Chapter 14: The Flowers and Smoke (2)
The sound of horses' hooves is urgent, stepping on the ground, like a shower hitting the ground, it looks loud and abnormal in the empty bamboo forest, a black horse turns around the bamboo forest that covers the two of them in front of them, the black horse is strong, the hair color is shiny, the whole body is as black as the night, only a wisp of vertical white hair in the center of the forehead, particularly dazzling, like the lightning that illuminates the sky through the night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info immediately sat alone and saw the person coming clearly, Chu Yunxi's vigilance suddenly relaxed: It turned out to be a woman.
The girl on the horse was slender, holding the reins of the horse, her back was straight, she was very proud, and her eyes were shining with cold light, like a sharp blade, and she shuddered when she looked at her. She was dressed in a royal blue dress, and she stepped on a pair of dark blue leather boots with a silver chain hanging from them, two waist-length braids hanging from her front, and a pair of silver knives stuck at her waist. A blue silk scarf was draped behind his head, with a green feather inserted on it, and the silk scarf was worn behind his ears from the back to the front.
Chu Yunxi took a cursory look at her dress, and secretly guessed in her heart that this woman was probably not Han. Shu is different from the land of Heluo, there are a large number of non-Han ethnic groups living in it since ancient times, and it has become common for many ethnic groups to live together, and it is common to encounter girls of different races. She saw that this girl was not very old, and she estimated that she was about the same as herself.
The girl was attracted by the singing, and when she saw the two girls, one white and one red, devoting themselves to the barren forest at night, she was inevitably suspicious, and out of the instinct of protecting herself, she looked at them with a little hostility in her eyes.
Lin Yueyuan was stunned by her pair of cold eyes, and couldn't help but get angry, and shouted with a cold face: "Hey, what are you staring at, and then be careful that your aunt is not polite to you." ”
As soon as Lin Yueyuan's roar fell, the woman's eyes widened, under the scarf, her thin lips were pursed, and she pulled out the scimitar at her waist with a "swish", pointing at the tip of Lin Yueyuan's nose condescendingly, silently, looking high and invincible.
Lin Yueyuan, who has always been arrogant, could not stand such a blatant provocation, her eyes were horizontal, and one hand had already touched the soft whip on her waist.
Lin Yueyuan and the girl in blue were at a stalemate, and the situation was tense and on the verge of breaking out. Chu Yunxi secretly complained, forced by the situation, to stop it. She first greeted politely, and then said aloud: "The girl is angry, my friend has a bad temper and has just been rude, I apologize to you on her behalf." ”
The girl in blue was indifferent, Lin Yueyuan was even more angry, and she was about to swing the whip when she pulled out her whip, Chu Yunxi crossed the arm bar, blocking between the two, reached out and picked up the curtain on the hat, revealed her face, smiled at the girl in blue, and then apologized in a low voice.
The girl in blue stared at her, the girl in front of her was icy and jade, her light eyes were like a crescent moon in the sky, casting a faint light, and the silk light turned into a thin vine to instantly wrap her eyes, and her elegant smile was like a pure trickle of water, washing away the resentment and sorrow in her heart.
Now that the other party has apologized, she has also shown her generosity, put the knife back into the sheath, pulled the reins, and turned to leave.
Lin Yueyuan looked at her back as she was getting farther away, and said, "Barbarian women just don't know how to be polite. The whip was wrapped back around his waist. turned back to Chu Yunxi and complained, "Why do you have to apologize to her, it makes me feel as if I'm afraid of her." ”
Chu Yunxi smiled slightly: "Why use a knife if something can be solved in a few words." ”
Lin Yueyuan snorted a few times, looking very unconvinced.
The night was deep, although it was close to the Dragon Boat Festival, in this cold bamboo forest, Chu Yunxi could still feel a trace of coolness, Lin Yueyuan sat down next to Chu Yunxi, found some dry food, and handed it to Chu Yunxi, Chu Yunxi shook his head slightly and said, "I can't eat cold food." Lin Yueyuan pinched the hard dry food and frowned.
Chu Yunxi's eyes swept around, stood up on the ground, and said, "We must be Mr. Huo." Lin Yueyuan clapped his hands and smiled: "I just sang "Chivalrous Travel", I have to add wine to help the fun, we brought two bottles of wine, and we will open a bottle tonight, heat it, let's go to find some game, and simply let go of our arms and eat a big meal." ”
Chu Yunxi looked at Lin Yueyuan's excited and reddened little face, and couldn't bear to steal her interest, not to mention that he was also a fun-loving person, but due to the troubles and sufferings in recent years, his crazy nature was also taken away from eight out of ten, and he became more and more calm and cautious, suffering from gains and losses. It is rare to have friends today, accompanied by the breeze and the moon, in this beautiful day, if you can forget your worries for a while, why not, so I readily agreed.
