I see the snow

On the way back from the casino, Yinzhichuan and Xihuai walked side by side in the streets and alleys of the capital of stars and wilds.

Yinzhichuan originally wanted to say something related to the gambling game just now, and listened to Xihuai's thoughts.

But Xi Huai didn't talk to him.

It was as if after leaving the casino, "the little goldfish that smelled like a corpse", "the man guarding the grave", "tomorrow's game"... were all left behind by him.

Instead, he told Yinzhichuan that he wanted to go outside the city for a while.

Yinzhichuan originally planned to go back to the mansion directly, but Xihuai said so, so he naturally went for a walk with him.

The road to the outskirts of the city is the direction to the Goddess River to see the river lights.

They've been there before.

A few more streets and a few alleys lead to a brocade-like river.Next to it stands Qiushui Pavilion.

If you turn left at the fork in the road, you will be Wang Weiliang's residence.They have been to the exhibition of treasures.

Xi Huai still remembered that night when they walked the alley together, in an alley, Yinzhichuan exchanged a priceless cloud soul eye for him a handful of weeds to prevent mosquito bites and insect bites.

So much time has passed in the blink of an eye, yet he seems to have just gotten along with Yin Zhichuan not long ago.

He brought him back from Fuyun Tower, Wangting Banquet, Assassin's surprise attack, Qiushui Pavilion's Zhaoyue... They have done so many things together without knowing it, so rich that Xi Huai felt that he could rely on him for the rest of his life. Recall these bits and pieces to remember the sweet taste.

He couldn't help but curled up his lips and smiled.

"What laughing?"

Yinzhichuan's hand was held together with Xihuai's.Noticing Xi Huai's small movements, he shook Xi Huai's hand and jokingly asked, "I'm so happy to think about it."

"you."

Xi Huai didn't look at him, but still smiled and spoke slowly.

"Ok?"

Yin Zhichuan raised his eyebrows: "Me?"

"Yes."

Xi Huai said: "Thinking of the last time you passed here, it was the He Dengzhan. You took a tiger-toed shoe and stood in the crowd and smiled at me. Then you bought me some candy."

These are all trivial things, but Xi Huai did not expect Xi Huai to remember them so clearly.

At that time, he clearly still hated Yinzhichuan, but he engraved every minute and every second with Yinzhichuan in his mind so deeply.

Thinking about it after such a long time, it seems to be vivid in my mind.

The body's response...is often more honest than the brain's.

"The wosi candy that night was delicious."

After thinking about it, Xi Huai added.

He remembered that he hadn't told Yinzhichuan at that time.

Because he was immersed in hatred, he always put on an indifferent look, and refused to let himself be moved by Yin Zhichuan.It seems that being pleased by his actions at all is a betrayal of the deceased relatives, causing people to toss and turn every night full of thick and long, and suffer from the condemnation of conscience.

"I'll buy it for you next time."

Yin Zhichuan held Xi Huai's hand tighter, and said with a smile, "Wait a while...these shops will be bought when they resume business....Now the capital of stars and fields is too bleak."

Xi Huai lowered his head and did not speak in silence.

The moonlight shone on the road ahead of them, reflecting the moss-covered cobblestone road.

Probably because at night, the moss and stone slabs were damp with dew and looked wet.

Looking from a distance, it seems that there is a layer of cold mercury on the ground.

Xi Huai thought in his heart, it is very bleak now, but will it be better in the future?

What Sheng Yang looks like, and what the court situation looks like, Yin Zhichuan must know better than him... not to mention there is also the biggest variable Shangjing that is lurking in the dark and ready to move.

He... probably won't be able to eat a piece of candy from the bank of the Goddess River again in this life, right?

"Yinzhichuan, I like you."

The two walked with a lot of thoughts, and after thinking for a long time, Xi Huai couldn't help but said again:

"...No matter what happens in the future, don't doubt this."

He suddenly stood on the spot, stopped, took Yinzhichuan's hand and said so.

