At the beginning of April, the cherry blossoms bloom in Sekiyama. The north wind blows down the cherry blossoms perched on the brown branches, and the red falls like snow on the slope covered with green tiles. Mozi sat on the edge of the window and swayed her legs, silently admiring the sunrise over Qingyuan Mountain. In half an hour, I will go and call my sister to get up. Her face was bathed in reddish light, and she thought to herself.

Dark clouds and drizzle. The girl with coiled hair in the screen window wore a mourning dress in yuan color, knelt on the floor with a mattress in a dignified posture, and nodded to the people who came to mourn. An elderly man with a black lamb coat draped over his shoulders sat down beside her when he entered the house, looked straight at the spiritual seat behind the incense burner, and said, "How have you been doing all these years?"

After a while, the girl suddenly asked, "Why did you come back?"

"Before Keiko died, did she give you anything valuable?"

"No, there's nothing left at home. She turned her face slightly, choked up and said: "Back then, you didn't say goodbye, and in order to pay off the gambling debts you owed, my mother did not hesitate to sell all the inheritance left by my grandfather, and worked day and night to pay off the debts. Now that she has abandoned the world after accumulating hard work, and you have to come back to ask for silver taels, do we owe you in our last life?"

After hearing this, the middle-aged man did not reply, but just lowered his head and closed his eyes. At this time, a man wearing a cyan coat embroidered with a gold and copper coin pattern swaggered towards them from the court and said, "Uncle Huan, you should also know the methods of our gold gambling house. If you don't have all the silver taels before dark, you won't want to keep these arms. ”

"The old man still has a lot of old acquaintances here. Nangong Huan replied: "Your Excellency Lao is bothered to go back and report it, so that the owner can have some more time, and the old man will definitely be able to collect the remaining silver." When the girl heard this, her face changed, and she immediately clenched her fists and beat her father beside her, crying: "It was not easy to pay off your past debts, why did you just not change your life and run away to gamble again?"

"Uncle Huan's eaves are already stacked with gold and jade, so why bother to seek the near and far?" The man glanced at the girl, then took out the deed from his bosom and persuaded him: "The world depends on the cold and warm, and the human face is higher and lower. How many of the old friends of wine and meat will be able to give charcoal in the snow? Ling Qianjin's appearance is particularly beautiful, and she will definitely be able to sell it at a good price. At that time, not only will your gambling debts be written off with interest, but you will also be able to leave a lot of silver taels. Uncle Huan can put an acre and three points of land in this countryside, and then add a few personal maids to the new mansion, how can he be more at ease than the gods in this day?"

When Nangong Huan carefully studied the deed, the girl tugged at his sleeve slightly, revealing the last trace of hope in her eyes, and begged him: "Please daddy don't sell Huiyue." If we try to find a way to get through your debts, we will definitely be able to tide over the current difficulties. However, from beginning to end, Nangong Huan seemed indifferent to this. Then he looked at the number and was moved by it, and drew a charge on the deed. Then the thugs in the gambling house suddenly came up to him, grabbed the girl's arm and prepared to take her away. However, she struggled desperately, biting the other man's arm and then turning and fleeing. Unexpectedly, the other party grabbed her hair and pulled it back, and slapped her hard in the face. The girl who collapsed on the ground tilted her head back, staring at her father's immobile reflection, laughing miserably, leaving tears of resentment.

At the same time, Nangong Huiyue in the Gufang Pavilion woke up from a dream, and the horror in her eyes had not completely subsided. Her forehead was dripping with fine sweat, and two lines of tears had already soaked the brocade pillow. Then, Nangong Huiyue sat up on the couch with her back against the head of the bed. The long, dark brown hair fell from her shoulders and curled slightly around her legs. At this moment, the reddish morning sun fell on her face through the gap in the paper sliding door, and the knocking sound from outside the lattice door began to rattle. Mozi held a piece of goose pancreas in her palm, and was standing at the door with a basin filled with hot water.

After the rain, the sky is dark. The sun was shining brightly, and scattered rain was slowly dripping down the eaves, splashing on the wide corridor filled with sunset.

The slim Emtsuki sat there alone, her coiled steps shining brightly in the sunset. I saw that she was wearing a pale pink full-breasted skirt with a pattern of cherry blossoms in full bloom. The legs were placed together on the side of the plump buttocks, and a small shin was slightly exposed above the crow stockings, on which the fine hairs were yellowed by the sunset. Behind the lattice door is a cloister facing the courtyard, and a few branches of Guanshan cherry blossoms poke their heads out from the side of the red diaphragm, blooming in the spring breeze. At that time, the sun was warm and the flowers were beautiful. At this moment, there was a rapid sound of clogs in the corridor of the aisle, and Mozi held the open lattice door with one hand and shouted to her, "Sister, Mom asked you to come over." ”

"But what is the matter?"

"Oh, you don't know how to love it. Isn't this the seven generals who made a big fuss in Lanxifang a while ago. Now that Ayi is gone, my mother is thinking about finding you a personal care home. Unexpectedly, the notice that was ordered to be posted last night spread throughout Lianyue City overnight. For a while, it was difficult for her mother to choose, so she let them go to the ring to learn martial arts. A lot of sons and brothers don't know martial arts at all, and they were beaten up in the end, but it's fun. Moko smiled from ear to ear, raising her sleeves half-in front of her lips. After hearing this, Huiyue suddenly smiled and said, "It's just nonsense." ”

"It's a lively fight outside today, why don't you come with me to take a look?"

"I'm not done here, so I'm not going to join in the fun. Ezuki put down the embroidery work in her hand, pointed to the food box on the table, and instructed: "The two Guanshan cherry trees brought from my hometown last night have bloomed again, so I picked some petals to make cherry blossom cake, and you can send them for me to give my mother to taste." Mozi picked up the pastry in the food box and ate a piece of it behind her back, but the tip of her tongue suddenly tasted sweet and salty, so she frowned slightly and asked Huiyue, "Is my sister crying again?"

