The bright moon sits on the ground

Nie Qiu felt that his eyelids were heavy, and his whole body was in pain like being torn apart.

It took him a few tries before he managed to open his eyes.

Looking at the familiar beams, Nie Qiu knew that he had returned to Wangshan Inn.

To be precise, it was the Wangshan Inn four years ago.

After experiencing a death, Nie Qiu had already fallen into the abyss, but at this moment, he had a great hope like seeing a glimmer of light after suffering a lot.After he slowed down for a while, he raised his hand and looked at his white wrist—there were three overlapping crescent moon marks on it, but at this time, the dark mark like a burn mark became extremely light After a few breaths, it became so faint that only the outline could be seen.

The burning pain in his body gradually subsided, and Nie Qiu took a deep breath, and then showed a little smile on his face.

The reason why he could recognize this as the guest room of Wangshan Inn at the first sight, and he also knew that he had returned to four years ago, was because he had only lived in this famous Wangshan Inn for so many years. That night, Nie Qiu stayed up almost all night because he had to rush back to the imperial city to prepare for the heaven sacrifice ceremony the next day. He stared blankly at the beam for a long time, so it was hard not to be impressed.

Four years ago.Nie Qiu thought, four years ago, everything was not a foregone conclusion.

Four years ago, the late emperor hadn't passed away, Sanhuyue hadn't appeared yet, the emperor was still a prince who didn't see him as a thorn in his side, and Nie Qiu was just an old priest who valued him. The hairy boy who participated in this grand ceremony.

The most important point is that Sanhuyue did not appear. Although there are rumors that Nie Qiu is the man of destiny, there is no particularly convincing basis. Nor did he ask Nie Qiu to do anything practical—for example, Nie Qiu hadn't entered the Demon Cult's sight at this time, his hands hadn't been stained with blood yet, and he was still as clean as a piece of white paper.

wrong.Nie Qiu remembered something, and suddenly smiled to himself, he was no longer as clean as a white paper.

In fact, the Devil's Cult and the Righteous Way have lived in peace for many years, but it happened that the leader of the Devil's Cult changed hands the year before. The people in the sect were panicked, and because of the sharp drop in number, the demon sect had to attack the ordinary people in the surrounding area.

As a result, the conflict between the Demon Cult and the Righteous Path further intensified, and the Righteous Path lacked powerful heroes who were willing to be executioners, so Nie Qiu was justifiably pushed out after the Sanhuyue appeared.

Calculated, Fang Qisheng was nearly 19 years old this year, and it was the second year of taking the position of leader.

As I said before, Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng met face to face several times.In fact, Nie Qiu was 20 years old this year, and Fang Qisheng was 19 years old.Nie Qiu rushed back to the imperial city to hold the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Fang Qisheng boarded the position of the leader of the Demon Cult. After the situation stabilized, he left the head of the Demon Cult. Had the first face-to-face.

At that time, Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng didn't know each other, and both of them were in a hurry, so they took the earliest carriage of Wangshan Inn to the nearby post station, and after a brief trip together, they nodded and said goodbye.

Others didn't know that Nie Qiu didn't actually know the name of Fang Qisheng's four-handled sword from rumors, but heard it from him himself.

"Jing Ming, Chi Lian, Can Feng, Zha Xue."

The carriage shook gently, and the morning breeze blew the curtains, revealing a piece of green mountains and green waters outside the window.There was still a hint of childishness between the brows of the youth in black clothes, although his expression was a little tired, but the light in his eyes was very bright. He pulled out the four swords one by one and showed them to the fellow travelers, "The four swords symbolize the rotation of the four seasons."

"Is your name Nie Qiu? If I'm not in a hurry, I will definitely compete with you." Fang Qisheng's personality was already very calm at this time. He concealed the tiredness on his face, and said with fists cupped, "See you by fate, goodbye."

The first time we met each other was the faint fragrance of morning dew, and the second time was the rusty smell of blood and swords, not to mention.

Nie Qiu propped up his body, and only then did he feel a dull pain in his head. He pressed his temple with his index finger and got out of bed. He walked to the window a few steps, and stretched out his hand to push open the carved wooden window.

It was still midnight at this time, and when Nie Qiu opened the window, he saw the bright moon hanging high outside, a clear and bright scene.

The watchman came from a distance, and after yelling twice, he raised his head as if feeling something, and happened to see a beauty in white clothes leaning against the window with her chin propped up. After being washed by the bright moonlight, it was as clean as a fairy in the sky.After the beauty looked at the moon quietly for a while, when she was about to go back to the house, she met the watchman's eyes. He didn't think anything was wrong, so he turned around and closed the window gently with a smile.

The watchman stayed for a while, then lowered his head, sighed and smiled.

He was lucky to see such a banished fairy tonight, and all his fatigue from the night was wiped away.Looking up, I saw the bright moon in the sky and the stars as bright as the day. I thought that it would be cloudless again after sunrise.

The smile on Nie Qiu's face never faded. Even though his body was still slightly hot from the rebirth, after blowing a gust of cold wind, he gradually settled down and thought carefully about how to live this life of hard work.

Four years ago, everything was still too late.

Nie Qiu has plenty of time to sort out those conspiracies and tricks one by one, and he has the opportunity to go to the mountains and rivers he has never ridden, the things he has never laughed out loud, and the things he has never said or done that he really wants. finished.

As for the Nie family.

Nie Qiu's fingertips slid across the edge of the window frame.

At that time, Nie Chi turned his head away and tried his best to get rid of his relationship with him, which is still vivid in his memory.Nie Qiu and the Nie family have an average relationship, and they only greet each other when they meet each other on weekdays. The generations of the Nie family are not as good as the previous generation, not to mention Nie Chi. Apart from him, there is no one in Nie Qiu's generation who is expected to become a talent, but he is a talented person. He has the temperament of repaying kindness, so he has spared no effort to pave the way for the Nie family for so many years.

