burn snow

The winter in Buxingyi seems to be as long as a lifetime.

People are looking forward and looking forward, finally looking forward to spring.Although there is no revival of everything this spring, the scene of flowers blooming, the earth is still dry, and the sky is still gloomy. Except for a little heat, it is no different from winter, but this is enough.

As the weather gets hotter, there are no longer so many frozen bones on the road. People feel comfortable sleeping and work more vigorously. Even the conversations on the streets are louder than in winter.

Jiang Bai entered the city at Maoshi, and the sky in the lower city was not yet bright.

The red lights on the street are all burning, but the night is not so dark, so the brilliance of the lights cannot be displayed.They swayed in the belated spring breeze, forming a fading red, like the faded rouge on a girl's face, with a bit of desolation.

The wine shop has opened for business, and all the wines sold here are cheap wines. Because the brewing materials are expensive in recent years, except for the old wines stored in the past, the new wines are not very tasty.

The shopkeeper is not young, he seems to be 50 years old, and he is urging the accountant to settle yesterday's accounts as soon as possible.

The accountant yawned and nodded again and again, looked up, and suddenly saw a person walking in from the gate. He was dressed in black and had black hair, no accessories on his body, plainly dressed, but his face was very eye-catching.The accountant was stunned, and the abacus in his hand fell off unconsciously, and the shopkeeper followed his gaze and was also stunned.

"Guest officer, do you want to buy wine?"

"What good wine is there?" Jiang Baizhou sat down at a table diagonally opposite the door, where he could see pedestrians on the street.

The shopkeeper pushed the waiter away and came to serve him in person: "We have all kinds of wine, as long as you can call it famous, we have everything here. The old wine is a little more expensive, and the new wine is good and cheap." Where did you come from? Yangcheng? Although the weather has gotten warmer, it's still cold in the morning, why don't you... bring you a pot of daughter's red to drive away the cold?"

Jiang Baizhou nodded.

The wine was already warm when it was delivered. The wine bowl on the table was as big as an open palm. He filled the bowl and drank it in one gulp.

The shopkeeper praised "Guests have a good drinker capacity", Jiang Baizhou did not say a word, filled the second bowl, and still drank it all in one gulp.

At this moment, a group of people gathered outside the restaurant door, shouting and noisy, very lively.The shopkeeper suddenly showed displeasure, walked over and waved his hands: "Get out! Get out quickly! Don't block my business, a bunch of poor people who can't afford alcohol, come to occupy other people's territory every day! An eyesore!"

There were seven or eight people outside the door, including young people and teenagers, ordinary people in ordinary clothes, and little beggars in ragged clothes. They all gave a "bah" to the shopkeeper: "The street outside the door is also your territory? Shameless! "

"That's right! This is everyone's territory!"

"Let's talk about ourselves, don't talk to him!"

"Where did it come from?"

"Master Hu is furious, and Song Xiaoren is reduced to a lost dog!"

"Yes, yes, let me continue..."

Jiang Baizhou put down his wine bowl and called the shopkeeper over, "What are they talking about?"

The shopkeeper was very polite to him: "The guest officer doesn't know? Half a year ago, the fire broke out and civil strife broke out. Song Tianqing, the former second head of the family, was kicked out of Luoshan. The current person in charge is Hu Da head, Hu Chongshan. The name of a big leader is actually a deputy, and there is another military adviser behind him, who is the direct disciple of the senior Tang Chunkai. This person is in charge of all the affairs of Huanghuo, but he rarely shows up, and no one knows his name."

Dragon Ying?Jiang Baizhou was stunned for a moment.

The shopkeeper said: "That day, there was fierce fighting in the wilderness. Song Tianqing couldn't escape, but he took refuge in Feiguang Temple as a lackey early on, and someone came to help him, so he saved his life."

Jiang Baizhou heard some unusual implication, and couldn't help asking: "Is the wild fire very powerful now? Why does Feiguang Temple avoid its edge and not take the opportunity to attack Luoshan?"

