copper sparrow lock nobile

Hezhou, the empty city is bleak, and soldiers and horses are rampant.

The sun is about to rise, and the dark clouds in the distance have not yet dispersed. The dark crowd gathered at the gate of Jinyan Hall, standing solemnly, waiting for the leader inside the gate to come out. Duan Zhanzhou was also waiting there, the horse on his crotch was a little uneasy, He stroked the horse's head.

Everyone's face is full of generosity, bravery and fearlessness. Everyone shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending their home and country. They know that they will die, but they have no choice.

After a while, a puff of black smoke rose from the sky above Jinyan Hall. Looking up, he saw a jujube tree on fire in a corner of the garden, and it was all burned to the top.

Duan Yelin also woke up early today, but only walked out of the room after smelling a strong smell of smoke.

In the yard, Xu Hang was standing facing a burning tree trunk. The fire was so intense that his skin turned red, and even the air in the yard seemed to be distorted.

In the flames, Xu Hang dropped the fire stick in his hand, turned around slowly, looked at Duan Yelin and said lightly, "Come with me."

I don't know how to describe the expression in Xu Hang's eyes at that moment, it was neither calm nor sharp, neither sad nor painful, neither excited nor happy.

It seems to be reborn, a different person.

So Duan Yelin followed Xu Hang all the way to the main hall. There was a small round table in the main hall. On the table was a round plate, and inside the plate were two cups, each containing wine.

Xu Hang sat down on one side, and made a gesture of "please" to the other empty seat, signaling Duan Yelin to sit down.Duan Yelin took off his military cap, looked at this ceremonial decoration, and frowned: "Don't tell me, you want to give me a farewell party?"

Xu Hang shook his head, his pale lips parted slowly: "Last night I thought about it all night, and settled the debts and repayments between us. You come and go, add and subtract, and find that everything is almost the same, except for one thing. Things... finish that one thing, and everything will be wiped out."

"what's up?"

"I still owe you a glass of wine from four years ago."

Duan Yelin was puzzled: "Wine?"

"Do you remember that when you gave me two glasses of wine, one of raw wine and one of dead wine, I chose to survive. Now, I will also return you two glasses of wine," Xu Hang turned the disc in front of him, and the two The two cups kept changing positions along the disc, and when they stopped, they no longer knew which cup was which. "Here are two glasses of wine that look the same. The difference is that one of them is made by 'Duhuo'. Duhuo, The name of this medicine is as strong as its toxicity, I buried this jar of wine in Qiyuan four years ago, and it has not been opened until today."

Live alone, live alone, die alone.

Looking at Duan Yelin meaningfully, he pushed Yuanpan in front of him, and said: "I let you choose first, you don't need to drink, but I will drink the rest of the cup, it depends on who God chooses to let you drink." live."

Life and death choice!

Duan Yelin's gaze suddenly changed. He didn't expect that Xu Hang, who had just walked back from the gate of hell, would do such hasty things to his life. He couldn't help but increase his tone: "Do you have to do this?"

"Yes, it must be like this."

"There is no need to do this. I said 'two cleans' means 'two clears'." Duan Yelin punched the table with a fist, and a few drops of wine in the glass splashed out. "If I come back from the battlefield alive, I won’t come to you again; if I die on the battlefield, I won’t bother you in Xu Shaotang’s dreams as a ghost. I will do what I say, if I break my promise, I will cover my face with yellow sand and leave my body incomplete!”

The sonorous and forceful oath hit Xu Hang's heart, like a gust of draft swept across the bell under the eaves, and it kept swaying from side to side.

Xu Hang looked at the corner of his mouth reflected in the wine glass, and the smile he pulled out was really embarrassingly fake: "It's rare for you...to say such cruel words."

Duan Yelin also laughed at himself: "Being by your side, if you haven't learned a single thing, wouldn't it be a waste of years?"

Both were silent.

Why is it that when I think about it or talk about it now, there is no warmth at all, and there are a lot of unpleasant topics.

Xu Hang raised his head again, and accentuated his tone: "Then you should also know that I have my insistence on what I decide. You... choose."

He deliberately didn't look at Duan Yelin's shocked eyes, and pointed to the outer door: "Go out from here, and it's exactly fifty steps to the door. If I drink dead wine, the moment you step out of Jinyan Hall, I will hold my breath." when."

Duan Yelin's breathing became heavier: "Since you want to do this, then you...shouldn't you let me drink that glass of poisonous wine?"

