An incense burner, a pot of wine, a dim lamp, a woman, a seven-stringed yaoqin.

It was late at night, and the murmurful sound of the piano wafted from the inn room.

The woman was playing the piano and drinking, and when she raised her glass, she would stroke the piano with one hand, and the sound of the piano was not chaotic at all, showing her skill.

But no matter how clever the skill is, it can't resist the sadness of the sound of the piano, and this sadness almost seeps into the bones and blossoms.

The mournful sound of the piano must be accompanied by the rain, so it is raining outside the window, and the rain is not heavy, but the sound of the raindrops hitting the roof and the window edge is exceptionally clear.

In this kind of weather, at this time, most people are already asleep, but Lin Jiangxue has not slept, she has been playing the piano, since the dead of night, until now, she has been playing the piano.

She didn't play tunes, but some resentful tunes, and the scattered tunes couldn't even form a complete tune.

Lin Jiangxue sighed in her heart, and a pair of jade hands suddenly pressed on the strings, and the sound of the harmonious chords destroyed the previous resentment and sad artistic conception.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance came, the Chinese were like wine, Lin Jiangxue didn't need to look back to know who was coming, at this time, the same did not sleep, and would follow the sound of the piano to her room, and only Cui Meiniang was alone.

Sure enough, Cui Meiniang's voice came from behind her: "It's late, it's time to rest." ”

"Rest?" Lin Jiangxue smiled, "I can't sleep." ”

"There are many sleepless nights in a person's life, but you have to rest today. Cui Meiniang's voice was undoubtedly serious.

"Just because of the team battle?" Lin Jiangxue said, with a smile in her voice, and her smile was dry.

Cui Meiniang was silent for a moment, and finally walked in front of Lin Jiangxue and walked opposite her, "If you want to drink, I will drink with you, drinking alone hurts your body." ”

After speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine, how can there be any good wine in the inn by the desert, this wine is just the most ordinary fruit wine, although it is fruit wine, but if you drink too much and are in a hurry, it can also be intoxicating.

Cui Meiniang smiled coldly, looking at the reflection of herself on the wine in the glass, the years seemed to have stagnated in her, and she didn't leave any drinking, she looked the same as twenty years ago, young, beautiful, and beautiful, but only she knew that she was old and old.

Growing old in the heart is more terrifying than growing old in the body, but she doesn't care at all, she is old, what is it? Isn't a woman's youth just for men? Without a man, what do you care about?

-- Drink it all in one go.

"A pot of wine on the table, I don't know how many times I can sleep?" Cui Meiniang drank another glass, also drank it all, and then she poured herself another glass, a full glass.

The fruit wine is not colorless, but carries the color of the fruit in which it is made, just like the glass of wine in her hand, which is purple, and the grape aroma will make the wine even more intoxicating.

I didn't feel it when I drank it, but once I stopped, I felt dizzy.

Cui Meiniang was already a little dizzy, she stared at the expressionless Lin Jiangxue, pointed to her nose and smiled: "Why don't you drink?"

"It's useless to drink," Lin Jiangxue glanced at Cui Meiniang, and her eyes fell on the wine again, "I've drunk a lot, but I'm still not drunk." I went to buy drunken wine, and the monk who sold it told me that this wine was the most intoxicating, but I still didn't get drunk after drinking, not only did I not get drunk, but the more I drank, the more sober I became. ”

"Are you looking for a monk to buy wine?" Cui Meiniang laughed, "Where does a monk know how to drink." ”

"He's a wine and meat monk," Lin Jiangxue said, "and when I saw him, he was drinking." ”

Cui Meiniang smiled and shook her head, obviously not believing it, "Then you say, what kind of wine is he drinking." ”

Lin Jiangxue glanced at Cui Meiniang and said lightly: "The wine in Yunzhou City, burn the knife." ”

"He is a monk from Yunzhou City?" Cui Meiniang's eyes were full of wine, as long as she mentioned Yunzhou City, she was on fire, who called Han Chuang is a person from Yunzhou City? Who called Yunzhou City has Lin Jiangxue's fetters?

