Hongzhou Mine.

Liu Ruiying was still talking to the boss lady.

At this moment, Xu Laosi suddenly came over and sat at the table not far from Liu Ruiying and the proprietress in a daze.

I didn't ask for wine, nor did I order braised vegetables to eat.

Just sit quietly like this.

Liu Ruiying felt a burning gaze on the side of his face, and turned his head to see Xu Laosi suddenly bowing his head.

"Do you have something to say to me?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

After all, Xu Laosi was the first person he knew when he came here, and Liu Ruiying still had a good impression of him.

Besides, Liu Ruiying still remembers what Xu Laosi said to him that day.

He couldn't remember the original sentence, but the gist of it was that no one who came here could leave, and the final result was the same.

Up to now, Liu Ruiying has experienced so many weirdness in the mine, and he can be regarded as having some understanding of Xu Laosi's words, but he still hasn't figured out what the "result" he is talking about.

"Nope. ”

When Xu Laosi heard Liu Ruiying's question, he raised his head sluggishly and looked at Liu Ruiying and said.

His eyes were cloudy and lacklustre.

This is really not like the eyes of a living person.

Perhaps after he accepted such a "result", he could no longer be considered a living person.

Eating, drinking, sleeping, peeing, all of them can't drive him.

Other than that, drinking was perhaps the only thing he consciously and self-chose.

"Last time I was in a hurry, I don't think you're done yet. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

When I was drinking that day, there was a sudden conflict upstairs, and then there were two more dead people and two corpses for no reason.

After Xu Laosi and the fat boss went to deal with it, they never came back to continue drinking and talking.

There were still small plates of dried tofu left in his bowl from which he had taken a bite.

"What do you want to say?"

Xu Laosi asked.

Liu Ruiying couldn't help laughing in her heart......

Obviously, he felt that Xu Laosi was still unfinished, but Xu Laosi opened his mouth and asked.

"How long have you been here?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"You asked me again last time, and I said I don't remember. ”

Xu Laosi said.

Liu Ruiying couldn't help but wonder......

Is this person really stupid or pretending?

If you have experienced some kind of tragedy, and come to this mineral and suffer for so long, it is reasonable to be slow to write and confused.

But Xu Laosi clearly remembered the content of the conversation he had with Liu Ruiying last time, and you must know that the interval between the days is not short.

How could a person with a confused head, who can't remember how many years he has been here, remember such a few unintentional words so firmly?

"Since you can't remember how long you've been here, I'm afraid you can't remember where you came from......

Liu Ruiying said.

After speaking, he drank a glass of wine to himself.

Although the proprietress on the side didn't drink much, her body was still a little swaying.

It can be seen that he has no interest in Liu Ruiying's previous topics.

But when he heard Liu Ruiying ask Xu Laosi like this, the focus of her eyes suddenly shifted.

The eyes are clear, clear, where is there still a little drunk?

"I remember!"

Xu Laosi said excitedly.

The right hand on the table clenched into a fist.

For some reason, the lower lip also began to tremble slightly after saying these three words.

"Have you ever seen the sea?"

Xu Laosi asked.

Liu Ruiying shook her head.

Rivers, lakes and seas.

He had never seen any of them.

There is a shortage of water in the northwest, and the water in the central capital can only be regarded as a pond.

As for the moat, it's not really a real river.

I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to leave Bogulou and return to Zhongdu to recover my life this time, and take Hua Nong to take another road and cross the Taishang River to go back.

Unexpectedly, people are not as good as heaven, but they are entangled by this sudden silver incident......

Taishang River, the most prestigious fireworks place in the Five Kings, is also a veritable gold cave.

It's not that Liu Ruiying wants to have fun, but he just happened to have a chance to catch up, so he wanted to experience the general customs there.

Sitting on the painting boat, watching the beautiful singing and dancing, the moist river breeze blowing, and drinking a glass of wine that is not light or strong, enjoy a rare leisure and comfort, but also add some experience to your boring life.