The two of them were carried away by the joy, and actually forgot that it had been raining continuously for a month, and it had just cleared up until the day before yesterday, and the bamboo forest was covered by branches, and it was difficult to shine into the daylight. The two of them were busy sweating profusely, and a pinch of small flames swayed and dodged left and right, like a patient who was about to die.
Lin Yueyuan was breathless for a while, sat down on the ground loudly, and cursed in a low voice while wiping the sweat on his forehead.
Chu Yunxi patted Lin Yueyuan's shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, I'll look elsewhere, there may be dry branches in the distance." ”
Lin Yueyuan said: "Are you safe alone, do you need me to accompany you?" ”
Chu Yunxi said with a smile: "I did it alone, if we all leave, who will look at the burden, it doesn't matter." ”
Chu Yunxi walked a few steps, only to hear Lin Yueyuan's voice behind him, "Yunxi, if you meet that annoying woman, you just shout, I'll deal with her." ”
didn't hear a response, only the white yarn moved up and down, Lin Yueyuan knew that Chu Yunxi had already nodded, put his mind at ease, and prepared to recharge his energy and continue to fight against the little flame.
While Chu Yunxi was walking, he silently remembered the way he came. After walking for a long time, the terrain rose higher and higher, and the dead branches in my arms followed. Looking up, the road ends with towering cliffs. Chu Yunxi looked down at the branch in his arms, and turned back at this moment. The sudden wind swept over the cliff, Chu Yunxi stood unsteadily with the branches in his arms, his head lowered, his body leaned forward, and when he was pulling with the storm, the hat band that had been given was completely torn apart, and he was swept and hijacked by the wind, and he passed away and fell under the cliff.
Chu Yunxi didn't return for a long time, Lin Yueyuan was faintly uneasy, sitting in front of the fire, holding a branch and fiddling with the soil on the ground anxiously, there was a horse's hoofs in her ears, she was worried about Chu Yunxi in her heart, and she didn't bother to ask.
Who knows that today's strange things are still frequent, one of the most burning branches in the fire suddenly burst out, and for a while the fire was full of flames, sparks splashed everywhere, and a small piece of the night sky above the head was as red as blood. Lin Yueyuan let out a loud cry, jumped back a few steps, and desperately slapped the fire chips splashed on his body.
Lin Yueyuan was angry from his heart and looked up.
The black horse is fierce, the blue clothes are lonely, the girl sits alone, holding the reins, her eyes are like cold stars, her body is shrouded in cold frost, the silver knife is shining, and the green feathers are upright.
Lin Yueyuan suddenly saw the girl, and the thought of "It's good that Yunxi didn't meet her" flashed through his mind, and there was a joy in the monstrous anger, and he snorted coldly: "It's you again, you came to make trouble on purpose." ”
The girl was silent, turned the horse's head, urged the horse to go quickly, Lin Yueyuan lifted her body, stepped on the bamboo branch, flew diagonally, and landed in front of the horse, the girl in blue grabbed the reins, and the black horse's front hooves stood up and landed in the air, and kept stepping on the ground and roaring. Lin Yueyuan clasped her hands on her chest, tilted her head and squinted, her eyes were as bright as flames.
The girl in blue was a little surprised, she didn't want this girl in red to be not only grumpy, but also quite good, no wonder people said that Shu people were outstanding people, and sure enough. I don't know if the girl in white is also a master in this, she unconsciously revealed an inquiring look, but she didn't see it when she covered her face with a veil.
Lin Yueyuan looked at her, not showing any timidity, but becoming more and more confident and radiant. She simply waved the whip in her hand neatly, and sneered: "Just leave, do you know that this mountain is your aunt's territory, if you want to live from now on, it is easy, first kneel down and respectfully say hello to your aunt and grandmother, kowtow." Otherwise, my aunt will give you a taste of the whip in my hand. As he spoke, his wrist flipped and the tip of the whip flew out in the air, and with a "snap" an inch from the girl's right cheek, he struck a beautiful whip.
The girl in blue saw the momentum of the whip, and knew that this whip was just a dismount for herself, and she would never be able to draw it out of herself. She was confident, her face did not change, she did not move, she neither made a move to block, nor did she take the opportunity to fight back, as if she didn't see it, she still stared at Lin Yueyuan's eyes. The eyes of the two women met in the air, it was really cold ice and flame, and water and fire were incompatible.