Xi Huai's tone was very light, like the voice of two pieces of ice jade colliding.Only his tone was firm, solemn and earnest, as if he was afraid that Yin Zhichuan would forget it in the future, he told him.

Yin Zhichuan didn't know why, so he turned around and looked at the boy in white robe.

"What's the matter...? Suddenly talking about this."

"promise me."

Xi Huai repeated it again, only saying: "No matter when, don't doubt that I love you."

Yinzhichuan laughed helplessly, probably not understanding.But still willing to comfort him, saying: "Got it, got it."

"How many times have I promised, what is there that I can't let go of?"

Xi Huai pursed his lips tightly, his eyes reflected the broken and bright starlight.

Yin Zhichuan touched Xi Huai's face, wanting to make this troubled young man happy.

So he took out something from his cuff, held it in his palm, and handed it to Xi Huai with his palm facing down.

"Guess what's in there."

"what?"

Xi Huai was startled, confused by Yin Zhichuan's sudden trick.

"It's my heart for you."

Yin Zhichuan said softly.

He flipped his wrist, and slowly let go with the palm facing up——

It is a small snow-colored dice that is exquisite and clear, without dots of messy colors, and only uses transparent dots to represent numbers.

And in the middle of the small dice, a red bean is placed in the hollow.

A little vermilion bean is the only color in this little dice.

"Linglong Dice An Hongdou, I don't know if I miss you deeply."

Yin Zhichuan giggled and said, "Do you know, Zhuyan?"

"..."

Xi Huai silently looked at the dice lying in Yin Zhichuan's palm, after looking at it for a long time, he burst out laughing with a "puchi".

At first it was a low chuckle, and gradually the voice became louder, floating in the wilderness with no one in front or behind.

Yin Zhichuan looked at him in amazement, in his memory it was the first time he saw Xi Huai laughing so hard.

"how--"

However, before he could say a word, Xi Huai suddenly stood on tiptoe, hugged Yin Zhichuan's neck and hugged him tightly.

He kissed Yinzhichuan slowly and clumsily, Yinzhichuan stared blankly in place with his eyes wide open.

After a long time, the dice on which the lovesickness beans were lit fell to the ground, and Yin Zhichuan hugged Xi Huai back.

He stroked his back, slowly holding his face.Kiss him more deeply.

Under the starry sky, in the wilderness, there is no wind that comes from and does not know where to go.

They hugged and kissed each other harder and harder, as if they wanted to keep melting each other into their own flesh and blood.

Use this to fight against the long and cruel world, and use this to never separate again.

In fact, Qi Luo was young, and so was Ben.

If Canglan City hadn't been broken, there wouldn't have been the relegation of the capital more than ten years ago.

One of them is the Yao general of Zhen Guogong's mansion, and the other is the talented young master of the Ye family.

One is full of jade trees, and the other is graceful.

As long as you are shocked, you can win countless people in the world.

Slowly, Yinzhichuan felt the salty water flow into his mouth, which was cold and bitter.

He opened his eyes, and saw that Xi Huai's eyelashes were thick and curled, as black as a crow's feathers, but trembling slightly.

Large and large teardrops rolled down from his eyes and slid down to his cheeks.

"what happened?"

Yinzhichuan was taken aback.It was the first time in his memory that he saw Xi Huai cry.No matter what kind of bad situation he encountered, this person was always indifferent and calm in the past.

He hurriedly wiped the cheeks of the man in white, and apologized distressedly: "Did I hurt you?"

"Hey, I'm sorry, why don't you bite it back...here, I'll bite you, and I won't stop."

Xi Huai looked at the forearm stretched out in front of him, and smiled softly.

"I'm missing."

he said softly.

The boy's eyes swept across the lonely stars in the sky, and the handsome and bright face of the person in front of him.

Because I know that the future is destined to be separated, so when you are still by my side... I have already begun to miss everything that is destined to be lost.

……

Xi Huai made an appointment with Hou Shang to bet on the second game the next day.

