Embers

Xiao Taohua is dead, and Ember has no point in going north.He and Li Mei dressed up in disguise, and the two continued to go to the south of the Yangtze River, intending to find a deep mountain and old forest to live in seclusion.

Ember didn't seem to care about the opinions of the people in the world, and remained silent all the way, just like in the past.

In the past, Li Mei would have felt excited at the thought of spending his whole life alone with Ember, but now, he silently followed Ember, with a dead silence in his heart.

He couldn't let go of Xiao Taohua's death.If it wasn't for the momentary hesitation, he would have raised his sword to block those people, Ember would not be in danger, and Xiao Taohua would not have died.

Like fate, each of them will be tortured from the depths of their souls, and he suddenly understood everything about Ember.

Before that, he was able to follow Ember only out of admiration for Ember himself. Now, he has truly experienced Ember's helplessness, and he also understands the breathless silence on Ember.

He walked all the way at high speed, and when he passed a street, he heard someone chatting, cursing Ember was not a thing, and the others laughed and applauded to cooperate.

Li Mei was taken aback for a moment, her face turned pale, and she looked at Ember.

The man was dressed in plain white clothes, wearing a plain white veil on his head, his whole body was wrapped in white veil, and he couldn't see his expression, but he acted as if nothing happened, and scolded him humanely: "Boss, a drawer of buns."

The voice was cold and clear, calm and waveless.

The boss would not have thought that the embers of evil in the world he said were standing in front of him, giving him buns with an apologetic smile, while continuing to swear.

"...It's really not a thing, little brother, don't you think so?"

Li Mei's face was so frightened that her expression changed, she was about to go forward to stop her, when Ember's voice sounded again.

"Well, he really deserves death."

Li Mei froze all over, and felt a dull pain hit her heart.

The boss was still laughing loudly: "It's still this little brother who understands right and wrong, look at you, and even speak for that devil!"

Said to the porridge seller next to him.

The middle-aged man who sells porridge is helpless: "You have never seen him, how do you know that he is like that?"

The boss waved his hand: "Get out, get out, go find the embers, you..."

Before he finished speaking, the man fell to the ground, before he could make a sound, his eyes were wide open, and a delicate dagger was nailed to his forehead.

Ember paused, and after bending down to see the shape of the dagger clearly, she straightened up slowly, and took the bun that the boss was going to give him from one side.

Screams exploded from the crowd.

"Murder—"

Ember seemed a little unaccustomed to this deafening sound, took a step back, and walked towards Li Mei.

Not far away, a man in black squatted on the eaves, and said to the people below: "Anyone who dares to scold Ember again will end up with him!"

Li Mei was taken aback, and whispered to Yu Jin in disbelief: "Is that person from the Demon Cult?"

Ember handed him the bun and nodded slightly.

Li Mei took the steamed stuffed bun, the horror in her chest could not be calmed down.

Nie Budu... unexpectedly did this?What is it for...

A thought was fleeting, he shook his hand, and a touch of emotion flashed across his eyes very quickly.

Except for the head leader of the Northern Demon Cult, the members of the other branches have only seen the portrait of Ember. At this time, Ember's veil hangs down from his head to his ankles. Except for those who are familiar with him, no one else can recognize him at all.

The man put down that sentence, turned around and walked away, without realizing that the Lord he was looking for was right next to him.

All the way to the inn, Li Mei was restless and didn't know what he was thinking.

Suddenly, someone pressed his forehead with his palm.

He snapped back to his senses, Ember's hand was pressing against him, and the pillar was about to be installed one step further.

Beside, Ember frowned slightly, holding the plucked gauze hat in the other hand.

Li Mei hurriedly smiled and said: "Thank you, I was distracted."

Ember was noncommittal, and went upstairs.

Li Mei followed behind him, full of thoughts.Thinking of Nie Budu's extremely delicate and handsome face, he felt bitter for a while.

Also in love with Ember, Nie Budu is so high up that he can wave his sleeves to make the world shut up, but he can only watch Ember suffering, and even hurt Xiao Taohua.

With a wry smile, he followed upstairs without saying a word.

A few days later, they arrived at a familiar city gate, which was the first small city in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was also the place where Xiao Taohua stayed before.

There was still a portrait of Little Peach Blossom on the wall, the paper had already started to crumble, and a well-behaved and cute little girl could still be vaguely seen painted on it.

