Sad Li

Qin Youqian sat in front of the account book with dark circles under his eyes, and almost smashed his head on the abacus several times.

Maybe it's because it's warm and cold, he hasn't slept well these days.Last night, the snow melted all the way, and the snow dripped under the eaves, and it has not stopped until now.As long as it is within reach, there is no place that is not cold and wet.Sending it to the neurasthenic Qin Youqian's ears is really the ultimate torture.

Enduring a severe headache, he flipped through a few pages of accounts, and had to admit that he really couldn't read a single word, then stood up and stretched, and casually took off the sword hanging on the side.This sword is dark and slender, with a rounded tip, it doesn't look like a sword, but a stick.Of course, Qin Youqian never thought it was a stick; to be precise, it was a scale.

He waved the scale called Zizhu a few times, looked at it for a while, and raised his head bored.The door of Buyitang is open, and Tongsouwuju is prominently written, but there is no business in the middle of the afternoon. A young man, who used an excuse to buy tea and food for two cents, has not disappeared for an hour.Two people stepped through the door.

"Oh my God." Qin Youqian said, thinking he was dazzled, he raised his hand to rub it. "God, look who's here. Look who's here."

"Treasurer Qin! You've lived a happy life." Han Jin said, the big copper penis placed on the study table with familiarity and informality, as if he just saw it in the morning.Qin Youqian thought it would save trouble, so he turned to the other one. "Little Meng."

Meng Fang laughed back and said, "Don't. Where am I still Xiao Meng, I'm Lao Meng."

"Hey, that's why you want him to bark, can't I bark?" Qin Youqian slapped him in the face, Meng Fang's face turned hot, and she coughed. "Shopkeeper, this time..."

Qin Youqian waved his hand. "Stop it, you're trying to get mad at me. Ten years of life and death, what are you busy with? What the hell is the matter? Anyway, since you're here, don't even think about leaving for ten or a half months. Lao Gui! Go home and tell your wife right away." , Make arrangements. The two of you come to rest later, is it cold along the way? The snow is not cold, the snow is cold. It didn’t snow during the Chinese New Year. It’s snowing now, it’s not a good sign!”

Buyitang Yanzhao's number one sect, at its peak, there were more than a hundred generous and elegiac disciples, but by the time Qin Youqian took over, there were only twenty or thirty disciples left, and the reputation as a pawn shop seemed to surpass the reputation in the world.In addition to this time-honored pawn shop, Qin Youqian also owns several hundred miles of farmland, a herbal medicine shop, and a silk shop. The business has been intensified, and he married a very prestigious prisoner's daughter, who has become an important figure in the local area.Therefore, compared with ten years ago, it is inevitable that he should be a little bit fatter; but there is only one point, which he has always been proud of. At this time, seeing the rare visitors coming from afar, he has the confidence to comment: "Both of you look bad. "

Han Jin was busy drinking and didn't speak.Qin Youqian is really loyal, the wine is mellow, the dishes are simple and vigorous, and the dancer is worthy of the name of Handan beauty.After drinking for three rounds, in the dead of night, it was a good time to confided in the heart, but Meng Fang couldn't appreciate it: "If you drink any more, you won't look good, and I might die. Look at Han Jin, the more you drink, the better your complexion. I really can't accompany you, You two talk slowly."

"What are you talking about, Xiao Meng!" Qin Youqian clapped the case. "Do you want to take a mirror to look at it? You don't even show your face. I think you are a bottomless pit if you can't get it right. I have to find out the depth for you today!"

Han Jin said lukewarmly, "Let him go."

Meng Fang looked back at him for a few seconds, her pale cheeks were almost transparent, she smiled slightly and said, "Thank you." She got up and left.Qin Youqian looked puzzled, and asked, "Is there anything you can do just now? Do you want someone to accompany you?"

Meng Fang's voice echoed from afar: "No need. You two keep it."

