As for what he said to the innkeeper, Gongsun Jian didn't want to listen to it deliberately, so he just wanted the innkeeper to find him another room.

The shopkeeper took Gongsun Jian upstairs, opened the door and let Gongsun Jian in, the room layout was reasonable, clean and tidy, and there was a balcony, and there were a few pots of flowers outside the balcony that were blooming brightly.

"The guest officer will rest first, and if necessary, come out and say hello." The shopkeeper explained a few words, and then took the door and left.

Gongsun Jian was a little dizzy because he had drunk a few bowls of wine with Gu Ling'er, so he walked to the balcony of the attic, wanting to breathe in the fresh air of the night.

A hook-like crescent moon hung in the sky, and the faint moonlight like water shone through the treetops outside the house, quietly swaying on the earth and on the attic.

The evening breeze blows, and the leaves on the treetops sway from side to side, making a "rustling" sound, adding a touch of sadness to the cold night.

The shadows on the balcony flickered, reflecting the mottling of the place.

At this time, it seemed that it was not the leaves that were shaking, but the moonlight like water.

On such a night, looking at the distant mountains is hazy, giving people boundless reverie. At this time, you can quietly think about many things by yourself, and of course, you can also think about nothing.

At this time, people's state of mind should be calm, but at this moment, Gongsun Jian's heart is difficult to calm down.

……

Gongsun Jian's thoughts went back to twelve years ago, one day in March, also on such a night, the sky was also hung with a new moon like a hook.

That year, he and his younger brother were living on the streets.

My brother was just ten years old and he was thirteen. Both of their parents died, and the brothers depended on each other for their lives, begging for a living.

He vividly remembered that night they were thinly clothed, and the brothers were huddled in the cold streets, huddled under the corners of other people's houses, and the cold wind of the night blew, kicking up the dust on the ground and rushing towards them, and the brothers shivered with cold.

The warm lights and laughter from the windows of other people's homes are in stark contrast to the cold streets, as if they are in two different worlds.

"Brother, I'...... Cold, I ...... Hungry! The younger brother clasped his hands in front of his chest and trembled, his lips were purple from the cold, and he was trembling and couldn't even speak clearly.

Looking at his poor brother, Gongsun Jian's heart was as painful as if he had fallen into hell. He stepped forward and hugged his brother's thin body tightly, feeling distressed.

The younger brother's body was cold, without a trace of temperature.

"Brother, don't move here, I'll go find you something to eat, okay?"

The younger brother stared at a pair of big godless eyes, nodded at Gongsun Jian, and smiled slightly at Gongsun Jian, because the younger brother believed in his elder brother and believed that his elder brother would definitely find him something to eat.

Gongsun Jian left his younger brother behind, turned around and disappeared into the street at night......

"You're not enough brother to leave me downstairs."

The door of the guest room was pushed open with a "squeak", and Gu Linger stood at the door and rolled her eyes at Gongsun Jian, pulling Gongsun Jian back to reality from the memories of the past.

Gongsun Jian smiled: "I didn't say it to you, I was tired and wanted to rest early, so I ......"

"Why don't you sleep when you're tired? Still standing on the balcony to admire the moon, what a leisurely and leisurely atmosphere! Gu Linger didn't wait for Gongsun Jian to finish speaking, and then interrupted Gongsun Jian's words in a sour tone.

Gongsun Jian asked, "How did you talk to the innkeeper?" Will he open another room for you? ”

"There's no room left, what do you want to open?"

"We all know that there is no room, so what are you going to say to the innkeeper?"

"Then I can't even ask?"

"Did you get the result?"

"Nope!"

"Then you go sleep on the road!"

"You're just going to sleep on the road, I'll sleep here."

Gongsun Jian smiled again and said, "Isn't this right, such a big bed, it can't sleep the two of us, you can just stay for one night." ”

"That's it." Gu Linger muttered and walked to the bed, looked at it for a while and asked, "How do we two sleep?" ”

Gongsun Jian said: "How do you want to sleep?" ”

"I slept in the first half of the night, and you slept in the second half of the night, how about it?" Gu Linger said and sat down on the bed.

"You want to be beautiful, if you don't want to sleep, you sit, who will share the first half of the night with you?"

"Then ......" Gu Ling'er hesitated for a while, he wanted to talk back to Gongsun Jian again, but he thought that a few men were surrounding him just now to fight, and it was Gongsun Jian who relieved him from the siege, and this favor has not been returned.

"Then I sleep on this end, how about you sleep on the other?"

"Whatever you want." Gongsun Jian agreed, walked over and took off his shoes and went to bed.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"What's wrong again?"

Gu Linger saw Gongsun Jian take off his shoes, stretched his feet in front of him, and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and said, "Do your feet stink?" ”

Gongsun Jian didn't raise his eyebrows, and replied in a thick nasal voice: "I haven't washed it for a few days after I came out to hurry, do you say it stinks." ”

When Gu Linger heard this, she quickly turned her head, covered her entire face with her sleeves, and said in a thick nasal voice: "Then it must stink to death, you go wash your feet and come back." ”

"If I go and wash your feet, then don't wash your feet?"

Gu Linger replied: "I washed in the bathroom downstairs just now, which one is as sloppy as you?" ”

Gongsun Jian thought about it, Gu Linger was right, although when you go out, you don't need to pay too much attention to everything, but personal hygiene still has to be talked about, and it does stink if you don't wash your feet for a few days, but don't smoke it.

Gongsun Jian put on his shoes again, and said as he walked: "I'll wash my feet, don't bolt the door." ”

"Brother, am I that kind of person? Go for it! ”

……

After a while, Gongsun Jian washed his feet and returned to the room, the tung oil lamp on the table was still bright, Gu Linger had already fallen asleep, and he didn't react to the sound made by Gongsun Jian coming in, it seemed that he was asleep.

