Chapter 24: What is Love?

As the saying goes, if you break your muscles and bones, you can rest for 100 days. Unknowingly, it has been more than three months in the past, and Hou Jin has been lying in bed for more than three months, and his diet and daily life are all taken care of by scholars, so when he came to Tangmen, in addition to Tang Lei, Hou Jin only knew scholars.

At night, barely able to get out of bed and walk around, Hou Jin couldn't wait to walk out of the door, came to a small courtyard, breathed a breath of fresh air, and the whole person felt refreshed. Walking and walking, Hou Jin walked out of the backyard, and what came into view was a valley. But seeing that the empty mountain is lonely, the cold moon is like a hook. The cold stars are suspended above the canopy, like a spot of light, like a chess cloth. The valley in the night was originally bleak and cold, like a barren next door. Hou Jin was bored for several days, so he walked into the valley, looked carefully, and found that the ground was full of flowers, the trees were verdant, and the whole air was rippling with the faint fragrance of flowers, and the grass and trees were connected together, which was beautiful.

Hou Jin sighed: "What a paradise. I didn't expect that there would be such a good place. ”

Suddenly, there was a strange noise in the grass, and Hou Jin stopped, held his breath, and looked at the grass with jumping eyes. A snow-white, furry, fox-looking thing with only black eyes around it, scurrying through the grass at lightning speed. There are also two black shadows following behind, chasing after them. Looking at the vigorous steps of the two, their sensitive figures, and their bodies as light as swallows, Hou Jin couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart: "It's so light." ”

Although the two of them were vigorous and sensitive, they were always separated from the fox by a distance, and sometimes they looked like they were about to catch up, but the fox took an arrow step, and suddenly accelerated, and left the two behind, and the distance gradually widened, and finally the fox burrowed into the dense woods and disappeared. The two of them were extremely annoyed, snorted, turned back, and ran quickly towards Hou Jin.

When he got closer, Hou Jin saw the appearance of the two clearly. Two people are tall and one short, one of them is dressed in clothes, similar to the Yi costumes, colorful, unique style, the hanging ornaments on the body are also dazzling, with a lot of silver jewelry and embroidery, the skin is dark, full of beard, the body is strong, tall, slightly taller than Hou Jin, muscular, at first glance, it is a perennial practitioner. The other person was dressed as a member of the Han family, with a pointed face, a white face, two goat's whiskers, a thin body, and a long sword hanging from his waist, but a pair of falcon-like eyes were very sharp, giving people a feeling that it was difficult to deal with.

The sharp-faced man had a blank face, and his sharp eyes seemed to be about to erupt into fire, eager to burn the young man in front of him. He said sharply: "Boy, who are you? Do you know that the two of us finally lured the nine-tailed spirit fox out, but you scared that beast away." ”

It turned out that the fox that had just escaped was the nine-tailed spirit fox. Hou Jin once saw a record of the nine-tailed spirit fox in a book, the nine-tailed spirit fox is a close relative of the fox, a solitary animal, except for the black eyes, the whole body is snow-white, cautious by nature, and timid. Diurnal and nocturnal, he likes to build a nest in the dense jungle, and usually feeds on rats and hares. The blood of the nine-tailed spirit fox has the ability to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and has a miraculous effect on internal injuries, it is said that it is equipped with a unique secret recipe, and it also has the ability to immunize the poisons of the world, but the number of nine-tailed spirit foxes is very rare, and it survives in an extremely hidden place, and people in the rivers and lakes want it but can't. Therefore, the nine-tailed spirit fox is extremely precious and has no price. Hou Jin inadvertently broke into here, and the nine-tailed spirit fox was frightened and fled. The tall and the short two worked hard, and finally lured the nine-tailed spirit fox out, and they were about to succeed, but now they are gone, and if they want to catch the nine-tailed spirit fox again, it will be difficult, no wonder they will be angry.