Qin Youqian shouted: "Don't trick me! I have a family." He turned to Han Jin. "do you want?"

Han Jin waved his hand and said, "Don't trick me either."

Qin Youqian smiled contentedly, picked up the jug and poured wine again, the jug was already empty, so he simply brought the jar over, filled two big bowls, and picked up Caihuatou. "Villager Xie is really powerful, and he made you into such a virtue. Sure enough, the hard work pays off, even though the devil's religion is no longer rampant, there is no need to worry about it being useless. Back then, Qingji Villa was almost wiped out. Let's see to the end now. His old man is far-sighted, and it is not in vain."

Han Jin said, "I'm ready."

Qin Youqian lost his voice: "I can't! Is it okay to be injured like that?"

Han Jin was furious: "You are all the same, none of you wish me well!"

Qin Youqian knew he was wrong, so he forcibly threw himself out. "How can I talk to you? Xiaomeng doesn't care enough for you?"

"I know."

"You know fart!"

Han Jin became irritable: "I just know." He drank the whole bowl of wine in one gulp, and suddenly raised his head to stare at Qin Youqian. "You are like a mirror in your heart. Did you fucking do it on purpose? But don't get me wrong. The more Xiao Meng pays attention to it, the more useless it will be."

"How can I misunderstand this?" Qin Youqian said reassuringly. "The way you look at him now is exactly the same as when you looked at Miss Wang back then, and it's so terrifying that you don't want to hide it at all. Brother, it's not that you don't want you to be better, it's just a thought of you this day, it's strange that you can get better. "

Han Jin opened his mouth to scold, but the words disappeared for no reason, and said in a muffled voice, "You're right." He turned the wine bowl upside down, poured the last drop on the ground, and said suddenly, "It's meaningless to drink like this. Why don't you give some color to your head."

Qin Youqian sighed: "You really don't change your nature."

Han Jin said: "You have the face to criticize me. Didn't you take the lead in setting an example and set an example, so I got this problem?"

"Then I never taught you to go bankrupt."

"I'm just unlucky." Han Jin bit the bullet and said, he likes to gamble, and his gambling skills are mediocre, so the only thing left is his courage to move forward.Qin Youqian shook his head wildly.

"It's not that you're unlucky, it's that you don't know how to pay, don't care if you get a good pay or a bad pay." He said with sincerity. "Take myself as an example. I want to gamble today, and I have 100 taels of silver. When the money is over, no matter whether I win or lose, I have to leave the table and don't stay for a moment. A gambler wants to win if he loses, and he wants to win even more if he wins." "Brother Kong Fang can't stop, you don't even know what you want, how do you accept it?"

Han Jin sneered and said, "It's really strange, I'm a shameless person, how can I recognize you saints! I can't say a word, but I have been taught for a long time. It doesn't count."

He raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips. Qin Youqian was sober. After all, he was not Meng Fanghui. To be honest, he was a little afraid of Han Jin, so he hurriedly said, "It's just a joke. I'll give up my life to accompany the gentleman. What are you betting on?"

Han Jin glanced around, and moved the backgammon board on the cabinet over. "One thousand silver." After he finished speaking, he flipped out two dots. Qin Youqian sighed and shook the dice cup, two sixes. "Are you really going to Wan Chongling?"

"You're not going?"

"I just feel very dazed. You see, it's been ten years, things are different, people are different, although there are a few missing. The three of us went to Wanchongling again, and went to fight the Demon Sect again, like ten years ago Let's do it all over again, who will we show it to?" Qin Youqian thought while holding the white chess piece. "You must think that I have a good way of making money, I am timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and I am not afraid of your jokes. Whoever has other considerations. But just thank the owner-yes, fortunately Xiaomeng is not here, so I will tell you this. You suffer If you don’t know who instigated him to kill him, then of course you are guilty. But if there is something wrong with this good senior, I don’t know if I will eat an extra bowl of rice.”

"You're still counting on your father's old debt."

