in the world of murder

As the night darkened, Xie Li's fingers copying the book were already a little cold.Just as he put down his pen, he saw a cup of tea by his hand. The tea was lukewarm and had been sitting there for a while.

This is the tea that Xi Zhen poured, and he also graciously polished the ink and added charcoal for Xie Li.However, he always asks for something in return, seeing that Xie Li remained indifferent, he stopped doing it.

Xie Li's house is no better than Xi Zhen's where there are plenty of charcoal pots all day long, and the warm fragrance blows across his face.It's cold here at night, and the charcoal in the charcoal basin doesn't seem to have any effect.Xie Zhen saw that Xie Li copied the book carefully, so he opened his closet, took out the snow wolf skin, and wrapped himself tightly.

When Xie Li finished copying the book, he raised his eyes and found that Xi Zhen was lying on the bamboo couch with the snow wolf skin in his arms, already sleeping unconsciously.

Probably because he was afraid of the cold, Xi Zhen covered his whole head in the snow wolf's fur.As soon as Xie Li approached, he turned over, revealing a faint blush on his side face, with small and delicate earlobes.

Xie Li stood for a while, took out a quilt from the cabinet, and covered Xi Zhen.After that, Xie Li went to wash and rest.

Xi Zhen faced the wall, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

When I got up early in the morning, the sky was cloudy, and I wondered if it was going to snow again.Xi Zhen came back from outside with the snow wolf skin in his arms, humming an unknown tune.He entered the house, carefully put the snow wolf skin on the couch, went to get some water from the copper basin to wash his hands and face.

Seeing that he didn't come back last night, Fu Gui worried about him all night, and rushed here early in the morning, and was relieved to see Xi Zhen in the room.

"I was really afraid that senior brother would kill you in a fit of anger last night, and then throw your body in the wilderness." The charcoal basin was about to go out, Fu Gui added some charcoal, and put the kettle on to boil water.

"No way," Xi Zhen was very proud, holding the snow wolf skin in his hand, "Look, I got this too."

"Then you slept at Eldest Brother's place last night?" Fu Gui looked surprised, "You...you don't know..."

Xi Zhen was puzzled, "Nothing?"

Fugui's expression was indescribable.

Xi Zhen slowly came back to his senses, and said: "No way! I will never let him touch a single hair of mine!"

Fu Gui chuckled, and said: "Eldest brother is a gentleman, if you two succeed, he will definitely be responsible for you."

"That won't work!" Xi Zhen snorted, rolled his eyes, and said, "Huh? How about this, I'll drug him, pretend to have an affair with him, and then threaten him!"

Fu Guixin was right, this is what Xi Zhen should be like.

"Forget it." Before Fu Gui could speak, Xi Zhen felt that something was wrong, "If it were me, if someone treated me like this, I would definitely kill him directly. Xie Li is not a good person, and he would probably kill the grass. "

Fu Gui smiled and said, "You know Eldest Senior Brother quite well."

The two chatted for a while, and Xi Zhen changed his clothes and went out to class.

The weather was bad and the wind was strong. Master Wei wanted to train his disciple and took him to Xiantian Cliff to practice swordsmanship.Fu Gui also went, he is Elder Yao's proud disciple, if any of these people suffer from bruises, he can still take care of them.

Among the disciples, Xie Li only wore the simplest white clothes, but his temperament was dusty, standing on the green-brown cliff like a white plum.Xi Zhen was much warmer than him, dressed in red as bright as the morning glow, with him around, even the chaotic and gloomy sky brightened a bit.

Master Wei arranged for the disciples to compete swords in pairs, and Xi Zhen naturally wanted to leave at Xie.

Before looking for him, Fu Gui pulled Xi Zhen aside, "I'll show you something nice."

Fu Gui took out a small porcelain bottle, and when he opened it, he could feel the strong fragrance of flowers rushing towards his face.

"What is this?" Xi Zhen asked.

"It's incense pills." Fu Gui said: "I have studied many beauties' lives in the past few days, and found that most of them have strange fragrances on their bodies, which enthrall their souls. So I specially made some incense pills for you."

Xi Zhen poured out the fragrant pill and looked at it, and said, "Why is it the fragrance of flowers?"

Fu Gui said: "It's winter now, the fragrance of flowers is so rare."

Xi Zhen nodded, "It makes sense." He looked at Fu Gui, and asked with some vigilance, "How much?"

Fu Gui stretched out three fingers, Xi Zhen held the porcelain bottle, and said, "I don't think you are here to study, but to do business!"

Fu Gui was shocked, "Why do you say that, I only showed you because I sincerely treat you as a friend."

Xi Zhen snorted, poured out a few fragrant pills, put them in his sleeves, and said, "Come back and get the money from me."

Fu Gui immediately beamed with joy, "Okay!"

Xie Li was fighting with a disciple, he raised his hand and flipped the disciple's sword over.The disciple looked ashamed, showing that he didn't want to confront Xie Li.

"Let me come." Xi Zhen went straight to Xie Li, the disciples on the cliff were startled, and even Master Wei looked this way, fearing that the two of them would clash again.

However, the purpose of Xi Zhen's visit this time was not to provoke Xie Li, he just drew out his sword and saluted politely, "Brother, please."

Xie Li held a sword flower, and his clothes fluttered in the wind.So the two exchanged moves, Xi Zhen's swordsmanship was light and erratic, Xie Li was as immovable as a mountain, every move revealed calmness.

