In the Dangui Guilin in the south of the city, the trees are full of golden and tiny flowers, dotted with green leaves of the whole tree. The small petals give off a charming, long fragrance that is refreshing to smell. In this way, it is no wonder that so many people come to enjoy the flowers when the osmanthus flowers bloom at the most charming time, and the fragrance is indeed haunting.

After Yexi and Su Wan each told what they had encountered, Qing Ze proposed that since everyone had converged and came to this Danguilin, it was better to enjoy the flowers together.

Of course, Su Wan was the first to applaud in agreement with this proposal, shouting to lead the way in front. And Yexi didn't say anything about it, the whole person was in a fugue state from just now, so no matter what everyone said and did, she just followed behind without saying a word. As for the Taoist Gui Mo who saved Su Wan, he also bowed slightly to Qing Ze's proposal, but his eyes kept falling on Yexi, who was out of his mind.

Qing Ze quietly took in all this, his eyes gradually deepened, but the corners of his mouth still hung with that warm smile.

The four of them walked until the sun was slanting to the west before saying goodbye, and Qing Ze did not send the two of them back because they had to go back to the academy, and after returning to the end of the farewell, they went directly back to Xuanhua Temple. Yexi breathed a sigh of relief at this, and there was still some luck in his heart. But before she could completely relax her breath, things changed again.

Because Yexi and Su Wan were on the same road, the two went back together, and when they said goodbye and went home, half of the sun had already set on the horizon, and the remaining half of the wheel was half hidden in the bloody remnants, which looked like a different flavor.

Yexi looked a little better, but when she returned to the bamboo house and pushed the door open, and saw the figure standing inside, the whole person stiffened all of a sudden.

The person standing in the room slowly turned around when he heard the sound, and the blue-white robe reflected a red-golden glow, which looked particularly gorgeous, and the peachwood sword behind him could still feel its coldness even if it was not unsheathed.

The blood on Yexi's face gradually faded as he turned around, and when he saw her, his face did not change, he just looked at her and didn't even say a word.

The two looked at each other quietly, and I don't know how long it took, but in the end, it was Ye Xi who was defeated first. She lowered her eyelids, walked into the room with her head down, and then turned to close the door, but instead of immediately turning to look at Gui Mo, she turned her back to him, and there was no emotion in her voice.

"Didn't the Daoist go back, why did you come here again?" she asked, with a slight smile in her voice, "But even if the Daoist has something to do with me, it shouldn't be in this way, right?"

"I think you should know why I came to you. Gui Mo looked at her with a faint voice.

"Really?" Yexi turned around and looked up at him, the smile wrapped in his eyes seemed real or fake, "But I don't know." She walked up to him, her steps light without a sound, "How would I know if the Taoist chief didn't tell me?"

Gui Mo looked at her, his eyes reflected the swaying appearance of her purple skirt, frowned slightly, and his voice was a little solemn: "You are a demon." ”

"So what?" Ye Xi stopped and actually admitted it, the originally shallow smile on the corner of his mouth turned into a sneer at this time, "Could it be that as long as it is a demon, no matter whether this demon is good or evil, the Dao Elder must get rid of it as soon as possible?"

Seeing this, Gui Mo frowned again, and a sneer on the corner of her mouth was reflected in her deep eyes.

In fact, as early as when Su Wan went to Xuanhua Temple to offer incense, he smelled a faint demonic aura on her. At first, he was not sure, but when he came to Danguilin with her and saw the person in front of him, he was almost immediately sure that this woman was a demon, but it was difficult to say it in front of people, so he came to this bamboo house with a demonic qi after separation.

And now there are only two of them left in this bamboo house, and if he doesn't say a word, it is not impossible for him to take her life. But in the end, he didn't do it, unexpectedly, the demon in front of him was not like the demon he had met before, wagging his tail and begging for mercy after knowing his identity, begging him to let him go, and sneered at what he said here about the division of good and evil.

But......

Gui Mo stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword behind him, raised his hand and stroked the blade, and the blade flashed with chill in his eyes: "Maybe it's true that there are good and evil demons, but my principle is that I would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let go of one!"

The sun had completely sunk, and the blood-like glow on the horizon had been reflected in the silver white of the rising of the half-moon. The faint moonlight fell on the blade through the window, reflecting the crimson blood that continued to slide down the blade, and the pale woman in a purple dress covering her shoulders looked like a sense of slaughter.

Gui Mo stood with his hands in his hands, one holding a sword and pointing at the woman who was half-kneeling on the ground, and the blood fell down the blade on the ground paved with green bamboo, making a crisp sound.

Yexi covered her shoulders and panted slightly, smiling bitterly in her heart. Sure enough, she still has less cultivation at this point, and she can't even hold up a pillar of incense to deal with some people who are a little bit of Taoism, no wonder before coming to the world, my aunt told her a thousand times to let herself be careful in everything, I am afraid that I am afraid that I will be discovered by these Taoist priests, but ...... Yexi sighed, people are not as good as heaven, no matter how careful she is, what should come will still come.

Gui Mo lowered his eyelids and looked at this woman, it is undeniable that she does look very refined, just wearing a purple skirt and a hosta, she can wear a style that ordinary people can't reach. If she were human...... But in the end, she is a demon.

Gui Mo closed his eyes, and the face in his hand was a little closer: "Do you have anything else to say, or what do you want?" Say it...... Maybe I'll help you make it happen. ”

Yexi slowly looked up at him, with a cold expression on her face. But after looking at him for a while, his cold expression gradually broke again, and a smile slowly appeared. The smile was cold, quietly wrapping into his eyes, I don't know if it was true or false.

