across the Quartet

At the end of the year, Zhongzhou is covered with snow.

Gai Nie pushed open the half-hidden chaimen, and walked slowly inward through the snow; as soon as the servant entered the hall, there was a sense of warmth spreading over his face.It turned out that there was a gold-coated copper smoker in a corner of the room, and the vermilion fire and green smoke were burning vigorously.In addition, the utensils and furnishings in this room are the same as when I learned swords here 13 years ago.

Gai Nie was a little surprised while feeling emotional, so he turned around and asked: "Xiao Zhuang, didn't you say that you burned this bamboo house with a fire when you left Ghost Valley? Why..."

The white-haired man who followed behind flicked his sleeves impatiently, and said, "It's burning, and then I asked them to build another one on the spot."

"It's so perfect that even the inscription on the screen... No, this word is Master's handwriting, right?"

Wei Zhuang looked up at the sky, his posture was unrestrained and unrestrained, his spirit was unrestrained, as if I was just talking nonsense and you can do nothing to me.Gai Nie just smiled, walked around the screen and continued walking inside.Walking through the hall is the corridor, the left side is the study room, the right side is the disciple's residence, and the courtyard is behind it.

The plants and trees in the garden were once planted by Gai Nie himself, but now they are covered by a foot of falling snow, and it is impossible to see what happened.Gai Nie wanted to go back, but was grabbed by his junior brother, and said, "It's so beautiful, it's the same as before. Senior brother, your injury is not fully recovered yet, the hall is warm."

Gai Nie didn't insist, and was about to go back, when he suddenly saw several huge black objects piled up in the corner of the courtyard, and asked, "Xiaozhuang, what are those?"

Wei Zhuang raised one eyebrow and said, "It's just a few pieces of meteorite."

"But you want to make a sword?" Gai Nie became more interested, and immediately took a closer look, and found several pieces of meteorite, which were large or small, with different shapes, but they were all engraved with the same six characters:

——The First Emperor dies and dies.

Ge Nie's mouth twitched, not knowing what expression to make.

Wei Zhuang coughed lightly, and said, "This is a custom-made item from Zhang Zifang. In a few days, he will pick the most satisfactory piece and transport it away."

"...what's the use?"

"This person watched the sky at night and learned that there will be meteors coming out of Jingsu in ten days and falling in Dongjun. You know that flying stars often turn into stones when they fall, but not every meteor leaves behind falling rocks."

Gai Nie had an epiphany and added: "So you carve a piece in advance, no matter whether it turns into meteorite on the day of the falling star, as long as it is carried to the wilderness that night, others will think that this stone fell from the sky."

Wei Zhuang smiled and said: "The most difficult part of this matter is to find a large piece of natural meteorite, and it is best to make the word look like it is not made by a knife or a chisel, but as if it naturally emerged from the texture. The only one who can do this under Yingzheng's nose is quicksand." He looked up at the sky again, trying not to show complacency.

Gai Nie shook his head and sighed, "The Emperor Shihuang was furious, I'm afraid that he will implicate innocent people again."

"This person is neither angry nor angry. Is it true that the head of Guizhou is not burdened?" Wei Zhuang sneered, "Nowadays, there are ten counties and nine empty places in the world. The people are not building the Great Wall, but the emperor's mausoleum. The common people are displaced, and the first emperor is patrolling Hunting the world, demonstrating his prestige in the frontiers, subduing the sea, his heart is happier. Since he will suffer no matter what, what does it have to do with his own happiness and anger?"

"Xiao Zhuang, you have always seen farther than I do, but..."

"What are you talking about. I want you to come to recuperate, not to meddle in these nosy affairs." Wei Zhuang couldn't help but lead him away.Gai Nie had no choice but to go back to the main hall and sit down, and the younger brother brought a table with several steaming soup cups on it.

"Brother, it's inconvenient for you to drink alcohol due to your internal injury, first try some fish soup to warm your stomach."

"Thank you." Gai Nie took it with both hands, feeling even warmer than before. "It's really hard for you to find fish in this ice and snow."

"...The fish is that brat Jing Tianming, because he was tired and hurt you, he was so sorry that he got hurt, so he lay down on the ice and begged for it."

"..."

"... He really jumped down by himself, and I can't even stop him."

"..."

"Brother, you don't believe me?"

"Xiao Zhuang, why do I feel that you haven't grown any longer since you were 17?"

"Brother, just think about some things in your heart, and don't really say them."

In the afternoon, the two played a game of chess, and there was no winner for an hour or two.The two black and white sons have been obsessed with each other for a long time, but it is difficult for anyone to control the overall situation.Gai Nie was still thinking hard, but Wei Zhuang suddenly pushed the chessboard: "No more."

"No more?"

"It's boring." He got up and stretched, "The scenery is beautiful and the time is good, but the two of us are using this square inch of land to fight and haggle over every detail. Isn't it boring enough?"

There is a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere outside, where is the beautiful scenery?

——Genie didn't bother to say that.He stared at his junior brother in a daze.The white-haired man is tall and majestic, imposing, and he is a great husband rarely seen in the world. Although he has passed through the vicissitudes of life, he still vaguely retains the delicate appearance of his youth between his eyebrows and eyes.If I have to say it, it is like the green bamboo outside the window, which is stained with frost and snow little by little, and finally becomes a Qiongzhi Yushu, which can withstand the bitter cold.

The only difference is that he is much more cheerful than in previous years.It seems that the mood has always been very happy.

Ge Nie smiled faintly.

Wei Zhuang looked out of the window and said: "The sudden snow has stopped for a while, if you go out to look for plums in the snow, it will be considered elegant."

"...Where are there plums in Ghost Valley?"

"Senior brother, why are you so pedantic. If you are with the right person, let alone looking at plum blossoms, even looking at wild boars in the snow will have a special flavor."

"With you here, why would there be boars?"

Wei Zhuang knew what Shi Ge meant that he was too murderous to be close to birds and beasts; but it still sounded like he was swearing.

Gai Nie saw that his face was not looking good, so he stood up quickly, "Go out and have a look." After saying that, he walked to the front yard.

I don't know when I was looking around on the vast white plain, and I don't know when who held whose hand. The shallow footprints behind me were quickly covered by the fine snow blown up by the wind.

In the round sky, the two of them seemed to be the only ones left under the leaden dome.

"Brother, why are your hands so cold?"

"It's okay, I always... don't lose your true energy to me."

Wei Zhuang laughed lightly when he heard the words, he only grabbed the palms of his senior brother, held them to his lips and breathed lightly.Ge Nie jerked back as if being scalded.

What are you afraid of.Obviously, he has done things that are a hundred times more private than this.

Only Gai Nie knew that his whole body was warmed up; the palm of his hand seemed to have been branded with a mark. Although the world was huge, there was nowhere to escape.