take my life

The night is as cool as water, and the bustling and bustling city of Yangzhou during the day is lit up sporadically. A few bright red lanterns flicker on and off at night, and the faint candlelight falls on a staggering drunk man at the street corner.

The man was holding a wine jar, his clothes were disheveled, and he let out a weird low smile from time to time, while thinking about the delicate little lady just now, he moved back involuntarily.

In the dark night, there was only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves, and the man hurriedly quickened his pace, feeling as if there was a stone pressing down on his heart, blocking him in a panic.

"My lord, it's lonely late at night, can I have a drink with you?"

A cold male voice suddenly sounded from all around, startling the drunk man sober most of his wine.But when I looked around, I couldn't see anyone, only the swaying tree shadows and the rustling of leaves, even Shen Yi, who was called Shunfeng'er, couldn't tell where anyone was.

The surroundings became quiet, and even the sound of the wind stopped abruptly. Shen Yi only felt a little sweat on his forehead, as if a pair of eyes were staring at him in the dark. "Who... who is playing tricks! Come out!" Shen Yi shouted loudly.

"I'm right in front of you." The voice was strange, as if it came from the dark place in front.

Shen Yi rubbed his eyes, and took two steps forward with the help of alcohol, there was indeed a blurry shadow in the darkness ahead, but he couldn't detect it in the bright spot.

"Who are you?" Shen Yi asked.

Sombra didn't answer.In a trance, Shen Yi felt his eyes go blank, and then realized that the black figure in front of him had disappeared!Shen Yi was taken aback, and retreated towards the wall with trembling legs. "Ghost—ghost!!" Shen Yi yelled, and tried to run, but his legs went limp and he couldn't obey.There was a gust of wind at the back of his neck, Shen Yi turned his head, it didn't matter if he turned his head, in the red candlelight, a man in black armor leaned quietly against the wall, although he was facing him sideways, but the look on the man's face The half of the silver mask is something he will never forget.

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The wine jar in his hand fell to the ground, and the wine splashed everywhere.The man turned his face, a pair of murderous eyes stared at him closely, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up as if mocking his prey.

"Tang...Tang..." Shen Yi opened his mouth and stammered, but he couldn't say the name that he thought was a serious crime.

"It seems that you remember it all." The corner of the man's lips curled up viciously.A plain greeting sounded to Shen Yi like the King of Hades calling his name. He watched the man slowly raise his hand, then gently put it down again, as if calling him over, but he could hear the air being torn apart clearly in his ears. There was a crackling scream, he couldn't see anything, he only felt a tickle in his neck, his words were blocked in his throat, and his body was already convulsed and fell backwards.

"Tang Zhenyu." The man finished speaking lightly, and the black figure had already blended into the night.Behind him, a piece of green bamboo leaves whirled down and landed on the small wound on the corpse's neck.

The nearby weeds rustled for a while, and a small white head poked out of it, and then the body also got out. It was a cat with white fur.The little cat went to the pool of wine, stretched out its pink tongue and licked it, and suddenly seemed to eat a broken fish, coughing and sticking out its tongue non-stop.Its round, strange-colored pupils stared at the darkness where the man disappeared, and disappeared in a single step.

During the day, Yangzhou City is very lively, with businessmen coming from south to north in an endless stream.Various shops and food on the street lined up several streets.At the corner of a steamed bun shop, a homeless beggar stared at the thin-skinned and big meat buns in the steamer, drooling on his chest, watching the big meat buns come out of the pot, opened the steamer, the aroma was overflowing, the little beggar Couldn't bear it anymore, rushed to the door, stretched out his hand to grab the buns, but was knocked down by the sturdy shop owner and wanted to report to the official, the beggar was in a hurry: "Don't report to the official! Don't report to the official! I have money, I'm rich. Not here to steal!"

At this time, a lot of spectators had gathered at the entrance of the steamed stuffed bun shop. In order not to make a big fuss and attract officers and soldiers, the beggar called the steamed stuffed bun shop owner aside, and hurriedly took out a small bundle from his tattered clothes.The little beggar swallowed, and carefully opened the bundles layer by layer. Immediately, a golden carp attracted everyone's attention. The fish was the size of two palms. The body of the fish is in a swimming state, the tail fins are vividly depicted, and each fish scale is carved with intricate patterns, but the winding lines of the fish body are seeped with fine soil, as if on the ground. buried in the same.Looking closely at this koi carp, it always gives people a particularly weird feeling, but I can't find anything wrong. After a closer look, I found that the scales of this fish are actually growing backwards!

