Huafa Luoyang

As the sun went down, there was a long series of gurgling sounds in my stomach.

Qi Yun made some calculations, and found that the burden on his body was only enough to go back to Qilian with dry food.He reluctantly opened the bag, only to find that there was a stack of banknotes and a few taels of silver on his face.

He turned his head abruptly, the Wu family had already disappeared, so where else could he go to look for Luo.

The young man didn't hold back, he took the money properly and bowed in the direction of Jinling City.He made up his mind to repay the two of them if there is an opportunity in the future.

After buying some dry food and continuing on the road, when night fell, Qi Yun saw a ruined temple in front of him.Since the death of his master, he traveled eastward with the elders all the way, and it was common for him to eat and sleep in the open. He was very happy to have a shelter, so he stepped in without hesitation.

He stepped into the ruined temple with one foot, and he immediately stepped back.

It was getting dark, and he went from light to dark all at once, but he didn't find anyone in the temple.At this time, he stepped back and stood at the door, preparing to say hello first, but suddenly found that besides the figure sitting under the Buddha statue, there was another person lying on the ground.

The fire in the center of the temple ignited suddenly, and it actually ignited some momentum.The person sitting put away the fire folder.There should be wine spilled in the fire, and the warm fragrance permeated the air.

At this time, when the light came up, Qi Yun could see clearly that the face of the person lying on the ground was black and purple, and he looked like a dead body.

If Xun Luo was present, he would have recognized the gorgeously dressed dead man as the middle-aged man who pushed the little girl out and was bitten by a snake in the school yard during the day.

Qi Yun was taken aback, and no longer cared about etiquette, he ran in and shook the man, speechless.The hoarse voice of the person next to him sounded: "Don't look, he died from the poison."

The speaker looked very thin, holding a flute made of white jade in his hand.He was wearing a robe with dark texture, and the color could not be distinguished under the light of the fire, but after all, Qi Yun had seen brilliance before, so he could tell that his body was worth a lot.

There is a smile in his eyes, his eyebrows are thin and curved, he is actually a good boy with a good looks.

It's just that the age is not very clear. Looking at his expression, it is not unreasonable to say that he is over 30, but if you look closely at his pale facial features, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a young man in his twenties.

Qi Yunfa was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and felt that it was impolite to stare at others, so he could only look down at the corpse.

After staring at it, he realized that the arm on the side of the corpse that was carrying him was so swollen that he couldn't see the original shape, only four small holes could be seen clearly.It was a wound left by a poisonous snake, and the wound was exactly the same as the little girl Xun Luo and the others rescued.

He stammered: "This... this big brother, is he your companion?"

The man smiled: "No."

Qi Yun was startled, and murmured: "What should I do?"

The man looked at him with interest: "What should I do?"

"He died here, relatives and friends should be so worried." Qi Yun frowned, "It's so pitiful, this wilderness."

"so what?"

When Qi Yun heard the question, he looked at the man's half-smile face, and thought for a moment: "How about...we bury him?"

"It doesn't matter." The man smiled and pointed outside.

Qi Yun followed his gaze, turned around and saw a group of people who seemed to be looking for someone, heading towards the ruined temple.

He got up and wanted to meet him.Unexpectedly, the man behind laughed and scolded "fool", lifted his back collar, turned over again, and jumped behind the Buddha statue in an instant.

He wanted to turn his head in amazement, but the man raised his finger and gave a "hush".Qi Yun stared at the person in front of him with wide eyes, the man smiled into his gaze, and the two of them hid in the darkness.

A group of people had already broken into the ruined temple, and the leader of the man glanced at the dead body nonchalantly, looked around the ruined temple, and spat: "Unlucky, you have done a lot of mischief, and you will be bitten to death by snakes when you go out." He turned his head again. He ordered: "Drag on the horse and go."

The subordinates took orders, two of them stepped forward, one shook his foot, and dragged the corpse out of the ruined temple.The leading man raised his foot to put out the fire, turned around and left.

After the movement disappeared, the man got up, patted the robe on his body, and stretched out his hand to grab Qi Yun.

Qi Yun thanked him, came out from behind the Buddha statue, piled up the match again, and lit it with a torch.The two who met by chance just stood guarding the fire, each silent.

Until Qi Yun took out dry food from his bag and handed it over: "Do you want to eat?"

