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infected.He got up and made himself a cup of hot tea, holding it in his hands and covering it.

The storyteller's fan had already been knocked to pieces by him, so he could only imitate the sound of knocking a fan and shouted: "Hey!"

Xu Yuan blew the hot air from the surface of the tea, thinking that Ning Zian would be back soon.

The storyteller's voice was like a bell, and he stood on a low bench and said imposingly: "This time, let's talk about the ghost mask that appeared on the city gate two days ago!"

Xu Yuan stopped breathing, raised his head and stared fixedly at the storyteller.

"The ghost mask made us all know that it was a letter from the ghost cave before the murder. It said that you will die in the third watch, and no one will survive the fifth watch! As we all know, the ghost mask is easy to come out, and blood will be seen when it comes out. There are gossip rumors that the killers who have received the ghost face order are all desperate, and once the mission cannot be completed, they can only use their own blood to sacrifice the ghost face order!"

The inn was suddenly quiet and only the slight sound of breathing could be heard. The storyteller scanned all the people in the lobby with his blind eyes, and said in a deep voice: "That's exactly the case, no matter who's name is on the ghost face order, he will There are only two ways to go. One is to kill all the killers, and the other... oh, everyone knows it well."

The hand holding the tea suddenly trembled, and the hot water spilled all over his body. Xu Yuan got up in a hurry, but heard the storyteller "呔" again.

"And this time, the name on the ghost face order is none other than Mr. Ning who escaped from the ghost cave several times ago!"

Xu Yuan stopped all movements, he slowly closed his eyes, stretched out his hand to touch his face hidden under the veil, and rubbed it repeatedly.

Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan, you have been smart all your life, why have you forgotten the most important thing - people who are targeted by the ghost cave can never be given forever.

"Boss Xu, I'm back."

In the evening, when the twilight was approaching, Xu Yuan was the only person sitting in the inn. Ning Zian walked in from the outside holding an umbrella and holding a drink. Before he saw anyone, he heard the voice: "Boss Xu."

Xu Yuan watched him come in, close the door, put away the wine, his clothes were half wet, he approached, took Xu Yuan's hand, and said: "Boss Xu, it's freezing outside, look at my hand It's all cold."

Xu Yuan retracted his hand and said, "Ning Zian, let's say goodbye, let's go."

Ning Zian put his hands into his sleeves and blew two breaths.

"Don't go, I just got it two days ago, so it's okay if it doesn't work?" He found a stool and sat down, looked up at Xu Yuan, and smiled rascally: "I don't agree."

Xu Yuan caressed Ning Zian's face, and gently pinched him: "Stop laughing. You will die."

Ning Zian rubbed Xu Yuan's palm greedily, and asked, "You know?"

"What the storyteller said, everyone knows that the young master of the Ning family won't survive the third watch today."

"Since you won't survive the third watch, there's nothing to escape." Ning Zian pointed to the corner of the wall: "Besides, have you seen the sword? As long as the sword is still in your hand, there is nothing certain."

Xu Yuan sat down, looked at Ning Zian's cold sword with a somewhat vacant gaze, and asked, "Are you afraid of death?"

Ning Zian took two glasses, poured two glasses of wine, and said, "I told you long ago that I'm afraid, even in my dreams. What's the use of being afraid? Have a drink."

The wine is freshly brewed peach blossom wine, with the aroma of peach blossoms and the coolness of wine.

Xu Yuan's usually smiling eyes were covered with mist, he raised his glass to respect Ning Zian: "Drink."

The wine glasses collided, and the wine splashed out of the glass, emitting bursts of wine fragrance.

"Boss Xu, I'm always chasing after you to talk, so you should talk to me now."

Xu Yuan was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth and saying: "Ning Zian, I will give you a chance, if you guess who I am, I will save your life."

This sentence was spoken very slowly, for fear that Ning Zian could not hear clearly.

Ning Zian stared at Xu Yuan for a long time, as if he remembered something that he had been deliberately neglecting all this time - such as the flaws he saw at the first sight, how could an innkeeper's hands be so delicate.

But in the end he just shook his head: "I give up."

After another long silence, Xu Yuan uttered the second sentence: "Then I... have nothing to say."

Ning Zian chuckled, reached out to stroke Xu Yuan's beautiful eyebrows, and said, "Boss Xu is indeed a ruthless person."

Ning Zian is not very good at drinking, but after a few drinks, his cheeks flushed slightly. He sat next to Xu Yuan, hugged him from behind, and knelt on his shoulder: "But even so, I still I was thinking, why didn't I meet you sooner?"

"Xu Yuan, you said it would be nice if I met earlier?"

