheng Siyan wouldn't have been able to see it at all.

  "What's that?" Sheng Siyan curiously leaned forward and peeked into the courtyard.

  At this time, the live fish and yellow eel in her fishing basket began to struggle violently, as if someone was poking a stick into the basket.

  Sheng Siyan hastily withdrew her gaze and scolded the fish basket in a low voice: "Behave yourselves! Next time I'll give you all a complete corpse!"

  The fish basket bounced even more violently.

  Sheng Siyan was so angry that she threw the fish basket into the courtyard.

  Bang!

  The fish basket rolled a few times in the courtyard and stopped near the steps of the main house.

  There was a rustling sound coming from the courtyard.

  Sheng Siyan looked back at the sound, but saw that it was a chubby little hedgehog named A Cai who came out of the grass like a gust of wind and rushed towards her quickly.

  Sheng Siyan's eyes widened in surprise and she exclaimed: "Ah Cai! You're really a true master of disguise! How can you run so fast?"

  A Qiang flashed past Sheng Siyan's side like lightning.

  A black, long and belt-like object also flew over quickly from the grass, as if floating on the grass.

  Sheng Siyan's eyes widened as she took a closer look, and she was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground.

  That's not a long rope, but a ferocious and huge glasses king snake!

  Sheng Siyan had eaten many snakes in his life, but he had never seen a glasses snake as long and thick as this one!

  The snake suddenly sprang out, saw a person standing in front of it, and instantly jumped high from the grass, opened its big mouth, and fiercely bit towards Sheng Siyan!

  In a flash, before she could even think of defending herself, she let out a sharp cry and subconsciously raised her arm to block the cobra's attack on her face.

  The Glasses King Snake bit onto Sheng Siyan's left hand at the tiger mouth!

  Sharp fangs sank deeply into her delicate small hand at the tiger's mouth, and a line of blood flowed out from the tiger's mouth.

  Sheng Qiye and Wang Shi, who were talking in the house, pushed open the door and came out, only to see such a frightening scene.

  Only to see Sheng Si's face was bloodless as she stood at the gate, her left arm stretched out, a thick and long black snake almost standing upright, tightly biting on her wrist.

  Sheng Siyan was frightened by the ferocious close-up encounter with the glasses snake, her eyes rolled up and she fell backwards, fainting.

  "Siyan!" Wang shouted with a torn heart and lungs, about to rush over.

  Sheng Qiye tightly hugged her and said loudly, "That's a mountain storm! What can you do by going?! Isn't it just throwing your life away?!" As he spoke, Sheng Qiye shed tears, feeling somewhat remorseful.

  Wang was dragged by Seventh Master Sheng, beating him like a madman and wailing loudly: "It's all you! It's all your fault! You took a concubine and had children, looking down on us mother and daughter, that's why this evil worm came!"

  Just now, Seventh Master Sheng was in the house telling Madame Wang that he had been away from home for ten years and had taken a concubine outside, with whom he had two sons. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to make a living, and didn't know whether Madame Wang's child was a boy or girl, so in order to leave behind some descendants for the Sheng family, he had resorted to this expedient.

  Wang's heart was filled with mixed emotions, but she knew that Sheng Qiye spoke the truth. - There are three unfilial acts, and having no descendants is the worst. She had not been able to bear a son for Sheng Qiye. It was only natural that he should take a concubine and have children.

  Especially after they had been separated for ten years and she was getting older. Now that Sheng Qiye is back, it's too late for her to give birth...

  In Wang's view, just because Sheng Qiye said that Sheng Siyan was a woman and couldn't inherit the Sheng family's incense, Sheng Siyan immediately suffered from the bite of the Gu mountain wind snake, this is retribution! Naked retribution!

  She cried and shouted, beating her fists in Sheng Qiye's arms, with a desperate look on her face.

  "How can you be so heartless? Siyan is my only child! My only child! This child has a hard life! She was born blind, and it took me five years of effort to cure her. As a result, she only lived for five more years!" Wang thought back to the first time she saw Sheng Siyan, that small infant in her arms, opening her dull gray eyes and smiling at her, never crying or fussing...

  Sheng Qiye's tears flowed like a spring, and he said painfully: "I... I... I didn't mean it that way. I..."

  Two people hugged each other and cried bitterly.

  Sheng Siyan slowly woke up, her head throbbing from the crying sound.

  She slowly sat up and saw that the glasses king snake was still hanging on her left hand's tiger mouth, scaring her into waving her hands repeatedly.

  Bang!

  The glasses king snake was shaken off by her like a strip of leather belt.

  Sheng Siyan: "=_=" What's going on? The style of painting is wrong!

  Sheng Qiye heard the movement and quickly turned his head to look, only to see Sheng Siyan sitting on the ground in a daze, staring blankly at the ground beside her.

  Next to it was the glasses king snake that they had just seen biting Sheng Siyan and wouldn't let go!

  The snake was motionless, its whole body stiff and straight, it was really strange.

  Sheng Qiye rubbed his eyes and asked in a trembling voice: "Siyan, are you alive or...?" Almost thought she was "resurrected"...

  Sheng Siyan stood up from the ground with a bitter smile and looked at the tiger's mouth on his left hand where he was bitten by the snake.

  Two deep snake fang marks were bitten in the same place where Zhou Huai Xuan had bitten her that year.

  Wang heard the voice and turned around, seeing Sheng Siyan standing upright on the ground, he was overjoyed and rushed over, but Sheng Qiye pulled him back.

  "Be careful! That's a mountain storm!" Sheng Qiye shouted, rushing into the kitchen and fetching a knife.

  Wang had already sized up Sheng Siyan from head to toe, and after feeling her pulse, was certain that she was fine, before squatting down to take a closer look at the snake.

  Sheng Siyan suddenly remembered that there was no such thing as "glasses" here, so the name "Spectacled Cobra" must have been given by later generations. In this Great Xia Empire, this Spectacled Cobra was called "Guo Shan Feng". She had heard professional snake catcher Wang Ergou mention it before.

  Good grief, this is a highly venomous snake!

  "Be careful, Mother!"

  "Watch your head! The snake is already dead!" Wang shouted at Sheng Qiye who was rushing over with a knife.

  Sheng Siyan was stunned.

  What's going on? She was bitten by a glasses snake, she didn't die, the snake died...

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