Hou Jin was also quite apologetic, bowed slightly to the two, hugged his fists and saluted, and said in a sincere tone: "I'm very sorry, two big brothers." The little brother made an unintentional mistake and let the nine-tailed spirit fox escape, and I apologize deeply. ”

The sharp-faced man shouted angrily: "Stinky boy, can a word of sorry be enough to recover our losses?"

Hou Jin's face was full of apologies, and he said patiently: "Two eldest brothers, otherwise, the younger brother will accompany the two of you to lure the nine-tailed spirit fox out, and there will be many people to help!"

The sharp-faced man snorted coldly in his nostrils and said, "Stinky boy, what do you know?" Do you think that the nine-tailed spirit fox can be caught if you want to?"

Hou Jin knew that he was at a loss, so he smiled and said, "Just try it." ”

Without waiting for the sharp-faced man to talk, the tall man of the Yi nationality said: "Hmph, don't talk nonsense with this little white-faced man, kill him and talk about it." After speaking, he picked up a big hammer and swung it, and smashed it into Hou Jin's head with a hammer, which was very powerful, if it was smashed by a hammer, even if it was a papaya, it would be smashed to pieces. If you don't agree with each other, this Yi man is really hot-tempered.

If it were on weekdays, with Hou Jin's martial arts, he could easily take over this hammer. But the injuries on Hou Jin's body have not completely healed, he can barely walk on the ground, his body is still weak, and the Kaiyang Sword was also snatched away by Huang Cheng of the Plum Blossom Palace, unarmed, where can he be hard. Hou Jin had to reluctantly perform his flying dragon three-fold footwork, narrowly avoiding this heavy hammer. Looking back, I saw that the sledgehammer was empty, smashed on the ground, sparks splashed everywhere, and a small pit suddenly appeared, Hou Jin felt a chill on his back, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

The Yi Han failed with a hammer, picked up the hammer again, and smashed it at Hou Jin again, threatening to smash Hou Jin into a meat slurry. Hou Jin was a little annoyed, this person had no reason to talk about, simple and rude, and he was heavy, but he was suffering from his own injuries that had not healed, and he had no blades, his hands were empty, and he dodged with difficulty, and he was able to avoid the hammer several times, and the phenomenon changed hands. However, fortunately, the sharp-faced man just stood aside, his hands folded in front of his chest, watching all this, and he didn't mean to pinch Hou Jin at all. In fact, it was the sharp-faced man who disdained to besiege Hou Jin, in his eyes, a sick and sick man, without a blade, his companions were enough to solve it. If the two of them practice beating Hou Jin, with Hou Jin's current state, it will be ten Hou Jin, and it will not be enough for two people to kill.

Hou Jin couldn't use the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong, and he didn't have the support of internal force, so he relied on his body to reluctantly deal with this big man of the Yi nationality. After a while, he felt exhausted, his physical strength was exhausted, his feet seemed to be filled with lead, extremely heavy, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and beads of sweat flowed down his forehead, Zhedehou Jin was about to open his eyes, his vision became blurred, and his body was shaky. Seeing the big man's heavy hammer smashed over again, Hou Jin wanted to dodge, but his weak body didn't listen to him, and he had more than enough strength to dodge. This hammer has also become a fatal hammer, Hou Jin is unavoidable, thinking that his beloved may have been poisoned, there is no love in life, and all thoughts are lost, Hou Jin closed his eyes and waited for death to come.

At this moment, the sharp-faced man shouted, "Slow down." ”

The hammer was only two inches away from Hou Jintianlinggai, and it stopped, but it didn't smash down after all. Hou Jin also felt a cold wind above his head, chilling.

The Yi man was puzzled and asked, "Third brother, what's wrong?" Let me kill this kid first. With that, he picked up the hammer and smashed it on the top of Hou Jin's head again.

Hou Jin was angry and said: "Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated, if you want to kill, you will kill, listen to the respect." With that, he closed his eyes again.

