I lost my brother

The next few days flew by quickly.

During the day, Sui Jian practiced Kunpeng swordsmanship with a small wooden sword of the same style as Guan Yuxiao. At noon, she went to Tang Yishu to ask questions she didn't understand, or went to Jiang Yang to chat with her. At night, she sometimes went to Houshan to talk to Zhu Lin.

Zhu Lin didn't know what to think, Wuwangzong's territory is vast, and from a distance, houses and courtyards are layered and shadowy. There will always be a few quiet houses that no one cares about. He prefers the huge rock in the back mountain.The stones in winter are inherently cold, not to mention the stones in the back mountains that do not see the sun all year round.

Sui Jian asked, Zhu Lin only said that the cold environment would help him practice internal strength, Sui Jian tried it out of curiosity, and found that it was true, the colder the place, the more he could mobilize his internal strength to resist the cold and protect his body .

The two named the stone "Bingshi", and a small corner of the forest in the back mountain became the exclusive practice place for Zhu Lin and Sui Jian.

This day he finished his daily practice, Xie Hanzi stopped him and reminded him: "Come back early today." Seeing that Sui Jian was puzzled, Xie Hanzi smiled and said: "Today is New Year's Eve, we must keep the year old."

Sui simply sat down on the ice rock at the back of the mountain and still hasn't recovered, "Little Zhulin, do you know what day it is today?"——Since the two often practiced together for some reason, Sui Jane reminded Zhu Lin An exclusive title, such a cute name is suitable for him.Zhu Lin didn't agree or disagree. Anyway, no one called him that except Sui Jian, so he let him go.

Zhu Lin thought for a while, "It seems to be New Year's Eve."

Sui Jian said somewhat disappointedly: "It's really New Year's Eve."

Zhu Lin tilted his head in confusion, "What happened on New Year's Eve?"

Seeing his appearance, Sui Jian felt so soft in her heart, hugged him fiercely, rubbed his hair and said, "It's nothing, the master just wants me to go back early."

Zhu Lin didn't realize that he was brutally murdered for a moment, sat up red-faced, and stopped talking to him.

What happened to New Year's Eve?There was nothing wrong with New Year's Eve, it was just that Sui Jian hated this day in the past.

For ordinary people, New Year's Eve may mean happy family, hanging red lanterns and posting Spring Festival couplets, as well as a wide variety of food that is not common on weekdays.

But for a beggar like him, it means more driving away - after all, no one wants to see them during the Chinese New Year, it's bad luck.There are more fights, beggars like Sui Jian and old beggars who do not belong to any gang are the easiest to be bullied, especially during the New Year's Eve days.Sui Jian's ability to steal chickens and dogs was honed by fighting other beggars for food time and time again.

But...it might be different this year.

Sui Jian strolled back to Qingfengju, and Master just walked out leading Guan Yuxiao.

Xie Hanzi said: "It's just in time for me to come back, I was just going to find you." He stretched out a hand and said: "Come on, let's go to have a New Year's Eve dinner."

It turns out that the tradition of Wuwangzong is that the elders bring their disciples together to have a New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve.Everyone is very busy on weekdays, and those who are not busy don't want to go out often, so some people can't see each other once a year.

Even Pang Ye, who was the laziest to go out, and Xie Hanzi, who hated dealing with many people the most, would be present on this day.

Everyone gathered in Qiankuntang, the head of the sect, and they naturally wanted to eat here.When Xie Hanzi and the others arrived at the Qiankun Hall, two large round tables had already been set up in the courtyard, one for the masters and the other for the apprentices.

Tang Yishu greeted him from a distance: "Sui Jian, here."

Sui Jian looked around, he had seen all the people at the disciple's table, needless to say Tang Yishu and Jiang Yang, there were Shen Qiong and her fellow senior sister Yin Xueyao, two charming little girls, and the few days when he went crazy. Zhou Yuanzheng who gave him medicine.

The others were not very familiar with the Sui Jian, so Guan Yuxiao was led to sit in the empty seat next to Tang Yishu and Jiang Yang.

He looked around, and Jiang Yang asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"

Sui Jian lowered her voice and asked, "Why didn't you see Zhu Lin?"

Jiang Yang looked at him strangely, "This is a family feast for the elders and disciples in the sect, and he is no disciple of anyone, what are you doing here?"

Sui Jian was surprised: "Isn't he a disciple of Uncle Song?"

Jiang Yang looked at him with a foolish expression on his face, "Uncle Song hates the Demon Cult the most, how could he be accepted as a disciple."

Sui Jian was despised for no reason, and angrily snatched his flesh.He thought to himself, no wonder he keeps calling him Elder Song Xiaoxi, then where did he learn martial arts?

Tang Yishu served the two of them at the side, and occasionally made a fight, and their side of the entire disciple table was the busiest.

