Chapter 7: The Scattered People of Siling
The wind on the river is clear and the moon is bright.
The crisp pulp sound just now has disappeared strangely at some point.
Between heaven and earth, everything is silent.
Only incense curls.
Even the eight people on this painting boat, after Yu Xiaoyao and Su Qing got on the boat, didn't say a word, and they didn't even make a sound.
The breeze is coming and the night is slightly cool.
Su Qing shuddered suddenly.
Isn't this a ghost boat?
Chen, who greeted them on the boat, didn't speak, just watched them quietly from the sidelines.
The laughter is unfathomable.
A figure dressed as a scholar walked silently in front of them, holding a book in both hands, shaking his head, and muttering words in his mouth, looking like he was enjoying it.
But Su Qing couldn't hear his footsteps or his reading.
Could this be the ghost of the ship?
Su Qing was a little dazed, she looked at Yu Xiaoyao, Yu Xiaoyao was also looking at her, the two glanced at each other, and both shook their heads gently.
Chen Yexing smiled slightly, and his eyes pointed to the cabin.
In the cabin, there were two people rolling the dice and drinking, and one of them was the bearded man with a high nose and a broad forehead. There was a man cowering in a corner with a file on his nails, and next to him sat a man with a small bug feeding a palm-sized, flaming lizard. The strangest thing is that the two people sitting on the innermost side are actually playing blindfolded.
This ordinary and absurd scene was inexplicably terrifying in the silence.
Su Qing suddenly reached out and grabbed Yu Xiaoyao's sleeve, and leaned weakly on his arm.
Suddenly a gust of wind arose on the calm river, and in an instant the waves were turbulent, and the waves rose like mountains, and this little painting boat was like a fallen leaf, thrown high into the sky by the surging waves, and could almost touch the bright moon above the nine heavens; in an instant, it fell to the bottom of the water, and there were high walls of water on all sides, as if the next moment the tens of millions of tons of water would pour down on them, crushing them and the painting boat into powder.
Chen Yexing stood steadily next to them, quietly watching them, with that mysterious smile on his face, his hand still stretched out in the air, pointing in the direction of the cabin.
Yu Xiaoyao hated to slap his smiling face, breaking the bridge of his nose and knocking out his teeth to see if he could still laugh.
The waves struck down on them.
Chen Yexing's hand was still firmly pointing to the cabin.
Yu Xiaoyao raised his hand, and the huge wave froze in midair.
Don't look with your eyes, look with your heart.
Chen Yexing is extremely stable, with a thick cocoon in his palm, and a pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle, he should be a master with a knife or sword.
The moonlight on the deck was faint, and he could barely argue, but the scholar could read freely, and his eyesight must have been quite outstanding, and he should be an expert in using hidden weapons.
Those two chess players can't see with their eyes, they must be listening to the voice, and can remember the chess moves played by the enemy and the enemy, and their hearing and memory are different from ordinary people, and they must also be experts in assassination.
The most noteworthy thing about the man who was breaking his nails was his hands, which were a pair of hands that were as crystal clear as jade, more beautiful than the hands of most women in the world.
The man who was feeding the lizard was a little fat man with a round face, and he looked kind, but the lizard in his hand was as red as blood, not like a mortal, and this person should probably be an expert in using poison.
Then there were the two people who threw the dice and gambled on the wine, they looked ordinary and impermanent, only the amount of wine was very large, and there were two sea bowls on the table, which were full of wine, and there were four or five empty jars thrown on the floor.
Look at it with your heart.
The waves crumbled overhead, eager to destroy the last shred of his consciousness.
Look at it with your heart!
Incense!
As soon as we got on the boat, we were poisoned.
There could be nothing other than the smell of incense.
But why didn't they hesitate to do it? What were they waiting for?
Why did Chen Yexing always point to the cabin?
Why do two people who drink in front of the jar have two bowls full of wine on the table?
"Such a beautiful day, if you don't give up, you might as well get on the boat and have a glass of wine..."
Wine!
Those two bowls of wine were not for others, they were for them!
Yu Xiaoyao's eyes lit up, his right hand wrapped around Su Qing, who was standing unsteadily, struggled to lift the last bit of internal force in his body, rushed into the cabin, grabbed the sea bowl on the table, and sucked all the wine in the bowl into his stomach like a long whale sucking water.
The waves crashed down.
