Chapter 46 Chapter 6 Asking the Way Ahead

"Brother Xiao!" shouted out. Waking up suddenly from the dream, Cang Cang stretched his hand forward as if trying to catch something, only then realized that he was on the horse's back, and hurriedly grabbed the saddle to avoid falling off the horse's back. When I opened my eyes, it was the noon when the sun was shining, and the dull and bare official road still stretched infinitely before my eyes. Ignoring the playful and mocking gaze of the young man in black beside him, Cang Cang rubbed his eyes, feeling depressed. In the sleepy dream just now, she dreamed of the person who hadn't heard from her for many days.

It seems that many days have passed since he disappeared from his life without a sound. During the day, I often think of his smiling face and clear voice, this is the first time I dream of him in my dreams. In the dream, he was still the same as before, smiling at her gently, but his face after the smile was as pale as the one she saw in the yard that night when she had a nightmare. She happily wanted to call him, but his face turned pale little by little, and disappeared without a trace like a white cloud before her eyes. What would it be like never to see him again? Cang Cang didn't dare to think about it, she just lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously picked up the strong saddle made of cowhide.

I'm afraid that person doesn't know, in the days after leaving him, almost all the time is spent missing the time with him. The chest was swollen and astringent, Cang Cang quickly raised his hand, and quickly wiped it away before something slipped from the corner of his eye. "Spineless," she muttered in a low voice, "spineless..." Noticing this, the young man in black who turned his head saw her childish action, froze for a moment, and then picked out a barely noticeable smile at the corner of his mouth.There was no mocking or ironic smile, hanging on the corner of his cold mouth, unexpectedly gentle.

"Let's divert to Suzhou." Said this sentence lightly in advance, he couldn't help frowning at himself - how could he think of coming to comfort her?Obviously she couldn't know that that person would also go to Suzhou. Sure enough, there was a feeble "Hmm..." from beside her, and the little girl continued to hang her head, wondering if she could hear what he was saying clearly. Shaking his head amusedly, the young man in black raised his whip and hit Cang Cang's mount precisely: "We're on our way!" The steed ran out at a high speed, and Cang Cang, who was startled by the sudden acceleration, let out a series of yells.

Xu Lai never thought that things would turn out like this - now he was driving a carriage, running like a desperado on the official road. Whipping the horse again, he took the time to look back at the carriage and asked, "Are you awake?" Responding faintly, Xiao Huanhuqiu in the carriage partly covered his loose hair, squinted his eyes and propped his head up, half leaning on the small table in the car, with a Zijin hand stove on his lap. Lamenting secretly when he became a coachman and bodyguard, Xu Lai said again in a very old-fashioned way: "There is a post in front, we will stay there tonight."

Nodding, and sleeping all afternoon after taking the medicine, Xiao Huan finally put on his usual gentle smile on his face that was a little indifferent due to sleepiness, and looked at Xu Lai: "Brother Xu, you are tired too Okay, let me drive the car instead?" He didn't say anything, but it was all right, when Xu Lai said that Xu Lai's neck, shoulders, waist and legs were all sore, he gritted his teeth, and said forcefully, "Come on, just don't make me sick again!" Smiling, Xiao Huan did not insist, but took off the hand stove on his lap, moved to a place near the car door and sat down leisurely, looked at the scenery outside the car, and said with a smile: "The weather is good."

Following his eyes, he looked at the autumn wind and cool field, the distant mountains and trees, and the red fire clouds beside the setting sun in the sky. The exhausted Xu Lai couldn't help but sigh: "It's a beautiful weather." It has been a few days since they hurriedly fled Wuchang City. When he heard that another group of killers came to chase them aggressively, Xu Lai's first reaction was that it is not suitable to stay here for a long time! Apart from anything else, he ran to the horse market and bought two fast horses. After the horses were in hand, he thought about it for a while, then went back and changed the horses into a carriage.

When he hurriedly drove the carriage back to the inn, he thought that Xiao Huan had taken the pills he brought with him and fell asleep.Being stuffed into the carriage by Xu Lai's half-embraced, he actually came to his senses for a moment, and said to Xu, "I'm sorry for your trouble, Brother Xu." At first Xu Lai wondered why he was being so polite, but after a few days later, he finally understood the meaning of the phrase "I'm in trouble". From then on, Xiao Huan didn't care about whether it was rushing to the top or resisting the enemy.Even though Xu Lai was fighting with the killer outside the carriage, Xiao Huan just stayed in the carriage peacefully, without even lifting the curtain.

Once Xu Lai almost tried his best to subdue those difficult masters. He turned around panting, but saw Xiao Huan standing under the carriage with his hands behind his back, smiling slightly at him. Youyou: "Brother Xu, when that person used Thunderclap just now, if you had used the move of Sparse Shadow and Slant, you would have defeated him long ago." Xu Lai was so angry that he fell down on the spot. The setting sun was just in time, Xiao Huan suddenly smiled at Xu Lai, there was a faint warmth in his slightly narrowed eyes, and he pointed forward: "Brother Xu, the station is here."

On the road ahead, outside the lighted post station, there was a corner of wine streamer floating. The wine worm that had been rolling in his throat for a long time came out immediately, ready to move, Xu Lai urged the horse again and again, and as soon as he reached the gate of the post station, he jumped off before the carriage came to a complete stop, and threw the whip to the oncoming Xiaoer: "Two upper rooms ! Feed my master's horse!" Looking at him amusedly, Xiao Huan also pulled up the Xuanhu cloak, jumped off the carriage, and the two walked side by side to the inn where many tourists had already gathered.

