The Xingyao River is like a fluttering ribbon, leisurely falling into the entire Xingyao Empire, the whole process is winding and turbulent, and only one place is as smooth as a mirror, which is where the imperial capital Xingyao City is located. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Most of the rivers in the empire converge here and merge into the Xingyao River, with sixteen islands scattered in between. The distribution of the islands is called the four of the three islands in Ziwei Island, and the eight islands outside the island, and in the name of Beidou, from the inside to the middle, from the south to the north, it is named Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang in turn. The Outer Eight Islands are given the surnames of the Seven Clans Lei, Chen, Zheng, Ling, Murong, Xiao, Feng, and Purple Island. Therefore, it is also jokingly called, crape myrtle shines on the Beidou, and the light shines in all directions.

At this moment, the bulletin boards on the outer eight islands are crowded with people, and when I see the officials who come over with the red list in their hands, they are nervous and expectant, it is the day of this year's scientific examination.

The official messenger can understand the mood of these students very well, and after quickly brushing a layer of paste, he posted the red list. There are two copies, one for men and one for each woman, and compared to the dense names on the men's list, there are only a few people on the women's list.

There were cheers and gloom in the crowd watching the list, most of them from the other seven states. Now that the scientific expedition has passed, the people on the list are in the mood, and they are invited to enjoy the elegance of the imperial capital. The first choice is to rent a painting boat, listen to the sound of the piano, hold a cup of tea, and sail on the river.

Approaching the evening of the river, it seems to be covered with a layer of light veil, hazy to add a different charm, from time to time there are students wanton shouts out, more a sense of jubilation. In the midst of the bustle, a small boat quickly approached the island of Sonoshima due west from a distance, and there was silence everywhere it passed. I only heard the young man at the bow of the boat quickly pouring water out with his clothes in his pocket, and said in a panting voice: "Sister, you paddle slowly, there is too much water, I don't have time to pour it." ”

"Hold on a little longer, it's almost there." As the words fell, the girl's paddle speed increased a little.

Before the boy could speak again, he saw that the water had risen again, took a big deep breath, gritted his teeth and continued to pour water out. When his arm was so numb that he didn't feel anything and wanted to give up, his left shoulder was firmly grasped by the girl.

"Bang-"

With the sound of the boat hitting the heavy object, his feet were already on the ground, and his eyes suddenly swelled with warm liquid, and he looked at the girl beside him miserably: "Sister, I hate to ride a boat." ”

The girl saw his wrinkled clothes and half-wet hair that were soaked with water or sweat, and then looked down at her half-wet skirt, and nodded very approvingly, "Well, I hate it too." ”

The young man suddenly came to his senses, stretched out his hand and lit the boats, "Look, look, there are so many boats, I don't understand why so many people like to take a boat, where is the boat, the clothes are wet, I have to wash my clothes when I go back, I have to dry my clothes, I have to collect my clothes, how good it is to walk, I don't have to worry about getting my clothes wet, I don't need to wash my clothes right away if I don't get wet, I don't need to dry my clothes without washing my clothes right away, I don't need to dry my clothes, I don't have to dry my clothes......"

Ignoring the pointing and pointing of the people around him, he grabbed the chattering teenager, and the girl pulled him towards the bulletin board, the closer he got to the bulletin board, the smaller the boy's voice became, until he stood in front of the bulletin board, he had stopped thinking about it, and was scanning the names on the red list with apprehensive eyes, and as the names passed one by one, the sense of loss gradually strengthened.

"Oh, sister, sister, look, look." One hand pointed to the place where eighty-nine Feng Yunjing was written on the red list, and with the other hand, he pulled the sleeve of the person next to him and shouted, "I just won the eighty-nine in the casual exam, if I take the exam seriously, hum ......" Feng Yunjing raised his chin arrogantly and emphasized the names of the top three, "The three of them should give way to me." The words were reasonable, but he was a little weak in his heart, because he was really serious about getting the exam, but he only got eighty-nine. The corner of his eye peeked at his sister, and secretly made up his mind that he couldn't tell his sister, otherwise it would affect his image in his sister's heart, this was his own little secret, Mei Zizi thought that he also had a little secret, while seeing the women's list next to him, he muttered: "If my sister also takes the exam, the name of the first woman must be Feng Yunlin." ”

Hearing her brother's words at first glance, Feng Yunlin couldn't help but shake her head and laugh, "I don't have that confidence, how can you believe that I can not only pass the test, but also win the first place?" ”

"Because...... Because ......" Feng Yunjing quickly turned his brain, and suddenly, he patted his chest, "Because I can win the men's first, my sister can naturally win the women's first." ”

"Well, our family Yunjing is the best smart and good boy in the world, and it is naturally no longer a problem to win the first place." Following his words, Feng Yunlin did not hesitate to praise herself.

Feng Yunjing smiled even more happily, and gave a thumbs up to the decision he had just made.

After a day's work, people rushed back together, and after dinner, they walked to the riverside, and the number of people came and went.

