The Broken Heart

By Louie Larson

Tieu Xuan was sleeping soundly, but was awakened by the sound of weapons, opened his eyes, drizzled drizzle in front of him, zoomed in further, the strange scene in front of him made him surprised to find that he was in a The temple is in ruins, probably has not been repaired for a long time, there is a thick layer of dust on the tabletop, and there is a steam of earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Jul 28, 2022

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Louie Larson

The Broken Heart

It was cold, the hall, a few people fell asleep, outside a few more people dancing swords. As for him, Zhao Xiaochun, the only one among them was sober, because he was also the only one not allowed to drink alcohol.

In fact, it was already eighteen years old this year, it was really unreasonable for Master not to let him drink, so he secretly took a pot of peach blossoms from the party table, intending to go back to his room to take a quick drink, then finish drinking it. return the vase to the hall, surely no one will know.

Happily hugging Dao Hoa Nuoc as he walked away, he was so pleased that as he passed by the window of the room, the master tripped and fell face down in the garden, the wine spilled all over his body.

Who? People in the room have too good hearing, even the slightest noise can't escape.

Tieu Xuan hastily held her breath, it was terrible to be caught stealing and drinking!

The window slowly opened, he saw the elder brother poke his head out, look around for a while, and then close the door. The soft voice in the room resounded, it was the master's faint voice, It must be the wind!

Tieu Xuan secretly laughed, fortunately not being discovered, did not know what the teachers and parents were talking about in the room, so he continued to listen.

Who… Master sighed.

Today is your birthday, please don't think so much

Hearing the voices of both of them seem unhappy, don't understand what's going on, sighing like that, aren't you afraid to take a breath, this fragile life like a cup of tea is a little less?

Your senior brother has only been out for a few years, why do so many things happen? Master's tone showed helplessness, If it weren't for Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu Hui Goi telling me, I wouldn't know what to do next.

The second brother said, Do you want to call the big brother back, Master? If someone comes to advise him…

His temperament, who can advise. bored teacher.

Teacher, who is always worried about senior brother.

I'm just afraid of that kid, he won't have a good result in the future... is to raise him by himself... always... if he knew this early, he wouldn't have let him out in the past. Master's talk was interrupted from time to time, his breathing was weak, it is true that today, being disturbed by the disciples without rest, must be tired.

Outside the window, Tieu Xuan holds a vase, and the scent of perennial peach blossom flowers penetrates her nose and begins to build up.

It was basically eavesdropping on the outside, listening to it over and over, the master and the senior brother discussed everything from the export of the cup to the chaos of the Gypsies, and back to the story if people knew that the great senior brother came from the Fairy Valley. , so this place for hundreds of years, isolated from the outside, I don't know how long it can be quiet.

Lifting the bottle up and pouring it into his mouth a few sips, looking at the sky, the moon was changing from one to two, and from two to four, he grinned.

New wine in the throat, making people unable to stand still, Master, this peach blossom is so powerful!

Holding the other half of the jar, smiling brightly, Tieu Xuan crawled out into the garden, being careful not to make a sound, so that people in the room would not worry about being eavesdropped.

You're all grown up, there's no way Master can take care of this much... among the brothers, the one that worries me the most is your big brother and your eight junior brothers... Thach Tou seems to be in control. floating... Tieu Xuan's mood swings are easy to get into.. It's good to stay in the cup...

While he had left the room, the sighs of those two still seemed to follow.

…but if it comes out of the cup…

The name of the most senior brother who did not return to the cup, the teacher kept lamenting and sighing, it must be because of you!

Outside… why did the senior brother leave the cup and refuse to come back?

He had felt sad and itchy in his heart for several years, and wanted to go out, senior brother must have felt the same way as him, so he stayed in that prosperous place and didn't want to go back!

Returning to the room, slowly enjoying the peach blossom, the handsome face, because of the alcohol, turned red, smiling stupidly, the corners of the eyelids drawn into a curve like the first crescent moon.

Master lamented for big brother, so isn't it fine just to bring him here?

