seven relics

This homesick gate is not only hidden deep in the bamboo forest, but also a thick wooden door with a fingerprint lock. The first thing that catches everyone's eyes is a gully of water, green as emerald jade, with flowers and trees on both sides of the embankment. There is no house in sight, but in the frost and autumn season, there is only an old osmanthus tree that is fragrant. Under the old osmanthus tree is a black awning boat tied to it, and a man dressed as a boatman wearing a straw hat is waiting beside the awning boat.Xiao Fang led the group onto the boat, and the five of them sat on both sides of the wupeng boat. It was only after a row of green willows that it revealed its beauty.

At this time, Xiao Fang pointed to a location on the other side of the small building, and said: "That is the residence of Mr. Xiang Hongtu, Zhenliu Pavilion, which is taken from Xiuyuan."

Lian Jiangyue looked in the direction he was pointing at, but at first she didn't see any pavilions, until the boat made two more bends and crossed a stone arch bridge, he saw a half-length waterfront hut that was almost suspended in the air. Daiwa, pink and white walls, green screen window covers, and rhombic window patterns.The boat sailed for another ten minutes, and Xiao Fang introduced a group of buildings behind a hedge on the right bank, where you can see not only two two-story buildings, but also two gazebos, several thatched-roof farmhouses, and The previous Zhenliu Pavilion is similar. The pavilions and pavilions are also of an antique style with cornices and corners, but these buildings are more simple. There are a few plowed fields inside the fence, where some chickens and ducks are idling, and there are more flowers and trees behind the fence. , are all begonias, and a few thin and small lilac trees grow next to the embankment.Among the farmhouses in the good field, several people could be seen, all young men and women, or digging the soil in the fields, or trimming the branches of flowers and trees, or feeding chickens and ducks.

A flock of gray ducks swam past the boat.Qing Yeshuang leaned against the side of the boat, Lian Jiangyue introduced him to Xiaofang as a friend before, Qing Yeshuang asked him if he could borrow a place to stay, and Lian Jiangyue took him into homesickness.At this time, with the breeze blowing, he said leisurely: "Lian Jiangyue, I didn't expect your family to be so rich. Where is this home? This is clearly a garden."

Xiao Fang smiled and said: "The one with a lot of flowers is the place where Mister Meng Zhong lives. It is called Shu Jinxiu. The old man's first wife is from Sichuan. He left early, and the old man always misses her very much. "Y, X, Z, L.

He pointed to a hill in front of him, on which a fairy tower could be seen, and he said: "That's the place where Chairman Xiang Yiyi lived in the past. Homesickness made his fortune in Xiaodongmen Dyeing Workshop, and that place is called Dongmen Dongtian .”

Qing Yeshuang put up a canopy on her forehead, watched from a distance, and said, "Wow, I live high and can see far, so I'm the chairman of the board."

They passed the fairy building in a short time, and soon came to a pool of quiet waves, surrounded by lotus leaves in the distance, surrounded by rockery on the shore, like a dragon, behind the mountain there are bamboo forests, the blue sky is clear, and the fragrance in the air is lingering .

Xiao Fang said: "This is the residence arranged for a few of you, Yiyou Waterside Pavilion."

What he was talking about was a small building facing the lake. The small building was divided into two floors, and the terrace on the first floor was next to the clear lake with lotus flowers.The black boat came to the shore, and Xiao Fang led the crowd to a corridor, which meandered upwards, approached the small building, and connected to a row of ten steps, the end of which was the second floor of the small building. There is a plain plaque "Yi You" hanging in the hall, and there are two couplets on the left and right pillars. The upper couplet is "three points of the world with a bright moon night", and the second couplet is "the lake surface has no wind mirror and has not been polished".

Xingshan looked at it and said, "It's all the sentences of Yongyue."

Xiao Fang said: "This is the water pavilion specially built by the chairman when he built this garden ten years ago."

When he said this, Quan Suya came out from behind a screen, followed by two young women. The three of them took a lot of fruit refreshments and set them up on a rosewood table in the hall.Xiao Fang said: "Then I won't disturb everyone." Then he left.

