Volume 3 People in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 22 Flowers Bloom and Eventually Fall
Chen Gang was born with a fierce appearance, his face was full of flesh, and his stubble was hard and dense.
But the little boy with a tiger head and a tiger brain had no intention, his hands were grabbed in the air, his feet were kicked, Chen Gang was also miserable, the big porcelain bowl woke up today, he was in a different mood, and he laughed with the little boy.
Soon, the little boy was exhausted and was put on the ground by Chen Gang.
The little boy rolled his eyes and looked at Chen Gang, holding the wine gourd in one hand and his waist in the other, and said, "Hey, bearded, let you come out who can take care of things, the little master has something to say." ”
One sentence caused the guards to burst out laughing.
After Chen Gang laughed enough, he squatted down and said, "I'm in charge, the little guy will say if he has something, get out of here if it's okay." ”
The little boy snorted and said, "It's not like it at all, you're an errand runner at most, that beautiful sister is, you are such an adult and don't want to play tricks on me, if I leave, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult for the injury of the lord in you to heal." ”
The little boy was about to leave, Chen Gang's eyes rolled, and he pulled the little boy's collar back.
Chen Gang raised his eyebrows and asked: "If you don't learn well at a young age, you have to learn to speak arrogantly, tell me what your name is, otherwise ......"
With a pop, Chen Gang pulled out the saber for a few points, and looked at the little boy's wrinkled pants full of urine stains, the little boy shrank back and said disdainfully: "What's the big deal about a broken sword, the master said that when the wooden fish grows up, it will be ten times heavier than yours, and ten times longer." ”
Chen Gang smiled and said, "Little wooden fish, interesting." ”
The little boy immediately added, "Please call me Yuan Muyu." ”
At this moment, a guard in civilian clothes walked over, patted Yuan Muyu's thin shoulder and asked, "Yuan Muyu, tell me your master's name, maybe we will let you meet that beautiful sister." ”
Yuan Muyu's eyes widened, he looked at the guards and said with a smile: "I don't know if I told you people, my master is a tall man and wears a pair of iron shoes." ”
The guard asked, "How tall is the master?" ”
Yuan Muyu pointed to Changting Mountain in the distance and said, "It's probably a tall person than that Changting Mountain." ”
At this moment, an old man who was napping on the fairy willow on Changting Mountain's visit to Sendai squinted his eyes and glanced at the crowd in front of the inn, and when he heard that his newly accepted apprentice had not embarrassed him, he seemed very satisfied, smiled, and continued to sleep.
There was a creak, and the closed door of the inn opened.
Zhao Lingxue cautiously glanced outside the door through the crack in the door, and found that several guards were teasing a little boy who was just five or six years old, so she was relieved, and then took a closer look at where the little boy seemed to have seen it, and then suddenly remembered the scene of the little boy holding a water hyacinth to fight the fire, and suddenly felt good.
Zhao Lingxue beckoned to Yuan Muyu.
Yuan Muyu grimaced at Chen Gang and rushed over.
Zhao Lingxue simply asked the reason, then took the wine gourd, and then took out a large piece of silver, Yuan Muyu said seriously: "The master said, this wine has a price." ”
Zhao Lingxue was amused, and then brought out a plate of fragrant osmanthus cake from the inn, Yuan Muyu swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, rubbed his hands on the clothes that were dirtier than his hands, looked at Zhao Lingxue and said, "Beautiful sister, can you take all this wooden fish?"
Zhao Lingxue smiled and nodded.
Seeing Yuan Muyu away, Zhao Lingxue told Chen Gang and the others to keep a strict watch, and then quickly closed the door and returned to the inn.
When passing through the long corridor, Zhao Lingxue's face began to be gloomy, and at the end of the corridor, Zhao Lingxue lightly pushed open the vermilion door, and was choked by a strong smell of medicine.
Zhao Lingxue simply swept around the spacious and delicate room, then put the wine gourd next to the basin under the bedside, and continued to pick up the fishy ointment box on the bedside and apply it on the body full of holes, in order to maximize the effect of the medicine, after applying, she also gently kneaded the ointment for a while, so that the ointment could all penetrate into the body.