"This kid doesn't even take off his coat when he sleeps, and he sleeps so sweetly, it's really convincing!"

Gongsun Jian muttered to himself, then yawned twice in a row, and the drowsiness came up, so he took off his coat and went to bed.

The two of them covered a quilt together, and physical contact was inevitable, and when Gongsun Jian's outstretched foot inadvertently touched Gu Linger, he suddenly bounced up and shouted, "What are you going to do?" ”

Gu Linger's surprise startled Gongsun Jian, and she felt inexplicable at his fuss: "I didn't do anything, what's wrong with you?" ”

"You...... Don't touch me. ”

Gu Linger's overly sensitive reaction made Gongsun Jian surprised and puzzled at the same time, and he carefully looked at Gu Ling'er sitting opposite him through the faint light.

He had a handsome and delicate face, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes and thin lips, especially those big eyes that flashed with sparkling waves. Looking at his figure again, he is slender and thin, showing a bit of grace, could it be that this Gu Linger in front of him is a woman?

Since ancient times, there have been many women dressed as men, such as Zhu Yingtai of the previous dynasty, the heroine Mulan, etc., all of whom are women, and they have successfully played the role of men, hiding from everyone's eyes.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Jian quietly moved his body and distanced himself from Gu Ling'er a little. Since he doesn't want to touch him, don't touch him.

As the saying goes, men and women don't kiss, in case he is really a woman, then he really has a rudeness just now.

"Hey, I said, why are you looking at me like that? It's like looking at a youkai. ”

Gongsun Jian looked at Gu Linger stupidly and didn't speak, which made Gu Linger feel extremely unnatural. Although the light was a little dim, it could be seen that Gu Linger's face had turned crimson.

All this made Gongsun Jian see it in his eyes, and he was even more convinced of his judgment, and there was no doubt that this Gu Ling'er who was in the same room with him was a woman.

Gongsun Jian didn't answer Gu Linger's words, but reached out and put the coat he had just taken off on his body again, and then prepared to put on his shoes.

"Hey, where are you going?" Gu Linger asked.

"This room is for you."

Gongsun Jian thought to himself: He is an upright man, he never messes with flowers and grass, and he doesn't want to fight other people's ideas, men and women are in the same room, and there will inevitably be a lot of right and wrong, so it is better to leave quickly.

Gu Linger was anxious, and said seriously: "Brother Gongsun, why do you want to give me the room?" Didn't you say that it was okay for two people to live? Do you look down on me, brother? ”

Gongsun Jian replied, "Why do you look down on it? Doing this for my brother is completely respectful of you! ”

Gu Linger retorted: "How can this be reasonable, do you stay here to disrespect me? ”

Gongsun Jian replied again: "How can it be reasonable for men and women to live in the same room, if I stay here, what kind of system will I become?" ”

Gu Linger laughed at this time and said, "Men and women? Brother Gongsun, are you a woman? ”

"Aren't you a woman?" Gongsun Jian turned his head to look at Gu Linger and asked rhetorically.

"Ha ......"

Gu Linger laughed and rolled over and jumped out of bed, pulled out her sword and played it in style. Gongsun Jian is proficient in swordsmanship, and seeing that Gu Linger's swordsmanship is extremely skillful, and every move is full of masculinity, without being frisky and pretentious, ordinary women can't dance such a steady swordsmanship.

Could it be a misjudgment? Is this seemingly woman-looking Gu Linger really a man? I accidentally touched him just now, why did he react so strongly?

Gongsun Jian was a little confused.

"Brother Gongsun, you really misunderstood, I'm just a boy and a girl." Gu Linger put away the sword, and suddenly became down-to-earth and generous.

"Oh, I see, that's how I thought about it."

Gongsun Jian smiled at Gu Linger. At the same time, he was still a little puzzled in his heart at the moment, and at the same time, he was secretly amazed, because after Gu Ling'er set of swordsmanship just now, he could see that he was a swordsman with very high martial arts.

Judging from the set of swordsmanship just now, Gongsun Jian concluded that Gu Linger's martial arts would not be below him, which made Gongsun Jian very curious about Gu Linger's identity, but it was difficult to ask at this time.

"It's not early, let's rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow morning!" Gu Linger put down the sword in her hand, went back to bed, and motioned with her eyes to Gongsun Jian to go to bed to rest.

Gongsun Jian nodded and got on the bed, sat on the opposite side, and was careful not to let his hands and feet touch Gu Ling'er, whether he was a man or a woman, it was better not to touch him, lest he scream again.

Neither of them fell asleep immediately, but leaned back against the head of the bed and closed their eyes to recuperate, occasionally glancing at each other, and both smiled at each other without speaking.

After the quarrel between the two just now, Gongsun Jian had already woken up most of his wine at this time, but he didn't feel sleepy, he raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Gu Linger. I saw that he had his eyes closed, his expression was serene, and there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

This slight smile seemed to be a trust in Gongsun Jian. Although they only met today, it can be said that they met in Pingshui, and now they are in the same room and defenseless, so it is indeed rare to be so unguarded.

Gongsun Jian thought in his heart, this Gu Ling'er is kind and kind-eyed, and he is a frank and friendly person.

He is about twenty years old, and his thin figure is just like the male and female appearance he just said, and his appearance is somewhat similar to Gongsun Jian's younger brother.

If the younger brother is still alive, it is estimated that he will be about the same age as the Gu Ling'er in front of him.

Gongsun Jian secretly looked at Gu Linger, and his thoughts returned to twelve years ago......

It was a cold, silent night, and the occasional barking of dogs could be heard throughout the street, followed by the bone-chilling sound of the wind.