Lin Yueyuan also admired the calmness of this blue-clothed girl Taishan who collapsed in front of her and did not change her color, the more she was so calm, the more Lin Yueyuan wanted to provoke her and force her to make a move. So he sneered: "Hmph, I thought you were a hidden master, but now it seems that an embroidered pillow will only secretly use despicable means to sneak attack me, and now I come to challenge openly, but you will see the wind and rudder, and become a turtle with a shrunken head, it seems that I really think highly of you." ”
In fact, this girl in blue was really wronged by Lin Yueyuan, with her arrogant temperament, how could she sneak attack others, it was really a vine to cause trouble. There was a long vine wrapped around the outer end of the branch, and the vine spread on the ground, and neither of them noticed. The girl in blue is not very familiar with the terrain here, and the sky is dark, and there are dense bamboos within a radius of dozens of miles, and all she saw were Lin Yueyuan and Chu Yunxi.
The girl in blue really didn't want to cause more trouble, she was not familiar with the place here, and she didn't want to provoke the local residents, but the more Lin Yueyuan said it, the more ugly it became, Rao is a person with a good temperament on weekdays, and she can't stand it, let alone her.
"Are you done scolding?" The girl in blue spoke coldly, like cold ice.
Lin Yueyuan finally accosted her when she heard her, and smiled proudly: "Your aunt hasn't scolded enough." What can you do to me? ”
The girl in blue sneered arrogantly and said, "If you want to do it, why bother with so much nonsense." If you want to fight, you can fight, this girl has never been afraid of anyone, don't you still have a helper, call her out, you two go together, I can still beat you to obedience. ”
Lin Yueyuan rolled his whip and swung it straight at the face of the girl in blue, this time it was not to scare people, but to move it seriously. She snorted coquettishly: "Whoever wants to help, I can win you alone, see who makes who obedient today." ”
The girl in blue jumped into the air, and when she landed, she already had a silver knife in her hand.
The whip swept from the feet of the girl in blue, Lin Yueyuan's wrist turned, and the whip power did not fall, and the dragon went out to sea, swept away thousands of troops, and moved and flipped. The blue-clothed girl raised her knife in both hands and headed towards the whip.
The hat flew down the cliff in the wind, Chu Yunxi held the branch with both hands, it was too late to stop it, and when the wind stopped, Chu Yunxi put down the branch and ran to the edge of the cliff to look.
Chu Yunxi meditated for a moment, his eyes kept looking around, but coincidentally, there were a few vines hanging down the cliff at his feet, Chu Yunxi had an idea, pulled the vines with his hands, and lifted his qi and went down the vine.
The skirt swayed in the wind, and the long hair danced. Chu Yunxi slowly descended from the top of the cliff, and when he was about to land, the fire flashed in front of him, and he looked at a person at a glance.
Chu Yunxi was surprised, his fingers trembled, and he almost fell, but fortunately, at the critical moment, he used light skills, and kicked the gravel on the cliff with his toes, and his body, which was facing the cliff, turned over in the air, and flew out lightly, standing on the stones at the bottom of the cliff.
Chu Yunxi was frightened, his hair was scattered, his face was discolored, he didn't know whether he saw the gray-clothed young man just now was a human or a ghost, she raised her head tremblingly, a gray-clothed young man stood at the entrance of a cave on the cliff wall, holding a fire fold in his hand, and the faint firelight hit the young man's face, the young man was about fifteen or sixteen years old, gray-clothed and long-robed, dressed very plainly, but his appearance was extraordinary, his mind was clear, calm and elegant, tall and handsome, his eyes were as bright as a rock, his posture was as solemn as Panasonic, and the corners of his mouth were filled with an indifferent smile. But there was a worried look on his face.
Chu Yunxi stepped back in shock, panic and surprise, and at the same time, he felt a little familiar with the appearance and temperament of this gray-clothed young man Yunwen Yunwu for no reason, and couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
The gray-clothed young man was also startled just now, blowing the fire fold in a good manner, standing at the entrance of the cave, wanting to take a look at the surrounding scenery, a girl in white fell from the sky like a holy fairy, instantly slid past his eyes, hurriedly glanced, he did not see her face clearly, only the pair of eyes floated in his mind, clear as clear water, light as flowing clouds, touched his heart, very familiar and close to the feeling spread, as if where had he seen it. It wasn't until the girl in white stood still and stood on the rocks at the bottom of the cliff that he could see her face clearly, her posture, and even her panicked and frightened expression.
Chu Yunxi calmed down, and after making sure that the gray-clothed young man in front of him was a human being and not a ghost, he breathed a sigh of relief, remembering that he didn't have a hat, and looking at a young man so blatantly, it was really against etiquette, and he hurriedly turned around, his face was hot, and he was very embarrassed.
When the gray-clothed young man saw Chu Yunxi turn around, he suddenly woke up, retracted his gaze, and thought about how calm and self-controlled he was usually, how could he be so rude to a young girl today. He was ignorant and understood that he was forgetting his feelings for a while, and he couldn't help it, and it had nothing to do with his daily cultivation.
