Volume 2: Heroic Faces Chapter 35: Wine Meets Confidants

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In the early morning, the air is fresh, the birds are chirping, and the white mist is like a veil shrouded in the mountains and forests.

Wisps of white mist mixed with a cold and cold breath drifted in from the window.

Cold Moon awoke to the cacophony of birds.

She slowly opened her eyes, shook her head slightly, and steadied her sleepy eyes. She suddenly felt a heavy pain in her head, a little dazed and hazy.

When she came back from the pharmacy last night, it was already very late at night, and she was unwell and worried, so she tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep peacefully.

When she returned to the inn last night, she was already a little sleepy, and her eyelids seemed to be infused with lead and silver, and they were so heavy that they drooped downward, and she couldn't open them.

Later, Menghua brought her a basin of hot water and wrung a warm towel to wipe her face, and she felt that her mind was gradually clearing.

The night was getting deeper, and she felt more and more awake, very different from the state she had been in on horseback. The horses were very bumpy, the night mountain breeze was bitterly cold, and on the way back, she was almost asleep.

Now that she thinks about it, she herself feels so strange, I don't know why!

She told Menghua about such a strange situation, and asked Menghua to analyze and analyze it for her, what was the reason? Menghua pondered for a long time, but she could only guess randomly, and she couldn't say why.

This is the first time that the two of them have gone down the mountain together, and they see the vast world beyond the mountain, compared to the small world on the top of the mountain, I don't know how much more exciting?

In their eyes, everything outside the mountain was so beautiful and new that it made them feel fresh. Even the sky outside the mountain seems to be different from the mountain!

Menghua saw that Leng Yue had no sleep, she seemed to be infected by her state, and she had no intention of sleeping. The two of them were lying on the bed, both of them turned over and over and couldn't sleep on their pillows, so they simply turned over and sat up, chatting about the world.

Later, Leng Yue suddenly remembered that she had not taken the medicine yet. The pill she retrieved from Lang Zhong last night, Lang Zhong told her to take one pill before going to bed at night. She quickly got up from the bed, put on her wide robe, and got up to pour water and take medicine.

Seeing this, Menghua hurriedly stopped her, saying that she was sick and lying on the bed, and she just left the matter of serving tea and pouring water to her.

So, she hurriedly got out of bed with her clothes on, found a fire pleat, lit the lamp, and poured a glass of water for Leng Yue. Serving Leng Yue swallowed the pill, sorted out the futon for her, and helped her lie down.

Leng Yue saw that Menghua took such good care of herself, which showed that she had a deep affection for this sister. Leng Yue couldn't help but feel hot in her heart, and she was grateful to Menghua and said some sincere words.

The two of them talked in bed like that, and they didn't know how long they talked, and before they knew it, they fell asleep in a daze.

When Leng Yue woke up, he saw a faint white of fish belly appearing in the sky outside the window. Obviously, the long night is coming to an end, and the sky is about to dawn.

The probe looked at Menghua beside her, who was still sleeping soundly, and looked at her sleeping red face with a smile. She turned over and sat up gently, not daring to make a sound, lest she disturb her good dreams.

Looking at her sleeping like a lazy cat, especially the red and delicate face, which was very pleasing, Leng Yue couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, thinking: This is really a heartless flower sister! She is sleeping in a deep sleep, and she still has a smile on her face, she must be dreaming of something!

The lights were on in the corridor outside the room, and the lights in the lobby downstairs were already on.

The shopkeeper, the cook, and the cousins had already gotten up early and were busy in the lobby, preparing a hearty breakfast for the day.

Although they had already begun to work, they were all light-hearted, lest they make a noise that would wake up the sleeping guests.

It was the last darkness before dawn, and the last silence of the long night.

Suddenly, there was a sharp rooster crowing in the backyard of the inn, followed by a clear dog barking. The gray white floating in the sky finally became brighter.

Leng Yue leaned on the bed, unable to sleep anymore, she straightened up, stretched, yawned in her mouth, as if she hadn't woken up, stroked her somewhat chaotic head, and stared blankly at the gradually brightening sky outside the window.

Her expression was blank, as if she was thinking about something, but she still seemed preoccupied.

After another cup of tea, the sky had changed from dark gray to a faint blue color.

At this time, the sky was finally completely bright.

At this time, there was a crisp sound of footsteps on the corridor, and the guests had already walked out of the room. Upstairs and downstairs began to be noisy, and the cousins were also busy in the lobby, shouting and shouting, and running around with steaming all kinds of breakfast in their hands. Some of the guests who did not want to go downstairs to eat stood upstairs and beckoned downstairs, instructing the cousins to send them to their rooms early.

