"Lord Qi is here, are you still missing?" The old maid Rong held the newly folded red plum, handed it to the county lord who arranged the flowers one by one, and glanced at Mei Niangniang lying in the purple-faced warm velvet quilt by the way. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Which Lord Qi?"

"It's Lord Qi Yin, who brought a lot of battles." Rong Rong's voice was hoarse, and her lips were chapped. The only well in the courtyard was sealed by the snow the night before, and the water from the post house was not delivered. Rong has passed her old age, from her bones to her flesh and bones, she is aging and withered, and it is almost difficult to live without a little water every day.

"It turned out that it was them last night, and I thought it was family."

Qi Rong laughed hoarsely, "Niangniang, Lord Qi only arrived this morning, there were a few assassins last night, and the old slave's eyes were not enough, so he saw a few shadows, purple." ”

"Old fellow, Jo will make fun of me. Xu is the National Memorial Day is approaching, I can always dream of some old people these days, and I always feel that Sister Hong is back, Lu Rong, do you remember her? ”

"Those people outside always like to say that the great grace is unforgettable, and the old slave really has no teeth left now, but he really responds to this sentence." Rong smiled like a cracked dried walnut.

The county lord arranged the flowers, picked a plum petal that had been branched out, crushed it in his hand, leaned his nose over, and sniffed the fragrance of the flower juice. Mei Niangniang turned over, opened her eyes slightly, and saw the blood-red juice flowing from the little county lord's hand, so she hurriedly climbed down from the bed and grabbed the county lord's hand.

"Who told you to touch this filth!" Mei Niangniang wiped the county lord's hand with her hand, only to see that it was just flower juice, not human blood.

"Niangniang," Qi Rong staggered over and pulled Mei Niangniang away tremblingly, "The county lord is still young, how can he do that kind of thing, Niangniang is too worried." ”

The county lord's eyes were bright, and he didn't know why he had annoyed his mother, so he knelt on the ground and apologized. Qi Rong picked up the county lord and whispered in her ear. Mei Niangniang pulled her hair and turned to the dresser.

"Wait, mother, the old slave will dress you up." Qi Rong held on to the edge of the table and moved behind Mei Niangniang step by step. There are two faces dangling on the bronze mirror, one is white as snow, and the other is an old dragon clock, and Qi Rong stared at her face in the bronze mirror, comparing it to Mei Niangniang's face. "How many years ago, this bronze mirror also left the young face of the old slave, and now, this little bronze mirror only remembers you. Wait for the old slave to go......"

"When you go, I'll return Xin'er to him, so that all of you can forget about me, and I'll go to her with peace of mind."

"Niangniang still likes to laugh, the old slave doesn't drink that bowl of Meng Po soup when he arrives, and he will chase you when he comes back in the next life." Rong Rong held Mei Niangniang's black hair and trembled with laughter.

"I don't know how many years I have to atone for my sins before I can taste this bowl of soup, I don't know if it's fragrant or smelly, bitter or salty." Mei Niangniang smiled, but was surprised to see a few lines folded at the corners of her eyes. Approaching the bronze mirror, the lines stretched out again and disappeared.

Seeing that his mother was discouraged, the county lord quietly walked to the courtyard and walked to the courtyard gate. The endless Merlin blocked the outside world, and the small threshold locked her firmly in this courtyard for more than ten years. Where did the girl who had broken in by mistake go that day, and why was she free to walk out of this Merlin?

At the same time, Dou Xin opened the window and looked in the direction of Merlin, and saw two post soldiers emerging at the end of the corridor, walking towards Dou Xin's room. I took off the snow hanging on the wall and draped it over Dou Xin's body.

"The snow is heavy, and it will take a while to get to the atrium." As he spoke, he took out a small animal skin hat from his baggage and put it on his head, which was quite funny. When Dou Xin saw it, he couldn't help laughing, only to remember that this hat and this animal skin jacket were still found by Du Yuan for himself, and he thought about it, but he didn't know where Du Yuan was at the moment.

He pushed open the door, hesitated for a moment and turned around: "Is the girl ready?" ”

Dou Xin nodded, and without hesitation, he stepped out of the door, stepping into the blood flowers hidden by the deep snow.

The lake outside the atrium was covered with a thin layer of ice and a thin layer of snow. The postman opened the door to the atrium, and the heating overflowed.

Dou Xin fixed his eyes and recognized Lord Qi sitting on the high chair at a glance. There were only a few people in the atrium, and unlike the last time they met in the chaotic lobby, Dou Xin could easily distinguish Lord Qi's face. His eyebrows are white, his eyes are as sharp as torches, and his appearance looks no different from that of an old man. Dou Xin had a special feeling that the Lord Qi in front of him was not like an old man, but more like a person of the same age as himself, just stuffed into the body of such an old man.

After a brief glance, he saw that the wound on Gui Ning's right shoulder had been bandaged. Glancing to the other side of Lord Qi, standing here was an unsurprising-looking person, about thirty years old. I usually deliberately dress up like ordinary people, but I can't hide the thoughts on my face. For a moment, I thought that this person was most likely a small worker. And he can follow Lord Qi, and he is quite young, which is nothing more than Huang Bin.

"Little apprentice Dou Xin, meet Master Qi." "Little monk, meet Lord Qi."

"I've seen Xin girl, Xue Ping, come and see, is it her who follows Du Yuan?" As soon as Lord Qi's words fell, another person walked in from outside the door, bringing a chill.

"Lord Hui Qi, it's her."

Dou Xin turned sideways and saw that Xue Ping looked like Zhou Zheng, not like a villain, and it was difficult to think of him with the person who chased Du Yuan for a while.

