Chapter 12: Drunken Seclusion
In a blink of an eye, the year set by Guiguzi was about to pass, and Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang had already finished reading the pile of bamboo slips that belonged to them in the library pavilion, and Xiao Han had also read most of the two piles of bamboo slips. Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were amazed at the speed at which she read and understood, and Xiao Han waved his hand: "I just slept two hours less than you." She then covered her mouth with her hand and yawned.
There are three days left before the autumn equinox, and this day happens to be Xiao Han's birthday, and Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang have already prepared a big gift for her.
"Why is it so mysterious?" Xiao Han's eyes were covered by Gai Nie, and Wei Zhuang was holding her in front of her.
"Because it's a surprise." Wei Zhuang said with a smile.
"Xiaozhuang, watch the road." Gagne reminded him.
"Don't worry, senior brother." Wei Zhuang slowly led Xiao Han forward, kicking away the gravel on the road.
"It's finally here." Gai Nie put down his hand, Xiao Han opened his eyes, this was indeed a surprise.
They were in the depths of the bamboo forest at this time, and in front of Xiao Han were two doors made of neatly cut and selected bamboos of similar thickness tied together, and there was a large plaque on the door with three words: Hanjian Pavilion.
Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang pushed open the door on one side, and the place that was originally overgrown with bamboo had been cleaned up and smooth. In the middle of this is a table made of bamboo, and three small stools, and on the right hand side is a bamboo shelf on which three wooden swords are hung.
"You did it all yourself?" Xiao Han asked them happily.
"It needs to be handmade," Wei Zhuang pointed to the table and stool made of bamboo, "Those are all made by senior brother." β
"What about you?" Xiao Han asked Wei Zhuang.
"I'll just do some coolies." Wei Zhuang scratched his head.
Xiao Han happily hugged the two of them: "Thank you, thank you." β
"When the master starts to instruct us on swordsmanship, we will be able to teach you well, so we will use your daily reading time to build this place." Gaigne said.
"Tonight, we've got to celebrate!" Xiao Han bounced away from them, sat down on one of the stools, and said with a wink, "I'll go to Daddy's to get some jars of good wine." β
"Can you drink?" Wei Zhuang looked at her with suspicion.
"Try it and you'll know." Xiao Han said naughtily.
Later, when Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang drank together, they always felt ashamed when they thought of what happened this night.
Sure enough, at night, Xiao Han brought good wine and a few side dishes, and the three of them took advantage of the moonlight to start drinking.
At the beginning, everyone was still very sober and would talk about some national events, beautiful mountains and rivers, and so on. Later, when Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were drunk, they made fun of Guiguzi's Yan sΓΉ, but they were scolded by Xiao Han. By the time they got drunk at the end, Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were already in a trance, and Xiao Han was just drunk.
Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie chattered non-stop, and even talked about talking about marriage in the future.
Wei Zhuang stretched out his hand to hold Gai Nie's hand, stroked it slowly, and said dizzily: "Senior brother, for the sake of me liking you so much, you can marry me." Xiao Han squirted out a lot of the wine he drank in his mouth and laughed.
Wei Zhuang picked up the wine bowl, spilled a lot, and said to Gai Nie: "Come, senior brother, have a glass of wine." β
Gai Nie shook his head: "I don't want it," he shook his red face and turned to Xiao Han, "I want to marry Xiao Han." β
Xiao Han was completely amused by them, she didn't expect that the majestic Brother Nie on weekdays actually had a girl's heart, and the mighty and domineering Second Brother Zhuang actually liked men. When you're drunk, you dare to say anything.
Xiao Han made a joke: "I don't want to marry you, you should be with Second Brother Zhuang." β
Wei Zhuang clapped his hands happily, dragged Gai Nie back, and muttered: "Senior brother, senior brother." β
Gai Nie got rid of Kaiweizhuang, staggered, sat down beside Xiao Han, and hugged her waist: "Xiao Han, Xiao Han, we want to be together." β
Although it was a drunken statement, Xiao Han still kept this sentence firmly in his heart.
