Suddenly meeting Mu An was something Ji Hongxiang hadn't expected earlier.

She never thought that her brother, whom she had never met for many years, would be born with the appearance of a heavenly person, and that incompatible nervous and cowering look could not help but make people feel pity.

But she would never have mercy on him. People with such eyes can add to any mercy.

Mu An doesn't care, so he doesn't need to.

Ji Hongxiang thought, Mu An doesn't like to come into contact with people, his whole body is full of resistance, and his movements reveal alienation, as if he is one world and others are another.

However, there is longing in his eyes, and even if he has his own world, he still feels lonely.

That kind of loneliness seems to be born.

*

When Chunxi came back, he brought lotus cakes.

It was a kind of exquisite pastry made of hawthorn and green plum, each about the size of a finger, held in the silk cloth in the palm of the hand, and from a distance, it looked like a lotus in the hand.

In normal times, such delicate pastries will never appear in the dining room, only during the festive season or when the guests come to the door, if you are lucky and sweet, you can get some from the hands of the chefs to satisfy your cravings.

Chunxi walked over with a smile on her hand holding a lotus flower, not noticing, and the skirt that was past her ankles was stained with a black bird feather.

Ji Hongxiang hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute, you're stained with something." ”

When she took off the fluttering bird feather, Ji Hongjiao found that this piece of bird feather was all black, pure black, and black without a trace of impurities.

It's a crow's feather.

A strange sensation seemed to flow down the inconspicuous feather through her internal organs.

She shook her hand.

The feeling was gone, as if it had never been there. She didn't think much about it anymore, and ate the lotus cake in the silk cloth with Chunxi.

Ji Hongxiang sighed with satisfaction: "If I can have such delicious food from time to time, I can be regarded as satisfied with part of my life." ”

Chunxi said: "What about the rest of your life?" ”

Ji Hongxiang didn't answer immediately, she looked at the sky.

The setting sun loomed in the distance between the two towering mountain peaks, and the red sun sank unhurriedly every day, and rose unhurriedly the next day, as if no force in heaven and earth could shake it.

But there is.

In ancient times, there was a Wu clan Houyi bent his bow to shoot the sun, and there was a fire god who worked together to break the Buzhou Mountain Range.

And she is so eager that what she wants to do is to become stronger, is ......

What she didn't know was that at this moment, an enlightened expression gradually appeared on her face, and a strange thought became clearer and clearer in her mind, but before she could grasp it, Mu Chongyun's face suddenly appeared in her mind.

A sense of unwillingness to admit defeat, unwillingness, and a hint of hatred floated up from the bottom of my heart.

Ji Hongxiang shook her head, not wanting to talk about this topic anymore, but the person next to her suddenly said, "...... There will be later. ”

She turned her head suddenly, only to see a blush on Chunxi's face.

I don't know if it's the afterglow of the sunset, or something else.

*

Ji Hongxiang and Chunxi were assigned to Jing'an Courtyard, and their belongings were also moved to the maid's room in Jing'an Courtyard, and the two lived in the same room. This is already a good treatment in the maid, but it is a big and troublesome thing in Ji Hong's makeup.

She used to be in the same room with two maids, the older of them later left Mufu, but the other was sick and returned to his hometown, and there were no new people in the house, so Steward Xu didn't care about it somehow, she occupied a house alone for many years, and even cultivation was much more convenient, but now she has to find a place where no one disturbs her to practice......

Ji Hongmakeup and the two of them are idle in the Jing'an Courtyard, how can the other courtyards be busy, those old ladies and young masters and young ladies will be secretly anxious: whether the congratulatory gifts at tomorrow's birthday banquet are well prepared and whether they can attract people's attention; The clothes to be worn tomorrow are not bright enough, and are not novel enough; Tomorrow, when the elders choose, are you going to try my strongest move......

Jing'an Temple is the only special existence.

No one cared if he prepared a congratulatory gift or not, whether he was well-dressed or not—you know, Mu An had not attended the so-called banquet for many years.

He would rather be alone in the empty Jing'an Courtyard.

However, it is destined that he will not be able to do so this time, and Mu Chongyun will definitely make arrangements for him tomorrow.

At nightfall, Ji Hongxiang and Chunxi had already returned to the house early, and after cleaning the house quickly, the two went to bed early.

In the second half of the night, all the work had already been done, and even those who poured night incense would not work at such a late hour, and the whole house was silent, only the lanterns that were occasionally blown slightly by the night wind made a slight sound.

Poof, poof.

It was the sound of a candle being blown out by the wind.

The hallway was all at once dark.

No, it wasn't completely dark yet, and in the distance, there was a firelight jumping in mid-air.

The light of the fire floated in mid-air, swaying past.

When you get closer, you can see clearly that it is a little girl carrying a lantern.

It's Ji Hong's makeup.

She took advantage of Chunxi to fall asleep, so she sneaked out of the room, wanting to find a place to practice, and more importantly, to see the jade slip that Mu Yinxi gave her.

Her instincts told her that something on it was going to help her!

She was a little excited, and in the faint light of the fire, carefully identified the path under her feet, and behind her, which she could not see, a figure crept up to her, stretched out a hand and slapped her on the shoulder!

"Ahh

With a shake of the hand, the lantern flipped to the ground.

"Red makeup, it's me, it's me!" The figure said, picking up the lantern and placing it on his cheek, and most of his face was clearly illuminated.

Ji Hongxiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Chunxi, it's you." She took the lantern: "Aren't you asleep?" ”

Chunxi said: "It's probably a bit miscellaneous during the day...... Seeing that you were about to go up to the hut, I followed you, and by the way, I wanted to play tricks on you. ”

Ji Hongxiang made a helpless expression.

What else could she do?

Then go to the thatched house.

The thatched hut was not very far away, and the two of them walked for a while before they arrived.

Ji Hongxiang stopped from afar, handed the lantern to Chunxi, covered her nose and said, "You go first, I'll wait for you here." ”

Chunxi said: "It's so dark here, aren't you afraid?" ”

Ji Hong said: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door!" ”

Chunxi pouted: "Then you were still screaming so loudly just now!" ”

Ji Hongxiang retorted: "That's a normal stress reaction!" She pushed Chunxi and urged: "Hurry up!" ”

Chunxi took the lantern and walked towards the thatched house, the light got farther and farther away, and the darkness gradually drowned Ji Hong's makeup.

She wasn't afraid, but for some reason, she suddenly felt a little uneasy.

A shout suddenly shattered the silence.

It looked like long nails scratched on lacquered wood, hoarse and sharp.

"Ahh

"Ahh

Ji Hongxiang was startled at first, and when she listened carefully, she realized that it was the sound of birds.

It's the crow of a crow.