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Chapter 80 Drunkenness
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During the few days of staying in the Nanchuan Building, everyone went out in batches every day to inquire about strange things in Cangzhou. Later, they got together to discuss whether there were any clues to their spiritual consciousness. However, except for the plague, they did not inquire about any valuable news.
Unknowingly, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives suddenly.
The streets and alleys are crowded with people, the water towers by the lake, the shadows of boats, flutes and drums, and a feast of lights.The ghost festival custom here is not only to eat the ancestors, but also to enjoy the wind of the moon, which means that the good scenery should not be missed.
In the noisy light and shadow, there are many pedestrians. After they are full of wine and food, they drink three times and five times, and meet to go to the lake to have fun and enjoy the moon.
Mu Yun strolled on the street alone, and the famous girls and ladies who came and went all covered their faces to spy, chuckled enviously, lightly joked, and then rushed to the lakeside talking and laughing.
"My lord, this river lantern was just made up today, buy one."
The lamp seller was a thin and thin girl. Seeing that Mu Yun hesitated for a long time, she mustered up the courage to recommend him to him.
Putting out river lanterns is also a way of expressing condolences to deceased relatives.With a touch of sadness in his eyes, he gave the money and thanked him, and carrying the river lantern, he went to Moon Lake alone.
The night view of Moon Lake is hazy and misty.
By the lake, there are people who put up lanterns, and there are people who appreciate the moon.Amidst the sound of silk and bamboo, there was even more confusion of figures and endless laughter.
Mu Yun refused to stop easily, and kept walking downstream, stopping at a slightly quiet ferry, looking at the lanterns, small and bright, gradually drifting away along the water, as if every sorrow and heartfelt words All the water flowed eastward, flowing into the heart of the old relative... He easily let go of his composure in this uninhabited land, blinked his sore eyes, and put the lighted river lantern into the water with his own hands.
……
The bright moon is new, and Moon Lake is still bustling.
When Mu Yun returned to Nanchuan Building, there were very few idlers in the building.It seemed that they were all going to watch the moon, so he couldn't help but glanced at Qi Zhong sitting at the table alone, drinking to his heart's content, not wanting to be disturbed for a while, he went upstairs in silence.
Coincidentally, Qi Zhong changed his posture on the bench out of boredom, caught Mu Yun who had returned from going out, put down his wine bowl quickly, and chased after him excitedly.
"Hey, Brother Yun. You're back."
"Ah."
Mu Yun responded lightly and continued upstairs.
Qi finally heard a trace of depression inexplicably from his sleepy tone.
"Wait a minute, come and have a drink. My treat."
Qi finally pointed to the empty seat in front of him and sincerely invited.
Mu Yun shook his head and declined politely: "Thank you for the invitation."
"Hey, you."
Qi Zhong pouted, feeling very unhappy when his good intentions were rejected.Seeing the other party's preoccupied appearance again, he suddenly felt that something had happened to him when he went out, so he trot forward and blocked Mu Yun's way.
"What's the matter with you? You look sad, is someone cheating you of money again!"
Mu Yun paused, then smiled and said, "No. Thank you for your concern."
"Hey. If you really have something to do, don't hold back. How about it, let's go have a drink and talk about it."
"No need." Mu Yun frowned.
Qi Zhong insisted on enlightening him, tugging at his sleeves and dragging him over, shouting: "Oh, please, please, please."
Qi finally filled him with a small bowl of wine and placed it in front of him with both hands.
Encouragement: "Take a sip and try."
Mu Yun shook his head rationally: "Drinking is a mistake."
He declined politely on his lips, but the aroma of wine lingered on the tip of his nose. The mellow aroma was alluring, and he hesitated and lowered his eyes.
"Drinking to relieve your worries. You see that you look like a bitter melon now. Believe me, if you drink a few more sips, all your worries will be gone." Qi Zhong exaggerated.
"Wine, can you really relieve your worries?"
Mu Yun was slightly absent-minded, the past was in a trance, and the pain of uncovering the scars layer by layer seemed sad and bitter.
"Of course. Is it possible that I still dare to lie to you? If you don't believe me, I'll show you."
Qi Zhong gulped down a big bowl, shook his head pretending to be intoxicated, narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing deep contentment.
Hesitating, the thin, white fingers slowly stretched out from the sleeves, and gradually approached the edge of the bowl.
Qi Zhong chuckled, knowing that the other party was moved, so he came with a dose of ruthless medicine: "Hey, it's a man, so I just did this bowl!"
Hearing this, Mu Yun picked up the wine bowl without hesitation and drank it all in one gulp. The excess wine overflowed from the corners of his lips and wet his collar.
Qi Zhong stared at him and asked excitedly, "How is it? Isn't it very mellow and sweet?"
Mu Yun thought for a moment, then calmly said, "I don't understand."
"Uh……"
For a person who doesn't know how to drink, he really shouldn't expect too much, Qi Zhong said with a generous smile: "It's okay, it's okay, just drink a few more bowls."
After speaking, I added it to others.Mu Yun didn't refuse either, and stared blankly at the rising of the water in the bowl. He hadn't felt the joy of drinking for a long time, but he relaxed his expectations for Qi Zhong's words just now.
"Let me tell you, this Nanchuan wine will make you drunk, but your chest and diaphragm will not hurt, and you won't get drunk the next day. You will only feel your limbs stretched, very comfortable, and you want to lie down safely. So don't worry. Drink, get up early tomorrow, no problem."
Seeing his bored expression, Qi finally couldn't help talking more, trying to liven up the atmosphere.
"How much do I need to drink to relieve my worries?" Mu Yun frowned and asked naively.
"It depends on your drinking capacity. When you're drunk, you forget everything, so you don't have to worry about anything."
Qi Zhong didn't expect that this was what he was thinking of, so he made a fool of himself.