Yu Xiaoyao opened his eyes, the wind and waves on the river were calm, the bright moon was faint, and there was no shadow of a huge wave.
The surrounding sounds of reading, drinking, rolling dice, and falling on the chessboard
He stabilized Su Qing in his arms, picked up another bowl of wine, and wanted to pour her this life-saving wine, but Su Qing had already lost consciousness at this time, and the wine entered his mouth and overflowed along the corners of his mouth.
Her breathing was now thin like a gossamer, as if it could be cut off at any moment.
Yu Xiaoyao raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl and leaned down.
The wine flowed between their lips and into her throat.
Lips to lips touch slightly.
Like after a spring rain, a ray of sunlight passes through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and gently brushes the petals of the flowers that have just been moistened by the rain.
Soft and cold.
But it's so warm.
"People say that they are free, smart, and romantic, and what they say is true. Chen Yexing looked at Yu Xiaoyao and Su Qing with a smile.
When Su Qing heard him say "unparalleled", he couldn't help but subconsciously reach out to touch his lips, and hurriedly put it down halfway, his face was as red as the red dress on the bride's body.
Yu Xiaoyao sat on the ground on all fours, not looking chic at all, "I didn't expect that Brother Chen invited us to board a deadly boat and drink life-saving wine." ”
The little fat man playing with the lizard came over and said, "Nine out of ten people who came to this boat could not imagine the mystery of that bowl of wine. ”
"Silk?" Yu Xiaoyao chewed the name twice in his mouth, and said with a smile, "Silent, standing alone." Cockroach, good name, good name. But I don't know who they are, and why do they bother us?"
The little fat man smiled, pointed at each other, and said: "The one who is always smiling is Chenxi Sword Chen, that sour show is Yang Fengxiao, the heir of the Yang family's gun, and the one who is always breaking his nails is Huifeng Dancing Liu Palm Yu Liu Tao." The two madmen who played chess blindfolded, the bearded man on the left was Shenxiao Zhi Lin Xiao, and the square-faced man on the right was Yandong Fist Dongfang City. Among the two reckless men who fought for wine, that Hu man was Aman, a famous swordsman in the Western Regions, and the other fat man who looked very similar to me was my half-brother, Hanhai Dao Liu Wenhan, both of whom made knives, as for me, Wang Chunyang, the poisonous dragon king. ”
"Is Dawn Sword Chen okay?" Yu Xiaoyao was slightly stunned, "Isn't Brother Chen's nickname Siling Sanren?"
Wang Chunyang laughed, took his finger around, and said, "Who told you that Siling Sanren is a person." ”
Yu Xiaoyao smiled bitterly, "I see, then why do you have to trouble us again? I don't remember offending the eight of you. ”
Yang Fengxiao walked over, took out a jade box from his sleeve, and gently placed it in front of Yu Xiaoyao.
Su Qing was afraid that there was fraud in it, and wanted to reach out to stop it, but Yu Xiaoyao had already reached out and opened it.
So both of them were stunned.
The jade box was filled with a layer of soft black velvet, and on the velvet, a knife was placed upright.
A golden knife.
Eight Siling scattered people gathered over, and at the same time recited: "Liuhe and eight wilderness, this knife is unique." ”
Yu Xiaoyao only felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, and it was a Liuhe knife, he should have known it a long time ago.
"Then what are you doing when you poison but leave an antidote, and we don't kill them all after we detoxify?"
"Sanren is extremely smart, why not guess. "It was Liu Wenhan who spoke.
Yu Xiaoyao thought for a moment and said, "The sixth golden knife has something for me?"
"Yes. Aman put down the jar of wine in his hand, "One word, death." ”
As soon as the words fell, he had already made a move, and a moon-washing scimitar slashed at Yu Xiaoyao's head.
The sword light is better than the snow, and the room is cold!
"Ding"
Liu Wenhan didn't know when he pulled out the knife in his hand, and blocked the moon washing knife with the back of the knife.
"Wait!"
Yu Xiaoyao smiled bitterly, although the poison in the body has been resolved, but for a while he still can't use his internal force, if he does it at this time, I'm afraid he will only be able to slaughter others, he glanced at Su Qing, Su Qing also shook his head slightly, indicating that he couldn't do anything.
"You two, if you want to start, you might as well be sharp. He said.
Aman stared at Liu Wenhan and said, "You want to stop me?"
