ten steps one kill

Hungry again, just want to find a place to rest, drink a few sips of wine, eat a few pieces of meat, the hero has money in his pocket, and will never owe money for wine and food, see if you can open the door. "

"Money doesn't matter." Before he finished speaking, the child waved his hands, "It's just that my father said that there are bad guys running rampant outside and will take my sister away, so I won't let me open the door."

Liu Hongfeng pointed at Duan Changya: "Don't worry, the bad guy has already beheaded by him, and no one will kidnap your sister again."

"really?"

"real."

The child turned around and glanced again, and said mysteriously, "Wait for me for a while."

After a long while, he returned to the window again, with an extra basket in his hand, and handed it out along the crack of the window: "Hero, here you are."

Duan Changya looked suspicious, stepped forward to take it, and lifted the cloth cover on the basket to see, inside was a bottle of mellow shochu and a piece of fat red meat.

The child put his palm to his mouth and whispered: "I stole this from the back kitchen, don't let my father hear it."

Duan Changya cupped his hands and said, "Thank you." He took the broken silver from his pocket and passed it through the window.

The child on the other side of the window waved his hand and said, "I won't accept your money, but you will teach me martial arts in the future, okay? I want to learn swordsmanship and become a hero like you."

The more he talked, the more interested he became, his head seemed to be squeezed out of the window.

Duan Changya was stunned for a moment, and said: "Learning swords is not something that can be done overnight."

The other party showed a disappointed look, and retracted his half-stretched head: "Can't I learn?"

Liu Hongfeng glanced to the side, and replied instead of Duan Changya: "You can learn, but you have to feed yourself well, grow taller, and be stronger, so that you can learn from a teacher later."

"I see!" The child nodded in response, paused for a moment, as if suddenly remembering something, and said, "My father is still outside, if you meet him, don't say I gave you the meat and wine."

"Don't worry," Liu Hongfeng raised his arm, and slapped Duan Changya hard on the back, with a loud voice, "How could a hero betray a friend?"

The word "friend" made the child's eyes shine, and when he closed the window, his face was still full of joy.

Liu Hongfeng watched the future hero disappear across the window, and then said: "Chang Ya's face is so big, even a ten-year-old kid falls for him, it really makes me jealous."

However, Liu Qian couldn't wait to get close to Duan Changya, pinched his chin and looked at the things in the basket: "Don't be too happy, this wine is cold, and the meat is raw, how can I eat it?"

Liu Hongfeng said: "It's not easy, set up a fire and roast it..." Before he finished speaking, Liu Qian stopped him with disgusted eyes.

Jin'e, who had been silent all this time, said, "Why don't you follow me back to Yingge Tower. There is a stove in the yard, and I can cook some simple meals."

Liu Hongfeng looked surprised: "Didn't you see that my sister knows how to cook?"

Jin E said: "I learned it a long time ago, and the craftsmanship is not perfect, but it is better than baking it over a fire."

Liu Hongfeng smiled brightly: "Then we'd better obey orders than be respectful."

There was no Yingge and no guests in Yingge Tower, but this gave Liu Hongfeng an opportunity.The latter unceremoniously climbed up to the open platform on the roof, occupying the most expensive position on weekdays, enjoying the draft and overlooking the distance.

Although the building has only two floors, due to the high terrain, the view is wide and unobstructed, and you can even see Huichuan in the distance and the sea in the distance.

Although the island has cleared up, the sea is still foggy and misty, with no shadow of the waves, only the sound of the waves.

Liu Hongfeng put one hand on the table, tilted her head, and said with her chin: "This wave is really big."

Duan Changya was sitting beside him, saying, "The monsoon crosses the sea and the flood season of the Qiantang River overlaps. The Caspian Sea has been rough these days. I'm afraid the boat will not be able to pass through."

Liu Hongfeng said: "People outside can't come in, people inside can't get out, even though there are many disasters happening on Yingzhou Island, the Lin'an government office still doesn't know about it."

Duan Changya nodded and said: "The navigation is blocked and the ship is destroyed. Now only by our joint efforts can we protect the people on the island and restore prosperity to the desolate market."

Liu Hongfeng sighed, and said: "It's not easy to say, the tragedy last night was sensational, and the culprit who killed the boatman at Quebeiwu has not been caught. If I were a resident of this island, I would be afraid to come out right now."

Duan Changya said: "I will investigate the murder in Quebeiwu to the end, and I will definitely give the deceased an explanation."