"Oh."
Seeing him lowering his eyebrows and holding the bowl, Qi Zhong secretly smiled and said in his heart: Oh, you promised me so well, drink more, drink more...
In this way, add one bowl after another, and Mu Yun finishes drinking one bowl after another.
After three rounds of drinking, no matter how good Qi Zhong was able to drink, his face was flushed. He squinted and looked at Mu Yun. His face was even redder when he saw the other party. awake.
After kicking the empty wine jars lying around on the ground, Qi Zhong stood up crookedly, hiccupped, and said with a smile: "Oh, I really didn't realize that you have such a good drinker! I'm not even your opponent... Hey, you Are you drunk?"
"No, no."
Mu Yun looked at Qi Zhong's double image in a daze, and grinned: "I won again, and you still drink."
The drunk man was full of nonsense, made two fist gestures, and then handed over the empty bowl in front of him.
Qi Zhong snorted lightly, and said with a smile: "What do you drink? I've run out of wine, and you're already drunk."
Mu Yun raised his head slightly, frowned, his cheeks flushed, and said: "I'm not drunk!"
Startled by his stubborn tone, Qi Zhong stepped forward to support his wobbly figure, and said with a smile, "Hey, I didn't expect you to be so serious when you're playing drunk. It's really fun."
Mu Yun looked down at him with a grin, then raised his head arrogantly, and shouted arrogantly: "Xiao Er, serve the wine."
"Isn't it? Still drinking?"
"Guest, guest officer, I'm really out of wine. The last pot in the store is for you to drink."
Xiao Er looked worried and stepped forward to explain.
Qi Zhong glanced at him, pouted the corner of his mouth: "Go. Don't come here to get in the way."
Xiao Er made a false alarm, ran away with oil on the soles of her feet, muttering: "It's terrible, it's terrible."
Looking back, Mu Yun finally calmed down, lying on the edge of the table stupidly, half drunk and half awake, trying to sleep.
Qi Zhong shook his shoulders and said with a smile, "Hey, wake up, let's go back to our room and sleep."
"Um... no. I, I want to go home and sleep..."
Mu Yun was quite drunk and shook his head in resistance.
go home?It turns out that this idiot can also be homesick... Qi Zhong paused for a while in a daze, thinking that the most real appearance of a person is to let go of his defensive side.
He stepped forward to help the man up, put it on his shoulders, and walked towards the stairs.
"No, don't pull me!"
Mu Yun falsely followed him up the steps, and refused awkwardly.
The figures of the two were shaky, and Qi Zhong still joked: "Cloth? You want to embroider? Really, not yet? Sleep here, and you will catch a cold tomorrow morning, who cares about you?"
Stumbled and stumbled up the wooden steps, Qi finally went to hold the railing, but did not see that Mu Yun listened to his words, his lips squirmed, as if he said an indistinct "you".
"Uh, you're quite heavy. Whose room is this? It seems to be yours... well, whoever it is, anyone else's is the same."
Qi Zhong looked at the room number hesitantly, but he couldn't see it clearly when the wine was getting stronger, so he simply didn't look at it, and kicked the door to go in.
"call--"
After a lot of effort, the two of them collapsed on the bed, looking at the gauze above their heads, in a daze.
"Hot uh."
At this time, Mu Yun snorted lightly.The stamina of the wine increased, and the feeling of dryness and heat became more and more compelling.Qi Zhong also felt quite a bit, regained his senses a little, and said with a smile: "Hey, take off your clothes, what are you talking about?"
Mu Yun seemed to understand, sat up suddenly, leaned against the side of the bed, and undressed as if he was conscious.After the middle coat exposed the clear collarbone, he stopped tossing, carefully folded the coat and put it at the end of the bed.
Qi Zhong stared at him in bewilderment, almost thinking that he was sober.
Seeing someone lying down and going to bed, Qi Zhong asked, "Hey, are you asleep?"
"Yeah." He agreed vaguely.
Qi Zhong was a little annoyed: "What about me? You don't care about me?"
Unable to get a response, Qi Zhong pulled his clothes with his backhand, and accidentally loosened the neckline. He turned around in confusion, glanced in astonishment, and hurriedly averted his gaze.Knowing that this person has been practicing swords and Qingxiu on the mountain all year round, his body proportions are right, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of the texture under the seam of his clothes, Qi Zhong felt a little ashamed, turned his face away, and hurriedly grabbed the quilt and covered him.
They booked a first-class room. The quilts in the inn were made of silk, and the cover was slippery, which felt a bit cool. Mu Yun was touched by this touch, which made him feel refreshed for a short time.
Sensing someone beside him, fearing that the bed was too small, and being wronged by that person, Mu Yun subconsciously moved to the inner bed.
Qi Zhong got closer habitually, and rubbed some quilt to cover it.
"I know you haven't slept yet. Let me ask you, which girl gave you that pink handkerchief last time?"
Qi Zhong held on to his drunkenness, clutching the last sliver of clarification, and tortured a drunken man.
Mu Yun said honestly and vaguely: "Tong..."
"Copper? Is her house made of cast copper? You have really strong taste."
Qi Zhong listened and didn't know which copper character it was, so he guessed it casually and complained.
But after thinking about it again, he felt that something was wrong, and he thought hard: "Tong... Hua? Could it be that the name has the word Tong in it?"
Randomly guessing in his heart, Qi Zhong suddenly changed his face, frowned and said to himself: "Could it be... Lu Shutong?"
Thinking of this possibility, he felt regretful and melancholy.
In the silence, drowsiness struck.Both of them closed their eyes quietly.
The moonlight came in from the window and fell on their tall noses, casting a faint and peaceful shadow.
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Just when Qi Zhong and Mu Yun were drinking happily, Min Zhi asked Fang Yanxiao to go out in the name of admiring the moon. The surrounding was noisy, and Min Zhi led her to a deep alley, which became more and more quiet, more and more Something is wrong.
