Hengnan is windy
Chapter 1 When I arrived at the barracks, I saw the soldiers who stayed behind rushing around in a h
Sigh.
Huo Feng didn't drink too much. Although he was not drunk, his head was a little swollen.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Situ Hengnan who suddenly sighed, Huo Feng couldn't help asking a little funny.
"Hi, lovers will eventually get married."
Situ Hengnan drank a few more glasses and repeated himself.
"You drank too much again, the general and his wife will talk about you again when you go back." Huo Feng tried to take back the wine glass dangling in Situ Hengnan's hand, but he dodged it all at once.
Situ Hengnan smiled and said, "I haven't."
As soon as he grasped Huo Feng's hand, he pushed it aside.
"I won, and my strength is greater."
Situ Hengnan suddenly approached Huo Feng's face and smiled from the bottom of his heart.But he immediately leaned back on one of his arms and fell asleep in a daze.
Huo Feng naturally smiled helplessly, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but who would have thought that Situ Hengnan would hold it firmly.
"Situ..." Huo Feng yelled, but Situ Hengnan didn't answer, just murmured the phrase "Lovers will eventually get married".
☆, bad news
1 One day, General Situ received a letter, and after reading it, he hurriedly called Huo Feng over.
In the early summer when they were 16 years old, the two who were playing chess looked at each other, but they didn't know what was going on.
But seeing General Situ's complexion slightly darkened, Huo Feng also made preparations in his heart.
Huo Feng came out of General Situ's study, only to find Situ Hengnan waiting there.
"Zixin, what's the matter?" Situ Hengnan saw that Huo Feng's face was pale and his brows were frowning, obviously something bad happened.
Huo Feng opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything for a moment. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "My father is seriously ill. This is... a letter from three months ago."
When Huo Feng said this, his eyes became more dazed.
Situ Hengnan knew that Huo Feng had missed his father for a long time, and he had only received a few inquiries letters in the past few years.Whenever father Huo was mentioned, Huo Feng would feel uneasy.
What's more, this time, it seems to be a farewell.
Huo Feng's fingers trembled slightly, but he still tried his best to restrain his emotions, folded the letter and put it back.
Huo Feng turned his back and said in a low voice: "The general said that he will send some people to take me back to the southwest."
"Zixin, I'll go home with you." Situ Hengnan said without thinking.
Huo Feng almost didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "No."
"What's wrong with this, your father... well... this way you will be taken care of on the way." Situ's voice dropped from behind. Although he had a reason to support it, what he was thinking about was Ruohuo's father. After his death, he followed Huo Feng to observe his filial piety.
Huo Feng didn't respond immediately, so Situ Hengnan added: "My father also said that Uncle Huo was a brother who was in the bloody battle back then, and he will always be in debt. I think I should have visited earlier. Yes, my father will definitely agree. It is not safe for you to go back alone. "
Huo Feng didn't show much expression, and finally just sighed and said: "The general will give me enough money, and a few attendants will escort me to the southwest, you don't have to worry."
"I'm not worried..." Situ Hengnan felt that he was wrong again, "Yes, I am very worried, but in fact I don't need to worry. But...but..."
Huo Feng gave him a puzzled look.
"I want to go back with you." Situ Hengnan finally choked out a simple truth.
"I haven't been back for many years." Huo Feng looked into the distance, his eyes were like still water, "The scenery is very good, but there is nothing interesting, most of them are rough people. The way home... I don't remember either."
"It's okay, it's okay." Situ suddenly became excited, but immediately realized that it couldn't be like this, so he said in a low voice, "I said it's okay, one more person should be better."
Huo Feng finally left a meaningful look in his eyes, and returned to his bedroom.
Situ stood in front of the door and asked a little unconfidently, "Zixin, did you agree?"
"Situ, you can do whatever you want. When did I stop you?" Huo Feng answered him softly, his voice a bit muffled.
Situ was very happy, but when he noticed Huo Feng's dullness, he immediately felt deeply worried, but in the end he could only say: "You have a good rest."
2 But when Situ Hengnan woke up, he didn't see Huo Feng.
"Father, mother!" Situ knocked on the door.
"Brother, what are you doing here?" Situ Xing'er was playing with a folding fan and came over from not far away.
"Xing'er, where's Zixin?" Situ came over and supported Xing'er's shoulders with a bit more strength, causing the folding fan to fall to the ground.
"Brother Zixin left early in the morning and went back to his hometown to see his father." Xing'er's eyes widened and she was a little stunned.
Situ put down his hands, calmed down suddenly, leaned over and picked up the fan, put it in Xing'er's hand, and said, "Xing'er, if Mom and Dad wake up and ask me where I have been, just say I went to the southwest."
Before Myolie could respond, Situ walked out.
"Brother, what are you talking about! You're going to the southwest, and you're going back to your hometown with brother Zixin? It will take at least a few months! How long are you going?" Xing'er chased after him.
Situ had already packed his burden, stepped on Kaifeng, and said, "I don't know."
He hastily turned the horse's head, ready to leave the city in the direction of Juechen.
Situ Xing'er stamped her feet anxiously and said, "Do you know the way, brother!"
"I..." Situ Hengnan tapped himself on the head, "Ask as you go."
"Wait!" Situ Xing'er rushed to the mansion and came back after a while.
Xing'er handed Situ Hengnan a few blueprints and said, "Be careful on the road, brother."
Situ Hengnan briefly browsed the drawings, and replied "Yes".
After fastening the burden, Situ Hengnan tightened the reins and started to run wildly.
"Oh, this impatient brother." Situ Xing'er supported her forehead and said helplessly.
3 Fortunately, with these blueprints and the guidance of a few acquaintances at the post station, Situ Hengnan led Kaifeng to march southwest smoothly.
But on the way, someone who cheated him of gold also appeared, making him take a small detour, and almost went to Tianzhu.
But fortunately, the green mountains and green waters in front of me are the land of Southwest Shu.
There are basically no major roads here, the traffic is extremely inaccessible, and there are few people coming and going.
Finally, someone pulled a car and passed by, Situ Hengnan hurried up and asked, "Hello, uncle, how can I get to Huojia Village?"
"Huojia Village? I live there, follow me, little brother!" The uncle laughed heartily twice, waved his hand to signal him, and then walked towards a small path again.
Situ Hengnan took a moment to understand what he said with an accent, stepped on Kaifeng, and followed the uncle in front of him at a leisurely pace.
After walking for another four or five kilometers, the outline of the village gradually appeared in front of my eyes.
The first few households live scattered, and after these households, it becomes a relatively dense village.
There is a long river here, the river is not rushing, and several women are washing clothes on the bank of the river.Some children were laughing and playing around with a few paper windmills.
"Little brother, the area ahead is the Huo Family Village." The uncle pointed to a village in front of him, seeing that Situ Hengnan wanted to pay, he immediately stopped him anxiously.
"Hey, little brother, what are you doing like this? No, no!" The uncle waved his hand, ignored him, and walked into the house with the cart.
After a while, the uncle poked his head out from the house again and asked, "Little brother, who are you looking for?"
"Huo Feng." Situ Hengnan replied.
"Oh, that baby, it seems that he came back not long ago, Huo Ping is also pitiful, he insisted on sending his son out, and he didn't take one last look before he left." The uncle suddenly sighed, "Go on , little brother, someone will show you the way."
Situ Heng thanked him south, and led Kaifeng to the village ahead.
He asked two more people before he found the courtyard where Huo Feng was.
Compared with other dense houses, this courtyard is relatively flat and spacious, but at this moment, his heart is a little unspeakably disturbed.
Taking a deep breath, Situ Hengnan knocked on the door twice.
The door opened, and the person he had traveled so far to meet was right in front of him.