He told Liu Ruiying that he was also a romantic figure back then.

How many painting boats there are in the Taishang River, how many oirans are on each one, how good the figure of those oirans is, and how much silver is needed for the night, the old stables are all clear.

When talking about other things on weekdays, Liu Ruiying can still use the reason of his youth and vigor to complain to him and be dissatisfied.

Or simply take what the old stableman said as a fart and turn a deaf ear!

But when the old stableman told him about the charm of the Taishang River, Liu Ruiying couldn't say a word.

It is false to say in my heart that I don't envy and don't look at each other.

Although he is not lustful, young people are very eager to try things that they have not seen or experienced.

But Liu Ruiying's face still has to show a cliché and cliché.

This feeling made him really aggrieved......

But after thinking about it, the old stable's age, I'm afraid that he has long passed the time when he knows the destiny of heaven, and it is normal to go to more places than himself.

And all the things he knew, maybe what had become of them now.

Let's just say that those painting boats have long been replaced with new ones.

Oiran may have also made a lot of fortunes, either as a wife or mother, or as a step back and become an old bustard.

If you go, you can find something new and go back to Shabu to wash your ears.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ruiying smiled unpretentiously.

It wasn't until the proprietress stretched out her glass in front of him that he came back to his senses.

After hurriedly having a drink with the proprietress, she saw the proprietress pouting and motioned Liu Ruiying to look at Xu Laosi.

Liu Ruiying then remembered that he was asking himself if he had seen the sea.

Although he shook his head and said no, such a clueless question made Liu Ruiying very puzzled.

Where does it come from, and what does it have to do with the sea?

Could it be that this Xu Laosi still came from the seaside?

But when Liu Ruiying followed the gesture of the proprietress and looked at Xu Laosi, her body couldn't help but stir up......

The humble bench under his buttocks seemed to have turned into a towering crow by the sea, and he himself was standing on it, and he could directly feel the roar and roar of the rolling waves of the sea, which was an extremely amazing majesty, which was bursting out of Xu Laosi's eyes at this moment.

The cliffs by the sea can be said to be the closest place to the blue sky.

The sea is an endless blue, and so is the sky.

The sky by the sea, there are few clouds.

Because the sea breeze is always stronger than the wind elsewhere, the clouds can stop for a while without the slightest respite.

But compared to the wind here in the mine, it seems subtle and gentle.

The wind and sand in the mine are hostile to everyone.

Either they will be reduced to ashes in this wind and sand, or they can only turn their backs and bow their heads to accept it.

The laborers, including Xu Laosi, including the boss lady, have long been used to it.

But Liu Ruiying could always feel that the wind and sand were unfriendly to him......

The windows that have been buttoned at night will always be blown open.

Even if Liu Ruiying counted the table boards in the room, after a while, the wind and sand would be mixed with a few small stones, and they would hit the window panels heavily. It's like a demonstration.

But the sea breeze won't.

The sea breeze is more inclusive.

Liu Ruiying could see the dazzling scorching sun when he looked up, but under the blowing of the sea breeze, this sword-like light also seemed to be a little shaken, and they avoided Liu Ruiying's face and shot at his feet instead.

But even so, Liu Ruiying lowered her head after only one glance.

The sunlight is still too dazzling......

He couldn't look at each other for a long time.

It was only then that he realized that he was not the only one on the cliff by the sea.

Directly in front of Liu Ruiying, at the end of the cliff, closer to the sky and the scorching sun, there was a figure standing.

Liu Ruiying couldn't see his face, but his instinctive intuition told him that this person was Xu Laosi.

Xu Laosi's posture was the same as Liu Ruiying's before, and he was also looking up at the sun.

But his gaze did not evade.

Liu Ruiying knew how painful it would be to stare at the sun like this.

Xu Laosi also knew.

His eyes were already hurting at the moment, but he was still holding on.