The gray-clothed young man patted his head, tried to pretend that nothing happened, and said calmly, "Girl, are you okay?" ”
Chu Yunxi listened to the young man's voice pleasantly, like fingers buttoning jade steps, water falling on a porcelain cup, the sound was like a wave beating her heart, about in shock, she hadn't come back to her senses in shock, her thoughts were in a hurry, her eyes were scattered, her steps were slightly wrong, her body was crooked, and she suddenly fell to her feet and fell to the ground.
When the gray-clothed boy saw her fall, he hurriedly jumped out of the hole, ran to her side, and helped her to sit on a big rock. He carefully noticed that one of her eyes was fixed on a white streak stuck in the crack in the stone in the distance, and before she could speak, he had retrieved the hat.
Chu Yunxi took a breath, lowered his head and whispered, "Thank you." ”
The gray-clothed young man hugged his fists and saluted back, wanting to ask her again what her surname was, where she lived, and what she had done so far, if it was usual, he would definitely ask directly, but in the face of Chu Yunxi, he always felt a little weak-hearted, and he didn't know how to phrase it, as if he would blaspheme the noble and elegant girl in front of him with a single mouth.
Chu Yunxi rubbed her ankles, barely able to stand up, she buttoned up her hat, suppressed her curiosity about the gray-clothed young man in front of her, and prepared to leave.
The other party politely gave way out, and seemed to be knowingly not going to say much. She adjusted her clothes slightly, realized that something was wrong, and rummaged through her sleeve pockets several times, but still did not find it.
The young man in gray saw that she was looking for something, so he kindly helped. Chu Yunxi's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he could only look for them nearby, while the young man jumped up and down, turning over the cracks in the grass and stones.
Finally, he shouted and said happily: "I always thought that it must have fallen to the ground, but I didn't expect it to hang on a branch." He took the white jade from the dead branch, and the white jade shone like a bright moon. He held the jade in his palm and said with a smile, "If you lose it, hang it on the tree, otherwise it will definitely break." ”
He took advantage of the beautiful moonlight to inspect the jade, and his fingers touched the ornament on the jade pendant, his eyes suddenly widened, and he almost lost his mouth. He looked down at the jade, and took two steps closer to look at Chu Yunxi, but she couldn't see her face clearly with her hat belt. He exhaled heavily, stabilized his mind, restrained his trembling body, and his smile twitched slightly: "Girl, are you looking for this piece of jade?" ”
As he spoke, he walked up to her with stiff steps. Chu Yunxi carefully took the jade, looked at it several times, and thanked: "Exactly, thank you Gongzi." ”
She took the jade back into her arms and bowed to him, and he pretended to ask casually, "So the girl's surname is Shi?" ”
Chu Yunxi was stunned, remembered the inscription on the jade, and said with a smile: "No, the little girl's surname is Chu." ”
He was shocked again, and reacted very quickly and excused: "Oh, that must be a gift from Ling Ci." ”
"Not really." Chu Yunxi hadn't learned not to tell the truth in front of strangers, and instinctively confided in the truth: "Jiaci's surname is Bai." ”
The young man nodded with satisfaction, and said with a joking smile: "Could it be that it was given by the girl's sweetheart." ”
As soon as these words came out, Chu Yunxi's face changed immediately, and his voice gradually became cold: "If the son finishes asking, the little girl will leave." ”
Before the other party could speak, she turned her face and left. The young man hurriedly caught up and apologized: "Don't be angry, girl, I was just joking." Chu Yunxi dragged her injured ankle and couldn't walk fast, so she accompanied her slowly to the edge of the cliff that year, and began to report to her home as she walked: "In Xia Wangxing, a person from Xiangzhou, serving in the army in Yunzhong Mansion, returning to his hometown to visit relatives, passing by here, I wanted to find a place to sleep, so I went to the cave on the cliff, and it was really mine to scare the girl just now." ”
Wang Xing saw that Chu Yunxi ignored him and only walked forward on his own, so he jumped in front of her in a hurry and blocked her left and right. She couldn't rush out, snorted angrily, don't turn around, he flattened his arms, and said: "Wang Xing is offended, hope to pray for Haihan." ”
Originally, Chu Yunxi's anger was limited, but Wang Xing's eyes always swirled around her as if she had found a treasure, which made her feel humiliated as a lady who had not yet left the cabinet. There are not many men she has known since she was a child, they are all brothers and elders, and only Lin Risheng is among her friends. But every time Lin Risheng talked to her, he didn't abide by the etiquette of men and women, and he was almost dull, but she occasionally made a few jokes. But this man, though he was extraordinary, was very rude, and she did not hesitate to classify him as a lewd and indecent person.
Wang Xing also knew that he shouldn't look at a girl so unevasively, but he was so excited that he couldn't help but look at her, as if as soon as he closed his eyes, she would turn into a white butterfly and fly up from the edge of the cliff, leaving his life forever.