Envy

Meng Tou barely slept in the middle of the night, so he stayed by the bedside to take care of Yan Zhaohan who had a fever.Once he had a severe fever, he would talk nonsense and call him in a daze.He shivered into a small ball in Meng Tou's arms, no matter how Meng Tou tried to comfort him, it was useless.

When Yan Zhaohan was imprisoned in Mu Su, he was put under the Lan Ying Gu by Zhao Ce.That Gu was made by Su Chuo, which can make people fall into illusion.He was tortured both physically and mentally there, and when Meng Tou found him, he was already out of shape.Sanxingju, a place that sounds elegant, is hell.

On the second day, Meng Tou couldn't get up, and lay on the head of the bed, with a faint blue color in his eyes.Yan Zhaohan had a cold towel on his forehead, and he took it off.Sure enough, no matter how much time has passed, the memory of Sanxingju is still a nightmare that he can't get rid of.He still had lingering fears about the dream, so he reached out and groped for Meng Tou, and touched his hair.

Meng Tou was in a light sleep, grabbed his hand first, then raised his head and yawned.He sat on the bed and leaned over to touch Yan Zhaohan's forehead: "Well, that's good. It's not hot anymore."

"You scared me last night, why can't I help it... Then what, I won't dare to touch you next time, coquettish." Meng Tou restrained himself, and after asking for it once last night, he refused to say anything continue.He pinched Yan Zhaohan's nose, and said softly, "I'll do what I want to eat in the morning."

He slapped his head: "I forgot, you just had a fever, you need to eat something light, I'm going to cook a bowl of pork rib porridge."

Yan Zhaohan nodded obediently: "Okay."

Meng Tou put on his clothes neatly and went to the small kitchen to cook porridge.Sunlight poured in from the window, illuminating half the stove.The weather was fine, and there was an unknown fragrance of flowers in the wind.The rice soup in the pot boiled and mist rose.

He thought, if Yan Zhaohan hadn't been here, he probably wouldn't have stayed in such a remote town in his whole life.Those neighbors who like to watch the excitement are all goblins who cannibalize people.

……

The day was light and cloudless, and a boat approached slowly.On the shore, I could see two young men standing, and a girl sitting on the side of the boat. She raised Bai Shengsheng's arm to look at the silver bracelet on her wrist.The bracelet shone brightly in the sun.

When the boatman was about to berth to the shore, the little girl lifted herself up by luck, skimmed directly from the water, and jumped onto the shore with a quick move.The two young men who came later had extraordinary temperaments.

The little girl was fair and beautiful, with watery eyes, and she was wearing an elegant goldfish and flower snow gauze dress.She walked up to the big man who was carrying heavy objects, and her voice was like a silver bell: "Brother, is there a family named Yan in this town?"

There is no such fairy girl in the town.The big man was a little shy and embarrassed: "The last name is Yan? I don't know. You can go inside and ask the people in the town."

"Thank you, brother." The little girl turned around and was about to leave when she heard the man mutter, "Why are you looking for a surname again?"

A handsome young man in white stepped forward, clasped his fists and asked, "Excuse me, brother, has anyone else come to look for someone with the surname Yan?"

The big man looked at his clothes carefully: "Just a few months ago, someone here also asked me about Yan Jia. The clothes he was wearing were exactly the same as yours."

Xue Ye didn't like the school's white clothes, and he wore ordinary clothes when he went out.He put his hand on Huo Zhi's shoulder: "It seems that Meng Tou is really in this town."

Hearing the surname "Meng", the big man suddenly regained his energy and said, "It seems that there is no Yan family here, but there is a Meng family. There is a blind man in the Meng family who hangs out with his brothers and abandons the Zhou family girl. This matter There has been a lot of trouble in the past few days. The Meng family brothers don’t come out very often.”

Xue Ye was terrified when he heard it.Although it is not clear how the Yan family became the Meng family, it is clearly Meng Tou and Yan Zhaohan, so there is no mistake.He didn't expect the two of them to live so unhappily in such a remote town.Huo Zhi asked, "Then how do the Meng family get there?"