☆, Southwest (1)
When Huo Feng saw Situ Hengnan rushing over, he shook his head lightly: "I didn't expect you to follow."
He had already changed into plain clothes, with a white scarf on his head, and his complexion was a little pale. As soon as he finished speaking, he poured out a cup of tea for Situ Hengnan.Situ Hengnan hurried over all the way, and when he saw the water, he realized that he was already thirsty, so he drank the tea in one gulp.
"Having been on the road for several days, you should go and rest." Huo Feng got up, ready to clean up the loose objects in the mourning hall.
Situ Hengnan grabbed Huo Feng and said, "Zixin, are you angry with me?"
"What's wrong with me?" Huo Feng replied.
Situ Hengnan swallowed, and said softly, "It's still me that annoys you..."
Huo Feng just said in a softer voice: "No. Situ, you don't have to think about it."
Situ Hengnan's motives for this trip were pure, but not pure, and he didn't pay much attention to the mourning of Huo's father's death.More want to see the place where Zixin was born, where he was when he was a child, and want to be with him.He really couldn't imagine his life without him last year.
But he really had no choice but to stay alone, so he swayed left and right and followed Huo Feng.
"Situ, there is really no help here." Huo Feng stopped.
Situ Hengnan didn't know what to say, so he started scratching his hair again.
"Pfft!" Huo Feng actually laughed out loud, and patted Situ on the shoulder.
But Situ Hengnan seemed to be stunned suddenly, Huo Feng calmly smoothed his frizzy hair back, and said, "Does the general know that you have come to the southwest?"
"I told Xing'er to pass it on."
"Didn't you say it to your face?"
"......No."
"So you came here alone?"
"Yes."
"I've said it all, there's nothing interesting here, and you probably can't understand what the locals are saying. You must have been cheated out of a lot of money on the way."
"There's no..."
Situ Hengnan clicked his tongue secretly. He was indeed deceived by the guide on the road and lost a gold ingot.Turning left and right all the way, I almost went to Tianzhu in the wrong direction.
The day of vigil had long since ended, and there were only some sacrifices left in front of the mourning hall, some paper balls on the ground, and a few futons that were not arranged neatly.The coffin was carried up the mountain with the help of the villagers and buried in the ground.
Huo Feng cleaned briefly for a while, then just knelt down quietly.
Situ Hengnan also knelt down and fell silent in the same way.
Situ Hengnan was indeed a little tired, and he could fall asleep while kneeling on his knees, but he didn't know how long it took until a bit of cold air rushed into his nose, and he woke up joltingly.
Under the radiance of the moonlight, Huo Feng's eyes were radiant, and there seemed to be tears on the side of his face, making him look very sad.
"Situ, go back to your room and go to sleep." Huo Feng still stared at the altar in front of him, and said lightly, "The guest room hasn't been tidied up recently, it's a bit messy, you can sleep in my room first."
So Huo Feng got up, Situ Hengnan nodded and followed behind him.
Huo Feng entered the room, then lit the oil lamp, took out a new quilt from the closet, made the bed better, and then lit another lamp and went out.
"Situ, it's good to rest." Huo Feng turned around.
"Well, so does Zixin." Situ Hengnan yawned loudly.
But Situ Hengnan tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. The bed smelled clean, which belonged to Zixin.
In the six years since I met Zixin, apart from the fact that he seemed to miss his father very much at the beginning, felt a little sad after reading his father's letter expressing his hope that he would stay in the general's mansion, and later became angry with the young son of Duke Ding, he had always They are all so calm, they seem to be calm forever, and they don't show any sadness in front of him, only gentleness and smiles.
"Zixin, I'm still very sad." Situ blamed himself a little, how could subconsciously feel that Zixin wasn't very sad just because Zixin received the news of Huo's father's imminent death so calmly?Living in the general's mansion for many years, his thoughts about his father must not have diminished at all.
Situ Hengnan fell into a dream after thinking about it, but in the middle of the night a thunderclap woke him up.
Situ Hengnan hugged the quilt and shivered.He is a son of a general family, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he can hit and fall, but he is afraid of thunder.
It coincides with the summer rainstorm season, the sky is flickering, and the thunder is rumbling.Situ Hengnan wrapped himself in the quilt, not daring to breathe too heavily.
I don't know it was a few thunderclaps, but suddenly the door was opened, and it was closed again immediately.Then there was the sound of the lamp being put on hold.A few light footsteps approached, the curtains were pulled open, and a voice whispered next to his ear and asked, "Situ, are you awake?"
Situ Hengnan stopped shaking, but this made his body stiff.Immediately there was another dull thunder, and a series of loud thunder erupted at the end, which made him shiver.
"I heard Steward Lu say that you are afraid of thunder, but I didn't believe it at the time." Huo Feng's voice was very soft, and he gently lifted the quilt covered by Situ Heng Nanmeng on his face, "Don't let yourself be bored."
A few flashes of thunder flashed, and Situ Hengnan subconsciously pulled up the quilt again.
Huo Feng pulled down the quilt again, and patted Situ Hengnan's shoulder lightly.
Situ Hengnan could only hold Huo Feng's hand nervously.There was a sound of thunder, and he couldn't help trembling for a while.
"Zi...Zixin, you can sleep with me." Situ said with a trembling voice.
Huo Feng paused, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "Okay. You move in, this bed is a bit small."
Situ turned sideways and moved in.
Huo Feng took off his coat and hung it in one place, so he got on the bed half sideways, covering half of the quilt.
Situ opened his eyes, Huo Feng didn't close his eyes, the two just looked at each other for a while, so close that they could feel each other's breath.
Huo Feng closed his eyes first, but Situ Hengnan did not.It was only when he noticed that they had been under the same roof for several years, and they had never shared the same bed, and they were rarely even so close to each other.Huo Feng's eyelashes are still so long.His heartbeat quickened involuntarily, and his breathing also became rapid.I don't know when I always wanted to get close to him, and I would be very nervous if I got too close, especially recently, it seemed that there was always some inexplicable impulse buried in my heart.But at this time, the impulse that had been buried for some time surged up again, making it difficult for him to sleep.
After a while, there was another burst of thunder, and Situ Hengnan still tensed up.
"Can't sleep?" Huo Feng opened his eyes, turned around completely with a tired face, stretched out his hand to Situ's back, and began to pat him rhythmically.
"You sweat a lot." Huo Feng murmured softly, closing his eyes again.
Under Huo Feng's reassurance, Situ Hengnan began to relax, and he couldn't help but get closer to Huo Feng, at a distance where his noses would touch each other.
Huo Feng continued to pat, but Situ Hengnan took advantage of the situation and put his arms around Huo Feng's waist.
Huo Feng opened his eyes again, and said, "Situ, are you so scared?"
Situ Hengnan didn't respond, and Huo Feng didn't take his hand away, but just withdrew the hand that patted Situ's back and propped up his side face, put the other hand on Situ's arm, and closed his eyes again.
"Are you feeling better, go to sleep."
Situ Hengnan gradually fell asleep, and when he woke up, Huo Feng was lying flat, and most of the bedding was already under the bed, presumably he kicked Huo Feng's side.
And Huo Feng was still in a deep sleep, and the sky looked like Xiao Ming, probably still very early.
Situ Hengnan sat up, while Huo Feng was still breathing evenly, his eyelashes trembled a little, and his lips glistened with luster.
He actually swallowed his saliva.
what am i thinkingSitu Hengnan secretly slandered.
But he still stared at Huo Feng's sleeping face, not wanting to wake him up at all.
He lay down again, breathed lightly, and moved closer to Huo Feng's face.
There was a unique, clean breath that belonged to Huo Feng on his lips.
He kissed Huo Feng, this time slightly longer and deeper.It's not an accidental superficial touch, but a kind of throbbing from the heart.