People who have fetters can't forget their feelings, if they can't forget their feelings, they can't give full play to the true power of the phoenix tail Yaoqin and Qingluan Huofeng, and if they can't give full play to the true power of the martial spirit, Lin Jiangxue, can't lead Qingfeng Pavilion to take off.

Qingfeng Pavilion has been dormant for so long that almost everyone has forgotten its former glory.

An incense burner was filled with purple smoke, a glass was filled with the fragrance of wine, a piano was silenced, and the two women looked at each other silently, seeing the helplessness and silence in their eyes, and seeing those things that were bound to sink and reappear.

This wine, this wine is indeed intoxicating, both women are drunk, they just don't realize it.

After a long time, Lin Jiangxue finally broke the silence in the room: "The monk is just passing by Yunzhou City, not a monk from Yunzhou City." ”

"Don't be a monk?" Cui Meiniang said with a smile, "Calculate the time, Yunzhou City should be in the process of selection at that time, I don't know why the head of the family gave the family and the Hanmen martial artists the evil places, and gave them in vain, how could the team composed of these people pass the test of the Linglong Pagoda." ”

Lin Jiangxue frowned slightly and said, "There may be exceptions to everything. ”

"What exceptions, unless he-" Cui Meiniang suddenly glared at Lin Jiangxue and said, "Could it be that he also entered the team of Yunzhou City this time?"

He was naturally referring to Han Chuang, Cui Meiniang couldn't wait for Han Chuang to die, even if he didn't die, she hoped that he would disappear in front of him forever.

Lin Jiangxue shook her head and said, "No, there are five places, two of which are a strange couple, one is given to the young master of the Jin family in Yunzhou City, one is given to the young lady of the City Lord's Mansion, and the other is a swordsman." ”

Cui Meiniang smiled and said, "It's really strange, a young master and a young lady would come to join in the fun, I don't know what Wei Zhenye thinks, and that Han Chuang, he didn't come to join in the fun." ”

Lin Jiangxue's eyes flashed with gloom, "Maybe, maybe he doesn't want everyone to be embarrassed." ”

Cui Meiniang laughed and said, "Not only will it be embarrassing, I think he is afraid of death, if he appears, I will kill him." ”

Cui Meiniang had already said this no less than ten times, Lin Jiangxue shook her head and said, "Master, you may not be able to kill him, I heard that he solved the danger of the Qingzhu Sect on the Sitting Forgetting Peak and defeated the Thirteen Taibao of the Evil Moon Sect." ”

Cui Meiniang said disdainfully: "How can the current thirteen Taibao be comparable to the previous thirteen Taibao, these thirteen people fought with Lu Bohan first, and finally were picked up by Han Chuang, but unfortunately Lu Bohan not only lost a hand, but also lost face greatly." ”

Lin Jiangxue knew that what Cui Meiniang said was wrong, but she didn't refute it, because she understood that no matter how she refuted, Cui Meiniang would not believe it, in her eyes, Han Chuang was just a kid who was extremely lucky, no matter how good his luck was, he would come to an end, and he was nothing without Qingzhu Sect.

Cui Meiniang continued: "Okay, don't mention that guy, it's not good to mention it." As he spoke, he drank another glass of wine.

The wine wraps the aroma of grapes and dips into the throat, bringing a different kind of enjoyment, Cui Meiniang is drunk again.

"This wine, good, good wine. Cui Meiniang said, "Where did you buy this wine?"

"A monk on the road. Lin Jiangxue said: "The monk who cannot be called the law is a very strange person. ”

"Strange there?"

"He's a wine and meat monk. ”

"The wine and meat monk is not strange, he can only say that he has no Buddha in his heart. ”

Lin Jiangxue shook her head and said, "The first time we met, I said the same, but do you know what he said?"

Cui Meiniang glanced at Lin Jiangxue, smiled, and said, "I don't know." ”

Lin Jiangxue said: "He said that wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha sits in his heart; those ordinary monks and nuns eat fast and recite Buddha every day, but there is no Buddha in their hearts, and it is useless to recite it a thousand times, he never recites Buddha, he has always drunk wine and eaten meat, there are no taboos, but there is Buddha in his heart, so the Buddha will bless him." ”

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting monk. Cui Meiniang laughed.

