seek benevolence

5.

What Yu Su didn't expect was that on the second day, before he could hide from Xiao Huan, the other party came to him directly with a sword in hand.

Xiao Huan was hungover all night, and when the morning light was bright, he still had a severe headache. He even had a gloomy face, which made the disciples he met along the way afraid to speak.

After lunch, Yu Su took a nap in the courtyard with a storybook, and Xiao Huan walked in.Seeing his uneasy expression, Yu Su's heart skipped a beat, fearing that this man would kill someone to silence him.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Huan glanced at him, dragged a chair and sat beside him.He put the sword in his hand on the table.Yu Su closed the book and looked, it was the one thrown to him by the other party during the competition yesterday.He raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "What does Palace Master mean?"

Xiao Huan said: "I told you yesterday, so you take it." Yu Su turned the sword over, only to see a small character engraved on the hilt, which was "Thank you".Xiao Huan went on to say: "This sword is called Gui Ze, which means 'vegetation and trees return to its lake'. I see that you made this sword very handy yesterday. It has no owner, so I just give it to you, so it won't be wasted."

Yu Su stared at the small print and remained silent for a while.The words of thanks were deeply and heavily engraved, and this sword might not be as "ownerless" as Xiao Huan said.Maybe there is some inside story, or it may be Xiao Huan's whim.But since he has said so, and he is an outsider, Yu Su is too embarrassed to ask.I had no choice but to smile, and accepted his affection: "Then I will thank the Palace Master." But he didn't touch the sword anymore.

He thought that Xiao Huan came here either to drive him down the mountain, or to explain yesterday's gaffe, but he never thought that he was just here to present the sword, and he didn't know what to say for a while.Xiao Huan put down his sword, but he didn't leave. He poured himself a cup of tea and sat beside Yu Su, staring at him.Yu Su held the scripture book in his hand, he didn't want to read it or not, his whole body was numb from his stare, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I have a lot of free time here, if the palace master is free, please go back."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Huan was silent for two seconds and said, "I have something to do with you."

Yu Su choked for a moment, but laughed out loud, "...What's the matter with the palace master?"

Xiao Huan took out the drunken ball pen from his sleeve in a calm manner.

"Since you have drawn many times, you should be very clear about the power of this brush." ​​Xiao Huan sat with his sleeves folded and looked directly at him. "What have you ever drawn?"

Yu Su was at a loss for a while, not knowing why he suddenly asked this.For a moment, he couldn’t remember any special things he had painted, and racked his brains to recall: “…mainly things like tables, chairs, jade, etc., which can be seen everywhere. Occasionally, I draw rabbits, cats and dogs for children...all of them are market people. I have never seen anything special before.”

Xiao Huan said: "Cats and dogs and other living things, can painting come true?"

Yu Su said: "Yes."

Xiao Huan smiled inexplicably: "Have you ever painted people?"

Yu Su's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that this question could not be answered at will like the previous few.After thinking about it quickly in my mind, I still tell the truth: "I have never painted people before." After a pause, he smiled again: "It's just a matter of sacrificing animals for painting. Wouldn't it disrupt the laws of heaven and morality?"

Xiao Huan's expression remained unchanged, he stared at him for a while, then lowered his eyes and sipped his tea, saying: "You're right."

"..." For some reason, Yu Su always had the feeling that he had said something wrong at this time.He instinctively opened his mouth to explain something, but felt that this conversation should not continue, so he changed his mind and changed the topic: "Then... the word thank you engraved on the hilt of Gui Ze's sword, do you have a source?"

As soon as he said this, he wanted to bite his tongue off, because the person next to him laughed when he heard his abrupt and lame question.Different from the usual sneer, it seems to be really interesting.

"It's a friend of mine." Xiao Huan said, "This is his sword, and it has been kept here with me since he passed away. But the sword is a dead thing, so keep it in mind, it's better to give it to someone who is destined. If you Mind, just throw it away. I will never take it back."

Xiao Huan looked at him with a smile, and the smile climbed along his outline, passed over the branches of dead trees, and the sky was blue, as if the sky and the earth opened up because of this smile, the sky was slightly warmer, and the sky was clear and clear.

Yu Su's heart felt warm as if he was being held firmly by someone.He suddenly had a secret desire to go forward and trace Xiao Huan's eyebrows and eyes with his fingers - gently, just one click.

He suppressed this sudden thought, and joked: "The palace lord gave me the sword. I was overwhelmed by the flattery, so I didn't have time to throw it away. It's just a pity for the original owner." Then he changed his mind, and carefully chewed Xiao Huan's words. After saying these words, I couldn't help asking: "Is the friend that the palace master mentioned is the one who received this drunken ball pen as a gift?"

Xiao Huan seemed to have expected him to ask this question a long time ago, so he was not surprised: "Exactly."

Yu Su suddenly had a guess in his mind, and blurted out: "Forgive me for taking the liberty, do you know the name of the old friend of the palace master?"

Xiao Huan looked at him, and he also looked at Xiao Huan.That Gui Zejian lay quietly on the table, radiating its brilliance without saying a word about external things.The four eyes met for a long time before Xiao Huan opened his mouth and uttered a name.

He said, "Xie Mingqiu."