Jianghu Tired Brigade

As soon as Hong Xiao turned his head, he saw Acacia standing silently behind him.Xiangsi turned his back to Chuyang, the outline of his figure was gilded with a round of golden light, but his face was sunken in the darkness, ambiguous.But her eyes revealed a persistent light from the darkness, following Hong Xiao closely.

Probably because the Chuyang was too warm, Hong Xiao's heart felt slightly hot, and he asked softly, "How long have you been here? Have you taken the morning medicine?"

Xiangsi didn't answer, she walked straight forward, stared at Hong Xiao for a long time, then suddenly lowered her head and put her head on Hong Xiao's shoulder, said in a muffled voice, "I thought you left."

Hong Xiao's heart was inexplicably tense, and he gently embraced the thin waist in front of him, stroked Xiangsi's back with his right hand, and whispered in her ear: "I didn't leave, I just went to visit an old friend. My Poison, but you can’t do without Doctor Xiangsi.”

Xiangsi was not comforted, and whispered: "When your poison is cured, are you going to leave alone?"

Hong Xiao's movements froze, she never thought that after just a few days of getting along, Xiangsi would be so dependent on her.There were a lot of miscellaneous thoughts in her heart, and she couldn't tell whether she was moved or worried. She suddenly remembered the words she had said with Wu Moxuan.She thought so, sighed softly, and said, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?"

Hong Xiao often said something like this, the days to come are so long, who can guess right?Maybe they will fall into a storm tomorrow and lose their lives in the blink of an eye.

After Yizhanghong's death, Hong Xiao couldn't help but think about death more and more.The death of his parents, the death of his master, the death of Yizhanghong, everyone around him left Hong Xiao and went to another world alone.Perhaps one day, it will be Hong Xiao's turn.

This kind of feeling is very real, but Hong Xiao doesn't feel afraid, but after all, he has some regrets in his heart, and he doesn't know what he regrets.She had seen enough of the world's scenery, and where she was going in the future, in fact, even she herself didn't have an answer.

On the way back, Hong Xiao smelled the aroma of wine and bought some plum wine in a wine shop. The reddish-brown wine condensed into an unhurried water line, filling a gourd full.Before leaving, Hong Xiao thought about it, asked him to add another gourd, and said in his mouth: "The plum wine of this family has a long taste and a very good taste. It is not easy to buy it after leaving this city. If you want to drink When it’s gone, it’s gone.”

After hearing this flattery, the shopkeeper smiled and enjoyed it very much.

Xiangsi is still thinking about Hong Xiao's final departure, her expression is sleepy, and her interest is not high.

Hong Xiao held a jug of wine in his hand, held a jug of wine in his arms, stretched out his left hand to pull Acacia.Two generally slender and soft hands were folded together, Xiangsi turned her head away, her pretty face blushed, but she didn't want to move her hands away.

It is a rare sight to see two beautiful women walking hand in hand, strolling through the streets and alleys.

It was almost noon when we returned to the restaurant, and there were already several tables of diners gathered in the hall downstairs.The old storyteller and his grandson still haven't come. A girl sat cross-legged on the high platform where the storyteller used to be, with her face covered by a white gauze, her eyes lowered, she was playing the piano earnestly.

The sound of the piano is long, curling around the beam.

Hong Xiao stopped and listened for a while. Seeing Xiangsi's confused face, he explained with a smile: "This song is called "The Lotus Out of the Water", which talks about the elegance and purity of the lotus flower that 'comes out of the mud without being stained, and is clean without being demonic'. The woman is playing this piece of music here, I don't know if she is playing it on her own accord or on purpose..." At the end of the piece, the abrupt silence made Hong Xiao stop talking for a moment, the woman pressed her hands on the strings and moved slightly. rest.His eyes swept across the hall casually, and stopped for a moment on Hong Xiao and Xiangsi, then turned his head down, flicked his fingertips, played a few scattered syllables, and soon played another piece of music, Hong Xiao could hear clearly that this was a high mountain and flowing water.

Only this time, Hong Xiao no longer talked to Xiangsi, but clinging to Xiangsi's palm, he led her upstairs together.At this time, there was no one else on the stairs, and the two walked side by side. Hong Xiao listened to the sound of the piano fading away in his ears, and continued what he said just now: "Other people's affairs have nothing to do with us. We are just passers-by after all. , and can’t manage everything.”