Fang Yanxiao frowned, with a stiff smile on her face: "Miss Biao, where are you taking me to watch the moon? Moon Lake has already passed by, and this place doesn't look like a good place to watch the moon. place."
Min Zhi stopped, with her hands behind her back, turned around coldly, and said sarcastically, "Miss Fang, don't you understand?"
"Yanxiao really doesn't know what you mean."
She smiled and shook her head, reciprocating Min Zhi's yin and yang aura.
"Hmph. There are many threads of red thread, do you know?"
Fang Yanxiao's face turned cold, and she continued to listen to her:
"There was an appalling case of a monk's disappearance in Shangjiang. All sects tried their best to find the murderer. However, no matter how impeccable this man was, even if he killed too many people, he showed his flaws. He was finally caught. Someone discovered her true identity, who do you think this person is?"
Fang Yanxiao remained calm, and asked with a smile, "Who is it?"
"It's a female killer named Linglongxin. It is rumored that she often wears a red dress and a red gauze, and splatters blood with a piece of red silk. When killing people, she is ruthless and never blinks. And this red thread is her last weapon." A favorite move, a red thread wrapped around the neck, a little force can strangle the head."
Min Zhi looked at her expression while talking.Seeing the person's overly calm expression, the thoughts in his heart became more determined.
"Oh? That's really scary. I wonder if she was caught by those experts in Shangjiang in the end?" Fang Yanxiao asked back with a hint of triumphant provocation in her tone.
Min Zhi glared at her, tearing her face apart and said, "You still don't admit it until now? Linglongxin!"
As she said that, she suddenly drew out her sharp sword and stabbed at her. Fang Yanxiao dodged deftly, and the red silk in her sleeve flew towards Min Zhi.
The two stood still.
"When did you know? Who told you?" Fang Yanxiao's words were cold, her heart was suffocating, thinking it was Feng Mei's good deed.
"Oh, what? Listening to your tone, there is an internal response? Let me tell you, no one told me that it was that day at the riverside in Liuxi Town, when the evil spirit wanted to hurt Qi Zhong, I saw it with my own eyes. To the red thread poking out of your sleeve. Do you think that when everyone is in a panic and can't take care of themselves, it's easy to hide the truth?"
"If you approached us at the beginning, not as a weak woman, and if you didn't hide this red dress, I might have to guess for a long time. Unfortunately, the more you want to hide, the more you expose."
"Then why didn't you expose me in the first place?" Fang Yanxiao asked arrogantly with frivolous eyes, still feeling in her heart that she was instigated by someone to target her.
"At that time, it was just a speculation, not to mention that Qi Zhong and you get along as siblings, if I say anything casually, will he believe it? In addition, you are so cunning, and when the time comes to beat you back and accuse me of framing, wouldn't it be impossible for me to argue? "
Min Zhi has been paying attention to her every move since that day, and last time he took her out purposely to keep her away from Qi Zhong, and found that she was really absent-minded, but she pretended to be innocent and harmless on weekdays.
"Oh. You have a delicate mind. But I'm curious, where did you get the courage to ask me out alone to expose you, aren't you afraid that I'll kill you to silence you?"
"Hmph, we came out together. If I failed to go back and you were safe and sound, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell, right? And when I left, I specifically told Qi Zhong that if we didn't return at Haishi, let him come to us. As long as you're not afraid of being exposed face to face, I'm still confident that I'll delay with you for a while."
Thinking that the plan is well-planned, Min Zhi couldn't hide her self-confidence, and proudly said provocatively.
Fang Yanxiao's heart panicked, and she was instantly furious. She clasped her hands tightly and was forced to the point of helplessness.
Both of them thought that Qi Zhong's promise was a big gamble, but they didn't know that he was already drunk and slept with others.
Fang Yanxiao was not reconciled and snorted coldly: "You have never fought against me, so you are so arbitrarily assertive that you can support him?"
"But there is only a quarter of an hour. You just wait to be exposed to this hypocritical face!"
Min Zhi was not afraid, and raised her eyes arrogantly, looking at her with disdain.
Fang Yanxiao couldn't bear it anymore, she decisively pulled out the red silk from her sleeve, and stroked it straight, but didn't use all her strength.
Although Min Zhi was light in movement and quick in dodging, a thin bloodstain was cut on his arm when he turned around.The pain came, and she didn't dare to take it lightly.
Immediately, a sword light struck, Fang Yanxiao gave a contemptuous look, supported the ground with a red scarf, tied soft silk tightly on the walls in all directions, stepped lightly on the overlap in the middle, condescended, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Little girl, come here again!" Is it? I won't show mercy this time."
Min Zhi refused to give up, and snorted coldly: "What are your plans?"
Fang Yanxiao frowned slightly, and thought for a while: "I have no intention, and I will not hurt you."
"Who will believe your nonsense!"
Min Zhi stared at her in disgust, and refused to leave any room for her moves.
"Since you don't believe it, then you won't be able to live."
In order to be able to have a short reunion with her relatives, Fang Yanxiao would rather blood stain her hands again than to let go of the family affection that has come back so hard.
The difference in strength between the two is too great.Min Zhi retreated every day, knowing that she was too conceited just now, and she was calculating that the time had come, but the figure she was looking forward to came late, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
Seeing that the life-threatening red silk has been twisted into a sharp blade, it swung towards him violently.Min Zhi had an idea, and shouted behind her: "Hey! Rogue Qi, you are finally here!"
Hearing this, Fang Yanxiao hurriedly dissolved the spiritual weapon in her hand, turned around in panic, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Qi, it's not what you see..."
Before I finished talking, I saw that the deep alley was empty and the night wind was bleak.
She saw through Min Zhi's trick, and her anger and resentment rushed straight into her heart.