But even he didn't know why he insisted on such a pointless thing, but he just wanted to persevere.

Because he wants to do something different from others.

Actually, there are many such things.

Xu Laosi can get up when others are sleeping, and sleep when others get up.

You can also drink while others are eating, and eat while others are drinking.

But he chose the strangest thing to do, and that was to keep his eyes on the sun at the best of the day.

After about a cup of tea, Xu Laosi felt that his head was a little dizzy.

Not only because of the stinging of the eyes, but also the scorching sun, which can also be unbearable.

Fortunately, the sea breeze was still cool, and it caressed his face for a while, but it helped a lot and maintained the last sobriety for him.

But even so, he was still in a trance.

Then in this trance, Liu Ruiying saw Xu Laosi's feet take a step forward.

The cliffs by the sea are very slippery.

If you're not careful, you'll fall into the layers of white spray.

As soon as his body moved, Liu Ruiying saw that he was still carrying a sword in his hand.

A long sword without a scabbard and stained with blood.

Liu Ruiying only glanced at it, and felt that this long sword was a little evil......

No matter how he could fall into it, he could be absorbed into it, constantly absorbed into a void and nothingness.

Xu Laosi threw the sword in his hand downward.

The blade of the sword was like cutting tofu, neatly inserted into the hard, slippery rock beneath his feet.

The sword kept heading into the rock.

In the end, only one hilt was left leaking out.

"Dang!"

The hilt of the sword collided with the surface of the rock with a pleasant crisp.

"See?"

Xu Laosi's voice came.

Liu Ruiying took a few breaths eagerly, and he found that Xu Laosi didn't know when, but he actually did it by his side.

After speaking, he was holding his wine glass and took a small sip.

"See. I haven't said I'm going to invite you for a drink, though. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"I asked you to see the sea, isn't it worth taking a sip of wine?"

Xu Laosi asked rhetorically.

But he drank all the wine saved in the cup.

The wine glass slammed heavily on the table, as if to vent this dissatisfaction.

But Xu Laosi's tone was very calm, and his face was calm.

I don't see any emotion.

But the moment the wine glass fell on the table, no matter who it was, they could feel that Xu Laosi's mood was not as silent as he showed.

"I didn't expect you to be a martial arts cultivator, or a swordsman. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"If it weren't for the martial arts cultivator, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago. ”

Xu Laosi said.

"As for the sword, you also see the end. ”

Xu Laosi drank another glass of wine and said unhurriedly.

However, this sentence was uttered by him while drinking.

Liu Ruiying saw the wine flowing into his mouth, and also saw his Adam's apple throbbing up and down and swallowing.

But the words were still uttered with great clarity.

This made Liu Ruiying shocked.

He had heard of a secret technique called ventriloquism.

The caster is often holding a doll

If you don't move your mouth, it all depends on your abdomen, could it be that Xu Laosi will also do this?

The secret technique of ventriloquism, Liu Ruiying was fortunate to see it once in the middle capital.

Speaking with your stomach is very different in tone and tone.

But Xu Laosi's words are undoubtedly peaceful.

It was as if he had two mouths, one for drinking and one for talking.

But Liu Ruiying knew that this was an impossible thing.

People are not monsters.

There will never be two mouths.

Even if it's a monster, the feature of having an extra mouth is really a bit too chicken.

"Did you see that?"

Liu Ruiying turned her head to look at the proprietress and asked.

"What do you see? sword or sea?"

The proprietress asked rhetorically.

Liu Ruiying didn't speak.

Since the proprietress can ask like this, it means that she has seen it too.

Xu Laosi drank two glasses of wine, but he didn't pour it again.

The light and surging in his eyes gradually dissipated, and the whole person returned to his previous state, like a piece of wood that had been weathered for a long time and was still struggling to persevere.

"Why don't you drink it?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

He was about to go to the other glass.

"Because what you see, it's worth two glasses of wine. ”

Xu Laosi said.

Liu Ruiying smiled.

