When Chen Mingye returned to his room, Xiaohong had fallen asleep on the table.

The little girl was obviously waiting for herself to come back, but she waited too long and accidentally fell asleep.

Chen Mingye was a little distressed for a while, he only cared about asking Aunt Meng for advice, but he ignored this little girl, and immediately reached out to carry her to the bed.

Xiaohong seemed to be sleeping very lightly, and as soon as Chen Mingye picked her up, the little girl woke up.

"Hmm," as if the embrace was familiar, Xiaohong first rolled over rather comfortably, and then opened her eyes in a daze.

"Awake?" Chen Mingye asked softly in a warm voice.

"Hey, junior brother, are you back?" Xiaohong showed a happy smile, her eyelashes were curved, and her big eyes narrowed into a crescent moon.

"Why are you asleep here," Chen Mingye asked with a smile as he reached out and scratched the little confused Qiong's nose.

"Hmph, I was waiting for you, but I fell asleep after waiting," Xiaohong pursed her mouth.

Chen Mingye said helplessly: "That's my fault, did Xiaohong notice anything unusual in the room today?"

"Strange?" When the little girl heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, she tilted her head and thought for a while, and then said, "I seem to hear a lot of voices outside." ”

Chen Mingye nodded, and suddenly thought about the two assassins on the roof, so he asked, "By the way, did you repel those assassins?"

"Assassin?" Red shook her head, "I didn't go out." ”

Chen Mingye narrowed his eyes slightly, this answer was beyond his expectations, it seems that the Meng family, as a big family, is not as weak as he thought.

"Hey, little junior brother, you're injured," Xiao Confused finally rubbed his sleepy eyes, only then did he find the blood stains on Chen Mingye's chest, and suddenly a trace of nervousness appeared on his little face.

Chen Mingye smiled and said, "It's almost all good, and today is really thanks to the pill you forced into me." ”

Xiaohong first looked at the bloodstained area very carefully, and after confirming that there was no problem, she breathed a sigh of relief, raised her neck and said proudly: "Hmph, is my senior sister very prescient." ”

"Awesome," Chen Mingye smiled and gave the little girl a thumbs up and touched her little head, "It's not too early, if you're sleepy, go to bed." ”

Xiaohong couldn't help but yawn when she heard this, looking sleepy, but she was still in the mood to care about him: "Little junior brother, don't you sleep?"

Chen Mingye raised the scroll in his hand and said, "You go to sleep first, I'll read a book, and I'll rest after a while." ”

Xiaohong rubbed her eyes: "That's good." ”

Chen Mingye put her on the bed, the little girl covered the quilt herself, and waved her hand at Chen Mingye with a smile: "I'm sleeping." ”

"Have a good dream. Chen Mingye tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and saw that the corners of her mouth closed her eyes with a smile, so she relaxed her steps, walked to the table and sat down slowly.

The book that Meng Shi gave him had obviously been turned many times, and Chen Mingye turned the title page and saw a few vigorous big characters, the old hermitage.

Chen Mingye was slightly surprised in his heart, it was not easy to write such an imposing character, but why did he have such a lonely title.

Looking at it, there are more than 100 small notes, most of which are essays, recording some ordinary life, and there is not much turmoil.

Chen Mingye recalled Meng's words at that time, re-read the speculations in his heart, and looked at those words carefully.

The candle flame flickered, Chen Mingye stared at it carefully, and was suddenly stunned, although the hundred texts were written by one person, there were many contradictions in them. For example, I wrote about stomach disease in the front, and then I drank with my friends and returned home, and for example, I wrote about having a headache and being in bed, and the next part is to take my son to climb the mountain.

One person's words, a hundred lives.

Chen Mingye turned to the end, it was an article "Watching the Snow in the Heart of the Lake", which was also written very simply, with "Jiayou lived in December of the fifth year, and lived in the West Lake." After three days of heavy snowfall, the people and birds in the lake are overwhelming", ending with "Don't say that you are stupid, but you are even more stupid", the whole article is less than 200 words, but there is a sense of extraordinarily sighing.

Seeing this, he probably had a guess in his heart, but at this time, it was not good for him to ask Aunt Meng in person, so he silently put away the scroll, looked at the candle flame in front of him, and was distracted.

At dawn the next day, Xiaohong slept refreshed, stretched her waist and sat up from the bed beautifully, only to notice that Chen Mingye was already gone in the room.

"Hmm, why has the little junior brother always been elusive lately. The little girl muttered unhappily, but the door was squeaked open.

