Only senior brother is amazing

Chapter 54

After hesitating for a few days, He Bei finally sent Yuzan away.The reason for his hesitation before was also very simple, he was afraid that Xie Juan would not care about this jade hairpin, which was not considered expensive, even in the jewelry pile.Xie Juan is now the priest of the Beifu, and he lacks everything.He knows that Xie Juan deserves the best, but that's all he can give now.

"Senior brother, this jade hairpin is for you. It was your birthday last month. I didn't give it to you, so it's just a birthday gift." He Bei wanted to say it was a token of love, but he was embarrassed to say so.

Xie Juan took the jade hairpin, his eyes were clear, he was a little surprised, and then solemnly said two words: "Thank you." This is the first time He Bei gave him a gift.

He Bei lowered his head and smiled a little greenly: "You and I don't need to thank you, I will give you better in the future."

"This one is already very good, it must be very expensive." Xie Juan carefully held the cold jade hairpin in his palm, a rare and pure smile appeared on his face.

"Do you like it?" He Bei couldn't help but take a step forward.

Xie Juan nodded, his eyes didn't hide his joy: "I like it."

After hesitating for a long time, He Bei finally asked what he wanted to ask: "What about me?"

Xie Juan was taken aback for a moment, and after careful consideration of the question, he understood He Bei's meaning. "You? You can see that I hated you."

It seems that I didn't understand it again.

"Brother, what I mean is..." How should He Bei explain, he didn't know if Xie Juan understood what he meant.

"Okay, senior brother likes you." Xie Juan rolled his eyes and smiled.

These words warmed He Bei's heart.

But because of Xie Juan's extremely straightforward answer, he almost didn't think about it.There was nothing wrong with the words, but He Bei always felt weird, it sounded like "today's weather is very good".

He originally wanted to explain the meaning of this liking, but Xie Juan said: "I still have work to do, eat well, brother will come to see you tomorrow."

"Okay, brother, go get busy." He Bei didn't press any further.

Xie Juan wrapped the jade hairpin in a handkerchief and put it in his cuff, but did not put it on.

If there is enough time, He Bei would like to bring it for him personally, but unfortunately, every time he and Xie Juan meet each other in a hurry, after all, it is too late, and he can only watch his back gradually disappear in front of his eyes. , I'm afraid that once Xie Juan leaves, I won't see you again next time.

After Xie Juan finished his retreat and returned to the temple, his schedule was full and he was very busy.While practicing martial arts and dealing with the affairs of the temple, he rarely met He Bei. Even if he met, it was very late, when the moon and stars were thinning.

He Bei was imprisoned in a disguised form by the Beifu, unable to leave the small courtyard, watering flowers, feeding rabbits, and practicing exercises during the day.At night, if you are lucky, you can wait until Xie Juan comes to see him, and if you can't wait, you will fall asleep with longing.

Every time he sees Xie Juan, he will pay attention to see if there is a hosta he gave on Xie Juan's head.Xie Juan wore official robes most of the time, with a matching silver high crown.Occasionally, I had time to change into regular clothes, but I didn't see him wearing them once or twice.

He later asked Xie Juan why he didn't bring the hosta he gave him.Xie Juan said that if you move too much with the jade hairpin when practicing swordsmanship, the jade hairpin will fall out of your hair, and it will not be good if it falls to pieces.

He Bei is also satisfied with this answer, because it shows that Xie Juan is reluctant to bring it.

In the next two months, Xie Juan will visit He Bei every two or three days, and the two of them will have dinner together, the scene is warm.He Bei's food has been completely improved since the end of Xie Juan's retreat. He can't eat a fat man in three days. Compared with his body shape in Jianzhuang, he is a little thinner after all.

Xie Juan would often ask someone to give He Bei some pills that would enhance his martial arts practice, and Xie Juan would give He Bei half of what he had.

The Beifu Temple added many guards inside and outside He Bei's small courtyard.

It didn't matter to He Bei, being under surveillance didn't affect his ability to eat and drink, and he practiced when he needed to.

In the third month after Xie Juan left the customs, He Bei's martial arts rank was directly promoted from the fourth rank to the pinnacle of the fifth rank.Because of his leg and foot problems, what he practiced was not swordsmanship, but a long-lost martial art in Wujiang, called Phoenix Tour.This exercise book is his mother's stuff.He has seen this exercise before, and the writing is in Wujiang language, which is difficult to understand and obscure.I vaguely remember his mother saying that it was a practice handed down by a demon in Wujiang.

Because of He Bei's damaged meridians, his limbs are disadvantaged, so it is temporarily unfeasible to practice swordsmanship.He didn't even bother to practice Beifu's exercises, so he thought of the phoenix book his mother left him.When he followed the Beifu army to clean up the ruins of Fengyu Jianzhuang, this exercise was one of the few things he took away from Lanzhu, because it represented the memory and bond between him and his mother.

