Rui Hegui

"Hey, why did you come here in person?"

At the gate of the mountain, Xing Shuo was asking people to count the hussar battalion troops present, and when he turned around, he saw Bandit Chu coming from a distance.

"It's finally today. You left me alone in the capital. I'm exhausted from fighting those old things." Xing Shuo moved his shoulders and neck, walked up the stairs, and said with a smile, " You, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, came to pick him up in person, okay, this trip to Ningzhou has made progress, and I know that you and my brother should..."

Xing Shuo's words stopped at the moment when he could clearly see the expression on Chu Bandit's face.

Those peach blossom eyes, which are usually cunning, are blood red at the moment, everything inside seems to have been hollowed out, leaving only an empty shell.

Xing Shuo hadn't seen Bandit Chu like this for many years.

Bandit Chu said: "She is waiting for you in the living room, go and see her off for the last time."

he?who is he?

Xing Shuo didn't know why, but he had a bad premonition, and immediately threw the roster in his hand to the subordinate next to him, and rushed to the living room.

From the mountain gate to the main hall, and then to the living room, it was actually only five hundred steps, but today Xing Shuo felt that the road was extremely long, and he walked for a long time.

When they rushed to the living room, everyone had serious expressions on their faces. Jing Mo at the door turned around and said something when he saw him at the door, and then all the people in the hall withdrew.

Xing Shuo saw several basins of blood brought out by an attendant, so he subconsciously looked at the people at the door, but Zhao Liangyue, Youbai, and Jingmo were all fine.

Until Xing Shuo saw Bi'er coming out with red and swollen eyes from crying, his heart sank.

Zhao Liangyue came over and said: "Master Xing, go in quickly, Miss Shen Linglan is still waiting for you inside."

Xing Shuo's mind suddenly went blank for a moment, but his instinct had already made him step into the hall and walk to the door of the side room.

Shen Linglan was lying on the couch with her eyes closed, wearing a monk's robe, her whole body was like a piece of pale paper, and also like a pear blossom that was about to wither, so weak that it seemed that a gust of wind could take it away now.

Parting is always too sudden, people are caught off guard, and there is no time to say goodbye.

Xing Shuo stopped at the door of the side room, took off his armor, and walked in lightly.

As if sensing the person coming, Shen Linglan opened her eyes and looked over anxiously.

"Yuan Cheng."

Shen Linglan's voice was very low, and her breath was like a gossamer.

"I'm here." Xing Shuo no longer cared about the so-called etiquette, and went directly to hold Shen Linglan's raised hand.

Shen Linglan's hands were thin, small, and cold, and Xing Shuo covered them tightly with both hands.

Shen Linglan called again: "Yuan Cheng."

"I am, I am, I am..."

Xing Shuo repeated these two words over and over, his voice gradually hoarse.

Shen Linglan looked at him quietly, feeling the warmth of the palm of the person covering her hand, with a peaceful and comfortable smile on the corner of her mouth.

Xing Shuo was waiting, waiting for his junior sister to say something, or to express the regrets he had hidden for many years.

But in the end, she didn't say anything.

He also failed to warm her hand.

Shen Linglan is like a small white flower in late spring, which was broken by the strong wind in the mountains, and then left with peace of mind after reading her last obsession.

"Junior Sister?" Xing Shuo watched Shen Linglan close her eyes, thinking she was just asleep, and called several times softly, but got no response.

Xing Shuo stretched out his hand tremblingly, checked Shen Linglan's breath and neck veins,

"sorry."

After an unknown amount of time, Xing Shuo reached out his hand to caress Shen Linglan's eyebrows as if he wanted to keep something away, and traced it lightly, then brushed his scattered black hairs behind his ears.

Suddenly, Xing Shuo's hand stopped, and then, a hot tear fell down on Shen Linglan's snow-clean forehead.

There is a small hairpin on Shen Linglan's head plate. This is a very simple silver hairpin without complicated flower decorations. It is not conspicuous when worn in a pile of pearls and emeralds. It is a bit old, but it is very well preserved by its owner. good.

This small silver hairpin was bought by Shen Linglan for the first time taking Xing Shuo to the spring fair in the south of the capital.

At that time, Xing Shuo was neither a well-known military champion in Kyoto, nor Jin Luanwei's murderous commander, but also a fool who was despised by Chu Bandit every day. Whatever task Master Chi Tingyu assigned, Chu Bandit and Shen Linglan knew how to dodge As far as he is honest, he must do it carefully and little by little, even if he is practicing martial arts in the yard until midnight.

All his cleverness is probably used to deal with the little junior sister.

