smile to heart

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The sparse stars and pale moon, the desolate night, exaggerate the silent sad atmosphere.

After He Yinbai finished asking questions from Yunfang, he returned to his room from a remote forest road, but suddenly heard a sad sound of xun in the forest, faint like a ghost.

His heart froze, he squeezed the lantern in his hand, and slowly walked into the deepest and darkest area in the forest ahead.

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

He Yinbai saw a hunched old figure in front of him from a distance, before he approached, the sound of xun stopped first, and the man coughed violently, as if caught in a severe wind-cold, he couldn't stop coughing violently, Coughing anxiously.

Lifting the lantern and shaking the man's face, he saw that he was covering his brows tightly with the coarse linen clothes on his body. He Yinbai suddenly recognized him, and asked doubtfully, "Oh, dumb old man. It's so late, why are you so late?" Will it be here?"

"Hey……"

After waiting for a while, He Yinbai frowned when he heard a low sigh from him, mistakenly thinking that his ears were hallucinating.

But seeing the man turn around silently, the moment the gray-brown linen clothes were taken off, a smell of alcohol rushed to his face.He Yinbai frowned, blinked in distaste, and looked carefully at his true face.

When he saw the person's true face, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground and went out: "It's you!"

Qi Zhong drank too much, and his thoughts were muddled. He couldn't hear clearly, and he couldn't see who was in front of him. He staggered two steps. He only remembered the promise of leaving this place and never disturbing him again. leave.

Seeing that he was down and out, He Yinbai regained his senses from the shock, and hurriedly chased him, trying to help him, but saw a bright but weak fluorescent light on the ground.

"Hey, you dropped something."

He Yinbai picked up the object from the dust and was about to return it, but was stunned: "This is... this is Master's pearl order... how could he have it?"

Qi Zhong stared back, feeling a little sour, and said bitterly: "Please, return it to him for me..."

As soon as the words fell, there was a "ta--", and when He Yinbai was listening, a drop of warm tears fell on the back of his white and tender hand.

He Yinbai took a closer look at the relit lantern, and looked up. The man's cheeks were flushed from drinking, and he was extremely weak from coughing. He seemed to have suffered some great grievance, and his nose and eyes were even more bright red. up.

"You, what's the matter with you?"

He was at a loss to greet, and then remembered the umbrella that had been left by the river after the heavy rain that day, and suddenly understood why this man had contracted a cold, got sick and drank without restraint, it was really terrible.He Yinbai didn't care about other things for the time being, stepped forward to support Qi Zhong, and took him to sit in the grass pavilion beside him.

Someone cheered him up for a while, Qi finally regained his composure, the cold night wind woke most of the alcohol on his face.He looked up at He Yinbai, and suddenly thought of Mu Yun. He felt sad for a moment, and avoided He Yinbai's concerned gaze, closed his eyes tightly, and suppressed the soreness in his eyes.

He Yinbai patted him on the shoulder lightly, and said, "Are you... all right?"

"It's nothing. You, you go back quickly, don't let Yun... don't let him worry. I'll take a rest here and leave."

He hurriedly chased away the people beside him, but his choking voice became more and more serious.

He Yinbai suddenly sat beside him too calmly, and said quietly: "Are you really going to leave?"

"..." Qi Zhong lowered his head, not daring to answer.

"Actually, I know who you are..." He Yinbai bowed his head sullenly, with a bit of complaint in his tone, "but I don't want to recognize you."

"..." Qi Zhong was startled without knowing it, and heard him say it again.

"Because, you are a thorn in my master's heart... In the Mu residence, none of us want to see you."

"Uh...yes, sorry."

He Yinbai raised his eyes angrily, his eyes were red with grievance, and said unwillingly: "Do you want to know why? Do you want to know how Master has lived these years?"

"I..." He wanted to know, but he didn't dare to know, he was afraid that all these nightmares would reappear before his eyes.

He Yinbai read what Mu Yin said, showing dissatisfaction, and his tone was blunt: "Listen to them, didn't you die a long time ago? Why did you come back again? Why did you have to drag my master's reputation even when you died back then? He knelt down and climbed Jiugai Mountain for you, and suffered from chronic illness for many years..."

"I... stop it! I beg you stop it!"

Every word and every word hit the softest part of Qi Zhong's heart. At the beginning, he just wanted to protect that person, why did he let him suffer so much in the end.