Without squinting, Ember strode into the city.

In the evening, the two found a tavern and were preparing to have dinner.

Xiao Er arranged a private room for them, and after the dishes were served and the door was closed, Ember took off the gauze hat, revealing her true colors.

Li Mei looked at him, suddenly in a daze, as if she hadn't seen him for a long time.

Everything was peaceful at first, and the two planned to go back to the inn to rest after dinner, but they never thought that the accident would happen in an instant.

There seemed to be someone fighting outside, I don't know what happened, anyway, the door of private room was knocked open suddenly.

At this time, Ember was eating, so she didn't bother to cover her face.

A man ran in in a frenzy, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he raised his head and saw the face of the man in white in front of him, his legs softened and he shouted, "Oh my god! Yu... Ember!"

Ember frowned slightly, put down her chopsticks, and looked at him with a bad expression.

Li Mei was about to drive this man away, but it was already too late, his voice was so loud that the people next door could hear him clearly.

After a pause, the man immediately got up and walked towards this side, even with a hint of surprise on his face.

Ember came to Jiangnan?

Li Mei looked at Ember, Ember got up expressionlessly, drew his sword and pierced the man's left chest.

Seeing the man's unrepentant expression, he slowly put away his sword, momentarily bewildered, but remained silent.

If this person is not killed, and he goes out to spread the word, Ember will be in danger.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, Li Mei was about to close the door, when he reached the door, he froze unexpectedly.

The man outside smiled at Li Mei, strode in, and was taken aback when he saw Ember.

Ember turned around and was about to see why Li Mei hadn't closed the door for so long.

A young man in fine clothes was standing behind him, looking at him in surprise.

Seeing his face, Ember took a breath in disbelief, only feeling dizzy.

For a moment, he thought he had read it wrong, so he collected himself, and when he looked again, it was still that face!

No, it's not possible...

impossible!

He took a step back and accidentally knocked over the teapot on the table.

How can it be!

The hot tea was spilled on his feet, and he couldn't feel any pain. He looked straight at the man, the blood in his body froze instantly, and his heart twitched.

The man smiled after being surprised: "Brother Ye, it's been a long time since I saw you. I didn't expect to meet you here."

The voice was somewhat familiar, and Ember should be able to tell whose voice it was very quickly, but now he was completely confused, looking at the face that was getting closer and closer, he only felt that it was difficult to breathe.

Turn around.

"Jin'er...Jin'er..."

He suddenly felt a little dizzy, leaning his forehead against the wall, the air seemed to be filled with the strong aroma of early spring pear blossoms.

"Jin'er...Jin'er..."

The smell was getting heavier and heavier, and the person who smoked it lost all his strength and couldn't open his eyes.

With a sound of "dong", Ember fell to the ground and completely lost consciousness.

Startled by this voice, Li Mei suddenly came back to his senses, and hurriedly ran over to help Ember up: "Ember, Ember, how are you..."

The man froze in place for a moment.

That person, Ye Yichuan, is the ember he's always wanted to see?

He was still thinking just now, the person inside was Brother Ye who had met once, then... Could it be that the one at the door is Ember?But that person's weak appearance, how could it be...

But it turned out that it was so!

It's just...he touched his face with some doubts, not understanding why the expressions of these two changed the moment they saw him.

He had no choice but to ask the weaker person: "This brother, brother Ye..."

Hearing his question, the man raised his head and looked at him with a complicated expression, half startled and frightened.

Ask him in a low voice, "Who are you?"

He was taken aback for a moment, but still bowed: "Yi's eldest son, Yi Huaizhi. Excuse me..."

Li Mei stared at his face, took a breath, turned his head to help Ember up, and said, "So it's Mr. Yi. He's inconvenient now, I want to help him go back to rest, so I'll take my leave first."

Yi Huaizhi was a little confused, but still said: "I'll see you off, my carriage is outside."

After hesitating for a while, Li Mei still agreed, after all it was very difficult for him to carry Ember back to the inn by himself.

Seeing him struggling to support the embers that were taller than him, Yi Huaizhi had no choice but to let go of his doubts and come to help.

When she saw Ember leaning against his shoulder, Li Mei's eyelashes trembled, and her eyes turned red instantly.

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