At the door of a restaurant diagonally facing the bulletin board, the children's voices were sung: "Bai Wuye, drink day and night, drink when you wake up, drink when you are drunk, take a wine jug, day and night, ,...... and night."

The man in white who was surrounded by them held a wine jug in his hand, and his long snow-white hair was scattered at will, seeing that the children were singing more and more vigorously, and there was no sign of leaving, he reluctantly took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, and raised them at will, and the children saw it, and then scattered in all directions.

The man in white staggered towards the bulletin board, drinking wine as he walked, looking decadent.

Feng Yunjing looked at him, tugged at Feng Yunlin's sleeve, and whispered the gossip news he heard, "Sister, he is Bai Yutang, the former number one master in the rivers and lakes, and the noble son of the rivers and lakes." Speaking of this, he paused, and continued to speak with honor, "The current number one master in the rivers and lakes is a scarlet thief, it is said that her light skills are superb, no one can match, stealing things is like entering no one's land, only those who can't get into her eyes don't have what she can't steal, it is said that she looks like a fairy, and suitors can circle around the imperial capital ten times, and ah, it is said that ......"

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Feng Yunlin reminded him that he had deviated from the topic, "I was still talking about Bai Yutang just now, why did you get involved with the scarlet God Thief?" ”

"Although the scarlet thief is very powerful, in my heart, my sister will always come first, and everyone else has to stand aside." Realizing that he had just said a lot of words praising the scarlet thief, Feng Yunjing immediately spared no effort to express his sister's status in his heart.

For Feng Ma Niu's incompatible answer, Feng Yunlin could only be silent. The younger brother has really passed on all the bad things of the master, why don't you learn some advantages? Yes, she almost forgot, in the master's own words, "Disadvantages are advantages." ”

Bai Yutang sat with his back against the tree, his ears were as powerful as his, and the whispered conversation between the two sisters and brothers still made him listen to it all, and he poured a sip of wine and closed his eyes fiercely, not letting the tears that overflowed his eyes fall.

He promised not to shed tears, but to live well. For this reason, he tried to live, but he didn't know what the meaning of life was. When those eyes were closed, the heart was dead to ashes.

In the past seven years, I have tried to close my five senses to forget, and every time I dream at midnight, I will still appear in the figure of indigo, and I have also tried to exile myself to the wilderness, hovering on the edge of life and death and forgetting, waiting for more thoughts.

That's it...

The greed that goes deep into the blood and bones is so easy to forget. So, he chose to return and return to the last place where they lived together, but no one would shout Yutang in his ear, and no one would accompany him to get drunk and rest. Only with this daughter red that they all love to drink paralyzes themselves again and again, without thinking about his body full of arrow feathers and still smiling at himself, regardless of the blood that keeps spilling between his lips and teeth, he tells himself to live.

The pain in his heart throbbed again, he bent his body slightly, and when the pain eased slightly, he picked up the wine jug and poured it, but this time he felt full of sourness.

Feng Yunjing tugged at Feng Yunlin's sleeve again, and whispered, "Sister, he looks so pitiful and lonely, shall we help him?" ”

"How can I help? Don't forget that we'll be leaving in a few days. "A generation of heroes has sunk to this point, which is embarrassing, and it's just embarrassing, she still has a bunch of things to do, where will she ...... The sleeves of his shirt were gently shaken again, and when he saw his younger brother with longing in his eyes, his heart couldn't help but soften, "Then you go over and ask him if you want to help." "Don't want to bring some injured animals to your home like before, he's a big living person, and if you dare to bring it back, you will withhold your share.

With her sister's consent, Feng Yunjing ran to Bai Yutang, completely unaware of Feng Yunlin's worries.

When he arrived beside Bai Yutang, he was a little timid in his heart, unconsciously pointed at his fingers, looked back at his sister, saw her nodding at herself, plucked up her courage, glanced at Bai Yutang, who didn't look at herself, retracted her gaze, retracted her gaze, and then glanced at it, and then squatted boldly in front of Bai Yutang, "Bai ...... Big...... Big brother, I'm ...... My name is...... Wind...... Yun Jing, over there...... The one who sinks the fish, the goose, the moon closes, the shy flower, the smart and the best, the people love the flowers, the flowers bloom, the beautiful and moving, the first beauty who has won the imperial capital, the pure bottle lord is my sister Feng Yunlin. The cramped stammering at the beginning became proud and proud after talking about his sister, and after saying it in one breath, he didn't care whether Bai Yutang ignored him or not, and continued: "I have heard a lot of legends about Big Brother Bai, and I know that Big Brother Bai is very, very powerful, and he is a great hero. In a few days, my sister and I are going to leave the imperial capital, and we want to ask Brother Bai to protect us, our family is not rich and cannot afford to pay a high price, but we will treat Brother Bai as our brother. ”

Bai Yutang half-squinted, the young man supported his slightly crooked head with both hands, and there was a smile on his face, those eyes were so clear that he saw the figure of the person when they met for the first time through it, the two compartments overlapped, so familiar, the word "good" had flowed out of his throat uncontrollably.