Since living here, I have never done anything for this place, what if the second brother can't convince the big brother, what about him in return? Thus, firstly, being able to repay the master's gratitude for upbringing, and secondly, being able to take the opportunity to go out and enjoy it is too good.

Make that decision! He got up, put the wine jar aside, the towel wrapped his clothes and daily necessities, the medicine bottle, the original treasure, the silver chips, felt secure, then put it on his back, blew out the light in the room, opened the door, and walked out.

Ah, almost forgot about pepper! As soon as he came out, he quickly turned back, took the leftover peach blossom, tied it across his back, and walked out without looking back.

In the yard, the brothers danced with swords, tired and fell asleep, Tieu Xuan went straight, even if anyone woke up, he couldn't stop it.

The faster he ran, the faster he ran. Finally, he ran from the vast mountains and forests like flying. Wait until tomorrow when everyone wakes up and can't find him, I don't know how much chickens and dogs bark.

This alcoholic, running all the time, laughing non-stop at the same time.

Looks like it started to rain.

And around, it seems that there is no silence.

Tieu Xuan was sleeping soundly, but was awakened by the sound of weapons, opened his eyes, drizzled drizzle in front of him, zoomed in further, the strange scene in front of him made him surprised to find that he was in a The temple is in ruins, probably has not been repaired for a long time, there is a thick layer of dust on the tabletop, and there is a steam of earth.

Where is this place? Tieu Xuan asked herself, in the end, completely blind, didn't understand why she was in this temple, didn't she just wish her master a long life and the whole family had a meal together?

Looking at the whole body, from top to bottom, found that only half of it could be seen, the rest was both mud and grass, why did it look like it had just rolled on the ground? Suddenly, a divine lightning suddenly broke out in his head, he said Ah once, remembering everything, when everyone was drunk, he stole Peach Blossom to drink… drink to drink to… drink… well… I can't remember after that.

Isn't this already out of the Fairy Valley? He staggered.

The sound of fighting became more and more clear, as if it was happening right outside the temple.

Tieu Xuan with a luggage bag on her back, eagerly rushed out to talk.

The two feet gently jumped on the tree, stepped on the tree to go forward, the footstep was leisurely, the body was flexible, as if this was a daily routine.

The moonlight was dim overhead, the sky was still a little bit, even the faint moonlight was precious enough to help him see through the chaos below.

There are more than ten black people hiding under the moon, so many weapons swinging up and down, their hair is still stained with blood, and the blood is both red and black.

The black clothed man formed a wall to surround a person, the white shirt was gently blowing in the wind, smeared with red, it was also a blackened red, only the silver sword in his hand did not have a trace of blood, even though plugged into the chest of the black robed man, there was still no stain of color, it was too clean.

Based on his blood stains, Tieu Xuan knew that this person had been poisoned. He rubbed his chin, continued to beat like this, if not for the blood to move, the poison would attack the heart and die, then he would come down to meet the King of Hell soon because of lack of blood.

Thinking about whether to save him or not, the white robed man recognized Xiaochun's breathing, raised his head, and revealed icy eyes to face him. Tieu Xuan blinked, not daring to believe what she was looking at.

Nymph! Is the country's tendency to become a great beauty! The eyebrows are like a mountain, the eyes are like waves of water, a sword is like an ice wave, the sword wind is like a thousand horses, the momentum is strong and complete.

Beauty, beauty! So beautiful that his jaw lacked anything that wanted to fall, drooling nonstop.

It's just that, while Tieu Xuan was bewildered, those eyes, although beautiful, lacked the softness but full of disdain, cold and lonely eyes, and no human love.

Dong Phuong Van Khuyen! Don't dodge anymore, get tied up! The cardinal said life or death, you have no chance of escaping! The black man smiled darkly.

Huh! The brave and brave beauty only replied with one voice.

Tieu Xuan saw this enchanting beauty, just looked at him without interest, and continued to fight with the black man. But as long as he could, in the blink of an eye, he had made up his mind.