He felt that Xu Laosi was really a real person.

I thought he was gluttonous, but I was embarrassed to say it.

Now it seems that he knows it in his heart.

There is a clear price for everything that happens.

He felt that it was only worth two glasses, which was twice as much.

If you take an extra bite, you won't take more.

"Count me in!"

Liu Ruiying said.

He still took a wine glass and filled the glass in front of Xu Laosi.

Xu Laosi stared at the wine flowing out of the pot, like a silver thread, from the bottom of the coarse porcelain wine glass layer by layer, filling.

"Thank you......"

Xu Laosi moved his lips and squeezed out two words desperately.

If Liu Ruiying hadn't been close to him and had reached the mouth shape, he wouldn't have heard it at all......

This sentence of thanks is worse than a literal name.

"Alas......"

The proprietress sighed deeply.

It seems that he has fallen into some kind of melancholy.

Liu Ruiying made a sad person on the left and a wooden man on the right, and he was sandwiched in the middle, which was really a little unpleasant.

For some reason, he sighed too.

It's just shorter than the boss's wife, but it's more lively than Xu Laosi.

"What are you sighing about?"

The proprietress was overjoyed again, looked at Liu Ruiying and said with a smile.

"I just think that sighing at this moment may be the right time after all. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"What's there to do with that?"

The proprietress said with a smile.

"I just feel like I'm a little redundant...... You two seem to be very preoccupied, and I'm alone in the middle, with an empty head. Liu Ruiying said.

Speaking of two extra words, Liu Ruiying also heard the old horse herd laugh at himself and say that he was a useless person.

Isn't this useless meaning redundant?

But it's worse than the tasteless food, in fact, the polite chicken ribs.

But in this vast heaven and earth, what is useful and what is useless?

I'm afraid no one can give a clear line.

The old stables seem redundant and useless.

He spent most of the day standing high at the door of the stable, peering into the distance at the birds and watching the sunset.

There is also a pond in the Investigation Division.

There were only a few flowers and plants in the pond, and I don't know when there were a few more small fish.

The investigation division is very strong, and it is ridiculous to prevent people, but it can't prevent these small fish and wild cats.

Liu Ruiying didn't understand the meaning of the old stable's gaze before, until again, he was bored, but he stared at it with the old stable.

At that time, his heart suddenly became calm.

Although the scene in front of him is not static, there is a strange magic that can make him settle and settle down.

It is like a green cloud in the mountains and forests, although it flows cheerfully, it is still clear and hearty.

This seemingly useless gaze brought Liu Ruiying a different feeling, and everywhere she looked, she was relieved.

But this state of mind is not often ......

At least for the moment, Liu Ruiying does not.

I still feel that sitting here is extremely redundant and useless.

Two people full of sorrow may not be the same thing, but there is always a potential connection in the dark.

Even if they don't speak, they don't communicate in any other way.

But Liu Ruiying saw that the state of the proprietress and Xu Laosi at the moment was still very compatible.

"He may be worried about his sword, but your sword is still in his sleeve, so why bother?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

In order not to make yourself look redundant, the best way is to join the two.

Even if Liu Ruiying racks her brains now, she can't think of anything that can make her worry, but this kind of emotion is often in a thought.

The smile of the person who was laughing a moment ago will immediately freeze, hang on his face, and turn into sorrow.

No one knows what the man remembers, but that's what the emotion conveys.

"I'm worried about my knives too. ”

The proprietress said.

He gently stroked the sleeve of his shirt where the knife was hidden.

It seems to have used the entire palm of the hand, but in fact, it only touched the middle finger.

After all, the blade of the knife in the sleeve of the proprietress is not very wide, at most two fingers.

The tip of a finger can just cut through the middle of the blade.

"A swordsman from Qingfu, a sleeve knife made by Nanjin, I really can't think of anything else you can use to worry, especially the knife for you. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

In a previous conversation, the proprietress told him about her background.

