Peony Overlord [Rebirth]

On New Year's Eve, when the whole family was having fun, Shi's mansion was as quiet as stagnant water, and only the small courtyard in the farthest east was left alive and lively.

The green bamboo jade lotus brought the cooked food to the table, and several people sat around a fairly large round table in the Chu Xinle House. The warm light of the oil lamp coated the oily and soft dishes with a layer of color, and the green onions were fragrant and spicy. The smell filled the room, Shi Haoming stared straight at him, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help but move his chopsticks.

Huo Gang didn't come in vain, the luggage was full of He family's aged wine, sweet and strong, mellow in the mouth, he loves to drink, at this time he took out the jug with a wink, and poured it for everyone.

Chu Xinle picked up the wine glass first, glanced at the figures in front of him with affectionate eyes full of gratitude, and suddenly smiled. This is the first time he has shown his true feelings, and the usual hypocrisy and gentleness are gone, with real gratitude He was delighted, the lights lit up his delicate browbones, and he looked radiant: "Here with me, there are no masters and servants, and there is no distinction between superiors and inferiors. Everyone stays by my side to give me face. If you don't dislike me, you can treat me as a My dear ones, I have already regarded everyone as my closest relatives in my heart, I will drink this glass of wine first as a respect." After he finished speaking, he drank it all in one gulp, and the jubilant atmosphere around him seemed to drink the glass of wine with him.

Huo Gang was the first to react. He stretched out his arms to grab the wine glass, but stopped short, as if he still had many worries in his heart.

Chenfan stood up in silence, picked up the wine glass, did not say a word, suffocated the wine in one gulp, the hot pepper rushed from his throat to the nasal cavity, and tears filled his eyes, thousands of words were poured into the glass of wine .

Shi Haoming stared straight at Chu Xinle, and suddenly lowered his eyes. The crying boy seemed to have grown up suddenly in the last night of this year. He pursed his lips and nodded, and drank the wine in his hand with Qingzhu Yulian.

The wine glasses in front of everyone are empty, but Huo Gang has never moved.

Chu Xinle looked at him gently, waiting for him, giving him enough time to think and accept.

The stove heated up the whole house, the snow on the overhanging eaves was melted, dripping water on the wooden planks of the corridor, and the sound seemed to be counting time, hitting everyone's eardrums.

rustle--

The snow outside the door was trampled to pieces, Huo Gang still didn't speak, Chen Fan could hear clearly, he rushed to the door and opened the door with lightning speed, the figure outside the house hadn't reacted yet, saw the wide open door, and Everyone in the room was oriented toward him, scratching the back of their heads in embarrassment, their dark faces were shy or reflected by the lights in the room, it was red like a monkey's butt.

"Liu Tainiu?" Chenfan raised his voice in disbelief: "Why don't you go home for the New Year?"

Liu Tainiu scratched his head with his hand down, pinched the coarse cotton coat with his fingers and rubbed it back and forth, looked down at the threshold, and said, "My house... my house is actually in Qinchuan."

After hearing this, Chu Xinle stood up uncontrollably, walked out, fixed her eyes on Liu Tainiu, and asked, "Qinchuan?"

Liu Tainiu looked into Chu Xinle's eyes, nodded, and said, "Actually, my family members are all in Qinchuan. A few years ago, when the young master of the Chu family chased him away, our whole family came out. I stayed in Runan , My sister and Niang Nianjia, they went back after the young master of the Chu family was stabbed to death. Who knew that the bandits had grown in power, controlled Qinchuan, and locked the city gate tightly. People inside were not allowed to come out. Can't get in... The rest of the family don't care..."

When he said this, he exhaled for a long time, and even if he didn't say what he said next, everyone else would understand.

The cold shoulders were covered by warmth, Chu Xinle brushed off the frost on Liu Tai's shoulders, he turned his back to the back room, isolated all the red and warmth behind him, stretched out his hand to this person who longed for excitement but endured loneliness, and pulled him over From that dividing line, darkness is only behind him from now on.

"There's a seat in the room for you." Chu Xinle patted him on the shoulder, didn't say much, just finished this sentence, and left Liu Tainiu's back to enter the room.