How can he ignore this beauty, this person cannot die!

He took out the medicine bottle in his body, the moon was cool and good, the powder flew with the wind to the position of the black robed men, and he mumbled in his mouth, One, two, three...

The black robed man discovered his existence and shouted, Which scoundrel?

Four, five, six, seven... Tieu Xuan continued to count, after seven hours, dozens of black people staggered, only the little beauty in the middle was still struggling to fight the sword, not falling down.

He laughed, jumped down from the top of the tree, kicked the leader of the black robe, making the person glare at him.

Who are you? Dare to confront the O'Yi sect.

It's your grandfather! Why can't I go head-to-head with something like yours. Tieu Xuan shook the potion and smiled proudly. A special product made by Trieu Tieu Xuan Seven sets of certain islands of the lake and lake of medicine, just came out, nineteen have fallen all eighteen, the little beauty seems to have more power than the other black people. , has not fallen yet.

You... The black robed man was weak, barely able to speak.

The beauty looked at him coldly, Tieu Xuan retrieved the vase and headed to that person, wanting to catch a beauty named Dong Phuong Van Khuyen or something, but did not expect that the other person would stab a sword, aiming straight at his grave.

Tieu Xuan for the scary action just now, fortunately that person's internal power has dissipated quite a lot, this move does not have a great deal of damage, he leaned over to knock the sword, forehand easily suppressed the opponent's circuit gate. direction.

Manh gate was restrained and could not move, Van Khuyen's cold face showed hatred.

The person standing in front of Van Khuyen had messy hair and messy clothes, I don't know where this beggar came from, an elaborate body with such a strange drug addiction. Being touched by this thing, he shivered all over.

Release! Van Khuy was so disgusted that she wanted to vomit.

Looking at the other's qi pulse, seeing a strange expression, Tieu Xuan smiled to show his goodwill, quickly let go of his hand and took a step back.

At this time, Van Khuy couldn't stand the Seven sets of islands anymore, and fell to the ground.

Just touching the ground, Van Khuy frowned again.

Dirty can die! Dust, leaves, mud and water mixed together and patchy.

Miss, your body has been poisoned! Tieu Xuan squatted down not too far away, not too close, looking into the other's eyes, And seriously injured!

Lady? This address made Van Khuy extremely angry, put her hand in her chest, her wrist moved slightly, a series of delicate plum blossom needles aimed at Tieu Xuan to shoot.

He panicked and dodged, but was still hit a few times in the arm.

Who da! It hurts so bad! Xiao Xuan cried out in pain, What are you doing?

The power was drained, the drug addiction was released, Van Khuy couldn't even speak, just looked at Tieu Xuan, her eyes flashing with hostility.

He immediately understood, and bitterly clarified, I just want to save you, no malice!

The moonlight was gentle, the silver light slowly spread, Van Khuyen still looked back at Tieu Xuan without saying a word, his eyes were indifferent, making him angry.

Can't believe what he said. A man who has never been seen in the forest, is not trustworthy.

Just fought with the black robed man, the poison that had been suppressed came back, immediately blood qi rose, from Van Khuy's throat, a mouthful of blood spewed out. Starting from the chest, the pain quickly spread to the limbs, the sword could not be held, fell to the ground, his whole body convulsed.

The pain was so bad that my whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

When Tieu Xuan saw this, the weak point in Van Khuy's body was also unable to stop the poison drama that came rushing in.

He hurriedly unpacked his luggage, took out a red medicine bottle, a crimson pill appeared, took Van Khunh's lower jaw and forced him to open his mouth to swallow it, then poured out the peach blossom juice from the water bag, borrowed wine to dress. medicine.

You can't hold out much longer! He cleverly wrapped the luggage in front of his chest, letting Van Khuy fall asleep on his back.

First get out of here and then speak. Your enemies are all here, I can't stand them. This place shouldn't stay for long, it won't be enough if another group of black-robed people come, I'll just have to take you away! He mumbled to himself for a while.