Leng Yue put on her clothes, sat in front of the mirror and combed her long hair, she looked at herself in the mirror fixedly, her expression was haggard, her face was pale, and there was a faint blue and black color between her eyebrows and eyes. Obviously, it was because she hadn't slept well all night that she had such a horrible appearance.

Looking at herself in the mirror, even she almost didn't recognize herself. Alas, how did I become like this? When my father and mother see it later, I will inevitably have to worry about myself!

At this moment, Yumeka had opened her eyes and woke up.

She saw that there was nothing around her, how could there be a figure of Leng Yue! She suddenly turned over and sat up, and at a glance she saw Leng Yue sitting in front of the mirror, quietly combing her long hair.

She slowly stretched, rubbed her eyes, and called to Leng Yue, "My good sister, when did you get up?"

Leng Yue heard her voice and knew that she had woken up, turned around and smiled at her, and said softly: "When the day was about to dawn, I had already woken up, and I didn't dare to disturb you when I saw that you were sleeping soundly!"

Menghua grinned, "How was it? Did you sleep well last night? I can't even remember when we fell asleep." Her eyes twitched, as if she were remembering the scene before she fell asleep last night.

Leng Yue said lightly: "Well, I don't know, after I came back from the pharmacy last night, my father and mother hadn't slept yet, and when Brother Liu and I were about to go upstairs, they came downstairs to greet us." She combed her hair lightly and looked at the dream flower reflected in the mirror behind her.

Menghua got out of bed in her clothes, dressed neatly, and slowly walked to Leng Yue's side, looking at her with a smile.

She suddenly reached out and took the wooden comb from Leng Yue's hand, raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Sister, how about I comb your hair for you?" She stared at Leng Yue and smiled brightly.

Leng Yue smiled slightly, and said quietly: "I am really lucky to have my sister comb my hair for me!"

Menghua combed Leng Yue's long hair and said with disgust: "My good sister, look at what you said, isn't it just to comb your head for a while, and you are lucky enough to have three lives?" Do the math, how many times have I combed for you?"

Leng Yue's eyes blinked, pretending to be thoughtful, and pouted with a smile: "Well, let me think about it! Hey, it seems that there have really been four or five times!"

When Menghua heard this, her face sank, and she suddenly said unhappily: "Ah, it's only been four or five times?" Sister, your memory is too bad, you and I have been together for more than two months, and we have to have more than eight times, not to mention, there have been more than eight times." Sister, you are really a noble person who forgets things!"

Leng Yue pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to answer, Menghua suddenly blinked her eyes, as if she remembered something, frowned and said, "Well, by the way, sister, how do you feel about your body?"

Leng Yue's heart froze, and she said secretly: "This flower girl usually looks eccentric and heartless, but I didn't expect her heart to be quite fine, and she knows how to care about people!"

Thinking about it in his heart, he smiled at her, and said again: "Thanks to my good sister, I slept all night, and my body felt much lighter, well, but I still have a little headache, thank you sister for your concern!"

Menghua said happily: "Sister, you have to remember Langzhong's advice, take the medicine on time, and get better soon." When you get to Wolong Valley, I'll take you around for a good walk!" As she spoke, her bright eyes suddenly dimmed.

She paced to the window and said quietly: "I don't know what happened to Daddy, Brother Liu and I are not by his side, he will be very lonely." ”

Leng Yue looked at her thin and thin back, and comforted her softly: "Sister, don't be sad, we will be able to see his old man soon, your father and daughter have not seen each other for so long, Uncle Chu must be very worried about you!"

Menghua bit her lip lightly, and said with a melancholy face: "Daddy is a very good and strong person, he will never talk to me about his heart, no matter what happens, he is stuffy in his heart, in the past half a year, he has often seen him sit in the room and sigh, and I don't know what he is worried about? I haven't seen him smile for a long, long time, but before, he loved to laugh." As she spoke, she gradually lowered her head, evidently feeling heavy.

Leng Yue quietly listened to her eloquent story, and said secretly in her heart: "What's wrong with this flower sister recently, she suddenly became sentimental, where is the girl who loves to talk and laugh before? Since Brother Liu came, she seems to have changed as a person." Maybe it was this catastrophe of falling off the cliff and escaping death that made her mature and sensible!" Seeing the sentimental dream flower in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh.

She didn't know how to comfort her, she just smiled faintly and said, "If Uncle Chu knew that you felt so sorry for him, he would definitely feel very relieved and happy." Well, stop thinking about the things that make you unhappy!"

Menghua suddenly turned around, changed her melancholy, blinked, and said, "The sky is bright, everyone should have gotten up yet, right? Let's go, sister, let's go out!

The two were about to get up and walk out of the door, when there was a sound of soft footsteps outside the door, and then there was the sound of human conversation, but the sound was familiar to them, it was the voices of Shangguan Hongqin and Liu Ruyan.