As soon as he left, Quan Suya was the one who took the lead again, and warmly greeted: "Third Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother, Master Ma, sit down."

She looked at Qing Yeshuang, looked at her with a smile, and asked, "Who is this new friend?"

"This is a friend of your third senior brother." Xing Shan said.

Qing Yeshuang smiled at Xing Shan, sat down first, grabbed a piece of amber walnut and ate it, licked the corner of her mouth, and said: "Xing Shan, why do these words sound so special? We are also friends of life and death. .”

He was about to stab Xing Shan with his elbow, but Xing Shan smiled and avoided him, and sat down beside him.Ever since seeing this Qing Yeshuang, Xingshan felt mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, he was happy that Qing Yeshuang was not dead, he didn't have too many murders in his hand, and the worry was that he couldn't figure out this Qing Yeshuang's smiling face What kind of thoughts are hidden underneath, and I am even more worried about whether he will say something to Lian Jiangyue...

Quan Suya blinked her eyes cleverly, moved to the side of Xingshan Mountain, and said, "Huh? What's the story here, tell me quickly!"

Xing Shan hurriedly changed the subject, put on a straight face, and said, "It's fine if you come to learn painting with Xiang Meng Zhong, why do you still come to help the homesick people to recruit your pity brother? They used to ignore him, but now Now that they want Yiyi to make such a will, they treat him as a distinguished guest, can’t you see how these people are capable of being a red-topped and white-faced person? They are still messing around, Senior Brother Lian usually loves you for nothing? "

Quan Suya blinked her eyes, waved the two young women back, cupped her face, looked at Xing Shan and said, "Fourth Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother is not angry yet, why are you angry?" She pouted at Lian Jiangyue , suddenly raised his voice, and said, "No, no, can't you call me senior brother? Senior sister called me and told me..."

Lian Jiangyue stroked Quan Suya's hair, picked a cherry to eat, and said, "Call it whatever you want." He looked at Xingshan, "There's nothing to be angry about."

Xingshan wasn't angry, it was just fifteen buckets fetching water, up and down, trying to avoid the topic of Qing Yeshuang, so he thoughtlessly criticized Quan Suya.

Quan Suya smiled, poured tea for everyone, and shared the candied pastries on the plate.Ma Zun also sat down, drank a big sip of tea, and said: "It's my first time here, I usually only heard that Homesick is a famous family in Yangzhou, but I didn't expect the family business to be so big, it's an eye-opener. "

Earlier, Qing Yeshuang knew about his life experience from Lian Jiangyue, but now that he saw Homesick's deep house, he couldn't help saying to Lian Jiangyue: "You just inherit this family business and forget it. If you are a prodigal, you are a prodigal." Your family business will never end in a lifetime." He rolled his eyes: "You said this family is full of such young and juicy handymen, I think the genes of this homesick man are really bad." He laughed Then he said, "If you don't like men, can you give them a boy and a half girl?"

Lian Jiangyue didn't pick up his words, and asked Quan Suya, "Where do people live?"

Quan Suya said: "The third senior brother's bedroom is at the back, and the others' are downstairs. I'll take you to have a look."

She took everyone to see their respective rooms.There is only one bedroom on the second floor, which is spacious and bright, and it is arranged for Lian Jiangyue. There are three guest rooms on the first floor, which are obviously arranged in a hurry. The three rooms are next to each other, namely Xingshan, Qing Ye Shuang and Ma Zun's residence, there is a corridor outside the room is the water pavilion, if you want to go out, you have to go back to the second floor and pass the hall.

After Qing Yeshuang looked around, she rubbed her knees and vomited bitterness with Lian Jiangyue: "To get out of this building, I have to climb up and down. My knees can't stand it, it hurts so much, I can talk to you." Would you like to change rooms?"

Lian Jiangyue had no objection.Quan Suya said: "Are you burnt? You are still wearing a bandage, are you still not healed? Do you need me to find someone to take care of you?"

