Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Joy of Tea
Qi Niang followed the stone path of the temple all the way back, and someone behind her stopped her.
"Little Seven." The voice is soft and shallow, gentle as the wind, just like its owner.
Qi Niang turned around and looked at the person behind her with some surprise.
"Pavilion Master Jiang? You...... Why are you here? ”
Jiang Qihan smiled, and a smile also overflowed in his shallow eyes, "I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, I met here, it seems that I have a good relationship with Xiao Qi." ”
Qi Niang didn't hear the joke in Jiang Qihan's words, and wondered: "Is the Jiang Pavilion Master also here to ask for a signature?" ”
"I originally came to accompany a friend to ask for marriage, but when he met the person he liked here, he left me mercilessly." Jiang Qihan said with a helpless smile.
Hearing him say this, Qi Niang raised her hand to hide her uncontrollable smile, "Then I have some sympathy for Pavilion Master Jiang." ”
"If Xiao Qi is alone, can you accompany me, a lonely man, to drink tea together?" Jiang Qihan's green shirt swayed gently in the breeze, and the sun warmly sprinkled on his delicate face.
"Okay." Qi Niang quickly agreed.
The two walked slowly while looking at the crowded streets.
"Actually, I just saw Xiao Qi and accidentally heard the conversation between Xiao Qi and Fang Yi. Forgive me for the offense, and took Xiao Qi's signature back without authorization. Jiang Qihan said, and handed her the bamboo stick that Qi Niang had just placed in the temple.
Qi Niang looked at the thing in his hand in surprise.
"It's signed, but I don't think it's a bad outcome. There are two sides to everything, and what you see on the surface may be bad, but on the other hand, how can it not be for the better? Of course, I don't know much about the story of Xiao Qi and his younger brother, but from the perspective of an observer, although Xiao Qi can't recognize his brother for the time being, but fortunately, Xiao Qi has found him, isn't this also a good aspect? As long as Xiao Qi and his younger brother still enjoy the bright moon together, there are still many opportunities to resolve the contradictions between them. If Xiao Qi only looks at the words on the surface and doesn't resolve it, won't he lose this opportunity to get back together with his younger brother? Just like me, although I know that Xiao Qi is a person from Qianjilou, you and I should not have a relationship, and I should even regard you as an enemy, but I am very willing to be friends with Xiao Qi. Our relationship, just like this sign, is that although we are on the opposite side of each other, we are still able to talk like friends. Does Xiao Qi think this is good or bad? Jiang Qihan's words were like a warm breeze blowing slowly, gently crossing Qi Niang's heart.
Qi Niang's brows relaxed, and her depressed mood suddenly brightened, she took the sign in Jiang Qihan's hand and smiled slightly, "What the Jiang Pavilion Lord said is right, it's my thinking that is too narrow." ”
Jiang Qihan smiled and said, "Then Xiao Qi is going to unsign?" ”
Qi Niang shook her head, "No, I don't think it's necessary anymore, the Jiang Pavilion Master has already relieved me of the sign." ”
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, the afternoon sun was not so strong.
In a teahouse closest to Cinian Temple, Jiang Qihan and Qi Niang sat on the elegant seat upstairs, looking at the stone steps leading to the temple.
Jiang Qihan pushed the brewed Longjing in front of Qi Niang and said, "I heard that the tea in this teahouse tastes sweet, Xiao Qi try it." ”
"Thank you, didn't Pavilion Master Jiang think about asking for a sign for himself today?"
Jiang Qihan said casually: "My fate is lonely, what is the difference between asking for it and not asking for it." ”
Qi Niang looked at him in a daze, but Jiang Qihan looked up and smiled at herself, "It's just a joke, Xiao Qi doesn't have to mind." I don't really believe in such a thing as asking for a signature, I think that people's destiny is in their own hands, and whether they can't ask for it or ask for something is changed by their own ideas. What I can't get, I don't ask for it. But on the contrary, what I want, I must get. ”
Jiang Qihan's tone was as gentle as ever, but Qi Niang seemed to see something sharp in his smile that seemed to be able to melt frost.
But soon, that kind of sharpness was replaced by Jiang Qihan's warm smile. He explained the taste and efficacy of various teas to Qi Niang in a vivid voice, and the radiant expression, eloquent narration, and pleasant and light tone made Qi Niang listen carefully involuntarily. She didn't expect that the seemingly boring tea ceremony would become so interesting in front of people who are proficient in it and like it. Time passed unconsciously, and Qi Niang's mood was unusually comfortable.
When the sun set, the two of them left from the teahouse, and Qi Niang was about to say goodbye to Jiang Qihan, when she saw two people walking down the stone steps of the temple one after the other, and the person walking in front was Bai Yuying.
Qi Niang's footsteps suddenly stopped. Jiang Qihan saw the two people who walked down, as if he knew the man behind Bai Yuying, and smiled: "It seems that my friend has eaten a closed door this time." ”
Bai Yuying also saw the two of them, she owed a slight owe to Jiang Qihan, said hello, and then glanced at Qi Niang again, and then turned around and left. The man behind her waved his hand at Bai Yuying and shouted excitedly, "Bai girl, next time we are destined to see you again!" ”
But Bai Yuying ignored him. It turned out that the person Jiang Qihan said about his friend's intention was Bai Yuying.
