Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Never Separate

As the night deepened, Baoyu walked back and forth in the room, still thinking deeply. The little princess sat by the lamp, resting her cheeks in her hands, staring at him with her big beautiful eyes, suddenly smiled, and said, "You stay by my side every step of the way, are you afraid that I will run away?" Baoyu said, "Yes!" The little princess smiled and said: "You are afraid that I will run away, and I am still afraid that you will run away! I am staying here just to keep an eye on you and ask you to go to the appointment, otherwise how can you keep an eye on me?"

Baoyu smiled slightly and said, "Really?" The little princess said: "However, even if you go to the appointment and succeed, I... I will not leave. From now on, I will always follow you." Baoyu said happily, "Really?" There was a smile on the corner of the little princess's mouth. Although this smile was so sweet and charming, it also carried an indescribable ghostly air. She smiled and said: "From now on, I will pester you. No matter what you do, I will make trouble by the side so that you can't do it...I will torture you day and night and give you a headache. You In today's ten days, I will never think about a day of peace, you...you can't escape."

Baoyu said, "You...why do you do this?" The little princess smiled softly and said, "It's just because I hate you...I hate you, I hate you to death! I hate you to death...No one can tell how much I hate you!" Her voice was still so gentle, her smile was still so sweet, but the words she said were really full of resentment, which made people shudder. Baoyu said, "You...you...why do you hate me so much?" The little princess turned her head away and ignored him again. Baoyu said: "Although you hate me, I don't hate you. Although you want to harm me, I want to save you..."

There was also a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he continued: "You and I might as well make a bet, see if you can kill me, or I can save you." The little princess smiled and said: "You will definitely lose, and I will definitely hurt you. From childhood to adulthood, no matter what you bet on, you will definitely not bet on me." Baoyu laughed and said, "But this time I swear to win you." The little princess suddenly turned her head back, stared at him and said with a smile: "Okay, just wait and see, one day, you will regret it." Her delicately smiling face was flushed with excitement, but her sweet smile was full of malice.

Baoyu couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart, he suddenly realized that "sin" had taken root in her heart, and she would feel happy and excited only when she was harming someone. But he still said with a smile: "What I have decided, I will never regret it." The little princess blinked and said, "Have you decided whether you will attend the appointment?" Baoyu said: "I have decided..." Suddenly, someone outside the window called softly: "Bao'er." Baoyu responded, "But Uncle Gongsun?" It is indeed Gongsun who is unwise.

The little princess sneered and said, "It's the middle of the night, disturbing people's sleep. Is this the appearance of respecting others? Besides, you know that there is a woman in this room." Baoyu frowned and said, "You..." The little princess said: "What about me? Is what I said wrong?...Hmph! If you don't like to listen to what I say, go away, I'm going to sleep too." Yingying stood up, and untied the skirt with her backhand, revealing her pink neck and crisp breasts——she unbuttoned the skirt by herself, Baoyu and Gongsun Buzhi had already left the door in fright.

The little princess smiled coquettishly at the door and said: "Fang Baoyu, I say you can't stand me! If I want to leave, don't I have to leave now? Do you two dare to stop me?" Gongsun Buzhi sighed: "What a savage princess." Baoyu smiled wryly and said, "To tell the truth, third uncle, my nephew really has nothing to do with her sometimes, but no matter what, my nephew can't ignore her." Gongsun Wuzhi said: "I watched you grow up since I was a child, how could I not know your intentions? I firmly believe that you have shouldered this burden at this moment, and you must be able to bear it on your shoulders."

Baoyu smiled slightly, and then said, "Third Uncle is here to ask..." Gongsun Buzhi sighed: "Although your energy may be damaged by this trip, it can also be tempered, and it may not be completely harmful or unhelpful to your future battles. Besides, if you break the contract, how can the Fire Demon God just let it go? At that time You must have suffered even more. Therefore, in my opinion, it is indeed better for you to keep the promise than to break it." Baoyu said: "Third Uncle Mingjian, but..." Gongsun Buzhi smiled and said: "I have to tactfully explain this relationship to my teacher and seniors, you... Even if you want to leave tonight, I will never stop you."

Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from my third uncle. My nephew really wants to go tonight, but I dare not leave without saying goodbye. Now that you are willing to make decisions for my nephew, my nephew can feel relieved. " Gongsun Buzhi nodded, looked up at Qiu Xing, remained silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Shi...have you ever forgotten what Old Four Shi said before he died?" Baoyu said, "How dare my nephew forget?" Gongsun Buzhi sighed: "His words are deeply rooted in everyone's hearts. From now on, people in the martial arts will inevitably become suspicious of each other because of this, and even cause war disasters."