The sharp-faced man rushed over, stretched out his hand and grabbed the handle of the hammer in the hand of the Yi man, and said to the Yi man: "Sixth brother, wait a minute, let the third brother ask this kid first, and then it's not too late to kill." Hearing this, the Yi Han put away the hammer and stepped aside.

The sharp-faced man's sharp eyes looked at Hou Jin and said, "Boy, aren't you afraid of death?"

Ying'er was taken away by the group of murderous demons in the Plum Blossom Palace, I am afraid that she has already been murderous, and now she is also in danger, and the revenge cannot be avenged, it is better to die. Hou Jin said: "Man, husband, it's just death, why be afraid?"

The Yi man glanced at the sharp-faced man and laughed: "Yo, I didn't expect that such a guy with fine skin and tender flesh is dying, and his mouth is quite hard." ”

The sharp-faced man said: "Boy, do you have a kind of, dare to talk to me Tang Yuanzhi like this?" As he spoke, the sharp-faced man didn't know when, there was a red and black pill in his palm, which lit up at Hou Jin, and said, "It's better to do this, our brothers can spare you from dying, as long as you eat this pill, do you dare?"

Hou Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not afraid of death, are you still afraid of this little pill?" After that, Hou Jin picked up the pill in Tang Yuanzhi's palm without hesitation, opened his mouth, and was about to eat it.

Suddenly, a spicy female voice shouted, "Slow down." ”

The three of them turned around and saw a petite and exotic beautiful girl, followed by a person who looked like a scholar, walking here.

Tang Yuanzhi said: "Lei'er, what are you doing here?"

That beautiful girl is none other than Tang Lei. Tang Lei Xiumei was clustered and shouted: "Hou Jin is my friend, third uncle, you give him the five poisons that are unique to this sect?"

Tang Yuanzhi and the others were stunned for a moment, and said, "This is the sick number that you and your father brought back?" Your sixth uncle and I finally lured the nine-tailed spirit fox out, this kid is good, and the beast is scared." The third uncle didn't kill him, which was already considered merciful. ”

Tang Lei said: "However, Third Uncle, the five poisons of this sect are highly poisonous. If a person who practices martial arts eats it, he will lose his martial arts and become a wasted person. ”

Tang Yuanzhi said disapprehantly: "At this time, it's just a small punishment for this kid to scare away the nine-tailed spirit fox." ”

Tang Lei walked to Tang Yuanzhi's side, pulled Tang Yuanzhi's sleeve, shook it, and said coquettishly: "Oh, third uncle, Hou Jin is my friend, just look at Lei'er's face, let him go this time." ”

Tang Yuanzhi didn't answer.

Tang Lei looked at the Yi Han again, and the Yi Han waved his hand and said, "Lei'er doesn't need to look at the sixth uncle, the sixth uncle has no opinion, as long as the third brother nods." ”

Tang Lei had no choice but to continue to play coquettish at Tang Yuanzhi and said: "Oh, third uncle, you are a senior, why bother with a junior! If you don't agree, Lei'er will go and tell grandpa that you once ......" Tang Lei wanted to speak and stopped.

When Tang Yuanyi heard Tang Lei mention his father, the old man Tianji, he immediately had a trace of fear in his eyes, obviously Tang Yuanzhi had some trick to be caught by Tang Lei, afraid that Tang Lei would tell the old man Tianji, so he hurriedly waved his hand, with a bitter face, and said, "Okay, okay, Lei'er, third uncle, I'm really afraid of you." He said to Hou Jin again: "Boy, if you are lucky, if it weren't for Lei'er's face, you would never be so cheap." Sixth, let's go. ”

When Tang Yuanzhi and the others walked away, Tang Lei straightened his face, looked like a little pepper, and said to Hou Jin angrily: "I said that you are not injured, what are you running around?" Don't you know, our Tangjiabao is not an idle place, there are many mechanisms everywhere, in case you accidentally trigger the mechanism, no matter how good your martial arts are, it is useless." ”

I don't know why, as soon as I saw this spicy little girl, Hou Jin couldn't help but want to joke, teasing and teasing her, completely forgetting the unhappiness in his heart, and even he didn't know what was going on.