The man's eyes reflected the dancing flames, and he just looked straight at Qi Yun, as if looking at him, but also as if he was in a trance.In the end, he reached out his hand to take it: "You are an interesting kid. You are a bit stupid to be a human being, but you have understanding in practice. Be my apprentice."

"Ah?" Qi Yun was dumbfounded, "I already have a master, how can I worship you as a teacher again?"

His voice fell, and before he could close his mouth, the man took advantage of his unpreparedness and stretched out his hand to cover his mouth.Just for a moment, Qi Yun felt a cold pill enter his mouth, and it went straight down his throat.

He coughed violently, bit down his throat, trying to spit out the pill, but it was in vain.The man Shi Shiran smiled: "You have been poisoned by my Gu poison, if you don't obey me, just wait for your whole body to fester and die."

Qi Yun was shocked, but even more incomprehensible: "I have no grievances or enmities with you."

"So what?" The man turned the flute in his hand, "I am willing."

He put the flute to his lips, and when two sounds came out, Qi Yun suddenly felt that his internal organs were being held together by a big hand, the pain was so painful that all his strength was taken away, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

The man seemed to just want to try the effect, and he stopped playing the first line of "Guan Shanyue".Qi Yun took a few breaths, jumped away, drew out his two knives and went towards him, but was easily cut open by the flute.

The man jumped up and took a few steps back to look at him: "You are not my opponent."

His voice was hoarse, and when he uttered a low voice, he actually had a soft taste, which was really different from his acting style.

The corner of the mouth curled up, and the flute in his hand came to his lips again, and a few notes flowed out, but it was not the melody just now.

Accompanied by this tune, the outside of the ruined temple was slowly covered with three-cornered flower snakes.

Qi Yun looked at the poisonous snake without panic, his chest was full of anger: "You killed the man?"

"it's me."

Hearing this answer, Qi Yun felt his eyes darken for a while, and he didn't want to draw his sword again.

Knowing that he was no match, he tried his best to strike, and while the man was distracted, the scimitar in the other hand was already on his neck.Unexpectedly, the man's toes moved slightly, and a small stone hit his acupuncture point, and he couldn't move immediately.

He was hating himself for not distinguishing between good and bad, his eyes were burning red with anger and hatred, the man said again: "Listen well, my name is Mei Ji, if you still want to resist, don't call me Master for a day, I will kill one person a day, and I will do what I say. The medicine I just fed you is the Southern Border Witch Gu. The Gu insect has been reared by me and can sense your inner emotions. If you want to kill yourself again, I'm afraid You will live but not die.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he put the flute in his hand on Qi Yun's chest, and untied his acupuncture points.Qi Yun covered his chest, his eyes were shining brightly, but he clenched his teeth tightly to prevent the tears from flowing out.

Mei Ji pretended to be surprised: "Hey, don't look at me as a teacher like this, it's a pity."

Qi Yun didn't speak, but lowered his head and squeezed the scimitar tightly.Mei Ji's rustling voice sounded again: "If I were you, I would learn from Gou Jian and wait for the day when I can kill this person in front of me."

The waning moon was rising, and the streets, which were full of traffic during the day, finally quieted down.Xun Luo carried two bundles across the street, walked into the inn, and knocked on the door.

The door next to him opened, Zhuang Jiuyao looked at him with a serious face: "What are you doing knocking on my Ninger's door at night?"

Xun Luo's slightly dazed expression flashed past, he looked up at the door, remembered something, and pursed his lips slightly.

Zhuang Jiuyao let out a chuckle: "They are already asleep, the inn has no vacancy, why don't you make do with me tonight."

Xun Luo nodded, walked in behind him, and closed the door: "That child?"

"It's okay, I've washed the pictures on my body." Zhuang Jiuyao stretched his waist, and pointed to the back of the screen, "The water prepared for you is almost cold, why did you come back? Leave me alone, no matter where you go, be gentle." Home? Hurry up and wash up, Qi Yun is gone?"

Xun Luo let out a "hmm", put down the burden, and watched the screen not move for a while.

Zhuang Jiuyao was surprised: "Am I so ungentlemanly in your eyes? I won't peep at you through the screen." In the blink of an eye, his brows and eyes were curved: "Besides, you have been in a coma for half a year in the valley, what should you do?" I've seen it before. It's hot today, and you seem to have something on your mind, so I made some medicinal powder for you to relieve depression."

