Chapter 40: The Gift

Xiao Lianshan has always been calm and never does anything that he is not sure of, but I can't understand the confidence on his face at all, recalling the attack outside Xie Tong's house, those people are obviously not ordinary people, I originally wanted to persuade Xiao Lianshan, but I also knew in my heart that what he decided would be useless.

After the descendants of the eighteen red wolves were killed, all the clues in our hands were broken, Xiao Lianshan calmly asked us to wait, it is better to be still, the early death that should come will come, although what he said makes sense, I am still worried about Xiao Lianshan's safety.

I handed over the yin buckle to Han Yu, and asked him and the prince to stay by Xiao Lianshan's side during this time, three days later it was Xiao Lianshan's birthday, according to the tables and chairs placed in the courtyard, there must be a lot of people coming at that time, think about it, I haven't accompanied him on his birthday since I left home.

I remember that Xiao Lianshan didn't like too many people in the past, and said that on his birthday, the family would sit together and have a happy meal, at that time, Xiaoxiao and I would give him gifts every year, and he would be happy to love it and keep it very cherished.

"Uncle Xiao's birthday, what are you going to give him?" Yun Duruo asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet." I scratched my head and was annoyed, after all, now that I'm older, I want to give a meaningful gift, but I've been thinking about it for a long time and I can't be satisfied.

"What does Uncle Xiao usually like?" Nangong Yi asked curiously.

...... "I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that I really couldn't remember what Xiao Lianshan liked." He seems to be interested in cultural relics after all, especially those of the Qin Dynasty. ”

"Qin Dynasty? Uncle Xiao found the 14th Tombs of the Ming Dynasty, and I thought he loved the cultural relics of the Ming Dynasty. Nangong Yi looked at me in surprise and said. Why do you like the Qin Dynasty? ”

"I don't have much interest in cultural relics, in fact my dad doesn't have much interest in these things, but he seems to have a soft spot for cultural relics from the Qin Dynasty." I folded my hands and smiled in reply. "Oh, it's not all of the Qin Dynasty, it's related to Qin Shi Huang, and he won't be able to put it down."

"Then Uncle Xiao's hobby is a bit high-end." Nangong Yi said with a wry smile. "You'd better think of other ideas, don't count on that."

"Gifts, important things, intentions, if you have a heart, you can do it." Yun Duruo's eyes lit up and said to us. "It's better to go to the ghost market, the ghost market will produce good goods, of course, don't worry about buying cultural relics from the Qin Dynasty, you may be able to find something satisfactory."

I thought about it and nodded in agreement, Nangong Yi said that she would take advantage of the past few days to deal with the information of the case first, and wait for Xiao Lianshan's birthday to come back and join us.

Yun Duruo and I went to the ghost market to hang out, Han Yu was worried that there would be danger if no one around us followed, so I took Yinyue to go together, and after shopping in the ghost market for a long time, Yun Duruo bought a bronze sword imitating Qin, she said that Xiao Lianshan was bold and used to be a soldier like a butcher, since he had a soft spot for the utensils of the Qin Dynasty, then this bronze Qin sword Xiao Lianshan should like it very much.

To be honest, Yun Duruo's vision is indeed good, although this Qin sword is an imitation, but the sword body is slender and sharp like a willow leaf, the sword body that has been finely filed and polished is smooth and bright, the sheath is unpretentious, and the unsheath is sharp.

I looked at it and liked it a little, but after an afternoon of shopping, I never picked a satisfactory gift, and when I turned around, I suddenly found that Yinyue, who had been quietly following us, raised her head.

It stared intently into the distance, its ears erected as if listening to something, Silver Moon was psychic and knowledgeable, and we had always been inseparable, but I had never seen it before, as if I was attracted to something, I followed Silver Moon's gaze and saw that it was just a path of people shuttling, and Silver Moon's gaze looked at the end of the path.

Silver Moon slowly walked forward and stopped paying attention to me and Yun Duruo this is something it has never done before, no matter how much I and Yun Duruo call it will not look back and ignore us, and the pace is getting faster and faster to run towards the depths of the path and.

Yun Duruo and I hurriedly chased after us, and there was no trace of Yinyue at the corner of the lower road, we immediately panicked, Yinyue couldn't run away for no reason, we chased and shouted Yinyue along the path, until we finally saw it under the willow tree by the stone bridge.

I've been here many times, and when I saw the silver moon, I saw the man again, the young man whose face was full of vicissitudes and loneliness, he was still sitting lonely in the stall under the willow tree and no one cared about him, but he didn't seem to mind at all, as if no one or anything could fall into his eyes except the bracelet he was knitting.

Silver Moon stopped in front of the man, it approached the person cautiously, it had never seen Silver Moon so frightened, the man looked down at it, very casual eyes and even with a faint smile, Silver Moon has always looked up at its proud head Even if its eyes are charming, but it can still vaguely see that its eyes are full of cold pride, but the moment it meets the person's eyes, Silver Moon actually surrenders and buries her head in the ground.

It is so humble and respectful, even in front of Han Yu, it has never been like this, that person is very lonely but there is a kind of high majesty on his body, I once tried to look into his eyes but found that there is a domineering spirit that does not dare to look up, he sits there lonely and does not speak, but it is like a sharp sword with a sharp edge that is not angry and self-threatening.

Even if the silver moon is in front of him, he will only worship happily and sincerely, I looked at the silver moon snuggled at the feet of the person in shock, and found that it was becoming more and more difficult to see through this person, Yun Duruo and I walked over slowly, the man stroked the head of the silver moon and looked at us, and his eyes fell on the bronze sword in Yun Duruo's hand.