Baoyu said: "That's exactly why he said these words. But from my nephew's point of view, his words may be nothing more than scaremongering and intentional harm." Gongsun Wuzhi said: "Your speculation actually coincides with mine, but the relationship between this matter is too great, you and I would rather believe it than believe it... Therefore, I have something to entrust to you. " Baoyu said, "But third uncle please tell me." Gongsun Buzhi took out a letter and said in a deep voice: "The names of the people written in this letter are all after careful consideration. I think they may be related to what Shi Laosi said. If you meet these people on the way , Be sure to pay more attention, it is best to find out their background, if you feel that their behavior is different, you might as well start to get rid of them first."

Baoyu said solemnly, "Yes." Fang Zi took the letter and suddenly scolded, "Who is it?" He was facing the door all the time, never turned around, but there seemed to be a pair of eyes behind him - a person came out of the bamboo forest behind him. Gongsun Wuzhi said: "Tie Wa, it's you." Niu Tiewa smiled and said, "Apart from Tiewa, who else has such a big stature." Gongsun Buzhi said with a sullen face: "You are sneaky, what are you doing hiding in the bamboo forest?" Tie Wa blinked her eyes, and said: "Tie Wa was afraid that her elder brother would leave again, so she didn't tell Tie Wa, so she waited here all night without sleeping. Could it be considered a sneaky thing?" Gongsun Wuzhi couldn't help being moved, he laughed and said: "Silly boy... But he is a good boy, it's rare that Baoyu has a brother like you..." Suddenly something touched his heart, thinking of his brother, he couldn't help but feel sad . Tie Wa took Baoyu's hand and said, "Brother, no matter where you go this time, you can't leave Tie Wa behind." Baoyu said, "You... don't you want to go home and have a look?" Although he was smiling, he was also very moved in his heart—the warmth of friendship seemed to have blocked his throat, and he couldn't even speak clearly. I saw Tie Wa staring blankly, and said: "To tell you the truth, brother, Tie Wa has already thought about it, thinking about it to death, but... but now, Tie Wa can't go home no matter what." Baoyu said, "Why?" Tie Wa said loudly: "People in Tie Wa's family must be living a peaceful life now, but you, elder brother... you can't even live a peaceful life, how can Tie Wa leave elder brother and go home? Alone, with Tie Wa by my side, whether it is good or bad, there is always someone to take care of me." These words were so straightforward, each word was dug out from the heart, Baoyu suddenly felt that his eyes were a little blurry, and he could not speak. Tie Wa looked at his face, and suddenly said: "Brother, Tie Wa said... Did you say something wrong?" Baoyu said, "No...no!" Tie Wa said: "Tie Wa didn't say anything wrong, why did Big Brother act like this, could it be...Could it be that Big Brother still wants to go alone instead of taking Tie Baby with him?" Baoyu looked up to the sky and sighed, "How could I refuse to take you with me... I am really happier than anything... to have a brother like you by my side." Tie Wa said happily: "Really? Then Tie Wa can rest assured." Suddenly I heard the little princess calling from inside the door: "Fang Baoyu, come in." Baoyu said, "What's the matter?" The little princess said: "If I tell you to come in, come in, what are you asking?" Baoyu smiled wryly, and looked at Gongsun Wuzhi. Gongsun Wuzhi said: "It doesn't matter if I wait outside the door, you go!" Baoyu pushed the door and came in, only to see that the window behind had been opened.Facing the open window, the little princess seemed to be thinking about something on her mind, and didn't look back at all. He waited for a while, but he could only ask again: "What's the matter?" The little princess said: "Hmph! I asked you to come in, but you pushed back and forth, and as soon as someone spoke, you immediately came in obediently... You really listened to him!" Baoyu said, "He's my third uncle. What about you?" The little princess said: "Me? I'm your grandma." Suddenly she gave a "puchi" smile, and when she turned her head, her bright eyes flowed like flowers, and the whole room seemed to light up, and this All the light was emitted by Fang Baoyu alone. Baoyu didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, but she stood there in a daze. The little princess smiled and said, "Silly boy, come here!" She waved lightly, but she also held a letter in her delicate hand. With a thought in his mind, Baoyu looked at the open window and said, "Could it be that the Fire Demon God has sent a message?" The little princess said: "Look at you stupid, you're not stupid... Yes, it's this letter, if you want to read it, come here quickly." Baoyu had no choice but to walk over, stretch out his hand and say, "Bring it!" The little princess shrank her hands suddenly, hid the letter behind her back, and said with a smile: "You are obedient now, but is it because you are in a hurry to read this letter?" Baoyu said anxiously, "Bring