When the steamed stuffed bun seller saw this posture, although he was greedy in his heart, he saw that the thing must be extremely valuable, and besides, on the street where people come and go, if he wanted to collect the koi, he would inevitably be targeted by gangsters, he thought again and again, Still life matters.On the contrary, this beggar, how did he get this rare treasure from a lowly background, he should report to the official.As he spoke, he wanted to drag people to the Yamen, but the beggar played a rogue, sat down on the ground, and shouted: "I didn't steal or rob me, why do you take me to the Yamen!"

"You are a little beggar who ate the last meal and did not eat the next meal. How did you get such a baby, and you said you didn't steal it!"

"Listen to me first. I dug this thing in the south of the city. At the beginning of the year, there was a flood in the south of the city, which destroyed the old house of the Tang family. Many treasures came out of the ground. Many people went to dig it. If you don't believe me, go and have a look. The ground is about to be dug through." The little beggar told the windfall like a storyteller, and everyone was skeptical. Everyone knew that the old house of the Tang family had been abandoned for more than [-] years. None of the [-] people survived, and passers-by often heard that there were ghosts crying in the old house in the middle of the night.

There was a lot of noise in the crowd, some boldly proposed to go and see it together, and some said that if they took the money, they would be retaliated by the unjustly killed ghosts, and their lives were more important.

On the teahouse opposite, a handsome man in bright yellow clothes sipped the Longjing incense in his hand, with a leisurely expression, the noise downstairs could not reach his ears at all, and the fragrance of tea melted into his mouth, both astringent and fragrant.After drinking a bowl of tea, the man took out a bag of money, called his attendants, and said, "Go and call this beggar."

The person who was flirting with the handsome waiter turned his face, his eyebrows were slightly raised, his eyes were like stars, half of his face was covered with a folding fan in his hand, and he said mysteriously: "Brother, do you know how the Tang family was exterminated?"

The man in yellow who was called Big Brother took a sip of tea and didn't even look at him, "It's better not to know about this kind of thing."

Ye Mingyou raised his eyebrows, and continued to tease the blushing waiter next to him.The little waiter blushed so much that he was about to bleed, the man in yellow couldn't stand it any longer, and coughed heavily.Ye Mingyou stopped reluctantly, took out a large string of money from his sleeve and threw it to the waiter, and waved his fan to make people retreat.

"If you go on like this, everyone in Yangzhou City will know that the second son of the Ye family has a penchant for breaking sleeves, and if it spreads to his father's ears, then I will not be able to help you." The man in yellow looked at the scene downstairs, He said calmly.

"Whoever dares to talk too much, I'll let him serve the young master first." Ye Mingyou poured himself a bowl of tea nonchalantly, and slowly blew the floating tea in the cup.

The man in yellow's face suddenly became ugly. He snatched the tea bowl from Ye Mingyou's hand, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you doing this to Yunluo?"

Ye Mingyou was taken aback, silently lowered his eyes and brushed off the tea splashed on his clothes. After a long silence, he slowly said: "Since I will marry her, I will definitely treat her well."

The two of them stopped talking, and their thoughts returned to the scene when they were young, the three of them circled the green plum. At that time, no one knew what love was. Ye Mingyou didn't know that he would prefer masculinity, and Ye Mingxi didn't know that Qin Yunluo had already Burned deeply in my heart.It's a trick of the world, now Ye Mingyou is forced to marry the general's daughter Qin Yunluo, but Ye Mingxi can only keep all this in her heart.

"Xiaoer! Bring the wine!" Ye Mingyou shouted.

"Second young master, this is a tea house, drink...you...you have to go to the opposite side." Xiao Zhan, who was serving at the side, said tremblingly.

Ye Mingyou took out a handful of money, patted it on the table, and said impatiently, "Buy it!"

Ye Mingxi shook his head helplessly.

The entourage who ordered to go down had already returned, and brought up a beggar in ragged clothes.The beggar knew that this rich man would not find him for no reason, he must have dug this treasure for himself. "Master Ye, did you come to me...?" The beggar asked a little at a loss.

"What you just said downstairs is true?" Ye Mingxi said straight to the point.He had been staring at the koi for some time, and as soon as he took it out of the rags, it entered his sight.

"It's true, it's true, young master, I dare not lie to you, you will find out after asking someone."

