Cold Sword Perched Peach Blossom

The carriage traveled for another day and arrived at Moyu Land.

If it is said that the Lin family is the master on Kunlun Mountain, then Moyu is the territory of the Xie family.

After walking the mountain road for a few days, a broad avenue finally appeared, and the desolate forests around receded, gradually becoming populated.

Entering the city, the speed of the carriage slowed down.Lin Rufei lifted the curtain and looked at the shops and people walking by the road.

Moyu City is prosperous in business, and there are many merchants in the past. It is the westernmost commercial center on the Yaoguang Continent.Lin Rufei saw a lot of strange gadgets that she had never seen before on the street, and the two maids also stared at them intently, especially the younger Yu Rui, who had already started to swallow her saliva uncontrollably.

Xie Mansion is located in the middle of the whole street. There are two tall and majestic stone lions sitting at the entrance. Fuhua went to call the door, and Lin Rufei stood aside and waited quietly, but found that the two stone lions were slightly sideways. He turned his head and looked towards himself.

"Ah, why did the stone move?" Yu Rui exclaimed.

Lin Rufei observed for a moment, then smiled and said, "This should not be a stone, but a stone beast."

"Stone beast?" Yu Rui didn't know.

"Well, the auspicious beast of the town house." Lin Rufei said, "It looks like a stone on weekdays, but it can resist some evil spirits."

While the two were talking, the gate of Xie's house opened, Fuhua explained his intention, but the gatekeeper looked hesitant and looked at the three of them.

Among the three, Lin Rufei was obviously the most conspicuous one.He has a plain expression, wearing a spring suit with a pattern of gold silk flowing clouds on a white background, a green jade ring finger on his right thumb, and a sachet with an incomprehensible pattern hanging from his waist. He looks handsome but his face is pale, as if his body It doesn't look very good, but the most eye-catching thing on this face is the pair of dark eyes that are lighter than ordinary people. When the gatekeeper saw these eyes, he seemed to think of something, and immediately said: "Excuse me, is it Lin Si?" son?"

"Exactly." Lin Rufei said.

"Please, please—" the gatekeeper hurriedly said, and ordered another person to help Fuhua bring the carriage in.

It turned out that after Lin Rufei and Xie's family met on the mountain road that day, someone sent a message back.There are distinguished guests coming, Xie's family is ready to receive them.

It's just that when Lin Rufei first entered the Xie Mansion, she felt something was wrong with the atmosphere in the mansion.In the huge Xie Mansion, there were not many people to be seen, even if someone passed by, they still looked panic-stricken, and seeing Lin Rufei and the others, they looked like they had seen a ghost.

The gatekeeper took Lin Rufei and the three to the wing room, and said that the Patriarch of the Xie family had gone out to do some errands at this time, and he would only come back at night, and asked them to rest for a while, and then come to invite them at that time.

Lin Rufei thanked him, hesitated for a moment, and asked if the third son Xie was at home.

When the gatekeeper heard Lin Rufei's question, his expression froze, and he sighed, "Yes, it's just..."

Lin Rufei said, "Just what?"

The gatekeeper said: "It's just being punished in the ancestral hall."

Lin Rufei said, "Punishment? What did he do wrong?"

The gatekeeper smiled wryly and said: "Sorry, Mr. Lin, this matter is not something that our servants can talk about. If you want to ask, you can ask the master directly, or wait a little longer. After a few days, the third master should come out." .”

Lin Rufei didn't make things difficult for him and let him go.

"I always feel that Xie's mansion is weird." After putting away their luggage, Fuhua and Yurui also came to Lin Rufei's room. The two maids obviously felt that the atmosphere in the mansion was weird, and they muttered, "It's so strange."

"That's not right." Lin Rufei sat on a chair with a cup of hot tea in his hand. He picked up the cup and took a sip, and said in a low voice, "Young Master Xie's family passed away suddenly, and there is no funeral in the entire Xie residence." , didn’t even hang up a white lantern.”