it quickly!" The little princess said: "You want me to take it out, so I will take it out? Why should I listen to you?" She shook her loose long hair, squinted her eyes and smiled sweetly, and said slowly, "The more anxious you are, the more anxious I want you to be; the more you want to see, I just won't let you see." The letter has been torn to shreds behind his back. With a wave of her hand, she threw the shredded paper out of the window. There was wind blowing outside the window, and the shredded paper was like many small white butterflies flying around, disappearing in a blink of an eye. Baoyu seemed to have been stunned by the "chichi" sound of tearing paper, and was still speechless until now. The little princess tilted her head and looked at him. Gradually, the smile that was as bright as a spring flower, as brilliant as the morning sun, but full of malice appeared on her face again, and she giggled and said, "How?" Baoyu stumbled and said, "You... what are you doing?" The little princess said: "I told you a long time ago that I would do anything to harm you." Baoyu said, "Didn't you also harm the Fire Demon God?" The little princess said: "Then I don't care. As long as it can hurt you, I don't care whether other people live or die; in order to hurt you, it doesn't even matter if I suffer by myself!" Baoyu sighed, "Okay...Okay!" The little princess laughed out loud, almost to the point of tears.She bent down and smiled: "Idiot, tell you, I just deliberately teased you for fun. I think that letter is also very important to me. How could I tear it up?" She stretched out her other hand, and there was indeed a piece of paper in her hand. She smiled triumphantly: "This is the letter. What I tore is just the envelope... Idiot, take it! After so many years, I don't want you to be a child and not grow up." She stuffed the letter into Baoyu's arms Li, laughing and fell on the bed. Suddenly Baoyu said, "You let me see it now, and I won't see it anymore." With a split of both hands, the letter was torn to pieces and thrown out of the window. The little princess jumped up from the bed, and lost her voice: "You... what are you doing?" Baoyu smiled slightly and said, "Anyway, I don't want to go to the appointment at all. It's best to tear up this letter. If the Fire Demon God asks me why I broke the agreement, I will say that you tore up the letter." The little princess jumped up anxiously, and said, "You...have you harmed me?" Baoyu laughed and said, "Each to each other." The little princess gritted her teeth, stomped her feet, grabbed her hair, and said, "Okay... hello... hello..." Baoyu said, "I'm pretty good." The little princess threw herself on the bed, thumped the bed and said, "What should I do... what should I do?" Baoyu said, "It seems that you haven't read that letter just now." The little princess said: "Dead man, do you think I have read that letter? Dead man, I haven't even glanced at it! What is written in that letter? I..." Baoyu also laughed suddenly and said, "I have read what is written in the letter." The little princess was stunned for a while, turned over and sat up, opened her eyes wide, stared at Baoyu, and said, "You...you...you..." Biting her cherry lips, she stomped her feet and said, "Dead man, I hate you...I hate you...I hate you to death." There are only ten simple words in the letter, so Baoyu can naturally read it at a glance. Those ten words are: "Go west to Pingyin City, and stay overnight at Anping Inn." Before dawn, Baoyu had left Wanzhu Villa and headed west to Pingyin. It didn't take much time to say goodbye to Gongsun's unwise words, because both of them are wise men, there are many things that don't need to be said, the other party already knows.Baoyu's last words were: "My nephew did not bid farewell to Uncle Mo and all seniors this time, just because my nephew swore that he would come back well." The date of goodbye is not far away, so why bother to shed tears and say goodbye, it's just confusing people. Baoyu was slightly melancholy, Tiewa was in high spirits, and the little princess bit her cherry lips lightly, not knowing whether it was joy or anger, the three of them had their own concerns and traveled westward at night. There was no car or horse, but the three of them had already set foot on the road leading to Pingyin before noon.The autumn wind is getting tighter, the fallen leaves are flying, and the wind and dust are all over the sky on the yellow sand road. The little princess took out a silk scarf and tied up her hair, frowned and said, "With such a strong wind, don't we have to walk? All the mules and horses in the world are not dead." Baoyu laughed and said, "The driving is too boring and the horses are bumpy. How can you feel as comfortable as walking? Stop when you want to stop, go when you want to go, and look at what you want. How carefree and carefree it is." The little princess said: "I was born poor." Baoyu laughed and said, "I will neither steal nor rob, and I hope I am not poor!" The little princess pouted and ignored him again. At noon, find a place to hit the tip. Baoyu found a small shop by the