It was precisely because they put all their energy into helping the Nie family that the Nie family felt that this was a matter of course. When they finally saw that the situation was not right, they threw him away without hesitation, didn't they?

He's not that vicious, but he's never been kind in such matters, either.

Nie Qiu would not do things that would add insult to injury, tarnish his reputation and cause trouble for the Nie family, he would only learn from one another, how Nie Chi treated him then, Nie Qiu would treat Nie Chi in the same way.

It turns out that the family of merchants on the wealthy side has declined, and the Nie family is still fit to be an ordinary family.After Nie Qiu lived his life again, he finally understood a fact that outsiders might have recognized long ago.No matter how much he supports the Nie family, what's the use of it?The Nie family is no longer as glorious as it used to be, and there has not been a capable person in several generations. Once Nie Qiu leaves, the Nie family will collapse within three years.

In this life, Nie Qiu will not follow the trajectory of the previous life, that would be too dangerous.

The reason why the emperor wants to kill him can be said to be extremely simple. Originally, the emperor did not believe in the existence of the way of longevity like his father, and he hated the alchemist who indirectly killed the emperor, so he became more ruthless and vowed To erase the existence of the Dao of Heaven—maybe the tragedy of exterminating the family a few years ago also made him dissatisfied with Nie Qiu, so he started from him first.

What really matters is the person behind the scenes, not the emperor, those heads or businessmen, but if he doesn't follow the trajectory of his previous life, Nie Qiu is not sure whether that person will attack him, nor is he sure about himself. Can you find that person.

After Nie Qiu pondered for a while, he still had no clue, but what was certain was that he would never gamble with his life.

In his last life, the three most important turning points were: the prediction of the celestial master when he was five years old, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven when he was 20 years old, and the appearance of Sanhuyue when he was 22 years old.

There is still one month before the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and the three pot moons will not appear until two years later.

Everything is just about to happen, Nie Qiu must go to the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and the three pots of moon must be obtained again.

Nie Qiu was thinking, and suddenly caught a glimpse of his bare wrist because he raised his hand, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his head.The Three Pot Moon that he brought over from the last life has already left inconspicuous marks on his wrist, but I don’t know if this will have any impact on this life—whether the Three Pot Moon will appear again, or whether it is a unknown.

He really didn't know what kind of miraculous effect the Three Pot Moon would have, nor how to use it. For several years, it was just a mark on his wrist.However, the bright moon wine that night seemed to make him lose his mind, and subconsciously felt that he had gone to that Hongmen banquet, and Sanhuyue would be there to help him.

It's just that Nie Qiu really didn't expect that Sanhuyue could bring people back to life.

But rebirth once is not a magic weapon that makes people invincible. After all, Nie Qiu's rebirth has changed the trajectory of his destiny, and things in the future will also change accordingly. Now, he can only go One step at a time.

Nie Qiu was sighing in this room when he suddenly heard the sound of small and light footsteps.

The person who came was obviously a person with excellent lightness skills, and ordinary people couldn't hear his footsteps at all, but it was a pity that the moonlit night was too quiet, and he met Nie Qiu, who was not an ordinary person, so naturally he was easily spotted.

That's the first difference.Although he was nervous and had difficulty falling asleep in his previous life, he had also drifted off to sleep at this time. He only heard the sound of the watch, but not the footsteps of this person—Nie Qiu slept lightly, and once someone approached He would wake up immediately, but he didn't know that this person had come, of course because - he didn't come for Nie Qiu at all, but just passed by his window.

Nie Qiu listened carefully, and opened the window a little to look at the man in black, only to realize that not only was his target not him, but his target was far away from him.

It stands to reason that Nie Qiu shouldn't meddle in other people's business after experiencing the conspiracies and schemes in his previous life, but when he realized that this person was not trying to steal, but killing, he couldn't sit still.

Nie Qiu is really not the kind of person who just talks about treating people with kindness. In fact, he usually helps people directly, and after helping people, he will leave with ease, instead of grinding his mouth there for a while before taking a slow move.

It's not that he has good intentions.

This is already a subconscious reaction after long-term exposure to what the teacher taught.

He grabbed the Hanshuang knife standing beside the bed, walked around from another unoccupied room, and unknowingly stood behind the man in black who was carefully preparing to blow poison gas into it.

The chilly saber was pressed against the black-clothed assassin's throat.

"Kill?" Nie Qiu asked.

He didn't expect the assassin to be so spineless, and he insisted on blowing a mouthful of poisonous gas even after the knife was pressed against his throat.

Nie Qiu often saw this kind of small bamboo tube, which was filled with poisonous gas, and the two sides were covered with something. .However, one tube had to be blown to the end, otherwise the toxicity would not be great, so Nie Qiu was not too defensive at first.After seeing the assassin blowing in, he praised the assassin in his heart for being very dedicated, and then turned the poor assassin over with the back of the knife, and was about to call him to ask a few words.

Then Nie Qiu saw that the assassin began to cough violently. He was stunned for a moment, and used the tip of the knife to pick the bamboo tube in the assassin's hand to one side. The thin bamboo tube rolled a few times, and Nie Qiu saw that the sticky thing on the other side was also was punctured.

In other words, he inhaled the poisonous gas inside?

Inhaling directly into the mouth and slowly spreading it around the room and inhaling it through the nose are two different things.

Nie Qiu thought about it for a second, and suddenly realized that he raised his head and looked at the carved window with a small hole.

Inside, Fang Qisheng opened the window calmly, with a cold face, watching the black-clothed assassin whose entire face was starting to turn purple, pinching his neck and rolling on the fish-scale tiles of the eaves.