Liu Wenhan nodded, "Not bad." ”
"Aman," Lin Xiao spoke, "If it weren't for Tang Gongzi, you and my brother would have been dry bones in the grave!
"I never forget. Aman said coldly, "Kill him, I will punish myself." ”
Yu Xiaoyao couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lin, dare to ask which Tang Gongzi it is?"
Lin Xiao glanced at him coldly, but he was no longer willing to speak.
Wang Chunyang smiled and said, "Naturally, it's Tang Qigongzi." ”
Yu Xiaoyao's heart sank to the bottom.
Could it be that Tang Qi is really that silver-faced man?
How could he act for the tiger and help the abuse?
If it was him, why didn't he come to me?
Dongfang Cheng stepped forward, gently swiped away Liu Wenhan and Aman's knives, and said: "When you and I first worshipped, you and I said that we would not seek to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day and month of the same year.
Yu Liutao sighed softly in the back, "Alas, this deal is a loss, if I had known, it would have been good if I had eight of us died in Shuzhong." ”
Chen Yexing drew his sword in his hand and pressed the tip of the sword against Yu Xiaoyao's chest. "If we don't kill this man, you know how the sword master will punish us. ”
The other seven people all closed their mouths, and even Wang Chunyang put away his smiling expression, and his face instantly turned pale.
What kind of punishment can scare these eight masters like this?
Yu Xiaoyao smiled bitterly, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for the next fate.
"Still. Chen Yexing's words changed, "Tang Gongzi has the grace of reinvention for us, what he entrusted, if we can't do it, how can we live in this world?"
Yang Fengxiao shook his head and sighed: "You can't be loyal or righteous, what's the difference between you and ants!"
Chen Yexing sighed, threw the sword in his hand on the ground, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and said: "Loyalty is death, and righteousness is also death!"
He laughed and walked out, out of the light world, into the darkness of the night.
In the silent night wind, there was a loud "plop" sound.
The water splashed down and smashed on the side of the ship, making a "bang" sound.
Yang Fengxiao continued to shake his head and said: "Life, what I want, righteousness, also what I want, you can't have both, those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness, those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness!"
He chattered and strode out.
Less leaning, there was another loud bang outside.
Yu Liutao stood up and said, "This deal is a loss." "Walked out too.
Wang Chunyang gently put the lizard in his palm on the table, touched the little head covered with scales lovingly, and said, "Silk, silk, you really want to stand alone in the future, and you will hang each other." ”
After saying this, he silently stood up and walked out.
Aman and Liu Wenhan threw down the knife in their hands and walked out side by side.
Dongfang Cheng and Lin Xiao looked at each other.
Dongfang Cheng smiled and said, "I don't want to be born on the same day, the same month, and the same year." ”
Lin Xiao responded with a smile: "I just want to die on the same day and month of the same year." ”
The two laughed and helped each other into the darkness.
The sound of "plopping" sounded one after another, and the continuous splash of water smashed on the side of the ship, like a small night rain.
The night rain that fell for the people of Siling.
After this rain, there are no more Siling people in the world.
Su Qing's eyes widened, looking at all this in front of him in disbelief.
Yu looked at the weapons scattered on the ground with a faint tear in the corners of her eyes.
You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also.
How many decent people in this world have said this.
But when the choice comes, how many people can do it?
How many people can deserve this night rain?
In the blink of an eye, the painting boat had become empty.
The strings are broken, and the books are scattered. The wine in the altar is not empty, and the chess in the game is broken.
In the dust, knives and swords. After the cocoon stands alone, the night wind on the river is cold.
Yu Yao silently put away the weapons scattered on the ground and placed them neatly together.
The small golden knife lay in the jade box, reflecting the light of the ship, like a bright eye.
There was a twinkle of mockery.
Yu Xiaoyao raised his hand and slapped it down fiercely towards the jade box.
In the palm of his hand, the hard jade box had been turned into powder, and in the pile of jade powder, the golden knife was still lying on the velvet, and the light stung him deeply.
"Jade Gongzi, look!" Su Qing let out a low sigh and pulled out a note from under the velvet.
"Tomorrow at noon, in the White Emperor City, in the Shrine of Justice, I will drink with you. ”
The boat, which had no owner, suddenly moved, and the loud sound of pulp pierced the silent night sky, and the river was divided by the bow of the ship, and the side of the ship was pounded with a bang.