If he remembered correctly, Xie Kongcheng was the most valued junior of the Xie family. After his sudden death, he was buried overnight in such a hurry, and there was no trace of it in the entire Xie mansion.

"Forget it, let's wait until the evening." After a few days of exhaustion, Lin Rufei also felt a little tired, he said, "Rest first, and we will talk about other things after handing over the invitation to the Patriarch of the Xie family."

Fuhua Yurui agrees, and retreats obediently.

Lin Rufei ate some food casually, then flipped through the books in the house and read them.

A breeze blew outside the window, and the man suddenly appeared beside Lin Rufei as usual, and said, "It's been hundreds of years, why is the Xie family still like this?"

Lin Rufei was almost used to his elusive appearance, she looked at the head of the book without lifting it, and said casually, "Same as usual? Senior has been to Xie's house before."

"I haven't been here." Gu Xuandu lazily leaned against the window, looking at the bleak scene in the courtyard, "but I've heard about it."

Lin Rufei groaned: "The senior knows what happened to the Xie family?"

Gu Xuandu said: "I can guess some."

Lin Rufei blinked her eyes, then raised her head curiously: "Is it convenient to say?"

Gu Xuandu had a half-smile but not a smile: "It's okay to say...just..."

Lin Rufei said, "Just what?"

"It's just that these things are dirty things, and I feel dirty after hearing them." Gu Xuandu said.

Lin Rufei smiled and said, "It's okay, the ears are not so clean."

Gu Xuandu stood up, walked to Lin Rufei's side in a few steps, bent down and approached Lin Rufei's cheek, and said in a low voice: "I see, aren't you quite clean?"

The breath blew on Lin Rufei's ears, causing some itching. Lin Rufei reflexively wanted to avoid it, but Gu Xuandu straightened his body. He said: "Every one can be passed down for hundreds of years. Your family always has their own methods, your Lin family has unparalleled swordsmanship and sword-making skills, and they Xie family also have their own methods."

"What method?" Lin Rufei asked.

"Do you know how Gu King is refined?" Gu Xuandu asked.

Lin Rufei instantly understood what Gu Xuandu meant, and she was a little inconceivable: "Such a method is too hurtful, isn't it?"

"What is harmony in heaven?" Gu Xuandu said, "For some people, peace in heaven is the continuation and prosperity of the family." He said lazily, "There are many bones buried under high positions, and there are many such dirty things. Some habits are better."

Lin Rufei was silent, he had seen some in the book, but it was only described in words, there was no real shock from seeing it, and what happened to his childhood playmate.

He flipped through a few pages of the book and felt a little bored inside the house, so he picked up the cloak casually, put it on and went out of the yard, wanting to go around Moyu Street.

Seeing that he was going out, the gatekeeper eagerly opened the door for him and asked if he needed someone to accompany him. Lin Rufei refused his offer, saying that he just wanted to walk alone.

Gu Xuandu followed Lin Rufei, but no one could see him except Lin Rufei.

Moyu Street is flat and wide, but it has a different scene from Kunlun. Lin Rufei walked on the street, and soon found some interesting things, such as small figures drawn on stone slabs with sugar water, and what The crispy dough fried in the oil pan looks like something that children like, but Lin Rufei's eyes are shining, and she can't move her feet.

The hawkers were very clever. When they saw an expensive young man parked at the door of their stall, they yelled loudly. There were also enthusiastic hawkers calling for Lin Rufei to have a taste first.

Lin Rufei couldn't hold back the temptation, took out a few coins from her cuff purse, bought a lot of snacks and gadgets, went to the sugar painting stall, and asked the peddler to draw a peach blossom.

"Neng, for you." Lin Rufei took Tang Hua's peach branch, found a place where no one was around, and handed it to Gu Xuandu beside him, "Can I hold it?" He didn't know that Gu Xuan could do it. Do not touch the real thing.