Shangguan Hongqin said: "It's already dawn, and I don't know if these two children have gotten up?"

Liu Ruyan said: "Uncle, the girl Lengyue came back late last night, maybe they are still asleep, don't disturb them, it's better to let them sleep for a while!"

Shangguan Hongqin said again: "Last night, Yue'er didn't eat anything, I was worried that she would starve." Alas, it's just a matter of letting them sleep a little longer. ”

At this time, Xu Feng's voice came again: "Nephew Liu Xian, morning! Yesterday's incident was really hard for you, did you sleep well last night?"

Liu Ruyan said politely: "Uncle, what are you talking about, I am deeply honored to be able to share my uncle's worries and serve! If there is another place for the younger generation, uncle, please just give orders!"

I only heard Xu Feng smile and said: "The virtuous nephew is really a rare general, if the old man can get your help, it will really be like a tiger with wings!"

I heard Liu Ruyan say humbly: "Uncle has won the award, how can the little nephew be as good as the uncle said? Uncle is ashamed of his nephew, and his nephew really doesn't dare to be it." ”

The two of you are polite to each other.

Leng Yue and Menghua, who were inside the door, listened with bated breath, and really only felt funny, hiding in the door and listening, but they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

At this time, all kinds of noises in the lobby outside came one after another, and the sound was in my ears. Obviously, there have been a lot of guests gathered in the hall, and those who live in the hotel upstairs have stepped on the stairs to "click" downstairs.

After a while, a clear voice came: "A few guest officers, it's early! The downstairs lobby has prepared all kinds of breakfasts, how many of you can invite you downstairs to eat?"

Shangguan Hongqin was about to reach out and knock on the door, Menghua had already opened the door, and coldly shocked Shangguan Hongqin, turned her head and Leng Yue covered her mouth and chuckled, looking at everyone and said happily: "Uncle, Uncle, Brother Liu, good morning!" She rolled her eyes, and said with a smile, "Ah! What are you doing standing outside the door? My sister and I are trying to call you!"

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, Shangguan Hongqin looked at Leng Yue and frowned and asked, "Yue'er, how are you feeling?"

Leng Yue nodded and said with a smile: "Mother, I'm fine, you can rest assured!" Shangguan Hongqin stretched out her hand to straighten the placket on Leng Yue's chest, it was a little cold in the morning, for fear that she would accidentally get wet and cold again.

Xu Feng said again: "Everyone is hungry, let's go, let's go down and eat something first, and we will have to hurry in a while!"

When they came to the hall, they saw the two servants waiting in the hall. Seeing a few people coming, he hurriedly stood up and said respectfully, "Master, madam, good morning! We have been waiting for a long time!" Xu Feng stopped his hand, nodded at the two, and motioned for them to sit down.

At this moment, a cousin came up with a plate of breakfast.

Xu Feng looked up and saw the man and woman who came to look for Ma Xiaoyun yesterday striding in from outside the door.

Xu Feng was about to greet the two, but the two of them were already looking at this side, hugging their fists at Xu Feng, and laughing loudly: "Xu Daxia, you are early! Did you sleep well last night?"

Xu Feng stood up hurriedly, and smiled at the two of them in return: "Oh, it turned out to be Peng Zhuangshi and Ling Mei, the two of them are so early! Where did the two of you go early in the morning?"

The middle-aged man surnamed Peng smiled: "Oh, before dawn, I went outside with my little sister to practice in the woods in the morning." When I first came here, the people were unfamiliar, but everything here felt very fresh, and when I went out, stayed in the inn, my little sister and I couldn't sleep soundly, so the sky was not bright, we had already woken up, just by taking advantage of the fresh air at dawn, we went to the forest to exercise in the morning. By the way, familiarize yourself with the terrain path here. ”

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised in their hearts, but they didn't show any color on their faces, only a faint smile of etiquette on their faces.

Xu Feng's eyes lit up, he smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand to make an inviting gesture, and greeted: "Oh, I see, it's rare that the two of you still have such Yaxing, it seems that God can be regarded as meeting the same good news." Don't hide the two, the old man also has this preference, if he has free time, the old man also smells the chicken and dances, and it is necessary to go to the back mountain early to practice in the morning. You and I are destined to know each other, and it is even more rare to have common preferences, haha, come on, please take a seat! Today, the old man is the east, please drink a few glasses of thin wine, how about you and I have a good talk?"

The two of them wanted to refuse politely, but when they saw Xu Feng's eyebrows fluttering, they were quite interested, but they couldn't refuse, hesitated for a moment, and sat down.

Xu Feng also instructed the cousin to bring two chairs, stools, and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, add them together, and ask for a few more plates of wine and food and snacks.

