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"Xiaoyi, come and eat longevity noodles."

The boy obediently let the blue-shirted youth pull him to the table, looked at the bowl of noodles and asked in confusion, "Longevity noodles?"

"Well, eating a bowl of longevity noodles on your birthday will keep you healthy and live a long life," the blue-shirted youth said with a smile, "Your elder brother Wen made this bowl of noodles."

"Brother Wen," the boy's eyes lit up, he looked at the man in white sitting beside him, and said, "Why don't you make two bowls?"

The man in white replied softly, "After cooking, Zhong Qing told me that your birthdays are on the same day."

The young man in the blue shirt slightly raised his eyebrows: "We are all orphans adopted by the landlord, so we don't remember any birthdays, but the landlord will make our birthday on the day we met."

The boy took his hand and said with a smile, "It's okay, as long as I have a brother."

The young man in blue couldn't help but hugged him and sighed.

The young man rubbed against his arms reassuringly, and told the man in white next to him, "Brother Wen, remember to cook two bowls next year."

"Okay, don't worry, Xiaoyi."

I don't know when the warm embrace turned into a strong confinement, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free. Someone whispered in his ear softly and paranoidly: "Love...Love..."

It hurts.

"Do not……"

Liu Zhongyi suddenly opened his eyes, the eyes were dark, and the bright moonlight fell in front of the window, it was obviously night.His body was a little stiff from the movement of leaning on the table, he frowned slightly, and lit the candle.There were already empty bowls on the empty table, and the plum cake in the food box beside it exuded a slight sweet fragrance.

After calming down his disordered breathing, Liu Zhongyi glanced at Geng Mou, and it was almost the appointed time.Probably because he just came back from outside the village and didn't have a good rest, so he slept for so long.

After tidying up his things a little, and checking the weapons on his body, Liu Zhongyi went out.

There is no one in the cold little courtyard, only the cool moonlight scattered on the flowering roses in the courtyard, shaking slightly in the night wind.

Liu Zhongyi took a few steps and stopped suddenly. The courtyard was quiet, and time seemed to freeze.He frowned, but without looking back, he climbed over the courtyard wall and left.

The Zhaixing Building is not an elegant place, but it is the most famous place for fireworks in the city. There are both men and women in it, and it is a good place to have fun.

Liu Zhongyi didn't enter the building, but directly found a secluded place and climbed up the cornice, leaned over from a corner, and tapped on a tightly closed carved wooden window in a room.

There was a blushing soft moan coming from the room, and even the sound of collision and the creaking of the bed. Liu Zhongyi remained calm and waited quietly on the eaves.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound in the room stopped, and after a while, the window was pushed open.

Liu Zhongyi waited for a while before turning over and entering the room. He saw a man wearing loose embroidered clothes sitting at the table pouring tea lazily. red traces.The man's eyebrows and eyes are alluring and gorgeous, and at this moment, his face is even more languid after a love affair, which is quite seductive.

Liu Zhongyi frowned, and said, "Yeli, I said that I don't like to meet in this place."

The man in the fancy dress curled his lips and said casually: "Yes, you also said that Xiaolan is not allowed to send messages."

He was referring to the blue bird, of course, Liu Zhongyi felt a little helpless: "The money you earn from taking over the business is enough for you to buy this building, why bother..."

Ye Li snorted, "I even picked the clients, how do you know it was someone else who prostituted me? I think it was me who prostituted others, and they paid for it."

Liu Zhongyi knew he couldn't argue with him, so he didn't answer. Ye Li glanced at him and said, "I'm not more comfortable here than you are in Baicaozhuang?"

Liu Zhongyi's expression didn't change, and he glanced at the bed, "Is that person asleep?"

"Don't worry, I took the medicine and slept like a dead pig." Ye Li snorted disdainfully.

Liu Zhongyi nodded, "Why are you looking for me?"

Ye Li took a sip of tea slowly, and said, "Do you remember that a few months ago, someone went to the ghost building to pay for the life of the former head of Wenjianmen?"