At the entrance of the inn, Xu Lai suddenly stopped in his tracks, and Xiao Huan also stopped at the same time. On the white wall in front of him, there were two lines of big characters written in red ink sticking out very strikingly: The martial arts in the Central Plains are all Piffers. Lingbi Sect makes an appointment to fight against the Four Great Villas in Huqiu. The dragons and phoenixes are dancing, and the ink is dripping, which looks shocking. "This..." Xu Lai stroked his chin, frowned and studied, "I never heard the leader say that he wants to unify the martial arts." Before Xiao Huan could answer, there were two travelers with long swords hanging from their waists, who also looked like people from the rivers and lakes, walking past them while talking. "Hasn't Lingbi Sect always favored southern Yunnan? Why is it suddenly attacking the Central Plains martial arts?" "I'm not sure, but I heard that the four major villas have prepared to join forces to defend against the enemy, and the head of Shaolin Wudang will also be present." "Really? Then this time I'm going to Tiger Hill to have a look." "That's right, it's about the safety and security of our generation. Within a day, this kind of letter of war was posted all over the road stations." "The storm is rising again..." Frowning and looking carefully at the big characters on the wall, Xiao Huan smiled: "It seems that your leader wants to meet me in Suzhou..." Xu Lai also rarely frowned: "But I finally have a destination, going to Suzhou..." On November 15th, at the foot of Tiger Hill in Suzhou. Now it is only the beginning of November, and there are still more than ten days before the battle between Lingbi Sect and the Four Great Villas, but in Suzhou City, many martial arts people who have come to participate in the meeting have already gathered. In the inn, a loud greeting can be heard at any time: "Sect Master Wang! Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!" "Deputy Escort Shen! Mr. Wang is going to visit your Escort Bureau. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!" "Wind hero! Cheng has admired his name for a long time!" "Don't dare to take it! Feng is someone I have admired for a long time, and I wish I could make friends as soon as possible!" "Mr. Gao!" "It's not the head of Xiang Road!" There was a sound, and even the dripping autumn rain couldn't stop the noise coming. A carriage with a black awning passed through the streets and alleys of blue bricks and tiles leisurely, and stopped at the entrance of the inn. The driver of the cart was wearing a coir raincoat, and the bamboo hat on top of his head covered most of his face.After parking the car, he took off the coir raincoat on his body, revealing the white singlet he was wearing, then picked up the oil-paper umbrella beside him, and propped it at the door of the carriage. The curtain of the carriage was only lifted at this time, and a man wearing a black cloak walked out, with a young face and an indifferent expression, he went straight to the counter of the inn, and even said in a tired voice, "One room is up. " The shopkeeper couldn't see the calendar, so he quickly agreed, and quickly opened the first-class room upstairs. The young man in the black cloak seemed to be impatient, and walked upstairs without saying a word. The man in white beside him explained in a low voice to Xiao Er how to take care of the carriage, and then hurriedly followed the young man in the black cloak upstairs, not even taking off the bamboo hat on his head. It wasn't until the figures of the two of them disappeared at the stairs that some of the dazed martial arts heroes came to their senses, and one of them with an upright temper "hummed" on the spot: "What a big shelf!" Close the door and shut out the slight commotion downstairs. The young man in a black cloak sat down on the big bed unceremoniously, and put one leg on the footstool in front of the bed: "Come on, let me squeeze your feet." The man in white who entered the door with him took off the bamboo hat on his head, put the hat on the window sill to dry the water, bowed his head in response, and walked over to bend over. The young man in the black cloak quickly retracted his feet and smiled: "Don't dare, dare not, I dare not let Emperor Dawu pinch my feet." The man in white slowly continued to bend down, untied the rain-soaked sandals on his legs, and said with a smile in his voice, "Who said I'm going to pinch your feet..." Slightly stunned for a moment, he burst out laughing, Xu Lai took off his fox cloak and threw it on the bed, and couldn't help sighing slightly: "Who knew those killers would think of putting your portrait on the city wall of Suzhou... What a trouble!" He immediately thought of the situation of the disciple of Jianliu who ran into him outside Suzhou City yesterday. The young female disciple was waiting on the official road they had to pass, and saw their carriage approaching from a distance, and intercepted them head-on, her tone was still very relaxed, and the first sentence was: "Our hall master was sent to the main hall by the teacher. Facing the wall and thinking about it." Then