At this time, Min Zhi at the side saw the opportunity and made a move, and the sharp sword sounded fast, Fang Yanxiao was not afraid, and turned to meet the cold sword light.
He wanted to fight back, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a moon-white figure in the corner of the wall.With her life hanging by a moment, she took the initiative to tie her hands, and obediently stood still in place, pretending to be cold-hearted and close her eyes, frustrated and dying.
Although Min Zhi was surprised that she didn't resist.But the sword that can be used has no intention of taking it back, it just wants to get rid of this trick.Until the point of the sword was only one or two centimeters away from Fang Yanxiao's heart, a crisp sound sounded, and Min Zhi's sword was bounced off by three silver needles, and even the person took a few steps back.
After smelling the familiar fragrance of the medicine, Fang Yanxiao smiled triumphantly, knowing that she had made the right bet.When he opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, the pear blossoms were raining with rain, and he was so weak that he pretended to be weak and wronged, and he was about to fall.
Min Zhi came back to her senses, looked at the person who blocked her in disbelief, and stammered, "Xun, Uncle Xun? You..."
Feng Mei ignored her astonishment, instead she condescended to bend down, and gently supported Fang Yanxiao beside her.
"Thank you Mr. Tang."
Seeing through Feng Mei's intention to help her, Fang Yanxiao pretended to be weak and clung to Feng Mei's sleeves, like an innocent white rabbit seeking shelter.
Min Zhi was anxious: "Uncle Xun, she is a witch! Don't be fooled by her!"
"I only believe what I see. Miss Fang has no grievances with you. How can you bully her like this?"
"I..." Min Zhi blinked aggrievedly.
Fang Yanxiao was a little shocked, she didn't know that Feng Mei was willing to protect her to such an extent that even the juniors had to be scolded, so she couldn't help saying for Min Zhi: "Second Patriarch Tang, you don't have to be so angry. I think Miss Biao may have misunderstood what..."
The catkins patted the luxurious clothes, and they were dyed with a faint medicinal fragrance.Feng Mei lowered her eyes lightly, her eyes were dim and unclear, as if she was weighing how wonderful Fang Yanxiao's acting skills really are.
"There's no need for you to be hypocritical! You disgusting woman!"
Min Zhi watched Fang Yanxiao confuse black and white in front of her eyes, so angry and helpless that she wished to stare at her to death.
"Enough! Xiaozhi, you will suffer a lot if you keep acting like this."
Feng Mei slightly reprimanded her, if she had come later just now, her life might be in danger.
"Quickly apologize to Miss Fang."
"Hmph! Don't even think about it!"
"Sooner or later, you will discover her true colors. At that time, Uncle Xun, don't regret what you did tonight!"
Min Zhi didn't want to see Fang Yanxiao's victorious appearance again, nor did she want to target her elders for the sake of outsiders.He simply left, and when he left, he still reminded him unwillingly.
When the person walked away, Fang Yanxiao regained her cold expression, pushed Feng Mei away, and patted the smell of herbs away from her body in disgust.
"Why are you here? You told her all this?" Fang Yanxiao asked coldly, not grateful for his cooperation just now.
Feng Mei's temper became straighter, she put her hands behind her back and said: "If I want to punish you, why bother tonight?"
"...Hmph." Fang Yanxiao didn't want to thank him, so she turned around and left.
Feng Mei frowned, annoyed by her attitude, pulled her wrist, pulled her back, and asked angrily: "You are really getting more and more presumptuous! If I don't come tonight, will the little girl become you?" Are the souls of the men dead?"
"..." Fang Yanxiao endured the force of her wrist being pinched, and was too lazy to argue with him.
"Speak up! What did I warn you about? Your heart is so dirty and poisonous that you won't spare even a little girl. If there is another time, I will never..."
"are you crazy!"
Feng Mei's harsh words were not finished, but she was silenced by Fang Yanxiao's roar.
He silently watched the tears on her face, one by one crystal clear, and suddenly felt a twinge of pain in his heart.
"Do you know how hurtful your words are? Have I offended you? Why do you always put on a superior judgment attitude and interrogate me regardless of right and wrong?"
Express the grievances that have accumulated for a long time.Fang Yanxiao withdrew her hand, wiped the tears from her cheeks, and turned around in disappointment.
Feng Mei suddenly feels guilty, he seems to have not figured out the whole story, and mistakenly thinks that Fang Yanxiao hurt people first.He had a stubborn prejudice against her.
But the noble god couldn't let go of his fresh and bright face, so he couldn't say a word of apology.Clumsily followed behind her, his calm state of mind was inexplicably disturbed.
Realizing that the scent of the medicine lingered for a long time, Fang Yanxiao became more and more angry as she thought about it. The grievance of being wronged by others was suddenly magnified. Everyone wants to make things difficult for her?
Except for Mu Yun's tolerance for her that day, no one else has ever given her a good face.Now there is another Feng Mei who is always embarrassing her, it is really annoying.
Seeing her constantly wiping tears in front of her, Feng Mei slightly frowned, walked lightly, stepped forward quietly, and said softly, "Do you want an umbrella?"
"Huh? What kind of umbrella? It's not raining..." Fang Yanxiao subconsciously replied to his words, stopped at the same spot, looked up at the sky, and saw a full moon shining brightly into the night.
Seeing that she was being fooled, Fengmei took out the brocade handkerchief, gently wiped away her tears, and said: "Okay. It's really not raining now."
"you……"
Fang Yanxiao took three steps back and stared at him angrily.
"Let's go back together. With me here, they won't question you too much."
The biggest setback was before her eyes, Fang Yanxiao was rational and clear-headed, and knew that it was not an option to keep fighting against him.But she also has self-respect, ignores Feng Mei, and continues on her own way, just allowing the seat next to her to be unoccupied.