Chen Mingye walked closer to the room, saw Xiaohong awake, put down the tray in his hand and smiled at her: "Wake up, go wash up and get ready to eat." ”

"Hehe, little junior brother, you are so good!" Xiao Hongle looked at him and smirked.

"Silly Nizi," Chen Mingye shook his head.

Xiaohong continued to wash up beautifully, and Chen Mingye opened the window for her to ventilate the room.

There was a gust of cold wind in front of him, Chen Mingye frowned, looking at the scene outside the window, the frost had just passed a few days ago, and the ground was often covered with a layer of hoarfrost when he got up early in the morning, and the pedestrians were all in long clothes and long sleeves, and there was no bare skin.

He looked back at the little girl who was only wearing a thin red robe, covered the window sash slightly, and said, "It's cold, wear more clothes, don't get cold when the time comes, you will suffer." ”

"Hmph," Xiao Hong stuck out her tongue at him and made a cute grimace, "Little junior brother, are you stupid, we cultivators all have aura to protect the body, how can this bit of cold qi invade the body." ”

Chen Mingye coughed dryly: "You have to pay attention after all, you are a child, it is always right to listen to the words of adults." ”

Xiaohong secretly glared at him unconvinced, but she didn't say anything.

Chen Mingye sat on the side and sensed his state, breathing all night, coupled with the healing effect of the Red Spirit Pill, although he had received a heavy blow from the Fist Sect Master, his injuries were almost better.

When I went out just now, the Meng family had obviously investigated the identities of the two black-clothed people on the roof, but there should be no clues in a short period of time.

When I got up early in the morning, the protection of the entire inn was obviously strengthened a lot, and it was obvious that some of the Meng family's secret forces simply stopped hiding, and tried not to have a half-point difference pool halfway through.

Chen Mingye deliberately sensed it in the guard, hoping to see if there was the martial arts master who was hidden in the shadows last night, but he didn't get anything.

"Little junior brother, do you want to eat?" Xiaohong finished washing, took a piece of pastry and ran to him with great interest.

"Eat. Chen Mingye grinned, this time, he was indeed a little hungry.

"Open your mouth!" Red waved at him.

Chen Mingye smiled bitterly, and then opened his mouth honestly.

Xiaohong put the pastry to his mouth, looked at him with big eyes and instructed seriously: "Eat slowly, take a bite first, you will choke if you eat too much......"

Chen Mingye smiled evilly, swallowed the whole pastry in one bite, and even deliberately bit his teeth on the delicate fingers of the little girl.

"Ahh

"......" Chen Mingye stroked his forehead, selectively ignored this topic, and said to the little girl, "Okay, thank Xiaohong for your food, Xiaohong will eat it herself." ”

"Hehe, after all, Xiaohong is the senior sister, and it is right to take care of the little junior brother," Xiaohong did not forget to show off her identity as the senior sister at him, and then jumped over to the snack plate.

Chen Mingye swallowed the pastry in his mouth, and felt a little dry for a while, so he reached out and poured himself a glass of water, and poured the whole cup with his head up.

Xiaohong looked at him with a smile, holding a piece of small crisp in her hand, and ate it with relish.

Chen Mingye ignored the little girl's eyes, reached out and poured himself another glass of water, and just raised his glass to drink, there was a knock on the door.

"Brother Chen, are you up?" Meng Che's voice came through the wooden door.

Chen Mingye put down the cup, got up and opened the door, and saw at a glance that the personable Meng Dagongzi at the door was looking at him with a slight smile, and he didn't look frightened at all last night.

"It seems that Meng Gongzi slept well and was in good spirits, and came to me early this morning. Chen Mingye glanced at him, but he didn't mean to let him go and invite him into the house.

Meng Che smiled: "I hit it off with Brother Chen last night, so I drank more wine and slept a little deeper, Brother Chen shouldn't be surprised." ”

Chen Mingye looked at him deeply and said, "It seems that Brother Meng is lucky, he was spared a fright last night." ”

Meng Che nodded, and at the same time bowed his hand slightly to him and said: "I have asked my mother for peace just now, and my mother told me that Brother Chen risked his life for my Meng family yesterday, and I, Meng Che, am here to solemnly thank Brother Chen, if you can get my Meng Che's place in the future, Brother Chen, please feel free to speak." ”

Chen Mingye glanced at him and said, "How can it be so serious, Mrs. yesterday has given me great benefits, Chen Mingye is already grateful?"