Xu Hang laughed, it sounded easy, but there was still a bit of bitterness and desolation: "I'm no longer sure whether the decision I made was right or wrong. I had a choice back then, so this road Up to now, I will recognize the completion. I am just curious, if I have no choice but to resign myself to fate, will God think that for me, Xu Shaotang, living to that time is enough?"

Duan Yelin looked at the person sitting in front of him. He had been in love for four full years and always forced him to do some heart-wrenching things: "I just said that life and death are up to you, and you can't wait to ruin your life... If I knew you wanted to die, I should have let you stay in the Golden Swallow Hall and let you fend for yourself!"

Xu Hang met his hateful eyes: "No one forced you, you came in voluntarily."

"Yes, I did it voluntarily," Duan Yelin admitted, "You are so courageous, you won all the rounds with just this one chip."

This bargaining chip was placed in Xu Hang's hands by himself.

"You haven't chosen yet, the result is unknown, how can you be sure if I'm ruining myself?"

Xu Hang raised his eyes. For a long time in the past, these eyes had no luster, and today they finally shined a little more: "Do you remember that I once said that you are always so confident, and I hope you will always be so confident?" Can continue to be confident. Come, choose a cup, and see if fate will favor the confident you in the end, or sympathize with the down-and-out me?"

Speaking of this, Duan Yelin understood that the result is not important, Xu Hang is forcing him to make this choice.

These two glasses of wine are Xu Hang's silent answer, which is telling Duan Yelin that if the two of them really want to "clear the two", unless they die and live.As long as they are alive, it will never be possible to 'clear the two'.

In fact, why didn't Duan Yelin know?Saying things like that is nothing more than lip-syncing yourself.

He also understands Xu Hang's thoughts, just like the reason why he concealed his drug addiction and wanted to die quietly, the revenge he should have done has been done, and the rest of his life is meaningless all of a sudden, the pain is too much It is difficult to heal, and it is better to die than to live.

There is really no choice.

Duan Yelin smelled the slightly bitter aroma of the wine: "Could it be that if I choose, you will hand over the medicine?"

"Yes, no matter what the result is, I will hand over the medicine."

"That's enough." Duan Yelin had already made up his mind.

Without any hesitation, he picked up the cup closest to him.

Seeing Duan Yelin made a choice, Xu Hang picked up the remaining cup naturally, but Duan Yelin in front of him actually put the cup to his lips and drank it all with a raised head!

"Duan Yelin!"

The wine made from traditional Chinese medicine is slightly bitter, but very strong. It is the kind of taste that Duan Yelin likes to drink. It burns the throat and burns all the way to the stomach.

Watching Duan Yelin drink it, Xu Hang was so surprised that he didn't even have time to stop him. Before he could drink another cup, Duan Yelin grabbed the one in his hand and drank it together. down!

I have seen people who grab water to drink when they are thirsty, but I have never seen people who grab poison to drink.

"You...!" Xu Hang's eyes widened slightly, his fingers scratched the edge of the table, and he almost stood up.

Duan Yelin turned the glass upside down to show that he had drunk it all, and threw it away chicly, the white porcelain wine glass cracked in response.He stretched out his big palm, grabbed Xu Hang's skirt and moved it in front of him, and kissed him across the table!

There is no wanton tongue kiss, just sticking, but it is very heavy, with great strength, force and restraint.

Because this person, these lips, will never touch again.

Xu Hang's body was lifted slightly, and he stared at Duan Yelin's face who was close at hand.It was too close to see clearly, only the smell of the wine he had just drunk lingered on the tip of his nose.

Is it because the smell of alcohol is too mellow, or the smell of medicine is too strong, which makes the eyes sore and numb, and the vision is a bit blurred due to the spicy.

This was the most superficial touch between them, just for a moment, Duan Yelin let go of his hand, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said in a low voice: "...you said you had a choice back then, In fact, you are wrong. The two glasses of wine back then were raw wine. Locking you up for four years and paying all the price sounds silly, but I think it is worth it. Xu Shaotang, since I gave you the 'Death and Life Qikuo' I will not take back the promise I made, and this life will be regarded as my fulfillment of the promise. I want to tell you one thing...Even though we are born and restrained by each other, I am still glad...that I have not failed Qiyuan back then."

