Chapter 35: Birthday Celebrations
Xiao Qi was stunned for a long time before he reacted, took the towel and said to Xiao Ba: "I'm not a child again, you don't have to be like this, eat breakfast, I'm hungry!" ”
Xiao Hachi just smiled at her, didn't say anything, put the towel away and ate with Xiao Qi.
"Master said that the National Master of the Night River Country is in Liuyun City, and it is a day's journey from here, how can we go appropriately?" After eating, Xiao Qi discussed with Xiao Ba.
"Horseback riding." Hachi writes on the table with tea.
"Well, ride a horse faster, you can get there in half a day, tomorrow is the birthday of Yuan Xiu Guoshi, we can still go around there when we arrive in Liuyun City early today." Xiao Qi felt that Xiao Eight's attention was particularly good.
Seeing that Xiao Qi was happy, Xiao Ba didn't say anything anymore. The two packed their things and went to a horse farm to choose the right horses.
The two of them chose two fast horses and set off for Liuyun City.
As soon as he hit the road, Hachi regretted it, he had never ridden a horse in an injured condition, and now that he was injured, he realized how painful it was in this situation.
Xiao Hachi gritted his teeth on the horse to support him, and he only begged that the wound on his back would not crack, otherwise he would be distressed if Xiao Qi found out that he was injured.
The two galloped all the way, and arrived at Liuyun City at ten o'clock at noon. After asking someone about Yuan Xiu's residence, he found an inn near his mansion and settled down.
As soon as he came to the door, Hachi hurriedly dodged into the house. Xiao Qi on the side looked at Xiao Ba's door blankly, and said in his heart: "What's wrong?" ”
After thinking about it, he was still a little uneasy, so he knocked on the door and said, "Xiaoba, are you okay?" ”
At this time, Xiao Hachi came over and opened the door, only to see him naked, revealing his hardcover figure, standing at the door and shaking his head with a smile at Xiao Qi, but his face was even paler than before.
The three of them grew up together, and Xiao Qi was accustomed to him and Qin Yu, so Xiao Qi didn't feel shy like other girls, and didn't dare to look directly, he looked Xiao Ba up and down, and saw that he didn't have anything abnormal, so he said suspiciously: "What's wrong with you, your face hasn't been very good since morning." ”
Hachi still smiled and shook his head, and he didn't mean to let Hachi enter the house.
"You're really going to kill me like this, if you don't say it, I won't leave!" As he spoke, Bai Xiaoqi put his hand on Xiao Ba's chest and pushed it with a gesture.
Xiao Hachi was startled by her action, his face turned red in an instant, and even his ears turned red, and he hurriedly grabbed Xiao Qi's hand and pushed her out of the door, closing the door tightly.
In Cuilin Garden, Yun Ze Zhenren saw that the actions of the two of them were very angry through the jade pendant, and walked back and forth in the house: "You are a girl, reserved, reserved or not!" I've been teaching you hard for three years, and as soon as I left, I forgot about it! I'm so! ”
In the inn, Xiao Qi couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw Xiao Ba turn her away, so he went back to his house in anger, closed the door and didn't come out again.
At this time, Hachi in the room couldn't support it, and sat on the ground, the wound on his back broke open again because of the bumps, and blood dripped down his back onto his white pants, instantly dyeing his pants into a bloody color.
After resting for a while, Hachi reluctantly stood up, walked to the table and wiped the medicine for himself, wrapped the wound again, and then put on his clothes and lay on the bed and fell asleep.
In his sleep, he felt that his body was hot, his consciousness was a little blurred, and the wound on his back also came from a severe pain, Xiaohachi only felt extremely thirsty, and wanted to get up to drink water, but he couldn't get up at all, and accidentally rolled off the bed, fell heavily on the ground, and fainted all of a sudden.
I don't know how long he slept, but Hachi felt that it wasn't so hot, and there seemed to be a cool towel on his forehead, which made him feel very comfortable. I only heard the sound of cups clashing, and then someone walked towards me.
Xiao Hachi barely opened his heavy eyelids, but what he saw was Xiao Qi's face like ice.
"How did you get hurt?" Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Hachi angrily, but he didn't stop the movements in his hand, and walked over to help him up.
Hachi pursed his lips, lowered his head and did not speak, like a child who has made a mistake.
"Drink water!" Seeing this, Xiao Qi couldn't bear to blame him, handed the cup to his mouth, and fed him water.
"If I hadn't come down and had a look, you wouldn't have to lie on the ground for long!" Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Ba, who drank all the water, a little distressed, but he still couldn't stop saying fiercely: "Since when did we have a secret, why didn't you tell me when you were injured?" ”
Xiao Ba still kept his head down and didn't say a word, he was afraid of seeing Xiao Qi's distressed eyes.
"If you don't say it, forget it, but next time if it happens again, I'll cut a few knives on myself like you, where you hurt, I'll cut it, if you don't treat me as a brother, just keep quiet!" Bai Xiaoqi threatened.
Sure enough, Xiao Ba suddenly raised his head when he heard this, a trace of imperceptible loss flashed in his eyes, and he looked at her in a panic, shaking his head like a rattle.
Then he struggled to get up and walked to the table, and wrote on the table with water, "Last night, Shadow Guard." ”
"Shadow Guard? Are you going to deal with the Shadow Guard alone? Bai Xiaoqi suddenly became a little angry when he saw it, and he felt faintly afraid in his heart, he almost didn't see Xiaoba......
