Chapter 22: The Hat
Xiao watched the snow come out of the cloud to the gambling house, looked at the sky, and couldn't help but say, "Are you hungry?"
Chen Xiu nodded vigorously, blinked his eyes and asked tentatively, "What about you?"
"Let's go!" Xiao Kanxue said this, and walked out first.
Seeing this, Chen Xiu hurriedly followed: "Don't leave me, wait for me!"
Xiao Guanxue found a noodle restaurant on the corner and sat down, he ordered the guy to order two bowls of Yangchun noodles, and the guy said hello and poured them two cups of tea first, and then went to work.
"Can you tell me what your name is?" Chen Xiu looked at Xiao Jianxue with blank eyes.
"Can't!" Xiao said coldly.
"Why don't you take your hat off?"
"Not necessarily!"
"And what about you eat later?"
"I have my way!"
Chen Xiu blinked, he really didn't know what to say.
At this time, the shopkeeper was very enthusiastic and ran over with two bowls of Yangchun noodles, Chen Xiu smiled slightly, and handed Xiao Jianxue a pair of chopsticks, but Xiao Jianxue didn't pick it up, but took a pair of chopsticks from the table and said, "Hurry up and eat, and go out of the city as soon as you finish eating!"
At this moment, there was a sudden noise on the street, Xiao Guanxue turned his head to look, but saw that Zhang Zhutou of the Yamen was leading a team of catchers to hurry over at this time, and shouted in his mouth as he ran: "This catcher is chasing the murderer, and all the idle people will be avoided! Come! Go and inform the soldiers guarding the city and let them close the city gate! Hugh is going to let go of the murderer!"
Xiao Guanxue picked up the black yarn of the hat with her left hand, picked up the noodles with her right hand, and ate them in a big gulp, ignoring what was happening on the street.
Chen Xiu saw that Xiao Jianxue was eating in such a hurry, and immediately followed a few bites.
Xiao Kanxue quickly finished eating the noodles in the bowl, he raised his head, glanced at Chen Xiu and said, "You hurry up and eat, it's too late!"
Chen Xiu pushed the bowl on the table: "I've eaten it!"
Xiao Guanxue frowned, then put down a piece of broken silver, and then got up and walked out of the noodle shop, Chen Xiu didn't have time to think, and hurriedly ran out at the moment!
Xiao watched the snow and observed the street vendors, he bought ten baked cakes in front of a bakery, wrapped them in straw paper, and continued to rush to the city gate!
At this time, a voice shouted coldly from behind: "Stop!"
Xiao Guanxue stood still, turned around slowly, and said coldly, "Are you calling me?"
Zhang Zhutou led a group of catchers to catch up immediately, and immediately surrounded Xiao Guanxue in the middle!
"I see that you are very suspicious, come here, bring him back to the yamen, and interrogate me carefully!" Zhang Zhutou commanded in a loud voice.
"Yes!" The crowd shouted quickly, and was about to start taking people, Xiao Guanxue couldn't help but feel angry when he heard this, and his left hand that was holding the scabbard was already blue and swollen due to force!
At this time, Chen Xiu stood up in front of Xiao Guanxue, pointed at him and said: "This is my husband, because he has smallpox, so he has to wear a hat, if this makes the official suspicious, the little woman will say sorry to all the guests on behalf of the official! I'm sorry, official!"
As soon as everyone heard the word "smallpox," they immediately retreated to the side in fright, and Zhang Zhutou couldn't help but take a few steps back, and said with a little horror on his face: "Then why did he carry a weapon? If it weren't for the misdeeds, he would be a suspect!"
"The official doesn't know, my family officials have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and they carry weapons with them, just for self-defense! This time I came all the way here from Qingzhou, just to see a doctor, if there is any disturbance to your place, please forgive the official!" Chen Xiu said this, and immediately knelt down for Zhang Zhutou, "If the official is willing to make it convenient, we will leave quickly, the little woman has thanked the official here!"
Zhang Zhutou glanced at Chen Xiu, but seeing her sincere expression, I saw pity, and made a gesture at the moment, and the crowd hurriedly made a way when he saw this, Zhang Zhutou immediately said sharply: "It's not easy to see you, it's not difficult for you this time, you go quickly!"
Chen Xiuwei was resigned, and hurriedly picked up Xiao and went to the south of the city.
