Jianghu Tired Brigade

Hong Xiao stared at the note for a long time, and said for a while, "Who gave this note?"

Qingling seemed to have mentioned something sad, and the brilliance in his eyes disappeared, and he said dejectedly: "A few days ago, two girls came, one was older, about thirty years old, and the other was young. Wear coarse linen filial piety."

Hong Xiao was startled, and said, "That young girl, is she called Acacia?"

Qing Ling shook her head and said: "I don't know, that young girl doesn't talk much, and the older girl follows behind, just calling 'girl girl'."

Looking at the piece of paper in his hand, Hong Xiao felt more and more that the two people were the shopkeeper and Xiangsi, so he asked Qing Ling, "How did those two people know you?"

Qingling said: "The two of them came to rest in the nunnery. I saw that the two of them were women, so I stayed. That night, I put the arrest warrant on the book and forgot to take it. When I came back , I saw that young girl holding your portrait and weeping in a daze." Qing Ling knelt on the futon in front of the Buddha statue, clasped his hands together, bowed, and then said: "I remember what you said earlier, the brothel woman The story of grinding the mirror, I chatted with her a few words."

Hong Xiao sighed: "That girl and I have nothing..."

Qing Ling just looked at the Buddha statue in front of him, and said: "That girl said the same thing. I probed her a few more times, and felt that the girl's appearance was not fake, so I told her that I was rescued by you earlier. I originally wanted to ask her to hand over this arrest warrant to you, but she said, she didn't know where you were, maybe you were in Yueli Palace, maybe you just left. Before she left, she handed this piece of paper to me, and if If you find it, I will give it to you, if you can’t find it, then forget it.”

"This silly girl..." Hong Xiao's eyes were hot.

Qingling breathed a sigh of relief as if a burden had been unloaded, stood up, bowed to Hong Xiao and bowed to the ground, and said in shame: "I said to the young master that I would pray to the young master for the rest of my life, but now, I am going to break my promise." .”

Hong Xiao said with a smile: "This is a good thing, what is Miss Qingling's plan?"

Qing Ling said: "I planned to go in a few days, but now that you are here, I have finally let go of one thing, and I will probably leave tomorrow."

Hong Xiao was taken aback, and said, "In such a hurry? Where are you going?"

Qingling said blankly: "I've been waiting for so many years, how can I be in a hurry? I don't know where to go, the vast desert, and I don't know where to find her."

Her expression was blank and her voice was weak and helpless, but the firmness in her eyes made Hong Xiao give up the idea of ​​persuading her, and said with a smile: "Alright, is Miss Qingling going to find that girl? "

Qingling's voice was suppressed, as if she was holding back: "Yeah." Then her eyes gradually cleared up, she nodded firmly and said: "Yeah, she went to the desert, and I'm going to find her. There are some things I haven't finished talking about before... ...It’s always going to be said together.”

Hong Xiao looked at her with complicated eyes, envious and bitter at the same time.

It took so long for the two of them to turn around and chase after each other.

She whispered to Qingling some tips for going out, how to be careful, how to be on guard, and she was helpless about the desert, so she had to tell Qingling: "When you arrive in Mocheng, you might as well stay for a few more days. What needs to be paid attention to before going out, if possible, see if you can find a local to lead the way, don’t rush in, be careful.”

Qing Ling's expression moved slightly, his eyes shone with crystal brilliance: "It's a pity..."

Hong Xiao waited for a while, but she didn't hear the following, and she didn't intend to ask, but said calmly: "It's good to know where we are going."

She also has a lot to say, even if she meets, she may not be able to say it.

After a while, it is likely that I will never be able to speak again.

The internal force in the dantian was still faintly cold, and Hong Xiao had gotten used to it. She didn't use too much internal force during this journey, even so, the coolness still showed signs of spreading to the whole body.

Li Qingsi can help her recuperate for a while, but it can't cure the root cause.

The anomalies in the dantian occurred more and more frequently, not only Yue Ligong's internal force, but also the internal force lost due to the world, also faintly changed.

So Hong Xiao's footsteps were faster than ever.

In the early morning of the second day, Hong Xiao packed his bags and set off. This time, Qing Ling also packed a few packages to leave.Hong Xiao gave her the horse, Qing Ling shook his head and refused, Hong Xiao said: "You are going all the way to the west, the road is not safe, and there is no decent post station. When I enter the city, I can change a horse naturally."

Qingling was still waiting to refuse, but Hong Xiao said: "This horse is not for you. I don't have a penny left on me. Why don't I use this horse to enter the city. If I can't enter the city, I can't find it." I don’t know how to go along the way to exchange money and things at the pawn shop.”

Qingling had no choice but to take Hong Xiao's horse. She wanted to give Hong Xiao some money, but she only took ten coins, and she didn't want any more. .Qing Ling couldn't resist, she could only watch the wind blowing under Hong Xiao's feet, and went all the way to the city.

Qingling led the horse, step by step, and finally left.