He is used to not showing his emotions and anger. In this person's eyes, is the change of his emotions so clear?

This is a completely different kind of attention from the dark and stabbing surveillance, and Xun Luo is not used to it.But when it came to this point, the manly man, being shy and shy was never his style, so he took off his outer robe generously and walked behind the screen.

Zhuang Jiuyao raised the corners of his mouth, sat down beside those cases, stared at Gao Zhu, wondering what he was thinking.

Through the screen, Xun Luo looked at his silhouette under the lamp for a while, then took off his clothes in silence, revealing a smooth body.

Even after sleeping for more than half a year, his body still looks very strong, but there are all kinds of scars all over, new and old, the most recent one fell less than a year ago, and they have all grown into part of the texture.

The water in the barrel really has a medicinal fragrance, similar to that on Zhuang Jiuyao's body on weekdays.Xun Luo soaked for a while, closed his eyes, and suddenly felt his heart become hot.

It seems to be a sequela after a severe injury to vitality. It can't be said that the old injury has not healed, but it is indeed not as good as before.I don't know if my body is tired or something feels wrong.In fact, he didn't do anything that day, and he actually felt groggy.

Beyond the drowsiness, there is a ray of thought, hanging with a feeling called fear.

He was afraid that he would indulge in this kind of comfort with the fragrance of medicine.

As the water gradually cooled down, he straightened his clothes and got up.Walking around the screen, Zhuang Jiuyao was seriously cutting candle flowers with a pair of scissors that came from nowhere.

He looked very soft from the side, even the slightly hard jaw was no longer indifferent, Xun Luo was startled for a moment, and suddenly heard him say: "I'm afraid I'm welcoming a distinguished guest with beautiful candles."

Xun Luo didn't speak, walked to him and sat down.There was a few tables between the two of them, Xun Luo looked at the gradually brightening candlelight, and seemed to be dazed.

Zhuang Jiuyao looked at him, his eyes fell from his deep eyes to his tall nose bridge, and from his thin lips with curved lines to his open chest, and then he stopped in time.Moving up again, I happened to meet Xun Luo's peaceful eyes.

He didn't hide it when he was discovered, he just smiled frankly: "It's a beautiful view."

Xun Luo didn't twitch, and erased the indifference that was always on his face, and even curled the corners of his mouth.At the end, he suddenly said, "I may have to say goodbye to you."

"People in the Jianghu, if you want to go, do you need to say it?" Zhuang Jiuyao casually put down the scissors, Xun Luo didn't say anything, and he laughed again, "Since you spoke first, I won't tell you. it's time to go."

"Leave after the first day of the new year." Xun Luo ignored his joke, and said sternly, as if ordering, "You don't need to hide in the place of fireworks this time, and you don't need to find a ruined temple to see the scenery. Just stay in this inn Li, I'll watch over you."

It was clearly very touching words, another person could say them with tenderness and affection, but when Xun Luo said them in a very serious and serious tone, his voice was flat and not turbulent, and could not arouse any fancy reverie.

Zhuang Jiuyao was helpless, but still smiled slyly: "You will be responsible for seeing me like that. You have seen me once, and you will be responsible twice if you see me again."

Xun Luo smiled again, his expression could be called gentle, before Zhuang Jiuyao could see clearly, he got up: "Go to sleep."

The moon is like a hook, and the light of the toad falls to the ground and turns into frost.

The medicinal powder in the bucket just now seemed to have the effect of calming the nerves, and Xun Luo soon fell into a sound sleep, breathing long and far.

It was midnight, and everything was still.Zhuang Jiuyao, who was supposed to be sound asleep, got up quietly, looked at him carefully for a moment under the moonlight, and then took out a willow-leaf dagger from behind the pillow.

The scabbard is black in color, and its material is the same as that of Xun Luo's long sword.Zhuang Jiuyao pulled out the blade lightly, the brilliance of the blade was three points colder than the moonlight.

The author has something to say:

Post plum blossoms, fish pass the ruler.

Zhemei has not met the post envoy, so there is no need to send it to anyone, because Meiji is a cold spring in that Longtou.

Oh yo oh why did you suddenly become literary? !Well, let's have breakfast~

Zhuang Jiuyao, let me tell you, you are harassment!Harassment! !