Both Shen Qiong and Yin Xueyao were girls, they were more reserved, they didn't talk much at the dinner table, and occasionally they talked in whispers, only Zhou Yuanzheng sat aside with a straight face, out of tune with others.

Sui Jian was afraid of his embarrassment, so she said to him casually: "By the way, I also want to thank Brother Zhou for giving me the medicine, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to recover now."

Zhou Yuanzheng was taken aback when he heard him talk to him, and then said seriously: "You're welcome, just don't cause trouble to others in the future."

Sui Jian was also taken aback by him, subconsciously said: "Ah, good."

Seeing Zhou Yuanzheng like this, Jiang Yang became angry, and said to Sui Jian: "Don't pay attention to him, he is just as virtuous, he looks like an old man at a young age."

Sui Jian actually didn't care how others treated him. He only felt warm when he heard Jiang Yang explaining this to him, and laughed happily with them again.

Zhou Yuanzheng himself felt that his tone was a bit harsh after he finished speaking, but he couldn't hold back his face and said something else. After he finally finished his psychological construction and wanted to save something, the opposite party had already entered an atmosphere that seemed like he would never be able to blend in. , had no choice but to give up.

He wasn't really indifferent, but he didn't know how to get along with people, and he didn't think about getting close to anyone. Anyway, he was used to working with herbs for so many years.

Pang Ye at the elder's table had been secretly observing his apprentice's every move. Seeing this scene, he supported the table with one hand and covered his face with the wine glass in the other.

Xie Hanzi was startled when he saw his shoulders trembling, pushed him, and found that he was smiling like this, angrily and amusedly said: "I thought you were going crazy, no matter how old you are, you don't have a regular shape .”

Pang Ye raised his flushed face and said to him, "I think your apprentice is quite interesting."

Xie Hanzi said calmly, "Yes."

Pang Ye became a little more normal after being stimulated by his shamelessness, and discussed: "I said, can you let him come to Baicaoju often?"

Xie Hanzi was puzzled, and Pang Ye continued: "I think he will become friends with Guaizi."

Xie Hanzi squinted at him: "Then it should be your boy who often comes to Qingfengju, the cart before the horse, junior."

"Hey, it's not like you don't know what kind of boy you are. You're like a lady from a big family who doesn't go out of the door all the time. Please understand."

"I don't understand."

"Hey you..."

Sui Jian casually ate two bites of food, played with Tang Yishu and the others for a while, and said in a low voice, "I still have something to do, let's go first, help me set up a cover."

Guan Yuxiao looked up and asked, "Where are you going, brother?"

Sui Jian patted his head, raised her index finger and made a silent gesture around her mouth.

Tang Yishu and Jiang Yang blocked him tacitly, and continued talking and laughing. Sui Jian quietly walked to the distance, gave them a thumbs up, and ran away quickly.

Sui Jian performed lightness kung fu and rushed to the back mountain in twice the usual time.He stood on the branch panting slightly, and when he took a closer look, Zhu Lin was indeed here—he bent his legs and hugged them with both hands, with his head resting on his knees, in that familiar posture of wrapping himself up in a ball.

Feeling shy, Sui Jian took off her outer shirt and wrapped Zhu Lin in it from head to toe like that night on the rockery.

Zhu Lin struggled to show his head, looked at him with surprise and said, "Brother, why are you back so soon?"

Sui Jian rarely saw him so happy, pretending to be helpless and said: "Isn't it because I know that there is a little guy hiding here alone, and I came here to spend New Year's Eve with him."

Zhu Lin lowered his head, opened his coat halfway and handed it to Sui Jian, saying, "Brother, come along too, don't freeze."

The clothes were not enough for the two of them to cover together. Sui Jian felt that this position was uncomfortable, so she directly picked him up and hugged him in front of her. The clothes were draped over her body to barely cover the two of them, and said with a smile, "It's okay if this is not the case."

Zhu Lin didn't expect that he would hug her like this, and the base of his ear was instantly stained red. Sui Jian didn't pay attention until he got closer this time, and said in surprise, "Your ears are red."

Zhu Lin's eyelashes trembled slightly: "But, it may be hot, hot." The child was so nervous that he stuttered.

Sui Jian hugged Zhu Lin and swayed her body gently from side to side, looking up at the night sky. There were stars twinkling in the silent night, and the stars stretched to places where the naked eye could not see. A corner of the world seems to have become gentle.

The two cuddled each other to keep warm, and sat under the night for a long time, when bursts of crackling firecrackers suddenly came from the direction of Chengyun City in the distance, it turned out that the time had come before they knew it.

Hearing the sound of firecrackers, Sui Jian got an idea, hugged Zhu Lin and jumped onto the tallest tree around. He had never taken anyone with him, and he was afraid that he would accidentally fall into the small bamboo forest. Fortunately, he didn't lose face in front of him, and the two were stable. fell on the tree trunk.

