"I'm leaving." Lao Du got up, looked at Xiao Ding and smiled.

"Well, you should go." Xiao Ding sat still, his eyes looking at the street corner in the distance.

Lao Du had already walked past everyone, and suddenly stood still, because he heard Xiao Ding say, "Will we see each other again?" ”

"Maybe." Lao Du didn't look back, his eyes revealed a little loneliness, "What I should do has been done, and the rest of the days are not much fun, if you can't find someone to drink, you can come and fight with me again." ”

"Definitely, I hope that the next time you fight for alcohol, you won't pretend to be drunk again." Xiao Ding turned his head and looked at Lao Du's back, with some complicated feelings in his eyes.

Lao Du laughed, and laughter came from under the stairs: "You kid is really as good as a monkey, you are the first person to find out that I will pretend to be drunk in so many years." ”

"Pretending to be drunk?" Tang Qingqing was a little stunned.

Xiao Ding smiled: "Well, pretending to be drunk is also a science. ”

"Bah." Tang Qingqing took a sip.

"Everyone can pretend to be drunk, but to completely let others not see it, it takes some real effort, first of all, you must have a strong self-confidence, because you can only deceive others if you even believe that you are drunk." Xiao Ding smiled faintly, glanced at Sikong Jieyue, and continued: "Pretending to be drunk, this thin monkey knows a lot." ”

"Each other, each other." Sikong picks the moon and plays haha.

Tang Qingqing suddenly remembered that when she saw Xiao Ding for the first time, Xiao Ding and Sikong Jieyue were also pretending to be drunk, and she didn't even see it at all, completely believing that they were out-and-out drunks.

"Do you believe what Lao Du said? Do you think he can really kill Mrs. Hu? Tang Qingqing still felt that this matter made her unbelievable, because Lao Du didn't look like a master at all.

Xiao Ding smiled and sighed: "Sometimes you don't have to use a sword to kill someone, the sword itself can't kill people, it's people who kill people, it's people's hearts." ”

Tang Qingqing has also heard Xiaoding say this kind of truth many times, and of course she is convinced. Poison can also kill, it just so happens that she herself is a famous person who uses poison, and using poison to kill a friend or brother who is full of trust in her is even easier than pretending to be drunk.

Xu Bing looked at Lao Du, who was drifting away, and said slowly: "Aren't you going to follow him, maybe you can find out something you want to know." ”

Sikong Jieyue jumped up and said: "That's right, I'll go with me to see what kind of medicine this old boy sells in his gourd, anyway, I don't believe that he came all the way from Luoyang to this Taibai Mansion just to drink this wine." ”

"No need, someone like Lao Du, if he doesn't want to tell you something, even if you kill him, he won't speak." Xiao Ding smiled faintly, as if the sky was falling, and it would not make him feel nervous.

"Besides, he's told me everything he can tell me." Xiao Ding looked at the street where Lao Du disappeared, and there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

At this time, the three of them were stunned, Tang Qingqing couldn't hold back at first, and shouted: "When did he tell you, what did he tell you?" ”

Xiao Ding raised his eyes to look at the three of them and couldn't help but smile, but the expression on his face slowly became serious: "Some conclusions can be drawn from what Lao Du said, first of all, he is not a member of the Blue Dragon Society, and it is not the Blue Dragon Society that wants to kill Eighth Master Hu; Secondly, Lao Du has been lurking by the side of Hu Ba Tai Ye for so many years, not to assassinate Hu Ba Tai Ye, otherwise Hu Ba Tai Ye does not know how many times he has died, so he is not for revenge, but to monitor Hu Ba Tai Ye's rudder, now Hu Ba Tai Ye is dead, as the so-called snake has no head, its subordinate rudder has inevitably collapsed, Lao Du said that what he should do has been done, and the next few days, although boring, are no longer regulated, so it can be seen that Lao Du did not join any sect, and his purpose in doing this is possible, Just to repay the favor. ”

