Embers

After dinner, as usual, find a good place to sleep.

But Pingsha City is no better than Fujiang after all, and it is a small place with few people. When Nie Budu passed by leisurely, he saw the driver with a serious face. When he asked, there was only one room left in the entire inn, but it was still the first room.

Nie Budu paused, "Is this the only inn in Pingsha City?"

The coachman said: "This subordinate has already asked all the inns in Pingsha City, and this one has vacancies."

Nie Budu actually wanted to live here, he was never a person who wronged himself, if he didn't live here, he might have to live in a carriage.Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is very cold. If I live outside for a night, I guess it will be wind-cold.

He turned his head to look at the embers.

Ember frowned slightly, and said expressionlessly, "Whatever you want."

Of course Nie Budu could see that he was not happy, and thought to himself, since the leader of this hall didn't say anything, what's the point of not being happy about it.

The room was quite big, with a bed and a couch, Nie Budu walked towards the bed naturally, Yu Jin paused, and sat down on the couch.

No one spoke, Ember lay down directly, Nie Budu was still taking off his clothes slowly, and poured himself a cup of tea after undressing.

There was no quilt on the couch, and there was only a quilt on the bed. Nie Budu asked friendly: "Are you really not going to sleep on the bed? I'm afraid you will get cold if you don't cover the quilt."

Ember turned over and turned her back to him.

Nie Budu touched his nose, but he didn't say anything. He was used to Ember's urine, so he just raised his eyebrows, turned on the bed, and turned off the lamp.

In the darkness, subtle voices seemed to become clearer.

Nie Budu closed his eyes, listening to Ember's steady breathing, he suddenly felt very subtle.

He never kept anyone overnight before, even if he was a male favourite, he just sent him away when he was done. No one had ever stayed overnight in the same room as him.The old leader was the same as him, he sent him away when he was done, and never slept with him.

It has always been forbidden to sleep on the couch, mainly because of the heart of precaution.After all, there are too many people who want him to die. If one of them is killed by the person next to his pillow without paying attention, it will not ruin his reputation for the rest of his life.

He spent the night with Ember this time, and he didn't relax completely. While he had to be on guard against assassination, he also had to be wary of Ember.

After a light sleep for a while, he opened his eyes, it was probably not past midnight, and it was still dark.He groped to get out of the bed and walked to the side of the couch. There was a person on it who was tossing and turning and sleeping very unsteadily. He paused, stretched out his hand to talk about the temperature on the other person's face, and it was really cold.

He thought for a moment and decided to carry him to the bed.

After all, it was really cold in the middle of the night, if I gave him the quilt, I would be miserable.

The bed was quite spacious, enough to accommodate two people. Nie Budu put the embers aside, covered them with a quilt, and then lay down on the side with peace of mind.

There is someone by your side, and the warmth of the other person's body makes you subconsciously want to get closer.Nie Budu opened his eyes for a long time, wondering if he should get up and read a book.

At this moment, an arm rested on his body, with irresistible strength and warmth that could be felt through the fabric.

He froze all over, turned his head cautiously, and his scorching breath fell directly on his forehead.

An unprecedented feeling.

He didn't even dare to move, just lay there so stiff.

Ember seemed to be having some kind of nightmare, she frowned slightly, and stretched out her long arms to wrap him in her arms.

"..."

The warmth spread directly to his limbs and bones, making people feel extraordinarily comfortable in this cold winter night, he stayed for a while, and decided not to push him away.

Ember's body smelled of pear blossoms in early spring.

For some reason, Nie Budu felt his heart beating very fast.

After an unknown amount of time, he tried to lean against the embers.The movement quickly disturbed Ember, he stretched out his hand in a daze, and directly pressed Nie Budu's head to his chest.

There was a steady heartbeat in his ears, and the scorching temperature on his cheeks, Nie Budu was rarely panicked.Tomorrow, he must get up early, so that Ember will feel that he is plotting something wrong when he sees the reckon.

Thinking about it, he fell into a deep sleep without having a dream.

……

Nie Budu woke up from the cold.

Opening his eyes, his body was stiff and cool.

"..."

After seeing his situation clearly, his face darkened instantly.

Getting up from the ground, looking around, he realized that he was the only one left in the room.

After putting on his clothes and combing his hair, he went downstairs. Only the coachman was eating breakfast there. He looked around but couldn't find the moon-white figure, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Where are the embers?"

The coachman stood up obediently and replied, "Let's take a walk outside."

He nodded slightly, passed the table and walked out.The coachman was taken aback, "Master, are you not eating?"

After going out the door, a burst of early morning coolness hits my face.He took two steps outside, and finally saw Ember's back at the corner of the street.

He was tall and tall, facing the little beggar in the corner, he didn't know what kind of expression he had.The little beggar looked at him with some fear, but his body shrank involuntarily.