"Where is it, you girl don't have to think nonsense. ”

"Then why is there a salty smell here? Mozi then left the food box, knelt down beside Huiyue, put his arm around her shoulders and persuaded her: "Sister Hugh wants to hide from me, who is quietly wiping tears at night? You have always been like this recently, how can this body be able to eat? If Ayi is still alive, I should blame me for not taking good care of my sister." ”

"If it weren't for the siege for me that day, Ayi wouldn't have died in vain. ”

"Sister, don't blame yourself anymore, who would have expected this kind of thing?" Mozi said with relief: "If you hadn't saved Ayi, he would have died in the wild three years ago. What's more, over the years, it has been his own choice to protect your safety. Now he has repaid your kindness, and he will have no regrets when he dies. ”

"That being said. It's just that the thought of what he looked like when he died makes my heart feel very uncomfortable. Ezuki tugged at the hem of her clothes and cried, silently resting her head on Moko's shoulder.

"But ......" Mo Zishi was only halfway through his words, when he was interrupted by the young dancer outside the paper door: "Sister Oiran, my mother asked the slave family to lead the three newcomers to the Gufang Pavilion, they are all strong in martial arts, and my mother asked you to see if there is anything you like?"

"Let them all go. Ezuki instructed, "You go back to your mother, so that she doesn't have to recruit a nursing home for me." I just can't take it, and someone is hurting me again. ”

"Don't mind, they finally came to visit, and they were all driven away by you before they met, it seems that we don't want to see people, and we are not afraid of causing jokes?" Mozi hurriedly called out to the dancing girl, turned back to Huiyue and said: "Even if you don't need them in the end, my sister will have to explain it herself, yes or no?" After hearing this, Nangong Huiyue had to sigh lightly, scraped the tip of Mozi's nose with her fingers slightly, and said, "You little Nizi has to teach you a lesson this time, and my sister listens to you." ”

From the darkness, the sound of footsteps approached, and the shadows of the two beauties walked out from behind the screen. At this time, a young man wearing a scarf and a green shirt stepped forward and said slightly: "Xiaosheng Bai Ziyin, I have seen Oiran and Miss Mozi." Moko took Ezuki's arm and said with a smile, "You have a very sweet mouth." Why do you want to come to Lanxi Fang?

"Xiaosheng was originally a scholar, who had studied in Yunzhou Academy for many years, but unfortunately he failed to succeed in many times and gave up literature and martial arts. The green shirt later replied: "Later, I scattered all my family wealth to learn art everywhere, but after all, I only knew a little about the fur. At the moment, I was sighing for a long time because of poverty, but fortunately, I bumped into someone outside the shop with a notice, so I naturally wanted to come here to get an errand and make a living. ”

"Do you know what a nursing home does?"

"Of course I know. ”

"And you still want to earn this money?"

"If you take money from others, you will naturally have to eliminate disasters for others. Bai Ziyin replied energetically: "Besides, my generation has been in the rivers and lakes, and death and life have long been out of the matter. At this time, Moko poked Ezuki's ribs with his elbow and whispered, "This kid can't even lie." The clothes are all good materials, so it can be seen that he is poor and poor, and it is clear that he is here to bargain. And Nangong Huiyue smiled and didn't answer, just shook her head blindly. So, Moko let go of her sister's arm and walked towards the two of them.

"I am a Taoist priest on Chimei Mountain, and my name is Shifu. For more than 30 years, I have been practicing thunderbolt knife skills in the mountains, which is very different from those straw bales who only know how to embroider their legs. The big man with a tiger's back glanced at Bai Ziyin beside him, and replied in a loud voice: "If those gentlemen don't understand the rules, the Sprinkle family only disciplines them to come in vertically and go out horizontally." Girl, if you hire me, you will never suffer at the hands of the bad guys. It's just that I have to eat three buckets of rice at a time, so I have the strength to beat people for you. However, Mozi was not very pleased when he saw this man, but only greeted him politely, and then moved his eyes to the young man at the end.

The visitor was a young man wearing a tanuki mask, standing there with his arms crossed over his chest and his waist straight. Two locks of black hair scattered across his forehead were blown in the wind, and a long sword was clenched in his left hand. Nangong Huiyue caught a glimpse of the plum blossom mark on the hilt of his sword, and couldn't help asking, "Where did you come from?"

"In Xia Liu Yu'an, Yunzhou Niansu people. ”

"What's the purpose of wearing this mask?"

"I was born ugly since I was a child, so I didn't dare to show my face to Lushan. ”

"With your skills, you can also get a job in the City Lord's Mansion, so why bother coming here?"

"It's a lot cleaner, and there's a lot of flowers. ”

After hearing this, Huiyue lowered her head slightly, thinking in her heart. Then she whispered a few words in Moko's ear, and then folded her hands behind her back, and walked along the sunset verandah, and from time to time stood on tiptoe to avoid the cherry blossoms that fell on it.

Do you think that when you put on the mask, I won't recognize you? Then, Nangong Huiyue slowly turned around and silently stared at the young man wearing the mask of a yellow civet cat, with a sweet smile in his peach blossom eyes like a hazy moon. At this time, the face hidden behind the mask also laughed. It's just that Murong Ye didn't expect that her identity would be recognized by her so soon. However, from this day on, he guarded the left and right of Huiyue as Liu Yu'an.

Only Mozi didn't know why for a while, he tilted his head slightly and looked at the young man wearing the mask of a yellow civet cat, and secretly wondered in his heart: "I've never seen my sister like this, what is the origin of this Liu Yu'an?"