"Spring sleepy, summer and autumn napping, winter Sanjiu who can't wake up." Zhao Yan'er was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and he was not as tall as Xu Xi, lying on the counter watching Xu Xi's five fingers fly, and looking at his head and getting groggy again.

"According to you, it was the season of sleeping all year round."

"Sister Xu, take a break, I'm sleepy when I see you writing."

"It's because you don't like to write, so you're sleepy when you look at it."

She struck the half-sized man's head with a pen, and unsurprisingly caused a wail.

"Sister Xu, what are you doing," he rubbed his head and said pitifully, "My father didn't beat me so hard." ”

She was about to open her mouth, and a heavier slap hit him on the back of the head, almost slapping Zhao Yan'er's head on the counter.

"I slept early in the morning, like a pig all day long, study hard with your sister Xu, such an adult, I can't do business, and even the accounts are a mess."

Xu Xi silently lowered her head to write, what she didn't say was that if your father came over, I was afraid that he would be beaten harder.

The fierce god taught his son a lesson, and when he turned around, the face of the shopkeeper Zhao became a lot kinder again, "I went out on a long trip today, and you can take care of the business in the store, and this stupid guy too." ”

Xu Xi couldn't laugh or cry, "Shopkeeper, I don't know how to look at things." ”

"You won't Zhao Yan'er will, when the time comes, you will be able to touch it through in less than three days!"

Xu Xi wanted to say something, but saw the shopkeeper Zhao wave his hand and walked out heroically, as if he was relieved to hand over the store to her.

"Your dad is gone." Xu Xi poked Zhao Yan'er's head, and the latter actually fell asleep on the counter.

She sighed.

Time passed little by little, and when the twilight was about to fall, Xu Xi finally stretched and walked out from behind the counter.

"I'll go to the opposite side to buy a few buns and stir-fry two vegetables, you close the door first."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan'er, who was listless just now, suddenly bounced, "Sister Xu, sit down, I'll go!" After saying that, he took the money and ran out in a puff of smoke.

Xu Xi shook his head with a smile, walked over and took off the door panel, leaned on the threshold again, and waited for Zhao Yan'er to buy the food. At this time, the twilight is about to be late, and the sky is full of magnificent sunshine and there is no end in sight, and there is the smell of vegetables wafting from the opposite side, and there are clean and decent clothes on the body, although ordinary, but peaceful enough. She has experienced enough of the winds and waves in her previous life, and it seems that it is not bad to go on like this.

If it weren't for a few black-clad people who suddenly came to the door.

Zhao Yan'er had already bought the food and carried it over in a wooden lunch box. Seeing this, Xu Xi was about to enter the house, half of the door was almost closed, and a thick arm blocked the door panel that was about to close.

"Is this a pawnshop?" The man asked in a low voice.

Xu Xi looked at it, almost all of them were black hats, night clothes, and five men, all carrying knives wrapped in strips of white cloth.

A slight trace of blood diffused.

Zhao Yan'er was still jumping around, but when she saw a few men, she suddenly shrank in fright, and Xu Xi pulled him over and stopped him.

"I'm sorry, our store is closed, so let's come early tomorrow." After that, close the door.

The arm once again separated the gap between the door panels, and the man's body was already halfway in, "We have something urgent, can we make it easier?" ”

Xu Xi raised his eyebrows, thinking that you had come in, and asked us if it was inconvenient. Seeing Zhao Yan'er on the side holding the lunch box with a timid look, Xu Xi had to gently pat his hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid." When she looked up again, her eyes sank a little.

"What are you going to do?" She asked.

The man at the head gestured backwards, and then, a slightly slender man behind him took out a jade bracelet wrapped in a square handkerchief from his arms.

"This is a hibiscus jade bracelet, you can look at it."

Xu Xihu glanced up suspiciously, but still smiled politely, "Everyone, wait a minute, I'll ask our master." ”

She lifted the curtain, picked up the transparent jade bracelet and handed it to Zhao Yan'er, "Yan'er, look at whether this is hibiscus jade." ”

Zhao Yan'er put down the lunch box, took the bracelet and looked at it carefully, and said very firmly, "This is definitely not hibiscus jade, you see that there is neither a flowing cloud-like pattern nor a purple color in it, just an ordinary jade glass, at most give him four taels of silver." ”

Xu Xi nodded and walked outside, "Our master said that this piece of jade is at most four taels of silver." ”

"What?" "How can it be!" "We only gave four taels of silver for a piece of hibiscus jade!"

The few people behind suddenly shouted, but the man in front of him was still motionless, looking at her with a deep coercion.

"Forty taels." The man said in a deep voice.

"Four-tael." Xu Xi didn't give an inch.

With a bang, the two knives were already out of their sheaths, and a thinner man behind them scolded, "It's only four taels, why don't you go and grab it?" ”

Xu Xi quietly touched the thin knife under the counter, and said with a faint smile, "A jade glass bracelet costs forty taels, why don't you grab it?" ”

The two people in the back were suddenly angry, "How did you talk!" ”

As soon as the man at the head raised his hand, the two of them suddenly quieted down, "Girl, it's convenient, twenty taels." ”

Xu Xi still smiled slightly, but the bracelet in his hand was pushed back along the counter, "It's convenient for you, our store is small, and the temple is too small to afford such a baby, so this strong man should go and see elsewhere." ”

The man leaned over suddenly, almost his entire upper body pressed against the counter, and the knotted muscles under the black clothes were faintly visible, "What if I want your house?" He asked.