side of the road, and ordered three bowls of Yangchun noodles and thirty steamed buns, of which twenty-nine steamed buns belonged to Tiewa. The little princess picked up the chopsticks and put them down again, frowned and said, "Fang Baoyu, when did you become a monk, do you have to be vegetarian? I didn't become a nun." Baoyu said with a smile: "The taste is good or bad, all in one mind. When you are hungry, the painted cakes can still satisfy your hunger. As long as you think that you are eating delicacies from mountains and seas, the taste of noodles is almost the same as bird's nest." The little princess gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not as self-absorbed as you are." Tie Wa stuffed a mouthful of steamed buns, grinned and said: "Brother has no money, and Tie Wa is also a poor boy, you follow us, but you can't put on airs of Miss Qianjin, you have to feel wronged." The little princess said: "Hmph, I'm unlucky, I don't have the good fortune to enjoy this bird's nest." Picking up the bowl, he poured all the hot noodle soup on the ground. Baoyu and Tiewa just ate with gusto and ignored her. I just heard the owner of the small shop muttering: "I'm not an opera singer, just hang around outside and watch a bird... 啐! People are prosperous and wealth is not prosperous, and poor gods are on the kang, but they can't be driven away." .” Baoyu heard it amused, and couldn't help but look back, only to find that the road outside the small shop was indeed crowded with people. These people all looked fierce and high-spirited, and Baoyu knew at a glance that they were all heroes of the rivers and lakes who had dispersed since the meeting of Mount Tai. They walked through this road, and they must have the intention of going to the shop to fight for the top, but for some reason, they were all crowded outside the door at this moment, and no one came in. Baoyu was a little surprised in his heart, but he saw that the group of heroes had all bowed and saluted him with smiles, but when he stood up to return the gift, the group of heroes retreated even further. Tie Wa said happily: "Look, these people are very respectful to my elder brother." The little princess sneered and said: "These people are afraid that they have regarded your elder brother as the plague god and kept them away from him. Otherwise, why would they stand far outside and refuse to come in?" Tie Wa said: "This... I'm afraid they don't have money to eat noodles." The little princess said: "Do you only think that other people are poor like you?" Tie Wa said: "That may not be possible." Standing up suddenly, he shouted: "The noodles here are good, everyone, come in and have a bowl. Those who have no money will be treated by Niu Tiewa." Qunhao thanked them with a smile from a distance, but retreated a few steps, discussing in twos and threes in a low voice.Tie Wa pricked up her ears, but couldn't understand what they were saying. Tie Wa frowned and said, "You don't leave, you don't come in, what is this?" The little princess said: "If everyone comes in, can you afford to pay? You have no money to pay after eating noodles, but you have to be sent to the yamen and spanked with a moso bamboo board." Tie Wa scratched her head, smiled wryly, "This..." Suddenly I saw two big men walking over quickly, the one on the left had a brocade long gown, the one on the right had a pockmarked face, holding a yellow cloth bundle in his hand. Tie Wa said happily: "It's okay, it's okay, only two came..." I saw two big men striding up to Fang Baoyu and bowing in unison. The pockmarked man said: "This Ganqing is Fang Daxia." Baoyu returned the salute with a long body, and said with a smile, "Don't dare, your two surnames?" The big man with pockmarked face bowed and said with a smile: "Xing Sun, his name is Jin Song, but he is an unknown soldier in the Jianghu. The two of us dared to come here this time because our friends over there recommended us to send some things to Fang Daxia , Wanwang Fang Daxia accepts it with a smile." While speaking, he put the yellow cloth bundle on the table with both hands. Baoyu said, "How dare you do that? Why don't you invite your friends over there?" Jin Song bowed and said: "Friends in the Jianghu, in the past, there have been many negatives for Hero Fang. In the future, Hero Fang will have to work harder to prepare for the battle with the man in white. Friends in the Jianghu hope that Hero Fang can live a more comfortable life during this period. Even if everyone apologizes to Hero Fang, how dare you disturb Hero Fang for dinner again." Without waiting for Baoyu to speak, the two said in unison, "Farewell." He took three steps back, turned around and strode away, the group of heroes outside the door also saluted themselves, jumped on their horses, and went far away in a short while, but left three horses outside the door. Unconsciously, Baoyu stayed for a long time, untied the burden, and found a large package of gold and silver in it. Baoyu was even more stunned, and murmured, "What is this?" The little princess said: "They must see that you are so poor that you can only eat Yangchun