In August, the first autumn breeze outside Luoyang brought coolness.

There was a farewell at the city gate.

"I won't send you in." The man with light eyebrows carried a slender bronze Wu hook at his waist, and habitually held a grass stalk at the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile.

The kind of appearance similar to "children in black clothes, deep and beautiful" is really unforgettable, attracting people who enter and leave the city to take a closer look.

But the children have lost that light and chic spirit, and they have lost the flying of the past.

"Are you really not going in?" Gui Ruotong asked.

"If you see it or not, you will say goodbye in the end, say it for me and Lao Qi. And big brother—"

Bo Xiao lowered his eyes, people were still smiling, and his tone was already gloomy: "Big brother doesn't know if he can go back." ”

In the past three months, Bo Xiao and Gui Ruotong have braved the torrential rain and scorching sun, pulling the bodies of Wanding and Shi Xingyang, holding Xu Tian's ashes, going back and forth between Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and sending the bones of their brothers back to their hometown for burial one by one.

Xue Qing's body was trampled into mud by thousands of troops, and only a blood-soaked garment was found.

The two went to Xue Qing's house, and heard from the neighbors that the family also moved away a month ago, and they didn't know where they went.

The two of them used that dress to set up a mound for Xue Qing on a sunny hillside.

Because Xue Qing said that when he was a child, his family was poor, and on rainy days, the house leaked rain, and the quilt was wet, so it was so cold that he couldn't sleep all night. He hates wet, and he hates cold.

It was spring when I left Luoyang, and the funeral lasted all summer.

For the first time in his life, Bo Xiao felt so lost.

He is not like Gui Ruotong, who has such a strong determination for revenge; is not like Han Jujun, who always likes to carry the responsibility of supporting righteousness, as if it is his fault that people suffer in the world.

Maybe after this grievance, Han Jujun will still come back and continue to display his ambitions in Mumen.

But he's different, he's a prodigal son, and he doesn't want to wronged himself for anything else.

He had to go if he wanted to.

"You do me a favor and give this to Meng Xiangyi."

Bo Xiao took out a cloth bag from his arms, and when he handed it out, he felt that his palms were a little heavy, "It's my wedding gift for her." ”

There were three hairpins and two pairs of bracelets in the cloth bag, which he bought casually when he inquired about the news in the gold and silver shop opposite the Tan family in Chuzhou, and he didn't bother to pick them carefully.

Now that I think about it, this gift that is not very attentive is actually the first expensive and decent gift he gave to Meng Xiangyi since they met.

He is indeed too muddy, and he is not a beloved person worthy of entrusting his life. It's no wonder that the old man of the Meng family picks his nose and eyes at him, in short, he just can't look down on him.

In the future, it will be even more unpleasant.

He didn't even think clearly about how to live his life, he was adrift in the future, and he might be hunted down by Mumen, so he wouldn't drag down the good girl of the innocent family.

Gui Ruotong's eyes were red.

She is the only woman among the eight juniors in Luoyang, and she mixes with the men in this group of men, calling her brother and brother, so she often doesn't think of herself as a woman.

At this time, parting is imminent, but it is inevitable to reveal the sentimental nature of women.

She knew how determined Bo Xiao was to leave, so she didn't persuade him. Just like Bo Xiao won't persuade her to leave.

- Everyone's path is different.

"Have you figured out where to go?" Gui Ruotong asked.

Bo Xiao held the grass stem and scratched it in his mouth, still the same nonchalant, "The world is so big, walk everywhere, look everywhere." I can't say that one day I can't walk, so I will find a poor ravine to live in, marry an ugly woman, and have a litter of children. ”

He said it in a rambling manner, and said all the tears of Gui Ruotong.

"What are you crying about?" Bo Xiao patted Gui Ruotong's shoulder, patted hard, but smiled very easily, "Let's go!" ”

Walking almost out of sight, Gui Ruotong was still standing at the city gate, Bo Xiao raised his hand high, shook her behind his back, and strode into the blood-like sunset.

***

Since Mu Cangping had not returned to Luoyang yet, Gui Ruotong did not have to go to Mu's house first, and went directly to his residence.

This small courtyard is located in the most prosperous neighborhood of Luoyang City, quiet in the middle of noisy, the place is not too big, but it is also clean and bright.

This courtyard was originally given to Shi Xingyang's residence. When she first arrived in Luoyang, she couldn't find a suitable place to live for a while, so she lived here temporarily.