Situ Hengnan regained consciousness and immediately withdrew his lips, but still had the urge to kiss again, but Huo Feng turned sideways all of a sudden, which really shocked him.
"Zixin?" He called softly, but there was no response.
He still tiptoed out of bed, put the quilt on the bed, prepared to get dressed, and brought back some food.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally touched the lamp, and the lamp fell to the ground with a loud noise, which woke Huo Feng up.
"Situ, what time is it?"
Huo Feng rubbed his eyes and asked wearily.
"Probably... Chenshi." Situ replied, but his heart felt weak.
"The day of father's funeral is over, and I'm going to the wooden house on the mountain to observe my filial piety. I'll show you around for a few days, and you can go back too." Huo Feng said while standing beside him, and put on his coat by the way. .
"Zixin, I'm not here to play." Situ Hengnan became annoyed at this moment, "I will stay as long as you stay. If you can help me, just ask."
"You and my father are neither related nor related, why should it be so. Besides, I was not there alone. It was my mother's former residence, and there were villagers to take care of me. It's almost three years, and when my father goes to the new grave, he will leave soon. How can you stay here for the rest of the year. I don't think it will be long before the general will send someone to pick you up."
"Then, then I will walk around with you." Situ could only say so first.
He was really prepared to stay in the Southwest for a year or more, and Huo Feng couldn't drive him away.
Huo Feng just straightened his belt, and then said hello.
☆, Southwest (2)
Southwestern Bashu is also known as the Land of Abundance. Except for a relatively fertile plain, the rest is full of mountains.The place where Huo Feng is located is sparsely populated and close to several canyons.The turbulent flow between the canyons reflects the rising sun, sparkling and bright.There was some mist in the morning, and it dissipated naturally when the sun was high.The distant mountains are indistinct in one's sight, and the clear stream hits miscellaneous rocks, making a crisp sound like ringing rings.
"Xiaofeng!" A woodcutter approached from a distance, "Is your father's business settled?"
"It's done, Uncle Liu."
The local dialect spoken by the woodcutter, Huo Fengye's reply is also considered local dialect, but the accent is naturally not so strong.Situ Hengnan didn't realize what he was talking about for a while, but he thought the tone was very interesting.
Uncle Liu nodded and said, "That's good, if you need help, please speak up!"
Huo Feng nodded.Uncle Liu noticed Situ Hengnan beside him, and laughed: "This little brother is from the imperial city?"
"Yes, Uncle Liu." Huo Feng replied.
Uncle Liu nodded, and said, "The people in the imperial city are just different. They are handsome and extravagant! Xiaofeng, your talent is getting better and better after you have been away for a few years!"
Situ Hengnan understood these words quite well, and he could only habitually grab his hair to cover up his embarrassment when faced with compliments.
"Uncle Liu was joking." Huo Feng continued, "Then let's go first, and Uncle Liu can go get busy too."
Uncle Liu laughed twice, and said, "Okay, let's get busy!" Then he walked towards the village humming a little song.
Huo Feng walked to the shore of Qingturan, boarded a boat, and after a few seconds of unbalance passed, he stabilized his figure, and then stretched out a hand to Situ Hengnan: "Situ, come up."
Situ Hengnan took Huo Feng's hand, jumped onto the boat, the boat shook a few times, and then stabilized.
Huo Feng sat halfway, and began to paddle slowly, the boat began to float on the water, because following the direction of the current, Huo Feng did not row hard.The boat moved slowly across the water.
Situ Hengnan took the initiative to take an oar to paddle.
"Zixin, so you still remember the Southwestern accent." Situ Hengnan felt that Huo Feng didn't seem to speak Southwestern dialect anymore.
Looking at the clear water, Huo Feng replied: "I didn't speak well at first, but after coming back for a few days, I talked a little more with the people in the village, and it seems to have picked up some of it."
"That Zixin, teach me too." Situ Hengnan's eyes lit up, "Southwest dialect is quite interesting."
Huo Feng didn't answer for a while, and asked after a while: "Do you really want to learn?"
Situ Hengnan said it casually, but since Huo Feng asked, he was really interested in learning.
"Actually, I've forgotten a lot." Huo Feng slightly stopped the paddle in his hand, thinking about which sentence to start with.
"Just now Uncle Liu said 'open your mouth' means to open your mouth to speak." Huo Feng remembered what Uncle Liu said just now.
"Speak up." Situ Hengnan repeated.
"Bashi means he is very satisfied and comfortable." Huo Feng remembered another word.
Situ Hengnan continued to repeat: "Ba Shi."
Huo Feng laughed again, and said, "It's not like what you said."
Situ Hengnan practiced the "Ba Shi" with cadences and changes in his voice.
Huo Feng paddled his own oar and said with a smile: "Yes, the tone is lower."
Suddenly another small boat passed by their boat. There was a young man standing on the boat. He looked childish and should be relatively small. He was paddling with both hands. When he saw Huo Feng, he raised his voice and called out: "Xiaofeng elder brother!"
Both Huo Feng and Situ Hengnan looked over there, and the other party's boat made a slight turn and drifted towards their direction.
"Ah Ning, where are you going?" Huo Feng asked gently when he saw the young man's face.
Chen Ning replied: "The master of the school has been ill recently. I went to the city to make a call, but I still couldn't find a suitable husband to take the place of my master."
"School?" Huo Feng thought for a few seconds, "Where is it?"
"It's in the village. The village head raised some money to build a wooden house, and invited a gentleman from the city to teach some children in the village to read." Chen Ning replied.
"Hey, Zixin, you can go." Situ Hengnan took over the conversation.
Huo Feng thought about it seriously, there shouldn't be any taboo about this matter.
Chen Ning seemed to have realized it all at once, and said, "That's right, Brother Xiaofeng, although you left your hometown early, I still remember that when you were young, the ancient books in your room were piled higher than the table! You read it in the imperial city. Such a long book, I think it is much better than the gentleman in this city! The village will give you money regularly."
Huo Feng finally said: "That's fine, but how can I accept the money from the folks?"
Chen Ning shook her head: "You get what you pay for every labor, and you shouldn't take advantage of it just because you're a fellow villager."
Situ Hengnan glanced at Huo Feng, who seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Zixin, go try it first, and talk about the rest later."
Huo Feng glanced at Situ Hengnan, met Chen Ning's expectant gaze, and finally agreed: "I will go to the school after the wooden house on the mountain is finished in two days."
The next day, after some simple tidying up, Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng moved to the wooden house in the middle of the mountain.
There were two stone monuments on the hillside not far from the wooden house. Situ Hengnan approached and took a closer look. They were the tombstones of Huo's father and Huo's mother.
"Lin..." Situ Hengnan muttered Huo's mother's surname in a low voice.
He was 28 years old.
Situ Hengnan caressed the sad number, but his heart was more grateful. He was very grateful to Father Huo and Mother Huo for bringing Zixin into this world.
"My mother left when I was nine years old. This is the wooden house where my parents lived before." At some point, Huo Feng also walked up to the tombstone, "Now my father has fulfilled his wish. The mother was buried together."
"I've never heard you mention your mother." In Situ Hengnan's memory, Huo Feng is like a young man of similar age who suddenly appeared in the general's mansion six years ago to study and practice martial arts with him, and his father just said Is the son of an old friend.Steward Lu of the mansion said that the general's former strategist passed by here, but left behind a young man who accompanied him.He remembered that he still called the strategist "Uncle He".
He didn't think too much about it, he thought he was the child of his father's old friend, and he came here for a few months, but he didn't think that, every year, he was used to Huo Feng's existence, and he regarded him as a member of the general's mansion. Rather than passers-by.
Huo Feng didn't mention his family, and Situ Hengnan only asked once, and the answer was only that his parents fought side by side in the battlefield and knew each other once.