the second sentence: "The leader said that Hall Master Xu will also go to face the wall with our Hall Master." The last third sentence: "The leader has rushed to Huqiu with the four guardians of the main hall and the head Liu of the Guangming Temple, and will arrive in a few days." After finishing the three sentences, he turned his head and walked away very gracefully, leaving Xu Lai and Xiao Huan staring at each other. Sighing heavily again, Xu Lai faintly felt a headache. He was not afraid of facing the wall or anything. He had already thought of it when he helped Xiao Huan despite the leader's ban, but he didn't expect that the leader really came to Suzhou this time. Over there Xiao Huan had already smiled and said, "Only one room is open, does that mean that one person will sleep on the floor tonight?" Nodding his head, Xu Lai still frowned: "What's wrong?" Xiao Huan smiled happily: "How about we play a game of chess to decide who will sleep in the bed?" Dazed for a moment, Xu Lai let go of his brows, and a slightly exaggerated wry smile hung upside down on the corner of his mouth: "You might as well just say let me sleep on the floor..." Xiao Huan looked at his bitter face and smiled.After a while, he suddenly said, "Brother Xu, how about taking me to meet your leader?" His body shook, Xu Lai didn't make a sound, and after a long time, he calmly said, "What do you want to do?" "It's not like I'm looking for death..." Xiao Huan laughed, "It's okay, it's just that I haven't seen her for a long time, and I just want to see her once." "A long time," Xu Lai asked after murmuring these two words, "How long?" After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Huancai replied: "It was about six years ago, I saw it once." "Six years ago, Deyou two years." Laughing, Xu said, "That was the year when I was brought back to the main altar by the leader to be accepted as a disciple. Speaking of it...time flies so fast." He then turned over and stood up from the bed: "When you play chess, you play chess. You lose left and right. I'm afraid you won't succeed?" Touching his chin, he seemed to remember something and added, "When you meet the leader, you must praise her Young, don't call him the word 'old man'... the leader will be mad when he hears this." After being stunned for a while, Xiao Huan smiled and nodded repeatedly: "I must remember..." The light rain in the sky is still falling. A certain place inside the city wall of Suzhou was crowded with crowds. Together with the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, I looked up at the portrait on the wall that had been splashed with a few drops of rainwater. Under the oil-paper umbrella with red plums painted on it, the purple-clothed girl with a bun couldn't help sighing: "This is... Xiao Xiao. Yun Cong?" "Yes," the girl in white with a long sword under the other umbrella next to her didn't know if she knew the girl in purple, but she agreed, "A reward of one thousand taels of silver is offered for his head... no I think it looks pretty good." "Is that right, you think so too?" The purple-clothed girl immediately became happy after finding her bosom friend. "Well, if the nose could be straighter and the eyes could be bigger," the white-clothed girl said while shaking her head, still picking and choosing deeply, "but that would be nice...very good..." "A real person is much prettier than a portrait," very suddenly, a third voice joined, and behind the girls in purple and white clothes, there was a voice that was somewhat subdued, but still crisp and bright, with the unique characteristics of girls Jiaohan, "A real person is much prettier than this portrait." The purple-clothed girl's eyes lit up immediately, and she turned her head quickly: "Have you seen him? Where did you see him?" It was a red-clothed girl who was about the same age as them. When she saw the purple-clothed girl talking to her, she just bit her lip, stomped her feet unexpectedly, and grabbed the portrait on the wall and tore it off. Throwing balls of white paper that had already been torn to pieces into the mud, and stomping down fiercely, the girl in red crushed it with her foot again as if she was puzzled. After finishing all this, she raised her head, looked at the stunned people around, and let out a harsh "hum": "What are you looking at? Have you never seen someone step on paper?" Leaving the people around him, he picked up the young man in black who was standing beside him smiling without saying a word, and left without looking back. Because she walked in a hurry, she didn't see the gaze following her figure not far behind, under the white paper umbrella with a branch of black bamboo painted on it. Curling the corners of her delicate mouth slightly, the person under the umbrella smiled leisurely, and a low voice came out, unexpectedly soft and beautiful that only teenagers can have: "Miss of the Ling family...it's really interesting." Turning around slightly, the people under the umbrella started to walk, so the umbrella painted with ink bamboo also started to walk. Walking step by step in the muddy street, the white satin shoes did not stick to the