"That can't be helped. The father's debt should be paid, and the father's debt should be urged." Qin Youqian shrugged his shoulders.Han Jin was silent. "I don't care if you go or not, I have to go anyway—I owe him a big favor."

"Forget it, Yu Chilian is dead, who else is your opponent in the Demon Cult? If Zhang Chaoguang comes to stir up trouble, the scene will be more interesting." Qin Youqian watched the excitement without thinking it was a big deal. "You can go. Shut up people's mouths. You don't know what I've heard recently. Almost all the well-known and unresolved cases last year belonged to you. How do you say that? It's better to be evil than to be evil." What the heck! I'm not saying you are Zhou, don't get me wrong."

"It's not a big deal, you don't have to worry if there are too many lice." Han Jin lazily threw out two more. "Duan Chong?"

Qin Youqian was taken aback for a moment before he realized what he was referring to. "No. They didn't hold it against you. At least I didn't hear it."

Han Jin laughed. "Then they're showing mercy to me."

"It's a human being, there's always three points of affection." Qin Youqian said reasonably, frowning and looking at the chessboard. "I said, do you really want to gamble? Otherwise, forget it, I don't need your 1000 taels."

No matter how honest what he said, Han Jin should be excited to listen to it. "Gamble!" Of course he also saw that the situation was hopeless, so he added. "If you want to win, you owe it first."

"Okay, I'll give you 2000 taels if you win." Qin Youqian had no temper.Han Jin shook his head. "I don't want your 2000 taels."

"Then what do you want?"

"Go and persuade Xiaomeng to be nice to me."

Qin Youqian took a sip of wine and sprayed Han Jin's face. "Brother, kill me! If your city gate is on fire, it will bring disaster to the fish in the pond. Just use me as a punching bag, and let me be a matchmaker? Who will provoke whom!"

Han Jin didn't feel annoyed, and wiped it off with his sleeve. "Then why don't you say that Xiaomeng cares so much about me?"

Qin Youqian: "It's very kind of you to ask."

He pushed the chessboard aside, the dice rolled to the ground, and it was two sixes again. "We don't care what kind of heart he has, and it doesn't matter how he wants it. Just take 20 steps back, Xiaomeng thinks like you, so what? Who is hiding it? The first step Xiaomeng will be kicked out by Xiaoxiang, at least Zhao Yiping 20 years of life lost. That miserable old man! He may not be able to live another [-] years! He likes to be quiet and doesn’t like to move, and your feet don’t touch the ground. Could it be that he wanders around with you? I’m sure you don’t have to think about it. Of course you don’t care For these, the most urgent thing is to sleep him, that’s another story. You can do whatever you want, anyway, I can’t beat you.”

"You think too low of me." Han Jin said in a low voice. "You should analyze that and say something else."

Qin Youqian suddenly felt that he had overestimated Han Jin's bottom line. "The people you are used to in Fengyuechang have a lot of methods, and you still want to ask me?!"

"We're not talking about the same thing." Han Jin picked up the dice and played with it. "I didn't say anything about it, but you said it will be 20 years later. I can't get it now, why are you talking about 20 years later? Step by step. Don't you know Xiaomeng like that? He doesn't let go, and he doesn't do anything. I am not a force. Do you think I'm messing around? I don't understand why he doesn't let go. "

"That's the same thing." Qin Youqian answered him resolutely.

"Okay." Han Jin was surprisingly easy-going, and pointed to the chessboard to show him, but the sunspots suddenly disappeared. "What's going on, I leave it to you."

In another day, it will be dry everywhere, and the sky will be clear, only the wet and shining look remains on the surface of the soil, and the snow on the willow branches will wash out an unstoppable green.The flower buds that were frozen stiff due to the sudden severe cold began to stretch out meticulously.Qin Youqian got up early in the morning and went around the shops as usual. When he came back, he asked the guests. One was still sleeping with his head covered, and the other was said to be looking at flowers in the garden. Qin Youqian walked all the way. Ambush nearby.