The two went east and west, parted ways.

This time, it is likely that we will never see each other again.

Hong Xiao rushed all the way, and after half a month, he arrived at the place in his memory.

The two thatched huts are still there, but after a long time, no one takes care of them regularly, and many places have become dilapidated.A lot of the thatch on the roof was blown away by the wind, leaving mottled mottled, which was an eyesore, Hong Xiao jumped up and spread the rest of the thatch evenly.

The weather has been pretty good recently, the sun is shining brightly, and there is no sign of rain for a while.Hong Xiao stood on the roof, her clothes fluttering, as if she was weightless.

Master's tomb stands in the room where she used to live.

Everyone in the world likes to place their tombs in the wilderness, but Hong Xiao didn't want Master to be outside all day, exposed to the sun and wind.

The master was so close, but Hong Xiao never looked at it.

As winter approaches, the sun sets earlier.Not long after, the sky was already dark, and it was almost nightfall.

Hong Xiao stood outside for a whole day, when he came back to his senses, his stomach was empty.She didn't feel hungry. Recently, the icy coldness in her internal energy had gradually invaded her internal organs, her body seemed to be frozen, and she became more and more unconscious.

For Hong Xiao, it's not all bad, at least people won't be hungry, and she can always travel more.

It's the same now, she didn't even have any intention of eating, she jumped off the roof lightly, and walked all the way in the direction of Zhengnan.

This stretch of mountains is rolling and undulating, and few people come here, and there will certainly not be any literati and elegant guests who come here to name the hills here.

South of the Unnamed Mountain is still an Unnamed Mountain.

It was completely dark for Hong Xiao to walk, and there was no light in the forest, but her footsteps were not hindered in the slightest.

Until a faint light appeared in the dark night.

This ray of light may be too faint to be noticed in the eyes of others, but in Hong Xiao's eyes, it is very obvious.

Walking along the light, several houses gradually appear in front of you, until you get closer, you can take in the scenery of the entire courtyard.

There is a main hall and two side halls, and the small circle of land is surrounded by low fences.

The two wooden stakes are the gates of the courtyard, each holding three strings of plain white lanterns.The light that Hong Xiao saw before came from here.

In the mountains and forests, this simple courtyard is quite unusual.

Except for the two strings of lanterns in front of the door, the doors of the other three houses are all closed, and there are no lights in the dark.Hong Xiao was looking around in the courtyard, and she didn't pay attention to something that suddenly appeared in front of her. She couldn't avoid it and was stumped.

That thing was actually a half-height stone tablet.

Hong Xiao squatted down, and she couldn't read the writing on it clearly, so she could only stretch out her hand and follow the lines on the stone tablet, touching down word by word.

Respect... Teacher...

These two words are somewhat complicated, and Hong Xiao only vaguely guessed them after touching for a long time.

one……

This move was too simple, but it made Hong Xiao's heart skip a beat, and his fingers trembled a little.

She flinched in her heart, but her fingertips unconsciously caressed another word, not as if she was groping, but more like writing in the dark.

Husband……

Hong Xiao trembled uncontrollably, wanted to stand up several times, and ran away, but his body became so weak that the coldness in his dantian surged up and spread in his limbs and bones.

However, her fingers scratched the next word uncontrollably.

How much she wished that the next word could be any word, that is, it must not appear...

red……

thump.

Hong Xiao vented all the strength in his body, his mind went blank, and he didn't know whether it was his shoulders or his back that fell to the ground first.

She opened her eyes, but her eyes were pitch black, as if she couldn't see anything clearly.

All limbs and bones were piercingly cold, no matter how much she curled up, she couldn't feel any warmth.

Consciousness gradually blurred, probably once he fell asleep, he would never wake up again.

Hong Xiao didn't feel flustered, beside Yizhanghong's stele, even if he couldn't wake up again, he was with Yizhanghong, so it didn't matter.

Maybe someone who passes by here in the future can see her body and kindly bury her beside Yizhanghong.

In a daze, she heard someone calling her name again, "Hong Xiao" and "Hong Xiao" very eagerly.

Hong Xiao twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to respond, but his whole body was no longer his own, and he couldn't even move a bit.

The warm breath came up and surrounded her.

It's like the rainy night many years ago, when Hong Xiao buried his master, he cuddled tightly to the soft chest.

Hong Xiao asked: "Yizhanghong, if I die, will you be sad?"

Yizhanghong was silent for a long time, with a deep voice, and gave a soft "hmm".

Yizhanghong's heart was also sad, her voice was unhooked, heavy like a weight, pressing down the tears in her heart.

Hong Xiao asked: "How sad will it be?"

Yizhanghong remained silent for a longer time, gnashing her teeth when she spoke: "Dig you out and whip you hard."

Hong Xiao's face was pressed against Zhanghong's chest, and the tears gushing out wet the skirt of Zhanghong's clothes.She pulled the corner of her mouth and said softly: "I run fast, you can't hit me."