Alcoholic words rang in his ears one after another, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes, grabbed Ning Zian's hand and touched his veil.

"Would you like to see my face under the veil?"

Ning Zian trembled when the hand held by Xu Yuan, he kissed Xu Yuan's earlobe: "I don't want it."

The light coming in from outside the door became thinner and thinner, and finally the whole inn was plunged into darkness. Xu Yuan lit the lamp, Ning Zian got up and picked up his sword, his face was illuminated by the light.

"Boss Xu, you should go."

Xu Yuan turned his back to Ning Zian and drank the last glass of wine.

"This is my shop, why do you let me go?"

"I said..." Ning Zian turned around, the tip of the sword lifted Xu Yuan's chin, and his eyes met.

There is always a three-point affection in Xu Yuan's eyes, and when he narrows his eyes slightly, the three-point becomes ten.

So Ning Zian asked: "Does Boss Xu want to live and die with me?"

As the candles flickered, some things became more and more unclear to some people.

"Boss Xu is willing, but I am reluctant."

Xu Yuan lowered his eyes to look at the sword against his chin, then raised his eyes to Ning Zian, he approached, and kissed Ning Zian's side lightly.

"The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is boring to listen to alone."

The veil brushed Ning Zi'an's face, and he watched Xu Yuan walk slowly into the deep alley with a lamp and an umbrella in hand. When he finally turned a corner, Xu Yuan looked back at him, his eyes wandered, and then gradually disappeared at the corner .

Ye Yu was the coldest, and even with a lamp in his hand, he couldn't dispel the chill.

Xu Yuan walked all the way along the alley, one deep step and one shallow step, as if walking back to the rainy night when he met Ning Zian for the first time, the night wind made him feel chilly all over his body, and the air made his scalp numb Bloody smell, the man who fell on the ground was soaked in blood, and said with a smile: "Boss, stay overnight."

But it seemed that he had only walked back to the rain half an hour ago, the drizzle fell on the newly opened peach petals, and it bloomed beautifully.Ning Zian kowtowed on his shoulder and said, "Xu Yuan, I wish I had met you sooner."

There are short alleys after the long street, and the road under your feet is always endless, and although the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is pattering, it will always stop one day.

Holding an umbrella, Xu Yuan walked from the street to the end of the street, taking 110 steps, and then walked back to the street from the end of the street. He could hear the sound of killing only one street away, the sound of flesh and blood cut by a sharp sword After rubbing his eardrums, the night became colder.

Xu Yuan's brows were slightly frowned, and his steps were neither hurried nor slow. After walking this street, it took half an hour, and walking again, it was a full hour. He walked back and forth six times , from late night to early morning light.

The clanging of swords became weaker and weaker, but the bloody smell enveloped the whole street like a thick fog.

Finally, the dust settled, the drums died down, and only the sound of rain remained in the alley.

Xu Yuan just walked to the first half of the alley, he thought, he can go back.

He was still holding the umbrella, not taking a step slowly or fast, but the light in his hand had long since gone out.

A row of men in black slid past him like snakes, and the splashed rain fell into his eyes. Xu Yuan blinked, and looked like he was crying.

The door of the inn was ajar, Xu Yuan stepped on the bloody water and stood open the door, through the crack of the door, he saw Ning Zian was covered in blood just like when he first met, but the sword in his hand could no longer resist anything. A door, even this time Xu Yuan was standing outside the door, waiting for him to open that door.

When the sun was bright the next day, the inn at the end of the street was open as usual, and people passing by were still talking about strange things.

I heard that the young master of the Ning family was finally killed by the people in the ghost cave.

I heard that the young master of the Ning family didn't tell the whereabouts of the person the ghost cave owner was looking for until he died.

I heard that the person the ghost cave owner was looking for had died long ago. The young master of the Ning family said before his death that the male pet had already been stabbed to death by his sword.

True or false, who knows.

After a few days, someone asked, "Boss Xu, where's that kid who keeps pestering you?"

"died."

Everyone in the inn laughed again, the young couple must have had an argument.

After a long time, there were still people coming and going in the inn, and no one asked about this matter again.

Later, someone said that they saw the owner of this inn take off the veil on his face in front of an unnamed grave one night, and the face under the veil was covered with hideous scars.

The innkeeper seemed to be smiling at the grave, but his smile was very ugly, probably because such a face would never look good no matter how he smiled.

He said: "Remember, my name is Xu Yuan." After finishing speaking, Xu Yuan took the lamp and took the umbrella and left, and his slightly lonely voice fell into the rain in the south of the Yangtze River—"And Xu Yuan only loves himself in his life. "

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