There is always an indescribable warmth that is enough to portray life.

Azure color, cloud white.

And the human eye is colorless.

Someone once spied on people's souls with their eyes, if it wasn't a fairy, how could they know it?

Joy, anger and sorrow can be shaped, and shame and sorrow can be moved in the heart.

However, there are often people who can hide their emotions like an ancient well, the strings of the zither can be plucked, and the hearts of the people are irreconcilable.

In the rivers and lakes, temples, clans, and dwellings, those who can show people faceless are mostly bitter lovers in the world.

Chu Hong looked at the laughing Huanzi fish in front of him, and his heart was quite sad, thinking that her cold face on weekdays was by no means disguised at random, if she hadn't experienced some sad injustices, how could she change from a young woman to a traveler who refused to go thousands of miles? Although she belonged to the Demon Sect, her heart was more fiery than many people, but others would not feel it, and she did not want others to get close.

"I was so serious, I thought I would only be sad about other people's things, but I just lacked my own heart. With their footsteps walking for a long time, many years later, they met a woman who could let themselves walk alone, I think the current Chu Hong is no longer the original Chu Hong. Your smile, I'm willing to protect it!"

Chu Hong and Huanziyu walked side by side, playing on the streets of Xiadian City, all kinds of food and drinks were eager to taste it, and many ornaments and red ringfish were interested in stopping, even if it was the antique cultural relics set up in stalls, uncommon fruits and vegetables, and the frustrated calligraphy and paintings of poor scholars, both of them were willing to stop and visit, and it seemed that the worries about the current situation had been left behind.

"What's that? The stone, like an emerald. Slowly walked forward, it was a stall that nominally gambled on stones but actually resold strange stones, and there were only two or three middle-aged people who were dressed decently.

Chu Hong was about to follow, but someone next to him touched him, and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "Eighth Commander, I am a spy of the second battalion, and the Second Commander ordered me to lurk in the city and wait for action. Fang just saw the code of the eight commanders, and hurried over, if there is any order, just give it to me, the villain will not dare to slack off. ”

Chu Hong stopped and said in a low voice: "You don't need to report to the military camp, find the Sixth Commander and tell him that I and a girl are being held hostage by a powerful person, and I hope he can think of a way to rescue us as soon as possible." If you are not completely sure, you will ...... Don't worry about it. ”

Hearing Chu Hong's pause, the spy looked stunned, and paused: "The villain knows." ”

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of the secret spy leaving, Chu Hong breathed a sigh of relief, although such a method was not enough to solve the current predicament, but he did not think about waiting to be killed, he did not want people to control his own life, nor did he want the life of the woman in front of him to be controlled.

"I'm not good at strategy, but in the face of this strong man with a status like Gao Shan, there is no other way to get out of his control except strategy, Hanzi must have a way, and Mr. Mu Ya should be able to deal with my predicament, but what I should do now is to save myself. ”

Chu Hong followed the footsteps of Huanziyu again, and came to the small stall, Huanziyu was holding a faintly fluorescent stone in his hand, and under the friendly gaze of the fat boss, he watched and played with it carefully, as if he really understood the mystery.

The fat boss looked at people a little bit of a look, and he could know that he was very human from the temperament of the ring fish, so he smiled and said: "Miss, have you chosen it?" The stones on the stall have a certain chance of becoming expensive jadeite, and I also think that this piece you picked is very unusual, in case you grind off the skin to get a piece of jadeite, it will make a lot of money." If the lady chooses well, I can help you grind the skin on the spot, and the lady only needs to pay a little bit of the hard work of quarrying under the stone, and there is no additional cost. ”

Huanziyu glared at the boss coldly, and said, "I look at your stones, and I haven't eaten or drunk yours, don't keep shouting in my ear, if you look at it, I will give you money." "Huanziyu's unkind attitude provoked a few idle people to talk about it, but they only talked a few times in a low voice, after all, this dyed city is a vassal city of Cochin City, maybe there will be a young lady from a big family in Cochin City to come to play, if you offend your words, it will be troublesome.

