【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

Yuan Zhongxin stared at Wang Kuan with a plain face in disbelief, opened his mouth and stopped talking, and finally couldn't think of what to say to reject Wang Kuan, and gulped down a big mouthful of red soup.

Wang Kuan smiled, knowing that Yuan Zhongxin had listened to his words, so he didn't hurry to urge him, picked up his chopsticks and continued to eat the clear noodles in the bowl.

The two of them didn't speak for a long time, but it was Yuan Zhongxin who spoke first, and he said, Wang Kuan, you are really not afraid of death.

Wang Kuan cast doubtful eyes on Yuan Zhongxin.

Yuan Zhongxin snorted, rubbed his stomach, and continued, ordinary people can't avoid this kind of thing, but you will hit it head-on.

Wang Kuan stared at Yuan Zhongxin who didn't care for a long while, then looked away and remained silent.

Is Wang Kuan afraid of death?He is not afraid, everyone is mortal, the end of life is far or near, it is not his turn to guess, when it comes to life and death, he is indifferent.

However, Wang Kuan knew in his heart that not being afraid of death was not the reason why he was willing to help Yuan Zhongxin.

He just didn't want to see Yuan Zhongxin fighting alone. When he thought of Yuan Zhongxin going all out to rescue his brother from the forbidden army alone, Wang Kuan felt bitter for no reason, as if he had swallowed a bunch of Coptis chinensis .

Seeing that he was silent, Yuan Zhongxin thought that what he had said was right in his heart. Wang Kuan's stubbornness was beyond Yuan Zhongxin's expectations, but he finally persuaded him: "People, the most important thing is to cherish your life. Understand this truth, don’t follow me to save people.”

It was already night when the two of them returned to the college after eating. Maybe they both had something on their minds. They didn’t talk much. Wang Kuan didn’t talk much at first. If it wasn’t for Yuan Zhongxin to take him with him, Wang Kuan could stay silent all day. , now, even Yuan Zhongxin looked preoccupied, and the bedroom was quite depressingly quiet.

Yuan Zhongxin was lying on the bed early. His bed was by the window. He didn't know what kind of good luck he had tonight. When he looked up, he could see the bright moon hanging high in the night. He stared at it for a few seconds, and suddenly thought of Yuan Zhongxin. A few traces of irritability gradually filled his eyes.

He never went in today to see his elder brother—Yuan Bofin was sitting in the main house, and Yuan Zhongxin was just about to step in through the threshold, but his legs were nailed to the threshold, as if he was suddenly pulled away It took all the strength in general.

Even though he still had a playful smile on his face, he was terrified inside. Looking at the many imperial guards besieging the house, he lost the confidence to rescue his brother.But he couldn't show it, so he had no choice but to flatter Liang Zhu outside the door, and shamelessly presented forged evidence to slander Yuan Bofin in order to gain military merit.

Liang Zhu looked at him with complicated eyes, more disdainful, Yuan Zhongxin's rascal behavior was beyond his expectation, he was furious, and drove Yuan Zhongxin out of Zhanyi Garden.

Yuan Zhongxin took a deep breath, then let it out heavily, closed his eyes tightly, and turned around.

Wang Kuan slept opposite Yuan Zhongxin. He blinked extremely slowly, and his mind was allocated to Yuan Zhongxin who was tossing and turning.After about half of the stick of incense, Yuan Zhongxin's even and steady breathing came faintly, and Wang Kuan knew that he was asleep.

That night, Wang Kuan didn't know how he fell asleep.He only knew that five days later, with the "help" of Zhao Jian and his party, Yuan Zhongxin and himself rescued Yuan Bofin, entered the secret pavilion in a daze, and became students of Lu Guannian's sect.

They belonged to the No.[-] House of the Secret Pavilion, a total of six people, Yuan Zhongxin, him, Zhao Jian, Xiao Jing, Wei Yanei and Xue Ying.

On this day, the sky is thousands of miles away, with a few white gauzes floating, and the sun is scorching.

Yuan Zhongxin leaned against a big banyan tree and closed his eyes to rest. The warm sun shines on Yuan Zhongxin's body through the cracks in the leaves. Although the weather is hot, but because it is close to the lake, there are a few wisps of coolness blowing from time to time, which is quite cool. cozy.

Seeing Yuan Zhongxin from a distance, Wang Kuan didn't step forward to disturb him, but just looked at him quietly, lost in thought.

On the day Yuan Zhongxin rescued Yuan Bofin, he was going to send Yuan Bofin out of Kaifeng City, but on the way, he met Wang Kuan and Zhao Jian who came to block the gate of the city. After a long time, Liang Zhu and Wei Zhuoran caught up after missing the best time to leave the city gate.

Later, it was Lu Guannian who came forward to prevent Liang Zhu and the others from capturing the two brothers Yuan Zhongxin and Yuan Boji, and the matter finally subsided, but Yuan Boji finally chose to follow Fan Zaizhi to the frontier, leaving Yuan Zhong Xin stayed in Kaifeng alone.