mud. On top of the pure white shoes is Shengxue's white robe, with rolled sleeves, intricate and elegant patterns stacked up from the middle of the right sleeve, enclosing the half-circle tomorrow embroidered with gold silk on the skirt. In the rain, there is a clear and beautiful voice with lingering rhyme: "The young man listens to Yuge upstairs, and the red candles are dimmed. The middle-aged man listens to the rain in the boat, the river is wide and the clouds are low, and the broken wild goose is called the west wind. Now listening to the rain, the monk is under the hut, and the temples are full of stars. Also. The joys and sorrows are always merciless..." Just humming in a low voice, Liu Huaixue, the right hall master of the Guangming Holy Church of Lingbi Sect, walked slowly, and a gust of wind rolled out his sleeves, bringing with him the chill of the autumn rain: "Before the first step, drip until dawn. " On the fourth day of November, in the west of Suzhou City. The continuous autumn rain is still falling, walking in the rain with an umbrella, you can hear the patter of raindrops hitting the umbrella. Cang Cang rarely has such a person walking in the street. She's not noisy all the time, she just likes to be lively. I like to have a voice to listen to, I like to have someone to talk to, when I want to laugh, who can see my smiling face, when I want to cry, who can pay attention to my sadness, that's all. She is not as stubborn as she looks, she just doesn't like the fate that is arranged. It's like she doesn't like to marry a person who doesn't even have a good face to be a queen, so she ran away from home, and then she suddenly found that the person who didn't even have a good face was really good , so she started to cling to him and follow him, simple and direct. She always knows exactly what she wants, and she can always reach out firmly to what she wants. She just doesn't live against her will. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it. It is the most stupid thing to hold back for something that is important in the eyes of others, but in fact it is irrelevant. Stepping on the shallow water on the ground, walking slowly in the empty streets, Cang Cang felt that she had thought of many things, but then forgot, only the sound of rain getting louder and louder, falling on her umbrella, Like falling far away. Maybe it was almost dusk, and there were no pedestrians on the road. Occasionally, a few shopkeepers in coir raincoats, carrying burdens, did not come up to solicit business. They hurried past her, and soon walked away in the rain and fog. It must have been a long time since the young man in black who always refused to tell her his name went out in the afternoon and sneaked out for a stroll. Anyway, I'm not worried that he can't find me, my hands are a little sore, I changed my arm to hold the umbrella, and I'm swaying, and I don't intend to stop. There was a very faint scent of medicine coming from the corner of the street, mixed in the breath of rain, a little erratic. Cang Cang turned his head and saw a pharmacy on the side of the street, with a signboard with red letters on a black background, the wooden store door was ajar, and a blue cloth curtain was hung on the door. drugstore. When they were in Hangzhou City, the two of them fell into the water together, and he was grabbing medicine for his cold. Was it this kind of pharmacy that he went to? In a daze, she turned around and walked into the pharmacy casually. In front of the lined-up medicine cabinets, a young man in a padded jacket was sitting in front of his hands. Seeing her come in, he smiled politely. Cang Cang also smiled, and heard a shopkeeper-like person saying at the back of the pharmacy, he was a little dumbfounded: "Add another five taels? Please don't joke, please, I'm just a pharmacy owner. Your name is How can I weigh the medicine with you?" Then another person coughed lightly twice, with a calm tone: "I'm not joking with the shopkeeper...the hawthorn is only five taels..." There was a third person who burst into laughter, and said, "Five taels of tangerine peel, five taels of hawthorn, five taels of rock sugar, why don't you just boil and swallow these things without adding any other medicine... ..." The second person coughed again, as if he really wanted to consider this suggestion: "It would be great if these alone can work..." Amidst their conversation, Cang Cang turned around and cast his gaze in that direction. Beside the counter against the light stood two young men, the one in white shirt was laughing and fiddled with the copper pestle for grinding medicine on the counter, the one in green shirt was curling his fingers to press the paper on the counter, the other Holding a pen in one hand, it looks like he is writing a prescription and asking the shopkeeper to weigh the medicine. The shopkeeper behind the counter carried dried hawthorn slices in a small brass scale. Hearing the knock at the door, they turned their heads to look over together. Cang Cang stood beside the blue cloth door curtain that had been rolled up by the wind and rain, with raindrops slowly sliding down on