"My mother is a embroidered mother, and she married my father who returned home from the war." Huo Feng lightly stroked the inscription on the stele, "My father was already disabled when he came back, but my mother insisted on marrying him regardless of the objections of her family. Gave it to him."
Situ Hengnan listened carefully, remembering that his father also galloped on the battlefield, and only married his mother when he returned triumphantly.
"Situ." Huo Feng withdrew his hand, "Kai Feng is temporarily kept in the stable at the foot of the mountain."
"I know." Situ Hengnan stood up, "Shouldn't we be with Chen Feng?"
"En." Huo Feng nodded before walking towards the wooden house.
After walking a few steps, Huo Feng looked up at the sky.Tonight the moon is missing its corner, only the faintly visible floating clouds surround the moon, making the moon seem a bit lonely, and the moonlight is also a bit cold.
"Situ." Huo Feng called out suddenly.
"Huh?" Situ Heng also walked a few steps towards Huo Feng's direction.
"It's Mid-Autumn Festival soon, won't you go back and reunite with the general?" Huo Feng lowered his head, but didn't look directly at Situ Hengnan.
Situ Hengnan paused for a moment before saying, "But Zixin, you will be alone after I leave. I... also treat you as family."
Huo Feng then slowly raised his head and looked straight into Situ Hengnan's eyes.
Those eyes were still as clear as when they met, and they could clearly perceive the simplicity of the young man's heart.
It's just that his own eyes may have added complicated colors.
"Situ, in fact, I have always envied you." Huo Feng seemed to sigh.
Situ Heng Nanying frowned slightly, and said, "Why?"
Huo Feng took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "You were born in the general's mansion, the achievements of your ancestors have been recorded in the annals of history, your father is a great general with outstanding military exploits, and your mother is a descendant of a famous family. But I am just from this remote southwest Just a speck of dust."
Situ Hengnan listened quietly to Huo Feng's words.
"My father, if he hadn't blocked the blow of gravity for the general, he might have been completely forgotten."
Huo Feng sighed, and then took a step, ready to move on.But a warmth enveloped him again, and Situ Hengnan breathed close to his ears, and muffledly said, "Zixin, I'm sorry."
Before Huo Feng opened his mouth, Situ Hengnan continued: "Zixin, I'm sorry, I haven't found you thinking that way for so long. If you feel unhappy in the future, can you tell me clearly? You know , I'm dull."
This is the first time that Situ Hengnan admits his dullness.
In the past, Chen Yu laughed at him for being slow and he was very unconvinced, but only at this moment did he realize that he was so crazy.
Or maybe he was overconfident.
He thought that Huo Feng was happy with him for so many years, but he never thought that not long after his mother died, he traveled with Mr. He and finally stayed in the imperial city.Huo Feng is so careful and sensitive, how could he not have deep sorrow?How to easily erase the inner melancholy?How can you not be homesick during the festive reunion?
"Situ." Huo Feng called out, and at the same time patted Situ Heng's hand that came from the south, "You don't have to apologize. I've been sent to others, and the general, wife, and people in the house have all treated me very good."
Situ Hengnan let go of the hug.
The two looked at each other again.
"And you, Situ, thank you for taking care of me." Huo Feng's eyes were filled with clear tenderness.
Situ Hengnan was stunned by this gaze, and it took him a few seconds to realize that Huo Feng was thanking him.
But he didn't like him thanking him.The thank you made him feel that there was an obstacle between him and Huo Feng for no reason, which increased the distance between them.
At the same time, the questions that have plagued his heart for the past few months have also received the clearest, simplest, and most straightforward answers.
Situ Hengnan laughed, as if answering Huo Feng.But what Huo Feng didn't know was that the young man in front of him quietly made an oath in his heart, that oath was to protect him for an extra hour, an extra day, an extra month, and even longer.
Maybe it will be a lifetime.
There seemed to be stars in the boy's eyes.
The wooden house is not big, there is barely a hall and a back room, and there is an escalator that seems to lead to the attic. There are basic tables and small benches, and the corner of the table is padded with a stone.The wooden house has not been lived in for many years, and it has some flavor.
However, because the wooden house is small and there are no furnishings, it can be cleaned very quickly.Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng put the baggage in the back room, scrubbed the furnishings together, cleaned up the sundries in the kitchen, and it was barely cleaned.Afterwards, Huo Feng put the things in the baggage to each of you.
Two days later, Huo Feng was taken to the school dormitory by Chen Ning.
The school house is in the center of the village, and it is also a wooden house with more than ten low tables and cushions inside.
Situ Hengnan also followed Huo Feng and Chen Ning to the school dormitory. It has to be said that compared with his private study and his private husband since he was a child, it was simply too extravagant.
Chen Ning opened a wooden cabinet in the school dormitory and took out some ancient books.Huo Feng flipped through them one by one after taking them.
At this time, the laughter of several boys rang out.
Chen Ning looked at the children who came to the door, and called: "A Cheng, Xiao Gu, Xiao Qi."
The three boys responded with a smile: "Brother Ah Ning!"
But when they saw Situ Hengnan's sword on the side, they hid behind Chen Ning in fear.
"Don't be afraid, this is Brother Nan from the imperial city." Chen Ning only asked Situ Hengnan's name in the morning, and Situ Hengnan still used the pseudonym "Yunan".
Situ Hengnan realized that his sword had scared the children, so he put away his sword and walked out of the school.
Five or six children came from behind, listening to Huo Feng narrating some quotations from saints, Situ Hengnan put his sword aside and sat in an empty seat in the corner.
Those children were all attentively listening to the lecture, and when the class was about to break at noon, their attention was basically on Situ Hengnan.
Some naughty child threw a pebble, but Situ Hengnan grabbed it and got it between his fingers.
During class break, Xiao Qi came over, pointed at Situ Hengnan's saber and asked, "Is this a real sword?"
"Of course." Situ Hengnan replied.
"Well, is it a sword that can kill people?" Xiao Gu asked in a low voice beside him.
Situ Hengnan raised his eyebrows, and replied seriously: "It's a sword that can only kill bad people."
At this time, someone secretly took off the scabbard, Situ Hengnan grabbed the man's hand, and at a glance, it turned out to be Ah Cheng.
"If you touch the sword, you will see blood." Situ Hengnan's voice was a little cold at this time, which was different from usual.
The children were frightened again.
Situ Hengnan had no choice but to move a bench and sit outside the door, like a guard at the gate, but someone always threw stones at him every now and then.
After a few days, he couldn't argue with the children, so he thought embarrassingly that he didn't like the children. He stayed here every day, and the children didn't like it.
☆, birthday
1 Situ Hengnan also got up early this day, but not because of martial arts, but because of Huo Feng's birthday.
When he went out, he also brought a lot of gold and silver ingots, and he planned to use the money to buy gifts.But one day Huo Feng was secretly writing down the details of his living expenses, when he rushed into the door, Huo Feng covered his sleeves to cover it up.
He saw the words on the paper, but felt uncomfortable.
Of course, Huo Feng did not agree with him to use the gold from the General's Mansion.
"Situ, do you know that one silver ingot is worth the basic expenses of an ordinary family for nearly a year, maybe even more than that?" Huo Feng finally said to him.
After being reminded by Huo Feng, he also came out with gold and silver ingots casually, and only carried some loose silver and copper coins with him.
He was thinking about what gift to prepare a month ago.In the past, when Huo Feng first came here, he didn't celebrate his birthday. It was only in the second year that the family would celebrate together. Chen Yu would also send some rare treasures, but Huo Feng didn't like it very much, but Xing'er would do it every year. Prepare some handmade things for him and Huo Feng, like pouches and knee pads.Xing'er is still young, and she is not very skilled in female reds. Although she is not delicate, Huo Feng
Huo Feng didn't drink too much. Although he was not drunk, his head was a little swollen.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Situ Hengnan who suddenly sighed, Huo Feng couldn't help asking a little funny.