"Go straight from here and turn the corner, you will see a tea stall, and then go east, the one with a locust tree at the door is the Meng family... Are you really looking for the brothers of the Meng family?" He asked lately.

The young man in white didn't look good, and he didn't answer yes or no, he just thanked him and said his farewell.

Meng Xi couldn't remember such a winding road, so she just followed the two elder brothers.Although it was autumn and the afternoon sun was not so bright, she was still thirsty after walking.When passing by the tea stand, she stopped the two elder brothers and said they would drink a bowl of tea inside before leaving.In fact, the road to Yan's family is not far away, it's just that Meng Xi doesn't know it.But Xue Ye and Huo Zhi naturally had to rely on the little girl.

The mother-in-law at the tea stand is very kind and entertains them warmly.But the other customers who were eating tea in the tea stand were very unfriendly, talking about the Meng family brothers.That's too much to say.

One person said: "The one you failed last time, the blind man from the Meng family, who looks so serious, fools around with his own brother in private."

The other person finished his tea and put the tea bowl on the table while waving his hands: "It's not just his brother, he even hooked up with the little Taoist Song who came to our place last time. I was almost caught by the little Taoist that night and sent to the government I can't afford to offend this blind man. Forget it, let it go to someone else, I don't care."

Some people at this table laughed and said, "If you can't eat grapes, you say grapes are sour", and some people said that the blind man of the Meng family "knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart."

Meng Xi was angry from the bottom of her heart, she pressed her sword on the table, and was about to stand up and argue with them.

Huo Zhi called "Meng Xi" softly, signaling her to calm down. "It's useless to talk too much, don't care about it with a reckless man."

Xue Ye drank the tea and smiled faintly: "I think it's better to let Xiaoying frustrate their spirits, so that they won't be too busy all day long to chatter their tongues."

Huo Zhi immediately cast a disapproving look.

Xue Ye asked: "Could it be that you are still worried that this delicate fiancee won't be able to beat others? With Xiaoying's skill, it is no problem to beat these people."

"You just know how to make fun of me." Meng Xi was a little shy, and went to pay for the tea.When passing by Xue Ye, he punched him in the shoulder.

Xue Ye covered his shoulders, and opened his eyes wide: "My mother, it's really hard to hit, it's not delicate."

……

When the three of them arrived at Yan Zhaohan's courtyard, Meng Tou was chopping firewood under the eaves.The one hand that has always used only the sword holds the wooden handle of the axe.He is very rusty and chops very slowly.The wood on the ground was piled up in a mess.

Xue Ye leaned against the door, smiled and called "Brother Tou".

Seeing them coming in, Meng Tou was also happy in his heart. He put down his ax and stood up: "Xue Ye, Huo Zhi? Why are you here?" He saw purple sleeves and silver hairpins exposed behind the two men.Xue Ye quietly motioned to him with his eyes.

He understood, turned around behind them without saying a word, and pulled out his sister: "Erqi, you are not staying at home, why did you come to Fulian?"

Meng Xi put her hands behind her back, pouted and said aggrievedly: "I'm bored at home, too. I went to look for you at Mu Mo, but you were alone, so I followed Brother Xue and Brother Huo to Fulian."

Xue Ye was puzzled, and interjected, "What is 'Two Seven'? Meng Xi's nickname?"

Despite Meng Xi's obstruction in every possible way, Meng Tou hurriedly said while grabbing her nagging arm: "Meng Xi wrote an article assigned by her husband when she was a child, and wrote '[-] Nianhua' as '[-] Nianhua'. Later, her nickname was It's 'Twenty Seven'."

Meng Xi stamped her feet angrily: "Brother!"

Meng Tou tapped her forehead: "I will settle the matter with you in the future about coming to Fulian, and enter the room first. Shaojun is also in the room."