Yuan Zhongxin did not have a good impression of Lu Guannian, and was even hostile. If he hadn't tried everything possible to get Yuan Zhongxin to return to the Secret Pavilion, there would be no more people like Zhao Jian to disrupt his plan, and his brother would not have left Kaifeng. frontier.

Lu Guannian didn't care about the hostility in Yuan Zhongxin's eyes at all. He said leisurely, if Yuan Zhongxin can be included in the Secret Pavilion, and he will make contributions in the Secret Pavilion in the future, he will have the capital to keep his brother, and return it to Yuan Zhongxin A time limit: one year, if Yuan Zhongxin still doesn't want to stay in the secret pavilion within one year, Lu Guannian should let him go.

Yuan Zhongxin knew how to judge the situation, and his heart might be clearer than that of Lu Guannian, so he agreed and entered the secret pavilion.

But Yuan Zhongxin didn't know that Lu Guannian's remarks were all taught by Wang Kuan himself. Even if Wang Kuan didn't know all of Yuan Zhongxin's weaknesses, Wang Kuan could guess some of them, so he found Lu Guannian , said his thoughts, and Lu Guannian immediately agreed.

But Wang Kuan said, Lu Zhangyuan, the students can help you keep Yuan Zhongxin, but I also have one condition.

Lu Zhangyuan asked what it was.

Don't let Yuan Zhongxin know that these words came from his mouth.

This is Wang Kuan's only condition.His intuition told him that if Yuan Zhongxin knew that Wang Kuan had a "credit" for forcing him to stay in the secret pavilion, Yuan Zhongxin would probably break with him.

Yuan Zhongxin rescued his brother, but Yuan Bozhi was not in Kaifeng and went to the frontier, so Yuan Zhongxin's only thought in Kaifeng was gone.

Since there is no thought, it means that there is no restraint. Why does Yuan Zhongxin continue to stay in Kaifeng?

Wang Kuan immediately realized that Yuan Zhongxin could run faster than anyone else without restraint.

If Yuan Zhongxin was determined to run, there was no one around him, and the worst thing was that he couldn't follow him.

How can he bear it?

So he made a plan to let Yuan Zhongxin stay by his side with the help of Lu Guannian—no, it is more appropriate to say that he stays by his side.

"Your Majesty."

A soft female voice came from behind Wang Kuan, he turned his head, and it was Xiao Jing, holding a set of special clothes for the secret pavilion in her hand.

Wang Kuan nodded: "Miss Xiaojing, are you going to give this costume to Yuan Zhongxin?"

Little head.

Yuan Zhongxin was the last freshman to report from the Seventh Chamber of the Secret Pavilion. It happened that the student uniforms in the Secret Pavilion had been distributed, so Yuan Zhongxin had to make a new one.

Wang Kuan stretched out his hand: "Give it to me, I just happened to go to Yuan Zhongxin for something, and I'll bring it to him for you."

When Xiaojing heard this, he handed over the clothes in his hands to Wang Kuan, and he felt relieved. Yuan Zhongxin had been in the market for many years, and in the past he always showed people with a cynical look. Xiaojing, who had never seen the world, was naturally a little scared. He still doesn't dare to make friends with him.

After Wang Kuan watched Xiaojing leave, he turned around and walked across the vermilion long bridge, and came to the banyan tree where Yuan Zhongxin was.

Yuan Zhongxin seemed to be asleep, and at this moment he was completely different from the sober Yuan Zhongxin.

Wang Kuan was dazed by Yuan Zhongxin's clean sleeping face, and tightened his hands, he approached and said, "Zhongxin."

Yuan Zhongxin immediately opened his eyes. In fact, when Wang Kuan walked across the long bridge, he had already noticed someone approaching, and Yuan Zhongxin realized it was Wang Kuan only when he heard the voice next to his ear.The sudden opening of his eyes made him not quite used to the bright light for a while, so he squinted his eyes: "Oh? My clothes have arrived?"

Wang Kuan said "Yes", handed him the clothes, sat down beside him, was silent for a while, and suddenly asked, "Will you leave the Secret Pavilion in a year?"

Yuan Zhongxin raised his eyebrows, leaned loosely on the tree trunk behind him, put his hands behind his head, and thought for a while: "I don't know."

Yuan Zhongxin glanced at Wang Kuan's profile, and asked, "What about you? Will you leave?"

Wang Kuan answered honestly, "I don't know."

Wang Kuan just wanted to stay by Yuan Zhongxin's side, if Yuan Zhongxin didn't know where the road ahead was, how would he know?

"Then do you want to?"

Wang Kuan's answer was the same as before, and the difference between what he wanted and what he didn't want, seemed to be between Yuan Zhongxin's choice. Thinking of this, Wang Kuan was stunned, and he realized an important question.

Why do I value Yuan Zhongxin's choice so much?

In other words, when did Yuan Zhongxin become the criterion for his choice?