"Ah."

The ghost building is the title of a elusive killer organization in the Jianghu. It is said that its stronghold is a dilapidated pavilion in the wilderness, but there is no one in it, so it is called the ghost building.People who go there to buy their lives just need to engrave the name and price of the person they want to buy on the bamboo and wooden plaque hanging in the pavilion, and the ghost tower will send a middleman to contact secretly.But Ghost Tower also has the principle of "three no-kills", that is, those who are over sixty years old will not be killed, those who are not as weak as the crown will not be killed, and those who have not committed evil deeds will not be killed.

"The former master of Wenjianmen, Yi Tianxing, has punished evil and promoted good all his life. His reputation has spread far and wide. He has never committed any evil deeds. We didn't accept that business, but..." Yeli paused slightly, narrowing his eyes, " he died."

Liu Zhongyi frowned and said, "Since it has nothing to do with us, why bother?"

"I'm not afraid that those famous and decent people will blame us, but this time, it's not that simple." Ye Li suddenly got up, walked to the hollow incense cage by the window, and looked casually from the drawer. He took a stick of incense and lit it, and light smoke slowly escaped from the hollowed-out gap. Yeli blew lightly and said, "Drink tea."

Liu Zhongyi took a sip from the teacup on the table and said, "Don't worry."

"You know someone is following you, and you don't shy away from it?" Yeli turned around and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

Liu Zhongyi put down the tea cup, calmly said, "Your misty smoke can't deal with him."

"Oh?"

"The other party is the owner of Baicao Village after all. He was fascinated by your misty smoke. How can he deserve this title?" Liu Zhong glanced at the carved wooden window indifferently.

"So that's how it is," Ye Li smiled, and suddenly turned around and walked over lightly to lean on him, "I didn't know that your husband has a habit of listening to the room."

Liu Zhongyi lowered his eyes and moved away slightly.

Yeli pouted: "Is that why you don't like people getting close?"

Liu Zhongyi didn't answer, but said calmly, "Let's get down to business."

Ye Li handed him a piece of cloth and said, "Look for yourself."

Liu Zhongyi took it and unfolded it, and saw a strange pattern drawn with ink on the white cloth, which seemed to be a number of poisonous snakes entangled together, forming a certain symbol, "This is..."

"Is it very similar to the pattern you've been looking for?" Ye Li pondered, "It was painted with blood on the wall of the room where Yi Tianxing was killed."

Liu Zhongyi put away the cloth, "How do you know?"

"It's not a secret, it's just that I'm well-informed," Yeli said, "And this incident is far from over. Have you ever heard that corpses will stand up and kill people? Yi Tianxing's corpse appeared when it was parked in the mourning hall." After this kind of thing happened, many people were killed and injured in Wenjianzhuang, and those who were injured were also poisoned by strange poisons."

"I'll go and have a look myself," Liu Zhongyi nodded slightly, "Thank you."

Knowing that he couldn't stop him, Ye Li said, "You have to be careful, I'll send you a message if something happens in the building."

"Ah."

Liu Zhongyi pushed open the wooden window that was closed when he came in, took a look out, turned over quickly, hooked the cornice and used his strength to get on the roof, turned to a secluded place before landing.Slowly walking along the alley all the way, when he reached the fork in the road, his figure flashed and disappeared.

Not long after, a man in white came over, turned around the fork in the road, looked at the straight and empty alleyway, and walked slowly.

Liu Zhongyi fell behind him from the big tree by the side of the road, lightly brushed the unsheathed dagger with his fingertips, and the man in white in front stopped.Liu Zhongyi said, "Villa Master, what's the point of staying with me all night?"

Wen Yan turned around and saw that he had already put on a black scarf covering his face, with only one pair of eyes exposed, "When did you find out?"

"Since you followed me," Liu Zhongyi said indifferently: "The owner is not used to doing this kind of stalking. Is this suit designed for people to find out?"

Wen Yan frowned, "I didn't let you see it."