This technique is extremely difficult to master at the beginning. If it is like climbing a thousand steps to He An's Ten Absolute Swordsmanship, then it is as difficult as climbing a hundred thousand steps to become the Phoenix Tour.It is heard that the master Mozun back then was able to become the image of a phoenix, swallow clouds and breathe out fire, and ride the phoenix transformed from internal force to travel thousands of miles.This technique is too difficult and no one is willing to touch it, and no one believes that it is really possible to summon the image of a phoenix after it is completed. Everyone just listens to it as a legend.

He Bei never thought of accomplishing this exercise, but this exercise is very compatible with Fengxing Baizi.Now that he has He An's Fengxing Baizi, it is perfect for him to practice Phoenix Tour.

Practicing the Phoenix Tour requires an excellent foundation of lightness skills. After practicing the Phoenix Tour, one can walk without a shadow, go without a trace, step on the snow without a trace, and never stay behind for thousands of miles.

He thought, it is impossible for him to stay in this Beifu all his life. If one day, Beifu wants to put him to death, he can still escape if he can't beat him.

The Phoenix Tour is divided into seven levels of exercises, and He Bei has worked hard for a month, but he still hasn't quite figured out the first level.Lightness kung fu is stronger than before. He escaped many guards at night, and Fei used lightness kung fu to come to the White Crane Hall where Xie Juan lived, and then secretly hid in the sweet-scented osmanthus tree next to the dormitory, peeking at Xie Juan when he returned from official duties wearing stars and moons, travel-savvy look like.He feels sorry for Xie Juan, and thinks that Beifu completely uses Xie Juan as a tool.

Until one day, he saw Kejun and Xie Juan coming back together.

A stone hit his heart with a "bang". It is no exaggeration to say that at that moment, all the hairs on his body stood up, and his hair went numb, like a falcon that has been suddenly deprived of its territory, attacking from one side On the one hand, he was in a state of defense, extremely vigilant.He watched Ke Jun follow Xie Juan into the bedroom, his eyes almost popped out.

After the two of them went in, he eavesdropped for the first time in his 22 years.The appearance of the ear against the crack of the door did look like a thief, but he couldn't care less about it.

He listened from the veranda beside the main entrance.

Ke Jun said: "Now Jinsha agrees to a truce, but there are conditions, and a truce agreement needs to be signed. He Bei will ask you to explain it. After all, he is the son of He An, and it is most appropriate for him to sign on behalf of Southwest. but."

Xie Juan didn't answer right away, he should be hesitating.Then I heard Xie Juan say: "Sign a truce agreement. I have read the preliminary draft of this agreement. It is extremely unfair to Southwest. If He Bei signs this agreement, he will definitely be criticized by the people of Southwest and become a A sinner through the ages. He is still young, so let him bear these criticisms, I don't want to."

"But if he doesn't sign, who will sign? He An is dead, and the person with the most right to speak in the Southwest is gone. You protect him too much. As He An's son, he should bear this. He can't shrink in your arms forever Under the shelter, the Southwest people sacrificed their lives for the war, and at most he only suffered damage to his reputation." In the end, Ke Jun chuckled, meaning it was obvious that He Bei didn't have such a thing as reputation.

"The only person he relies on now in the world is me. If he is troubled by the world because of signing the treaty, I will bear the blame. Why don't I resign this priest and go back to Fengyu Mountain with him to live in seclusion in the forest and don't care about world affairs? good."

He Bei never thought that Xie Juan, who has always had the most sense of responsibility, would resign his position as a priest for him and go back to the mountains with him.

It's a pity that they were all harboring hatred and couldn't escape completely. He believed that Xie Juan couldn't do it either, but hearing what Xie Juan said was already a great joy.

Ke Jun and Xie Juan finished talking about this matter, and Ke Jun left.

He Bei didn't dare to stay for long, so he left in a hurry.

After He Bei left, the White Crane Palace was as quiet as usual.

Xie Juan finished his bath and lay down on the cold blanket.He reached out to feel under the pillow and found the hosta.He held the jade hairpin in his palm, wiped it carefully with a handkerchief, and then put it back under the pillow.

A few days later, He Bei was summoned by the master of the temple to question him in front of the temple.The friendliness and kindness of the temple master towards him was just as abnormal.

After laying the groundwork for some nonsense, the master of the temple finally expressed his intention: "If you can sign a truce agreement with Jinsha on behalf of Southwest, I will arrange a position for you, Zhenxi envoy, and you don't need to do anything for this position. You only need to come forward on behalf of Southwest this time to sign this truce agreement in exchange for stability for Southwest. If you want to go back to Southwest, it’s no problem to arrange for you to build a separate mansion in Southwest, so that you can live comfortably until old age.”