"Today is fine." He patted Meng Fang on the shoulder.Meng Fang hugged the sword back and put her hands in her sleeves. "Your flowers are also good."

"That's it." Qin Youqian glanced quickly, the garden was full of flowers and plants scattered high and low, and he was not able to tell whether it was white or red. "It's all done by a bitch. I don't understand it at all. My wife is really a strange person. She grew up watching dead people every day, and she likes flowers! A few days ago, I finally got interested. I did a sword style here and broke A crabapple. I haven't had dinner for three days, so I can clean my heart."

Meng Fang was stunned when she heard this, and her face was filled with envy and jealousy. "The virtuous couple are truly immortal couples."

"Just laughing and laughing." Qin Youqian accepted everything according to the order, and then launched an attack. "how about you?"

Meng Fang replied indifferently: "Shopkeeper Qin, although our friendship has lasted for a long time, after four or five years, there is a process of re-acquaintance. If you go straight to the point like this, it will easily destroy our friendship."

"There's still friendship! That's easy." Qin Youqian was overjoyed. "Xiao Meng, I'm not here to persuade you to get married. Don't panic. I'm not your elder. To be honest, I was coerced and lured by Han Jin. I came to ask you what you dislike about him. If you don't dislike him, why don't you follow?" killed him."

Meng Fang replied: "...you might as well persuade me to get married..."

"Open the skylight and tell the truth." Qin Youqian felt sorry for him, thinking that short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, so he chased after him. "Is it because you feel that this matter is against human relations, treason, or that this guy is not enough to trust you for a lifetime-whatever life is, even a day is difficult, or you are ashamed of your junior brother who died in vain, and you can't get over this hurdle, or you are in the end. flat?"

There was no buffer at all for his four consecutive questions. Meng Fanghui let out a long breath when he hit each sentence dizzily. "I don't know, maybe both."

"That's human nature." Seeing the difficulties and dangers facing Han Jin, Qin Youqian didn't seize the opportunity to be happy about it, but subconsciously spoke for him, and for a while he couldn't figure out which side he was on. "But you have to make a distinction. You can't just muddle along like this. After all, Han Jin is...too unusual for you." After all, his heart softened, and there was room for what he said, like ink-stained writing paper soaked in water, becoming sticky lump.

Meng Fang remained stubbornly silent.

"I can't tell." He said almost angrily. "I got everything mixed up."

Qin Youqian suddenly sensed that he was enjoying it, and wished he could tie them together and drown them.Meng Fang regained consciousness instead, and smiled slightly, like a thousand swords passing a move, a single thought can turn the enemy into the master. "Do you think I must agree or not? There is no third way?"

Qin Youqian didn't answer, went to touch his waist, only took out a cigarette pouch, knocked it twice in the palm of his hand, and put it back again, only feeling hot all over.It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, there are still damp shadows under the wisteria trellis.There is a black and white line in the sunlight. He actually doesn't like flowers much, mainly because he doesn't like the smell.When he was a child, he often sneezed when he smelled the fragrance of flowers.

"Meng Fang back." He said, being called by his full name didn't mean he would get angry or turn his back on him, but he had no choice. "You are really a person who is extremely difficult to serve and satisfy. You are not really indifferent, but you just can't stand the sand in your eyes; but you don't fight for it, and you don't want to die to understand, so you just have nothing and guard your own desires live."

"No way, Shopkeeper Qin, do you really miss me that much?" Meng Fang was surprised and laughed again, obviously finding it amused.Qin Youqian had already concluded that Han Jin would lose everything this time, but Meng Fang's pretentious appearance made him a little dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but want to join him in the army. "Then I must have accidentally speculated, so don't take it seriously. Although there are bystanders who can tell you what kind of person you are, you can't understand it yourself! As long as you think it's appropriate, no one can talk too much. As for Han Jin , he deserves it, seeing him scratching his heart with claws, you dare to be happier."