Later, he got used to it, and Shi Xingyang got used to it, so he didn't say anything about moving away.

Shi Xingyang's bedroom in the east chamber was locked, and the openwork wooden door was spotless, as if it was still waiting for its owner.

But Shi Xingyang couldn't come back.

Gui Ruotong took off the white linen clothes dyed in color, took off the pair of cloth shoes that had been sharpened out of the big holes, sat in a large wooden barrel filled with hot water, and took a solid bath.

After months of wind and dust, she was extremely tired from body to mind.

In the dense water vapor, when I closed my eyes, all the things that happened in the past six months were all in front of me, as if they were all yesterday.

She remembered the situation when Xu Tian took the sword out of Luoyang.

Thinking of himself, Shi Xingyang, Bo Xiao, and Wan Ding, they went south in the fireworks March, galloping on horseback.

I thought of Wan Ding who was dying on Bo Xiao's back; remembered that under the teahouse called "Yunlai" in Chuzhou, she watched Mu Dian cut Shi Xingyang's throat with a sword.

……

In just a few months, I have gone through all the things of my life.

He was busy killing people and running for his life, and then he was busy traveling back and forth from place to place, so tired that he was numb, and some emotions he simply did not have the strength to figure out.

Now that she had relaxed, her whole body seemed to have collapsed suddenly, invaded by great sorrow and pain, and she didn't even have the strength to sit still.

Gui Ruotong bent down, smothered himself in the water, and let out a howl that exhausted all his strength.

In addition to Gui Ruotong and Shi Xingyang, there is also an old couple living in the courtyard.

The man is called Uncle Dong, who is responsible for the purchase and sprinkling of the yard.

Uncle Dong's wife, Aunt Ling, does laundry and cooking.

The old couple is tough and very diligent.

Gui Ruotong came out of the bath, and the hall was already serving a steaming meal.

A very rich table is not Aunt Ling's craft.

Uncle Dong came in and said, "The big housekeeper over there in the Mu Mansion knows that Miss Gui is back, so he asked someone to order a table seat from the restaurant where Miss Gui usually likes to eat, and just sent it over, so let's eat it while it's hot." The big steward at the house said, don't rush over, rest for a few days. ”

Mu Gang is the old man brought out by Mu Cangping from the Green Canyon, steady and capable, and he takes care of the big things in the Mu family's house for Mu Cangping, and the less important things are assigned to the people below.

But Mu Gang is very different from Bajun, he takes a lot of care, and sometimes it is as small as living and eating.

And everything that has been done is appropriate and thoughtful.

Just like which restaurant Gui Ruotong likes to eat and what kind of food she likes to eat, Shi Xingyang doesn't know if she has lived with her for so long, but Mu Gang will not be mistaken.

Only halfway through the meal, Bi Chang came.

"Mu Dianke, this demon girl!"

Bi Chang's eyes were red, and he slapped the table hard, "She killed the fifth and sixth children, and forced the fourth child away." If I don't cut her with my own hands, I won't have the surname Bi! ”

Shi Xingyang's Wanding, one was indeed killed by Mu Dianke himself, and the other was killed by her design. But Bo Xiao's departure has nothing to do with Mu Dianke.

Gui Ruotong said fairly, "Bo Xiao is disappointed." ”

"Disappointment Bird!" Bi Chang said angrily, "Then the fifth and sixth children, as well as the second and third children, will not avenge the revenge?" Jin Yanchen is still alive and well, Mu Dianke and Chang Qianfo's pair of dogs and men are still happy in the south, and he just left? ”

He shook his hands into a fist and pounded it hatefully, "Don't let me catch him, I'll beat him once I see him." ”

Gui Ruotong thought that Bo Xiao didn't go into the city because he was afraid of these things.

Bi Chang has always thought about simple things, not to mention that he didn't experience those things in Chuzhou, even if he was there at the time, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to understand Bo Xiao's state of mind.

She didn't tell Bi Chang, and for a while, she was also disappointed.

"Everyone has his own ambitions." Gui Ruotong said, "Being a brother is fate, how can you expect to be tied together for the rest of your life?" ”

Bi Chang felt that Gui Ruotong's attitude was wrong, and his eyes fell on the locked door bolt of the east wing with her gaze, and he was silent.

"Do you know, Mu Dian is going back to Luoyang." After a while, Bi Chang said.