Xi Zhen was a little annoyed, he hated Xie Li's appearance the most, as if his sword skills were not worth mentioning in front of him.Seeing that Xi Zhen's sword moves are becoming more and more tricky and ruthless, Fu Gui is anxious at the side.I am telling you to seduce him, not to kill him.

The long sword collided with the long sword, like gold and stone colliding, the sound was clear and clear.Xie Li raised his eyes, looked at Xi Zhen who was close at hand, and suddenly asked, "What's the smell on you?"

Xi Zhen was taken aback for a moment, the ruthless feeling disappeared in an instant, he rolled his eyes, and asked with a smile: "What's the smell?"

If I had to describe it, it would be that the spring breeze is warm and the mountains are full of flowers.Xizhen is a butterfly in a sea of ​​flowers, perhaps more colorful than flowers.

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Does it smell good?"

Xie Li waved his long sword to force Xi Zhen to retreat a few steps, saying: "I don't like it."

He didn't say whether it smelled good or not, only that he didn't like it.As if knowing that the smell on Xi Zhen's body is for him.

Xi Zhen stopped where he was, pondered for a while, but couldn't figure out why.

Fu Gui walked to Xi Zhen's side and asked, "How is it?"

Xi Zhen shook out the fragrant pill, "He said he didn't like it."

"Don't like it?" Fu Gui said: "I have other flavors, sandalwood, agarwood, what do you want? I can customize it for you."

Xi Zhen looked at him, "You..."

Fugui said: "What about me?"

"You won't be with Xie Li and sell my things exclusively."

The sky was gloomy until noon, but it still snowed, and the snowflakes fluttered one after another, and the ground and roofs turned white in an instant.Xie Li returned to the courtyard, there was someone waiting for him.This is the shopkeeper Bai of the Shanxia Inn. He is about 40 to [-] years old. He is dressed in an unremarkable gray dress.

Seeing Xie Li enter the courtyard, Shopkeeper Bai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I have received a hundred pearls and a box of Shu brocade."

Xie Li nodded, and said as he walked into the house: "The pearls will be kept for your daily expenses, and send back that box of Shu brocades."

"Yes." Shopkeeper Bai replied, but did not leave.

Xie Li stopped, looked at him, and asked, "What else is there?"

Shopkeeper Bai hesitated for a while, then said: "The Patriarch misses you very much, and you have to explain to me every time, please write more letters back."

"Everything is fine with me here. Tell father to take care of his health and don't miss me." Having said that, Xie Li didn't intend to write a letter. Shopkeeper Bai had no choice but to leave.

As soon as Xie Li entered the room, he saw a brocade box on the table.He stepped forward to open it, and inside was a set of ivory white Shu brocade clothes, embroidered with green and green ruyi, brilliant and brilliant, exquisite workmanship.There is also a jade crown ribbon, and a white jade Lingxiao pendant tied to the light blue palace sash, with a small "true" character engraved in the middle of the jade pendant.

Xie Li raised his eyebrows, he thought that this set of clothes was left for him by shopkeeper Bai, but only after seeing this jade pendant did he realize that it seemed to be Xi Zhen's handwriting.

Xie Li picked up the jade pendant and stroked the small word "true".

In Xizhen's room, two people sat opposite each other and made incense.Fu Gui kept nagging him, "I told you earlier that men like weak and pitiful men, so I told you to soften your temper. But look at you, when you were fighting swords in the morning, you were so aggressive. It's like killing a big brother. How could he like you?"

Xi Zhen supported his head, lazily stirred the powder with one hand, and said: "I also apologized to him, and gave him a set of clothes."

"I also gave him a jade pendant with your own name engraved on it." Fu Gui said coolly, "Are you apologizing or provoking?"

Xi Zhen proudly said: "You don't understand this, I will give him a jade pendant with my name engraved on it, so that he can make him think of me all the time."

Fu Gui thought for a while, and seemed to have the same meaning, but seeing Xi Zhen's complacent look, he said, "It's almost like piercing your straw man all the time."

Xi Zhen snorted, there was too much incense powder in the room, Xi Zhen could no longer smell anything, so he simply left it there, changed his clothes and went to class in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, it was mathematics class, and the mathematics teacher sent out a thick stack of exercises for them to do.Many disciples were in a state of desperation, biting their pens and flipping through "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", almost pulling out their hair.

Xi Zhen supported his head, counting quickly in his mind, and kept writing.Mathematics is the most regular, and it is not difficult to find out the rules and solve problems.

In front of Xi Zhen is Xie Li, Xie Li is still tall and straight, sitting upright.But Xizhen noticed that he hadn't written on paper for a long time.

Xi Zhenzhen was overjoyed, poked Xie Li, and asked, "Can you do the last question?"

Xie Li looked back at him with a calm expression.Xi Zhen suddenly remembered Fu Gui's words, swallowed the original boast, opened bright and innocent eyes, and asked: "I don't know how to do it, senior brother teach me."

He was lying on the table with his head tilted, a few strands of black hair hanging from his ears, looking cute and clever.

"None of this?" Xie Li raised his eyelids to look at him, "Did you copy other people's math exams?"

The author says:

Xi Zhen: It seems that it is still difficult for me to pretend to be stupid

Xie Li: not