"Mother gave Brother Chen benefits?" Meng Che was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a face full of disbelief, "I don't believe it, Mother has always been a simple person, what gold and silver rewards can there be, Brother Chen should not be too polite." ”

Chen Mingye sighed: "It's not gold and silver, but the reward of Lingtang is much more valuable than gold and silver to me." ”

Meng Che glanced at him suspiciously: "Since Brother Chen said so, it is inconvenient for Meng to ask more, but what he said just now is still valid, and my mother's reward is her business, but I, Meng Che, am also a person who knows how to repay my kindness." ”

Chen Mingye reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, I remember your words." ”

"Okay," Meng Che looked at him seriously, "Brother Chen, we're going to leave in a while, you pack up your things a little, and someone will call you when you leave." ”

"Thank you, Brother Meng, for reminding me. Chen Mingye nodded.

"Then I'll not bother for now. Meng Che glanced at him, bowed, turned around and simply left.

Chen Mingye looked at his back and couldn't help laughing: "This kid." ”

Inside the room, Xiaohong looked at him and shouted softly: "Little junior brother, what's wrong?"

Chen Mingye turned his head and glanced at her: "It's nothing, prepare a little, we're going to go." ”

Xiaohong clapped her little hands lightly, swallowed the contents in her mouth, and cheered happily: "Okay!"

This inn is located at the intersection of Yuzhou and Sizhou, and there is a large flow of people, so although the Meng family is doing its best to keep a low profile, many accompanying teams still attract a lot of attention.

This time when he was on the road, Meng Che took the initiative to ask to ride a horse, Chen Mingye thought about it and decided that he could just talk about Kyoto all the way, so he ignored Xiaohong's protest and threw her directly in the carriage.

"I want to ride a horse too!" the little girl didn't seem to give up, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and shouted at Chen Mingye.

"Is the carriage uncomfortable?" Chen Mingye wondered.

Xiaohong replied categorically: "It's uncomfortable!"

"Riding a horse is so bumpy that you can't get sleepy every time, can it be better than a carriage?" Chen Mingye rode a horse and followed the carriage, a little helpless.

"Hmph, I said that riding a horse is good riding!" Xiaohong glared at him, lowered the curtains in a huff, and retracted her head.

"Brother Chen, your sister is really cute. Meng Che on the side couldn't help but smile.

"It's okay. "It's so close, what's the difference between boasting in person, Chen Mingye is too lazy to indulge that little girl anymore.

"Hahaha," Meng Che laughed, "I see that Brother Chen is saying this, but in his heart he is the most fond of that little girl." ”

Chen Mingye touched his nose and couldn't help but want to complain, can't you kid talk less?

"This trip to Kyoto, at our current pace, will be about two days. Seeing that he didn't answer, Meng Che had to change the topic, "I wonder if Brother Chen has any acquaintances in Kyoto?"

Chen Mingye thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't have any relatives and friends in Kyoto, I just plan to find an inn to study my homework." ”

Meng Che's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "In this way, Meng has a reluctant request." ”

"Brother Meng, please speak. "How could Chen Mingye not know what he was going to say.

"Brother Chen, there are still many vacant rooms in my Meng family's mansion, why don't you move to our mansion, you see that it is empty, first, it is convenient for you, and secondly, we live close to it and exchange knowledge, which is convenient for me, what do you think?" Meng Che looked at him and said.

"So, I'm afraid it's too much of a nuisance. Chen Mingye waved his hand.

Meng Che said righteously: "Brother Chen has a life-saving kindness to me, how can this little matter be regarded as a nuisance? I hope that Brother Chen will not excuse himself again and give Meng Che a face." ”

Chen Mingye looked at him with a serious look, held back his expression of wanting to laugh, and nodded: "In this way, I will thank Brother Meng first." ”

This kid is as upright as ever. Chen Mingye thought about it in his heart, after all, he could take advantage of the Meng family in such an identity, and when the time came, he could act and meet the people of Qingxuanmen.

Meng Che saw that he had answered, and immediately said happily: "Okay, then we will make up our minds." My mother has always asked me to communicate and learn more with Brother Chen, and I am not afraid of Brother Chen's jokes, and among my friends, there is only one person who can make my mother say such things. Speaking of this, Meng Che's expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy again.

When Chen Mingye heard this, he looked up and looked into the distance, the fog in the early morning had not yet dissipated, and the pedestrians were hurrying away, and the end of the road was faintly hazy, and it was not real.

Late autumn is over, and it's early winter.

He sighed softly, and then a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.