Gu Xuan didn't say a word, he stretched out his hand to take it, crunched a few mouthfuls, then swallowed it, because he ate too fast, the dark sugar residue left some traces on his lips, Lin Rufei He raised his hand and tapped the corner of his mouth, and said, "Here..."

Gu Xuandu looked up at him.

"Here." Lin Rufei continued, "There is..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Xuandu's face moved closer, his cold lips brushed past the corner of his mouth like a feather, startled Lin Rufei, and couldn't help but take two steps back, Pale face blushed: "What are you——"

Gu Xuan's eyes were full of innocence: "Otherwise, what do you mean?"

Lin Rufei was helpless: "I mean you have sugar residue at the corner of your mouth—"

Gu Xuandu let out an oh, and stretched out his tongue to lick the corner of his mouth. He was born to be extremely beautiful, but he made this movement, which made Lin Rufei look away involuntarily. He forgot to investigate what happened, and therefore missed Gu Xuandu's smiling eyes.

Lin Rufei has lived for more than 20 years, and besides his relatives, there are only two maids, Fuhua Yurui, who have been in contact with him for a long time, but he has never had any other thoughts about them, and his relationship can be said to be blank.

At this time, being teased by Gu Xuandu like this made me feel a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and I didn't know if Gu Xuandu did it unintentionally or if he was teasing me on purpose.

Gu Xuandu's attitude was the same as before, pointing to the dragon beard crisps on the hawker's stall, saying that this is delicious, remember to buy some back.

Lin Rufei bought two more boxes, and when the two of them finished shopping, Lin Rufei's hands were already full of big and small bags of snacks and all kinds of weird gadgets. It's not that I can't take it anymore, but I can still buy a lot of things.

It was getting late, and Lin Rufei slowly wandered back to Xie's mansion. Fuhua and Yurui were surprised when they saw Lin Rufei who had returned with a full load, and hurried forward to take the things in his hand, saying Why don't you call them when you go out.

"I just want to walk around alone." Lin Rufei said, "You don't have to be so nervous."

"A servant from the Xie family came over just now and said that the master of the Xie family has set up a banquet. If the young master comes back, he can go there directly." Fuhua said, "Young master, are you going now?"

Lin Rufei said: "Go."

This is also a matter of sooner or later.

It was dusk at this time, and the entire Xie Mansion was shrouded in the dim sunlight of the evening.Except for the servant who led Lin Rufei to the main hall, there was no one in the huge Xie Mansion, and it was eerily silent.

On the eaves stood a few black birds, which looked a bit like crows, and they didn't sing. They just looked down at Xie's mansion quietly, as if they were waiting for something.

On the way there, Lin Rufei casually asked the servant a few words, and the servant answered in a low voice with a low eyebrow.But any questions about Xie Zhiyao could not be answered in his mouth, and even after hearing the name Xie Zhiyao, a little panic appeared on his face, as if what the name Xie Zhiyao was ominous.

"Mr. Lin, if you want to know anything, you can ask the Patriarch." The servant whispered, "There are some things that our servants cannot say."

Lin Rufei nodded and said yes.

Xie's mansion was very big, walking inside seemed like entering an endless labyrinth. After walking for a long time, he didn't reach the destination, and even passed through a beautiful garden in the process.

The garden in spring is supposed to be the most beautiful, but it's a pity that Xie's garden has not been taken care of. The overgrown weeds even covered the planted flowers and trees. It was barren and even the path was almost submerged.

The servant walked on it carefully, reminding Lin Rufei to be careful when slipping.

"How long is it?" Lin Rufei asked.

"Hurry up, hurry up, it's just ahead." The servant said, "Just a few more steps, and we'll be there."

After he finished speaking, he turned two more corners, and Lin Rufei saw Patriarch Xie and a group of family members who were sitting quietly waiting among the lights.

The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: So sweet

Lin Rufei: Sugar painting is very sweet

Gu Xuandu: I said you

Lin Rufei: ……………