"It's not just that," Lin Jiangxue's eyes rolled, and she also poured herself a glass of wine and drank it all.

The cup fell into the air, and she also continued a little profligately: "He also said that it is a monk like him who really understands wine, and the monk's wine is not easy to come by, and it will be studied in depth if it is not easy to come by." ”

Cui Meiniang smiled: "So you bought his wine?"

Lin Jiangxue shook her head and said, "It's not because he understands wine. ”

Cui Meiniang said: "That's why?"

Lin Jiangxue suddenly fell silent, and it took a while before she spit out a sentence: "Because he saw through my mind at a glance." ”

The rain stopped, and the stars showed their heads. The stars are clearer and brighter after the rain.

In a small town on the edge of the desert, the path after the rain, the water mixed with the mud and sand slipped through the drainage ditches on both sides of the road, which was perhaps the only sound in the quiet night.

Liu Qingfu walked on the streets, and the lively street market in Pingsuri became unusually quiet and empty under the cover of darkness.

There were no vocals, and the occasional cat meow was a lazy sound.

Liu Qingfu stretched out her hands, twisted her waist, looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, the sky was like a huge grinding plate, and countless stars were inlaid in the grinding plate.

Liu Qingfu has been looking at the stars since she was a child, and she has an innocent fantasy about the stars, but at this moment, she is in turmoil.

The Linglong Pagoda is in the middle of the desert, and it takes about fifteen days from the town to get there, and when you get there, it means the beginning of the battle.

In fact, in this small town on the edge of the desert, many strange people have appeared, most of them are clever warriors, needless to say, they must be the ones who have come to participate in the Linglong Festival.

The Evil Moon Sect called the entry into the Linglong Pagoda as the Linglong Festival, which is not an exaggeration, the large and small sects in the Southeast Region have sent teams to participate, and it seems logical that it is a grand event in the entire Southeast Region.

It was an exciting thing to be able to participate in such a grand event, but Liu Qingfu couldn't get excited, just because

- He's not there.

He is Han Chuang, and in the world without Han Chuang, her life is like a dry well, lifeless.

Will he come?

Probably not.

In the group list of Yunzhou City, Han Chuang's name was not seen, and there was no news of him going back in Yunzhou City.

Maybe he left, Liu Qingfu thought, thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a faint pain in her heart.

At the end of the road, all that was left was pitch black, there were no lights, the lights were out, they were all dead, and not even the starlight could shine on the small alleys hidden in the shadows of the tall buildings.

Hanging in the wind, not big, but very gloomy, eerie like the tentacles of a ghost, gently stroking Liu Qingfu's face, back and forth, without stopping.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed into the alley.

"Who!" Liu Qingfu shouted.

The sound swirled over the empty street, far away, but there was no echo except for a cat meow.

Liu Qingfu looked at the dark alley and shook her head, hoping that she was suspicious.

She took a few steps forward, and suddenly stopped, the white shadow just now was so real, it didn't look like a dazzle or an illusion, it was real, there were really people.

She turned the corner and walked into the alley.

As she thought, the alley was unlit, starlightless, dark, so dark that she could barely reach her fingers, and in the dark alley she walked slowly and cautiously, and almost every step required three attempts.

She wants to see the white shadow as a person, but she doesn't want it to be a person, this is a paradoxical psychology, and the contradiction makes people uneasy.

Walk around a corner. Suddenly there was a light ahead.

It was a faint light, orange, and in the dark, it seemed extraordinarily warm.

Getting closer, Liu Qingfu saw a person sitting under the lamplight, a bald head, the bald head may not be a monk, but the bald head wearing a moon-white monk's robe must probably be a monk.

Not to mention that he has a serene smile on his face, which is easily reminiscent of the statue of the Buddha in the temple.

Liu Qingfu didn't believe in Buddhism, but after seeing this monk, she felt a sense of peace in her heart.

She subconsciously drove towards the monk, walking faster and faster, walking more and more urgently, and finally walked next to the monk, she stumbled and was about to fall.