Hou Jin laughed and said, "I can't imagine that Miss Tang Lei is so worried about Hou Jin?"

When Tang Lei heard this, he was speechless for a while, and said hesitantly: "I...... I ......didn't know how to refute Hou Jin, I didn't know how to refute Hou Jin, and said in my heart: "What's wrong with me? Why do you care so much about the comfort of this little pervert?"

Hou Jin said again: "Could it be, it's Miss Tang Lei who is interested in Hou Jin, right?"

Tang Leiqiao's face turned red, and he said hurriedly: "The dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, so he doesn't!" I see that you have injuries on your body, and you dare to run to this back mountain alone at night, in case you encounter jackals, tigers and leopards, or if you touch the organs of my Tang Sect or poisonous insects and poisonous weeds, your little life will not be guaranteed, and you will damage the poisonous weeds that my Tang Sect has worked so hard to plant. ”

Hou Jin saw at a glance that this little girl was nonsense and duplicitous, so he simply stopped teasing her, and asked, "Miss Tang Lei, how do you know that I am here?"

Tang Lei said: "The boy said that you went for a walk in the backyard, but when you got to the backyard, I didn't see your figure, thinking that you must have come to this back mountain." Fortunately, I arrived in time, otherwise, if you really eat the five poisons of this sect, then you will lose your martial arts, become a waste, and you will no longer be able to practice martial arts?"

Hou Jin smiled and said, "Aren't the five poisons centipedes, poisonous snakes, scorpions, geckos, and toads? ”

Tang Lei rolled his eyes, looked at Hou Jin like an idiot, and said unceremoniously: "I see that you are quite smart, and you actually said such stupid things." You only know the five poisons, but the key is the word heart-devouring in the back. If a person is poisoned by this poison, no matter how high your martial arts are, the toxins will first invade the Dao Sanyin veins from your heart, and then then your lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys, and eventually permanently block your Rendu Second Vein. ”

Hou Jin was taken aback and said, "Such a small grain is such a highly poisonous thing? ”

Tang Lei was triumphant, curled his mouth, and muttered: "That's natural, otherwise how can you call it Tangmen?" Okay, it's not early, let's go back." ”

Back in his boudoir, Tang Lei looked around, looking at the tables and chairs carved from fine sandalwood with different patterns in detail. By the bamboo window, there are a few pieces of rice paper on the rosewood table, a few brushes on the research table, and various colors of paint. Tang Lei picked up the pen and seemed to draw something on the rice paper. After a while, the outline of a man in white in a long shirt was gradually outlined. The body is slender, the face is fair, the nose bridge is high, the lips are very thin, the thick sword eyebrows are obliquely inserted into the few strands of hair that fall from the sideburns, the black pupils are shining, blazing, and the long black hair is windless and automatic, so a beautiful man who is elegant and handsome jumps on the paper, lifelike. As all kinds of pigments kept flying in Tang Lei's beautiful jade hands, the man's face became clearer and clearer.

It took a lot of work to finally complete a painting. Tang Lei lifted the painting and looked at it carefully, the expression on his fair face was constantly changing, sometimes smiling, sometimes frowning, sometimes rolling his eyes, sometimes with a look of contempt and disdain. Tang Lei seemed to be very satisfied with his painting, and gently placed the painting on the table, and suddenly, he picked up the painting again, rubbed it vigorously, kneaded it into a ball, and put it on the flickering candle, and after a while, burned to ashes. Tang Lei Cherry muttered softly in his small mouth, "I hate you, little pervert." ”

Tang Lei moved to the bed, leaned back, and lay on the soft couch. Diagonally opposite the red-paved curtain is a dressing table made of fine mahogany inlaid with tortoiseshell shells. On the walls on both sides of the dresser, there is a pair of embroidered silk silks, one is a red peony flower, which is gorgeous and moving, and the other is a lotus, out of the water hibiscus.