Even if she doesn't say it, she will know sooner or later as Liu Ruiying's investigation department.

Lying to the people of the Investigation Division is one of the most unwise things in the world.

You can keep your mouth shut, but don't lie.

The consequences of lying have always been much more serious than not telling them.

The proprietress is not necessarily worried about the consequences, maybe she just wants to say it.

"You know that I am the eldest lady of Qingfu, and I also know the status of Qingfu in Hongzhou, but you don't know why I came here, not to mention marrying a fat man, and drinking wind and eating soil all day long. ”

The proprietress said.

"I really don't know. ”

Liu Ruiying shook her head and said.

"But you didn't ask. ”

The proprietress said.

"Do you think I won't necessarily say it if you ask?"

The hostess picked up her glass, but she didn't drink.

Instead, he stuck out his tongue and licked it along the rim of the glass.

Liu Ruiying felt a little bitter at this time......

But it's still not a worry.

He was bitter because he felt that the proprietress had really seen her mind through.

This kind of feeling will be uncomfortable on anyone's body.

It's like walking bare-bottomed down a long street full of people.

"If you don't ask, you assume that I won't say. But you never thought that if you didn't ask, maybe I wouldn't tell you in my life?"

The proprietress said slightly teasingly.

"That's my bad luck...... After all, whether you say it or not depends entirely on your mood. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with me or not. ”

Liu Ruiying sighed again and said.

Now his bitterness turned into helplessness.

Helplessness is the closest emotion to sorrow.

Helplessness over one thing means that there is no way.

When people have no way and don't know how to be flexible, what can they do but worry?

You can only give up.

But Liu Ruiying is not a person who gives up easily.

What he wants to know, even if he doesn't say it or ask, he will hold back a stubbornness to find out by himself.

However, now Liu Ruiying feels as if she has integrated into the emotions of some of the two, and she does not feel that she is completely redundant and useless like before.

"The ancestral shadow slashing knife of Qingfu has a total of three knife techniques. ”

The proprietress finally drank the wine in her glass and said.

It's just that this glass of wine, which he has held in his hand for a long time, is a little warm.

Some people like to drink warm wine, such as Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi, although he is not a drinker, but he will carry his own small red clay stove wherever he goes.

The old lady obviously doesn't like warm wine.

Otherwise, he would not have frowned slightly at the entrance.

But she drank it anyway instead of choosing to spit it out.

"Shadow Slasher...... It's an interesting name......"

Liu Ruiying said.

Anyone who hears the name "Shadow Slasher" thinks it's funny.

The knife that cuts has always been a living person, and the knife that cuts at the shadow, no matter how fast and sharp, what can it do?

"The Shadow Slasher, at the beginning, there was only one knife and one style. ”

The proprietress continued.

"Then why is it three swords and three styles now?"

Liu Ruiying asked in surprise.

"Because the Qingfu Ancestor who created the Shadow Slashing Knife took it apart. When people are not worried about something, they will always make some changes. ”

The proprietress said.

"Is there anything you can't worry about when it comes to your own back?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty. ”

The proprietress said these eight words meaningfully.

Liu Ruiying leaned back after hearing this.

It seems that the one-knife "shadow cutting knife" must be extremely extraordinary......

That Qingfu Ancestor was really far-sighted.

In order for his descendants to rise and die longer, he did not hesitate to change his own efforts.

The current three-knife and three-style "shadow slashing knife" is definitely not as strong as spare money, but it must be enough to keep Qingfu safe.

"And I'm the only one who has combined these three swords and three styles of 'shadow slashing knife' into one for so many years. ”

The proprietress said.

But there is not the slightest bit of pride......

Instead, it is full of remorse and unwillingness.

As soon as he finished speaking, a violent gust of wind and sand reopened the door.

"Damn fat man...... I must have forgotten to plug in the deadbolt again!"

The proprietress muttered and got up to close the door.

But as soon as he took two steps away from the table, he stood firmly.