He Yinbai was resentful: "Why can't I say it? If it wasn't for you, how could the Mu family have fallen into such a situation? If it wasn't for you, how could Master have lived so hard in the past nine years?"

"Do you know? For the past nine years, he has kept your portrait and hung it on the brightest wall of Yunfang. Sometimes he looks at it for a whole day, and even forgets three meals... He remembers you so much, but you Have you thought of him in the past nine years?"

Qi finally wept bitterly, he had been in a coma for nine years, his consciousness was incomplete, and he didn't even have any memory, how could he remember that someone in this world would miss him so much.

He Yinbai asked him again sarcastically: "By the way, do you remember that Master used to love watching snow most? But since nine years ago, every time the most lively snowy night during the Spring Festival, he would only lock himself in the house alone. refused to come out..."

Qi Zhong was faintly puzzled, and asked: "Why, why?"

He Yinbai snorted and glanced at him, his voice trembling slightly: "Because he was afraid, he was afraid of seeing Xueluo..."

"what……"

There was a sudden rumble in his ears, and Qi finally recalled what Mu Yin said at the beginning, when he died, there was snow in Tongjiang in June, which did not stop for a whole month, and Mu Yun walked in the snow with him in his arms, Until hope dies, until exhaustion, to the brink of death...

"I'm sorry! I hurt him."

"What's the use of this!" He Yinbai couldn't help yelling at him, "It's fine if you don't appreciate him, why do you want to repay my kindness and hurt my master's heart, do you know that because of your cruel words, he almost refused to come out again? close!"

"Do you know that on the day Master cried, Aunt Shi almost killed someone with a sword, but knowing that it was you who did it, our whole family couldn't help it... because you...you were once the person on Master's heart..."

"Mu Yun... I was wrong, I am sorry for you!" His eyes were full of desolation, and he cried, "What should I do? What should I do to make up for all this..."

He Yinbai's original aggressive attitude, when he saw such a dejected scene, inexplicably let go of the hostility in his heart, and lamented: "You go. The Mu family doesn't need your apology, and no one dares to ask you to apologise, because, you Only my master is qualified to choose my life."

Suddenly, Qi Zhong grabbed his sleeves that he was about to leave, and begged, "Help me, can you help me with the last thing? I just want to say the last few words to him. In this life, I will never step into this place again."

He Yinbai hesitated slightly: "What's the matter?"

……

A light rain fell continuously, and the empty mountain was covered with maple red, and the maple leaves kept falling.In the thatched pavilion, a person was blindfolded, sitting at the stone table, drinking tea alone, his back was vague and indifferent.Suddenly, he slowly raised his head and "looked" into the distance, the Qing River at the foot of Lanshan Mountain meanders away...

The man sighed softly.

On the other trail outside the flower forest, Qi Zhong followed behind He Yinbai nervously, repeating in his mind what he was going to say when he met that person.

"Lanshan is the former hometown of master and mother. At this time of year, he will accompany the deceased for a long time in the grass pavilion in front... If you are lucky today, you will meet him later. But I warn You! Absolutely don't say any more excessive words! Otherwise, I won't spare you. "

Seeing that the destination was approaching, He Yinbai reminded Qi Zhong who was behind him, feeling a little bit in his heart that he was an accomplice and concealed the guilt of his teacher.

Qi Zhong lowered his eyes and nodded sullenly: "I see."

He Yinbai stopped in his tracks, turned around, and gave him a complicated look: "Okay, my task has been completed, you go through this flower forest by yourself, and go to the other side to find someone."

Qi finally smiled gratefully: "Thank you! Thank you for your trouble."

"No need. As long as you don't come back again..." He Yinbai walked away from him indifferently, and left with a blank expression on his face.

Qi Zhong's expression froze, he was solemn for a while, and walked towards the forest of flowers after the rain in silence.

Not long after he entered the forest for a short distance, there was a sudden scream of pain outside the forest, like the voice of He Yinbai who had just led him the way.Qi Zhong didn't wait to think about it, he quickly changed direction and rushed to the loop.

Beside the dark grass, a group of black-clothed thieves tied He Yinbai to a tree, and roared violently: "Stinky boy, tell me! That person who was with you just now, where is he hiding?"

"I don't know. I have nothing to do with him, don't ask me." He Yinbai's face turned cold, and he wiped away the blood from the corner of his lips with disdain.

The boss of the man in black raised his whip impatiently, and roared: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished! If you don't say anything else, I will kill you."