Liu Hongfeng tilted her head and stared at his side face, then suddenly raised her hand and stretched her fingers between his brows.

Duan Changya only felt a warmth between his brows, and the opponent's fingertips pressed against him, and he stroked both sides with gentle force, flattening the creases between his brows.

Liu Hongfeng tilted his head and looked at it for a while, finally satisfied with his result, withdrew his finger and said, "It's better like this. Every time you frown, you seem to be ten years older."

Duan Changya blinked, and turned his gaze to the opposite side, just in time to focus on a bright smiling face.

Liu Hongfeng had already changed into clean clothes, which were the usual red, but the style was simpler and more commonplace. Two double breasts overlapped on the chest, and her hair was tied in a low bun at the back of her neck. Some strands went over her shoulders and burrowed into the placket.

His clothes are so simple, but the unruly temperament on his body has not faded away.It was only then that Duan Changya vaguely realized that his aura did not come from his clothes, but from his drooping eyebrows, light lips and eyes, a hint of his deep soul floating on the surface.His shoulders drooped naturally, revealing a bit of fatigue, but even the fatigue was ostentatious, as if the fire was reflected in the water and crushed by the waves.

Seeing the other party staring at him in silence, Liu Hongfeng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, are you impressed by my youthful beauty? Do you want me to teach you the secret of eternal youth? First of all, you need to smile more..."

Duan Changya shook his head.

Liu Hongfeng shrugged his shoulders, sat up slightly, poured himself a glass of wine, brought it to his lips and sipped it, it was the wine in the basket just now, he tasted it with lowered eyes, and said: "Secondly, drink more good wine, This wine is not bad, it has a sweet and mellow aroma, and it has been sealed for at least ten years." He poured a glass for the other party and pushed it to the bottom of his eyes, "You want to try it too?"

Duan Changya said: "If you like, drink more, I'm not addicted to alcohol."

Liu Hongfeng put down the wine glass, leaned forward, approached his eyes, tilted his head and looked at him from bottom to top: "Is there anything you like in the world, except swords?"

Duan Changya showed some surprise, and said lightly: "I don't really remember."

Liu Hongfeng couldn't help pouting: "Think about it, you won't be born as a cold and hard stone, let me feel it." Then he stretched out his hand, making a gesture to pinch the other's arm.

Duan Changya knew he couldn't get rid of him, so he just shook his head and said, "No, I was born as a lump of flesh and blood like you, and my health is not good."

"Oh?" Liu Hongfeng stopped restless five fingers and asked, "What else is going on?"

Duan Changya said: "Before I was ten years old, my body was weak and I couldn't help the storms. I spent most of my time in the deep courtyard... I remembered that I used to like the hibiscus flowers in the courtyard."

"Hibiscus?" Liu Hongfeng opened his eyes wide like a child, crossed his hands on the table, and acted obediently, waiting for him to continue.

Duan Changya is not good at narration, he lowered his eyes, seemed to be contemplating the words, he was silent for a while before he said: "A kind of flower that blooms in the morning and fades in the evening, the flowering period is as short as one day, but the petals are clustered and brightly colored. Bai Fu has a poem that says, 'Pine trees will rot in a thousand years, but hibiscus flowers will be proud of themselves in a day'."

"Oh? What a warm-hearted flower, it's a pity that I don't have the chance to meet her."

"It's a flower seed from southern Xinjiang. When I was young, there were only a few plants in my home. No one else could take care of it. Only my mother understood its temper. Unfortunately, after my mother passed away, the flower also withered, and I never saw it again."

While he was talking, Liu Hongfeng kept looking at him, observing his lips and teeth, eyebrows and eyes, and the subtle changes in the contours of his cheeks. Divided attention may not be able to capture the moment when his mood fluctuates.

The mother he was talking about, King Pingnan's beloved daughter, had died of illness for many years.

So he changed from a brilliant hibiscus flower to a gloomy green pine, so that people can't see the weak but enthusiastic appearance at all.

Things are different, the moon is bright and the moon is setting on the sea, the river tide is year after year, the sound of the waves lasts for thousands of years, the waves wipe away all traces on the shore, leaving only a clean and pure white beach, which is the soul of this person.

Liu Hongfeng stopped talking suddenly, her noisy mouth quieted down, her light eyes fixed on the person opposite.

——Why, it is you...