But in fact, he set off with Yinzhichuan again before dawn in the morning, and went directly to Hou Shang's home.

Hou Shang is the gravekeeper, and his home is in a wasteland on the outskirts of the city.Less than one kilometer away is the cemetery of mausoleums.

"It was just an excuse to ask him to gamble again yesterday."

While walking, Xi Huai said.

"Hou Shang is a grave keeper, but he spends a lot of money in the casino."

Xi Huai repeated the message returned by the slave sent by Yin Zhichuan, and asked, "Where did he get the money?"

Yin Zhichuan was straightening Xi Huai's belt, listening to Xi Huai's words absently.

——When he was going out just now, he was in a hurry, and Xihuai's belt was tied carelessly.I just checked everything out.

Yin Zhichuan couldn't see it, he felt that such an outstanding and handsome young man, how could he have a twisted belt, and he was always pulling him to straighten it all the way.

"Yeah, where did he get the money?"

Hearing Xi Huai's words at this time, he also echoed without success: "It must be something else!"

Xi Huai: "..."

Xi Huai didn't care about the belt, but he cared that Yin Zhichuan listened to him.

Immediately, he took a few steps forward unhappily, not letting Yin Zhichuan touch him, and said: "The key is the key, but where is the key?"

Yinzhi Chuan said in his heart how do I know, his gaze still kept falling on the softly floating towel beside Xi Huai.

"Other people make money, mostly through labor, trading, and so on."

Xi Huai said: "But there is one thing, Hou Shang is different from others - he deals with the dead."

"Ah."

Yin Zhichuan crossed his arms in dissatisfaction and asked, "So what?"

"So...he could potentially get money from dead people."

Having said that, Yinzhichuan and Xihuai had left the city unknowingly.

Because of the severe snake infestation, many new graves were added on the outskirts of Hoshino Capital.Looking at it from a distance at this time, it seems that the area of ​​the mass graves in the past has more than doubled.

Yinzhichuan and Xihuai stood at the place where the wasteland started to spread, watching silently for a while.After a long time, Xi Huai sighed lightly and said:

"Let's go."

As he passed one stone after another, Xi Huai recalled every detail of yesterday's close conversation with Hou Shang.

In fact, the first time Xi Huai saw Hou Shang in the casino, he had a natural intuition——

This person must have moved the corpse.

Most of the people who guard the cemetery are just dying old people.

Shengyang law pays very little to those who guard the mass graves.Only those who have no ability to do other things will stay in the cemetery, keep company with the dead, and earn a living.

But Hou Shang is different, he was born tall and strong, and he obviously has many ways to make money.Even if you go to the pier to unload the goods, you can get more rewards than visiting the tomb.

He chooses to guard the cemetery... unless he can get paid more for watching graves than doing other jobs.

This kind of conjecture, when Hou Shang smelled the stench of corpses from all his belongings, Xi Huai became more convinced.

"Did it rain last night?"

As they gradually approached Hou Shang's hut, the movements of Xihuai and Yinzhichuan also became lighter.

When passing by a dirt bag, Xihuai suddenly stopped, grabbed Yinzhichuan, and asked in a low voice.

Yin Zhichuan was startled, and subconsciously replied:

"No."

"..."

Xi Huai frowned slowly and straightened up.

He looked at this deserted place, and he could only see the mass graves of the graves.

The order of the tombs is chaotic, and it is impossible to tell the old tomb from the new tomb.

But even if there were new mounds, there shouldn't be so many.

Xi Huai walked to the side of the cemetery that had just made him suspicious, gently picked up a handful of loess, put it in the palm of his hand, and slowly twisted it.

Soggy, corpse-smelling soil.

Xihuai looked at the soil quietly for a while, then suddenly said to Yinzhichuan:

"Hou Shang dug this grave."

[*Note 1]: "Linglong's dice is set on red beans, and you will know who you are when you are deeply in love." ——Tang, Wen Tingyun.