On the third floor, the door of Jin Mo's room was open, and Bai Qing stood outside the door, frowning and frowning, his expression changing, anxious and fearful at the same time.

When Hong Xiao saw her, she greeted her, but Bai Qing trembled all over, as if she had been greatly frightened, and almost jumped off the railing.Seeing that it was Hong Xiao, he clutched his heart and calmed down just now, but his eyes turned to Jin Mo's room again, and he responded absently.

When Hong Xiao passed Bai Qing's eyes, he saw two people in the room who were at war with swords.

Facing the door was Jin Mo. Although his face was expressionless as usual, he was more stern than anything Hong Xiao had ever seen before, like a magic soldier unsheathed, releasing a sharp cold light unobtrusively.The long sword at her waist was already in hand, and the sharpness of the blade hurt people's eyes.

The person facing Jin Mo was dressed in a Confucian shirt, with a broad and straight back. At this time, his straight spine was braced before Jin Mo's fury, but sharp-eyed people could also see the slight trembling of the hem of his clothes.

Hong Xiao has never been a person who likes to cause trouble. When encountering such a situation, he is often used to pretending not to see him and go away alone.But this time, I don't know what kind of demon has fallen into it, so I stopped, smiled inside and said: "Miss Jin, I just bought some plum wine, it tastes very good. If Miss Jin doesn't mind, come to my room to taste it. How about a glass?"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he sighed secretly, showing affection for nothing like this, but it really seemed a bit embarrassing for himself.But the words had already been uttered, and with Hong Xiao's temperament, she would never regret it. She simply raised the gourd in her hand and met Jin Mo's eyes with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Jin Mo abandoned the man without any hesitation, and strode towards Hong Xiao in stride.

Hong Xiao was a little dazed, but Jin Mo had already gone straight to Hong Xiao's guest room, standing in front of the room and waiting for her to open the door.

Hong Xiao came back to his senses, took out the key from the purse, unlocked it, and couldn't help laughing: "This is the first time I've experienced it, I'm really flattered, yes, I'm flattered."

The door opened, Hong Xiao went in first, made an invitation gesture, and said with a smile: "The two girls come to drink together, the humble house is full of brilliance." Just kidding.

Jin Mo glanced at her sideways, but he didn't appreciate such a joke, and sat upright in front of the Eight Immortals table in the center of the hall.Xiangsi saw such a lively Hong Xiao for the first time, and looked at her with bony eyes, three parts shy and seven parts curious.

Hong Xiao closed the door, thinking that Jin Mo didn't seem to like the man just now, in order to prevent someone from breaking in and disturbing Ya's interest, he turned to the door latch.

Both gourds were placed on the table, Hong Xiao said with a smile: "Wait a while, I'll go get some drinking utensils."

Not long after, a green jade jug and four wine glasses were placed.

Hong Xiao mixed the wine pot, poured four more cups full, took one cup in his hand first, looked south, and sighed: "Five years ago, when we were about to part, Yizhanghong sighed that he didn't know when we could see each other again." A glass of plum wine from here, I never thought that this time I will be the only one left to enjoy it." Hong Xiao tilted his wine glass slightly and spilled it out, "Yi Zhang Hong really doesn't like to drink this sweet wine, It’s just that I always accommodate me and follow my preferences. But in front of King Yama, it’s always good to drink less alcohol, so that you won’t be able to see the way clearly when you’re drunk, and you won’t be able to vote for a good man.”

Hong Xiao paid respects to Yizhanghong, took another glass, and said to the other two: "It tastes best to drink plum wine in a wooden cup, but it's not perfect when you're on the road, but it's fate to be able to drink at the same table, and there is no need to drink plum wine. It’s so particular, let’s have a drink together.”

Acacia holds the cup and touches Hong Xiao lightly, but Jin Mo lowers his eyes and doesn't respond.Hong Xiao didn't think it was disobedient, and called out with a smile: "Miss Jin."