"The smell of medicine," Liu Zhongyi put away the dagger in his hand, "The owner must have stayed in the pharmacy for too long today, and his body is full of this smell. As long as there is wind at night, it is easy to detect."

Wen Yan was silent for a while, looked up at the person in front of him, and found that he had really changed too much in the past five years, and the boy in his memory had long been blurred and could not be recalled.

Liu Zhong objected that he didn't speak, and said directly: "The owner saw that I went to the back kitchen today, and he was afraid that what I did would be bad for the village, so he followed me?"

Wen Yan couldn't see the expression under his veil, and didn't know if there was any sarcasm in those eyes, but he didn't deny it, and said, "I really think so."

Liu Zhongyi said indifferently: "It's better to leave this kind of thing to other people, there is no need for the owner to come in person." He slightly turned his eyes away, lowered his eyes and no longer looked at that person.

It turned out that I had been acting with him for five years, and I didn't even have the minimum trust.

Even if you know that he is the killer of the ghost building, and you know that he is not a good person, you don't have to doubt that he will kill Baicaozhuang, right?

For some reason, Wen Yan suddenly couldn't say anything tit for tat, so he had to change the subject and said, "Just now the person in the Zhaxing Building said that you have been looking for the pattern..."

"It's the half-broken jade pendant I gave you." Liu Zhongyi thought that since he had already heard it, he might as well just say, "Please ask the owner to lend me a while."

"The one left behind by love?"

"I got it when I was looking for the trace of my brother. I saw him take it before."

Wen Yan frowned slightly, "Are you worried that this incident has something to do with him?"

"Brother won't do things without reason, I just want to find him first," Liu Zhongyi raised his brows slightly, "Isn't the owner always waiting for him to come back?"

Wen Yan curled the corners of his lips and smiled bitterly: "But he may not be willing to come back."

Liu Zhongyi glanced away, "Don't worry, I will explain clearly to my brother."

The two of them fell silent for a while, and the sound of a shift came from a distance, Wen Yan said: "Let's go back to the village first and then talk about it in detail."

"it is good."

Except for the flowery street behind, the noise of the day has faded away in the city, and most of the houses and pavilions on both sides of the streets and alleys have no lights, only the moonlight is shining brightly, reflecting on the stone road, cool as water.

When we returned to Baicao Village, we planned not to disturb others, but unexpectedly Liu Zhongrui was already waiting at the door, he was quite surprised to see the two of them coming back together, and then he regained his expression and said: "Villa Master, Wenjian Sect has sent someone here , said there is something urgent to ask, just wait in the hall."

After hearing this, Wen Yan roughly guessed what was going on, looked at the people around him, and saw that he also looked over with clear eyes, and they understood each other's thoughts when their eyes met, Wen Yan said: "You want to go with me Do you want to see it?"

Liu Zhongyi frowned slightly, brushed the black scarf on his face with his fingers, and said, "I'll just listen outside, it's inconvenient to go in."

"It's fine if you take it off," Wen Yan raised his hand indifferently to remove the black cloth, "It's not that you can't see people."

Liu Zhongyi turned her head to avoid his hand, "No need." After saying that, he entered the village, his figure blended into the night without any trace.

Wen Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, withdrew his hand, and glanced at Liu Zhongrui, who had a somewhat unspeakable expression. He entered Zhuangzi, and walked into the main hall for guests, only to see a dusty young man sitting on a chair on his lap. With both hands, the clothes were full of creases, looking very anxious.

When the young man saw someone coming in, he got up immediately, and Liu Zhongrui said from the side: "Young man, this is our owner, please tell me if you have anything to say."

"Vendor Wen," the young man finally showed a relieved expression, clasped his fists and said, "I ask Song Ran, a disciple of the Sword Sect. Due to the changes in the sect, many people in the sect have been poisoned and cannot be cured. I have heard that the master of Baicao Village has excellent medical skills. , the sect master ordered me to come and ask the villa master for help."