Zhu Lin hugged Sui Jian's waist tightly, and looked in the direction of his fingers, only to see gorgeous fireworks blooming wantonly in the sky above Chengyun City in the dark night, colorful fireworks one after another, blooming in full bloom, Fell and bloomed again.

Zhu Lin had never seen such a beautiful scene before, and was stunned for a moment.

Sui Jian whispered in his ear: "Little Bamboo Forest, Happy New Year."

Zhu Lin turned his head, and the fireworks in the whole city were reflected in Sui Jian's gentle pupils. Zhu Lin felt a little difficult to breathe for a while, and lowered his head almost in fear to adjust his breathing. He thought he would never forget these eyes , Those are the few good memories in his ill-fated life.

He whispered: "Happy New Year, brother."

It was late at night when Sui Jian returned to Qingfengju, he tiptoed in, afraid of disturbing his master's rest, he never thought that Xie Hanzi was sitting alone at the stone table under the old locust tree drinking wine.

Xie Hanzi took the familiar blue jug, poured himself another glass of wine, and said, "Are you back?"

Sui Jian walked over in two or three steps, knelt down and fell on Master's lap, "Is Master waiting for me?"

Xie Hanzi caressed his head, reached into his bosom with one hand, and took out a string of silver longevity locks. There were a few small silver bells hanging under the small and exquisite locks, which were really pretty.

Xie Hanzi put the longevity lock on his neck and said with satisfaction: "It really suits you."

Sui Jian held the longevity lock in his palm, and heard his master say: "I asked for a longevity lock for you and Yuxiao, the shape is slightly different, but I hope you will be happy and healthy, safe and successful."

Sui Jian's eye circles became hot, and his heart felt sore. He had never cried much since he was sensible. Even if he used to sell miserably and beg on the street, he just howled dryly, but now he really wanted to throw himself into Xie Hanzi's arms and cry for a while. Field, a little indulgence.

Xie Hanzi's embrace was very warm, and there was a fragrance of soap locust on his clothes. He silently and forcefully enveloped all the uneasiness and emotion in Sui Jian's heart, just like he always did.

Sui Jian lay on the bed holding the longevity lock around his neck with both hands. This was his first real year, and there would be many years like today in the future.

He has completely broken away from the past. From today onwards, he is no longer that little beggar Sui Jian, he no longer hesitates, no longer feels uneasy, and he will go on as Xie Hanzi's apprentice.

Sui Jian shook the Changsheng lock lightly, and the sound from the silver bell was very small, clear and crisp, very pleasant in the silent night, he slept soundly with this sound.

Zhu Lin also slept well. In fact, he felt his breath when Sui Jian first arrived near the back mountain. Zhu Lin practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts attainments were much higher than those of Sui Jian who had just started.

But he didn't move, he knew what kind of self could inspire the protective desire in his sympathetic brother.

Sure enough, Sui Jian did not disappoint him, and brought him an extremely warm and fresh New Year's Eve.He saw the fireworks exploding under the starry sky, which was a wonderful scene that he had never had before.

Sui Jian brought him so many surprises, how should he repay him?

Zhu Lin thought about it expressionlessly, and suddenly he had the idea of ​​simply taking him back to the Candle Dragon Cult to be with him for the rest of his life.

With this thought in mind, Zhu Lin had a long-lost dream.

After the New Year's Eve, Sui Jian entered into the busy routine of martial arts practice again. The martial arts conference will be held at the end of June this year, which means that he still has six months to spare. He doesn't want to embarrass his master no matter what.

The spirit of Sui Jian miraculously infected Jiang Yang, and the two often exchanged moves. Jiang Yang practiced martial arts a few years earlier than Sui Jian, and his martial arts moves were more proficient, but Sui Jian was more flexible than Sui Jian. He is also very talented, and even if he fights with Jiang Yang, he can't be defeated.

Tang Yishu would sometimes hold a fan and sit aside to observe the two's movements, and occasionally pointed out the loopholes in the two's moves. After such a period of time, Sui Jian improved significantly, and occasionally even beat Jiang Yang by surprise a few times.

The sky is getting longer, and the winter is still lazily leaving. In spring, a warm wind dyes the earth with a layer of tender green. The grass grows and the warblers fly. It is already March in the world.

Sui Jian's heart has become more and more anxious in the past few days. It is so hard for him to win the competition with the disciples of this sect, let alone the disciples of other sects who are not familiar with the methods of martial arts.

Tang Yishu warned him not to be so aggressive, and be careful not to go crazy again.

Jiang Yang was also worried about him, so he waved his hands and said, "Don't practice, don't practice anymore, combining work and rest is the right way."

Sui Jian could only temporarily give up the idea of ​​looking for them to feed him.

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