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It's just a moment in memory.And if the first moonlit night is a shore that cannot be crossed, then it heralds the time that he cannot go back.

Now he lies in the boat, the banks are receding, and his journey has not stopped.

He is not afraid of death, once he was no longer afraid of parting.He doesn't know who is manipulating fate, but he doesn't accept the fate of fate either.Even if it is death, it will not be death by God's will.

But the journey may not end, but it is inevitable to experience loneliness.For people like them, what they can't live without is friends.That day he watched a little red walk away slowly, unlike that time when he missed in the crowd, but he really found that it was hard to catch up with his unparalleled lightness kung fu, as if his coming this time was just an occasional accident of time intersection.

Perhaps this is the reason why Hu Tiehua, who accompanied him through these adventures, never appeared this time.And the young man who was always by his side was a variable that could not have appeared in the first place.

On this moonlit night that was so quiet that they could hear the secrets in their hearts, they sat on the boat and drank wine, talking about stories that had been buried in their hearts for a long time.

"It's as if I'm standing at the end of my old life, looking back at the fragments of my life in the past. And in that moonlit night in the wine shop, I also saw you," Chu Liuxiang held the wine glass, with a hazy smile in his eyes, and there was something that never happened. Fading warmth, he said:

"I know you're here for me."

From the first moment he looked at him, the boy never hid it, maybe it was because of the pride in his bones that made him want to have a kind of fairness, whether it was for himself or others.

After hearing this, Ding Xi raised his head and met Chu Liuxiang's calm eyes, which could see through all the secrets in the world.

He lowered his eyes, and a sigh passed through his heart, as if he was melancholy, but also seemed to be mocking this impermanent fate.

The bright moon above the sky passes through the clouds, the moonlight is as clear as gauze and smoke envelops the flowing water, and the boat paddles across the water, breaks, and floats in the clear night wind.

Fifth night.

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Twenty-five, the end is coming

Chu Liuxiang had already left.

They drank a lot that night, when Ding Xi woke up at the inn, the sun had already risen high the next day.

Although I drank a lot, I didn't overdose, so I didn't wake up from a hangover, and I didn't have any discomfort such as headaches.Ding Xi sat in the room drinking tea, remembering that he had a good night's sleep last night, not even disturbed by dreams.

He remembered the trip that was agreed yesterday, but he never saw Chu Liuxiang come to discuss with him.It wasn't until noon that the man came to ask if he wanted to prepare food and drinks, so he knocked on the door next door and found that there was no one in the room.

The house was cleaned up very cleanly, and it seemed that the people who lived here had left for some time.Ding Xi looked at the deserted and lifeless room, his expression didn't change much, and he still asked the waiter to prepare food and drinks for the two of them.

Not long after, the horse dealer who had an appointment yesterday came. Ding Xi had seen that the two horses were indeed rare and good horses, so he paid the silver taels immediately, and then asked the inn staff to help them lead them to the stables, and prepare water and fodder to feed them. .Some necessities that they ordered yesterday at the commercial firm in the city were delivered one after another this day, and he also accepted them as originally agreed.

After the man followed him, he looked like a careless person at the first sight, but after watching him for a long time, he found that he was very capable in careful areas, and even possessed a calmness and sophistication that surpassed his age. It's amazing, but they don't know that this young man has lived alone since he was a child, and he has long been used to taking good care of himself.

When the food and wine were put on the table, Ding Xi still didn't wait for his friend to come back, but he waited for someone he didn't expect.

The person who came was a bright girl in purple clothes, who said she was here to deliver a letter for her wife.She came alone in a carriage, dressed gorgeously and exquisitely, with a pretty face, perhaps because of her stern face all the year round, with a bit of coldness, the guy looked at it twice and lowered his head involuntarily.

When she saw Ding Xi, her bright and lively eyes fixed on his face. Seeing the young man's smile, she restrained her usual arrogance when talking with others, and even softened her tone of voice a lot.

Ding Xi took the letter, put it on the table casually, looked up at the girl, and asked quietly: "Who is your wife?"

She didn't say anything before, as if she was sure that the person who received the letter would know, and Ding Xi had indeed guessed it, but she was still waiting for her to explain why she came.

The purple-clothed girl smiled sweetly, "Master Shi Guanyin, everyone in the world calls her Mrs. Shi. I am her fourth disciple, and I am specially ordered by my master to invite Ding Shaoxia to go and have a talk." The disciples in front of Shi Guanyin never dared Joking with the man, maybe because she came alone this time, without anyone else around, she was much more courageous.

