Envy

Huo Zhi stood in front of the Qingjue stage, holding a sword in his hand.There was sweat on the tip of his nose and forehead, and his body was also sweating, Mu Mi's white clothes clinging tightly to his upper body.When he came back to his senses, he was already in the Qingjue Terrace, and he seemed to have lost his mind just now, and it seemed that he had a long, long dream.That dream was icy cold and made him shudder to this day.

He smelled the cool scent of plum blossoms.

Holding the sword in his hand, he was at a loss and didn't know what to do.Practicing... sword?He stood at the bottom of the steps in a daze, and the young disciples who came and went saluted respectfully when they saw him. He hesitated to return the salute, and when everyone had gone far away, he fell into a long period of confusion again.

Xue Ye ran to Qingjue Terrace in a hurry, stood still on the steps, and called "Huo Zhi".It had just rained the day before yesterday, and the steps were covered with damp leaves.Huo Zhi's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, he put away his sword, and suddenly looked up at him from the bottom of the steps.Such a picture seemed familiar.

He seemed to remember that it was like this once, he was standing at the bottom of the steps, and Xue Ye was standing at the top.What did Xue Ye say at that time... Xue Ye said, the Yan family was destroyed, and Yan Miao... was gone.

His whole body was stretched on a string, staring fixedly at Xue Ye's face.Xue Ye looked solemn, his voice choked up, he parted his lips, and remained silent for a long time.

Huo Zhi's hand holding the sword was trembling, and he said, "Speak, I'll listen."

Xue Ye also had a tense face for a long time, and suddenly burst out laughing, bent over and covered his stomach and said, "I just wanted to say that Yan Miao is here, why are you so serious."

Xue Ye was smiling when he was lifted away by the person behind him.The person who came was wearing a snow-white cloak embroidered with flowers, his complexion was gorgeous, and the tip of his nose was a little red from the cold.A tall and thin man said to Xue Ye with his arms folded across his chest, "I want you to tell me that you kept me waiting for so long, it's really annoying."

She felt a little embarrassed when she saw Huo Zhi, put on her little soft boots, and touched her cold nose: "What's the matter, are you unhappy to see me? Why do you have such an expression?"

She tilted her head to look at him on the steps, her eyes were dark and lively.She called him twice, wondering: "What's the matter, huh?" She stepped down the steps, but before she finished, she was hugged by Huo Zhi, and Huo Zhi hugged him down from the steps.

Huo Zhi hugged him a little bit tightly, she couldn't get used to the enthusiasm of a cold and cold person for a while, so she stuck out his eyebrows and nose from his shoulder.She leaned on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, my lord is acting a little weird today, he almost made my teeth fall apart."

Xue Ye said: "You guys are about to make my teeth sour, can you stop making out here in broad daylight, can't you go back to the house?"

Yan Miao wanted to turn her head around, but Huo Zhi hugged her a little tighter, so she could only say in that posture: "Okay, let's go. Let's go back to the house."

When Xue Ye left out of boredom, Huo Zhi still hugged him tightly.The disciples who came and went looked at them a few more times, all with smiles on their faces.Yan Miao coughed twice: "Brother Huo, let's go back to the house to catch up? There are a lot of people here."

Only then did Huo Zhi let go of his arms, and when Yan Miao took him all the way back to the house, he was still staring at her side face.It was only after Yan Miao returned to his room that her eyes met his.

Yan Miao poured a cup of hot tea for herself, bit the rim of the teacup with a smile on her face, propped her forehead with one hand and said, "Hey Brother Huo, you haven't come to see me in Shen Gui for so long, I really miss you a little bit."

She looked at Huo Zhi who was in a daze, and asked, "Huo Zhi, what's wrong with you? Why are you acting weird today? What happened?"

Huo Zhi lowered his eyes and shook his head: "I may have had a long dream, and I haven't recovered from it."

"It's nothing, it's just a dream." She pulled Huo Zhi, made him sit down too, looked at his face and smiled, "I regret that I set the wedding date for next spring. The nuns at home are too annoying I've been saying all day long that it's not good to see your husband before we get married, and you're forcing me to learn embroidery and embroider wedding dresses every day, I'm getting annoyed to death."

She said softly, "I slipped out. I came to see you."

Huo Zhi stared at her face in a daze, and asked, "Then... have you embroidered your wedding dress yet?"

Yan Miao's expression suddenly became very proud again: "It's embroidered, it was embroidered a long time ago. I'll show you how to wear it next year."

She really came to see him secretly, and after seeing him, she would go back to Shen Gui.When she left, she was a little bit reluctant, she put her arms around Huo Zhi's neck and said that she would come to see him next year and told him to be good and be good.He said "Bon voyage", and watched her back go away.

He always felt that something had been pressing on his heart, and he was relieved that day.Maybe I really had a nightmare, Yan Miao died in the dream, and Zhao Lincheng fell into dire straits.He raised his head and squinted his eyes in the daylight, the sky was pale blue.

Vendors on the street solicit business.It is a bit cold in winter, but the warm sun in the afternoon can melt the ice and snow.

In the evening, when he went back to his house, he bumped into Meng Tou and... Yan Zhaohan in the corridor.Meng Tou, who was wearing Mu Su's white clothes, and Yan Zhaohan, who was wearing moon-white clothes, walked side by side, talking and laughing.Meng Tou came to meet him and greeted him when he saw him.

Huo Zhi looked at Yan Zhaohan and was stunned: "Young Master has returned to Mu Su?"

Meng Tou was also full of confusion: "Hasn't he been in Mumi all the time? He has been in Mumi for a year, and he came back from Xiqie Palace last winter."

Meng Tou smiled, grabbed Yan Zhaohan's shoulders, and showed his white teeth: "Huo Zhi, what's wrong with you?"

Huo Zhi hadn't spoken yet.Meng Tou said: "It's not because Yan Miao came here today, you are so silly. I won't tell you, I will go soak in hot spring water with my wife. Let's go first."

Meng Tou took Yan Zhaohan two steps away, then turned around and said, "Don't forget to come to the small hall tonight, let's play a few rounds of dominoes tonight. Xingfeng and Jiang Yi just came to remind me again, calling Let's not forget."

"Jiang Yi? Xingfeng? They also returned to Muji?"

Meng Tou felt incredible, and couldn't hold back his face and smiled: "Where can Mu Su be if Xingfeng and Jiang Yi are not here? Really, don't forget anyway. If you are late, you will be fined for drinking."

Huo Zhi didn't come back to his senses, he stared blankly at their figures going away and disappearing at the end of the corridor.

He took a bath in cold water at night, and severely sobered himself up for a while.He put on his clothes and boots, and ran towards the small hall through several corridors as if he was too late.From a distance, the orange lights of the small hall were on.There was laughter and noise inside.

He took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

Everyone is there.Jiang Yi, Xue Ye, Li Xingfeng, Senior Sister Jingshi, Meng Tou, and Yan Zhaohan are all there.Spread out on the table, everyone looked at him with a smile, called his name, said that he was late and would be punished with wine.When the senior sister's voice was falling, Xue Ye picked up the jug and filled a glass of wine for him.

Jiang Yi said: "Drink, Huo Zhi, don't play tricks."