Nanqin, Jiangfu.

After the housekeeper brought medicine to Jiang Xian, he retreated and left.

Jiang Xian looked at the medicine that was still steaming in the bowl, and stirred it in with a spoon, the strong smell of medicine came to his nose, and he couldn't help frowning.

Jiang Xian felt sick to his stomach for a while, and before he drank the medicine, there was already a trace of bitterness in his mouth, so he put down the spoon and continued to look at the book on the desk.

"Why don't you drink it?" The person outside the house walked in and said, "I can't drink it when it's cold." ”

Xia Mingzhong walked in slowly, put down a square box, and said, "There is a candied fruit in Beijing that is not bad, thinking that you have to take medicine every day, I will send you some." ”

Jiang Xian didn't even look at the things on the table, and said without changing his face: "What does Lord Xia think of my Jiang Mansion, even if you are extremely good at kung fu, you can't always come and come, just leave if you want to go, right?" ”

Jiang Xian's words were extremely mean, and his tone was light and fluttering, but the words pierced people's hearts.

If he wants to save face a little, he will definitely be held to death by him, and he will not be able to say a word in embarrassment.

But Xia Mingzhong suddenly laughed and said, "Since you don't want me to come, you can come, and if you want to leave, then listen to you." He put down the nullah knife in his hand, sat down on the chair next to Jiang Xian at will, and said, "It's already here, and I can't change it, so I can only do it and not leave." What do you think? ”

He was deliberately playing a scoundrel.

Jiang Xian's face turned blue and white for a while, and he slowed down for a long time before muttering in a low voice: "My temple here is small, but I can't accommodate your big Buddha." ”

Xia Mingzhong knows Jiang Xian very well, although Jiang Xian said this, he was not angry in his heart.

Xia Mingzhong didn't want him to be angry, so he took it when he saw it, so he brought the medicine on the table tightly, put it in front of Jiang Xian, and said, "Drink it quickly, it's really going to be cold later." ”

Jiang Xian didn't refuse this time, picked up the bowl and drank it directly, it was too bitter, so bitter that he couldn't help grinning his teeth, and his handsome face seemed to be crumpled.

Jiang Xian covered his mouth, and it took a long time before he recovered, and said, "You don't think that if you give me this little favor, you can expect me to forgive you, right?" ”

Xia Mingzhong silently pushed the candied fruit box in front of Jiang Xian and said, "I didn't say that. ”

Jiang Xian twisted up a candied fruit, put it in his mouth for a while, and said, "Is Miss Shen okay?" ”

Xia Mingzhong said: "She's fine." ”

"Hmm."

Xia Mingzhong raised his eyelids, stared at him for a while, and said, "You still miss her?" ”

Jiang Xian said: "Well, it's just an old friend, you won't even mind this, right?" ”

Xia Mingzhong raised his eyebrows and said, "I've never seen you greet other people's wives in front of other people's husbands?" If everyone is like you, isn't there no reason in this world? ”

Jiang Xian flipped through the book in his hand and said, "Reason? There is no reason in this world for a long time. ”

Xia Mingzhong leaned over and looked at the books in Jiang Xian's hand and said, "Are you still reading these books?" ”

Jiang Xian raised his head, tapped the book with the tips of his fingers, and said, "Otherwise? Useless is a scholar, haven't you heard this sentence? I'm only going to read for the rest of my life, and I'm not going to do anything but that. ”

He said this lightly, looking indifferent, but Xia Mingzhong couldn't help but look solemn, and was silent for a while before he said: "I'm sorry, it's my fault that ruined your future, if not...... I'm afraid you're already a champion now. ”

"Heh, Zhuangyuanlang......" Jiang Xian shook his head.

Jiang Xian closed the book and looked out through the window, in the dead of night, he couldn't see anything. He said quietly, "My future ...... Now I can't even think about it, the way I am now, I can survive for a long time, it's all good. w_/a_/p_/\_/.\_/c\_/o\_/m ”

Xia Mingzhong rubbed his thumb and said, "No, as long as I live for one day, I will do my best to save your life, no matter what." ”

"Do you find it interesting to live like this?" Jiang Xian held his cheeks, his eyes were blank, and said, "Xia Mingzhong, I feel very tired and tired." Sometimes I wonder if I hadn't gone to study at Moyun Academy in the capital at the beginning, I hadn't walked that street that day, and I hadn't been nosy...... Wouldn't my life have been ruined like this? ”

Xia Mingzhong said: "You are not wrong, if you are at fault, then you should not meet me." (More exciting on the next page!) )

All original sins are mine. ”

Xia Mingzhong's face was full of despair, and his whole strength seemed to be drained. He was dressed in a dark color sleeved shirt, which reflected the depth of his eyebrows and eyes.

Xia Mingzhong moved his lips for a long time before he said, "Ah Xian, but my life seems to have been ruined." ”

The pool of water under Jiang Xian's eyes was easily confused by this sentence, and his face, his neck, all the way to his chest, were all pale.

Because of Xia Mingzhong's words, he had to open the lock on his heart.

The thing in the lock is the heart, and the tip of the heart contains the past.

Xia Mingzhong is only two years older than him, and now I don't know if it's because he has become a relative, he always looks old, and he is deeper and more stable.

"You always come late at night like this, aren't you afraid that your prince won't find you if something happens?" Jiang Xian asked him suddenly.

Xia Mingzhong shook his head and said, "He has already fallen asleep, and he won't look for me at such a late hour." ”

Maybe it was because he saw Jiang Xian so low, Xia Mingzhong had nothing to say: "I also saw Yingnian and them." ”

At the mention of Jiang Yingnian, Jiang Xian's face was really a little more angry, and he hurriedly asked, "Have they returned to Beijing?" He hasn't sent a letter to his family for so long, which makes me very worried. How is he? Didn't get hurt, right? ”

Jiang Xian's series of questions made Xia Mingzhong not know what to say first for a while.