…why… The pill and the strong smell of fresh blood entered the throat, the pain had subsided a lot. Van Khuy vaguely opened her mouth. he lost his mind, this little beggar really wants to save him, after being hit by a bunch of poison needles?

If I were you, I would first use good luck to protect my heart. Anyway, I just want to save you, you should be obedient to make things easy. Also, please don't sneak up on me, I'll make sure to heal you, don't hand it over to those people. Your secret weapon... Tieu Xuan wiped her tears Her son, is it painful to die...

Everyone in the cup knows that Zhao Tieu Xuan puts everything in his mouth, only bitter is not able to eat, everything can pass, only pain is not enough to bear. His precious body and body, so that his predecessors imagined him, was also extremely accurate. However, the first time I went out of the cup, I met such a beauty, and I wanted to save it, but I ended up making myself miserable.

Kill... kill them... Van Khuy, while in a coma, still remembers him and his disciples fighting for three days and three nights.

Tieu Xuan turned her head to look at the black robed people, froze, then said, The lady is asking too much, I don't kill people.

Kill those people, not live.

Don't kill Tieu Xuan decisively walked away.

He carried the unconscious Van Khuyen and ran across the country for more than ten miles, seeing that he also wanted to lose consciousness, he stopped to rest and put Van Khuyen down.

Opening the luggage, taking out the needle to self-regulate the medicine, he glanced at the dazed beauty.

Miss, even though you can't hear me, I still have to say it. Later, I will take off your clothes to apply medicine, just to save people, absolutely no teasing, if you wake up, don't use hidden weapons on me anymore, I am fragile skin, afraid of pain. ! (also said that there is no intention, when the spring medicine takes effect, if it's a woman, how do you plan to save it? =)

After saying this, he swallowed his saliva, began to apply medicine on the wound on his front hand, the other party's skin was white and ruddy, and it felt smooth to the touch.

No no no, stop here!

Xiaochun shook his head, put aside the thought just now, quickly applied medicine to the wound, then lifted the blood-stained shirt, his face immediately turned red.

Although it's true that a beauty makes people's hearts flutter, the lady bleeds so much, doesn't touch her heart, but still endangers her life... saving important people saving important people... Trieu Tieu Xuan black kid... You mustn't do bad things at night!

He slowly pulled at the front of his shirt, revealing his bra, but feeling strange that something was missing, dumbfounded, his mind blank, he struggled to regain his sanity, then looked at the flat chest. of the other side, back up again.

As a man...

Before his eyes turned black, almost falling to the ground.

The truth is as cruel as a sudden lightning strike that makes him unable to resist, this heavenly beauty is finally a man!

He sighed hard to return to reality, looked bored and disappointed, staring at the man's true chest muscles, dazedly smeared with medicine, finally put on a white shirt again, carried the beautiful man up. shoulder to run.

Your grandmother... a man like this isn't specialized in deceiving people? For the first time, he saw Dong Phuong Van Khuyen, the spring heart has not moved for eighteen years, just a moment of fun, and it is really washed away like this...

The messy thoughts and feelings in Tieu Xuan's heart passed like a haze, and as soon as they started to focus on the road, they were suddenly thrown aside.

The black clothed man once said, no matter if he lives or dies, he must bring back Van Khanh, maybe Van Khunh and the other side really have a great hatred like killing their parents or something, they definitely won't. easy to overlook, protecting the minor destiny is still important right now. The enchantment he defeated is not trivial, it takes a long time to wake up, so now, as far as you can run now, let's run.

At dusk on the second day, the stars had not yet risen, and Tieu Xuan quickly rushed into the citadel moments before closing the gate. It's really tiring, I don't know how far this Hanyang is from the fairy cup, from the time I was drunk, I ran hard, then ran into the black people and ran for a few more days, it can be said that it was exhausted. pretending to be a thousand-year-old old turtle, the feeling of the turtle shell lying on his back was so heavy that it made him stagger step by step, the whole body felt a pain like being soaked in a bowl of vinegar and kept walking.