the oiled paper umbrella in his hand. The hand holding the copper pestle stopped, and the young man in white opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally he smiled and closed his mouth. After a moment of silence, the pen in the hand of the young man in blue moved, then he put down the pen and walked over there. "Cang Cang." With a smile, Xiao Huan stopped in front of her without saying anything else. As he got closer, his side face looked a little pale in the reversed light. Cang Cang looked down at his toes, then raised his head: "Are you sick?" Smiling, Xiao Huan also looked at her: "Some, nothing." "It's nothing, it's just that I vomited blood twice a while ago, and I have been coughing and sweating since I got up this morning, and I can't even stand up." Xu Lai cut in without winking, and walked away with a smile Come over and spread your hands, "Let me explain first, I didn't want him to sleep on the floor last night, it was he who tried his best and lost two games of chess to me, the notorious stinky chess basket, and lost the bed to me to sleep on very hard .” Yuanyuan's eyes suddenly opened wider, Cang Cang moved her gaze to Xu Lai for a while, then back to Xiao Huan's face, she took a light breath, and said: "I was taken away, you Never found me..." She turned her head and said quickly, "But that person was actually sent by my father to take me home, so I'm not in any danger." "Also," she smiled smugly, "I have scolded you many times these days, and yesterday I tore off your portrait on the wall of Suzhou City, put it in the mud and trampled on it!" Her smile quickly faded, revealing some angry expressions: "It doesn't matter whether you are entangled in other things or not, and you know that I am not in danger, but I am very upset that you haven't come to me for so many days! I have thought about it many times, if I see you again one day, I will definitely scold you severely, then turn around and leave!" She raised her chin and showed some kindness: "However, since you are sick, you may not run too fast to catch up with me, so these cutscenes can be omitted." After finishing these words in one breath, she put down the umbrella in her hand, took a step, and hugged the body of the person in front of her. With the familiar smell of grass and trees on the tip of her nose, Cang Cang felt the corners of her mouth curled up: "Brother Xiao," she said clearly and briskly, "I miss you very much." A pair of arms also slowly encircled her body, not very warm, but very reassuring.He coughed very lightly from above his head, and then he said, "Yeah." The hand holding him didn't move anymore, the corners of his mouth opened and then opened unconsciously, until a joking voice came from next to his ear: "Little girl, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper have to keep their eyes straight..." Only then did Cang Cang realize it, and immediately raised his head from Xiao Huan's arms, but he didn't look at Xu Lai who was watching the show beside him, and held Xiao Huan's hand: "Brother Xiao, are you seriously ill?" Before Xiao Huan could speak, her expression became serious: "Are you afraid that I will worry about you? It doesn't matter, even if your health never recovers, I will always be by your side!" It was very quiet in the pharmacy, everyone watched her tiptoe, hugged Xiao Huan's shoulder, and kissed his pale thin lips lightly. The next moment, Cang Cang began to touch Xiao Huan with his hands up and down: "Why do you vomit blood? Does your chest hurt? Does your stomach hurt? Oh, although I think you are easy to go bad, I didn't expect you to be so Delicate... But it's okay, I will take good care of you." There was another "chi" sound, Xu Lai patted Xiao Huan's shoulder, lowered his head and coughed clearly: "Brother Xiao, the little girl loves you very much, you must cherish it..." The voice of the shopkeeper suddenly became lazy: "Guest...you can add five taels of hawthorn slices for each medicine, it can't be wrong..." A certain little girl just remembered something, and opened a pair of bright eyes: "Yes, brother Xiao, why do you add so much hawthorn rock sugar to the medicine, you are afraid of suffering..." "Cough, cough, cough..." Someone suddenly coughed violently. "Well, little girl, you should really see his expression when he swallows the pill every day," the other person continued to reveal without sympathy, "but I think that expression should be more exciting if it is soup medicine..." "Cough cough...cough cough..." "Guest, your rock candy is wrapped..." "Well, brother Xiao, in fact, no matter how much rock sugar is put in the medicine, it will still be bitter... Ah! The complexion really changed, and it changed so quickly!" "Look, am I right?" "Cough cough...cough cough..." "Every payment is five taels of tangerine peel...wrapped..." The narrow pharmacy on the corner of the street suddenly became lively. Behind the blue cloth curtain, the rustling autumn rain was still falling, but the street lamps were lit up one after another, giving the cold street a dim yellow warmth. With no candles around, Liu Huaixue walked slowly to the dark corridor, bowed