Tang Lei was lying on the show couch tossing and turning, unable to sleep, his mind was full of the man in the painting, and he muttered to himself: "Big radish with a flower heart, little pervert." Obviously I already have a fiancΓ©e, but I still keep talking lightly and wantonly teasing others, I hate you. ”

"The mouth is like honey, and he picks out good words to coax girls, all men in the world are bad people, little perverts. Hmph!" Tang Lei muttered to himself, as if he was cursing a man, saying that he hated others, but the expression on his face betrayed himself, with a chuckle on his face, a touch of ruddy, and a little bit of his daughter's shyness.

Hou Jin was also lying on the bed at this time, thinking about his thoughts, and it was difficult to sleep.

"I don't know if Ying'er is alive or dead. It's been a long time since I've seen Sister Hui'er, is she okay? Tang Lei, this little girl, is like a little pepper, loud and atmospheric, not at all like Ying'er, soft-spoken. The weather is uncertain, the gods are chattering, and turning the face is faster than turning the book. These three girls have their own characteristics, Ying'er is gentle and kind, and her heart is like fire; Sister Hui'er is cold and noble, calm and calm; Tang Lei, a girl, has exotic beauty, but she is brutal and spicy. If Ying'er is a delicate phoenix, and Sister Hui'er is a noble Qingluan, Tang Lei's Nizi is a living little pepper. What's wrong with me? I already have Ying'er, why do I still think about other women in my heart? But I just can't help but think about them. ”

Tianshan faction, Qingluan Hall was silent, only a cold and beautiful woman was still moving around in the martial arts hall, practicing swordsmanship, but her heart was a mess, a pair of good-looking big eyes, tears were rolling, she stopped from time to time, and said to herself: "In the blink of an eye, Hou Jin has been down the mountain for more than four months, and I don't know how he is?" On the day Hou Jin went down the mountain, Hui'er stood on the top of Kunlun Mountain, watching the backs of Hou Jin and Ying'er going away, but her heart felt from time to time, sad, sad, and mixed. As a master, how can you not see the mind of your apprentice. Xia Jiaoyun is also a frustrated person in love, sympathizing with the same disease, and her kind words comforted Hui'er, channeled Hui'er's heart, and let her concentrate on practicing martial arts. So, since Hou Jin left, Hui'er had no intention of taking care of the affairs of Qingluan Palace, and handed over all the power to her junior sister Qingqing, and stayed in the martial arts hall all day long, practicing the swordsmanship of the plain girl, so that she could try not to think of the man who broke her heart. However, it still can't be done, the more I don't want to, the more Hou Jin's shadow appears in my mind, lingering, and the disciples of Qingluan Hall also know what's going on, but they don't know how to comfort them. That little girl often complained about Hui'er: "Hou Jin, you bastard, you know Senior Sister Hui'er's affection for you, how can you live up to and snub her?"

"Go up to the west building alone without a word, and the moon is like a hook. Lonely Wutong deep courtyard lock Qingqiu. Cut constantly, the reason is still messy, it is sorrowful, don't be a general taste in the heart. Hui'er recited the poem, lifted her sword, and galloped across the martial arts hall again......

A thing of love, you can see it, you can't touch it, you can't say it, you can't tell it. If you fall in love with someone, but you can't get it, your heart is the most bitter, even if you have a thousand words, you can't tell it. When the tears can't help but flow, you will feel that the world will change from clear to blurred, and your heart will become clear and clear the moment the tears fall. Acacia is a kind of destruction, you can't fall in love in this life, and it is just empty talk to be entrusted to the next life. People who have lost their love forever will only be left with pain, and their hearts will be like being cut by a knife, the pain is so clear, these softest places in the chest, the wounds that have been hurt by love, are far sharper than the injuries suffered by those limbs, and it will take a long time to heal.

I would have turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch. No wonder the people of the world sighed: "Ask the world, what is the love, and teach life and death to promise each other? Happy and fun, parting bitter, there are even more crazy children. You should have a saying, thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, only the shadow to whom......"