There were bursts of smoke and fire behind him, which was different from the damp and cold moisture in the distance. It was dry and rich, and wrapped in a smell of meat fat cooked with oil, he climbed up the steps to the attic.There was also a ping-pong sound that followed, which was made by Jin E when she was turning over the spatula in the kitchen, mixed with Liu Qianhong's shrill voice.

The choked oily smoke rushed into his nose, and Liu Hongfeng sneezed uncontrollably.

Duan Changya's thoughts were interrupted by the other party's sneeze. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "It's rare to rest, why bother talking about these trivial matters, let's save our energy."

"Chang Ya, I like you so much."

This sudden and thoughtless sentence caused Duan Changya to be stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help raising his head to look at Liu Hongfeng's face.

Liu Hongfeng's cheeks were already flushed, and the unswallowed wine was stained on his lips, shining brightly, making his lips even more rosy.

It was from such lips that the word "like" was uttered undisguisedly, and it fell into Duan Changya's ears. It seemed a little different from the usual frivolous words, but it was hard to tell what was different, just like It is the waves on the sea in the distance, covered by thick mist, invisible, only a few clues can be glimpsed from the sound.

But Liu Hongfeng was not satisfied yet, he stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked his lips, swallowing all the crystal light in his mouth, and as the wine spread between his tongue and teeth, his voice became moist and vague: "I really want to kiss you!" Stay, stay with you all the time, within arm's reach."

As he spoke, he really stretched out his hand, his five fingers swayed in the air, he didn't catch the opponent, but just hung down, landed on the cup, held it lightly, and rubbed his fingers back and forth against the side of the golden cup , the pale knuckles bowed and straightened, and this reciprocation was like an invitation of hunger and thirst.

Duan Changya suddenly had an impulse in his heart, wanting to hold this hand and block those gleaming lips.

It was probably because of the drunkenness in the eyes of the opposite party that he was tainted with alcohol, and he had delusional thoughts for no reason.

Duan Changya coughed and said, "Liu Hongfeng, you're drunk."

"It's rare to have a rest, to be with a beautiful woman, so what's the harm in getting drunk." Liu Hongfeng said while raising the cup, hanging it in the air, calling out in a wet voice, "Chang Ya—"

The wine was really bad.

Duan Changya shook his head, and took advantage of the opportunity to lift the cup in his hand. With a bit of perfunctory intention, he lifted it up slowly, and touched the cup of the other party.

This was a casual touch, but the ding-dong sound was unexpectedly clear and clear, echoing in Duan Changya's ears for a long time.

It was like the sound of dusty heartstrings being twitched, like the sound of a maple leaf turning and falling on stagnant water.

Chen Xian woke up from his sleep, and the stagnant water was reborn.

Duan Changya raised the cup to his lips, raised his head, swallowed those thoughts that he had no time to recollect, and drank it down in one gulp.

Just as he put down the cup, Liu Hongfeng picked it up again.

"Good wine, good wine, my throat can't wait anymore, Xiao Ya Ya, pour me another glass."

"The dishes haven't been cooked yet, why don't you drink with me again."

"Good deeds come in pairs, and good wine makes three. I will serve this cup first as a respect."

……

After five times and three times, Duan Changya finally couldn't bear it anymore, leaned forward, and pressed Liu Hongfeng's hand: "This wine is very strong, you'd better drink it slowly."

"Yeah," Liu Hongfeng shook his head and said, "This wine has quite a lot of stamina, I'm already dizzy, are you alright?"

Duan Changya shook his head: "I don't have any special feeling."

"how come?"

"Probably related to my practice of inner strength."

Liu Hongfeng sat upright, stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Duan Changya's eyes: "You drink so much, but you can't get drunk, it's really extravagant and wasteful."

Duan Changya looked at his limp fingers and said, "Wine is for tasting, not for getting drunk."

"Don't you want to get drunk for a while?"

"Why do good people have to be drunk?"

"Because..." Liu Hongfeng paused for a moment, then said, "The present world is not satisfactory, and the only way to be happy is to fall asleep drunk."

"Only by staying awake and staying in this world can things be done."

"Why are you so rigid, you're so boring." Liu Hongfeng drank a glass to himself, and said, "Xiao Yaya, you've become three, circling around me, so interesting~"

"Is it interesting or not?" Duan Changya sighed.