After a while, he leaned over slightly and said softly, "Is it cold?"

The little beggar subconsciously shook his head, feeling a bit like running away.

He was silent for a moment, put a silver ingot in front of the little beggar, turned around, and met Nie Budu's eyes with certain emotions.

There was still a vague trance on his face, which made Nie Budu suddenly at a loss for words, and said dryly, "Have you eaten yet?"

Ember gave him a lukewarm look, and walked straight past him.

"..."

Nie Budu stood where he was, and suddenly smiled, the self-mockery in his eyes was fleeting.

When he went back, Ember was eating, and Nie Budu was sitting opposite him, neither of them spoke.

In a blink of an eye, it has been half a month.Busy on the road every day, no one has had a good rest, and from time to time, he has to deal with a wave of assassinations, which makes Nie Budu feel a little tired, and there is still more than a month's journey away from Jiangnan.

On this day, until the evening, they failed to go to the next town.

This is really very bad. In the wilderness, there are no villages or shops in front of them. Once it gets dark, their situation will be very dangerous and it will be very cold.

After searching around, I couldn't find any houses nearby, so I had to spend the night in the carriage.

Ember was still like that, completely indifferent to where he was, but he took the initiative to talk to Nie Budu for the first time: "You go back, if you keep going, I won't be able to go back with you and become the leader of the Demon Cult."

Nie Budu was drinking to drive away the cold. Hearing what he said, he paused and said, "Haven't you seen it? In just half a month, there have been nearly ten waves of assassinations."

Ember was a little impatient: "So what?"

Nie Budu choked up, and changed his angle: "The Demon Cult needs you."

Ember sneered: "Don't you know? What I want to do most is to destroy your Demon Cult."

Nie Budu didn't realize that he was so patient when he came out: "No, it's me you hate, not the Demon Cult. After I die, you will become the leader of the Demon Cult, and the entire Demon Cult will be at your disposal. Isn't this worse than destroying the Demon Cult? Want to relieve your hatred?"

Ember didn't bother to talk nonsense to him at all, so she just closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Around midnight, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and Nie Budu was planning to exercise his kung fu to keep out the cold, when he suddenly heard a low voice coming from beside him.

He was slightly stunned, suddenly thought of something, quickly raised his hand to cover Ember's pulse, his heart skipped a beat, sure enough!

Nie Budu had a lot of experience in dealing with the "Cuohua Heart Sutra", and before Ember could refuse, he had already frowned and worked hard to help him straighten out his inner breath.

Ember gasped heavily, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and the severe pain in his internal organs made his consciousness begin to blur.

At this moment, a domineering but non-destructive zhenqi came in, traveling along the meridians, and the pain was obviously dissipating wherever it passed.

He forcefully opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was Nie Budu's dignified and cautious expression.

He struggled to take back his hand, but Nie Budu noticed that he simply held it down, and a low voice rang in his ear: "Don't move, I'm here to help you."

He still wanted to refuse, but suddenly, scarlet flushed in his eyes.

Suddenly, he shook off Nie Budu's hand.

Nie Budu understood when he saw him like this, and immediately cheered up.

The embers of the magic attack are no less aggressive than Nie Budu. It can even be said that this is nothing now. After all, he once killed all the inner disciples of the Xiaxian Sect by himself, and even Nie Budu could not do this a little.

But in the end Nie Budu subdued him because he had no weapons.

Jieyou was hanging around his waist, but when he really stretched out his hand to draw his sword, he suddenly stopped.

At this moment, Nie Budu held him down.

Nie Budu was also a little embarrassed by him, but he continued to help him smooth his qi.

After tossing for a long time, when everything finally calmed down, it was almost dawn.

Nie Budu heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Ember's tired expression, and threw a blanket for him: "Go to sleep."

Ember soon fell asleep, and Nie Budu wiped the sweat from his forehead while thinking about how to get him to agree to be the leader of the Demon Cult.

After walking for a few more days, Nie Budu still persuaded him every day, Xiaozhi moved him with emotion and reasoned, after a long time, even the embers got annoyed.

On this day, he was still walking as usual, and as usual, several killers popped up.

Nie Budu jumped out of the carriage and landed on the ground, his arrogant red clothes fluttering in the wind.

The few people in front of him made his face darken: "Shenfu?"

The leader nodded respectfully: "Offended, Master Nie!"

"Tsk." Nie Budu smirked slightly, and said, "Shenfu dares to fight against the Demon Cult?"

The leader said: "Take people's money, □□."

Nie Budu sneered in his heart, after only a few days of walking, Shenfu dared to accept the commission to assassinate him!

But he still had a calm smile on his face, and his tone was the same as always: "The entire Shenfu, only Gu Zhipei will fight with this seat!"

Those people looked at each other, then rushed up with weapons in hand!