Gui Mo was suddenly stunned. He had seen many demons crying and begging him to let him go before he died, or fighting back with all his might and then running away in the gap where he resisted, but the demon in front of him, she didn't do anything, just looked at him quietly, and a smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth, which was so beautiful that she couldn't be rich.

Gui Mo looked at the smile on the corner of her mouth, her body was half hidden in the shadows, and she couldn't see her expression clearly.

"Aren't you afraid?" he asked, his voice unrelenting.

"What's the use of being afraid? Yexi looked at him, the smile on the corner of his mouth did not decrease, "I don't have anything to say, and I don't have any wishes, so ...... If you want to do it, hurry up. ”

After that, she glanced at him again, and then slowly closed her eyes, with a hint of determination in her expression, and she looked a little slaughtered.

Gui Mo's sword-wielding hand was a little closer, and the glittering blade was pointed directly at her eyebrows, as long as he advanced a little further, he could easily take the life of the person in front of him. But......

Gui Mo's hand holding the sword tightened, and he watched her silent for a long time, but he still couldn't stab it. Yexi's closed eyes trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a soft sound of the sword being sheathed in her ears, she hesitated for a moment, but slowly opened her eyes.

The moment the eyes opened, the eyelids were reflected by the wide open bamboo door. Surrounded by bamboo forests outside the door, the cold moonlight sparsely sprinkled on the ground through the cracks in the trees. On the path in front of the door, a man in a blue and white Taoist robe walked slowly forward with his back to her, holding a long sword that had been put into the scabbard.

Yexi was stunned, but before she could think about it, a slightly deep voice came from a distance.

"I'll keep your life for now, and when you get blood on your hands, I'll come back to you. ”

Nightshade watched as he stepped into the shadows, and then gradually disappeared. It took a long time for her to look at Xiao Dao, who had long been gone, and smiled at the corners of her mouth, and didn't care whether the person heard it or not, and said softly: "Thank you." ”

On the dark blue night, a crescent moon is bright. And in the shadows falling from the bamboo forest not far away, the corners of white clothes flashed.

Since the turmoil of that day, the days since then have been quite comfortable.

Because Su Wan is bored alone, she will often come to her, and every time she comes to Ah Nao, she will also come over to join in the fun, and quarrel with her by the way, at this time, Ye Xi will watch quietly on the side, occasionally interject a few sentences, watching them smoke from each other's heads, and the days pass quite quickly.

But what she didn't find was that in addition to Su Wan and Ah Nao, who were frequent visitors to her bamboo house, two more people were added later-Gui Mo and Qing Ze.

Qing Ze's words were brought by Su Wan, saying that he met him by chance on the street, and when Su Wan was about to come to her, Qing Ze also asked, and then the two came to her together. And since then, there have been constant encounters, and the Qing Dynasty has to come back and forth once every three days. People say "once born and twice ripe", Ye Xi thought that he had come so many times, and he couldn't say anything if he didn't express himself, so he said "If you have time, you will often come as a guest".

As for the return, no one passed when he came, and it was quiet. At that time, Yexi was brewing wine with Su Wan, and when he turned around, he saw a person standing behind him, which scared the two of them enough. Fortunately, at that time, Gui Mo didn't care about them, just looked behind them and said, "You guys are making wine?"

Ye Xi and Su Wan obviously haven't recovered from his sudden shock, the two of you, you look at me, I look at you, in the end, Su Wan asked a question when she saw Gui Wan, she couldn't just be cold, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Yes, yes, it's made with the osmanthus we picked that day!" After speaking, he paused, and added in a low voice, "Dao Chief, why are you here?"

Although Su Wan asked like this, Gui Mo didn't seem to hear it, just walked around them and walked towards the wine jar, as if she was very interested in the osmanthus brewing. He circled around the wine jar before he looked up at the two people with their own thoughts: "Can you make wine?" Although he didn't ask anyone by name, his eyes kept falling on Yexi.

Ye Xi didn't hesitate when he saw it, and nodded very simply: "Yes." ”

Seeing this, Su Wan hurriedly added a sentence next to her: "Dao Chief, Sister Yexi's wine is good!" After speaking, she seemed to feel that this sentence was not convincing enough, and glanced at Ye Xi and said, "By the way, Sister Ye Xi, don't you still have a jar of osmanthus brew left?" Do you want to give Dao Chang a taste?"

Yexi was stunned, and subconsciously refused: "I ......"

But before the words could begin, he was interrupted by Gui Mo: "Since this is the case, it is better to be respectful than to obey the fate." ”

Su Wan smiled when she saw this, and ran to the bamboo house with a jump, shouting as she ran: "That chief, I'll go get the wine! Sister Yexi, don't be reluctant, this time, you can drink the wine in the spring next year!"

Yexi wanted to stop it, but it was too late, so she had to watch Su Wan run into the house.

As soon as Su Wan left, the outside fell into an unspeakably embarrassing atmosphere again. This is the first time the two have met since that day, and although it has been a long time, the fear of life and death is still lingering in my heart. Yexi felt that she couldn't stand or sit, so she simply turned around and continued to brew her wine.

Gui Mo beside him also seemed to find the embarrassment of the atmosphere, and said softly after a long silence: "You don't have to think about it, I'll ...... I'll assume I'm spying on you. But as I said, one day when you have blood on your hands, I will take your life. ”

Yexi's movements paused, and he lowered his voice and said, "I know." ”

There was a sound from the house where Su Wan told him to taste the wine, and he was about to raise his feet and walk into the house, but suddenly heard a low voice behind him.

“…… There won't be a day. ”

Although this sentence has no beginning or end, the end knows what she is referring to. He raised his steps and walked slowly towards the bamboo house, his blue and white robes lifted by the wind.

"I hope so. ”

This book was first published in Reading Books