Liu Tainiu was still stunned outside the house, Dust Fan saw his expression of resentment, went out and grabbed Liu Tainiu's wrist, pulled him in, and woke him up: "My master will keep you!"

"Ah! Oh!" Liu Tainiu opened his mouth wide, and then half-closed his eyes in the blink of an eye. In the light of the orange-red light, he could still see his expression of surprise and joy. His facial features were first wrinkled and then opened again, just like in a theater face-changing master.

Green Bamboo Jade Lotus felt uncomfortable.

"puff--"

Shi Haoming couldn't hold back, he let out a burst of laughter, as if he had touched some mechanism, everyone around laughed, even Huo Gang, who had been tense since he arrived, didn't hold back.

Liu Tainiu scratched his head shyly, walked over and took a full glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp, with a bold and impassioned manner, he shouted at Chu Xinle: "From now on, you will be my Liu Tainiu's master, and there are not many Shi Jiabing under my hands. People, but if the master does not dislike it, we are willing to throw our heads and blood for the master!"

Chu Xinle raised her lips, picked up her own wine glass and drank it all, teasingly said: "I'm the master, it's easy to say, but keep your heads on your necks, and you are not allowed to go anywhere, you understand?"

There was water in those big bull eyes, Liu Tainiu felt his nose sore, he nodded heavily and vigorously, afraid that Chu Xinle could not see clearly, and that he was not sincere enough.

The few people didn't say a word, as if thousands of words came to their hearts, all of them were poured into the blue-patterned white porcelain wine glass in their hands.

"Wait..." Dust Fan's face was solemn, squinting at Liu Tainiu, his words were cold, and the next moment he burst out and shouted at him: "Put it down, that's your brother and my wine glass !"

The cold wind blows cold outside the house, enveloping and swinging the lanterns on the eaves, the snow has buried many fragile things, hiding them in the corners, buried under the thick snow, leaving only a peaceful night, and the house is warm Laughing, after drinking for three rounds, each of them became bolder than usual.

Chen Fan used to learn those tricks of drinking and boxing in Yanxiang Building, and took the opportunity to show off to Liu Tainiu.

Shi Haoming drank the least, but he looked drunk, he staggered to get up, but sat down on his buttocks, propped his head up to look at Chenfan and Liu Tainiu, with relish like watching a monkey.

Green Bamboo Jade Lotus was lying on the table in a daze, how could she have the energy to guess punches?

On the contrary, Huo Gang was not drunk, except for his flushed face, everything else looked normal.

He stood up abruptly, holding the scabbard that never left his body in his hand, probably because of his high spirits, his original restraint disappeared, and he yelled at the two of them: "What's so good about guessing fists! Juggling swords, juggling swords! You should juggle when you drink sword!"

As if he finally knew what he was going to do, the wooden stool was kicked down by him, and he opened the door with a sword in one hand and ran out, so fast that no one could stop him in time.

Chu Xinle was also a little drowsy, but she was still awake. He also got up and turned to look at Huo Gang outside the courtyard.

The lantern was reflected on the transparent snow, and the surrounding area was clearly illuminated, covered with a layer of hazy blue, and the sky began to snow again.

Huo Gang danced his sword in the snow, he was so high-spirited and reckless, his old face showed the spirit of a teenager, the blade of the sword slid across the snowflakes all over the sky, he held a wine glass in one hand, and swung the long sword in the other, the aura radiating from his body shook the ground. Snow, he stopped when he was tired from playing, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and threw the wine glass into the snow when he had a good time.

This is a kind of catharsis, but also a kind of free and easy, Huo Gang has imprisoned himself for too long, so long that the noisy soul no longer knows how to break free, but today, tonight, and now, the numb soul is struggling again, As if redeemed.This appearance made people believe that he had once been high-spirited.

Chu Xinle was dumbfounded, perhaps it should be said that she was shocked by that kind of arrogance, which was different from Xing Yanhong's natural sense of oppression, it was the green pines and cypresses after a long period of vicissitudes.

The sky and the earth suddenly went dark, leaving only the two of them and the snowflakes that were falling bigger and bigger.

Huo Gang was finally willing to look directly at Chu Xinle, he withdrew his sword and approached step by step, his drunken red face was relieved at this moment.