"Hmph, try it if you have the guts, and you will be dead when my family members come!"

"What an arrogant boy, come here, cut off his two arms first, send them to Mu's residence, and see how they react..."

He Yinbai's expression sank, and he asked, "Who are you guys? Who are you looking for revenge?"

The man in black sneered: "We don't seek revenge, it's just that someone hired us to deal with a person. This person must die."

He Yinbai curled up his fingers, gritted his teeth and said, "Then what does he have to do with the Mu family?"

The man in black seemed to feel that he had talked too much, and was afraid of revealing the secret, so he interrupted his questioning irritably: "Okay. These are not things you can ask. Hurry up and tell the whereabouts of that person, or... die!"

"Oh? Who do you want to die?"

A question came coldly from the wet rainforest, and a group of men in black looked back, and suddenly recognized him, grasped the blade tightly, and were ready to take the money and die for him.

"Hey, why are you back again? Hurry up and find my master, don't you have something to say to him?"

He Yinbai anxiously warned Qi Zhong who was coming, his eyes were full of anxiety.

"You led the way for me, so you will suffer now. I can't leave you alone." Qi Zhong happened to hear the conversation of several people, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

"You are stupid, they just want to kill you. You come back and fall into their trap!"

"But I can't let you do anything good or bad. I already... owe him too much."

He Yinbai suddenly saw the sadness in his eyes, he was speechless for a moment, and the words of persuading him to leave were stuck in his throat.

The black-clothed swordsman raised the white light of his knife and threatened: "Since you already know why we are looking for you, then make a decision. As long as you catch him without a fight, we will spare this kid from dying."

Qi Zhong's eyes sank, with cruelty hidden in them, he raised his head arrogantly, and readily agreed: "Okay. You let him go first, and I'll just stand here and never resist."

The leader of the man in black thought for a while, motioned for someone to untie He Yinbai, put the knife on his neck, pushed him forward, and slowly approached Qi Zhong.

Qi Zhong put two fingers together in his sleeves, gathered his inner energy secretly, trying to break the boat, and after He Yinbai came back behind him, he resisted in time, but suddenly, his breath was chaotic for a moment, blood gushed into his throat, and he almost died Steady your mind.Suffering from sleeping for too long, the recovery of inner energy was slow, before Feng Mei left, he had reminded him not to use his inner energy rashly, otherwise the damage would be great.

But now at such a dangerous juncture, even the slightest bit of spirit energy could not be transported, Qi Zhong only felt powerless, and the sweat of panic broke out spontaneously.He was so reconciled, how could he be reconciled if he hadn't met that person yet?

Seeing that there are still two steps left, the tip of the opponent's knife has slowly moved towards him. Qi Zhong looked at this scene coldly, and repeatedly grasped the opportunity that was about to pass by. Looking up, bumping into the person behind him, meeting Qi Zhong's eyes, shouting: "Run!"

The two had a tacit understanding, quickly seized this opportunity, turned and ran away.

The black-clothed swordsmen were all highly skilled in martial arts, and when they learned that they had been duped, they chased and killed them relentlessly: "Heh, it seems that none of you can even think about living!"

He Yinbai took Qi Zhong hurriedly through the rainy flower forest, and explained: "Not only did they come here for you, they listened to their tone, and never thought of letting me go from the beginning... and they have curses in their hands. Traces, if you don’t complete the task, you will be brutally killed by the cursed person, in order to save your life, they will definitely kill us, so we must leave here quickly..."

"and many more!"

Qi Zhong stopped suddenly, and before he finished listening to He Yinbai's words, he panicked in his heart: "No, they didn't come after them, they went by another road, and there... is Fenglin Pavilion."

Hearing this, He Yinbai also woke up from the confusion, and said in surprise: "They, they won't go to my master, right? Oh, it's broken... The road map on my body has fallen off, they must have stolen it .”

"I'm going back to find him!"

Qi Zhong didn't say any more, and hurried back, but was stopped.

"No! They just set up a lot of traps in this forest. It will be even more dangerous if you go back now!"

"Anyway, I'm going to find Mu Yun, I have one last word to say to him!"

He Yinbai had a headache and raised his forehead: "What are you talking about, let me convey it to you. The master may have left, you shouldn't go back and fall into the trap!"

"Even if it's the last time, I still want to see him with my own eyes... If I can see this side, I will feel at ease when I die."

