Still pity the grass and trees

There are crying sounds, intermittent, dull and regular, just like the buzzing of some autumn insects, it is not clear, but it makes people feel blocked and their eyes are sore.

Ji Tanyin pushed open the window, and the sound of mourning became clearer, coming from the front yard. "What happened?" he asked.

Hua Yueying stepped forward, stood side by side with him, listened for a while, and said: "The bodyguards who died eight days ago, the family members came to identify the corpses."

The bodyguards of Xiongtu Escort Bureau are divided into five ranks, red head, yellow head, black head, big bodyguard, and general bodyguard, and they are promoted in order.That night in the battle with the night demon, he was ordered to rush to the front, so the person who suffered the most casualties was the lowest-ranked red-headed bodyguard.All of them came from poor backgrounds, or were orphans, or came from remote areas.Ji Tanyin has a little impression of some of them. At around twenty years old, her martial arts are ordinary, and she loves to talk harmless big words. Her wish is to become a big bodyguard as soon as possible, get a commission from the business of the bodyguard bureau, and then wash her hands and return home.

"Li Escort is considered benevolent and righteous, and he was buried generously. If the elderly in the family are still alive, they will be compensated with 20 taels of silver and kept for support."

Ji Tanyin had mixed feelings in his heart, and he pinched the window sill tightly with his white fingertips, and asked in a low voice: "Where's the night devil? After that night, where else has it been seen?"

"No. We have a large number of people. I guess he would not dare to go alone rashly. He must be dormant near the left, waiting to join the congregation of the West Fan Sect. At that time, the two will be able to fight."

Ji Tanyin was suspicious, and asked: "According to the situation in the past few months, the Xifan sect likes sneak attacks in the middle of the night, setting fire to poison, and willing to fight us head-on?"

"Don't worry, even if they don't want to, the martial arts sects that have suffered heavy casualties will also take revenge. Now that Ming Biaohua and Hu Han have arrived in Xiangyang, they are waiting for the martial arts conference to be held and the leader of the martial arts will be publicly elected. The next step is It is to gather disciples from various sects and go deep into Yunnan to destroy the lair of the Xifan sect."

"When is the martial arts conference?"

"Seven days later. Now that the Xuandaomen and the Xiongtu Escorts are fighting against each other, Escort Li will meet head Zhai again in the next day and force him to withdraw from the hegemony."

"is it possible?"

Hua Yueying chuckled lightly: "Who knows."

Ji Tanyin was silent for a while, his face fluctuated slightly, and his tone hesitated: "Then, Ye Mo...is it really certain that he must die?"

Hua Yueying patted him on the shoulder, and replied tactfully; "This is a catastrophe in the martial arts world, and it must be eliminated. His Supreme Dafa is extremely terrifying. You have seen it with your own eyes. In the final decisive battle, there is no telling how many people will be killed or injured."

"Maybe he can regain his mind, what if?" Ji Tanyin became excited, his white lips trembling slightly, "When the time comes, let me talk to him, maybe Master—he, he can remember."

"Isn't that more cruel?" Hua Yueying looked at him, calm and almost cold, "His hands are already stained with the blood of innocent people, and a deep hatred has been planted. It makes no difference whether it is Ji Heng or not? If he really Once you regain your sanity and know what you have done, the only way left is to apologize with your own body."

Ji Tanyin bit her lower lip suddenly, and then let go after a while, her mouth half-opened in panic, unable to utter a rebuttal.

"Xiao Ji, you are a person who values ​​love and righteousness. Listen to my sister, your master's fall into the devil has nothing to do with you, so don't be sad and blame yourself." Hua Yueying took his hand and advised him to go out more and relax. , "I'm always locked in the house, so I can't help thinking wildly. I heard that the hibiscus in the backyard is blooming just right, let's take a look."

The light fragrance of flowers filled the air. In the elegantly decorated boudoir, Zhai Yingshi bent his knees and curled up comfortably on the chair, holding an anthology in his hand.Xin Ling half-kneeled on her side, with her arms folded on the armrest, her chin resting on the back of her hand, looking up at her intently and eagerly, urging: "Read one more song, miss."

She is illiterate and does not understand poetry, but she likes to hear Zhai Yingshi's voice, and she likes to read these beautiful words and sentences in a lingering tone.