During the few days of staying in the Nanchuan Building, everyone went out in batches every day to inquire about strange things in Cangzhou. Later, they got together to discuss whether there were any clues to their spiritual consciousness. However, except for the plague, they did not inquire about any valuable news.
Unknowingly, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives suddenly.
The streets and alleys are crowded with people, the water towers by the lake, the shadows of boats, flutes and drums, and a feast of lights.The ghost festival custom here is not only to eat the ancestors, but also to enjoy the wind of the moon, which means that the good scenery should not be missed.
In the noisy light and shadow, there are many pedestrians. After they are full of wine and food, they drink three times and five times, and meet to go to the lake to have fun and enjoy the moon.
Mu Yun strolled on the street alone, and the famous girls and ladies who came and went all covered their faces to spy, chuckled enviously, lightly joked, and then rushed to the lakeside talking and laughing.
"My lord, this river lantern was just made up today, buy one."
The lamp seller was a thin and thin girl. Seeing that Mu Yun hesitated for a long time, she mustered up the courage to recommend him to him.
Putting out river lanterns is also a way of expressing condolences to deceased relatives.With a touch of sadness in his eyes, he gave the money and thanked him, and carrying the river lantern, he went to Moon Lake alone.
The night view of Moon Lake is hazy and misty.
By the lake, there are people who put up lanterns, and there are people who appreciate the moon.Amidst the sound of silk and bamboo, there was even more confusion of figures and endless laughter.
Mu Yun refused to stop easily, and kept walking downstream, stopping at a slightly quiet ferry, looking at the lanterns, small and bright, gradually drifting away along the water, as if every sorrow and heartfelt words All the water flowed eastward, flowing into the heart of the old relative... He easily let go of his composure in this uninhabited land, blinked his sore eyes, and put the lighted river lantern into the water with his own hands.
……
The bright moon is new, and Moon Lake is still bustling.
When Mu Yun returned to Nanchuan Building, there were very few idlers in the building.It seemed that they were all going to watch the moon, so he couldn't help but glanced at Qi Zhong sitting at the table alone, drinking to his heart's content, not wanting to be disturbed for a while, he went upstairs in silence.
Coincidentally, Qi Zhong changed his posture on the bench out of boredom, caught Mu Yun who had returned from going out, put down his wine bowl quickly, and chased after him excitedly.
"Hey, Brother Yun. You're back."
"Ah."
Mu Yun responded lightly and continued upstairs.
Qi finally heard a trace of depression inexplicably from his sleepy tone.
"Wait a minute, come and have a drink. My treat."
Qi finally pointed to the empty seat in front of him and sincerely invited.
Mu Yun shook his head and declined politely: "Thank you for the invitation."
"Hey, you."
Qi Zhong pouted, feeling very unhappy when his good intentions were rejected.Seeing the other party's preoccupied appearance again, he suddenly felt that something had happened to him when he went out, so he trot forward and blocked Mu Yun's way.
"What's the matter with you? You look sad, is someone cheating you of money again!"
Mu Yun paused, then smiled and said, "No. Thank you for your concern."
"Hey. If you really have something to do, don't hold back. How about it, let's go have a drink and talk about it."
"No need." Mu Yun frowned.
Qi Zhong insisted on enlightening him, tugging at his sleeves and dragging him over, shouting: "Oh, please, please, please."
Qi finally filled him with a small bowl of wine and placed it in front of him with both hands.
Encouragement: "Take a sip and try."
Mu Yun shook his head rationally: "Drinking is a mistake."
He declined politely on his lips, but the aroma of wine lingered on the tip of his nose. The mellow aroma was alluring, and he hesitated and lowered his eyes.
"Drinking to relieve your worries. You see that you look like a bitter melon now. Believe me, if you drink a few more sips, all your worries will be gone." Qi Zhong exaggerated.
"Wine, can you really relieve your worries?"
Mu Yun was slightly absent-minded, the past was in a trance, and the pain of uncovering the scars layer by layer seemed sad and bitter.
"Of course. Is it possible that I still dare to lie to you? If you don't believe me, I'll show you."
Qi Zhong gulped down a big bowl, shook his head pretending to be intoxicated, narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing deep contentment.
Hesitating, the thin, white fingers slowly stretched out from the sleeves, and gradually approached the edge of the bowl.
Qi Zhong chuckled, knowing that the other party was moved, so he came with a dose of ruthless medicine: "Hey, it's a man, so I just did this bowl!"
Hearing this, Mu Yun picked up the wine bowl without hesitation and drank it all in one gulp. The excess wine overflowed from the corners of his lips and wet his collar.
Qi Zhong stared at him and asked excitedly, "How is it? Isn't it very mellow and sweet?"
Mu Yun thought for a moment, then calmly said, "I don't understand."
"Uh……"
For a person who doesn't know how to drink, he really shouldn't expect too much, Qi Zhong said with a generous smile: "It's okay, it's okay, just drink a few more bowls."
After speaking, I added it to others.Mu Yun didn't refuse either, and stared blankly at the rising of the water in the bowl. He hadn't felt the joy of drinking for a long time, but he relaxed his expectations for Qi Zhong's words just now.
"Let me tell you, this Nanchuan wine will make you drunk, but your chest and diaphragm will not hurt, and you won't get drunk the next day. You will only feel your limbs stretched, very comfortable, and you want to lie down safely. So don't worry. Drink, get up early tomorrow, no problem."
Seeing his bored expression, Qi finally couldn't help talking more, trying to liven up the atmosphere.
"How much do I need to drink to relieve my worries?" Mu Yun frowned and asked naively.
"It depends on your drinking capacity. When you're drunk, you forget everything, so you don't have to worry about anything."
Qi Zhong didn't expect that this was what he was thinking of, so he made a fool of himself.
"Oh."
