Envy

Meng Tou didn't stay for a few more days as promised, and rushed to the sect the next day.After returning to Mu Su, he was still busy day and night, and knew nothing about other matters outside the sect, nor did he know that in the winter of that year, Yan Zhaohan went to attack the palace alone.

More than a month before the new year, he received another letter from Lizhou.Before he opened the envelope, he already felt powerless in his heart. After reading the letter, he sighed helplessly.Zhao Qingyan hanged herself and almost went west.After receiving the letter, he rode his horse back to Lizhou, not daring to delay for a moment.

He arrived at Zhao's house without stopping, and when he saw her, she was already emaciated, haggard, and dying.There is a purple scar on the neck, which is left by the unsuccessful suicide.She looked at him still feeling resentful and unwilling to meet him face to face.

He whispered and coaxed Zhao Qingyan to calm down. After that, they lived in peace for a while, but when he was going to return to Mu Su after the year, she still seemed unhappy.

Meng Tou clung to her hand and said: "The future will be long." Her brows relaxed.

This year, the sect has had a lot of things to do, and there have been many troubles.

It was already spring when Jiang Yi returned to the sect, and he almost changed after he came back, he didn't like to laugh or talk.At the end of every day's practice, I shut myself in the room, and no one should knock on the door.

Xue Ye knocked on the door every day with a food box in his hand, but he just didn't respond.One day Xue Ye got angry and kicked the door hard a few times: "Who are you looking like this for, you are so useless!" After that, he spoke irritating words at the door for a long time.Later Jiang Yi opened the door and talked to him that day.

After Xue Ye came back, he was worried, and hesitantly told them that Jiang Yi complained about his elders.

It wasn't a big deal at all, they all felt that this was Jiang Yi's knot in his heart, and sooner or later he would be able to figure it out and open up his knot.But later, Jiang Yi clashed with an elder in his family.

That elder is indeed not considered to be highly respected, he was a disciple in Mu Su back then, and he was also one of the hang-ups, so he cannot be regarded as a wise and respectful person.That day when he mentioned Mr. Jiang to Jiang Yi, he said a lot of things in a pretentious manner. He also implicitly mentioned that Mr. Jiang was overbearing and caused trouble. Uncle is not unwilling, but all kinds of embarrassment.

Jiang Yi got annoyed all of a sudden, turned over the table and started arguing with him.Meng Tou and the others hurried over when they heard the news, the room was in a mess, and pieces of peel porcelain were everywhere.The uncle cursed "little bastard" indiscriminately.Uncle Xi Ze scolded Jiang Yi angrily and punished him for confinement.

Xue Ye came later. He only knew that Jiang Yi had quarreled with his uncle, but he didn't know the root cause.He originally wanted to persuade Jiang Yi that night, but when he saw the lights in his room and his shadow on the window paper, he immediately became angry.He kicked the door in, blaming Jiang Yi for being impulsive, and arguing with his uncle was simply unreasonable.

Jiang Yi laughed after hearing this, and said, "You will listen to your uncle's words all your life and be a good nephew."

Xue Ye felt uncomfortable when he heard this, and asked him what he meant by pulling at the skirt of his clothes.

The two of them grew up together without ever having an argument, but that day they quarreled.Jiang Yi said some words that insulted the teacher, saying that Mu Su's elders were all mediocre, cowardly and fearful, and Mu Su would perish sooner or later.

Xue Ye scratched his neck and argued with him.The two insisted on their own opinions and did not back down at all.In the end, the emotions of the two of them had reached extremes, and Xue Ye slammed Jiang Yi's side face with his fist.He didn't wake up until after the beating, looking at his gradually reddened side face, hesitant to apologize.

Jiang Yi suddenly pushed him down on the bed, and the two started fighting.But the fight was just what Xue Ye thought.Jiang Yi tugged at his clothes and pressed his arms over his head.He was a little flustered, struggling to escape from his bondage: "Jiang Yi, what are you doing!"

Jiang Yi's eyes were red, and he said, "What do you think I'm going to do, who do you think I've been thinking about all these years, huh?"

He has never seen Jiang Yi like this, and Jiang Yi like this scares him.

Xue Ye had nightmares all night, he was powerless to resist Jiang Yi's invasion.He had never spent such a long night, conscious and vague.Jiang Yi reached out to brush away his wet hair, brushed his sore lips with his fingertips, and kissed the tip of his ear during the affair, every caress and touch made him feel extreme fear.

Jiang Yi clearly felt his body trembling, kissing his smooth back with a sense of encroachment.

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Meng Tou found out after a long time.

He only thought that Xue Ye hadn't come to practice for a few days because he was ill. After he finished working for a while, he realized that he hadn't seen Xue Ye for a long time, so he went to see him.Who knew that Xue Ye's door was closed, and Meng Tou knocked on the door, but he should not.The door was unlocked, so he opened it and went in.

The room was very dark, and the heavy cloth and gauze curtains had all been lowered.Xue Ye never opened the window.

Meng Tou opened the curtain and saw him leaning on the bed, so he asked with a smile, "What have you been doing these past few days..." Meng Tou's words stopped abruptly.

Xue Ye's expression was slack, his sweat-drenched hair was unwashed and disheveled, and his pale lips were bleeding a little.His eyes were empty.As soon as Meng Tou approached, he instinctively retreated into the bed.Meng Tou was sitting on the edge of the bed, grabbed him and asked him what's the matter, and accidentally tore off a section of the quilt, and his hands froze there.Xue Ye's clothes were disheveled, and Meng Tou saw marks on his neck and chest, deep purple and deep red.

Jiang Yi's matter was almost made public, Master Xi Ze suppressed it, and Meng Tou and others would not easily tell others about it.

As a result, Jiang Yi was expelled from the division.

Uncle Xi Ze said to the outside world that it was because Jiang Yi did not respect his teacher and respected morals, and he had an argument with his uncle, which insulted his teacher.Meng Tou and the others knew in their hearts that Uncle Xize valued this disciple, and if it wasn't for this, he would never be cruel.

When Jiang Yi left, only Meng Tou saw him off.

Meng Tou said it was a safe journey and had nothing else to say.

With the sword in his hand, Jiang Yi went down the mountain along the mottled and curved stone steps, just like Mu Su in those years.

On the night Jiang Yi left, Uncle Xi Ze came to the bookstore to browse ancient books as usual.Sitting under the green lamp in front of the desk, rubbing his forehead, he looked old all of a sudden.

After that, no one dared to mention Jiang Yi again.They just broke up with Jiang Yi.

Over time, these chaotic things gradually faded away and buried in the dust.Meng Tou's life is the same, every day is too busy to take care of other things, and has no time to feel the world.When I looked up at three o'clock, I could see the blue sky and a bright moon through the window.Fall asleep without a dream.

His sharpness, his edges and corners, were smoothed by the flowing light and wind.He found sadly that what his elder brother said was true, the days would be flat and there would be no turmoil, and no matter who he stayed with, he would always be so peaceful.Day after day, he almost forgot Yan Zhaohan's appearance.There is a scroll of paintings hidden on his bookshelf, which has been sealed for a long time.

Later, when Meng Tou went to attack Qiegong and met Yan Zhaohan again, he suddenly realized that he had grown up, and the greenness on his face had faded away, but he was still thin and still loved him.