After reading all afternoon, her throat was dry and hoarse, Zhai Yingshi poked Xin Ling's forehead, and smiled helplessly and softly: "Okay."

She turned over a page of the book in her hand, and read softly: "Ecstasy, after the pond farewell, Zeng Xingchu, green and light skirt. At this time, holding plain hands, among the scattered flowers and catkins, walking slowly on the fragrant grass. Zhu Yankong changed himself and asked Year after year, the fragrance grows new. Going all over the green fields, wandering around and getting drunk, never lose your youth. 【Note】”

After listening to it, Xinling frowned in distress: "I don't like this one, it's too bleak. What's it about?"

Zhai Yingshi closed the book, feeling lost for a moment: "Talk about missing your lover."

Xin Ling kept staring at Miss, this slight change did not escape her eyes, her heart ached, she asked angrily, "Are you thinking about that idiot Li Chengyang?"

Zhai Yingshi did not deny it: "I haven't been out for a while, I wonder if Young Master Li still goes to Baitaoxi every day to wait."

"You don't care about him! Anyway, the master will not betroth you to that apprentice, his father is fighting with the master to be the leader. Hmph, daydreaming, and don't look at how much you are." Xin Ling crackled. , suddenly noticed a slip of the tongue, and hastily covered his mouth with his hand.

Zhai Yu and Zhou Xiaowan had ordered that the maids were not allowed to reveal to their daughters the current situation of the two tigers fighting in Xiangyang City.When the family had dinner, the couple were cheerful and showed no abnormal behavior, so Zhai Yingshi knew nothing about the situation outside.

The admonition of the old man in the dense forest that day echoed in her ears again, and she felt a pang of anxiety and stood up from the armchair.Xin Ling then stood up and asked inexplicably, "Miss, are you thirsty?"

Zhai Yingshi shook her head and paced back and forth in the room. Xin Ling followed her step by step, feeling bitter in her heart: "Miss, do you really like Li Chengyang? If that's the case, when you get married, I will also marry you in order to prevent him from bullying you!"

When Zhai Yingshi heard this childish nonsense, she was both moved and amused, and joked: "What are you doing with me? You have also reached the age of leaving the court. Wait for me to tell my parents and find a good family for you."

Xin Ling's eyes widened in disbelief, and she jumped up and wrapped her around Miss, her moist palm pressed against her skin, like the lingering moisture in the rainy season, surrounding Zhai Yingshi.

"I don't want to get married! I want to be with Miss all my life!"

"Look how scared you are, I'm just kidding you, don't take it seriously." Zhai Yingshi gently opened the girl's hand, and fondled her hair.

"Then what are you bothering about?" Xin Ling's body was still tense, her round eyes were full of concern, "Since I went to see that old friend who didn't know whether it was a human or a ghost, you have often sighed."

Zhai Yingshi avoided her gaze, pursed her lips, walked back to the table and sat down, picked up the half-embroidered shoe pattern and gestured, apparently absent-minded.Xin Ling stood silently for a while, planning to get some fresh snacks for the lady, and was about to leave when Zhai Yingshi suddenly looked at her, and said with a wry smile: "If someone outside wants to kill me, would you believe it?"

Sandwiched between the flower garden and the pine forest, there is a wide stone bench for enjoying the scenery.At this time, the hibiscus was in full bloom, and was blown by the autumn wind, and fell to the side of the stone bench. The branches and leaves swept the men and women who were embracing each other intimately, causing a rustling sound.

Ming Yan straddled Xie Wufeng's lap, wrapped his fair hands around his neck, and offered her bright red lips.

A pungent smell of makeup and powder came over, Xie Wufeng frowned slightly, avoiding her kiss.Ming Yan didn't feel annoyed, hehe smiled and printed her red lips on the opponent's forehead, followed by eyebrows, eyelids, and bridge of nose.

Xie Wufeng lowered his eyes, resisting the discomfort of the sticky liquid on his face, and his irritability became more and more intense.He put his right hand around Ming Yan's slender waist, and his left hand perfunctorily squeezed two times on the other's high chest, then slipped down along the line, got into the soft inner garment, and groped for what he had seen before.

Ming Yan licked and kissed him all the way, trying her best to make this man emotional, when her lips were about to touch, her movements froze suddenly, she put her hand into her skirt, and pressed the back of Xie Wufeng's hand.