At this time, Chu Hong threw a silver ingot to the stall owner, and said, "She fancies, I pay, is ten taels of silver enough?" The fat stall owner picked up the silver and rubbed the sleeves of his shirt a few times, and couldn't help but look happy, a young man who can shoot so generously, the house must be a big family, how dare he provoke it? If he refuted the rude woman a moment ago, it would definitely make the two jealous, of course, fortunately he didn't say anything, ten taels of silver, which was already worth all the costs of his quarrying in the mountains.

The fat stall owner said: "Thank you Childe, but the price of Childe is too much, holding the quarrying is a cheap business, ten taels of silver to buy that stone is a loss to Childe, if there is still something that can be seen on the stall, Miss Childe can choose a piece at will, all as a gangster." ”

Chu Hong ignored the stall owner, watched Huanziyu observe the stone in his hand intently, and said with a smile: "Miss Ziyu, do you really see that there is a jade hidden in this stone?"

Huanziyu said: "I also have some silver taels on me, I don't need you to pay at all, I always feel that this stone is not ordinary, it is difficult to say that it is jadeite, but there must be something." ”

Chu Hong said: "It's better to let the boss open it and take a look, you can't see anything just by looking at it." ”

Huan Ziyu said: "The camp of my sect is in the hinterland of a huge mine, although there are special people who have searched and cleaned it around, but every once in a while, someone will dig out a gem from a crack in the rock, and I will find a piece of zero jade with my own hands, although I guess it is possible."

Someone bought it at a high price and hid it, but it was also quite an extraordinary trophy. ”

Chu Hong frowned slightly, and said, "Ling Yu, what kind of gem is that, why haven't you heard of it?"

Huanziyu said: "I thought you would know some elegant things, but I haven't even heard of Lingyu! Lingyu, but a kind of extremely rare jade in the land of Sanyuan, the spiritual jade that fell into these nine fields is estimated to be secretly dug up by some quarrymen and bought and sold after tossing and turning, and there are not many people who can recognize this kind of jade." The value of zero jade does not lie in the ornamentality of the jade, but in the poignant story behind the jade.

Chu Hong smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm in my twenties, and I haven't been out of the Qin Dynasty yet, how can I know about this kind of rumor? However, if you would like to make small talk with me about legends, I would be willing to amuse you by being a well-read person. ”

Huanziyu rolled his eyes and said coldly: "Who needs you to tease, my expression is very good now, I don't need any change, even if I change, I don't need a helpless person to tease." Huanziyu turned around, but Chu Hong also turned around, still smiling and said, "Then you have to tell the story of Lingyu!"

Huanziyu sighed lightly and said: "Have you heard of Xiaoxiangke, a famous talented woman in the Nine Wilds? Her "Zero Falling into Jade" is based on the story of Ling Yu, if you are interested, you can look for it, I am unlikely to tell you. Because the story inside is not an ordinary feud and happy drinking, but a love story, once I tell you some synopsis of the story, you will be possessed by a scoundrel again, I better not ask for trouble. ”

Chu Hong said: "It seems that Miss Ziyu has a great prejudice against me, why don't I know when I offended the girl?"

Huanziyu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and said: "There is no prejudice, it just makes you understand the difference between us, whether your previous words are serious or not, I will not be the slightest moved." If I hadn't been imprisoned here by that man now, I wouldn't have traveled with you, and I probably won't be the same for the rest of the year. ”

Chu Hong's eyes filled with sadness, and he said in a low voice: "However, I don't believe it very much." ”

"What?" Huanziyu didn't hear this sentence clearly, and thought that he was saying some meaningless words again, so he stopped paying attention, handed the stone in his hand to the fat stall owner, and said: "Boss, help me polish off the outer skin, the left side is thicker, the right side is thinner, don't move slowly, don't cause damage to the things inside." ”

The stall owner looked at him and asked, "Miss, aren't you going to let me cut this stone open and take a look? What if it's polished for a while, but there's nothing in it?"