her head with her fists folded, "Teacher, they are here." "They?" The woman standing facing the rain on the porch was keenly aware of the difference in his words, and said back.The rain reflected her graceful smile, as bright as a bright moon. "It's them," still bowed his head and answered, but there seemed to be a faint smile on Liu Huaixue's elegant lips, "Brother Xiao came here hand in hand with Miss Ling." The woman actually laughed too: "Ah Xue, since when did you have such a good friendship with him, also called 'Brother Xiao'?" "Didn't everyone in the world say that the friendship with Xu Lai, the left hall master of Lingbi Sect's Guangming Holy Church, is the friendship with Liu Huaixue, the right hall master?" Liu Huaixue smiled, "Besides, that person is the teacher's son, so it's appropriate to call him brother Xiao." .” The gray-robed man who had been standing in the corridor without making a sound laughed: "Luo Mo, the children you have taught are fine, dare to talk back to you." "Which one of the two you taught would not dare to talk back to you?" Turning back bluntly, the woman was not angry, with a smile on her lips. "That's really..." After thinking about his two apprentices carefully, the gray-robed man laughed heartily. Smiling and letting Liu Huaixue back down, Chen Luomo, the leader of Lingbi Sect in a light veil, turned his head and said to the gray-robed man: "Brother Li came here from the capital, not just to see the children I taught talk back to me. " Li Lu smiled, and he stood facing the wind, with his wide sleeves fluttering slightly: "I don't have that much leisure... I just want to remind you that the two battalions of imperial guards were secretly transferred seven days ago, and now at least nine of them are gathered together In Suzhou City." Frowning, Chen Luomo smiled: "Oh? Finally, can't help showing the royal prestige?" Li Lu also laughed: "You should understand that Xiao's descendants have never believed in being upright and upright. They are fools if they have chess pieces in their hands but don't use them. But this time the one who mobilized the imperial guards is not your son. The world can Isn't there another person who dispatched the two battalions of imperial guards?" "Sister Liu..." Chen Luomo laughed in a low voice after reading out the name she hadn't called for a long time, "She must have been watching all of this through the Gu Xingying camp, she must have been thinking about it for a long time." Sighing softly, Li Lu smiled lightly: "People on our side stand on the side of our girl Ling and do things for her benefit. Those on the side of Empress Dowager Liu stand on the side of their emperor and do things for her own good." For his own good. As for you, Luo Mo, you are taking a destructive stand, in order to make our Ling girl and Queen Mother Liu's emperor bad. The scholar's mansion, the queen mother, the Lingbi sect, the number one in the world, Such three forces, any one of them speaks out is enough to frighten people, but what they do is just to prevent a pair of young people from being together." He said, looking into the distance. The place where they stood was the highest loft in the courtyard. From here, separated by the lotus pond and the rockery, they could just see the reception hall from a distance.Amidst the bright lights, several young figures walked in. The girl in pink hung her arms on the young man in blue, bouncing around restlessly.Even from such a distance, it seemed as if they could hear their laughter. Smiling slightly, Li Lu said lightly: "It's just two children, it's just two children..." Chen Luomo didn't speak as he looked at the brightly lit place. "Luo Mo, now that things have happened, I still hope to think about it." Still speaking, Li Lu turned around, but seemed to have the intention of leaving, "No matter when, those two people will not do anything against you." You will not have any retaliation or complaints about your actions. And in this world, only you can destroy them... Luo Mo, no matter how much you hate that one, but this one is your own son. He Apart from absorbing the cold poison in your body and suffering for twenty years on your behalf, I have not done anything wrong." He started to leave, his wide gray sleeves fluttering behind him, and quickly disappeared into the darkness. Without looking back at him, Chen Luomo still looked at the lights across the hall. In the brilliant candlelight, the young man was lowering his head, saying something to the little girl who was holding his hand, with a vague smile on his lips. As if feeling something, he looked up to this side, the young face under the light was pale that shouldn't be. After a pause, he smiled slightly.The same gentle and clean smile as the last time she saw him when he was twelve years old. He really looks like his father, with 90% similar eyebrows and eyes, and a very similar charm. However, the indifferent eyebrows that unconsciously showed coldness when she was not smiling were exactly the same as herself. He is indeed not his father, he has never done anything wrong, but he has to bear the bitter fruit of those mistakes. "Who told