"Hi, lovers will eventually get married."
Situ Hengnan drank a few more glasses and repeated himself.
"You drank too much again, the general and his wife will talk about you again when you go back." Huo Feng tried to take back the wine glass dangling in Situ Hengnan's hand, but he dodged it all at once.
Situ Hengnan smiled and said, "I haven't."
As soon as he grasped Huo Feng's hand, he pushed it aside.
"I won, and my strength is greater."
Situ Hengnan suddenly approached Huo Feng's face and smiled from the bottom of his heart.But he immediately leaned back on one of his arms and fell asleep in a daze.
Huo Feng naturally smiled helplessly, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but who would have thought that Situ Hengnan would hold it firmly.
"Situ..." Huo Feng yelled, but Situ Hengnan didn't answer, just murmured the phrase "Lovers will eventually get married".
☆, bad news
1 One day, General Situ received a letter, and after reading it, he hurriedly called Huo Feng over.
In the early summer when they were 16 years old, the two who were playing chess looked at each other, but they didn't know what was going on.
But seeing General Situ's complexion slightly darkened, Huo Feng also made preparations in his heart.
Huo Feng came out of General Situ's study, only to find Situ Hengnan waiting there.
"Zixin, what's the matter?" Situ Hengnan saw that Huo Feng's face was pale and his brows were frowning, obviously something bad happened.
Huo Feng opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything for a moment. After a while, he opened his mouth and said, "My father is seriously ill. This is... a letter from three months ago."
When Huo Feng said this, his eyes became more dazed.
Situ Hengnan knew that Huo Feng had missed his father for a long time, and he had only received a few inquiries letters in the past few years.Whenever father Huo was mentioned, Huo Feng would feel uneasy.
What's more, this time, it seems to be a farewell.
Huo Feng's fingers trembled slightly, but he still tried his best to restrain his emotions, folded the letter and put it back.
Huo Feng turned his back and said in a low voice: "The general said that he will send some people to take me back to the southwest."
"Zixin, I'll go home with you." Situ Hengnan said without thinking.
Huo Feng almost didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "No."
"What's wrong with this, your father... well... this way you will be taken care of on the way." Situ's voice dropped from behind. Although he had a reason to support it, what he was thinking about was Ruohuo's father. After his death, he followed Huo Feng to observe his filial piety.
Huo Feng didn't respond immediately, so Situ Hengnan added: "My father also said that Uncle Huo was a brother who was in the bloody battle back then, and he will always be in debt. I think I should have visited earlier. Yes, my father will definitely agree. It is not safe for you to go back alone. "
Huo Feng didn't show much expression, and finally just sighed and said: "The general will give me enough money, and a few attendants will escort me to the southwest, you don't have to worry."
"I'm not worried..." Situ Hengnan felt that he was wrong again, "Yes, I am very worried, but in fact I don't need to worry. But...but..."
Huo Feng gave him a puzzled look.
"I want to go back with you." Situ Hengnan finally choked out a simple truth.
"I haven't been back for many years." Huo Feng looked into the distance, his eyes were like still water, "The scenery is very good, but there is nothing interesting, most of them are rough people. The way home... I don't remember either."
"It's okay, it's okay." Situ suddenly became excited, but immediately realized that it couldn't be like this, so he said in a low voice, "I said it's okay, one more person should be better."
Huo Feng finally left a meaningful look in his eyes, and returned to his bedroom.
Situ stood in front of the door and asked a little unconfidently, "Zixin, did you agree?"
"Situ, you can do whatever you want. When did I stop you?" Huo Feng answered him softly, his voice a bit muffled.
Situ was very happy, but when he noticed Huo Feng's dullness, he immediately felt deeply worried, but in the end he could only say: "You have a good rest."
2 But when Situ Hengnan woke up, he didn't see Huo Feng.
"Father, mother!" Situ knocked on the door.
"Brother, what are you doing here?" Situ Xing'er was playing with a folding fan and came over from not far away.
"Xing'er, where's Zixin?" Situ came over and supported Xing'er's shoulders with a bit more strength, causing the folding fan to fall to the ground.
"Brother Zixin left early in the morning and went back to his hometown to see his father." Xing'er's eyes widened and she was a little stunned.
Situ put down his hands, calmed down suddenly, leaned over and picked up the fan, put it in Xing'er's hand, and said, "Xing'er, if Mom and Dad wake up and ask me where I have been, just say I went to the southwest."
Before Myolie could respond, Situ walked out.
"Brother, what are you talking about! You're going to the southwest, and you're going back to your hometown with brother Zixin? It will take at least a few months! How long are you going?" Xing'er chased after him.
Situ had already packed his burden, stepped on Kaifeng, and said, "I don't know."
He hastily turned the horse's head, ready to leave the city in the direction of Juechen.
Situ Xing'er stamped her feet anxiously and said, "Do you know the way, brother!"
"I..." Situ Hengnan tapped himself on the head, "Ask as you go."
"Wait!" Situ Xing'er rushed to the mansion and came back after a while.
Xing'er handed Situ Hengnan a few blueprints and said, "Be careful on the road, brother."
Situ Hengnan briefly browsed the drawings, and replied "Yes".
After fastening the burden, Situ Hengnan tightened the reins and started to run wildly.
"Oh, this impatient brother." Situ Xing'er supported her forehead and said helplessly.
3 Fortunately, with these blueprints and the guidance of a few acquaintances at the post station, Situ Hengnan led Kaifeng to march southwest smoothly.
But on the way, someone who cheated him of gold also appeared, making him take a small detour, and almost went to Tianzhu.
But fortunately, the green mountains and green waters in front of me are the land of Southwest Shu.
There are basically no major roads here, the traffic is extremely inaccessible, and there are few people coming and going.
Finally, someone pulled a car and passed by, Situ Hengnan hurried up and asked, "Hello, uncle, how can I get to Huojia Village?"
"Huojia Village? I live there, follow me, little brother!" The uncle laughed heartily twice, waved his hand to signal him, and then walked towards a small path again.
Situ Hengnan took a moment to understand what he said with an accent, stepped on Kaifeng, and followed the uncle in front of him at a leisurely pace.
After walking for another four or five kilometers, the outline of the village gradually appeared in front of my eyes.
The first few households live scattered, and after these households, it becomes a relatively dense village.
There is a long river here, the river is not rushing, and several women are washing clothes on the bank of the river.Some children were laughing and playing around with a few paper windmills.
"Little brother, the area ahead is the Huo Family Village." The uncle pointed to a village in front of him, seeing that Situ Hengnan wanted to pay, he immediately stopped him anxiously.
"Hey, little brother, what are you doing like this? No, no!" The uncle waved his hand, ignored him, and walked into the house with the cart.
After a while, the uncle poked his head out from the house again and asked, "Little brother, who are you looking for?"
"Huo Feng." Situ Hengnan replied.
"Oh, that baby, it seems that he came back not long ago, Huo Ping is also pitiful, he insisted on sending his son out, and he didn't take one last look before he left." The uncle suddenly sighed, "Go on , little brother, someone will show you the way."
Situ Heng thanked him south, and led Kaifeng to the village ahead.
He asked two more people before he found the courtyard where Huo Feng was.
Compared with other dense houses, this courtyard is relatively flat and spacious, but at this moment, his heart is a little unspeakably disturbed.
Taking a deep breath, Situ Hengnan knocked on the door twice.
The door opened, and the person he had traveled so far to meet was right in front of him.
☆, Southwest (1)
When Huo Feng saw Situ Hengnan rushing over, he shook his head lightly: "I didn't expect you to follow."