It's been three days, and the big porcelain bowl has already woken up, but Xiao Jiansheng is still drowsy, except for his breath, which is basically like a dead man.
Such a day is very boring, especially in the face of Xiao Jiansheng, lonely men and widows in the same room, she is not worried about those guards coming in, and it seems that she is living like a year, Zhao Lingxue never dared to think that she would meet Xiao Jiansheng again like this, and she usually has no worries about food and clothing, and in turn she has to wait for an enemy in the eyes of her father.
Zhao Lingxue stroked the hair that hung down, rubbed the beads of sweat that were about to slide down her forehead with the back of her hand, trying her best to convince herself not to think about those unpleasant things, and more often, she stared intently at the sword wound on Xiao Jiansheng's chest that bloomed like a flower.
Zhao Lingxue's soft index finger gently slid over the scar, a little sentimental, the flower would eventually fall, but she didn't know why the flower didn't fall, did he do it on purpose?
Zhao Lingxue used her fingers as a sword and gestured over the scar for a while, and her mood seemed to be better.
A few days later, the big porcelain bowl leaned against the wall all the way and touched the room where Zhao Lingxue was, and just wanted to explain something to Zhao Lingxue, but was covered by Zhao Lingxue.
The big porcelain bowl slowly walked to the side of the bed, looked at Xiao Jiansheng who was unconscious, and already understood the cause and effect of the matter, and sighed: "You really guessed it right, princess, but Wan'er wants to know what you plan to do after Xiao Jiansheng wakes up, princess?"
Zhao Lingxue hesitated and said coldly: "Naturally, I killed him." ”
The big porcelain bowl was ten thousand unconvinced, and he covered his mouth and smiled: "Princess, can you do it?" You see that he is ordinary after his disguise, and he still looks a little old, but after recovering his appearance, he is completely a handsome brother, not to mention that if the princess really kills him, wouldn't it be a vain effort for the past few days and nights?"
Zhao Lingxue glared at the big porcelain bowl, and immediately issued an eviction order.
Two days later, Xiao Jiansheng woke up, although he was not alive, but he could walk slowly by himself, and it happened that the room was empty, so Xiao Jiansheng wrapped himself in a soft quilt and moved off the bed, rummaging in the guest room to find something that could satisfy his hunger, but he only saw a wine gourd on one wall.
Xiao Jiansheng was just about to open the lid and pour it into his stomach, when the door opened.
Zhao Lingxue was overjoyed at first, then suddenly turned cold, looked at Xiao Jiansheng coldly, and only said three words, hello.
Xiao Jiansheng nodded, and hurriedly returned to the bed, just about to take a sip of wine to suppress the shock, but Zhao Lingxue, who stepped forward, avoided the wine gourd, Zhao Lingxue said coldly: "Endure it if you are greedy, and drink it when it is completely healed." ”
After Zhao Lingxue left, the guest room became cold again.
Frost kills a hundred grasses, with the beginning of lifelessness, there is a faint sense of slaughter between heaven and earth, especially the cultivators have the most clear understanding of this change, in the early morning of this day, there were bursts of discordant sounds outside the inn door.
Xiao Jiansheng seems to want to go out and walk casually, breathe, and relieve the stiff muscles and bones that have been forced to stay in bed for the past few days, in fact, he has already recovered, but Zhao Lingxue did not allow him to come forward, and today while Zhao Lingxue and the big porcelain bowl went out, Xiao Jiansheng sneaked out, but as soon as he crossed the threshold, he was surrounded by several knives.
Xiao Jiansheng's depressed mood not only failed to be resolved, but became more and more depressed.
One of the uninhibited guards pointed a knife at Xiao Jiansheng and said, "The princess has an order, and without his orders, no one can take a step out of the gate, especially you Xiao Jiansheng." ”
Xiao Jiansheng patiently explained: "A few military masters, let's not go in the direction of Changting Mountain, just walk around the neighborhood, it is estimated that when the princess comes back, she will have finished walking around, and it shouldn't hinder you from doing errands." ”
At this moment, a headless guard sneered: "Xiao Jiansheng, persuade you to die of this heart, our brother Chen said, we will escort you back to Zhongjing City tomorrow, if you run away, our brothers will all lose their heads, you think about it with your ass, how can this door pass?"