After finishing speaking, he took two steps back, took a deep look at Xu Hang, picked up his hat and put it on, covering his eyes, and in Xu Hang's eyes shaking slightly like the collision of wind chimes, the iron-clothed military boots clattered out. , step by step, head held high, cloak swinging, calmly walked towards the door.

The door of Jin Yan Tang opened wide.

No one could see that he was going to die. In the eyes of his soldiers, their commander was majestic and always looked like a god of war, walking out confidently.

In fact, Duan Yelin's heart sank a little every time he took a step towards the border of death.

He felt that he was walking away on his broken heart. He was like a lotus root, and Xu Hang was a part of him.

But you can't look back, if you look at it more, you can't help but burst into tears.

He just walked to the door full of thoughts and stepped out of the door. It was only then that he felt something was wrong.

There was no poisonous hair, no pain, his body didn't feel any discomfort, and he was as safe as a normal person.

fine?

Looking back in surprise, Xu Hang was leaning against the side of another heavy door, he didn't know what expression to put on his face, he was both helpless and disappointed.

Leaning on the door and looking back, there is neither wind nor rain.

Xu Hang's face was covered with a sense of powerlessness after being defeated, and his thin body took two steps forward against the wind, and said: "Even such a difficult problem has been solved by you... Oh, Duan Yelin, I really There's nothing I can do with you."

Duhuo, with such a sad name, is actually a pain-relieving and non-toxic medicine.

He returned Duan Yelin's two glasses of raw wine with two glasses of raw wine.Four years ago and four years later, they coincided with each other and coincided with each other.

He just wanted to give himself an excuse to prove that Duan Yelin no longer had feelings for him, but up to now, Duan Yelin's blood has never been cold.

On the other hand, it's really ugly.

Xu Hang bowed his head and fulfilled his promise: "The tree I burned was a signal to Ruan Xiaodie. She will wait for you outside the city and tell you where the medicine is hidden. You... let's go. Enough, everything It's all over."

He's tired, he's going back to the house.As soon as he turned around, he was stopped by Duan Yelin again.

"Xu Shaotang!" A cry that almost broke through the sky broke into Xu Hang's ear, pinning him firmly in place.

Duan Yelin asked last: "Do you have anything else to say to me?"

What... Xu Hang froze in place. From Duan Yelin's perspective, he was thin and emaciated, so cold that he was hard to touch.

The horse of Duan Zhanzhou outside neighed and stepped impatiently left and right, as if urging Duan Yelin to set off.

Then, Xu Hang turned around, took out a small object from his sleeve, and threw it to Duan Yelin from a distance. Duan Yelin waved his big palm in front of him and grabbed it firmly.Spreading his hands, he saw that it was the peony sachet he had given to Xu Hang.

Looking up again, Xu Hang's lips moved and his mouth opened, but he just let out a breath without a word.

Very well, the curtain ends without anything to say, and the last gift has been returned to its original owner.

It seems that there is really not a drop left.

Duan Yelin squeezed the sachet tightly, put his hand on the door, frowned and closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and turned around, closing the heavy door.

Slap.The inside and outside of the door are isolated.

Qiao Song led the horse over, Duan Yelin jumped on the horse, took a wine bowl, two slaps in his throat, then slammed down on the ground, took out his pistol and fired three shots at the sky.

"go!"

The soldiers of the whole army were mighty, and their dantian let out a tidy roar to boost their morale.

Qiao Song waved the flag: "Let's go!"

The sound of orderly and powerful footsteps started from the road in front of Jinyan Hall, stretched all the way to the outside of the alley, and penetrated all the way through the cracks in the gravel road, giving the entire empty Hezhou City a little more tragic charm.

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are full of wind and fire,

Ten years of anger in my chest.

Fight the blood of a righteous man,

Go straight to the sky to be a hero.

Perhaps no one could hear it, but behind this formation song, in the forgotten Jinyan Hall, there was a faint, clear and clear Yue opera tune like a hook, hooked on the heels of soldiers.

It is long and slender, fleeting for a while, like humming or chanting, and it will tell but not tell.

"Send my brother to the east of Ouchi, where the lotus petals are full of red; send my brother to the south of Xiaolou, where you are going today; send my brother to the west of Qulan, when I come, I will be happy but miserable; I will send my brother to the painting hall Bei, when will you come after leaving today—”

At the end of singing, Xu Hang sank himself in the chair, looked at the closed door, and finally couldn't sing anymore.

After erasing the powder and ink, he is not a real actor, and his operatic accent is out of order, and he can no longer be heard.