The two of them rushed all the way, and finally got out of Hangzhou City before the city gate was closed, even so, Chen Xiu was still not at ease, and looked back for a long time without seeing the official come out, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's finally safe now!"
Xiao Guanxue glared at Chen Xiu coldly, and said, "We should go out of the city from the north, and now we are actually in the south of the city!"
"To the north?" Chen Xiu turned his face a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I thought it was south!"
"Forget it, since you're out of the city, let's find a place to settle down before it gets dark!" Xiao looked at Xue and looked around, not knowing where to go at the moment.
"I know that there is an ancient temple thirty miles southeast of the city, and it may be able to accommodate you!" Chen Xiu proposed.
"It seems that that's all there is to it!" Xiao Guanxue said this, and glanced at Chen Xiu, "I'm not familiar with this place, so you should lead the way!"
Chen Xiu smiled slightly, and walked in front first, she turned around and smiled: "I have been here for two years, and I have been begging for a living, I am familiar with this place!"
The two of them didn't say anything all the way, and soon arrived at the ancient temple, and then the two of them started together, prepared some dry firewood, and immediately laid straw to make a simple place to live.
Xiao Guanxue opened the straw paper, took a baked cake and handed it to Chen Xiu: "You must not have eaten well, let's have a baked cake mat!"
Chen Xiu took the baked cake and smiled slightly: "I didn't expect you to care about people!"
Xiao Guanxue glanced at Chen Xiu coldly and said, "You think too much!"
Chen Xiu had slowly gotten used to Xiao Guanxue's coldness, and he didn't get angry immediately, and said while nibbling on baked cakes: "I'm from Qingzhou, because of the famine at home, I ran all the way here. ”
"Is there no one in your house?"
"Dead, starved to death!"
Xiao looked at the snow silently.
"I've been asking for food here for two years, a few days ago, Zeng Tianshou took someone to rob me, I don't know why, do you say that I am very beautiful?" Chen Xiu looked at Xiao Guanxue very seriously, "You say, am I not beautiful?"
Xiao Guanxue glanced up at Chen Xiu and said, "I don't know ......"
Chen Xiu couldn't help pursing his lips, and then said: "Anyway, you finally saved me from the sea of suffering, I will follow you from today on, wherever you go, I will follow!"
"You can't do that!" Xiao Guanxue said very seriously: "If you follow me, you will be in danger!"
"I'm not afraid! As long as you are by my side, I am not afraid of any danger!" Chen Xiu said.
"Even if you're not afraid, I don't want to be burdensome!" Xiao Guanxue suddenly moved her gaze to the outside of the ancient temple, "I'm a killer, and I never like to carry others around!"
"You, why did you kill people? Did you kill all enemies?" asked Chen Xiu tentatively.
"I have no enemies!
"Did you kill them?"
Xiao Guanxue nodded lightly, which was a response: "They all deserve to die!"
Chen Xiu looked at Xiao Guanxue with great sympathy: "Then have you thought about your future?"
"In the future?" Xiao Guanxue's eyes began to become very confused, "I don't belong to me anymore......"
"Do you still have relatives?"
"No!" Xiao Guanxue thought for a while, and then suddenly changed her words: "It's also one!"
"Well, what do you mean to be one?"
"I have an uncle who taught me to read and practice swords since I was a child, he is very good to me, he raised me, I have long regarded him as my own uncle, I think he should be regarded as one!"
"I really didn't expect your background to be so pitiful!" Chen Xiu said this, and couldn't help but sympathize with Xiao Kanxue.
"I'm going to make a fire, it's going to get dark!"
Xiao Jianxue slowly stood up, took some dry firewood, and before it could be dissipated, a fire was lit.
"Do you often carry this hat?" Chen Xiu said curiously.
"Yes!"
"Is it because you don't want people to see you?"
"Yes!"
"That's not good! You should let people see you, see you clearly, so that you will have friends!"
"I don't have friends, and I don't need friends!" Xiao Guanxue said very resolutely, and a trace of unspeakable pain passed through her face.
Chen Xiu was stunned when she heard this, facing the iceman in front of her, she was really at a loss!
When the breeze blew into this ancient temple again, the stars in the sky had quietly appeared in the night sky, Chen Xiu looked through the dilapidated roof, and smiled slightly: "Look, how beautiful the stars in the sky are!"