From what He Bei heard, the words were good words, but what he did was not a human matter.

"Being a dog thief to be an envoy to the west? According to the treaty, Southwest should cede one-third of Jinsha's territory...including Ningku City, which my father has defended for 20 years. You guys are very interesting... ..."

Beifu betrayed the Southwest's military situation to Jinsha, and then pretended to help the Southwest fight against Jinsha. Now there is a truce, and the Southwest territory is ceded to Jinsha.Southwest lost his wife and lost his army. Beifu not only won the hearts of the people in Southwest, but also won peace with Jinsha for several years.

It was a wonderful game of chess.

Beifu's ambition is really frightening and terrifying.

He Bei's attitude was clear: "I will not sign this treaty."

The master of the temple had expected this earlier, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he smashed the golden scepter representing the highest authority in Beifu to the ground, and said: "If you don't become the envoy to the west, then Jinsha will definitely not let it go, and the whole southwest will be destroyed by then." With Jinsha occupying, the next invader will be Beifu, and the entire inland area of ​​Zhongzhou will probably become Jinsha's dinner, and by then you will be a sinner who will die forever."

He Beidao: "If Beifu is occupied by Jinsha one day, it will be your own fault."

"Think carefully before making a decision."

At this time, Ke Jun appeared and said: "Your senior brother is Princess Ning of Li Guo, and he hasn't told you yet. The North Mansion and the Southwest are originally a family. In the future, if the North Mansion and the Southwest are united, your brother will be the one." The only person who is qualified to claim power. Xie Juan has done so much for you, what have you done, let him suffer the death penalty with three swords for you? You are destined to be two kinds of people, two ways. Why don't you do it for your senior brother Think about it, let him go on, and pave the way for him to unify the Southwest and Beifu in the future."

It was only at this time that He Bei knew that Xie Juan was the eldest princess of Shaoning, and it turned out that Beifu made him a priest not because of his high martial arts skills and being an example, but because of this special status.

If the Southwest and the Beifu are unified in the future, Xie Juan is just a tool used by the Beifu to secure power.At that moment, He Bei really wanted to elope with Xie Juan and leave Beifu.Leaving Beifu, returning to Songzhou with Xie Juan, and returning to Fengyu Mountain, they started their life again, even if it was a little bit harder.

"If it's really Minglu, it's fine. If you let my senior brother go to a dead end, I will set fire to this temple sooner or later!" He Bei only left this sentence in the temple at the end.

After He Bei returned to the small courtyard, he waited for about three or four days until Xie Juan came to see him again.

Xie Juan came with a serious look on his face, and told him that Jinsha had room for change, or signed a truce agreement on this.Or, only the three cities of Ningku City, Fengxing County, and Shaohua City in the southwest were ceded to Jinsha, but Beifu wanted to send He Bei to Jinsha as a prisoner of war for three years.

If He Bei really went to Jinsha, Xie Juan couldn't imagine what was waiting for him.But if He Bei doesn't go, Southwest will lose one-third of its territory, and He Bei will spend the rest of his life surrounded by gossip, and He Bei will definitely not want to do this, he is a man with backbone.

He Bei comforted Xie Juan: "At worst, I will go to Jinsha. I have hard bones and a big life, so I shouldn't die. My father used his life to defend the southwest, and I spent three years in exchange for so many territories in the southwest. It's worth it."

Things are deadlocked.

For the next half month, Xie Juan never came to see him.

He secretly went to see Xie Juan a few times, and found that Ke Jun sent Xie Juan back to the dormitory more and more times, and his senior brother smiled at Ke Jun more and more.

Until one time, he happened to see Kejun carrying the hairpin he gave Xie Juan, and his whole body seemed to be struck by lightning.

On Kejun's way back, he intercepted Kejun.

But Jun stroked the hairpin on his head, and said calmly: "Thank you brother for the idle things, if you say I like it, take it away."

But Jun has changed his address to Xie Juan from "Brother Xie" to the more intimate "Brother Xie".

He Bei's jealousy and jealousy flooded like a flood.He didn't bear it, he knew that he was still in captivity, and it was an accident to appear in front of Ke Jun, but now when he saw this heart-piercing scene, he directly pulled out the Yanshan Sword from his waist, and stabbed at Ke Jun.

Kejun showed no sign of weakness, and drew his swords to face each other, and the two fought against each other.

But Jun didn't expect that He Bei's skill was less than half a year, and he reached the peak of the sixth rank with Baizi. If it takes time, it is not impossible to catch up with him. At that time, it will be difficult for Beifu to want to control him.

At this time, one is at the peak of the sixth rank, and the other is at the peak of the ninth rank.Great disparity in strength.