Xiao Jiansheng shook his head helplessly, and walked straight forward, and those knives also looked for an opportunity to put on Xiao Jiansheng's neck, and at this moment, Zhao Lingxue walked over after passing through a short alley with the big porcelain bowl and Chen Gang.
Chen Gang shouted angrily, stepped over in a few steps, and sneered at Xiao Jiansheng: "There will always be a head in a comfortable day, it's time to go back with the head of the guard to explain the crime, unless you want to abscond in fear of crime, in this case, ask Chen if the sword in his hand agrees." ”
The big porcelain bowl was the first to react, and pulled Zhao Lingxue's sleeve for help and said, "Is this really the case......, the princess has decided?"
The big porcelain bowl looked at Chen Gang anxiously, the meaning couldn't be more obvious, you did it with him, it was for nothing, but Chen Gang seemed to be a master who admitted death, but ignored the eyes of the big porcelain bowl, looked at Xiao Jiansheng in a daze, and mocked: "In the past few days, the princess has read that you have saved the driver, so you will be allowed to live for a few more days, since the injury has healed, you should always give the princess an explanation." ”
At this moment, Zhao Lingxue separated the crowd, as if she was returning from shopping, and with a large bag in her hand, she pushed open the heavy door with her shoulder, and walked towards her room, never looking back.
Seeing that the princess's face was gloomy, everyone naturally didn't dare to make a mistake, so they had to disperse obediently, Xiao Jiansheng was not in the mood to wander around, and after returning to his guest room, he closed the door and pondered what Chen Gang said.
It was a little ridiculous, but he couldn't laugh out loud.
It was almost noon, Zhao Lingxue was dressed in a pink coat, and she was wearing a cold embroidered cotton suit outside and pushed the door in, Zhao Lingxue came alone, quickly covered the door, and stood in front of the door and said: "Tell me, why do you want to save the princess three times and twice, but what are the unseemly attempts, do you want to use the matter of saving the princess to resolve the crime with merit?"
Xiao Jiansheng thought that Zhao Lingxue would ask some questions related to today's trivial matters, but as soon as Zhao Lingxue spoke, Xiao Jiansheng felt a little unspeakable.
Xiao Jiansheng naturally couldn't tell the ascetic's original words, let alone tell him about the wonderful encounter he had in front of him, and it was estimated that Zhao Lingxue wouldn't believe it, Xiao Jiansheng lowered his head and thought hard for a long time, and then said: "The world is full of rumors about you, how beautiful and moving, how the country and the city, in this case, can't let you die in the hands of those wicked people, isn't it a pity?"
Zhao Lingxue obviously didn't believe it, and walked quickly towards Xiao Jiansheng.
Just when Xiao Jiansheng didn't know why, Zhao Lingxue suddenly pulled out a short sword behind him and stabbed it directly into Xiao Jiansheng's chest, Xiao Jiansheng didn't resist the whole time, even if the tip of the sword pierced into the skin and blood flowed out, Xiao Jiansheng remained absolutely relaxed throughout the whole process, and those bright eyes stared at Zhao Lingxue's eyes.
Zhao Lingxue slowly closed her eyes, her mind rising and falling like that full chest.
When he was held tightly in her arms, she didn't have time to think about the future.
When she rescued him, she was dispelling those bloody thoughts all the time.
But he's okay, there are some things that must be faced, kindness is kindness, festivals are festivals, and they can't be mixed up.
Zhao Lingxue couldn't figure it out, why could they die together, but not live together?
When she met Xiao Jiansheng, her heart knot had not been untied, but it was becoming more and more firm.
Zhao Lingxue didn't dare to open her eyes, when she felt Xiao Jiansheng's warm blood splashed on her hand, her hand suddenly trembled, and she couldn't hold the hilt of the sword tightly, I don't know when, Zhao Lingxue let go of the hilt of the sword, and let the short sword fall to the ground with a thud.