He had already changed into plain clothes, with a white scarf on his head, and his complexion was a little pale. As soon as he finished speaking, he poured out a cup of tea for Situ Hengnan.Situ Hengnan hurried over all the way, and when he saw the water, he realized that he was already thirsty, so he drank the tea in one gulp.
"Having been on the road for several days, you should go and rest." Huo Feng got up, ready to clean up the loose objects in the mourning hall.
Situ Hengnan grabbed Huo Feng and said, "Zixin, are you angry with me?"
"What's wrong with me?" Huo Feng replied.
Situ Hengnan swallowed, and said softly, "It's still me that annoys you..."
Huo Feng just said in a softer voice: "No. Situ, you don't have to think about it."
Situ Hengnan's motives for this trip were pure, but not pure, and he didn't pay much attention to the mourning of Huo's father's death.More want to see the place where Zixin was born, where he was when he was a child, and want to be with him.He really couldn't imagine his life without him last year.
But he really had no choice but to stay alone, so he swayed left and right and followed Huo Feng.
"Situ, there is really no help here." Huo Feng stopped.
Situ Hengnan didn't know what to say, so he started scratching his hair again.
"Pfft!" Huo Feng actually laughed out loud, and patted Situ on the shoulder.
But Situ Hengnan seemed to be stunned suddenly, Huo Feng calmly smoothed his frizzy hair back, and said, "Does the general know that you have come to the southwest?"
"I told Xing'er to pass it on."
"Didn't you say it to your face?"
"......No."
"So you came here alone?"
"Yes."
"I've said it all, there's nothing interesting here, and you probably can't understand what the locals are saying. You must have been cheated out of a lot of money on the way."
"There's no..."
Situ Hengnan clicked his tongue secretly. He was indeed deceived by the guide on the road and lost a gold ingot.Turning left and right all the way, I almost went to Tianzhu in the wrong direction.
The day of vigil had long since ended, and there were only some sacrifices left in front of the mourning hall, some paper balls on the ground, and a few futons that were not arranged neatly.The coffin was carried up the mountain with the help of the villagers and buried in the ground.
Huo Feng cleaned briefly for a while, then just knelt down quietly.
Situ Hengnan also knelt down and fell silent in the same way.
Situ Hengnan was indeed a little tired, and he could fall asleep while kneeling on his knees, but he didn't know how long it took until a bit of cold air rushed into his nose, and he woke up joltingly.
Under the radiance of the moonlight, Huo Feng's eyes were radiant, and there seemed to be tears on the side of his face, making him look very sad.
"Situ, go back to your room and go to sleep." Huo Feng still stared at the altar in front of him, and said lightly, "The guest room hasn't been tidied up recently, it's a bit messy, you can sleep in my room first."
So Huo Feng got up, Situ Hengnan nodded and followed behind him.
Huo Feng entered the room, then lit the oil lamp, took out a new quilt from the closet, made the bed better, and then lit another lamp and went out.
"Situ, it's good to rest." Huo Feng turned around.
"Well, so does Zixin." Situ Hengnan yawned loudly.
But Situ Hengnan tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. The bed smelled clean, which belonged to Zixin.
In the six years since I met Zixin, apart from the fact that he seemed to miss his father very much at the beginning, felt a little sad after reading his father's letter expressing his hope that he would stay in the general's mansion, and later became angry with the young son of Duke Ding, he had always They are all so calm, they seem to be calm forever, and they don't show any sadness in front of him, only gentleness and smiles.
"Zixin, I'm still very sad." Situ blamed himself a little, how could subconsciously feel that Zixin wasn't very sad just because Zixin received the news of Huo's father's imminent death so calmly?Living in the general's mansion for many years, his thoughts about his father must not have diminished at all.
Situ Hengnan fell into a dream after thinking about it, but in the middle of the night a thunderclap woke him up.
Situ Hengnan hugged the quilt and shivered.He is a son of a general family, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he can hit and fall, but he is afraid of thunder.
It coincides with the summer rainstorm season, the sky is flickering, and the thunder is rumbling.Situ Hengnan wrapped himself in the quilt, not daring to breathe too heavily.
I don't know it was a few thunderclaps, but suddenly the door was opened, and it was closed again immediately.Then there was the sound of the lamp being put on hold.A few light footsteps approached, the curtains were pulled open, and a voice whispered next to his ear and asked, "Situ, are you awake?"
Situ Hengnan stopped shaking, but this made his body stiff.Immediately there was another dull thunder, and a series of loud thunder erupted at the end, which made him shiver.
"I heard Steward Lu say that you are afraid of thunder, but I didn't believe it at the time." Huo Feng's voice was very soft, and he gently lifted the quilt covered by Situ Heng Nanmeng on his face, "Don't let yourself be bored."
A few flashes of thunder flashed, and Situ Hengnan subconsciously pulled up the quilt again.
Huo Feng pulled down the quilt again, and patted Situ Hengnan's shoulder lightly.
Situ Hengnan could only hold Huo Feng's hand nervously.There was a sound of thunder, and he couldn't help trembling for a while.
"Zi...Zixin, you can sleep with me." Situ said with a trembling voice.
Huo Feng paused, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "Okay. You move in, this bed is a bit small."
Situ turned sideways and moved in.
Huo Feng took off his coat and hung it in one place, so he got on the bed half sideways, covering half of the quilt.
Situ opened his eyes, Huo Feng didn't close his eyes, the two just looked at each other for a while, so close that they could feel each other's breath.
Huo Feng closed his eyes first, but Situ Hengnan did not.It was only when he noticed that they had been under the same roof for several years, and they had never shared the same bed, and they were rarely even so close to each other.Huo Feng's eyelashes are still so long.His heartbeat quickened involuntarily, and his breathing also became rapid.I don't know when I always wanted to get close to him, and I would be very nervous if I got too close, especially recently, it seemed that there was always some inexplicable impulse buried in my heart.But at this time, the impulse that had been buried for some time surged up again, making it difficult for him to sleep.
After a while, there was another burst of thunder, and Situ Hengnan still tensed up.
"Can't sleep?" Huo Feng opened his eyes, turned around completely with a tired face, stretched out his hand to Situ's back, and began to pat him rhythmically.
"You sweat a lot." Huo Feng murmured softly, closing his eyes again.
Under Huo Feng's reassurance, Situ Hengnan began to relax, and he couldn't help but get closer to Huo Feng, at a distance where his noses would touch each other.
Huo Feng continued to pat, but Situ Hengnan took advantage of the situation and put his arms around Huo Feng's waist.
Huo Feng opened his eyes again, and said, "Situ, are you so scared?"
Situ Hengnan didn't respond, and Huo Feng didn't take his hand away, but just withdrew the hand that patted Situ's back and propped up his side face, put the other hand on Situ's arm, and closed his eyes again.
"Are you feeling better, go to sleep."
Situ Hengnan gradually fell asleep, and when he woke up, Huo Feng was lying flat, and most of the bedding was already under the bed, presumably he kicked Huo Feng's side.
And Huo Feng was still in a deep sleep, and the sky looked like Xiao Ming, probably still very early.
Situ Hengnan sat up, while Huo Feng was still breathing evenly, his eyelashes trembled a little, and his lips glistened with luster.
He actually swallowed his saliva.
what am i thinkingSitu Hengnan secretly slandered.
But he still stared at Huo Feng's sleeping face, not wanting to wake him up at all.
He lay down again, breathed lightly, and moved closer to Huo Feng's face.
There was a unique, clean breath that belonged to Huo Feng on his lips.
He kissed Huo Feng, this time slightly longer and deeper.It's not an accidental superficial touch, but a kind of throbbing from the heart.