"Okay, pawnshops don't dare to accept your things outside. I'll offer 1000 taels, what do you think?" When Ye Mingxi said the number unhurriedly, the little beggar's eyes lit up. He knew that pawnshops couldn't pawn so much. Yes, now that someone buys this hot potato, it is naturally a good thing, and he immediately agrees to come down and present the treasure with joy.

Ye Mingxi knew that this treasure was probably mentioned by the elders in the family, and it recorded the peerless martial arts Nilin carp.

"Inverse scale carp?" Ye Mingyou half-closed his eyes, propped his chin on the table with his hand, and casually glanced at the treasure in Ye Mingxi's hand.

"You know?" Ye Mingxi asked in surprise.

"I saw it in the book."

"I'm going back to the village first, and you'll be back early too." Ye Mingxi wrapped up the baby, glanced at Ye Mingyou who was playing with a folding fan, got up and left.

Ye Mingyou looked at the opposite restaurant with a face full of boredom. Although the two houses were separated by a street, they could still hear the endless noise from the opposite side. He was the last person to go to that kind of place, he would rather come to drink tea .

The little Er who bought the wine ran upstairs, threw the wine jar in front of his eyes, and said out of breath, "Second Young Master, the pear flower spring you want...is sold out, would you like to try this koji wine?"

"Sold out?" Ye Mingyou cheered up when he heard it, and asked, "Why is it sold out when Master Ben wants to drink?"

Xiao Er wondered: "When I went there just now... a young master happened to reserve the place, and he was only allowed to drink but not to take it away."

"Whose son is so generous?" He didn't even give him face. In this huge Yangzhou, who doesn't know Ye Mingyou, and who doesn't have any business contacts with the Ye family.

"It's a new face. It looks good. If you go there, you can recognize it at a glance."

"Say it early." Ye Mingyou tapped Xiao Er's head with a fan, and ran to the opposite side happily.No wonder just now he saw that there were many more people on the opposite side for no reason. It turned out that there was free wine to eat, so he wanted to see who it was.

"Hey, Young Master Ye, please stop!"

Before Ye Mingyou had time to step into the threshold of the restaurant, he was stopped by someone. A fat man with a bloated figure and rich clothes hurriedly stopped him and pulled him aside. It seemed that he was the owner of this restaurant.

"Boss Jia? Look at your sweaty brow." Ye Mingyou tapped the back of his hand with his fan, motioning him to let go.

"Yes, it's rare that Young Master Ye recognizes me." Boss Jia wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Master Ye is here to fetch this pear flower spring, I'll keep it for you." As he spoke, he took out his other hand A white porcelain ampoule came tremblingly to him, but Ye Mingyou blocked it with his fan.

"You want to get rid of me for such a jug of wine? Didn't we agree that I will pay you ten times the price, and I will keep this pear flower spring for my young master. Why is Boss Jia unable to restrain himself when someone pays more than me today? "Ye Mingyou said angrily.

"Young master, this... that young master reserved the place. I originally wanted to keep this wine for you, but Mr. Chu called for Lihuachun by name. I really... can't do it!"

"Young master Chu? What kind of way?" The entire Yangzhou has never heard of such a person, even those in the Jianghu have to give the Ye family some favors. This person is so ignorant, I am afraid that he is looking for it. "Forget it, I'll go and see by myself." Ye Mingyou walked around Boss Jia's fat body, waving a folding fan and squeezed into the crowd.

Boss Jia clapped his hands anxiously in the back. I am afraid that this business will not be done today!He hurriedly ran in front of Ye Mingyou, and told Xiao Er to close the door quickly while yelling: "Let's go! Let's go! Master Ye Er is here! Don't squeeze!"

The noisy drinkers suddenly became quieter, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Ye Mingyou, all waiting for a good show.

Ye Mingyou walked to the counter indifferently, nodded at the table and said, "Ten altars of pear blossoms, send them to the villa."

The crowd was in an uproar, this pear flower spring was expensive and unpalatable, there were only a dozen jars in the taverns in the whole city, half of them were in Xijiangyue, and he actually asked for more than half of it.

"This..." The shopkeeper raised his beard and looked at his boss, a little at a loss.

Boss Jia also sneered and said, "Second Young Master, there aren't that many anymore."

"As much as you want." Ye Mingyou threw out his money bag, opened it, and it was full of gold and silver beads, and grabbed a handful of the heavy ones in his hands.

Boss Jia's eyes were glistening, so just give it if you want!It's not worth offending Yangzhou's land for a place. "Then...then please return to the manor and wait, young master. I will send you back in a while." Boss Jia rubbed his hands and smiled, his eyes squeezed into slits.