Wei Zhuang also sat on the ground, hugging Gai Nie, and shouting "Senior Brother" in his mouth.
Xiao Han continued to joke with them: "Otherwise, I will marry both of you home in the future." β
They clapped their hands happily, and then there was no movement, Gai Nie fell asleep on Xiao Han's lap, and Wei Zhuang leaned on Gai Nie's back and there was a heavy breathing sound.
Xiao Han smiled, she raised her hand to touch Gai Nie's hair, hesitated, her hand stopped in mid-air, shook her head, and then drank the remaining wine in the altar, she was also a little drunk.
Gai Nie let go of the hand that was holding Xiao Han's waist and lay back on the ground to sleep. And Wei Zhuang's other leg was on Gai Nie's stomach.
Xiao Han put the cloak on his body on them, staggered up, and suddenly thought that today's book had not been finished, so he carried the oil lamp, staggered out of the secluded fence, and staggered all the way to the library pavilion.
She sat on the ground, put the oil lamp at her feet, picked up the bamboo slip and looked at it, her eyes were a little hazy for a while, and she slowly closed her eyes. Lying on the ground, he kicked over the oil lamp he had brought.
When Guiguzi went to bed tonight, he found that Xiao Han was not in his room, and he did not hear the familiar sound of the flute every night. He went to his brother's place today, and he fell asleep without thinking too much about the journey, but he was not at ease in his sleep, and he always felt that something was happening. In the dream, he dreamed that Xiao Han kept calling his name, but he couldn't touch her, and her voice became weaker and weaker......
"Xiao Han!" He woke up and saw the sky outside burned red by the firelight.
"Xiao Han!" He shouted again, no one responded, he only wore a single coat and rushed out, and found that the library was on fire, and along the way he called "Nie'er" and "Xiaozhuang", but there was no response, he arrived at the library and saw Xiao Han.
Xiao Han lay between the two piles of bamboo slips on fire, saying something, trying to climb out step by step, but she didn't have the strength to come out at all, her body was covered with a layer of light, which blocked the tongue of fire from the bamboo slips, but it slowly thinned out in the fire.
Guiguzi couldn't care about anything, he rushed into the fire and hugged Xiao Han. Xiao Han coughed and shouted, "Daddy, Daddy." β
"Daddy is here," Guiguzi wiped the dust off Xiao Han's face with his hands, "Don't be afraid, Daddy is here." β
Xiao Han shrank into Guiguzi's arms.
It seems that the fire eight years ago still caused her to suffer too much.
Guiguzi hugged Xiao Han, and shouted Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang around, but there was still no response. He just watched the vertical and horizontal swordsmanship in the library pavilion, and was burned by the fire little by little, but he couldn't do anything.
"Is Heaven really going to kill me?"
On the second day, when Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang woke up, they found smoke rising from the side of the library, and they rushed to the library, only to find that the inside of the library was burned to ashes, and only a frame was left on the outside. Guiguzi sat in front of the library with his hair scattered, looking at the pile of ashes, he was still holding Xiao Han tightly in his arms.
Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang immediately fell to their knees, hung their heads, and said nothing.
After waiting for a long time, Guiguzi opened his mouth: "You have all written down the books in there?" β
Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang nodded.
"That's good," Guiguzi stood up and left with Xiao Han in his arms, "That's good." β
"Master, is Xiao Han okay?" Gai Nie knelt down and took a few steps forward, shouting.
"She's a little feverish, it's fine." Guiguzi left without looking back, leaving Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang kneeling there regretting.
Later, after Xiaohan's fever subsided, they saw her again, and I don't know if it was because of guilt for those classics, or for some reason, she seemed to be a different person. It's not as lively as before, but it's a little more indifferent.
Even so, Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang firmly believe that one day she will be happy. They just had to tease her as best they could, but how did they know that after the year passed, there would be less and less time left for them to amuse.