"The apprentice thanked Xue Gongzi for Brother Du." Dou Xin blurted out with a cold face. Xue Ping caught a glimpse of Master Qi's solemn face, swallowed his words back, and only glanced at Dou Xin.

"Xin girl, where did you and your master get separated?" Gui Ning asked first.

When the apprentice woke up, he was in the mountains and forests, and the master only left the donkey and the burden for the apprentice, and the apprentice followed the master's footprints, but the footprints disappeared at a fork. The apprentice searched along one of the forks, but found only one cave, and the apprentice did not know whether the master had entered it, nor did he know the depth of the cave, so he did not dare to enter it rashly. The disciple shouted a few times into the cave, and when he found that the cave was not deep, he went in to find the master, but the master was not inside. Then I went back the same way to find another fork in the road, after dark, the apprentice got lost in the mountains and forests, and turned around for a few days before he reached the main road, and met Brother Du. ”

As soon as he had been taught, Dou Xin said it exactly word.

Lord Qi twisted his beard and asked again, "You mean, you haven't seen your master since you went out of Chengtian Pavilion?" ”

"Yes. But Master's burden was still left on the donkey, I thought that Master had not gone far, and when I met Brother Du, I wanted him to find Master with me, but Brother Du guessed that Master had already left for the Tianshan Mountains, so I followed Brother Du and wanted to meet Master in the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Is there anything unusual about the cave?" Lord Qi asked.

Dou Xin glanced at Xue Ping, thinking that he had appeared in his field of vision in that strange clothes. "There is a female corpse in the cave, the barren mountain is cool at night, and the apprentice also 'borrowed' the cloak of the female corpse for use."

"The apprentice of the mountain man is bolder than ordinary women," Lord Qi glanced at Xue Ping and nodded at him. "Did your master leave anything else?"

Dou Xin shook his head. Indeed, the master has nothing but baggage.

Gui Ning frowned on the side. He had sent Kong An to check the barren mountain in her mouth, and there was only one path on the barren mountain, and it was not easy to get lost. Kong An didn't mention any caves, so what is Dou Xin still hiding? Or, is this a trick of the Kuzen Mountain people? Gui Ning was secretly annoyed that he couldn't ask Kong An clearly, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Yizheng staring at him firmly, and shook his head while snorting in the direction of Huang Bin.

"Master, you say you are Zixu's apprentice? Did he let you come? Lord Qi turned to one.

"Back to my lord, the little monk's master, Master Jueming, passed away a month ago, and it happened that General Guige Du stayed in the small temple, and the little monk was ordered by the master to accompany him to visit his uncle. The little monk is young and has never seen his uncle before. One replied.

"Gui Ning, is he the one you borrowed?" Lord Qi asked casually, and Gui Ning was shocked into a cold sweat.

"I ......" Gui Ning was about to answer, but was interrupted by Lord Qi raising his hand.

"Master, do you know what you're doing?" Huang Bin took the lead and asked sharply.

"Huang Mi Envoy, what are you here for?" took a half step forward, neither humble nor arrogant, "The little monk doesn't want the last person in the world who knows the whereabouts of that person to be harmed by a villain, and he doesn't know what is wrong." ”

Lord Qi straightened up, and he saw the shadow of his old friend Zixu from his body. If Zixu can still walk, he should still be able to laugh when he sees this little apprentice.

"One, do you have any plans to stay in Chengtian Pavilion, and after a hundred years of Zixu, I can leave his place to you." Master Qi said with a smile.

Pretending to be surprised, he hurriedly passed the buck, and gave Dou Xin a look while Lord Qi was not paying attention.

Xue Ping stood aside angrily, and his every move became hypocrisy in his eyes. I tried my best to break into Chengtian Pavilion, why was it so easy for my cousin and this wild monk to come in?

"Master Qi, Master said that without the Guanlan Sword, even if you go up to the Tianshan Mountain, it may not be useful. Now that Master's whereabouts are unknown, do you have any other plans? Dou Xin learned the master's tone and asked tentatively.

Lord Qi's face turned cold, he got up and walked slowly to Dou Xin, closed his eyes and sniffed deeply. Dou Xin forced himself to be calm, and Lord Ren Qi's face was almost attached to his own, and he didn't dodge. After a moment of consciousness, he came to block it, but found that a cross dart slipped out of Dou Xin's cuff and was held in Dou Xin's hand.

"I don't need your master now, it's enough to have you." Master Qi laughed weirdly, took out the piece of jade from Dou Xin's neck, and walked to the window again, looking at the pattern of the jade by the light of the snow. "Go to Lao Sui to get the key, Xin girl, you come with me, no one else is allowed to follow."

Dou Xin was at a loss, and hurriedly looked back at the idea. Ignoring Dou Xin, his two eyes were fixed on Lord Qi's hands, why did he never notice that piece of jade? The post soldier opened the door, Lord Qi walked out of the atrium with the jade in his hand, Dou Xin had no choice but to go out, and he was secretly annoyed, how could he be the same as his sleepy insect master, saying that he would ignore people and ignore people.

After a while, Gui Ning coughed in the back, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that Dou Xin and Master Qi had already left.

"A master has good eyesight and skills, it's a pity not to stay in Chengtian Pavilion." Gui Ning walked down, stuffed a bottle of golden gun medicine into his hand, and whispered in his ear by the way: "Come with me later." ”

Huang Bin gave Xue Ping a look, and Xue Ping hurriedly retreated. "Fourth brother, my father has already instructed me, I advise you not to use your brains, with Lao Sui here, you can't take advantage." After saying that, Huang Bin swaggered past Gui Ning and Yiyi, and looked at him from head to toe.

"Master, if you really don't want to stay in Chengtian Pavilion, it's better to leave as soon as possible," Huang Bin suddenly smiled evilly, "Maybe there will be some incense left in Tongyin Temple." ”