The four eyes met, the charm in the woman's eyes disappeared in an instant, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

She held Xie Wufeng's wrist and pulled it hard, and with a "chick", something broke.

Xie Wufeng lowered his head to look, and saw that his fingertips were pinching a red rope, and a sachet was tied to the end of the rope, on which was embroidered a pair of men and women who were going right, lifelike and very fragrant.

how come?Xie Wufeng was stunned, his pupils shrank violently.He clearly saw that rosewood token!How can it become a sachet embroidered with pictures in a blink of an eye?

Ming Yan smiled, and grasped Xie Wufeng's shoulder understandingly, but retracted his body a little, in a defensive posture. "It turns out that Mr. Xie is so impatient, it's not because of me, but because of this?" She took the sachet from Xie Wufeng's hand, held it between her light white fingers, and hung it between the two of them.With the autumn wind, the pictures in the picture rotated and swayed, cutting each other's eyes into fragments.

After a brief moment of stupefaction, Xie Wufeng regained his composure, slightly raised one corner of his lips.He let go of the hand holding Ming Yan, leaned his upper body back slightly, and leaned against the wood hibiscus behind him, still showing that unscrupulous look, and didn't intend to explain the weird behavior just now.

Mingyan's smile became stiff because she lasted too long, and her eyes gradually changed, becoming sharp, provocative, and a little smug, as if an inappropriate mask had been removed from her face, revealing her true ferocious face.

Xie Wufeng squinted at her, unexpectedly this woman was more difficult to deal with than imagined.Today, I was careless for a while, but followed the other party's way, and startled the snake.

Just thinking about how to solve the predicament, a scold came from not far away: "What are you doing in broad daylight!"

The two turned their heads in unison, and saw Hua Yueying standing three feet away, glaring at them with an angry face, Ji Tanyin followed beside him, staggering stiffly and awkwardly, with his arms firmly attached to his sides, trying his best to maintain his demeanor.

Xie Wufeng took a breath impatiently, it was difficult to explain this situation in a few words, so he had to coax people first, and then he called out "A Yin", but was interrupted by Ming Yan's coquettish anger: "Young Master Ji, you step back Some, step on the flowers Mr. Xie gave me!"

Ji Tanyin lowered her head, and there was a pale pink hibiscus flower at her feet, which was just picked, and it was still full of vitality and coquettish.The soft light of the sunset made the petals very tender, but for some reason, this color hurt his eyes.A resentment rose from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to trample the flower into pieces, grind it into the soil, make it dirty and smelly, and it would be best to disappear forever...Ji Tanyin raised his foot, paused, somewhat hastily take a step back.

He felt that he was about to lose control, his nose and eyes were sore, he gave Xie Wufeng a bitter look, turned and left.

That look made Xie Wufeng furious, he tore Ming Yan away from his lap, and called out: "A Yin!"

Ming Yan's pretentious exclamation and Hua Yueying's "undisciplined" accusation came from behind, Xie Wufeng caught up with Ji Tanyin in three or two steps, and wanted to pull his wrist, but Ji Tanyin swung him away, with a strong nasal voice: "Don't touch me! "

"you listen to me!"

Ji Tanyin stopped slowly, turned his back to him and said nothing, shoulders shrugged slightly.

Xie Wufeng glanced back, knowing that the distance was still within the hearing range of the other two, hesitated for a while, and said: "I..."

This brief hesitation shattered Ji Tanyin's last hope. He was so angry that his fingertips trembled. He turned around and said angrily, "You still have to argue, you, you, you..."

"The thief!"

Shi Potian was startled, Xie Wufeng made him stunned by scolding, never thought that these two words could fall on his head, he asked dully: "What did you say?"

"The lewd thief, the lewd thief, the lewd thief!" Ji Tanyin took a deep breath, raised her hand and pulled out the silver hairpin that tied her hair, broke it with a "click", and threw it heavily on the ground.

Xie Wufeng's gaze drifted down the hairpin that was broken in two, and he stared at it for a while, his expression gradually gloomy, and when he looked up again, Ji Tanyin had disappeared.

He was used to sloppiness, and after being scolded by Ji Tanyin, he also felt a little annoyed, so he chose a remote road and left in a huff.After walking a few steps, he turned back, picked up the broken hairpin covered in mud, and put it roughly into his sleeve.

Across the woods, Hua Yueying could still hear scolding: "How many times have I told you, you have no shame!"