Xiao Guanxue didn't even raise his head, but said: "I've seen too many stars, and I don't feel it anymore!"
"You're so boring!" Chen Xiu said this, and couldn't help but glance at Xiao Guanxue, "Are you just living to kill people?"
"Maybe. ”
"Then you don't have anything else to do but kill people?"
"Yes!"
"What's the matter?"
"Kill!"
Chen Xiu almost didn't laugh out loud, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It seems that there is no other topic to talk about killing with a killer besides killing!"
"So, you'd better shut up, I'm going to rest!" Xiao Jianxue said this, and lay down gently, while the sword was held in his arms.
I don't know how long it took, Chen Xiu's eyes that had been staring at Xiao Guanxue also began to feel a little sleepy, she hurriedly pinched herself to keep herself awake, and then she called in a low voice: "Hey, hey!"
Xiao looked at the snow without any reaction, and his breath was still very even!
"It seems that he is really asleep!"
Thinking of this, Chen Xiu boldly walked over, she very carefully lifted the light veil on Xiao Guanxue's face, and then, she saw Xiao Guanxue's delicate, handsome, quiet, and cold face!
"He's so handsome!" Chen Xiu thought, and couldn't help but smile on his face.
Xiao Guanxue suddenly heard the breath of a person beside him in his sleep, and kicked it out at the moment, and when he opened his eyes and sat up straight, he found that Chen Xiu had been kicked out of the hall by him, and at this time, she was lying in the courtyard with a disgraced face, moaning constantly!
Xiao Guanxue hurriedly rushed over and helped Chen Xiu up: "Are you okay?"
"You're kicked out of the house, will it be okay?" Chen Xiu was so painful that she almost burst into tears, she barely stood up and looked at Xiao Guanxue coldly, "You are so ruthless!"
"I'm sorry!" Xiao Guanxue expressed her apology lightly, "Good and decent, why did you run to me?"
"I, I just want to see what you look like! Can't you?" Chen Xiu said.
"What, did you see me?" Xiao Guanxue's expression suddenly became indescribably serious!
"See, what's wrong?"
"Then you have to die!" Xiao Guanxue said and pushed Chen Xiu away, slowly pointing the long sword in his hand at Chen Xiu!
"You're such a weirdo! You have such a good face, but you have to wear a hat every day, and if you are looked at by others, you will kill others, since you are so afraid of seeing people, you just don't want that face!"
"Are you done?"
"I'm done, kill if you want to, anyway, your life was saved by you, you want to take it now, and I have nothing to say!" Chen Xiu said this, simply closed his eyes, ready to die at any time!
Although Xiao Guanxue's sword was still in the sheath, as long as it moved forward a little harder, the scabbard could still pierce Chen Xiu's throat! He looked at Chen Xiu's face coldly, struggling repeatedly in his heart, and finally, on the balance of principle and kindness, he chose the latter, he gently put away the long sword, and slowly walked into the main hall of the ancient temple!
Chen Xiu heard Xiao Guanxue's footsteps, and immediately chased after her, she said with a mocking smile: "I don't care what kind of bullshit killer you are, in short, I think as long as a person is above board, he is not afraid of being seen!"
"What I'm doing is really not bright enough!" Xiao Guanxue smiled miserably.
"I don't think so, you don't kill people for yourself, you are just a killer, you can only live by killing people, although what you do is despicable, but it is not unsightly! Although tiger killing is hateful, but if you don't kill, the tiger can't live! Don't you understand such a simple truth?"
Xiao Guanxue stared at Chen Xiu's face and didn't reply for a long time!
"I'm done talking, if you want to kill or chop, you can do it yourself!" Chen Xiu said this, straightened his chest, and came out with a look of being slaughtered.
I don't know how long I thought about it, let alone how long I stood there, Xiao Guanxue slowly took off the hat on her head and threw it into the fire!
The raging fire consumed the hat in an instant, and in a moment it was reduced to ashes!
Xiao Guanxue watched the hat being burned with his own eyes, and he didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he said leisurely: "It's been so many years, it's the first time someone has said so many things to me, and it's the first time someone has told me such a truth!
When Chen Xiu heard this, she laughed very happily, she looked at Xiao Guanxue's cold but heroic face, and couldn't help but say, "You can think like this, it's right......"