noodles, so I sent some money to make you full, so that you can work hard for them next year." Tie Wa said: "There are quite a few of them sharing a horse with two people, but they left three horses outside..." The little princess said: "Those three horses...Naturally they were left for you in case you were too full to walk. It seems that these people are really good to you." Although she spoke bitterly, Baoyu didn't seem to hear her at all. He really never thought that the heroes of the world would love him so much and expect him so deeply, but he felt heavy in his heart when he was grateful. The little princess said: "Now that you have money, can you eat something good?" Baoyu ignored him, and after a while, Fang took out some scattered silver from his bosom and paid for it, but he wrapped up the whole bag of gold and silver carefully. The little princess curled her lips and said, "Stingy!" Suddenly rushed out, jumped on the horse, and said in the mouth: "I can't walk anymore, you just see!" He whipped the horse and galloped away.Baoyu had no choice but to get on his horse and follow him, but he felt sorry for Tie Wa, who was riding on the horse with a body like an iron tower, swaying, and couldn't sit still, and even more pitiful for the horse that was really suffocated by him. I saw the little princess's long hair fluttering, her robes fluttering, her graceful posture, and her pretty figure, as if she had been riding a horse since she was born. Baoyu hit the horse with all his strength, but he couldn't catch up. The little princess couldn't help looking back, and couldn't help laughing: "Quick...quick!" Black hair curled around her bright red face——she finally surpassed Fang Baoyu in something, and her bright eyes shone with excitement. Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Be careful, don't..." Suddenly, the passers-by on the side of the road were startled laughing, the little princess clapped her hands and laughed loudly: "Look, look what it is... This is called strange things every year, especially this year, every year people ride horses, this year horses ride people... ..." Before he finished speaking, he couldn't straighten up laughing. Baoyu couldn't help looking back, and saw that Niu Tiewa had strode forward and was chasing him - but he didn't ride the horse, but carried the horse on his shoulders. The horse was neighing, Tie Wa wrapped his arms around the horse's feet, and couldn't stop shouting: "Slow down...wait for me." Baoyu was startled and laughed again, and said, "Tie Wa, what are you doing?" Tie Wa said: "Tie Wa has never ridden a horse in his life, and this horse must have never carried a person as heavy as Tie Wa in his life... It can't carry Niu Tie Wa, so Niu Tie Wa has to carry it." The little princess smiled and said: "Not bad, anyway, you..." Suddenly exclaimed, the whole person flew straight out, it turned out that the horse stumbled and fell by the side of the road. Baoyu was shocked and flew to rescue him, but he was afraid it would be too late. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a figure shot out from the side of the road like an arrow, caught the little princess, leaped obliquely, dispelled the force of the impact, and stood firm with a stake. I saw that this person was dressed gorgeously, tall and tall, with a hint of arrogance on his pale and handsome face, but he was the "ruthless son" Jiang Xiaomin. Baoyu had already jumped off the horse, rushed over and clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Thank you, brother, fortunately, it happens to be here, otherwise..." Jiang Xiaomin smiled slightly, and said: "I didn't happen to be here, but I have been waiting here for a long time. But this girl will fall off the horse, which is something I never thought of." Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "I never thought of it... Alas! When a person is proud, he should not forget to pay attention to the horse's heel. This lesson is for her..." Suddenly hearing the sound of "pa", the little princess slapped Jiang Xiaomin's face with a backhand. Jiang Xiaomin backed away in shock, and the little princess jumped off the ground. Baoyu changed color and said, "Are you crazy? How can this be?" The little princess said: "Who told him to hug me?" Baoyu said: "But... this brother is here to save you." The little princess said: "Who told him to save me?" Turning his head, he turned and left. Baoyu stayed on the ground, really not knowing what to do with her. Turning his eyes, he saw that Jiang Xiaomin was still doing nothing, without changing his face. Baoyu couldn't help smiling bitterly and said, "Brother..." Jiang Xiaomin said: "Brother, don't talk about it, as long as I can see you, what's the matter?" Baoyu sighed and said, "Could it be that brother is here to be with me?" He himself had nothing to do with the little princess, so he had to change his mouth and divert the matter away. Jiang Xiaomin said: "Exactly." Baoyu said, "But I don't know what to teach you, brother?" Jiang Xiaomin's eyes flickered, and he said, "I wonder if brother can take a step to speak?" Baoyu said, "Obey."