Xu Bing sighed: "He is a person who values love and righteousness, and now that he has enmity and hatred, he has also ended up at ease, in exchange for me, I will unload the burden of so many years, I will definitely go to the rivers and lakes to visit non-stop, and I will not live up to the suffering of these years." ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Xiao Ding's eyebrows jumped, he looked at Tang Qingqing and Sikong Jieyue and asked, "If it's you, do you want to go back to Luoyang, where you have stayed for twenty years, or do you travel all over the world?" ”

Before Tang Qingqing could answer, Sikong Jieyue had already preemptively shouted: "If I change me, I will definitely leave overnight, and I can't stay for a moment, isn't it enough to hide in that broken place for twenty years." ”

"Wait, you mean Lao Du will go back to Luoyang, why does he want to go back?" Sikong Jieyue looked stunned.

Xiao Ding took a deep breath and sighed, "I hope my guess is wrong." ”

"Hengbo is back." Tang Qingqing looked out the window and suddenly shouted.

Zhou Ziheng looked a little tired, he took the wine poured by Xiao Ding, and drank two bowls in a row, and his face softened slightly.

He was the only one who came back.

Ye Rongqiu is missing.

In the past few days, Xiao Ding has mobilized a large number of people with the tokens of the heads of the major factions, and almost turned over Chang'an City, but he still hasn't found any news about Ye Rongqiu.

Looking at Xiao Ding's haggard appearance, Xu Bing suddenly felt a little sorry in his heart, but he couldn't say a word of comfort.

Xiao Ding sat in the courtyard, and there was wine on the table, but he didn't touch it.

Xu Bing walked slowly to Xiao Ding's side, tore the corners of her clothes, snorted, her voice was as thin as a mosquito, and she said: "I didn't think that Miss Ye couldn't stand the joke, but I really didn't mean to get angry with her, you have to believe me." “

Xiao Ding seemed to be thinking about something, and when he heard Xu Bing say, he smiled indifferently and said, "Of course you can't be blamed for this, Xiao Yezi is not such a stingy person." “

"Could something happen to her?" Xu Bing was in a hurry, he didn't choose what to say, and after speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that, I mean, she is alone, will she encounter anything dangerous." “

Xiao Ding let out a long breath and said slowly: "Probably not, although Xiao Yezi is young, she has already become a first-class master, and she has been walking the rivers and lakes since she was a child and knows how to take care of herself." “

Ye Rongqiu suddenly disappeared and avoided it, Xiao Ding was not worried about her safety, but about the reason why she disappeared, because he understood that Ye Rongqiu would never leave him for a joke by Xu Bing. It's a pity that he can't figure out the problem these days.

If you can't figure it out, you don't want to think about it, Xiao Ding sighed in his heart, and said slowly: "I'm going to Luoyang ......"

"I'll go with you!" Before Xiao Ding's words fell, Tang Qingqing's voice came from afar, and then people came to Xiao Ding's side like a gust of wind.

Xu Bing snorted, "I'm going too." ”

She didn't care about Tang Qingqing's murderous eyes.

"Looks like I'm going to have to go with you to avoid it." Sikong Jieyue carried a pot of wine, walked in slowly, took two steps and took a sip, and before he walked to Xiao Ding's side, a pot of wine had already gone down more than half.

"Stinky and shameless......," Xu Bing muttered softly.

Sikong Jieyue walked up to Xu Bing, glared at her eyes, snorted with wine in her mouth, squinted and smiled: "I'm not going, who will drive for you." “

Xiao Ding smiled bitterly: "That's okay, go pack up, set off in an hour, and tell Uncle Heng that he will stay in Chang'an and take care of each other with the people of the major factions." ”

"Okay, I'll go tell him." Tang Qingqing jumped up and left, coming and going like the wind.

Xu Bing peeked at Xiao Ding and asked softly tentatively, "Then are you going to give up looking for Miss Ye?" “

Xiao Ding turned his head to look at the distant mountains and smiled: "Those who should come will always come, and those who should go will always go, if everything is doomed, why force it." “

The distant mountains are blurred, and the people are also blurred.