Seeing him lowering his eyebrows and holding the bowl, Qi Zhong secretly smiled and said in his heart: Oh, you promised me so well, drink more, drink more...
In this way, add one bowl after another, and Mu Yun finishes drinking one bowl after another.
After three rounds of drinking, no matter how good Qi Zhong was able to drink, his face was flushed. He squinted and looked at Mu Yun. His face was even redder when he saw the other party. awake.
After kicking the empty wine jars lying around on the ground, Qi Zhong stood up crookedly, hiccupped, and said with a smile: "Oh, I really didn't realize that you have such a good drinker! I'm not even your opponent... Hey, you Are you drunk?"
"No, no."
Mu Yun looked at Qi Zhong's double image in a daze, and grinned: "I won again, and you still drink."
The drunk man was full of nonsense, made two fist gestures, and then handed over the empty bowl in front of him.
Qi Zhong snorted lightly, and said with a smile: "What do you drink? I've run out of wine, and you're already drunk."
Mu Yun raised his head slightly, frowned, his cheeks flushed, and said: "I'm not drunk!"
Startled by his stubborn tone, Qi Zhong stepped forward to support his wobbly figure, and said with a smile, "Hey, I didn't expect you to be so serious when you're playing drunk. It's really fun."
Mu Yun looked down at him with a grin, then raised his head arrogantly, and shouted arrogantly: "Xiao Er, serve the wine."
"Isn't it? Still drinking?"
"Guest, guest officer, I'm really out of wine. The last pot in the store is for you to drink."
Xiao Er looked worried and stepped forward to explain.
Qi Zhong glanced at him, pouted the corner of his mouth: "Go. Don't come here to get in the way."
Xiao Er made a false alarm, ran away with oil on the soles of her feet, muttering: "It's terrible, it's terrible."
Looking back, Mu Yun finally calmed down, lying on the edge of the table stupidly, half drunk and half awake, trying to sleep.
Qi Zhong shook his shoulders and said with a smile, "Hey, wake up, let's go back to our room and sleep."
"Um... no. I, I want to go home and sleep..."
Mu Yun was quite drunk and shook his head in resistance.
go home?It turns out that this idiot can also be homesick... Qi Zhong paused for a while in a daze, thinking that the most real appearance of a person is to let go of his defensive side.
He stepped forward to help the man up, put it on his shoulders, and walked towards the stairs.
"No, don't pull me!"
Mu Yun falsely followed him up the steps, and refused awkwardly.
The figures of the two were shaky, and Qi Zhong still joked: "Cloth? You want to embroider? Really, not yet? Sleep here, and you will catch a cold tomorrow morning, who cares about you?"
Stumbled and stumbled up the wooden steps, Qi finally went to hold the railing, but did not see that Mu Yun listened to his words, his lips squirmed, as if he said an indistinct "you".
"Uh, you're quite heavy. Whose room is this? It seems to be yours... well, whoever it is, anyone else's is the same."
Qi Zhong looked at the room number hesitantly, but he couldn't see it clearly when the wine was getting stronger, so he simply didn't look at it, and kicked the door to go in.
"call--"
After a lot of effort, the two of them collapsed on the bed, looking at the gauze above their heads, in a daze.
"Hot uh."
At this time, Mu Yun snorted lightly.The stamina of the wine increased, and the feeling of dryness and heat became more and more compelling.Qi Zhong also felt quite a bit, regained his senses a little, and said with a smile: "Hey, take off your clothes, what are you talking about?"
Mu Yun seemed to understand, sat up suddenly, leaned against the side of the bed, and undressed as if he was conscious.After the middle coat exposed the clear collarbone, he stopped tossing, carefully folded the coat and put it at the end of the bed.
Qi Zhong stared at him in bewilderment, almost thinking that he was sober.
Seeing someone lying down and going to bed, Qi Zhong asked, "Hey, are you asleep?"
"Yeah." He agreed vaguely.
Qi Zhong was a little annoyed: "What about me? You don't care about me?"
Unable to get a response, Qi Zhong pulled his clothes with his backhand, and accidentally loosened the neckline. He turned around in confusion, glanced in astonishment, and hurriedly averted his gaze.Knowing that this person has been practicing swords and Qingxiu on the mountain all year round, his body proportions are right, and he accidentally caught a glimpse of the texture under the seam of his clothes, Qi Zhong felt a little ashamed, turned his face away, and hurriedly grabbed the quilt and covered him.
They booked a first-class room. The quilts in the inn were made of silk, and the cover was slippery, which felt a bit cool. Mu Yun was touched by this touch, which made him feel refreshed for a short time.
Sensing someone beside him, fearing that the bed was too small, and being wronged by that person, Mu Yun subconsciously moved to the inner bed.
Qi Zhong got closer habitually, and rubbed some quilt to cover it.
"I know you haven't slept yet. Let me ask you, which girl gave you that pink handkerchief last time?"
Qi Zhong held on to his drunkenness, clutching the last sliver of clarification, and tortured a drunken man.
Mu Yun said honestly and vaguely: "Tong..."
"Copper? Is her house made of cast copper? You have really strong taste."
Qi Zhong listened and didn't know which copper character it was, so he guessed it casually and complained.
But after thinking about it again, he felt that something was wrong, and he thought hard: "Tong... Hua? Could it be that the name has the word Tong in it?"
Randomly guessing in his heart, Qi Zhong suddenly changed his face, frowned and said to himself: "Could it be... Lu Shutong?"
Thinking of this possibility, he felt regretful and melancholy.
In the silence, drowsiness struck.Both of them closed their eyes quietly.
The moonlight came in from the window and fell on their tall noses, casting a faint and peaceful shadow.
×
Just when Qi Zhong and Mu Yun were drinking happily, Min Zhi asked Fang Yanxiao to go out in the name of admiring the moon. The surrounding was noisy, and Min Zhi led her to a deep alley, which became more and more quiet, more and more Something is wrong.