Situ Hengnan regained consciousness and immediately withdrew his lips, but still had the urge to kiss again, but Huo Feng turned sideways all of a sudden, which really shocked him.
"Zixin?" He called softly, but there was no response.
He still tiptoed out of bed, put the quilt on the bed, prepared to get dressed, and brought back some food.
Unexpectedly, he accidentally touched the lamp, and the lamp fell to the ground with a loud noise, which woke Huo Feng up.
"Situ, what time is it?"
Huo Feng rubbed his eyes and asked wearily.
"Probably... Chenshi." Situ replied, but his heart felt weak.
"The day of father's funeral is over, and I'm going to the wooden house on the mountain to observe my filial piety. I'll show you around for a few days, and you can go back too." Huo Feng said while standing beside him, and put on his coat by the way. .
"Zixin, I'm not here to play." Situ Hengnan became annoyed at this moment, "I will stay as long as you stay. If you can help me, just ask."
"You and my father are neither related nor related, why should it be so. Besides, I was not there alone. It was my mother's former residence, and there were villagers to take care of me. It's almost three years, and when my father goes to the new grave, he will leave soon. How can you stay here for the rest of the year. I don't think it will be long before the general will send someone to pick you up."
"Then, then I will walk around with you." Situ could only say so first.
He was really prepared to stay in the Southwest for a year or more, and Huo Feng couldn't drive him away.
Huo Feng just straightened his belt, and then said hello.
☆, Southwest (2)
Southwestern Bashu is also known as the Land of Abundance. Except for a relatively fertile plain, the rest is full of mountains.The place where Huo Feng is located is sparsely populated and close to several canyons.The turbulent flow between the canyons reflects the rising sun, sparkling and bright.There was some mist in the morning, and it dissipated naturally when the sun was high.The distant mountains are indistinct in one's sight, and the clear stream hits miscellaneous rocks, making a crisp sound like ringing rings.
"Xiaofeng!" A woodcutter approached from a distance, "Is your father's business settled?"
"It's done, Uncle Liu."
The local dialect spoken by the woodcutter, Huo Fengye's reply is also considered local dialect, but the accent is naturally not so strong.Situ Hengnan didn't realize what he was talking about for a while, but he thought the tone was very interesting.
Uncle Liu nodded and said, "That's good, if you need help, please speak up!"
Huo Feng nodded.Uncle Liu noticed Situ Hengnan beside him, and laughed: "This little brother is from the imperial city?"
"Yes, Uncle Liu." Huo Feng replied.
Uncle Liu nodded, and said, "The people in the imperial city are just different. They are handsome and extravagant! Xiaofeng, your talent is getting better and better after you have been away for a few years!"
Situ Hengnan understood these words quite well, and he could only habitually grab his hair to cover up his embarrassment when faced with compliments.
"Uncle Liu was joking." Huo Feng continued, "Then let's go first, and Uncle Liu can go get busy too."
Uncle Liu laughed twice, and said, "Okay, let's get busy!" Then he walked towards the village humming a little song.
Huo Feng walked to the shore of Qingturan, boarded a boat, and after a few seconds of unbalance passed, he stabilized his figure, and then stretched out a hand to Situ Hengnan: "Situ, come up."
Situ Hengnan took Huo Feng's hand, jumped onto the boat, the boat shook a few times, and then stabilized.
Huo Feng sat halfway, and began to paddle slowly, the boat began to float on the water, because following the direction of the current, Huo Feng did not row hard.The boat moved slowly across the water.
Situ Hengnan took the initiative to take an oar to paddle.
"Zixin, so you still remember the Southwestern accent." Situ Hengnan felt that Huo Feng didn't seem to speak Southwestern dialect anymore.
Looking at the clear water, Huo Feng replied: "I didn't speak well at first, but after coming back for a few days, I talked a little more with the people in the village, and it seems to have picked up some of it."
"That Zixin, teach me too." Situ Hengnan's eyes lit up, "Southwest dialect is quite interesting."
Huo Feng didn't answer for a while, and asked after a while: "Do you really want to learn?"
Situ Hengnan said it casually, but since Huo Feng asked, he was really interested in learning.
"Actually, I've forgotten a lot." Huo Feng slightly stopped the paddle in his hand, thinking about which sentence to start with.
"Just now Uncle Liu said 'open your mouth' means to open your mouth to speak." Huo Feng remembered what Uncle Liu said just now.
"Speak up." Situ Hengnan repeated.
"Bashi means he is very satisfied and comfortable." Huo Feng remembered another word.
Situ Hengnan continued to repeat: "Ba Shi."
Huo Feng laughed again, and said, "It's not like what you said."
Situ Hengnan practiced the "Ba Shi" with cadences and changes in his voice.
Huo Feng paddled his own oar and said with a smile: "Yes, the tone is lower."
Suddenly another small boat passed by their boat. There was a young man standing on the boat. He looked childish and should be relatively small. He was paddling with both hands. When he saw Huo Feng, he raised his voice and called out: "Xiaofeng elder brother!"
Both Huo Feng and Situ Hengnan looked over there, and the other party's boat made a slight turn and drifted towards their direction.
"Ah Ning, where are you going?" Huo Feng asked gently when he saw the young man's face.
Chen Ning replied: "The master of the school has been ill recently. I went to the city to make a call, but I still couldn't find a suitable husband to take the place of my master."
"School?" Huo Feng thought for a few seconds, "Where is it?"
"It's in the village. The village head raised some money to build a wooden house, and invited a gentleman from the city to teach some children in the village to read." Chen Ning replied.
"Hey, Zixin, you can go." Situ Hengnan took over the conversation.
Huo Feng thought about it seriously, there shouldn't be any taboo about this matter.
Chen Ning seemed to have realized it all at once, and said, "That's right, Brother Xiaofeng, although you left your hometown early, I still remember that when you were young, the ancient books in your room were piled higher than the table! You read it in the imperial city. Such a long book, I think it is much better than the gentleman in this city! The village will give you money regularly."
Huo Feng finally said: "That's fine, but how can I accept the money from the folks?"
Chen Ning shook her head: "You get what you pay for every labor, and you shouldn't take advantage of it just because you're a fellow villager."
Situ Hengnan glanced at Huo Feng, who seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Zixin, go try it first, and talk about the rest later."
Huo Feng glanced at Situ Hengnan, met Chen Ning's expectant gaze, and finally agreed: "I will go to the school after the wooden house on the mountain is finished in two days."
The next day, after some simple tidying up, Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng moved to the wooden house in the middle of the mountain.
There were two stone monuments on the hillside not far from the wooden house. Situ Hengnan approached and took a closer look. They were the tombstones of Huo's father and Huo's mother.
"Lin..." Situ Hengnan muttered Huo's mother's surname in a low voice.
He was 28 years old.
Situ Hengnan caressed the sad number, but his heart was more grateful. He was very grateful to Father Huo and Mother Huo for bringing Zixin into this world.
"My mother left when I was nine years old. This is the wooden house where my parents lived before." At some point, Huo Feng also walked up to the tombstone, "Now my father has fulfilled his wish. The mother was buried together."
"I've never heard you mention your mother." In Situ Hengnan's memory, Huo Feng is like a young man of similar age who suddenly appeared in the general's mansion six years ago to study and practice martial arts with him, and his father just said Is the son of an old friend.Steward Lu of the mansion said that the general's former strategist passed by here, but left behind a young man who accompanied him.He remembered that he still called the strategist "Uncle He".
He didn't think too much about it, he thought he was the child of his father's old friend, and he came here for a few months, but he didn't think that, every year, he was used to Huo Feng's existence, and he regarded him as a member of the general's mansion. Rather than passers-by.
Huo Feng didn't mention his family, and Situ Hengnan only asked once, and the answer was only that his parents fought side by side in the battlefield and knew each other once.