Huanziyu said: "I'm sure this is not an ordinary stone, you just have to polish it, it's no good to talk too much." ”

The boss swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, he had no choice but to lower his head and polish it slowly, but he thought that he had earned ten taels of silver today, and his family's food for a month had been settled, so there was no resentment.

The stall owner polished the board one by one, and the ring fish stared closely, as if he was afraid that the boss would grind the stone, so he became the supervisor. Chu Hong on the side saw some clues, in the past few days of getting along, Huanziyu was not such a rude person in his eyes, unless she really saw something terrible.

Chu Hong asked softly, "Could it be that there is really a jade hidden in this stone?"

Huanziyu said: "Jadeite is not worth the price, I can now be sure that this is a high-quality piece of metal." ”

Chu Hong was taken aback and said, "You mean medium-grade metal?"

Huanziyu looked at Chu Hong's eyes solemnly, and said: "It's not just a medium grade, it should be a genuine piece of high-grade metal, I know it, it's zinc." ”

The high-grade metal hidden in the ordinary stone was seen through by the ring fish, the so-called gold and stone are inseparable, it turns out that the most noble and rare metals also come from the most ordinary ores, Chu Hong also seemed quite excited at this time, he knew what the high-grade metal meant, and the value of it was difficult to measure with gold and silver. It is rumored that there are many extraordinary metals, nine kinds of superlative, thirty types of high-grade, and two hundred genera of medium-grade metals.

Huanziyu took the stone that was almost polished, wiped it with his sleeve without any care, and then handed it to Chu Hong with a smile on his face, and said, "In order to prevent others from seeing, I just rubbed out a little bit, and the emerald light you can see is from the zinc." The thirty-three kinds of high-grade metals, in addition to their role in casting and qi luck suppression, most of them have unique functions, and it is precisely because of this characteristic that even the status of the peak realm is strong, I am afraid that they will flock to the high-grade metals. ”

Chu Hong took the zinc in his hand and looked at it, but returned it to the ring fish, and said: "Although this high-grade metal is valuable, it has no effect on me, but I just saw you smile at me, but I am very happy." ”

Huanziyu's face was thin and angry, and said: "It seems that I said it once, it is useless to say these soft words to coax the little girl in front of me, it is better to persuade you to be normal, if I really can't stand your scoundrel anymore, you will not be as comfortable as you are now." ”

Chu Hong smiled: "I've always been this face, if Miss Ziyu thinks it's not good, I can try to change it, as long as you can accept it one day, it's worth it." ”

Huanziyu said helplessly: "Go away, scoundrel!"

The fat stall owner on the side stared at the two with a curious expression

The stone in the man's hand said, "This young lady, don't you know if this stone is really jade?"

Huanziyu said: "Yes, but since you have sold it to us, you can't go back." ”

The stall owner smiled ugly and said: "Naturally, it is impossible to come back, since Miss has a good eye, it is the blessing and luck of Miss, although I am greedy for the expensive value of jade, although I also regret that I didn't open it to take a look, but after all, I can't regret it." But this time, after a lot of knowledge, someone really opened the jadeite from the stone, then I have the motivation to continue quarrying, maybe I will find a piece of jadeite too. ”

Huanziyu did not look at or ridicule abnormally, but said lightly: "There is a chance." ”

Ordinary people's struggle, struggle at the lowest position, as for a very small number of people can get out of their own way, and more living beings just sink into the ordinary for a lifetime, they may just be a foil for others, they may spend their lives without a way out, but they need this kind of incentive to continue.

"Miss Cheng said kindly. ”

Chu Hong and Huanziyu turned around and left slowly, and the fat stall owner also began to collect the stall and go home, he planned to continue to go to the mountains tomorrow to quarry stones, and work hard for the good fortune of that mortal stone treasure.