Liu Hongfeng's cup bottomed out again, and the jug was deliberately pushed away by Duan Changya.He was almost lying on the table, with his arms over half of the table, to get the wine jug in the distance, barely touched the handle with his fingertips, but slipped unintentionally, seeing the wine jug toppled, he hurriedly dodged, but slipped his butt out Leaving the chair, his figure was about to collapse.

"Be careful!" Duan Changya got up immediately, holding the jug with one hand, and wrapped his shoulders with the other.

Liu Hongfeng tilted her body, and bumped her head against Duan Changya's chest. Two claws grabbed onto Duan Changya's shoulders, raised her face, raised the corners of her mouth and said, "You are so comfortable to lean on, can I lean on for a while?"

His eyes were blurred, even his smile was soft, and his cheeks seemed to melt into a piece of dough.

Pink dough.

"No," Duan Changya cruelly pushed him out of his arms, pulled his arm around the back of his neck, and said, "I'll help you to rest."

Liu Hongfeng was forcibly pulled out of the chair by the opponent, stood up staggeringly, tilted her head, and leaned on the opponent's shoulder, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

The smell of Duan Changya poured into his nose, sometimes it was like a hibiscus flower, and sometimes it turned into a pine tree. He couldn't tell the difference when he was half drunk and half awake. It hurt his heart deeply, leaving blood dripping in invisible places.

Only by burning, only when it is as red as fire, can the color of blood disappear into the invisible.

Liu Qian squatted next to the stove, holding a cattail fan to blow air into the stove.The soles of his feet seemed to have taken root, and he let the smoke and dust hit his face, causing tears to well up in his eyes, but he still refused to move half a step, still raised his head, watching Jin'e's every move intently.

Happiness can overwhelm many emotions, as long as he stays by Jin'e's side, happiness will always fill his heart.

Jin'e was in front of the stove, dealing with that piece of hard-earned red meat.

When Chef Zhang left, he took almost all the ingredients with him. Jin'e could only dig out a bag of flour from the corner, cut the meat into strips, wrapped it in flour, and fried it in oil.

Dry-fried tenderloin, this dish was also made by Chef Zhang yesterday, however, the same dish is in the hands of different people, but the taste is very different.

Liu Qian had already smelled the aroma of the pot, and her gaze became more direct and urgent, almost hotter than the boiling oil bubbles in the oil pot.

Sensing his gaze, Jin E took out a piece of tenderloin from the oil pan, put it near her mouth to cool it, then bent down and handed it to him: "Come here."

Liu Qian opened his mouth into a circle, swallowed the freshly cooked tenderloin in one gulp, chewed quickly with the heat, his cheeks bulged, and said in a vague voice: "It smells so good."

"Really?" Jin'e looked at him, her eyebrows stretched, and a faint smile appeared on her mouth, floating on her tired face, as beautiful as a water lily in a pond in the twilight. You can also cook a few more dishes for you to taste slowly."

Liu Qian swallowed the meat in his mouth, raised his sleeve and wiped it on his mouth, and said impatiently: "I didn't expect you to know how to cook, I thought..." He paused for a moment before continuing, "I I thought that all you need to do is entertain guests, and you don’t have to cook yourself.”

Jin E just smiled and said, "I don't need it now, but before I became a prostitute, I had my own life."

Liu Qian couldn't help opening her eyes wide: "What did you do before?"

Looking at the oily smoke boiling in the pot, Jin'e twirled her chopsticks and replied, "You may not believe it, but my parents used to be businessmen, and they opened a small shop in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and hired seven or eight workers." Two fellows live in a house together, and their lives are fairly well off."

"Business?" Liu Qian was taken aback, "Then what happened to the business?"

Jin'e shook her head and sighed softly, "The business has long been gone."

"why?"

"Because of my father."

"Is he sick?"

Jin'e's eyes were lowered, and there was a bit of sadness in his tired eyes: "He is not sick, but it is a hundred times more terrifying than illness. At that time, a gambling house opened in Luoyang City, and he became addicted to gambling."

"Gambling?" Liu Qian blinked, "I know, that beast never lets me talk to gamblers."

"Young Master Feng is right," Jin E continued, "Gambling ghosts are real ghosts. After my father became addicted to gambling, he became irritable and irritable as if possessed by an evil ghost. He didn't listen to anyone's persuasion. He owed a whole life of debts in the gambling house. Finally, he fired the clerk at home and sold the shop and the house. Even so, he still couldn't pay off his gambling debts. In the end, he was tied to the creditor At the door of the house, he broke his leg, it was winter at that time, the winter in Luoyang City was very cold, the snow was heavy, he couldn't survive that night, and froze to death on the street the next day."