Jin Mo glanced at Hong Xiao with a cold glance, but Hong Xiao took advantage of her supernatural skill and reached out to lean on the wine glass in her hand, and the two glasses collided with each other, making a very light collision sound.Hong Xiao's eyebrows were curved and sly: "Thank you, Miss Jin, for saving my life earlier." After speaking, he covered half of his face with his long sleeves, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and drank another glass.

Xiangsi held the glass with both hands and drank it up, Jin Mo held the glass with one hand, watched Hong Xiao's glass empty, and then brought the glass to his lips to drink.

Hong Xiaofu added another drink for the two of them, the wine was already light, even though Hong Xiao's drinking capacity was shallow, there was nothing unusual about it.Unexpectedly, after drinking three cups, a blush appeared on Jin Mo's cold cheeks.

Among the three women in the room, Jin Mo's skin is the fairest, she really has icy muscles and bones, bullying Shuang Saixue.At this time, the jade cheeks are filled with clouds, like a delicate flower with pistil on the top of a snow mountain, the coquettishness born from the strictness is really hard to move your eyes away.

Hong Xiao's back suddenly felt cold, his eyes turned and happened to meet Jin Mo's deep eyes, he couldn't help but suddenly sat up straight, picked up the wine glass in a hurry, covered his face and pretended to be drinking.It's just that the face covered by the sleeves is slightly hot, and the wine glass in his hand seems to be shaking.

Hong Xiao took a sip in embarrassment, the sweet plum flavor spread in his mouth, but the slight sourness at the bottom of his tongue caused a burst of numbness, from his throat to the top of his head, and then rushed into his heart.

The unfinished half cup of plum wine slipped from his hand, wet half of his sleeves, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Hong Xiao blushed and said: "I haven't drunk it for a long time, this wine is much stronger than before."

Acacia looked worried, and couldn't help but pull Hong Xiao's hand, put three fingers on the pulse gate, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and picked up the wine glass for Hong Xiao.The enthusiasm on Hong Xiao's face finally faded a little, he took the wine glass and put it in his hand with a smile: "This is a big shame, disturbing your drinking interest, I will punish myself with three glasses." Xiangsi will not blame her , Jin Mo ignored her, after Hong Xiao said these words, he poured the wine and drank it by himself.

After finishing the second cup, I heard the knocking of the door outside.The man's gentle voice came from outside the door: "Miss Li, I am sincere to the girl, and I would like to ask Master for an obstacle-clearing pill so that the girl can see her."

In this room, apart from Hong Xiao and Acacia, there is only Jin Mo whose eyes suddenly sharpened.

The name Jin Mo was originally invented by Hong Xiao. After listening to the man's voice, he joked in a low voice: "The girl's original surname sounds much better than the one I invented."

The man waited outside the door for a while, but he didn't get a response, and he stopped talking. The sound of his footsteps gradually faded away, and he walked away.

Hong Xiao said with a smile: "This is a gentleman, if it were me, I would definitely break open the door to find out."

Without raising his eyes, Jin Mo took the fourth cup of plum wine and sipped it slowly.

When Hong Xiao "punished himself" for the fifth cup, Jin Mo got up and left alone.Hong Xiao swallowed the sixth cup, and finally got a little drunk in his mind: "The drunks are gone, and there are only two of us left."

Xiangsi was worried about Hong Xiao's body, and said: "I'll go get some food." Then she went out to find Xiao Er.

Hong Xiao said in a daze: "Have you not eaten yet? I thought I had already eaten somewhere." Hong Xiao was a little confused after drinking, and the stamina of the plum wine surged up, making her unable to think, and fell into a daze fell asleep.

In the dream, I seemed to see a foot of red, with long sleeves dancing lightly, graceful and light.His eyes flicked and turned a thousand times, but he never looked at Hong Xiao.Hong Xiao watched from a distance, until the end of the song and dance, Yizhanghong stood still, raised her hand in the void, took a jade cup from the blank place, and put it on her fiery lips.The corner of Yizhanghong's mouth was always raised, with a smile in his mouth, but that kind of smile made Hong Xiao's heart feel heavy.

Yizhanghong finally left, and the red figure was shrouded in mist, like a cluster of flames, which finally burned out its life and completely extinguished.

In the dimness, Hong Xiao stretched out his hand to grab it, but Kong Luoluo had nothing, just like her heart, Kong Luoluo had nothing to send.