Fang Yanxiao frowned, with a stiff smile on her face: "Miss Biao, where are you taking me to watch the moon? Moon Lake has already passed by, and this place doesn't look like a good place to watch the moon. place."
Min Zhi stopped, with her hands behind her back, turned around coldly, and said sarcastically, "Miss Fang, don't you understand?"
"Yanxiao really doesn't know what you mean."
She smiled and shook her head, reciprocating Min Zhi's yin and yang aura.
"Hmph. There are many threads of red thread, do you know?"
Fang Yanxiao's face turned cold, and she continued to listen to her:
"There was an appalling case of a monk's disappearance in Shangjiang. All sects tried their best to find the murderer. However, no matter how impeccable this man was, even if he killed too many people, he showed his flaws. He was finally caught. Someone discovered her true identity, who do you think this person is?"
Fang Yanxiao remained calm, and asked with a smile, "Who is it?"
"It's a female killer named Linglongxin. It is rumored that she often wears a red dress and a red gauze, and splatters blood with a piece of red silk. When killing people, she is ruthless and never blinks. And this red thread is her last weapon." A favorite move, a red thread wrapped around the neck, a little force can strangle the head."
Min Zhi looked at her expression while talking.Seeing the person's overly calm expression, the thoughts in his heart became more determined.
"Oh? That's really scary. I wonder if she was caught by those experts in Shangjiang in the end?" Fang Yanxiao asked back with a hint of triumphant provocation in her tone.
Min Zhi glared at her, tearing her face apart and said, "You still don't admit it until now? Linglongxin!"
As she said that, she suddenly drew out her sharp sword and stabbed at her. Fang Yanxiao dodged deftly, and the red silk in her sleeve flew towards Min Zhi.
The two stood still.
"When did you know? Who told you?" Fang Yanxiao's words were cold, her heart was suffocating, thinking it was Feng Mei's good deed.
"Oh, what? Listening to your tone, there is an internal response? Let me tell you, no one told me that it was that day at the riverside in Liuxi Town, when the evil spirit wanted to hurt Qi Zhong, I saw it with my own eyes. To the red thread poking out of your sleeve. Do you think that when everyone is in a panic and can't take care of themselves, it's easy to hide the truth?"
"If you approached us at the beginning, not as a weak woman, and if you didn't hide this red dress, I might have to guess for a long time. Unfortunately, the more you want to hide, the more you expose."
"Then why didn't you expose me in the first place?" Fang Yanxiao asked arrogantly with frivolous eyes, still feeling in her heart that she was instigated by someone to target her.
"At that time, it was just a speculation, not to mention that Qi Zhong and you get along as siblings, if I say anything casually, will he believe it? In addition, you are so cunning, and when the time comes to beat you back and accuse me of framing, wouldn't it be impossible for me to argue? "
Min Zhi has been paying attention to her every move since that day, and last time he took her out purposely to keep her away from Qi Zhong, and found that she was really absent-minded, but she pretended to be innocent and harmless on weekdays.
"Oh. You have a delicate mind. But I'm curious, where did you get the courage to ask me out alone to expose you, aren't you afraid that I'll kill you to silence you?"
"Hmph, we came out together. If I failed to go back and you were safe and sound, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell, right? And when I left, I specifically told Qi Zhong that if we didn't return at Haishi, let him come to us. As long as you're not afraid of being exposed face to face, I'm still confident that I'll delay with you for a while."
Thinking that the plan is well-planned, Min Zhi couldn't hide her self-confidence, and proudly said provocatively.
Fang Yanxiao's heart panicked, and she was instantly furious. She clasped her hands tightly and was forced to the point of helplessness.
Both of them thought that Qi Zhong's promise was a big gamble, but they didn't know that he was already drunk and slept with others.
Fang Yanxiao was not reconciled and snorted coldly: "You have never fought against me, so you are so arbitrarily assertive that you can support him?"
"But there is only a quarter of an hour. You just wait to be exposed to this hypocritical face!"
Min Zhi was not afraid, and raised her eyes arrogantly, looking at her with disdain.
Fang Yanxiao couldn't bear it anymore, she decisively pulled out the red silk from her sleeve, and stroked it straight, but didn't use all her strength.
Although Min Zhi was light in movement and quick in dodging, a thin bloodstain was cut on his arm when he turned around.The pain came, and she didn't dare to take it lightly.
Immediately, a sword light struck, Fang Yanxiao gave a contemptuous look, supported the ground with a red scarf, tied soft silk tightly on the walls in all directions, stepped lightly on the overlap in the middle, condescended, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Little girl, come here again!" Is it? I won't show mercy this time."
Min Zhi refused to give up, and snorted coldly: "What are your plans?"
Fang Yanxiao frowned slightly, and thought for a while: "I have no intention, and I will not hurt you."
"Who will believe your nonsense!"
Min Zhi stared at her in disgust, and refused to leave any room for her moves.
"Since you don't believe it, then you won't be able to live."
In order to be able to have a short reunion with her relatives, Fang Yanxiao would rather blood stain her hands again than to let go of the family affection that has come back so hard.
The difference in strength between the two is too great.Min Zhi retreated every day, knowing that she was too conceited just now, and she was calculating that the time had come, but the figure she was looking forward to came late, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
Seeing that the life-threatening red silk has been twisted into a sharp blade, it swung towards him violently.Min Zhi had an idea, and shouted behind her: "Hey! Rogue Qi, you are finally here!"
Hearing this, Fang Yanxiao hurriedly dissolved the spiritual weapon in her hand, turned around in panic, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Qi, it's not what you see..."
Before I finished talking, I saw that the deep alley was empty and the night wind was bleak.
She saw through Min Zhi's trick, and her anger and resentment rushed straight into her heart.