"What about your mother?"

"Mother went back to hang herself on the beam in the old courtyard, and she went with her."

Liu Qian was so shocked, she was silent for a while, and asked cautiously: "...are you alone?"

Jin E shook her head and said: "At that time, apart from my parents, there was also my husband-in-law who had been married for a year, but he was the mastermind who kidnapped my father."

"What?" Liu Qian immediately clenched his fists tightly, "Why did he betray your father, he is too black-hearted!"

Jin'e's expression was still calm, and she put a hand on Liu Qian's shoulder and patted it lightly, saying: "Actually, I don't blame him for being unscrupulous, he also wanted to save me, because he tied my father's relationship, he got a creditor." He wanted to take me with him, but I didn't agree to him. I know that the boss who opened the casino and the creditor who lent money are basically the same, which has caused many people in Luoyang City People became addicted to gambling and went bankrupt, and I couldn't be with the person who killed my parents anyway, so I left Luoyang alone."

Liu Qian clenched her fists and said in a low voice: "You did the right thing. If it were me, I would leave too."

Jin E turned her gaze to him and said, "It's a pity that you are a boy, but I am a woman. There is no room for a weak woman who is alone in the world. I thought I could find a way out, but later I realized that there are nowhere. In the end , I still chose the current path. You must think I'm worthless."

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Qian walked around her back and stretched out her arms to hug her.

After all, Liu Qian is just a kid, short in stature, the top of his head does not reach Jin'e's chest, and his arms are shorter than those of adults, so it is very difficult to hug him.

But he still tried his best to raise his hands, put his head on the other's back lightly, and said, "Sister Jin'e, you are fine now."

Jin'e's hand froze, and a puff of oily smoke entered her eyes, causing her to shed tears.

She quietly wiped away tears with her sleeve, silently feeling the temperature behind her, until Liu Qian let go, then reluctantly turned around, knelt down in front of Liu Qian, and said: "Don't call me sister. It's embarrassing. "After that, he raised his index finger and gently scratched along the bridge of Liu Qian's nose.

Liu Qian retracted her neck, raised the corners of her mouth, crouched back to the stove with a smile on her face, and continued fanning the fire.

Jin'e's tone also returned to the previous gentle and calm, and asked: "What about you? How did you know Mr. Feng?"

Speaking of this topic, Liu Qian immediately had a look of pride on his face: "He has been tracking the whereabouts of the Bloody Gang in Lin'an City, and I have given him information."

"The Bloody Clothes Gang..." Jin E lowered her head and thought: "I heard that he has always had a lot of trouble with the Bloody Clothes Gang. He secretly saved many sisters, and he became famous in the Flower Street and Willow Alley because of this."

Liu Qian pouted and said, "It's a pity that he is a cheapskate and refused to tell me a few words of the truth. I don't know why he wanted to track down the Bloody Gang."

Jin E smiled slightly and said, "He didn't tell you because he wanted to protect you, lest you be in danger."

Liu Qiandao: "Stingy is stingy, since he saved my life, I'm not afraid to take risks for him, and I'm not someone who breaks faith!"

"Of course you are not," Jin E rubbed the top of his head, and said, "The ridge here is already fried, why don't we bring it to him and fill his stomach first."

"Okay."

Under Liu Qian's gaze, Jin'e took the tenderloin out of the pan, stuffed another piece into Liu Qian's mouth, and put the rest on a plate.

The two walked out of the back kitchen one after the other, just in time to see Duan Changya supporting Liu Hongfeng, stepping slowly down the steps, one step at a time.

Jin'e showed surprise: "What's the matter, you two?"

Duan Changya raised his head and said, "He's drunk, I'll help him to rest."

Jin E was startled, a smile appeared on her face, and she said: "If you don't mind, the third room on the left along the corridor, with the red curtains, is mine. You can use it as you like, without worry."

Duan Changya nodded and said, "Thank you."

Just a few steps away, I heard Liu Qian's voice: "Do you want to sleep with him?"

Duan Changya shook his head: "No."

Liu Qiandao: "But he always said that he wants to sleep with you, preferably in a room with red curtains."

Duan Changya still shook his head: "I just..."

Liu Qian interrupted him and said: "Don't worry, I understand the principle of do not look at evil, I will never peek. You move faster, we will save some tenderloin for you."

Duan Changya: "..."