He only knew that he couldn't let Jiang Xian worry, and Jiang Yingnian didn't send a letter to his family, which meant that he didn't want his family to worry.

Xia Mingzhong didn't mention Jiang Yingnian's injury, but only reported good news and no worries: "He is very good, he looks more energetic, and his body is stronger." ”

Jiang Xian's face was relieved, and he said, "That's okay, that's okay." ”

Just after being happy, Jiang Xian immediately looked at Xia Mingzhong vigilantly and said, "Since you have already seen him, what about the prince?" Have you seen him too? ”

Without waiting for Xia Mingzhong to answer, Jiang Xian said emotionally: "Xia Mingzhong, I beg you, can you not let him come into contact with those people in the court?" Especially your master, Yingnian has a big temperament and doesn't have too many hearts, can you guarantee that he won't offend people? ”

Xia Mingzhong said: "Now that he has made many meritorious contributions in the army, Xiang Ju'an will promote him sooner or later, I can stop it for a while, but I can't stop it for a lifetime." ”

"Then what are you going to do?!" Jiang Xian lost control and said angrily: "Our Jiang family is far away in Nanqin, and we can't threaten anyone at all, I can do this myself, I think I'm unlucky, but Yingnian is still young, I will definitely not let him be hurt in any way!" ”

"Okay, okay." Xia Mingzhong raised his hand, trying to calm him down, and said, "As long as I can still afford the nullah knife, I will definitely do my best to protect him." Don't get excited, don't be angry, your body can't bear it. ”

Jiang Xian gasped for breath, kept patting his chest, and said, "Xia Mingzhong, if you still remember a little bit of our past friendship, I will bother you and watch for him more." ”

"I will." Xia Mingzhong responded without even thinking about it.

The bell rang in the middle of the night, and Xia Mingzhong knew that the time was not too early and he couldn't stay any longer, so he jumped out of the wall of Jiangfu.

He still has to rush back to the capital, and only when he is not busy can he find time to rush to Nanqin and take a look at this old friend.

If you leave too early, King Ying will ask, and if you go back too late, Shen Hui will wait for him without sleeping, and it will inevitably be another caring inquiry.

If it had been placed a few years ago, Xia Mingzhong would never have thought that his life would be like this in the future. \./hand\./machine\./version\./first\./hair\./more\./new~~

It's not that he hasn't fantasized about the rest of his life, there are a thousand and a hundred possibilities, but this is not the only one. Xia Mingzhong never thought that he would marry a wife and start a family, he is the first swordsman in Xuli, and the swordsman has become a family, what does it look like? Then it's not a real swordsman.

The swordsman he wants to be in Xia Mingzhong must be the most wanton and free, the most idle swordsman who can go wherever he wants, and do whatever he wants.

Xia Mingzhong used to raise an eagle, but because he didn't know how to raise it, and he himself often wandered outside, the eagle could only be taken care of by his mother.

The mother just treated her like an ordinary bird, turned her head and put it in the cage.

The eagle had a strong temperament, could not bear the confinement, did not eat or drink, and died of depression within two days.

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Xia Mingzhong rode his horse and galloped back, he didn't know why he suddenly remembered this.

Remembering the eagle.

Maybe he thinks he's like the eagle right now.

Who doesn't love freedom? What's more, he used to be determined to become the most free and idle swordsman.

He Xia Mingzhong is already thorough, and he is not worthy of the name of "Northern Knife".

The northern sword and the southern sword, Han Qianyan, the best swordsman in Xuli, is dead. Xia Mingzhong felt that he was similar, although he was alive, he was only alive in this shell.

His soul is long dead.

Things are people, Xia Mingzhong noticed that the plaque on the door of Jiang Xian's study was still written "Zhong Sitang".

They met on the street that year because of a farce, and he and Jiang Xian became the best confidants.

The fact that a swordsman and a scholar become confidants seems to sound like a rather strange combination.

But fate is a wonderful thing, Xia Mingzhong, who doesn't like to make friends, for some reason, just thinks that Jiang Xian is not bad and worthy of deep friendship.

At that time, Jiang Xian still looked heartless, and often took Xia Mingzhong to wander around the academy, Jiang Xian listened to Mr. lecture in the classroom, and Xia Mingzhong sat on the tree outside the window, either sleeping against the branches, or whistling, teasing the other students who were listening to the class.

There are many female classmates in Moyun Academy, and Xia Mingzhong likes to harass him when he has nothing to do, which often causes the lecturer to blow his beard and stare at him, saying that he can't move Xia Mingzhong, so he can only look at Jiang Xian.

Jiang Xian relied on his excellent studies and always said some good things to Mr. Mo Yun, so that Xia Mingzhong could continue to swagger in and out of the academy.

And the female classmates who were harassed and teased by him were actually not angry. Xia Mingzhong is handsome and a little wild, and his female classmates often can't take their eyes off him just by looking at him, how can they hate him?

In a few days, without Xia Mingzhong provoking them by himself, Jiang Xian's female classmates would always approach intentionally or unintentionally, under the pretext of looking at Xia Mingzhong's nullah knife, or wanting to see how Xia Mingzhong's kung fu was, and asking him to show his knife skills.

"Xia Mingzhong! This is a academy, not a martial arts academy! Jiang Xian couldn't bear it and scolded him.

Xia Mingzhong said with an innocent face: "It's not that I took the initiative to perform, your classmates are too enthusiastic, and it's hard to be enthusiastic." ”

Jiang Xian except for his schoolwork, and when he has nothing to do, he will go to the back mountain of the academy with Xia Mingzhong to play.