Struggling to find an inn, as soon as he entered, the minor saw his dirty and disheveled appearance, raised his eyes to look, and saw that the thing on his back was covered with blood, not knowing if he was still alive or not, and looked at him with disdain. with half an eye, immediately ignored.

Find a room to stay. Xiao Xuan said lazily.

Rooms are sold out, objectively! Xiao Er slowly walked over, not bothering to show any politeness.

Isn't that right, there's not even one room? Xiao Xuan was surprised, this is enough to die.

Although the poison in her body temporarily subsided, Van Khuy could not find a place to rest and examine. Behind him, there was a pursuer, the wild mountains and forests he did not dare to stand, heard that the guests would always have a few places to cover their heads, why would they say it was over at a time of need like this?

You're late, October twenty-ninth Luc will organize a hero congress, martial arts people gather in Ham Duong, now let's not talk about small ***, the inn from big to small is full. , the barn is also occupied, there is no place left! The minor looked at the foreign guest, pouted his lips and explained, but when he heard a call from a guest outside the hall, he hurriedly ran over to the place where the gentleman was dressed in luxurious clothes.

What does the objective want to call? Thien Huong building is famous in the world for the most delicious dish…"

Tieu Xuan studied by that name, also pouted. There's not much time to deal with him, it's better to find another inn. However, Ham Duong is really too crowded, there are no rooms left.

It's dangerous, it's not enough to continue like this! Tieu Xuan stood up straight, from the roof of the house enjoying the wind and mumbling.

He cast his eyes on the bright torch city, his whole body remained pure and pure, he moved back and forth, finally, looking at a flower street, his eyes naturally lit up, his body twitched. how many.

At dusk, the street of flowers and lanterns is brilliant, how many crimson silk lamps are hanging on the upper floors, beautiful young ladies with beautiful makeup, are welcoming guests.

He flew over the curved attic, and then went straight into the dark corridor of To Tuyet Lau.

He didn't go straight to the main door, but grabbed the gorgeously dressed lady who was preparing to go downstairs to receive guests, put it in the hand of a great Nguyen and said, Disturbing a closed room, the lady, please excuse me, just need Wine and food are fine.

Tu Ba looked at the bright golden pin in her hand, laughed until her eyes were blurred, and quickly said, This young man invites me!

After hearing that, I couldn't help but try to touch my face, is he this old, also called small?

Tu Ba led Tieu Xuan to a deserted room, although it was difficult to avoid the sound of the harp and bird's nest, but it was also considered the quietest place in To Tuyet for a long time.

He put Van Khuy on the bed, then threw a few more raw treasures, instructed some errands, and then kicked her out.

Heaved a sigh of relief, it was finally settled, while he was still smiling absentmindedly, he turned to the other direction to find a place to lay his back, suddenly he heard a viu sound, a hidden weapon aimed at his face. but rush.

Ai dou... he screamed like a pig being poked, because he was too careless to avoid it, his whole face was covered with palm.

Fortunately, the person who had just taken the shot had already worn out most of the internal strength, the secret weapon had not yet penetrated to the bone, Tieu Xuan gritted her teeth and pulled out the Mai Hoa needle, her eyes filled with tears, she looked at Van Khuy lying weakly on the bed, her face pale.

Who are you? What's the purpose? Why did you bring me here? Van Quynh's blood rushed up, coughed up a mouthful of blood, looked directly into his face, his eyes did not change compared to the beginning, cold and indifferent.

Do you treat your life-saving benefactor with this attitude? He didn't get angry, just picked up a plum blossom needle and threw it on the ground.

I never said I wanted you to save me! Van Khuy did not show any appreciation Answer my question!

This guy... Tieu Xuan was depressed, took a deep breath, and said, I'm Trieu Tieu Xuan, I just happened to pass by, my principle is to save, I will definitely save, I will definitely not see death. I didn't save you, that's why I brought you to this bar to stay.

Long bar? You led me to the bar?

Tieu Xuan saw that Van Khuyen's voice was so cold at first, but now it is so high.