The words of perseverance have already settled in his heart. Qi Zhong knows that if he is assassinated, he must be targeted by the enemy. If today's matter cannot be successful, then maybe he will die in the end of the world or die in a foreign land, and his relationship with that person will be regarded as true fate. broken.

"Forget it. I'll accompany you back."

He Yinbai couldn't help him, so he hurriedly followed, and suddenly remembered that day in the cloud room, when he accidentally heard Mu Yun's name whispered when he lost his mind... His heart was quite complicated.If it weren't for various accidents, after recognizing the person in front of him that night, he would not agree to lead the way today.

In a trance, the surrounding black shadows sprang out from the forest again, surrounding the two of them, the light of the knife reflected on their faces, and the air was very cold.

"I knew you would come back!"

As soon as the ruthless words fell, the surrounding area was filled with a fog of charming consciousness.The two of them knew that they had been tricked, and they were temporarily in a dangerous situation and could not escape. At this moment, a poisonous arrow flew from outside the fog and hit He Yinbai's back. Qi Zhong heard the sound of the arrow and turned sideways sensitively. He pushed the person away, but he didn't realize that the other side was also approaching with a poisonous arrow. When he had no time to guard against it, it hit the shoulder and elbow, and suddenly a sharp pain hit him, causing him to hiss in a low voice.

The situation was even more critical. In the fog, the sword light was getting closer and closer, and was about to strike at the two of them.Suddenly, several red maple leaves flew from the sky, sharp as blades, and in the blink of an eye, there was the sound of countless knives falling on the ground. When the two were stunned, they heard the curses of the black-clothed swordsmen fleeing in embarrassment.

The fog gradually dispersed, and a gentle figure gradually appeared at the end of the forest road.He Yinbai ran away and shouted in shock: "Master, it's you who came!"

The person he had been thinking about finally came before his eyes. Qi Zhong was inexplicably sad, but he didn't dare to recognize each other. Enduring the pain from the toxin spreading on his shoulder, he turned around in a hurry, trying to escape from this place before the fog cleared.

But after all, he overestimated his weakness after recovering from a serious illness. The toxin had already numb part of his consciousness, and his mind felt dizzy.At this time, a pair of generous hands held him firmly, and there was still such a gentle voice in his ear: "Be careful."

The familiar fragrance of green tea came rushing towards his face, Qi couldn't stop crying, not daring to see the person supporting him, clutching the last sliver of sober reason, he wanted to brush away Mu Yun's hands, keeping his promise to stay away.

Feeling his rejection, Mu Yun felt a twinge of pain in his heart, and frowned, "You...don't you have something to tell me?"

Hearing this, Qi Zhong wept even worse, his emotions collapsed in an instant, regardless of the presence of the junior, he raised his head, looked straight at Mu Yun's handsome face, threw himself into his arms in pain, and wailed loudly, his thin body couldn't stop trembling.

"I just want to say the last truth to you, why is it so difficult? Is it so difficult?"

The mournful cry made Mu Yun's heart tense for a while, and when the person fell into his arms completely, Mu Yun noticed the poisonous wound on his shoulder and panicked for a while.Firmly holding the body of the person in his arms, his eyes flashed, his brows frowned, and he tried to comfort him: "What are you talking about? Stop talking, I'll take you..." Go.

Before the words were finished, the person in his arms ignored the pain first, put his hands around his neck with strength, and leaned his head tremblingly on his shoulder. When he was unconscious, he used an extremely desperate pleading The voice, attached to his ear, slowly said: "I, I love you..."

"Love love... I'm sorry."

"what!"

After hearing the soft words, Mu Yun's heart trembled and he exclaimed in a low voice.The feelings hidden in the depths of the heart suddenly broke through the gate, and it was like a torrent.

It turned out that it was because of this sentence that he went all out to find himself.

He was afraid that this sentence would disturb him, and he even apologized for it?

Mu Yun clenched his fists, his eyes were slightly red, and he felt even more distressed about the sensitive and fragile posture of the person in his arms.I can't help thinking, how much hard work I have put in to save my beloved's soul in the past nine years, is it just for him to come back and suffer these psychological tortures?

Mu Yun asked himself because he couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear it before, and he couldn't bear it now.

He could no longer ignore all this, leaned his cheek gently against the side of the man's side, and said: "I, love you too."

A second before he fell into a coma, Qi Zhong heard this heartfelt voice in a trance, and the moment he closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up in relief, and then his consciousness fell into deeper darkness.