Although there is still a thin outer skin growing on the outside of the metal, it has been carefully polished, and the touch is not as rough as before, and even through the outer skin, you can feel the warmth of the inside.

Chu Hong said: "This time I picked up a big bargain, a piece of high-grade metal is too valuable, but we didn't ask the boss again about the location of his quarrying, maybe we can find more high-grade metal, wouldn't that be a big profit." ”

Huanziyu said: "You think a little too well, without the nourishment of the natural creation of spiritual objects, as long as a piece of high-grade metal is bred in the ordinary area, it will consume most of the spiritual energy of the surrounding hundreds of miles." There was no jadeite in the stone that the stall owner had mined before, and the reason was that the aura had been robbed of this piece of zinc, and it was almost impossible to find two pieces of high-grade metal in the same place. ”

Chu Hong frowned and said: "I see, I originally wanted to make a fortune with this, but now it is all in vain." However, I would like to know what is unique about this fine metal. ”

Huanziyu said: "I have seen it in the religious classics before, but I only remember some identification methods, as for the unique ability of the zinc, I only remember the words 'the zinc has the king', and I have forgotten the rest, I always remember that it is the ability related to defense, and I can check it again in the future." ”

Chu Hong said: "Hmm!"

The two walked side by side on the street, and for a moment there was no topic, and the two walked forward in silence.

Huanziyu was still playing with the zinc in his hand, but his face was a little unnatural, and after walking for about ten minutes, Huanziyu suddenly stopped, Chu Hong turned around and asked, "Miss Ziyu, what's wrong?"

The woman's mind is like jade, moist and inelastic, and there is a trace of vague heat in the cold face, she burns her cheeks red, and she wants to speak but does not stop.

Chu Hong's brows furrowed again, but he actually leaned closer, and asked again, "What's wrong?"

Huanziyu cleared his throat and said, "That...... Chu Hong, you can call me by my name in the future, you don't need to call me any girl, it sounds awkward. ”

"Huh?" Chu Hong was full of doubts, but he realized that this sudden conversation was not ordinary, and this was the first time that Huanziyu called his name, which had a different meaning In his concise words, he smiled and said, "Does this mean that our relationship has taken a step further?"

After a few days of familiarity, Huanziyu already knew Chu Hong's poor scoundrel habits, but she didn't feel anything else, but what she was thinking about was a little difficult to speak, after a moment of ideological struggle, she grabbed Chu Hong's palm, stuffed the fist-sized piece of zinc, and said, "This thing, hold it for you." ”

Chu Hong hesitated for a moment and said, "This high-grade metal is more useful for you to hold, and it should only be exchanged for silver money in my hands, and it will destroy the heavens in vain." ”

Huanziyu turned his flushed cheeks to the other side, and said, "Didn't you say that you were going to make a bet at Hulusi's place before? This supposedly zinc is considered to be my loss to you, you take it, and just like you said, as a souvenir." ”

Chu Hong looked stunned, stunned for a long time, and said: "I haven't heard of anyone giving a gift, giving out a high-grade metal, although I really want you to leave me something, but this zinc is too valuable, why don't you change it to something else?"

Huanziyu said angrily: "There is nothing else, just this thing, love or not." ”

Chu Hong smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, then I'll take it for the time being, if you need it, I will return it to you at any time." ”

Chu Hong stretched out his hand to hold the zinc tightly, but he also held the hand of the ring fish, he did not smile, his eyes looked at the ring fish, but the ring fish was even more embarrassed, directly shook off Chu Hong's hand, and said coldly: "Don't do this kind of thing again, otherwise I will really be angry." ”

Chu Hong said: "No, I hope you will be willing soon." ”

At this moment, a small whirlwind swept by, and there was a blue-green luster in it, and it directly broke Chu Hong's hand, lifted the zinc in it, and flew towards the other side. Chu Hong and Huanziyu reacted quickly, and before they could move, the tall figure in front of them had already moved in front of them.

"Finest metal, I think I'm really lucky. ”

Yu Zhaoxi's figure has arrived.