The man scratched his head embarrassedly, and then said to Jiang Qihan: "Hehe, Brother Qihan, you won't still be waiting for me, right?" ”
"I met a friend here, so I chatted with her for a while, but I didn't expect to see you and the white girl." Jiang Qihan said and looked at Qi Niang.
The man looked at Qi Niang and saw that the other party was a great beauty, so he hurriedly arched his hand seriously, "This girl is good, my name is Duguhuang, I meet for the first time, please advise." ”
Qi Niang nodded coldly, and said to Jiang Qihan: "Thank you for the tea of the Jiang Pavilion Lord today, I will go back first." ”
Jiang Qihan smiled and said, "Then let's have tea together another day." ”
Jiang Qihan watched Qi Niang leave, and he didn't look away for a long time, Dugu Huang stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and then he looked at the man and frowned slightly.
"Ouch, my brother Qihan, don't look at it, the girl has already gone away! Hehe, it turns out that Brother Qihan is not so uncannibalistic, are you happy today? Hahaha, I didn't expect Brother Qihan to have a chance encounter today! This is not the Temple of Ci Nian, it is simply the Temple of Marriage! You should also calculate the marriage. You see I've created such a great opportunity for you, you'll have to treat me to a big meal tonight! Duguhuang laughed and kept talking.
Jiang Qihan turned around and ignored him, and walked in front of him.
"Hey, Brother Qihan, do you want to invite this meal?"
Jiang Qihan chuckled: "Please." ”
The two of them chose a private room in a wine shop to sit down, Jiang Qihan seemed to be in a good mood, and his eyes were as warm as ink with a soft light, adding a look that was not stained with the world. Dugu Huang was drinking wine while eating meat, his slightly childish face was full of red light, he approached the table, leaned his face over, and teased: "Brother Qihan, you never told me the girl's name from beginning to end, this is too not enough friends!" Do you even want to have your name to yourself? ”
Jiang Qihan raised his eyes and glanced at him and said, "Her name is Ye Qi Niang." ”
"Ye Qi Niang? Huh! That's a good name! Domineering enough! Duguhuang slapped the table and shouted.
"How are you getting along with the white girl, have you been rejected?" Jiang Qihan raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Dugu Huang waved his hand and said with a sad face: "Alas, don't mention it, the girl doesn't want to pay attention to me at all." You say that she can't look down on me when I'm so suave, do you have a sweetheart? ”
Jiang Qihan picked up a green vegetable and put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and said, "If you don't want to retreat from the difficulty, you can ask the white girl's uncle." ”
"That Uncle Luotuo, you say? I don't think he's like the White Girl's uncle at all, is the White Girl really his niece? Duguhuang slurred his words while eating meat.
Jiang Qihan's eating appearance is very elegant compared to Dugu Huang, chewing slowly when eating, and putting down his chopsticks when he speaks, he sat down and said: "If I guess correctly, Bai Chong is indeed not the uncle of the white girl." ”
Dugu Huang leaned sideways and took a sip of wine, and asked casually, "Who is that?" ”
"Xuanyuan Chong." Jiang Qihan spit out a name with an expressionless face.
Dugu Huang was suddenly choked by the wine and coughed violently, and then he finally relented, blushing and asking, "What do you say?" Wasn't Xuanyuan Chong beheaded a long time ago? Are you kidding me? You can't talk nonsense! ”
Jiang Qihan glanced at him indifferently, "Last time I was at the martial arts conference, I examined Bai Chong's body, and I saw the person on his face, the skin mask, and he has deep internal strength, and he can force him out after drinking poisonous wine, which is not something that ordinary people can do." ”
"Then how do you confirm that he is Xuanyuan Chong?"
"I saw him when I was young, and he had a red fleshy mole on his left ear, and I also saw it in the same place on Bai Chong's left ear." Jiang Qihan recalled the events of that night.
Dugu Huang chewed on the meat and asked, "Do you remember the things when you were a child so clearly, are you very familiar with Xuanyuan Chong?" ”
"I'm not very familiar with him, I've only met a few times in Strange Flower Valley, and Xuanyuan Chong especially likes to tease children, so I'm very impressed with him. Xuanyuan Chong and Aunt Feng Xi are good friends, so I often go to Qihua Valley to visit her. Jiang Qihan even remembered the scene when Xuanyuan Chong carried him on his shoulders and let him fly around on his shoulders.
"Yes, I suddenly remembered that you also have a relationship with the Lord of the River Valley, alas, why is your life so good, you are the Pavilion Master of the Hanjiang Pavilion at a young age, and you are also related to the Strange Flower Valley Lord who has peerless medical skills more than ten years ago. By the way, if you still learn medical skills from him, then he can still be regarded as your master. It's really more popular than people! Dugu Huang lamented, and filled his glass with wine.
Jiang Qihan was surprised for a while, "Good life? ”
"Isn't it? It's better than my life as a person who has empty ambitions but achieves nothing. ”
Jiang Qihan's eyes were dark, the light under his eyes was unpredictable, and he said gloomily: "There is nothing wrong with being a swordsman who wanders the world freely. ”