Xu Xi shrugged his shoulders, "Then there is no way." ”

In an instant, the two knives were unsheathed at the same time, and the man in black's wide-mouth knife slashed straight at her with his strength, but Xu Xi waved it lightly, and the slender blade hit the tip of the wide-mouth knife, making a low sound, and she made a volley of his knife technique.

The four people behind were slightly stunned, and then dispersed, each holding the hilt of the knife in their hands to prevent Xu Xi's next move.

She laughed, and a thin knife propped up on the stage, "What? If you can't make a deal, you have to start grabbing? ”

The man in the lead was slightly stunned, and then put the knife back.

"It's rude, please call the shopkeeper to come out."

Before and after, Xu Xi snorted twice in his heart and said, "The shopkeeper has gone out, and he will come back in a few days." ”

"You!" The two people in the back were about to step forward, but they were stopped by the man in charge.

"Girl, I see you don't understand the reason, it's better not to wade into this muddy water."

"Oh?" Xu Xi smiled, "It's better to talk about it, so that I can have a judgment." ”

At this time, Zhao Yan'er opened the curtain and walked over, Xu Xi hurriedly stopped him, "What are you doing when you come out, go in to eat, just leave some for me." ”

Zhao Yan'er wanted to say something, but when she saw the man in charge, she was immediately surprised, "Hey, I seem to have seen this person." ”

Before the words fell, several people gathered with knives, Xu Xi had to pick up Zhao Yan'er and dodge, a wide-mouth knife slashed at the Bogu frame behind him, and suddenly a blue and white vase fell from above, and fell into pieces with a "pop".

"I didn't rob it, and I just started killing people?" She said coldly, a thin knife spinning silently between her fingers. For a moment, the thinner man suddenly covered his wrist, blood kept flowing from his cracked palm, and he frantically ripped off a few strands of cloth and wrapped them around his hand.

"Girl, I have no grievances with you in the past and no enmity in the near future, why should I be so cruel to my brother." The man at the head said in a low voice.

"What you say is really a double standard, am I having a grudge against you again? As soon as it comes up, it will kill us. ”

"You ask this kid! Who the hell is sorry for whom! A man in black was wrapping strips of cloth around his companion's wounds, but he was angry when he heard the words.

Xu Xi frowned and asked him in a low voice, "Son, what's the matter?" ”

Zhao Yan'er was so frightened that she trembled, and said in a trembling voice, "I...... I don't know, it's just that they asked my dad to bring the goods......"

"What?" She asked.

"This sect is secret, how can I talk to you as an outsider! Acquaintances either hand over his son, or hand over his son! ”

"What if I don't pay it?" She asked coldly.

"Then don't blame us for being rude!"

As soon as the words fell, a flying knife was thrown, and Xu Xi was about to dodge, when the flying knife suddenly exploded, and a strong smell of medicine occupied the entire room. Xu Xi couldn't stop coughing, and was about to grab Zhao Yanzi, but his hand was empty. She was startled and hurried out.

"Don't run!"

Xu Xi kept chasing after him, and the wind gradually grew under his feet, and when he fell together, the speed was almost catching up with them. Several people gradually rushed to the edge of Weishui, and a person could be seen standing at the head of the boat in the distance.

When Xu Xi arrived, she saw that several people had already boarded the bow of the boat, getting farther and farther away from her.

After all, it was still a step too late.

Her reflection was gradually reflected in the water, Xu Xi watched quietly for a long time, her lower two legs were immersed in the water, and the chill spread from the soles of her feet to the bottom of her heart.

Is it to go? Or stay?

If she goes, all this will still have nothing to do with her, and she can change places and start the peaceful life she wants.

However, the ordinary life in that pawnshop kept flashing through her mind, and she was no more than her conscience after all.

With a bang, the soaking lower body pulled out of the water, leaving a muddy mark on the ground with every step.

Shopkeeper Zhao came back two days later, and when he came back, Xu Xi was sitting on the threshold, with two fingers hooking a bracelet of jade glass, and his eyes were desolate.

"Shopkeeper, Zhao Yan'er was taken away by someone else, think about it, have you seen this bracelet recently."

"I ...... I don't know," Zhao shopkeeper saw the bracelet, suddenly lost his strength, and suddenly slipped to the ground, whimpering in pain, "I just helped them bring the goods, I really didn't know there was something in it......"

"You speak slowly, don't worry, I'll bring you back."

A blood moon is in the sky, surrounded by dark high walls, as if some kind of giant beast is sleeping in the depths, and at the narrow exit, the bamboo raft slowly sails through the water, silently. A black-robed man stood on the bow of the boat, and the blood-colored moonlight shrouded all around him with a thin layer of red light, as if there was a trace of fishy smell floating in the air.

The captain propped up the penny and smiled: "It's so late, but the guests are coming to have some fun?" ”