"Song Shaoxia don't need to be too polite," Wen Yan made a gesture of invitation, and after Song Ran sat down again, he also sat down on the chair, and said: "I have heard some news, I wonder if the young man has ever witnessed Wenjian What happened in the door?"

Song Ran shook his head and said: "No, some time ago I was ordered by the head of the sect to go out to do some errands, and suddenly I heard that something happened in the sect. When I rushed back, there were many dead and injured, and the poison of the sect seems to be easily contagious. The Lord did not want outsiders to be affected, so I was sent to ask the owner for help as soon as I returned."

As he spoke, he took out an iron token from his bosom, offered it with both hands, and said, "Master Wen, this is a token of our sect, and what I say is absolutely true, please have a look at it."

Wen Yan took it over, and the token was engraved with the word "Question Sword", and there was also a seal and engraving of the sect on the back, which was indeed true, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Song Shaoxia, I originally planned to go, late at night Already, I would like to invite the young man to rest at the village for one night, and we will leave tomorrow."

Song Ran stood up and saluted with fists in his hands, gratefully saying, "Thank you, Zhuang Zhu Wen."

"No need." Wen Yan looked at Liu Zhongrui who was standing beside him, and said, "Uncle Liu, take Song Shaoxia to the guest room to rest."

"Yes," Liu Zhongrui also saluted, and then said to Song Ran: "Song Shaoxia, please follow me."

Wen Yan went out of the main hall after the two left, and saw Liu Zhongyi waiting for him standing under the pear tree in the courtyard. The moonlight illuminated the tree in silvery white. The breath made the scenery quieter.

Hearing the sound, Liu Zhongyi raised his eyes and looked at him.

The pupils were clear, and the eyes were slightly cold, Wen Yan withdrew his thoughts and said, "There is no useful news."

"I heard it," Liu Zhongyi walked over slowly, "I want to see that jade pendant first."

"follow me."

Wen Yan led him through several courtyards, returned to his room, and then took out the jade pendant from a small wooden box in the drawer. It was a high-quality suet jade, with a delicate texture and a smooth surface, but it was a pity that it was broken for some reason. Cracked, only half left.

Liu Zhongyi took the jade pendant, took out the cloth Yeli gave from his bosom, and compared the shape of that half of the jade pendant with the pattern sketched on the cloth by candlelight, they were indeed seven or eight points similar.

Wen Yan also took a closer look at the pattern on the cloth. For some reason, the pattern always gave people a strange and ominous feeling, "Come and ask about Jianmen with me tomorrow."

Liu Zhongyi collected the things and said calmly: "I will go by myself, don't bother the owner."

Wen Yan frowned: "It's not easy this time, you are alone..."

"Don't worry, if I wait for the owner to protect me, I'll probably die a long time ago." Liu Zhongyi glanced at him, turned and left.

"Favorite."

"..."

Liu Zhongyi paused, stopped, but did not turn around, just quietly waiting for him to speak.

Wen Yan was silent for a while, and said, "Do you hate me?"

For a moment Liu Zhongyi felt that this question was ridiculous, silently tightened his fingers and clenched his fist, "The owner is worrying too much, I just don't want to play with you every time, compared to it, it's easier to go alone."

Wen Yan was stunned for a moment before he realized what he meant, "You misunderstood, I didn't mean to ask you to come with me as a lover, you can use any identity. Besides, Wenjianmen must be heavily guarded in case of such a change. , if you sneak in secretly, it would be bad if you are discovered, why not follow me in the past openly, and no one will stop you no matter how you want to investigate."

Liu Zhongyi didn't speak, but he didn't move away either, as if hesitating.

Seeing that he did not refuse, Wen Yan said, "Go and rest, I will wait for you in the front yard tomorrow morning."

Now that he had said that, Liu Zhongyi didn't refuse any more, and agreed, stepped out of the door, turned around and closed the door behind him.

At that moment when he saw the expression of the person in the room, he was vaguely gentle and gentle back then, but he closed the door without any hesitation to block his sight.

In any case, they will never go back to the past.