Several people chatted and walked to the door of the house. Xue Ye laughed and said that it was not easy to find them, and asked them how they were doing.Meng Tou was still beaming at the moment before, but stopped at the door, glanced at Xue Huo and his eyes lightly, and said: "Don't talk about Mu Mi in front of Shaojun, let's find another time to talk."

Meng Xi didn't understand why her brother looked so serious.She had never seen third brother with such a stern look since she was a child.She didn't know what happened between the third brother and his brothers all these years.She remembered that when she was young, every time the third brother came back, he would talk to her about the affairs of the sect, and when he talked about his brother, there were endless things to say.

She used to really feel that the relationship between third brother and his brothers was closer than that with her own brothers.

Meng Xifang was distracted, and now he was attracted by the handsome young gentleman in the room.He sat at the table with a peaceful expression, and his whole body was carved out of ice and snow.She thought, could this be the fairy walking out of the painting.She stared at Yan Zhaohan for a while, then leaned to Meng Tou's side, and said playfully, "Young Master is so good-looking, no wonder brother likes it."

Meng Tou said proudly: "That's natural. This is my daughter-in-law, will my vision be bad?"

Meng Xi blushed when she heard this, she nodded her cheek and said, "Shame. My brother's words will be heard by others, maybe he will be called shameless and impetuous."

"It's not big or small." Meng Tou knocked a chestnut on her head with his backhand, and Meng Xi screamed in pain.Regardless of his sister's resentful gaze, he walked up to Yan Zhaohan's side and hooked his shoulder: "Huo Zhi, Xue Ye, and my sister are here."

Both young men clasped their fists in salute: "Young Master."

Yan Zhaohan nodded slightly.

Meng Tou kept them for dinner.When Meng Xi just heard that he was cooking in person, he was deeply skeptical.When she saw her brother, who never cooks at home, bring out those dishes, she just felt incredible.She closed her eyes, frowned, and put a chopstick of beef into her mouth with difficulty.

Meng Tou almost hit her on the head with his chopsticks: "Why do you act like you're dying. It's not so unpalatable, right?"

Meng Xi took a sip and found that the taste of these dishes was unexpectedly good.Meng Tou was praised by her: "Brother, brother, you are so amazing, the dishes you cook are really delicious."

Meng Tou picked up some food for Yan Zhaohan and said, "Thank you. If you can feed me this bowl of rice, I will be thankful. How can I ask my ancestors to appreciate you so much?"

As long as the few of them meet, they will break the rule of "speaking when eating".Huo Zhi and Yan Zhaohan were already quiet, so they didn't talk much as usual.Xue Ye deliberately avoided sect disputes, and chatted about trivial matters during dinner.

After dinner, Meng Tou walked around the inner room and realized that there was no room for visitors at home, so he accompanied Xue Ye and Huo Zhi to find an inn in the town and let them stay for a few days.Meng Xi ate slowly, and when the men finished eating, she was still not well, so she was left behind.

Holding the rice bowl in her hand, she looked at Yan Zhaohan with her dark eyes.His hair was probably tied casually by Meng Tou, and it always looked a bit lazy.The green shirt is loose and the eyes are like green lotus. It is the appearance of Yan Shaojun in the legend.

Meng Xi looked at the quiet Yan Zhaohan, and said with a sweet smile: "I heard from the elders that the people who come out of the palace are all big devils. Don't all the big devils in the book like to wear bright red and purple, or dark clothes?" What kind of clothes are you wearing? You are dressed so elegantly, you don’t look like a terrible big devil at all, but like a banished fairy.”

Yan Zhaohan's voice was gentle: "Little girl, what's your name?"

"My name is Meng Xi." She set the table and chopsticks. "We met in Lizhou a few years ago. When you came to see my brother, I sat at the door and cried. Do you remember?"

Yan Zhaohan thought about it, and there was indeed such a thing.At that time, Meng Xi was only eight years old, with braids in the sky and a few missing teeth.She lay at the gate of Meng's house crying and spitting, and several women couldn't persuade her.He went up to inquire about Meng Tou, but she sobbed and said that her brother had gone out with sister Zhao and would not take her to play.