"My mother is a embroidered mother, and she married my father who returned home from the war." Huo Feng lightly stroked the inscription on the stele, "My father was already disabled when he came back, but my mother insisted on marrying him regardless of the objections of her family. Gave it to him."
Situ Hengnan listened carefully, remembering that his father also galloped on the battlefield, and only married his mother when he returned triumphantly.
"Situ." Huo Feng withdrew his hand, "Kai Feng is temporarily kept in the stable at the foot of the mountain."
"I know." Situ Hengnan stood up, "Shouldn't we be with Chen Feng?"
"En." Huo Feng nodded before walking towards the wooden house.
After walking a few steps, Huo Feng looked up at the sky.Tonight the moon is missing its corner, only the faintly visible floating clouds surround the moon, making the moon seem a bit lonely, and the moonlight is also a bit cold.
"Situ." Huo Feng called out suddenly.
"Huh?" Situ Heng also walked a few steps towards Huo Feng's direction.
"It's Mid-Autumn Festival soon, won't you go back and reunite with the general?" Huo Feng lowered his head, but didn't look directly at Situ Hengnan.
Situ Hengnan paused for a moment before saying, "But Zixin, you will be alone after I leave. I... also treat you as family."
Huo Feng then slowly raised his head and looked straight into Situ Hengnan's eyes.
Those eyes were still as clear as when they met, and they could clearly perceive the simplicity of the young man's heart.
It's just that his own eyes may have added complicated colors.
"Situ, in fact, I have always envied you." Huo Feng seemed to sigh.
Situ Heng Nanying frowned slightly, and said, "Why?"
Huo Feng took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "You were born in the general's mansion, the achievements of your ancestors have been recorded in the annals of history, your father is a great general with outstanding military exploits, and your mother is a descendant of a famous family. But I am just from this remote southwest Just a speck of dust."
Situ Hengnan listened quietly to Huo Feng's words.
"My father, if he hadn't blocked the blow of gravity for the general, he might have been completely forgotten."
Huo Feng sighed, and then took a step, ready to move on.But a warmth enveloped him again, and Situ Hengnan breathed close to his ears, and muffledly said, "Zixin, I'm sorry."
Before Huo Feng opened his mouth, Situ Hengnan continued: "Zixin, I'm sorry, I haven't found you thinking that way for so long. If you feel unhappy in the future, can you tell me clearly? You know , I'm dull."
This is the first time that Situ Hengnan admits his dullness.
In the past, Chen Yu laughed at him for being slow and he was very unconvinced, but only at this moment did he realize that he was so crazy.
Or maybe he was overconfident.
He thought that Huo Feng was happy with him for so many years, but he never thought that not long after his mother died, he traveled with Mr. He and finally stayed in the imperial city.Huo Feng is so careful and sensitive, how could he not have deep sorrow?How to easily erase the inner melancholy?How can you not be homesick during the festive reunion?
"Situ." Huo Feng called out, and at the same time patted Situ Heng's hand that came from the south, "You don't have to apologize. I've been sent to others, and the general, wife, and people in the house have all treated me very good."
Situ Hengnan let go of the hug.
The two looked at each other again.
"And you, Situ, thank you for taking care of me." Huo Feng's eyes were filled with clear tenderness.
Situ Hengnan was stunned by this gaze, and it took him a few seconds to realize that Huo Feng was thanking him.
But he didn't like him thanking him.The thank you made him feel that there was an obstacle between him and Huo Feng for no reason, which increased the distance between them.
At the same time, the questions that have plagued his heart for the past few months have also received the clearest, simplest, and most straightforward answers.
Situ Hengnan laughed, as if answering Huo Feng.But what Huo Feng didn't know was that the young man in front of him quietly made an oath in his heart, that oath was to protect him for an extra hour, an extra day, an extra month, and even longer.
Maybe it will be a lifetime.
There seemed to be stars in the boy's eyes.
The wooden house is not big, there is barely a hall and a back room, and there is an escalator that seems to lead to the attic. There are basic tables and small benches, and the corner of the table is padded with a stone.The wooden house has not been lived in for many years, and it has some flavor.
However, because the wooden house is small and there are no furnishings, it can be cleaned very quickly.Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng put the baggage in the back room, scrubbed the furnishings together, cleaned up the sundries in the kitchen, and it was barely cleaned.Afterwards, Huo Feng put the things in the baggage to each of you.
Two days later, Huo Feng was taken to the school dormitory by Chen Ning.
The school house is in the center of the village, and it is also a wooden house with more than ten low tables and cushions inside.
Situ Hengnan also followed Huo Feng and Chen Ning to the school dormitory. It has to be said that compared with his private study and his private husband since he was a child, it was simply too extravagant.
Chen Ning opened a wooden cabinet in the school dormitory and took out some ancient books.Huo Feng flipped through them one by one after taking them.
At this time, the laughter of several boys rang out.
Chen Ning looked at the children who came to the door, and called: "A Cheng, Xiao Gu, Xiao Qi."
The three boys responded with a smile: "Brother Ah Ning!"
But when they saw Situ Hengnan's sword on the side, they hid behind Chen Ning in fear.
"Don't be afraid, this is Brother Nan from the imperial city." Chen Ning only asked Situ Hengnan's name in the morning, and Situ Hengnan still used the pseudonym "Yunan".
Situ Hengnan realized that his sword had scared the children, so he put away his sword and walked out of the school.
Five or six children came from behind, listening to Huo Feng narrating some quotations from saints, Situ Hengnan put his sword aside and sat in an empty seat in the corner.
Those children were all attentively listening to the lecture, and when the class was about to break at noon, their attention was basically on Situ Hengnan.
Some naughty child threw a pebble, but Situ Hengnan grabbed it and got it between his fingers.
During class break, Xiao Qi came over, pointed at Situ Hengnan's saber and asked, "Is this a real sword?"
"Of course." Situ Hengnan replied.
"Well, is it a sword that can kill people?" Xiao Gu asked in a low voice beside him.
Situ Hengnan raised his eyebrows, and replied seriously: "It's a sword that can only kill bad people."
At this time, someone secretly took off the scabbard, Situ Hengnan grabbed the man's hand, and at a glance, it turned out to be Ah Cheng.
"If you touch the sword, you will see blood." Situ Hengnan's voice was a little cold at this time, which was different from usual.
The children were frightened again.
Situ Hengnan had no choice but to move a bench and sit outside the door, like a guard at the gate, but someone always threw stones at him every now and then.
After a few days, he couldn't argue with the children, so he thought embarrassingly that he didn't like the children. He stayed here every day, and the children didn't like it.
☆, birthday
1 Situ Hengnan also got up early this day, but not because of martial arts, but because of Huo Feng's birthday.
When he went out, he also brought a lot of gold and silver ingots, and he planned to use the money to buy gifts.But one day Huo Feng was secretly writing down the details of his living expenses, when he rushed into the door, Huo Feng covered his sleeves to cover it up.
He saw the words on the paper, but felt uncomfortable.
Of course, Huo Feng did not agree with him to use the gold from the General's Mansion.
"Situ, do you know that one silver ingot is worth the basic expenses of an ordinary family for nearly a year, maybe even more than that?" Huo Feng finally said to him.
After being reminded by Huo Feng, he also came out with gold and silver ingots casually, and only carried some loose silver and copper coins with him.
He was thinking about what gift to prepare a month ago.In the past, when Huo Feng first came here, he didn't celebrate his birthday. It was only in the second year that the family would celebrate together. Chen Yu would also send some rare treasures, but Huo Feng didn't like it very much, but Xing'er would do it every year. Prepare some handmade things for him and Huo Feng, like pouches and knee pads.Xing'er is still young, and she is not very skilled in female reds. Although she is not delicate, Huo Feng
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