These two parties just met each other, and they met by accident by accident. But what Xu Feng never expected was that these two people came here thousands of miles away to find their sworn brother Ma Xiaoyun, and they happened to meet in this inn. There are such ingenious things in the world, and this seems to be the arrangement of providence, and they have encountered it again.

The encounter and fate between people is really so intriguing, unpredictable and elusive.

Xu Feng saw that these two brothers and sisters had similar interests with him, and they seemed to be loyal and honest people, so he had a good impression of them in his heart, and chatted with each other for a while, the more cheerful and speculative they felt.

talked freely about their respective life experiences, anecdotes on the rivers and lakes, and when it came to excitement, they couldn't help but dance with their eyebrows, and laughed out loud.

Everyone sat aside, eating and drinking while listening sometimes with joy, sometimes dumbfounded, sometimes crying and laughing!

At this time, the joyful scene in front of him seemed to have made Xu Feng forget all the worries and unhappiness he encountered yesterday. Even went to find Li Ruoxuan, who suddenly appeared, but did not mention it.

The middle-aged man surnamed Peng seemed to have a lot of alcohol, and frequently raised his glass to toast Xu Feng, and from time to time raised his glass to toast Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan saw that the other party was respectful, and it was inconvenient for him to deal with each other, but he just coped with the situation on his face, and after drinking a few cups of etiquette, he gave up and politely declined.

And that Xu Feng is on the rise, pouring wine for it is very happy, toasting for it is even happier, both sides you respect me, a good push between the cup and the lamp, not long after, two pots of good aged bamboo leaves have been drunk to the bottom. The two sides talked eloquently from all over the world, and the conversation was very cheerful, and the atmosphere was not warm.

Unconsciously, Xu Feng and the middle-aged man were already drunk, their faces were flushed, the more they drank, the more excited they became, the more they talked, the more speculative they became, talking about the vigorous and moving past on the rivers and lakes, they were proud from time to time, and from time to time they sighed! As if those legendary stories that did not happen to the ancestors of the martial arts, but what they themselves experienced.

Shangguan Hongqin was worried about the sword wound on her husband's body, so she should not drink more, and persuaded her several times, but her husband was drinking so much that his face was red and his ears were hot, so how could he listen.

Liu Ruyan and Menghua Lengyue were also secretly anxious on the side, but they were helpless, I really didn't know how to persuade them!

After eating and drinking for almost an hour, the top guests in the hall have dispersed one after another. There were only three or five tables of diners who were still drinking, and a few cousins were cleaning the remnants of the tables and preparing the dishes and chopsticks to welcome the lunch guests.

Suddenly, Xu Feng slapped his palm on the table, and with a "snap", the cups and chopsticks on the table were shocked by his slap and jumped, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked by his sudden strange behavior, and they all looked at him in horror.

But I heard him shout: "Oh! No! No! Patronize and drink, and forget all the business!" He suddenly came to his senses, and his eyes were wide and he said to everyone, "We have to hurry today, look at my memory, when the wine is strong, but I can't care about anything!"

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but be surprised and amused, but they just forced their faces to remain silent, and no one could reveal it.

Seeing Xu Feng suddenly stand up, the pair of men and women also got up from their seats, looked at each other in surprise, and then looked at everyone.

Xu Feng froze, hugged his fists at the two and said: "Two, the old man still has important things to do now, and he can't accompany the two of them to drink and talk happily, he has a fate, how about you and I get together again and talk about it?"

The two of them also clasped their fists at Xu Feng, and the middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "What Xu Daxia said is very true, since you have something to do, I won't bother you anymore!

Everyone stood up, shouted to each other, and cherished each other!

Xu Feng drank the last glass of wine and said to them fixedly: "Two, the coming day will be long, and there will be a period later!

Xu Feng beckoned the shopkeeper to come over to settle the bill, and the middle-aged man insisted on paying for a treat, but this is Xu Feng's territory, where can the guests from afar break the bank, the two of them resigned, and he was the one who did not give in. After some politeness, in the end, Xu Feng fulfilled the friendship of the landlord.

The group packed their luggage and walked out of the inn.

Liu Ruyan beckoned the cousin to lead his white horse, and Liu Ruyan stepped on the saddle and walked in front.

Xu Feng hired a carriage from the shopkeeper again, and everyone got into the carriage, and after a while, the two family members drove the carriage and drove slowly towards the official road in the south.

The two of them were sent all the way to the side of the official road, and everyone stared at each other and waved goodbye.

After seeing Xu Feng and the others gradually move away, the two looked at each other with solemn faces, and then turned around and walked back to the inn.

Liu Ruyan rode slowly in front, and the carriage followed behind without slowing down.