Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

When the two of us are together, you just tell me the truth and keep nothing. "

"What kind of game is this?"

"You can see it as a test of courage, to test whether you dare to tell others what you think in your heart."

Yan Wu smiled and said, "Of course I don't dare. There are ghosts in people's hearts, and they are things that cannot be seen by people."

"Perhaps the listeners won't find it weird and will get closer to you. If you don't try it, how would you know?" I asked him with a frank smile, without any thought that he would agree.

Seeing Yan Wu groaning silently, I plucked a light yellow flower beside me, put it up to my nose and sniffed it, and said, "Forget it."

He didn't walk away, but he asked if I would answer his question completely and honestly if I agreed. I said yes, and he said he would think about it.

I didn't expect him to really consider being honest in front of me, it was like a ghost, as if he didn't know that he would expose his life to my eyes.If he didn't see me as a non-threatening person, even if he revealed the secret, he could easily get rid of me; or if he was upset, he would definitely take away what Xiuwen had.But what he said was right. The ghost in his heart can’t be seen by others. If he is exposed to the sun, his soul will fly away. People are the slaves of the ghost, driven by it, and then they will die together.Either die from personal collapse, or die from fear of words.

73. Twins 11

Wu Yan found a place to stay, he said that martial arts training requires guidance to get started, he asked me to check out of the hotel, and followed the two of them to the so-called new residence.It was a wooden house in an alpine forest. It was said that hunters here occasionally lived in it when they were hunting, and he rented it out.There are no other people on the mountain.

Yan Wu purchased a batch of medicinal materials, threw them into a huge wooden barrel that could hold an adult, soaked the medicinal herbs in boiling water first, and when the water cooled down to a suitable temperature, he let me go in and soak for an hour. go in.It is said that this is to strengthen my meridians in advance so that I can withstand the next training.Medicinal bath once a week.

He is very tolerant to me. Even if my learning speed is not good and my comprehension is worrying, he will not give any reprimands. We get along like friends, which makes his tempering of Xiuwen even more severe.

Yan Wu asked Xiuwen to get up at four o'clock in the morning for morning exercises, and he practiced the sword for two hours before he was allowed to eat. After that, he taught new sword moves and asked Xiuwen to practice accordingly. Xiuwen practiced for seven or eight hours a day. He is also true to Xiuwen, frowning and reprimanding him, complaining that the other party has come back to life after a few years of not seeing each other, and even the skills he knew before have regressed.

As an outsider, I stood by and watched, and occasionally Yanwu invited me to drink tea together. He didn't answer my proposal that day, didn't mention it, didn't refuse, and his attitude was ambiguous, and he couldn't tell whether he agreed or not.We sat at the two ends of the tea table. During the chat, I asked him why he was so anxious to teach Xiuwen everything. He lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea and said, "The more he learns now, the better."

"Is there something important to deal with in the future?"

He was noncommittal.Such an attitude certainly seemed to me a deliberate acknowledgment.

Xiuwen came running profusely, reaching out for the tea I hadn't drunk yet, I handed it to him, he drank it all in one gulp, picked up the pot and poured several more cups to drink, and complained to Yanwu that if he continued like this, he would be tired If you are dead, you have to rest for a while.

If you are tired of martial arts, you reply that if you don't want to die, you can go to practice.

Although I watched Xiuwen continue to practice his sword, I was still paying attention to his expression of distaste for martial arts from the corner of the eye. Just now when he said the word "death", I really felt his flash of malice towards Xiuwen. I figured it out myself.Martial aversion must have something to hide.Ambushing Xiuwen's deadly trap in his unfinished words, this makes me very excited, and I feel a little hope of escape.

"I'm going out for a while."

"How many days?"

"Within three days. I would like you to supervise Xiuwen for me. That kid is the most slippery. Once he is out of sight, he will lie down limply, as if he has no bones."

I had no choice but to agree that under normal circumstances I would not care too much about other people, but at this moment, I asked him where he was going and what business he was dealing with.

I was also a little surprised at being tired of martial arts, and it took a while to tell me that it was some business dealings, small things, and they would be dealt with soon.

"I didn't know you were still in business."

"If you have to say it, it's also an inheritance." The martial-weary lips curled up, and he smiled viciously, "The business I inherited from the enemy I killed. Now his place belongs to me."

"Is it dangerous?"

"A bit."

"Be careful on the road," I said.

It's ironic, I asked him to tell the truth, but even the only blessing I told him was not sincere.

One day after Yan Wu left, I tied ropes to a few trees with appropriate spacing outside the house, took out the quilt to dry, and tapped the cotton inside with a wooden stick to loosen the cotton inside, and the quilt made a dull and comfortable sound of "popping".Xiu Wenyuan practiced his sword in the empty arena. After a while, he lost his posture and walked around behind the quilt. He only tilted his head out from the side and told me that he was tired. I asked him to rest for a while.