At this time, Min Zhi at the side saw the opportunity and made a move, and the sharp sword sounded fast, Fang Yanxiao was not afraid, and turned to meet the cold sword light.
He wanted to fight back, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a moon-white figure in the corner of the wall.With her life hanging by a moment, she took the initiative to tie her hands, and obediently stood still in place, pretending to be cold-hearted and close her eyes, frustrated and dying.
Although Min Zhi was surprised that she didn't resist.But the sword that can be used has no intention of taking it back, it just wants to get rid of this trick.Until the point of the sword was only one or two centimeters away from Fang Yanxiao's heart, a crisp sound sounded, and Min Zhi's sword was bounced off by three silver needles, and even the person took a few steps back.
After smelling the familiar fragrance of the medicine, Fang Yanxiao smiled triumphantly, knowing that she had made the right bet.When he opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, the pear blossoms were raining with rain, and he was so weak that he pretended to be weak and wronged, and he was about to fall.
Min Zhi came back to her senses, looked at the person who blocked her in disbelief, and stammered, "Xun, Uncle Xun? You..."
Feng Mei ignored her astonishment, instead she condescended to bend down, and gently supported Fang Yanxiao beside her.
"Thank you Mr. Tang."
Seeing through Feng Mei's intention to help her, Fang Yanxiao pretended to be weak and clung to Feng Mei's sleeves, like an innocent white rabbit seeking shelter.
Min Zhi was anxious: "Uncle Xun, she is a witch! Don't be fooled by her!"
"I only believe what I see. Miss Fang has no grievances with you. How can you bully her like this?"
"I..." Min Zhi blinked aggrievedly.
Fang Yanxiao was a little shocked, she didn't know that Feng Mei was willing to protect her to such an extent that even the juniors had to be scolded, so she couldn't help saying for Min Zhi: "Second Patriarch Tang, you don't have to be so angry. I think Miss Biao may have misunderstood what..."
The catkins patted the luxurious clothes, and they were dyed with a faint medicinal fragrance.Feng Mei lowered her eyes lightly, her eyes were dim and unclear, as if she was weighing how wonderful Fang Yanxiao's acting skills really are.
"There's no need for you to be hypocritical! You disgusting woman!"
Min Zhi watched Fang Yanxiao confuse black and white in front of her eyes, so angry and helpless that she wished to stare at her to death.
"Enough! Xiaozhi, you will suffer a lot if you keep acting like this."
Feng Mei slightly reprimanded her, if she had come later just now, her life might be in danger.
"Quickly apologize to Miss Fang."
"Hmph! Don't even think about it!"
"Sooner or later, you will discover her true colors. At that time, Uncle Xun, don't regret what you did tonight!"
Min Zhi didn't want to see Fang Yanxiao's victorious appearance again, nor did she want to target her elders for the sake of outsiders.He simply left, and when he left, he still reminded him unwillingly.
When the person walked away, Fang Yanxiao regained her cold expression, pushed Feng Mei away, and patted the smell of herbs away from her body in disgust.
"Why are you here? You told her all this?" Fang Yanxiao asked coldly, not grateful for his cooperation just now.
Feng Mei's temper became straighter, she put her hands behind her back and said: "If I want to punish you, why bother tonight?"
"...Hmph." Fang Yanxiao didn't want to thank him, so she turned around and left.
Feng Mei frowned, annoyed by her attitude, pulled her wrist, pulled her back, and asked angrily: "You are really getting more and more presumptuous! If I don't come tonight, will the little girl become you?" Are the souls of the men dead?"
"..." Fang Yanxiao endured the force of her wrist being pinched, and was too lazy to argue with him.
"Speak up! What did I warn you about? Your heart is so dirty and poisonous that you won't spare even a little girl. If there is another time, I will never..."
"are you crazy!"
Feng Mei's harsh words were not finished, but she was silenced by Fang Yanxiao's roar.
He silently watched the tears on her face, one by one crystal clear, and suddenly felt a twinge of pain in his heart.
"Do you know how hurtful your words are? Have I offended you? Why do you always put on a superior judgment attitude and interrogate me regardless of right and wrong?"
Express the grievances that have accumulated for a long time.Fang Yanxiao withdrew her hand, wiped the tears from her cheeks, and turned around in disappointment.
Feng Mei suddenly feels guilty, he seems to have not figured out the whole story, and mistakenly thinks that Fang Yanxiao hurt people first.He had a stubborn prejudice against her.
But the noble god couldn't let go of his fresh and bright face, so he couldn't say a word of apology.Clumsily followed behind her, his calm state of mind was inexplicably disturbed.
Realizing that the scent of the medicine lingered for a long time, Fang Yanxiao became more and more angry as she thought about it. The grievance of being wronged by others was suddenly magnified. Everyone wants to make things difficult for her?
Except for Mu Yun's tolerance for her that day, no one else has ever given her a good face.Now there is another Feng Mei who is always embarrassing her, it is really annoying.
Seeing her constantly wiping tears in front of her, Feng Mei slightly frowned, walked lightly, stepped forward quietly, and said softly, "Do you want an umbrella?"
"Huh? What kind of umbrella? It's not raining..." Fang Yanxiao subconsciously replied to his words, stopped at the same spot, looked up at the sky, and saw a full moon shining brightly into the night.
Seeing that she was being fooled, Fengmei took out the brocade handkerchief, gently wiped away her tears, and said: "Okay. It's really not raining now."
"you……"
Fang Yanxiao took three steps back and stared at him angrily.
"Let's go back together. With me here, they won't question you too much."
The biggest setback was before her eyes, Fang Yanxiao was rational and clear-headed, and knew that it was not an option to keep fighting against him.But she also has self-respect, ignores Feng Mei, and continues on her own way, just allowing the seat next to her to be unoccupied.
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