Meng Fang didn't respond at all, it seemed to be right and wrong.Qin Youqian broke his heart and confessed everything. "Before Han Jin took Miss Wang back to Yueyang, Xuancheng, everyone practiced it for them, and the cups, plates and bowls were noisy all night. You sit next to him, and when you toast, say: Why are you trying to get ahead of me? Anyway, wait a while Wait for me. The audience roared with laughter, and Han Jin punished himself three bowls without saying a word. I am next to you, and I only have one thought: Fortunately, I have never dreamed of the number one beauty in Jiangnan, and I have never dreamed of being the number one in the world!"

"It's a long time ago." Meng Fang said vaguely, she might not agree with Qin Youqian's interpretation, but she didn't bother to argue at all.In fact, talking to him is really unnecessary, he thinks a lot, and his thoughts are heavy, but after all, he doesn't really care about what other people say.The pain is not too deep, but too shallow. Under repeated torture, don't ever expect to become angry from embarrassment. "The dust has settled long ago. What's more, we... have never had any quarrels."

Qin Youqian felt that communicating with Niu was not so strenuous. "Discord! Who told you to discord! There is a big discord, what have you done now... You have never thought about it, what are you trying to do?"

"I understand what you mean." Meng Fang hesitated. "You said that I like him, I am not very clear. If you want to be together, I am not willing to be with him all the time. If you say that I am happy when I see him, sometimes I am not happy when I see him. Can't be happy." He thought about it again, and added: "I'm glad to see you this time...do I like you?"

"Forgive me, Xiao Meng. Although if it's true, I have no objection." Boss Qin muttered. "I don't care about it. How lucky is it to see you killing each other. Why don't you go to eat, there is fresh wild pork at noon today." Turning his head and leaving.Meng Fang grabbed his sleeve back. "Treasurer Qin, you can't ignore it!"

Qin Youqian's intention of using one thing to fool the other was exposed, so he had to laugh dryly. "Look, Xiaomeng, I've gained ten catties."

"Even if you gain a hundred catties." Meng Fang replied righteously. "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the rivers and lakes. You are also a minister who contributed to the eradication of the Demon Cult. How can you be alone? Why don't you take this opportunity to solve this worry together, and you will come back to live your fairy life. Qizhu has been anonymous for a long time, and if you don't come out again, It's going to be blunt."

"Too slow!" Qin Youqian did not hesitate to belittle himself. "When I hold the abacus, I use it more than when I hold the sword... My hand is half wet in the golden basin, don't persuade me. As for Zhao'er, it is still unknown whether he will be allowed to learn the sword when he grows up. Count. What kind of good things are passed down from the ancestors? What happened to my father!" He was just dealing with it, but gradually became agitated. "Killing people, when will there be a head? With so many smart people, you really can't see through it, or you can't stop it! The catastrophe ten years ago, it was not easy to lose your vitality. If you have to sacrifice, you have to sacrifice, and you have to be responsible. Now people in Jianghu Hearing that the wind is like rain, everyone is clamoring that the Demon Cult is going to make a comeback. After a long time, they can’t even name a leader. I think the two of you are overqualified, let alone Master Xie who is in charge of the overall situation. Let me go. pawn shop."

Meng Fang listened to his froth, and sneered for a long time: "There are three thousand guests in the plain, talking and laughing are full of heroism. The songs are easy to move, and the drums are shaking. .The shopkeeper Qin is so impeccable, but I am being too sentimental."

Qin Youqian said bitterly: "It's easy to say." However, Xiaoxiang has been involved, and Meng Fang's return is imperative, so I can't say that I don't want it, so I have to harden my heart. "Differences do not conspire with each other. If you insist on forcing me, don't blame me for not thinking about the old friendship—"

Meng Fang snorted back. "That's it? Just invite me out now?"

"The next time you pass Handan, don't even try to enter my door!"