"Don't tell my brother. And don't get too close to him."

When I asked why, Xiuwen said, "He will cause you trouble."

"I can see that." I nodded. "I can also see that both of you are trouble."

Xiuwen came out from behind the quilt and climbed up the tree, sat cross-legged on the branch and said, "I'm not happy to see you together."

I laughed: "Why?"

"We both look the same, isn't it enough for you to just tell me if you have something to say?"

Of course not enough.Contradictions must be instigated from both sides in order to fight endlessly without leaving behind. That is exactly what I would like to see.

"Anyway, you both look the same, so I can tell anyone the same."

He snorted, stared blankly at the distant scenery, and stopped talking.

"Why are you so afraid of him?"

He raised his voice: "I'm not afraid! He told me to practice martial arts like this, I can't go on!"

"If you become more capable, you will have less trouble in the future."

"Idiot." Xiuwen leaned his whole body back, hiding half of his face in the lush green branches and leaves. "He tried to kill me more than once. I told you my pulse was weak."

"Yes."

"I didn't get this disease from my mother's womb. One year when I was a child, he pushed me into the water, so I got this disease."

"He took me to play by the pond. The shore was wet and slippery. I was afraid of falling and didn't dare to approach. Someone pushed me from behind before I fell. I drank my mouth full of stinky water and almost drowned. He was still on the shore. Laughing at me."

I made the quilt and sat down at the root of the tree to listen to Xiuwen's speech.

"My parents wouldn't believe it. They just thought I was playful and reprimanded me not to go near the water again."

"Maybe they can't believe it," I said. "Why do you think he did that?"

"I don't know." Xiuwen said dully, jumped from a high branch, and landed beside me lightly, barely making a sound. "Maybe he hates me. Since he was a child, he couldn't see me laughing. Whenever I was happy, he got angry."

"When are you usually happy?"

"Children, that's not all. Being praised by parents, hanging out with friends, catching a rare beetle from the yard... and so on."

Things are so easy to understand that I can't even imagine, but in the end it's still the word "jealousy". Thinking about it this way, I almost burst out laughing - I was trapped by two such naive people.

"Did it never occur to you that he was jealous of you?"

Xiuwen sneered at my theory, "He is very talented and good at studying, and he beats me up everywhere. Would you be jealous of people who are not as good as you? Since he was a child, he has disdain for me and thinks I can't support him Mu Ni, now Fanfeng wants to teach me martial arts, I don’t know what kind of nerve he has misunderstood, but I can’t beat him, so I can only be scolded by him and ruled by him.”

I said, "You are cheerful and talkative, and you can make people want to be friends with you. I think you are far inferior to you in terms of dislike of martial arts?"

After receiving such flattery, Xiuwen immediately chased after him to hear more good words. I followed his wishes and took a detailed inventory of all the advantages I could find. He is highly talented in martial arts, very considerate, and good at musical instruments. He listened. He suddenly refused to let me speak, and became shy for the first time, took out his sword and went back to the field to practice, probably because he had never received such approval before, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

To say that simplicity is indeed simplicity, except that it is very difficult.To be honest, I don't hate them, but they want to drag me into their own vortex, I can't just let it go, the interests of both sides touch each other, so of course what they do is hurting feelings.

74. Twins 12

I was tired of martial arts and said to do dangerous business, and when I came back unscathed, I couldn't help but feel sorry for myself.I want to see him live and perform a good show with Xiuwen. The two of them are not in the same size now. Xiuwen is not his opponent. If he is injured, it will give the weak Xiuwen a slight advantage.On second thought, if he gets hurt, I will have to take care of him again and again.

I still take medicinal baths, and there is not enough space in my personal room, so the wooden barrel is placed on the side of the main house, separated by a screen.The doors and windows were closed, the curtains were drawn down, and the light was dim. I soaked in the water, and the leaves of medicinal herbs floated on the surface of the water. I closed my eyes and meditated quietly.Someone came in quietly and blindfolded me from behind.

"Aversion to martial arts."

The visitor let go. "I thought you would guess Xiuwen."

"When you are here, he should be obediently practicing his sword."

Yan Wu reached out for the wooden ladle that was placed aside, scooped up a ladle of cold water and poured it down the back of my neck.

"You're running hot all over."

"After being soaked in water for a while, the blood will be warmed up, which is inevitable."

"I'm not here, you must have had a good chat."

I said no, Yan Wu smiled softly, "It's nothing, anyway, that kid always knows how to like people."

A round object lightly touches my lower lip, showing disgust