you to be born in the Xiao family..." I don't know how many times I said this sentence, but this time, it was in a voice that even she could barely hear. Taking a step back, she clearly saw that pair of pure black eyes, following her movements, showing a trace of bewilderment. Chen Luomo turned around and let his figure be buried in the darkness of the attic. When Qing Sha's figure passed by the young man in white clothes standing under the attic, she said indifferently: "Tell Xiao Huan to meet me in the back hall, he is alone." Her body trembled slightly, Liu Huaixue straightened up and agreed with her hands. The light-colored gauze that passed by him brought out a gust of cool wind. The cold voice of the stunning woman who went away remained in the wind: "There is nothing wrong now, but there is no guarantee that it will not be wrong in the future." "Brother Xiao?" Shaking his hand in front of Xiao Huan's eyes, Cang Cang noticed that he seemed to cast his gaze outside the door just now, "What are you looking at?" The figure in the night had disappeared, Xiao Huan smiled and turned to look at Cang Cang: "I seem to see the person we are going to meet." "The person we want to meet?" Cang Cang was a little confused, "The master here?" After she saw Xiao Huan in the pharmacy, she naturally followed them back to their inn, and then came to this courtyard hidden in the Jiuqu streets and alleys. She only heard from Xiao Huan that they came for an appointment. one person.I have no idea who that person is or what they do. "That's right," Xiao Huan smiled and tried to explain to her, "It's my elder." "Your elders, do you still have elders outside? People from the royal family?" Cang Cang guessed wildly, but obviously didn't put his mind on it at all, "I haven't come out to meet people for so long, don't worry about him. He held Xiao Huan's hand with great interest, "Brother Xiao, you haven't told me what happened after you met those mysterious descendants of the Tang Sect? What?" Now she is pestering Xiao Huan, asking him to tell about his and Xu Lai's "adventures" after parting. "Afterwards, those people left." Xiao Huan smiled, completely avoiding the important things.The things that are causing great turmoil in the rivers and lakes, he said, are as ordinary as daily life. "Ah..." Hissed in disappointment, Cang Cang still held his hand and continued to ask with interest, "So did they come back later?" Xiao Huan still smiled, and replied in a good temper again: "I haven't come back." "Then did you bump into them again?" Cang Cang's eyes were still shining. "No." Xiao Huan shook his head with a smile. "Have you ever thought about finding them..." Xu Lai, who had been listening to their conversation, finally couldn't stand this kind of non-salty conversation, and interrupted Cang Cang: "Little girl, is it interesting to listen to him?" Cang Cang didn't even turn his head, and simply threw out a sentence: "It's boring, but Brother Xiao's voice is nice." A few people were talking lively when a white figure walked in from outside the hall. Liu Huaixue, dressed in snow, stood in the hall with a smile: "The three of you are so lively..." He then waved his sleeves and clasped his hands, with a solemn face, "Young Master Xiao, I invite you, my lord." Xu Lai and Xiao Huan fell silent at the same time, but Cang Cang stood up, patted his clothes, and held Xiao Huan's hand naturally: "I finally met someone, brother Xiao, let's go." Liu Huaixue smiled politely: "Miss Ling, I only want to see Young Master Xiao, please wait here for a while." "Why do you only see Brother Xiao?" Cang Cang frowned, "Your leader is not shameful, so what's the big deal if you see one more and one less?" Some couldn't laugh or cry, so Liu Huaixue could only explain: "Miss Ling, this is the order of the despicable leader..." "Is your leader very powerful? Why did you call us here to put on airs? Do you want to use your status to suppress others? The royal family can be superior to others?" Cang Cang snorted coldly, and immediately pushed back. She only knew that the other party was Xiao Huan's elder , I thought it was some elder clan of the royal family. "Miss Ling..." Liu Huaixue smiled helplessly. "Cang Cang," Xiao Huan stood up at this moment, and patted Cang Cang's shoulder with a smile, "It's okay, you just wait here for me." He smiled again, "I won't be going for a long time." Seeing his smile, the angry look slowed down, pouted reluctantly, and then nodded to him: "...don't go for too long!" Patting her on the shoulder lightly to comfort her, Xiao Huan nodded with a smile. Letting go of the holding hands, Xiao Huan followed Liu Huaixue into the inner hall, his gray eyes followed until the blue figure disappeared into the depths of the corridor. She didn't notice that Xu Lai who was behind her suddenly narrowed his eyes the moment Xiao Huan and Liu Huaixue left. Xu Lai secretly clenched his fists as if he still remembered the look Liu Huaixue gave him when he passed by the moment he entered the room. The tacit understanding between him and Liu Huaixue has already reached the point where there is no need to repeat it. What Liu Huaixue meant just now is clearly "more bad luck than good luck". Is the leader finally going to make a move?Will she really be able to do it? 