Qing Yeshuang smiled and said: "It's okay, I can do my daily life, but I have to change the medicine every day. It's a bit troublesome at that time, but let's forget it, I don't want to scare people." He looked down at his hands, also I had nothing to say, and followed everyone back to the second floor, and sat down in the hall, the figure looked a little lonely.

It was still early in the day, and Quan Suya suggested that she take everyone on a homesick tour, Qing Yeshuang responded positively, Xingshan naturally refused to leave him an inch, and agreed, Lian Jiangyue had no objection, Ma Zun was cautious in the end, worried Homesickness played the trick of inviting the king into the urn, and set up a trap secretly, so he followed suit.

Ma Zun also specially instructed Lian Jiangyue to say: "There are many trees here, and there are rockery to hide the eyes, and I miss my family's own territory, so be careful in everything."

He also said, "You might as well keep that sword with you for self-defense."

However, Lian Jiangyue said: "That sword is for dealing with Wuzangtong, and I'm afraid it's useless against people." He added, "As for whether they will do anything to the secret, let's take one step at a time. I don't think I have any So easy to die."

After finishing speaking, he smiled, pointed to a gazebo and asked Quan Suya: "What is the name of that place? What is it used for?"

Quan Suya explained the name and origin of the gazebo.So, this afternoon, everyone was traveling around the mountains and rivers, listening to allusions and stories. In the evening, when they returned to the Yiyou Water Pavilion, a boatman was waiting on the shore, and sent a message saying that they were homesick. Two old gentlemen invited Lian Jiang Go for a home-cooked meal.

Qing Yeshuang laughed when she heard this, and said: "I'm afraid we won't have the home-cooked meal." He went back to the water pavilion.

Xingshan looked at Lian Jiangyue, and whispered: "Brother, be careful, food and other things will be used by others first."

Ma Zunyi gave a cautious look, Lian Jiangyue and followed the boatman away.

This home-cooked meal was eaten in Jinxiu, Sichuan. It was really home-cooked. There were only Xiang Hongtu, Xiang Meng Zhong and Lian Jiangyue on the table, four dishes and one soup, two meat and two vegetables, and a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

"It's all home-grown side dishes, free-range chickens, and freshly caught fish." Xiang Meng Zhong said while sitting in the host's seat, holding up his chopsticks.

Although it is a home-cooked dish, it is delicious in color, fragrance, and makes people's index fingers twitch. Lian Jiangyue picked up the rice bowl and ate with vegetables.Xiang Hongtu poured three glasses of wine, distributed them in front of everyone, and said, "I brought this wine."

Lian Jiangyue took another sip of the wine, it was clear and sweet, and he said: "Good wine."

Meng Zhong said at this time: "Jiang Yue, I can understand your feelings very well. You have been wandering abroad for more than 20 years, and we have ignored you, but now we accept you because of a will. Will you Saying something like that to make fun of us, we can understand."

"Sarcasm?" Lian Jiangyue was eating fried crucian carp with scallions, and thought of Meng Zhong: "What I told you didn't mean any sarcasm."

Xiang Hongtu smiled and poured wine for Lian Jiangyue: "Actually, this girl who likes men and women has nothing to do with raising the next generation."

Lian Jiangyue looked at the two of them, and said: "It seems that the two have united the front."

Xiang Hongtu took a look at Meng Zhong, stroked his palm, and said to Lian Jiangyue, "Okay, you are straightforward, then I will get straight to the point. What do you think about this will? After all, we are a family. Uncle will support any decision you make."

Lian Jiangyue asked the two of them: "Do you have any photos of Xiang Huanong? I heard that this garden was built only ten years ago. There must be no place where she lives. I want to go and see where she lived before."

Thinking of Meng Zhongdao: "The old house has been demolished a long time ago." He got up on crutches, and said: "There are still old photos." He walked out of the dining room.

While Xiang Hongtu was drinking, his eyes suddenly burst into tears: "Sister, I remember..."

He wiped the corners of his eyes, drank another glass of wine, and said, "Her handwork is very skillful, and her father likes her the most, but she is also...the child who hurt her father the most."

Lian Jiangyue ate the fried chicken with chestnuts in the bowl, and said, "Because she got pregnant first before marriage?"

