Xie Xingzhi thought, maybe Xiao Qingyan is really different from them.

"How are you going to explain the treasure to the King of Qi, have you thought about it?"

Xiao Qingyan thought that he didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he deliberately changed the topic, so he also nodded along the way: "My second brother and I have already made arrangements." ”

"Okay, you can wait here."

Xie Xingzhi gently left her a word, turned straight to Xiao Qingyu, and said something.

After that, Xiao Qingyan saw the second brother looking at her, his face full of doubts.

Xiao Qingyan wanted to go over to listen, but Xie Xingzhi had already said goodbye to Xiao Qingyu, strode over and took her hand and left.

"Let's go!"

"Where to go?" Xiao Qingyan asked.

Xie Xingzhi's action of pulling her was obviously very gentle, but there was a kind of strength that did not match his own, and he didn't want to give Xiao Qingyan a chance to refuse.

Xiao Qingyan was puzzled, but there was a little freshness, she never thought that the word "strong" would also be used on Xie Xingzhi.

Xie Xingzhi whistled, and a white horse neighed in the distance, he got on the horse neatly, leaned over and stretched out his hand to Xiao Qingyan: "Come up." ”

Xiao Qingyan frowned, she just hesitated for a moment, and her arm was held by Xie Xingzhi.

She subconsciously wanted to resist, but she caught a glimpse of Xiao Qingyu in the distance nervously watching this side, and had already pressed the hilt of the sword on her waist.

At this time, Xie Xingzhi said: "I told your brother that I would borrow you for one night, if you struggle, he may think that I forced you and come and cut me to death." ”

Aren't you forcing it?

Xiao Qingyan is now intersecting with Xie Xingzhi as a man, and he naturally won't think about the "one night" in his mouth.

It's just that he and Xie Xingzhi have known each other for a long time, and Xiao Qingyan doesn't really want people to know, including the Xiao family.

"We don't know each other," she said, looking back coldly, "I have horses of my own." ”

Looking at each other, Xie Xingzhi seemed to understand what she was worried about, and let go of her with a smile: "Okay." ”

When the last rays of afterglow in the sky sank into the night, Xie Xingzhi led her to the nearest small city.

Xiao Qingyan had also lived in an inn here before, and she was not too unfamiliar, but Xie Xingzhi took her to not an inn restaurant, but a very ordinary-looking private house.

After Xie Xingzhi knocked on the door, it was an old man who came to open the door, the moonlight was clear, the old man saw Xie Xingzhi's face clearly, and immediately raised a smile and greeted them warmly.

"It's Shichiro, come in! It's cold outside, and the old woman is cooking, so you're here at the right time. ”

Looking at the old man's familiar reaction, Xie Xingzhi is not the first time to come back.

Xiao Qingyan followed behind and looked around the courtyard, it was just a small courtyard, and I don't know what kind of tree was planted in the courtyard, which had already lost its leaves in this winter, leaving bare branches.

"That's a pear tree," Xie Xingzhi said in parallel with her, deliberately slowing down, "and the pear blossoms are as white as snow in late spring, which is very beautiful. ”

Xiao Qingyan asked, "Are the pears delicious?" "She's a pragmatist.

Xie Xingzhi replied with a smile: "It's very sweet." ”

Xiao Qingyan was curious: "You have seen pear blossoms and tasted pears, do you often come here?" ”

Xie Xingzhi shook his head, at this time, the old man welcomed the two into the main house, Xie Xingzhi said: "Uncle Huang, this is my friend, Xiao Xihe, we are going to borrow your east house to live for a night tonight." ”

"Cheng, I'm going to clean up, you sit first, I'm afraid that Qilang will come, the kang head in the east house has been burning!"

Xie Xingzhi stopped the old man and said with a smile: "I'll clean up the house, how about a few jars of wine for you?" ”

"What do you say you can't change, I keep those wines for you, this is to get them."

The old man went to carry the wine, Xie Xingzhi took Xiao Qingyan to the east house and lit the oil lamp on the edge of the earthen kang.

Xiao Qingyan looked at him as if he had returned to his own home, spread out the felt rolled at the end of the kang, took out the clean bedding from the cabinet and spread it out.

It's natural for him to do this, not like a pampered kid of a family, but his all-round temperament can't make people really think of him as a farmer.

A gentleman is like water, Xie Xingzhi seems to be a person who lives in a beautiful house, a thatched hut, or even takes the sky as the earth, he can be at ease and calm when he encounters.

"Why did you bring me here?" Xiao Qingyan stood by the door, watched Xie Xingzhi spread out the two futons next to each other, opened his mouth, and closed them silently.

At this time, the old man kicked the door with the wine jar, Xiao Qingyan hurriedly turned around and opened the door, took the wine jar, and his tentacles were cold.

Only then did she put a few jars of wine on the warm kang, and the old woman brought the food again, and gestured to Xie Xingzhi with a smile.

It turned out that the old grandmother of this family was the same as Jian Xin, there was no standard and standardized dumb language, Xiao Qingyan even guessed, roughly saying coarse tea and light rice, so that they could barely greet them warmly.

After the old couple left, Xiao Qingyan hesitated and sat on the edge of the kang.

Xie Xingzhi warmed the wine and said: "Back then, I pursued Hu Xia with three thousand parts, and none of the three thousand sons came back alive, including Huang Aweng's son and grandson, I can't return human life to them, I can only try to let people take care of the life of the second elder." ”

He pushed a bowl of steaming noodle soup in front of Xiao Qingyan: "It will be warmer when you come up." ”

Xiao Qingyan didn't refuse, took off his shoes and sat opposite him, his fingertips sticking to the wall of the bowl, dispelling the cold.

Xie Xingzhi said: "As you said, I have many good friends, but I have never brought anyone here, and you are the only one. ”

Those ideals and ambitions, along with the pain of the past, have long been deeply buried by Xie Xingzhi.

He separated himself from the past, was obsessed with the landscape, wandered the wreckage, and was only an idle traveler who did not care about the world.

If he took Xiao Qingyan to climb the mountains and enjoy the snow, dig ice and fish, Xiao Qingyan would not be surprised, but now he brought Xiao Qingyan to this place and talked about the past that he deliberately cut off and buried, which made Xiao Qingyan very surprised.

It's like...... Seeing the cloud fairy walking back to the world, he picked up a handful of mortal dust that he was tired of and disdained with his own hands.

The wine was already slightly hot, and Xie Xingzhi poured her two glasses, which didn't look like the same kind of wine.

"This is pear blossom wine and pear brewing, the flowers are pear blossoms in April this year, and the pears are from the tree this fall, you can taste them."

Xiao Qingyan didn't dare to be greedy for wine over the years, only occasionally drinking, tonight in this situation of lonely men and widows, she didn't dare to be greedy, she tasted two sips, the pear blossom wine was soft and fragrant, and the pear was stuffed with a sweet and fruity aroma.

"It's very sweet." She said.

A faint oil lamp, dim but warm.

Xie Xingzhi leaned against the wall, looking at Xiao Qingyan's eyes that were raised with pleasure, and his heart suddenly was not as heavy as he expected.

"Xihe, you don't want people to know the relationship between you and me, do you don't want to involve me in those disputes, and you are afraid that others will think that the Xiao Xie family is very close and have formed an alliance?"

Xie Xingzhi could see that Xiao Qingyan was not even willing to let the Xiao family take advantage of the friendship between them.

"He" should cherish this friendship very much!

Xie Xingzhi's eyes were filled with warmth.