烦乱的心中找不到一点头绪，徐来抬头，正看到还把目光执拗的停留在回廊上的苍苍，不由笑了笑，随口打趣：“怎么？一刻也舍不得你萧大哥？” “我不要再看他受伤，”出乎意料的，苍苍并没有跳起来和他斗嘴，而是静静的说着，“上一次看到他受伤的时候，我做噩梦了，梦到我把他丢了，无论怎么跑，都再也找不到。结果我醒来跑出来找他，就看到他和那个黑衣人在比剑，胳膊被伤流了很多血，后来还咳嗽得都直不起来腰。 “这次也是，我本来等了这么久都没有见他来救我，气得不行，但是才见面，你就说他病得吐血了，我一下子就觉得不生气了。他没有来找我又怎么样？跟他生病比起来，简直一点都不重要。” 她说着，很认真的想了一下：“其实我真的打算再见面了不理他，也气气他，要等他好好求我的时候才勉强原谅他的。不过算了，我让他难过的话，我自己一定也会更难过，就像那次看到他流血，我不知道我怎么会那么难受。我宁愿上一百天我最讨厌的乐理课，抄一百遍我最讨厌的佛经，把手都抄烂了也行，也不要再看到他那个样子。我才只离开他了几个时辰而已……这次也是……我才只离开他了这么一个多月而已……” 她说着，抬头看着徐来笑了，“我害怕看到他离开，再去受伤。我那么喜欢他。” 她上一次对萧焕说“我这么喜欢你”的时候，带着些孩子气的话，让徐来笑了起来。现在她又这么说了，在灯光下微抬着头，晶莹的大眼睛中映出很亮的光，安安静静地说，“我那么喜欢他。” 挑动嘴角，徐来又笑了起来，这次的笑容却很温和，他冲她点头：“不要担心，还有我。” 隔了大半个池塘和一面影壁，那些笑语声还是传了过来。 空荡的水榭内，陈落墨伸手挑亮了眼前的那盏琉璃灯，坐下等。 堂中的笑声里很快加入了一个清亮的声音，那是去邀请那个人前来的刘怀雪。堂内的人都沉默了一瞬间。接着声音又大起来，似乎是那个小姑娘争执着也想一同过来。 吵闹了也不算很长的时间，像是被一两句安慰说服了，那个小姑娘很快安静下来。 陈落墨不由得挑起嘴角笑起来：怎么可能会有小姑娘抵挡得了那种温柔？ 含着淡淡笑意的唇角，柔和低沉的声音，当他亮如夜空的眼眸中映出你的身影时，你可以为他做任何事情。 很轻的脚步声渐渐近了，在门外略微停顿了一下，显出一丝踟蹰。 嘴角含着的笑意并没有收起来，陈落墨开口：“进来吧。” 明珠穿就的珠帘被轻轻掀开，随着细碎的响动，走进来了一个青衫的年轻人。 熟悉的容颜，温和的神情，那个年轻人走到灯下，抬起头笑了，语气恭敬：“母亲。” 母亲，他一直是这么叫自己的，记不得是在他几岁时见到他，那个秀气苍白的孩子在看见她的身影之后立刻笑起来，清脆地叫：“母亲。”全然不顾那时她正用杨柳风指着他父皇的胸膛。 淡淡地也笑了，陈落墨仔细打量他：“焕儿，你这次出来有多久了？” “已经近三个月。”他马上回答，淡笑着。 她笑，继续说：“我看你脸色不大好，身子怎么样？” “近来发作了两次。”他的语气依然恭敬。 她点了点头，用毫无担忧的语气：“那毒接连发作两次可不是什么好兆头，你自己要小心。” 他笑着低头：“谢谢母亲，我会小心。” 一问一答，全都是很平常的对话。 “谢我做什么？”又淡淡笑起来，她还保持着那种平和的声音，“我也只不过是不想你在我没防备的时候就死了而已。” 脸上的笑容没有减少，那个脸色略显苍白的年轻人依旧用温雅的声音：“我不会死的，我还不能死。” 有些熟悉的一句话，微愣了一下，陈落墨想起八年前，只有十二岁的少年穿着一身素白的孝服，站在奉先殿的巨大梓宫前，对自己平静地说：“母亲，你不要杀我，我还不能死。” 彼时那个少年直视着她，纯净的黑瞳澄澈如水，除了深敛的悲伤之外，无惧亦无怖。 蓦然失声笑了出来，陈落墨扶着椅子站起，轻薄的纱衣随着步履的动作飘扬翻飞，一步一步的走近那个年轻人，她嘴角的笑容中凝出一抹凛冽：“不能死么？你是不是觉得，对自己的母亲说出这样的话，很悲凉很可怜？你是不是觉得，这样可以令你显得很隐忍很重情？你是不是想说，我很狠毒无情，竟然口口声声地要令我的亲生儿子去死！” 一声低沉过一声的追问，她的眼神中，已经凝聚起冰冷的杀气！ “没有。”坚定而平静地回答出声，站在她面前的年轻人依旧直视着她的眼睛，“我没有觉得我悲凉可怜，也没有认为自己隐忍重情。母亲也从未狠毒无情过。”淡淡笑着，他字句清晰，“自我记事以来，每次相见，母亲都曾问我，愿不愿放弃皇位和萧氏，跟随母亲去玉龙雪山。母亲要为我清除寒毒，许我一生康乐无忧，是我自己固执己见，不肯珍惜。” 她冷冷笑起来：“原来你还记得啊！萧氏朱雀支的大族长，大武的德佑帝陛下！你可真有本事，逼着自己的母亲来杀你，还让所有的人都以为她才是无情无泪的那一个！好，你真狠！不愧是自绝经脉而死的睿宗皇帝萧煜的好儿子！论到绝情狠辣，我连你们父子的半分都及不上！” “我没有逼迫母亲来杀我，”面对她的怒气，年轻人还是淡淡陈述，“只不过是母亲认为大武气数已尽，索性及早亡国才好，而我以为国运尚有转机，不愿见到江山飘零，百姓离散。所以母亲只是和我的见解不同，立场相对。至于母亲要杀我，只是母亲为了自己的目的所必须要做的，焕儿从来没有认为这是母亲的狠毒。” 冷笑着认真看他，陈落墨淡淡开口：“是，你是没有认为我狠毒，你只不过是认为我比别人冷漠无情而已……”她绝色的容颜上竟像忍耐不住，流露出一丝悲哀，“焕儿，你还没有做过父亲，或许还不明白为人父母的心境，但是如果你有了挚爱之人，那么就将你守护爱惜她的心情，一模一样的拿出来，切肤的体会一次。我可以告诉你，焕儿，”她笑容里有哀凉，“父母爱护子女的心意，只可能比那更多，不会更少。” 静静注视着她，面前的年轻人脸色苍白，终于掀起袍角，双膝跪下：“焕儿不孝，万死莫赎。” 笑着摇了摇头，陈落墨并不俯身看他：“这次见面，我原本打算最后问你一次，愿不愿和我一起回玉龙雪山，让我治好你的毒伤，从此后你可以不问朝政和恩怨，做一些你喜欢做的事情，开怀无忧地活下去，你还这么年轻，我希望能看着你像阿来和阿雪一样，潇洒张扬，快意红尘。”她微顿了一下，“现在看来，这句话我是不用问了。问出来之后注定要伤心失望的问题，还是不问得好。” 近乎雪白的纱衣在微凉的夜风中起伏，陈落墨转身从他身前走过：“不要再说见我了，除非有一日你死或者我死，我们这一生，不再相见。” 在她要走到门口时，有很低的声音传来：“母亲，真的没有回转了么？” 再次摇头，她冷冷的声音，再也不带方才的起伏：“你该明白，焕儿，你的固执，很像我。” 又在门口顿了一下，她开口：“凌家的那个丫头，你很喜欢她吧？” 不再回头的抬步走出水阁，她的声音，冷得没有丝毫温度：“记不记得我曾跟你说过，既然选了这条路，就不要再贪求别的。你什么也守不住，无论多么想要守护的东西，谁叫你是萧家的人。” 在她的身后，青衫的年轻人跪在地上，背影挺直，久久不动。 “萧兄？”提心吊胆好不容易等走了教主，徐来立刻从珠帘后探身进来，看到萧焕跪着的身影，连忙走过去扶他，“你也真是，也不说句软话，我还没见老师生过那么大的气。” 握着他的手站起来，萧焕略笑了笑：“你都听到了？” “别的地方可能听不到，不过我方才躲在门外听墙角。”徐来笑着，接着叹了口气，“老师是真心为你好的。” “我知道。”抬头笑笑，萧焕接着轻咳了一声，“是我太不孝，总让她伤心。” “你……”似乎是不知道该说什么才好，徐来也停了停之后，才又叹气，“算了，我还是什么都不要说好了。” 笑着咳嗽了几声，萧焕没有接话，咳声却越来越沉闷，他用手掩住口，一声一声咳得弯下腰。 徐来看着他，脸色突然变了变，不由分说地把他扶住拖到一旁的椅子上坐下，拉开他的手一看，果然一手鲜红。 徐来气得跺脚：“真够人操心的！我看老师真该废了你的武功，把你绑到总堂去关着！” 靠在椅子上，萧焕还不住的咳嗽，却挑起嘴角笑了笑，看着徐来：“徐兄……你回到母亲身边吧……” 徐来一愣，见他病成这样还在硬撑着本来心里就有气，听他这么说，忍不住皱了眉头：“怎么？萧大公子才气走了我们教主，就来赶我走了？” 没介意他的口气，萧焕笑笑：“母亲现在正伤心……有徐兄陪在身边，会好些。” 徐来说了句气话，立刻就有些后悔，抬头看见他苍白却依然带笑的脸，无可奈何，却又不知道该说什么：“你……哎……” “萧公子说得对，你该回来了。”门外默默转出了一身白衣的刘怀雪，说着，向萧焕微拱了手，“方才没有来得及和萧公子见礼，灵碧教光明圣堂刘怀雪。” 萧焕也笑着站起来拱手：“刘兄客气了，徐兄常向我提到刘兄。” “这个人提到我时，多半不过是揭我老底罢了，让萧兄见笑。”刘怀雪也改了称呼，笑着不再见外。 接着转向徐来，刘怀雪说话毫不客气，“萧兄说得你还不明白？你现在不能再站在那一方！你之前不尊教主禁令，也还是只能说是轻慢渎职！你现在还不回来，是想要教主治你个叛逆之罪，还是想要教主真正发怒，对你和萧兄再不容情？” 徐来给他喝骂的愣了一下，他怎么会不明白这其中的轻重缓急，只是想到萧焕的状况，无论如何都不能心安。 看出了他的疑虑，萧焕又笑起来：“你只要不是把我当成弱不禁风要人保护的女子，就干脆点回去！” 给他说得也忍不住笑出来，徐来还是蹙了眉：“你当然不是弱不禁风要人保护的女子，你可比弱不禁风的女子折腾人多了！” 他说着，就伸出一只手臂：“各自珍重！” 也笑着把手伸出来握住他的手臂，萧焕的声音不大，却清晰温和：“各自珍重。” 既然已经决定要走，徐来也再不犹豫，当即潇洒的一拍刘怀雪的肩膀：“训我训得尽兴了？走了！” 刘怀雪轻哼一声：“还不是因为你婆婆妈妈起来了？” 两个人说笑着，抱拳告别，同样修长挺拔的白色身影，相携离去。 来去如风，倜傥无碍，这才是光明圣堂左堂主徐来的真性情吧。 目送他们的背影，萧焕在嘴角勾起一道弧线：这样的一个人，因为待在自己身边，方才居然会被人骂为“婆婆妈妈”。 微微的笑了笑，低头又轻咳了几声，他从袖中摸出带着的丝帕，把口中含着的血吐在帕上，缓了缓，用帕子仔细的擦拭沾血的手。 并不怎么在意这样吐血，记得第一次吐出血来，是在十二岁的时候，那时看到身旁御医惊慌的目光，还以为自己真的快要死了。结果一年又一年的过去，那种噬人的寒痛发作，却并没有越来越厉害的迹象。 是真的还有时间，还是，所剩的已经不多？ 把带着血迹的丝帕重新放到袖中，垂下手，耳中蓦然响起那句淡淡的话语：你什么也守不住，无论多么想要守护的东西，谁叫你是萧家的人，萧焕。 合上眼睛，等待重新涌上的一阵闷疼过去，那道留在嘴角的温和笑容，却还是微微的挑着，没有消逝分毫。 张开双眼的时候，他抬起脚步，走出水阁。 依旧灯火通明的大堂内，高高的乌木椅子上，那个等待的小姑娘飞快得抬起了头。 “萧大哥！”粉色的身影一刻也不停的跑了过来，她的脸上带着急切的神情，不等他开口，“你可出来了。徐来那家伙都跑进去看你了！我也想去的，可是……”有些委屈的，她嘟起了嘴，“我答应过要在这里等你……” 笑了笑，他伸出手去，轻轻抚开她额头揪起的纹络：“对不起，苍苍，让你久等。” 一向灵动的大眼睛愣愣的看他，她居然有了些不好意思的表情，微侧了头含含糊糊：“嗯……没关系的。”接着才发现有什么不对，“徐来那家伙呢，还有姓刘的那个很臭屁的，到哪儿去了？” “他们教中有事，已经走了。”轻淡的解释着，他没有告诉她更多的恩怨。 “噢，”她也没有追问，只是拉住了他的手，“那么我们也走吧，这个地方不好的，我老是觉得阴嗖嗖的不舒服。” 点头顺着她的脚步走过去，前方的小姑娘却突然停住了脚步，喃喃自语一样的：“你的手比原来又凉了。” 灯光中她回过头来，深寂凄冷的雨夜中，那双大眼睛定定的看着他：“萧大哥，我要永远和你在一起。” “脸色也这么白。”喃喃的说着，掂起脚来，她用手微微触碰他的脸颊，似乎想确认他是不是真的存在，小声的又说了一遍，“萧大哥，我怕你走了不再回来，我要永远和你在一起。” 零星的寒雨从廊外丝丝缕缕的漏了进来，那个微扬着头的小姑娘，目光坚定明亮。 微微的怔忡着，他却缓缓笑了起来，很轻的点头：“我不会走。” 立刻就高兴起来，那个小姑娘用两只手暖暖的抱住他宽大的手掌，笑得只见眉毛不见眼：“说定了的哦，不准走！” 一直到很久以后，在经历过了无数次的分散离合，共度过很多年的春秋和严冬之后，这个最终成为了大武皇后的小姑娘，或许连她自己都不再记得，原来那句“永远和你在一起”的誓言，她曾在那么早的时候，就已经对他说过。