"Then I won't bother Shopkeeper Qin." Meng Fanghui was even more ruthless than him, not going down a step, but actually walked away, leaving him here alone to fight against Fragrant Flowers.Qin Youqian stared blankly at his back for a while, only to feel a splitting headache and undigested breakfast rolling in his stomach.He spit on the flower root and called a servant. "Please come to discuss with the stewards in the evening."

Han Jin was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly woken up by someone shaking him awake. When he opened his eyes and saw Meng Fang's angry face, he was taken aback for a moment, thinking that Qin Youqian had betrayed him, the two of them fell apart, and Meng Fang was going to break up with him.Before he could figure out how to explain, Meng Fang dragged him away.Han Jin was at a loss, and ran with him for twenty or thirty miles. The two of them left Handan City, stopped to sharpen, and then found a chance to speak. "Old Qin, what happened to you?"

Meng Fang was still angry, seeing the bright purples and reds on the side of the road, they all seemed to be targeted, and said sullenly: "It's nothing, different ways don't conspire with each other."

Han Jin understood and couldn't help laughing. "What's the big deal? His temper is not a day or two, he is very fine. Didn't he just joked back then: Don't talk about Jing Ke Gao Jianli, Qin Wuyang can't beat him at all. You let him keep a low profile and keep a low profile. His few people."

Meng Fang replied: "Why is there a lack of people, you don't see anyone. The accountants in his shop are all first-rate experts. Don't mention it, everyone has their own aspirations. We can also go back to Qingji Villa to meet everyone—just not Let me explain to Master Xie."

Han Jin wasn't kind enough to care about Xie Huaide's mood at all, he just held back his stomach and wanted to ask Meng Fang back, pretending to be casual, "Did he tell you anything else?"

"Say there's fresh wild boar meat for lunch today." Meng Fang returned without haste and brought a plate of steamed buns to him. "I'm really sorry for delaying your good dream and delaying your good meal."

Han Jin was full of bitterness, and cursed for a long time: "He is really nothing."

Since Xie Huaide's entrustment failed, the two had no choice but to return to Qingji Villa.It was so easy to go to Handan, and I hadn't recovered from the fatigue for several days. I had an inexplicable quarrel with Qin Youqian, and it was going to be too late. Both of them didn't have much energy.The next day on the road, after not walking for a long time, I suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from behind. Looking back, a horse was galloping towards them, and the man on the horse shouted: "Wu that lowly slave, you can catch him if you don't let go!"

Han Jin asked, "Who raised this dog?" Slightly leaning to one side, passing the horse.The man reined in the horse's head to stand in front of them, flicked the short whip loudly in the air, and said sharply: "Do you still recognize me, surnamed Han?"

Han Jin sized him up with his men and horses, and said leisurely, "It seems that Daguan Daojian has no one left for you to come to this occasion."

The man said angrily: "Death is imminent, and you are still talking hard!" Without any explanation, the broad sword slashed at the head.With a movement, Han Jin was several feet away, and said with a frown, "Second Liu, you have to know what is good or bad. Based on what you said just now, an extra moment of life is a moment of gain. You two, you just want to push your nose on your face?"

The person who came scolded: "Who is your old acquaintance, a lowly slave?" But he stopped attacking rashly, and just stared at the other party, the broad sword shining brightly in the sunlight.Meng Fang replied suddenly: "Wait a minute, sir, there may be some misunderstanding—"

Liu Yue didn't even look him straight. "You are a dignified disciple of Xiaoxiang, you are in collusion with this person, killing the master is not easy, and you still have to quibble?"

As soon as this remark came out, both of them were stunned.Meng Fang lost her voice and said, "Qin Youqian? What do you think happened to him?!"

Liu Yue sneered and said, "It's pretending. The two of you just walked away, and Qin Youqian was killed on the back. There was no trace of a fight at the scene, and it was obviously done by an acquaintance. Although I knew you were bad, Han Jin, I didn't expect you It's so heartless!"