"You sleep, I can protect you." Seeing that Xiao Qi was getting more and more angry, Xiao Hachi hurriedly wrote on the table.
But he didn't expect that the more he explained, the more angry Xiao Qi became, "We have lived and died together for so many years, and now when we are in danger, you let me hide aside and watch you die alone, are we still brothers?" ”
Bai Xiaoqi roared angrily, and the Xiaoba opposite was shrunk into a ball by her roar, and lowered his head aggrievedly, not daring to speak.
"Do you dare next time?" Bai Xiaoqi looked at him and suddenly lost his anger, and asked in a deep voice.
"Don't dare......" Hachi carefully stretched out a finger and wrote carefully.
Seeing this, Xiao Qi nodded with satisfaction, poured a glass of water and handed it to Xiao Ba, "It's good if you don't dare, obedient is a good boy!" ”
Hachi drank the water in the cup and smiled at Hachi.
Xiao Qi accompanied Xiao Ba for a long time, saw that he was asleep, observed for a while, and saw that he did not have a fever again, so he returned to his room with confidence.
Early the next morning, Xiao Qi changed the medicine for Xiao Hachi again, and saw that his wound had begun to heal, so he was relieved.
Xiao Qi originally planned to send a congratulatory gift by himself, but Xiao Hachi insisted on going with him, Xiao Qi couldn't resist him, so he took him to Yuan Xiu's mansion together.
When the two came to the National Teacher's Mansion, they saw that the door was like a city, and there was an endless stream of people who came to congratulate their birthdays. Just wanted to enter, but was stopped by the guard at the door: "Who are you, do you have an invitation?" ”
Bai Xiaoqi thought to himself that when he went down the mountain, the master didn't give him any invitations, how could this be good?
But he still took a step forward and said to the guard: "My master is a friend of Yuan Xiu Guoshi, and I came to send a congratulatory gift for him." ”
The guard glanced at Bai Xiaoqi, still unmoved: "You can't enter without an invitation!" ”
Seeing this, Bai Xiaoqi was helpless for a while, but saw Xiao Ba on the side take out a silver ingot and quietly stuffed it into the guard's hand.
The guard secretly weighed the silver, and was very satisfied, and said to them: "Who is your master, tell me and I will inform you, if the national teacher can't say it, then I can't help you!" ”
"Family teacher Yunze, thank you for your help." Bai Xiaoqi said with a smile to the guard, glanced at Xiao Ba, who was standing beside him with a calm and breezy face, and said in his heart: Fortunately, I brought it, otherwise there would be no way.
After a while, the guards came out and said to them, "Go in, the national teacher is waiting for you inside!" ”
"Thank you!" Xiao Qi and the others hugged their fists at the guards and walked in.
It's still the same as when I came before, but there are more people, and I don't know where to find Yuan Xiu for a while.
As they were walking, a woman who looked like a servant girl walked up to the two, bowed slightly, and said to Xiao Qi and them: "The national teacher asked me to take the two to see him, come with me." ”
Xiao Qi and the others followed the maidservant to the back hall, and Yuan Xiu sat there alone drinking tea. Seeing them coming, he said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, you haven't come to me for a long time!" ”
Xiao Qi saw that Yuan Xiu was still the same kind and kind as before, and immediately felt very kind, but when he remembered the reason why he didn't come, he felt a little embarrassed, and smiled, "I, I'm not afraid of dogs...... Grandpa, don't laugh at me! ”
"Haha...... You little doll, it's still so funny. Yuan Xiu laughed loudly when he heard this.
"This is a congratulatory gift that my master asked me to bring to you, wishing you a long life, a long life and good health." Xiao Qi handed over the congratulatory gift to the maidservant, and then bowed respectfully to Yuan Xiu with Xiao Ba.
"You little doll, I haven't seen it for many years, but my mouth is a lot sweeter." Yuan Xiu looked at Xiao Qi and praised, "How is your master doing?" ”
"Master, everything is fine, but he has been entangled in important matters recently, and he can't come to congratulate you on his birthday in person, Master, he asked me to accompany you on his behalf."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, our friendship is not bound by these vulgar etiquette." Yuan Xiu smiled indifferently, "Since you are here, I will stay here for a few more days, I still have some things here, I will ask my maid Xiao Tao to arrange a place for you to live in a while, and then accompany you around the house." ”
"Thank you for your kindness, but my master ordered me and my brother to do something, and when the congratulatory gift is delivered to us, we will continue to hurry, so I won't continue to bother at the house."
Seeing this, Yuan Xiu was not reluctant, "Okay then, I'll let Xiao Tao send you out of the house in a while." ”
Xiao Qi and the others bowed to Xie Yuanxiu again, and then followed Xiao Tao towards the outside of the house.
Just as the three of them were passing through a garden, a drunken young man suddenly broke out and hit Hachi.
The man didn't feel guilty at all after hitting someone, but grabbed Xiaoba's collar and bit back: "Don't you walk long, do you know who I am?" You dare to bump into me, if you don't kneel down and kowtow to the master today to admit your mistake, be careful that the master pulls out your skin! ”
Bai Xiaoqi took a step forward, broke the man's hand, pulled Xiaoba behind him, and looked at the man with disdain: "I don't care who you are, whoever dares to pick the skin of my junior brother today, I will pick the skin of his whole family!" ”