"Qin Jian." The man said with a faint smile.

"Good eye." Yun Duruo said to the man with a triumphant smile. "By the way, I reminded you last time, but I didn't see that you are really a master, and you can know that we will be in danger at night by testing a word."

"It just so happened that I was just in my words." The man said humbly.

"And this." Yun Duruo shook the bracelet on his wrist and said gratefully. "The one you sent me saved my life last time, and I've been thinking about saying thank you to you, I've been here a few times but I haven't met you, and I met you today."

"Jiren has his own natural appearance, and the person who saved you is not me, but I am right." The man looked at me and said meaningfully.

I have a few encounters with him, but I always feel very familiar, he seems to know a lot of things and has never said anything to me, Han Yu said that he is by no means an idle person, of course I believe it, but every time I see his face that is about the same size as me, I am always a little surprised and uncertain.

After walking around the ghost market for so long, I was a little tired, I sat under the willow tree, the breeze blows, the willow leaves of the tree flutter and pull the wind chimes hanging on it, there is a crisp and pleasant sound, I look at the man and suddenly ask curiously.

"Last time, you said that you only met people, I really didn't plan to meet you today, but I still met fate."

"What do you want to count?" The man asked with a light smile and a calm smile.

"Why are you going to count me in the ghost market?"

"Women stand with swords, Qin Jian is fierce and fierce women rarely wear it, and most of them pray for sacrifices." The man didn't even think to blurt it out. "There should be nothing you want to sacrifice in this ghost market, the first Qin woman held the Qin sword as a gift, and you came to the ghost market for the gift, seeing that you hesitated, this gift must not make you satisfied."

I rested my head on the willow tree and was no longer amazed by his physiognomy as I was accustomed to knowing him, and it was his miscalculation that made me excited.

"Then you help him calculate, what can he buy to ......" Yun Duruo should have planned to let that person calculate what would make Xiao Lianshan happy, and just halfway through speaking, his eyes fell on the person's stall.

Yun Duruo asked me to go over and look, the bronze mirror is still placed there, but there is an extra horn-like thing next to the bronze mirror, which should be polished with the horns of animals, the color is brown and gray and the nine rings go up, it looks very peculiar and chic, but there are fine lines on the horn, I looked down and took a closer look to find that this horn is patchwork and glued together, presumably once broken.

"What is this?" I asked curiously.

"Dragonhorn."

"Dragon...... Dragon's Horn? I asked, pointing to the horn with a frown. You mean, this is the horn of the dragon's head flying in the sky? ”

The man nodded silently.

I thought about how to change anyone who said these two words to me, I would disdain and even scoff at it, no matter how I looked at it, it was a bull's horn, and it turned into a dragon's horn when it came out of that person's mouth, but I didn't dare to question him.

"What is this horn for?" Yun Duruo asked with great interest.

"This horn is blowing loudly, it can boost morale, you come to the ghost market to buy gifts must be to give people, look at the bronze Qin sword in your hand, the person you send must be in command of the battlefield, this horn is also used in the territory." The man did not answer Yun Duruo's question, but said calmly. "It's just right to give it away."

Yun Duruo's eyes lit up and he pulled me and said Give this horn to Xiao Lianshan, I looked at this horn that was not good-looking, shabby and old, and it was once broken, although Xiao Lianshan was not picky, but after all, it was a birthday, and I was really worried about whether he would like it if he gave him such a thing.

"You won't sell it." I see that Yun Duruo likes it very much, and asked tentatively.

"You said that you have a fate with me today, if you like it, I'll give it to you." The man replied with a faint smile.

I picked up the horn and looked at it for a long time, to see the look of reluctance in the man's eyes, his mystery has always made me curious, there is always a different otherworldly in him, like a god who is above him, looking at the people in front of him and the ups and downs of the world.

Every word he said always had his meaning, and I would always understand it much later, and I still believe that it was no coincidence that the bracelet he gave me finally saved Yun Duruo, and now that he gave me this horn, Yun Duruo happily said thank you.

His head was buried again and he ignored us, and when he left, the silver moon still snuggled at his feet, and ignored us no matter how we called it, until the man patted it lightly on the head and said something lonely.

"Go ahead."

Yinyue reluctantly left with us, it looked back at the person from time to time, its eyes were so nostalgic, it was not the way Yinyue looked at us, it could be seen that it wanted to go back, but it was just that the person said two words at will, and Yinyue didn't dare to disobey.

After walking for a long time, I stopped, I asked Yun Duruo to wait for me, something was left on the man's stall, I ran back quickly, and this time I looked at him very seriously.

"Last time you tested a girl character for me, some people said you only said half of it." I looked at the man and asked very cautiously. "What's that half of what you didn't finish?"

Last time, Yun Duruo also asked him to test the word Niu in order to provoke Gu Liancheng, but Gu Liancheng refused to test this word, with Gu Liancheng's metaphysical attainments, how could there be a word that he couldn't measure, unless he had something inconvenient to say to me.

"Cherish the people in front of you." The man slowly raised his head, his wise and lonely eyes sharp like a sword. "As I said, you still have a choice, and I hope you won't make a mistake."

"What the hell is the other half?" I asked eagerly.

"When you understand your other half, you will know who you are." The man's gaze darkened, and his head slowly sank.

"If you don't want to say that I can't help it, you just tell me whether it's good or bad?"

"It's up to you to distinguish between good and bad, and sometimes what you choose is good for others, but not necessarily for yourself." The man knitted the wind chimes in his hand, bowed his head and said to me lightly. "Good and bad are not as simple as you think, sooner or later you will face your own choice, and when you reach that time, you will understand that you can only choose helplessness in the end."