"I don't have any great skills. If you don't dislike me, you can worship me as your teacher. I, Huo Gang, will pass on everything to you." It was obvious that he was relying on others, but his tone was calm and arrogant.

The sound of the wind roared from the ears of the two of them, and Chu Xinle's eyes were hot and wet, and the wind even made it difficult for him to breathe. Seeing the person in front of him who was slightly shorter than him, slightly stooped but still proud, he felt uncomfortable. Wonderful, it felt familiar, like he should have seen it before.

"From now on, I wish to share the joys and sorrows with my teacher." Chu Xinle knelt down on his knees, and the coldness instantly engulfed his legs from his knees. He trembled unconsciously, bent down, kowtowed three times in the snowy night.

Chen Fan stared blankly at his master kneeling in the snow, his back wearing a cloak was thin and thin in the night snow, but his straight back showed a calm strength, every time he bent down and straightened up, it was just a back view , but devoutly awe-inspiring.

He let go of the hand hooking Liu Tainiu's shoulder, raised his head in resentment and depression, and took a glass of wine. The acridness rushed straight into his nose, mixed with certain emotions, and dizzy in his eyes.

As if he had made up his mind, he stepped out of the threshold. Chu Xinle stood up, and Chen Fan knelt down beside him again, and kowtowed three times without making a sound. The light was shining brightly, he didn't get up, he looked up at Chu Xinle, then at Huo Gang, and said: "You saved my life, I will pay for it with my life, now my master worships you as a teacher, my master and I, from now on After that, you are my second master in the mortal world."

The young man refused to slow down his tone, and his willful arrogance made his tone appear stiff, as if forced, but also as an order.

Chu Xinle raised the corners of her mouth silently, Chenfan's thorny personality when he saw someone he didn't know well seemed to have not been completely removed.

Huo Gang has experienced much more than this group of children, so he can tell at a glance, he is not angry, he doesn't care if the snow falls into his mouth, he just looks up and laughs, the snowflakes fall to the corners of his eyes with fine lines, and in an instant Melt away like tears.

"Okay, okay! If my son is still here..." Huo Gang is old after all, and the wine tonight made him a little flustered. Looking at the figures standing and kneeling in front of him, one is calm and stable, and the other is free and easy. Feeling: "He should be about the same age as you..."

Fireworks were set off not far outside Shi's mansion, and the fireworks bloomed in the dark night, reflecting the dark blue yard in color. The wine was drunk until midnight, and everyone had a good time.

Liu Tainiu wanted to go back to his small house outside Shi's mansion, but was stopped by Chen Fan. The two staggered towards Chen Fan's house, closed the door and there was no movement. It seemed that they fell asleep on the bed. Huo Gang and After Shi Haoming helped bring the green bamboo and jade lotus back to the house, Huo Gang also returned to his room.

Chu Xinle wanted to take a bath and change clothes, but Shi Haoming refused to leave.

"Stop sleeping?" Chu Xinle asked with a smile.

Shi Haoming stared at the uneaten dishes on the table, swallowed his saliva, and asked humbly: "These, I...can I take them back?"

Chu Xinle thought it was a big deal, so she took off her cloak and said, "It's so cold, I'm sure my stomach will hurt if I eat it..."

"It's okay!" Shi Haoming felt that his reaction was too violent, so he said again: "It's okay, second brother...I...I'm actually not full..."

When Chu Xinle heard the second brother's voice, her heart softened, and she said, "Then take these plates of meat away, and don't eat the leftovers."

After getting permission, Shi Haoming heaved a sigh of relief, laughed, and nodded emphatically, holding a plate of braised pork knuckles in one hand, with roast goose and steamed fish in his arms, and excitedly ran out of the hospital, towards his own courtyard.

Chu Xinle wanted to call him, but before he had time, he was gone.

"This kid, haven't you been sleeping with me for the past few days..."

He was drunk, and he didn't allow him to think too much. After taking a hasty shower, he just stood up from the barrel to get the clothes on the shelf next to him, when he suddenly stretched out a hand and took the clothes away before him.

Chu Xinle looked along that hand, and saw a pair of peach blossom eyes bent, Xing Yanhong looked proud.