This is more or less the same, there is no reason why you can't take the money with you.Ye Mingyou took the wine bottle in Boss Jia's hand and took a sip. The elegant fragrance of pear blossoms refreshed his heart and made him feel at ease. "Here, give it to Mr. Chu for me. I invite him, no money." He stuffed the wine bottle he had taken a sip back into Boss Jia's hand, raised his sword eyebrows, and smiled brightly.

"Boss Jia, why hasn't the Lihuachun I want come here?"

Just as Ye Mingyou lifted his foot to leave, a cold voice suddenly sounded from behind. He followed the prestige, but he didn't see anyone.After a while, a person came down the stairs slowly, wearing a water-blue gown, with half-twisted hair, eyes and eyebrows lowered, and a face like the moon.Holding a jade bottle in his hand, he walks at a leisurely pace, suddenly like a banished fairy from the sky, his gestures are extremely graceful.

Those who watched the excitement were stunned for a while, and Ye Mingyou also looked at him meaningfully.

Boss Jia rushed up to meet him and said, "Young Master Chu, look at this...the Lihuachun that the Second Young Master of the Ye family ordered in advance, how about..."

"I also gave money." The surname Chu said while looking up at Ye Mingyou, his slender eyebrows were clear and cold, and there was no shadow of troubled times in his eyes.

Ye Mingyou didn't speak, and the surroundings were silent for a moment.When these two people meet, they are like the tip of a needle against a wheat awning, they are not inferior to each other.In terms of appearance, one is like the golden wind and drizzle of the southern country, the moonlight and wind, and the endless beauty; the other is like the falling snow and qiongzhi in the northern country, rustling and rustling, and extraordinary.In terms of family background, they are all masters who spend a lot of money or spend money like water.However, these two are superficial, and what everyone cares more about is, if a fight broke out in a while, how can this Mr. Chu compare with the young master of the Ye family? Yu is the owner of this long-lived sword, and his swordsmanship has reached its peak when he was young. When this surname Chu came, he didn't inquire about it, and he dared to provoke anyone.

"Since Mr. Chu also wants this Lihuachun, why not share half of it?" Ye Mingyou thought for a while, but took a step back.

Who knew that the surnamed Chu didn't buy his account at all, and said in a cold tone, "I want them all."

Now the crowd was not calm again, they all commented that this man didn't know what to do, that Young Master Ye didn't want any face for him, and wanted to court death on purpose.

Ye Mingyou also had to admit that he had a lot of patience with "beauties".He lowered his head and leaned close to his ear, and whispered in a low voice: "Today, I will take away whatever this Lihuachun says, or... how about Mr. Chu staying with me for a night?" Looking at his face that was gradually turning red, Ye Mingyou My heart blossomed with joy.

Chu Zeqi pushed him away angrily and said, "Deng Tuzi!" After saying that, he slashed at him with his palm blade.Ye Mingyou dodged easily, grabbed his wrist with one hand and pulled him into his arms, and grabbed his hand and the white jade bottle in his hand with the other hand, lifted it up, poured it down, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Good wine." Ye Mingyou blew behind his ear, his mouth full of wine.

Chu Zeqi was blushed by his anger, and many people around him clapped their hands and applauded. Even the ice in the ice cellar around him couldn't stand such teasing. He broke away with a blushing face, and said angrily: "I treat Mr. Ye as a gentleman. , I didn't expect to be so frivolous!" After speaking, he was about to leave angrily.

Ye Mingyou was also taken aback when he heard the words, and he chased after him and asked, "Dare to ask your master's name?"

"..."

"Master Chu also likes to drink this pear blossom spring?"

"..." Chu Zeqi ignored him with a stern face, while Ye Mingyou persistently chased after him.People coming and going on the street inevitably cast strange glances, he finally couldn't help but said: "If you follow me again, don't blame me for being rude."

Ye Mingyou pursed his lips and smiled at him: "You're welcome, you're welcome, anyway, you can't beat me."

Chu Zeqi didn't bother to talk to him, he caught a glimpse of a brothel, and dived in.Ye Mingyou stepped in with his front foot, and backed out with his back foot. He raised his head to look at the plaque on the door, and then glanced guiltily at the corners and corners around him. He quickly retracted his head where he looked.Ye Mingyou chuckled lightly: "Forget it, my young master has plenty of ways to find you."

The author has something to say: This is the first time I write an article, I hope everyone enjoys bb! !