When Chi Tingyu was in Beijing for a few years, he only took a casual job with a meager salary, and even the three children in the courtyard who learned martial arts from him lived in poverty.Occasionally, Chi Tingyu would think of improving their lives, but probably General Chi had never raised a child himself, so the so-called improvement was to go to the east of the city to buy some fat meat for a tooth-beating sacrifice, or go to the south of the city to buy three oranges to bring back.

I don't know if the oranges are deliberately against General Chi, no matter how he chooses, he always brings back an orange that is so sore that his teeth hurt. Once Shen Linglan ate it and was unhappy for several days. Peel off a corner of the three tangerines, take a bit of each to taste, and give the sweetest one to the most beloved junior sister, and the most sour one to a certain senior brother named Chu.

There are countless similar double-standard behaviors. Chu Bandit would get angry and beat him at first, but later Chu Bandit joined Wang Yao's sect and devoted himself to governing the country and seeking ways. He widened the gap in martial arts, and finally he will not be chased and beaten.

The Spring Festival was held after the Shangyuan Festival in Jianning 52.

In fact, there are spring fairs every year, but Xing Shuo never visits them, because in his impression, the so-called spring fairs are selling flowers, plants, rouge jewelry, etc., where girls meet and play together.

Therefore, when Shen Linglan pulled him to go, he was a little surprised, but he followed.

When it came to the Spring Festival, it was true that most of them were girls, and they always liked to look at Xing Shuo, which made Xing Shuo very shy, shy and shy in the smell of powder, wishing to put himself in a box on the spot, and finally had He began to discuss with Shen Linglan about leaving.

Shen Linglan insisted: "That can't be done, you can't go!"

Xing Shuo tried to discuss again: "Junior Sister, if you like something, I can give you the money I saved, but I really can't stay any longer."

Shen Linglan heard the words, but she was not as unreasonable as usual, she said: "Oh, then you can go."

Xing Shuo happily took out his purse to Shen Linglan, but Shen Linglan didn't accept it, her delicate little face suddenly became aggrieved, and she cried loudly: "Obviously I have already promised me, but in the end I still have to accept it." It's not that you don't want to accompany me."

The people passing by saw him, and helped to persuade him: "My little brother, you have to be sincere when chasing a girl. What's the point of keeping her here?"

"That's right, I promised my wife the day before yesterday to come to the spring fair, and I will come as soon as I say, and I won't accept any big orders from the master!"

"You are still young, if you don't know how to cherish the people in front of you, you will regret it later."

Pedestrian, you said, I said, but Xing Shuo was very anxious, not because he was in a hurry to talk about himself, but because he was afraid that Shen Linglan would misunderstand that he didn't value her, so he hurriedly caught up with Shen Linglan and started coaxing her.

"Junior Sister, I was wrong, I didn't mean that, I didn't, I just..."

Xing Shuo stammered, and in the end he didn't say a good word, but his ears turned red with anxiety, which made the passers-by laugh, and finally Shen Linglan couldn't help laughing too.

Shen Linglan sighed softly: "Okay, okay, I understand, I won't force you, you fool."

Seeing that Shen Linglan was no longer angry with him, he also smiled along with Shu Ran.

Shen Linglan looked at Xing Shuo who was smirking, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Go, I'll take you somewhere!"

Then Shen Linglan grabbed Xing Shuo's sleeve and ran as usual, passing through the flower girls surrounded by beautiful flowers, passing through the fireworks-filled snack shops, and crossing half of the long street under the clear light of the full moon.

In the end, Shen Linglan took Xing Shuo to a shop that sold pearl hairpins. The owner was a short white-haired old man with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, always smiling, which made people feel very kind.

The two said hello to the boss. Xing Shuo looked sideways at Shen Linglan and asked, "Junior Sister, do you want to buy a headgear? Or, let me pick it for you?"

Shen Linglan, who was usually carefree, was suddenly stunned when she heard the words, a thin layer of red appeared on her face.

Xing Shuo hurriedly asked: "Junior Sister, are you feeling unwell?"

Shen Linglan rolled her eyes at the piece of wood in front of her, and asked, "Do you know what it means to choose jewelry for girls by yourself?"

Wood on the opposite side shook his head.

Shen Linglan rolled her eyes again, but still asked Xing Shuo to pick a hairpin for herself.

The boss smiled and said, "Master, I'm so sorry, this stall sells hairpins well. You guys are late, and all the good ones have been picked away." He pointed to a few hairpins in the corner that didn't sell well. hint.

Xing Shuo looked at Shen Linglan and suggested: "Then next time, buy something good-looking."

"No, I want it today, even the ugly ones."

"why?"

"Because... because today's day is very unusual, anyway, hurry up and pick one for me!"

Xing Shuo had no choice but to choose a small silver hairpin hesitantly from among the few bad hairpins.