Ding Xi knew it well, he knew that it was not for nothing that Chu Liuxiang talked about Shi Guanyin that day, and when they went to find the horse dealer yesterday, he already knew that the destination of this trip was the small town on the edge of the desert in the northwest. town.

It's just that she didn't expect that Mrs. Shi even knew his first and last name.So he opened the letter, as if he was not on guard against fraud.Shi Guanyin once told Chu Liuxiang that she was not good at using poison; and with her pride, if she wanted to deal with someone with her own hands, she would disdain such a silent method of poisoning.

The girl in purple had been peeking at him all the time, but when he saw the handwriting on the letter, his breath suddenly changed completely.

The young man in front of him was originally gentle and restrained like a simple and reserved scabbard, but it seemed that at this moment, people discovered that his sword intent was hidden deep in the scabbard, and was inspired by this letter from Madam. The peerless sharpness burst out of its sheath in an instant.

The girl in purple had followed Shi Guanyin since she was a child, and had seen countless magical weapons and sharp blades in the world, but at this moment she couldn't help trembling and held her breath involuntarily.But the boy didn't have an attack in the end, he just said lightly that he understood, and let her leave.

The girl in purple couldn't forget the moment of heart palpitations until she got out of the inn. She got into the carriage, whispered a word to the driver, and then the carriage drove her away.

The inn clerk saw a lot of guests coming and going, but such a bright and beautiful girl was not often seen. He didn't dare to look up in front of her, and he reluctantly looked at her back for a while when he sent her out. , until her figure disappeared into the curtain of the carriage, and the carriage gradually disappeared, before returning to the inn.

At the moment when he turned around, he thought strangely that he seemed to see a figure on the side of the street just now. It seemed that the guest who had disappeared early in the morning seemed to have disappeared behind the carriage at that moment.

The clerk shook his head immediately, thinking that his eyes were dazzled just now, and the figure disappeared in a flash. How could a person have such agility?

It was indeed Chu Liuxiang who followed the purple-clothed girl's carriage. After arriving in this small town last night, he had a subtle premonition in his heart, as if he could feel that Shi Guanyin's eyes and ears had penetrated here.

He seemed to have left long ago, but he was always near the inn, and he was indeed waiting for the messenger sent by Shi Guanyin.He didn't follow her into the inn, but he believed that as long as he followed her, he could find Shi Guanyin's place to stay.

Chu Liuxiang has many friends in his life, and many brothers who have been with him through life and death, but for many years he has been used to facing the most dangerous opponents alone, going through the most difficult hurdles alone, and leaving friends behind. in a safe place.

It was the same this time, if he had to decide the outcome with Shi Guanyin, he still didn't want that boy to accompany him in the danger.

But Chu Liuxiang also guessed one thing wrong, he never expected that Shi Guanyin would find Ding Xi, that young man who should have been the only one who had nothing to do with everything here.

Ding Xi sat alone in the room, the letter of Shi Guanyin was still on the table, folded intact.

He sat quietly at the table with his head bowed, and he didn't need to take another look to know that there were only three words on the letter: Jiang Yunxin.

On the big pagoda in Hungry Tiger Hill that day, he disguised himself as Hu Laowu and stood by. He heard Baili Changqing say to his former life and death brothers that after his death, please find a woman named Jiang Yunxin for him. , and gave her all his property.

When he heard it, he was neither angry nor moved, the only feeling in his heart was irony.

That weak and gentle woman, who didn't know a little martial arts, dragged her sickly body to raise her youngest son by herself, and died when she was still very young.

She never complained or hated, and she remained merciful and gentle until the end of her short and difficult life.

These people are not qualified to mention her name, whether in front of her life or after her death.

After Ding Xi inquired with the staff, he learned that what the purple-clothed woman said was about a night's journey by car and horse from here.

He still rested quietly in the house, and he didn't set off until dusk fell and the temporarily hired carriage was waiting outside the inn.

Because it was a temporary idea and he was traveling at night, he paid much more silver taels than others, and the driver was overjoyed.Ding Xi had no intention of letting others die for these silver coins, so he stopped the carriage in a village more than ten miles away from the agreed place.

Dawn is about to break, and the crowing of cocks can already be heard in the quiet small village.

The driver of the car was very happy when he heard this, and when he took the money, he even thanked him repeatedly. After saying goodbye to the guests, he turned around, planning to find a place to sleep before driving back to the city.These days it was rare to see such a talkative client, and he earned enough money for the family to live on for several months.

At about Yinshi, the sound of carriages and horses was gradually heard on the mountain road.

Chang Sunhong stood in the night, two long