Xiang Hongtu looked at him, clapped his hands on his knees, and said, "Your generation may not understand this kind of thing. You young people have few scruples and live very freely." He patted Lian Jiangyue's face. Knee, "Jiang Yue, I know you don't want to be trapped in one place. After you left Bian's house, you traveled all over the world. You are also a free person, just like the eldest sister..."

"Maybe it's like Wuzangtong." Lian Jiangyue said, "He also doesn't want to be bound by the scabbard."

Xiang Hongtu frowned: "Don't mention it, let's not mention the old things."

He toasted, Lian Jiangyue also toasted, and the two had a toast. At this moment, Meng Zhong came back with a black and white photo.This is a family portrait of Zhang. The whole family is divided into two rows. The first row is full of children, and the second row is full of similar-looking men.

There are only two women in the photo, one is a middle-aged woman standing next to a majestic middle-aged man in the middle of the second row, with her head bowed and her hands clasped, and the other is a thin and thin woman standing on the far right of the first row The girl also lowered her head and clasped her hands.

"Which one is her?" Lian Jiangyue asked.

Xiang Meng Zhong said: "Brother burned all the photos and portraits of Hua Nong. Look at the tower behind here. This is where she lived at that time. I looked and I could vaguely see a figure."

Lian Jiangyue looked at it, but couldn't see why, so she continued to eat vegetables and drink soup.Xiang Meng Zhong and Xiang Hongtu exchanged glances, Xiang Hongtu smiled and said, "Today is just a reunion dinner."

Thinking of Meng Zhong also smiled, with a bit of bitterness: "What a big family in the past, but now there are only three of us left. Is the foundation of these hundreds of years really going to be broken here?"

Lian Jiangyue didn't say another word.

At this time, Xing Shan and the others were dining together on the second floor of Yiyou Water Pavilion.Quan Suya grabbed Ma Zun and asked, "I heard that you and Master He were going to take my third senior brother back to Bian's house in Minshi, but he went berserk. If you didn't stop him, he almost killed someone?"

Ma Zundao: "The situation at that time was a bit complicated, and the atmosphere was tense. Both of us did have killing intentions."

Looking at Quan Suya, Xingshan couldn't help defending Lian Jiangyue: "Where did you hear it? Don't easily believe other people's one-sided words."

Qing Yeshuang said: "I heard what Lian Jiangyue said, he couldn't control himself for a while, maybe he really went crazy, and when he killed someone, we just didn't know."

Ma Zun said: "As far as I know, he has never killed anyone."

Xing Shan said: "It's not that there is no hidden harm in his shadow, how could senior brother have the intention to kill someone."

Qing Yeshuang cupped her hands and begged for mercy: "Junior Xingshan, you are right, what your senior brother did was right, he couldn't have made a mistake, couldn't have thought of killing someone, and couldn't have killed someone."

His mouth was "killing", "right or wrong", Xingshan felt terrified when he heard it, he was a little ashamed to face him, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Quan Suya said softly: "I don't know if Third Senior Brother has thought about it or not." She looked at Xing Shan: "Senior Brother Xingshan, Third Senior Brother likes men, did you already know?"

Qing Yeshuang tapped the bowl with her chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Little sister! Can't you see how your brother Xingshan cares for your third brother?"

Xing Shan's face turned green: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qing Yeshuang went to see Ma Zun: "Master Ma, tell me, otherwise, why would this little brother look for Lian Jiangyue all over the world, and if he found it, he would follow him all the time, and would not go back to Bian's house to work, and would throw it away like a piece of brown candy." Can't get rid of it, is it because of the friendship between seniors and brothers? You are also a member of the rivers and lakes, and I am afraid you also have seniors. Tell me, if it were you, you..."

Faced with this topic, Ma Zun was embarrassed for a while, and before he finished listening to Qing Yeshuang, he coughed twice, got up and said he was going to rest, and went downstairs.

Quan Suya looked at Qing Yeshuang: "Then what is the relationship between you and the third senior brother? You seem to be very clear about his affairs."