Xing Shuo handed the small silver hairpin to Shen Linglan and said, "I'll buy it for you when I see better looking ones later."

Shen Linglan took it with a smile and said, "Fool."

Xing Shuo didn't know why, but when Shen Linglan laughed, he followed suit.

Shen Linglan carefully put away the little silver hairpin, looked up at Xing Shuo, her eyes formed two crescent moons, and asked: "You gave me something, so I have to give you one too. What do you want?"

Xing Shuo shook his head and said with a smile, "No need, I'll just send my junior sister off."

Shen Linglan snorted and said, "You must!"

Xing Shuo said: "Okay, okay, then let me think about what I want."

But after thinking about it for a long time, Xing Shuo didn't think of anything.

Xing Shuo has always been a very contented person - he used to be an orphan, first a well-meaning academy teacher picked him up, and later Chi Tingyu, who is both a teacher and a father, adopted him and taught martial arts, and he also met an elder Big Chu Bandit and Shen Linglan, he felt that he had everything and he lacked everything.

Shen Linglan in front of her was so angry that she almost kicked the log into the nearby river.

Finally, after thinking hard for a long time, Mu Mu said, "Then how about, junior sister give me a name."

Shen Linglan was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Why do you ask me to pick up characters for you? There is a master, there is an emperor teacher."

Xing Shuo smiled, touched his head, and said embarrassingly: "I thought about it, and it seems that there is nothing that can accompany me all the time, but the dial is fine. Whenever someone calls my name in the future, I will think of my junior sister." .”

Shen Linglan chuckled when she heard the words, and said, "Then, shall I get you one?"

"it is good!"

"But I can't think of it for a while."

"It's okay, just tell me when you think about it, I'm still too early to reach the crown."

Shen Linglan heard the words but immediately said: "No, it has to be today!"

Why today?

Shen Linglan didn't say anything, and Xing Shuo didn't ask any more questions.

That day, Xing Shuo accompanied Shen Ling back and forth on the stone bridge, waiting for her to come up with a word.

"Or, call Yuan Cheng."

Shen Linglan looked at the full moon in the sky, turned her head to look at Xing Shuo, and smiled sweetly.

It was only then that Xing Shuo noticed that Shen Linglan had put the little silver hairpin on her bun at some point.

Xing Shuo suddenly felt that the inconspicuous little silver hairpin looked particularly good on Shen Linglan's head.

"Okay, it's called Yuan Cheng."

"Yuan Cheng."

"Junior Sister, I'm here."

"Yuancheng!"

"I'm here!"

The laughter of the boy and the girl floated out of the stone bridge. It was as sweet as silver bells and lingered for a long time. Even the fish in the river couldn't help but poke their heads out of the water to take a look.

After a long time, Chu found out that the hairpin given by the man to the woman was a token of love, and the reason why his junior sister chose the spring fair in Jianning's 52nd year was because that day was the day when her mother married her father.

But later, when the treason case happened, Shen Mingwei resolutely stood in line with Wang Han's family. Mrs. Shen was a distant relative of the Chi family. for marriage.

My childhood sweetheart, fortunately had a childhood sweetheart.

The vicissitudes of life will eventually change the relationship between deep love and shallow relationship.

"sorry."

Outside the living room, the rain finally stopped, but those memories that have been dusty for many years seemed to happen yesterday.

"Sorry……"

Xing Shuo said again, then slowly leaned over, and gently placed a kiss on Shen Linglan's forehead.

What is he sorry for?

No one answered him.

Maybe it was the altar of daughter Hong hidden in the crabapple forest in the west of the city, which originally belonged to the little junior sister, but she didn't know it, and never will.

Can not go back.

Outside the living room, Zhao Liangyue looked at Bandit Chu who stood with his back to him for a long time, and at the long shadow drawn by Tianguang at his feet.

Zhao Liangyue really felt the two words, loneliness.

Zhao Liangyue had never seen Chu Bandit like this before, or rather, he had seen Chu Bandit showing similar sadness in his eyes, but that was only for a moment, similar to Feng Guo Wuhen's deliberate concealment, it had never been as long as it is now, It grows like the rain in midsummer, with endless patters, revealing everything without any cover, watering the weeds in the old yard and making the vines grow wildly.

"River scales."

I don't know how long it took before Bandit Chu turned his head and called Zhao Liangyue in a low tone. Zhao Liangyue stepped forward and stood side by side with him, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to say it.

Bandit Chu embraced Zhao Liangyue in his arms, just like that day in front of the government office of the household department, hugging him tightly, like catching driftwood in a turbulent current.

This time, Zhao Liangyue smelled the smell of blood and the faint scent of ink on his body, and never thought of pushing him away.