A warm hand grasped the already tilted body, and lifted it to an angle large enough to remain peaceful.

Liu Qingfu sighed.

As long as there is temperature, it is a person, and it should not be afraid if it is a person.

The monk smiled at her as if he had seen through Liu Qingfu's thoughts. The wind blew, not the yin wind, but it blew her cheeks painfully. So Liu Qingfu had to lower her head, as if she couldn't resist the monk's gaze. In fact, there are reasons for this as well.

"Who are you?" she asked, like a child asking an adult.

The monk didn't speak, just smiled, then pointed to the chair across from him and motioned for her to sit down. Only then did Liu Qingfu notice that this was a young monk, no more than thirty years old, with big and bright eyes, which were easily reminiscent of the stars after the rain.

Liu Qingfu couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the stars, just like the eyes of this monk.

The shining starlight can always make Liu Qingfu feel calm, usually she has something to worry about, she will always raise her eyes to look at the stars, no matter what kind of troubles, they will disappear.

But tonight's stars gave her a different feeling, the same brightness, but it was messy, and it was annoying to look at, like a monk's eyes.

Liu Qingfu lowered her head and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you and why did you bring me here." The master of the Qingzhu Sect noticed that the monk's moon-white monk's robe was somewhat similar to the white shadow, so he boldly made a speculation without evidence, but she said it was reasonable, as if it had been determined.

The monk looked at her and laughed: "Yes, I brought you over." His gaze was as deep as the sea, his smile was charming, and Liu Qingfu noticed his hand, which was a pair of hands as white as jade, slender not like a man.

Liu Qingfu was not confused by the smile or this hand, she said in a deep voice: "The result is not important, the reason is important." ”

Her meaning is already clear: you brought me, I have come, and now it is time to state your purpose.

A monk is a smart person, and only a smart person can be a monk.

"I want to tell you a fortune, so I'm bringing you here. ”

"Fortune telling?"

Liu Qingfu laughed as if she had heard a big joke: "It's the first time I've heard that there are monks who tell people hexagrams, isn't it only Taoist priests who tell hexagrams?"

"A few hours ago, a girl said the same thing as you, but she finally listened to me. The monk smiled and said, "The Taoist believes in this life and seeks eternal life, so he cares about fate; ”

Liu Qingfu said: "Then why do you still have to tell hexagrams as a monk?"

The monk smiled and said: "I don't calculate the hexagram for myself, but I can calculate it for others, I don't want to calculate the time myself, but I am very accurate for others." ”

Liu Qingfu shook her head and said with a smile: "I don't believe in fortune-telling. ”

The monk shook his head and said with a smile: "You lie, you believe it." That smile was hard to question.

Liu Qingfu groaned slightly and said, "Okay, I admit that I believe this, but I don't believe you." ”

The monk said, "You should believe me, because no one will tell you the truth except me." ”

Liu Qingfu stared at the monk's eyes and said word by word: "But how do I know that what you say is the truth?"

The monk smiled: "You might as well listen to it and then judge." ”

Liu Qingfu pondered for a while, looked at the monk, smiled slightly, and said, "Then you just say it, I'll listen." "I made a deaf look, but I actually felt a little unimpressed in my heart.

After all, most of the things like divination are strange and confusing, and they can't be true, and her meaning is obvious: You say, I listen, what you say is good or not, whether it's true or not, I don't believe it.

The monk heard the meaning of Liu Qingfu's words, but he smiled indifferently and said to himself: "You are thinking about a person, a man." ”

Like a stone falling into the heart of the river, Liu Qingfu's heart rippled, and she began to face this monk squarely, no longer thinking that his every word was gibberish.

"Go on. She made a gesture of please.

The monk stared at Liu Qingfu's eyes and said with a smile: "The person you think of is not by your side at the moment." ”

Liu Qingfu said: "Obviously, there is a monk next to me. ”

The monk shook his head and said, "I mean, he left you. ”

Liu Qingfu listened, she didn't speak, she may have a lot of mocking things to say, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them again, is what the monk said wrong? It seems that there is nothing wrong.