Qing Yeshuang folded her arms with a smile, and said: "Don't look at me like this now, I used to be beautiful, alas, you said that if your third senior brother and I go to register abroad, he will inherit such a big family, we can be regarded as husband and wife Common property?"

"Listen to you, your relationship..." Quan Suya looked at Xingshan, trying to get an answer from him, Xingshan ate in a muffled voice without moving her eyelids.

Qing Yeshuang patted Quan Suya again, and said, "Junior Junior Sister, tell me again what this homesick thing does, and what kind of business does it involve?"

This Qing Yeshuang really wanted to find out the origin of his homesickness, he was thinking, this is what he promised Yuan Junfan to do, if Lian Jiangyue has some sweetness here, how could he just ignore it?Is there anything better and more intimate than money in the world?

He pulled Quan Suya to ask questions, he had a sharp tongue and was good at clichés, and the conversation with Quan Suya was very lively, but the hiking was gradually neglected by the two of them, and they ate some food casually before leaving the table.He reached the first floor, entered his room, washed up a little, then turned off the light and lay down on the bed.Not long after, he heard noises coming from the next door, and he knew that Lian Jiangyue had returned, and he paid attention to the movement upstairs, and when there was a sound of footsteps, he became frightened, for fear that Qing Yeshuang was going to go downstairs Come to Lian Jiangyue to complain.

The sound of footsteps rose and stopped for a while, disturbing Xingshan tossing and turning, making it difficult to calm down, Qing Yeshuang's every frown, smile, and every move during the day seemed to be in his mind, as if every word of his had a hidden meaning, every movement had a meaning Deep meaning, all implying something - all implying that he is holding on to him and can hold him to death.As long as Qing Yeshuang lives for a day, he will not have a day to live in peace...

Xingshan's phone vibrated.It was Qu Jiuchuan again, and Wuzangtong again—he asked Xingshan, have you considered it?

Xing Shan sat up, clutching his phone, sitting in the dark, hugging his knees tightly, shivering, feeling a burst of fear in his heart.What he is afraid of is not Wuzangtong, what he is afraid of is that Qing Yeshuang will go and tell Lian Jiangyue that he let go of him in the laboratory, he is afraid that Lian Jiangyue will regard him as a vicious murderer from now on, brother Will you be disappointed in him?Will you ignore him from now on?

Even if the senior brother was occupied by Wuzangtong, he didn't kill anyone when he was under Wuzangtong's control... But he, he easily became murderous, and he even put it into action.

Xing Shan gasped for breath, and suddenly he thought again, this Qing Yeshuang should have died a long time ago, look at the bandages on his hands, look at how painful he is when he walks, look at how he can only slightly eat when he eats. Mouth open, wrist raised only slightly, look at him avoiding the pool, avoiding any reflective object that could show his image.He is living in pain, and he is tortured by his current ugly appearance, and death may be a relief for him!

Following this line of thought, Xing Shan became more and more excited as he thought about it. He couldn't sit still any longer, so he slipped out of the house lightly, went up to the second floor, turned out a window in the corridor, climbed onto the roof, and lifted the roof tiles. Jumped off the beam, squatted on the beam and looked down, Qing Yeshuang had already fallen asleep on the bed.He went down to the ground, his lightness kung fu in mountain climbing was top-notch, and he climbed silently all the way. When he reached Qing Yeshuang's bedside, he took out the dagger he got in Shitou village, but after a second thought, Rolled away from the bed again, turned outside the building, broke a branch, turned back into the house, hung upside down on the beam, covered Qing Yeshuang's mouth with one hand, swiped with the other, the branch cut Qing Ye Shuang's throat, Qing Yeshuang woke up suddenly, his eyes widened to grab Xingshan, his mouth opened wide to shout, but he couldn't grab anything, and couldn't shout anything.He was completely quiet in no time at all—the blood loss was too fast, too much.Qing Yeshuang rolled her eyelids, her eyes widened, this time her soul really returned to Jiuquan.

Xing Shan turned out of the building again, threw the branch into the water, checked that his body was not stained with blood, went back to his room, and fell asleep peacefully.