That's right, it's a long bar, is there a problem? He continued, All the *** customers in Ham Duong are already full, if I hadn't come up with this place, I'm afraid that tonight I'm sure I'll have to be helpless on the street!

Have you used the blanket, have you changed it yet? Van Khuy stood up and tried to crawl out of bed.

Hey, what else do you want? I don't understand why this name keeps talking.

So dirty! Van Khuy frowned, her face was extremely dissatisfied, You dare let me use second-hand?

After that, Tieu Xuan and a little boy brought the sink in, washed his clothes, cleaned the stove, and called them to change all the blankets in the room.

It was as if she couldn't stand it when she got dusty, got into the bath three times, moreover, her sense of smell was too sensitive, she kept rolling her eyes, she had a secret weapon in her hand. Tieu Xuan saw that the other guy abused his authority, but had to go to the bathroom once (yeah, yes!). Going back and forth for a while, the errands carried water until their faces turned green.

Hey, here's the medicine needle Tieu Xuan finished dressing properly, her hair was wet, took out the medicine bottle and gave it to Van Khuy, then squatted by the stove, took out a pot, and put a pile of herbs in it. Recently bought medicine along with a few bowls of water.

Van Khuy holds the potion and sits still and doesn't say anything, he doesn't care, sometimes uses internal force to push the herbs in the pot, helping the medicinal properties to be fully integrated.

You got a very strange poison, I have never seen it before. Looking at your face, your face is white, your pulse is chaotic, your qi and blood are not good, and your blood is darker than ink, and when you act, it is fierce and scary. I've heard that the anthill anthill, plus the long grass, dansa, cypress worms and a few other herbs combined, can make people want to live, they can't live, if they want to die, they can't live a day. by dying for a day, the world cannot be liberated, can only be liberated by oneself. Tieu Xuan kept mumbling as if saying to herself, After all, how deep hatred is, can't you just use that poison?

Van Khuy just snorted.

Outside the river, the new moon gradually rose, Van Nguyet sat looking at the silver curved moon, pondering something, silently saying nothing.

Drink your medicine three cups of water turned into a black cup, Tieu Xuan happily took her work and placed it in front of Van Khuynh.

Van Khuy took a look at that cup of black medicine and immediately looked away.

As a good thing, I use the earth's spirit, the will of the people, the licorice, the nostalgic mountain, the dog-self, the dignified, and the kumquat, which can clear heat and detoxify, although it can't cure the poison in your body, it can can slow down the action of the toxin. He didn't mention that there were more secret medicines that couldn't be bought by masters.

No need. Van Khuy did not care.

If my guess is correct, you move the Qi and Blood to the Shu Shaoyang Sanxiao Jing every night, the Qi and Blood will constantly reverse the poison, I am most afraid of pain, and do not want to see others in pain, you Please take your medicine, you won't feel uncomfortable after taking it. Tieu Xuan pushed the bowl, Van Khuy pushed it out again.

The two struggled back and forth, at the end impacting the medicine bowl. Van Khuyen doesn't know how much more basic strength is than Tieu Xuan, but in the past few days, his internal strength has been consumed too much, so now he is a little bit worse than him. As a result, the medicine bowl was unintentionally pushed out, fell to the ground and broke, and the precious medicine was also spilled.

You really have a name! Tieu Xuan saw that her heart was wasted like that, and angrily rushed in to handle with Van Khuyen.

Both sides fought very honestly, but Tieu Xuan didn't want to hurt others, several times seeing Van Khunh frowning and suppressing pain, she immediately withdrew the move, the result was beaten to darken her face (original: water flowing flowers). drifting), ate a slap that hurt so much that he cried.

Suddenly, Van Khuy coughed up blood, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. Tieu Xuan saw this and stopped fighting, worriedly examining it, watching for the poison to strike again.

There's still some medicine left. Tieu Xuan took the pot, squeezed half a bowl, brought it, squeezed the other guy's mouth, aimed at the throat to pour the medicine