He Bei didn't want to fight to the death with Ke Jun, he just wanted to take the jade hairpin back into his hand, and take it to ask Xie Juan what's going on in person.This is a token of love, not something that is casually handed over to others.Is Xie Juan really treating him like this?It's not hard for He Bei to think, is Xie Juan deliberately alienating him if he doesn't come to see him these days?I think he is a coward, who lives in Beifu as a coward, and is unwilling to go to Jinsha as a prisoner of war to fight for some territory in the southwest...

He Bei cut off a section of Kejun's long hair with a sword, but Kejun's hair bun fell out, and the jade hairpin fell out from between the hair. After He Bei got the jade hairpin, he used lightness kung fu to leave quickly.

But after Jun retracted the sword, his face was even more deserted than the moonlight.He Bei was able to escape easily from his sword.When did He Bei's qinggong become so good?

During the six months of imprisonment in the small courtyard, He Bei really has not been idle. Whether it is swordsmanship or light work, he has made rapid progress. He really underestimated him.

He Bei stayed up all night after getting the hairpin, his heart was as cold as ice, and his jealousy and longing grew wildly.

On the second day, Xie Juan finally came to see He Bei after half a month.

After not seeing each other for half a month, Xie Juan prepared meals in advance and came to the small courtyard, and carefully arranged the table with steaming meals.But He Bei was not happy.

"Brother, do you think I'm joking when I say I like you?"

"Why did the hairpin I gave you appear in his place? What you wear on your head—why did he give it to you? If you don't like it from me so much, you can throw it away! Why bother to give it away to humiliate my heart. "

He Bei had a leg problem, and he yelled at Xie Juan while sitting in a wheelchair, and then threw Yuhan away.

For the past half month, Xie Juan had been dealing with Jinsha over He Bei's matter, and was very tired, so he didn't bother to come and see him in person.After finally seeing each other, He Bei lost his temper with him indiscriminately. He didn't sleep last night, and only took a nap for half an hour before getting up to cook for him.

He was wondering if he was really too used to him on weekdays.

He Bei was still yelling at him: "You are the priest of Beifu, and I am the envoy of Zhenxi. We are two kinds of people, and we have two paths."

Then Xie Juan said an angry sentence that he regretted all his life: "Since you think so, the fate between you and my senior brother will be broken today."

"It's time to stop. With a junior like me, you'll be ashamed, right?" The food on the table was overturned by He Bei, turning it into a mess.

At this moment, neither of them could calm down.The things accumulated in my heart found a new vent, but this vent is not a good vent.

Xie Juan stood up after picking up the fragments of the jade hairpin, stared fixedly at him, gritted his teeth and said only one thing: "Get lost."

He Bei's heart was throbbing, and he said with red eyes, "Okay, senior brother, if you don't even want me, then I'll go." He Bei felt that the sky was falling, that Xie Juan no longer liked him, and even more that he was a useless person. I also look down on it, anyone can come over and step on it, yes, now he feels that Ke Jun is right, such a him is not worthy of Xie Juan.He and Xie Juan, two kinds of people, two paths.He felt that he was like moss in a dark corner, or a difficult catkin, as soon as Xie Juan touched him, he would fall, cough, and be unlucky.

He and Beifu are destined to be enemies in the future, and he and Xie Juan also have different missions.It's time for him to make some changes.Those blood hatreds must be avenged by someone.Well, he hopes this person is him.He hoped that Xie Juan could walk his own path of light in peace and stability, and be a god in the palace.

He watched from a distance, as long as he could not disturb, that would be fine.

On the second day, He Bei agreed to go to Jinsha as the Zhenxi envoy.Xie Juan was surprised, but there was no time to stop it. He Bei deliberately kept it from him.

When He Bei went to Jinsha and passed by Ningkucheng, the tragic situation in Ningkucheng was far more terrifying than he imagined.All living beings are devastated, and the world is a purgatory.There were corpses everywhere, and blood flowed vertically.His father's wronged soul was floating here, and he was suddenly filled with hatred. He didn't know that people's hearts could be so bad, so many people's lives were used to lay the foundation and cast that high throne.

On the third day when He Bei went to Jinsha, news came from Jinsha that the Zhenxi envoy had died.

The people in the Southwest felt that his death was not a pity.In order to apologize, Jinsha returned the abandoned city of Ningku City to the Southwest Territory.

In the White Crane Hall of the temple, Xie Juan went on a hunger strike for seven days without water.

He found the best jade craftsman in Beifu to restore the broken jade hairpin with gold to the greatest extent, and it is still pressed under the pillow on weekdays.

Also in the same year, Xie Juan tattooed He Bei's small characters, Hanchuan, on his chest and atrium.

The author has something to say:

I have suffered too much in the previous life, and this life will be sweeter.The memories before the basic breakup end here, but the city continues.