The shopkeeper smiled, laughing that he was so ignorant, but he had no malice, and patiently said: "Huanghuo has already grown countless times, and it is very difficult to deal with. Besides, Feiguang Hall is also in civil strife, and Huang Qiyu, the master of Jishumen, Breaking away from Ji Shixiong's control to set up his own family, Ji Shixiong is too busy to take care of himself, and his eyebrows are imminent."

Jiang Baizhou took a sip of wine slowly, smacked it tastelessly, and realized belatedly that "Luoshan" used to be a secret that few people knew, but the shopkeeper talked about it as if it was just a secret. A common place name.

Is it because it has been made public?Then the wild fire has indeed grown stronger, and there is no need to hide anymore.

The shopkeeper in the store told him about it, and the group of noisy boys outside the store were also talking about Huanghuo and Feiguang Temple, and only one of them said: "If you want to talk about Huanghuo, Ji Yunchan is indispensable. I have seen it before. Miss Ji, she is very different from ordinary girls!"

Someone asked: "What's the difference?"

The man said: "The temperament is different, she is heroic, decisive and sharp. The appearance is also different, she is tall and mighty, stronger than men!"

"Cough..." Jiang Baizhou choked on his drink and coughed a few times.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Guest officer, are you okay?"

Jiang Baizhou shook his head.

Someone outside the door also questioned: "Really? Miss Ji is the daughter of the old thief Ji Shixiong. Although she has joined the wildfire and walked on the right path, she has been a charming young lady since she was a child. How can she become mighty? Have you really seen it?" she?"

The man stopped for a moment, then said stiffly: "Anyway, she is amazing!"

There was booing all around, and everyone laughed at him: "Don't you love Miss Muji?"

"I look like it!"

"Hey, you Zhu Bajie don't even look in the mirror!"

Laughter all over the place.

It can be seen from the atmosphere that now wild fire is more popular than before, and the people are scrambling to make up interesting stories about them.

Jiang Baizhou smiled slightly, feeling an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

It took nearly [-] days and nights to go and say goodbye. I don't know if Xiaochan has grown taller.Long Xin is also in the wildfire, and... Long Ying, I haven't seen him for more than a year, is he all right?

Jiang Baizhou paid for the wine, walked away under the watchful eye of the shopkeeper, and disappeared into the crowd of Changming Street with his back.

Before entering the city, Jiang Baizhou actually went to the River of the Dead.

The remnant star array is still there, and the ruined temple is still there, and the flowering period of the burning snow is over again, but it is a few inches taller than last year, and the flowering branches are stronger.

Jiang Baizhou stayed in the temple for a while, and did not feel the emotional fluctuations of the remnant star array.I don't know if it's because it's too calm, or after being modified by Long Xin's hand, it becomes a death formation.

In the dead of night, when the sky was about to dawn, he left.

After drinking half a pot of Nurhong in the wine shop, Jiang Baizhou's fatigue all the way was dispelled. He just asked the shopkeeper about the direction of Luoshan, and he is going there now.

The shopkeeper said that Luoshan has been expanded and is now very large.Go in the direction of Luodu first, walk halfway along the official road, turn left when you see the small road, turn five times and you will see it.However, there are sentries blocking the road, and ordinary people generally cannot enter.

He also advised him not to go there if he wanted to watch the excitement, as there was nothing exciting to watch there, and the interesting stories were all in the mouths of the poor boys in the city.

Jiang Baizhou didn't say much, thanked the shopkeeper and set off.

Sure enough, it is spring, and the coldness of the countryside has faded. Even if there is no grass growing, the land still has a damp and warm smell, which makes the spring breeze suffocate, making people's bones soft and cracks in their hearts.

Jiang Baizhou strolled into Luoshan Mountain, turned left according to the shopkeeper's instructions, and after turning a few times, he saw a sentry post. The guard stopped him and asked him his name and where he was going.

Jiang Baizhou originally wanted to report Long Ying's name, but it is said that he is hidden behind the scenes and basically never shows up, his name may not be known to Gang Wei, so he changed his words: "My surname is Jiang, I am an old acquaintance of Miss Ji Yunchan, please inform me. "

The guard was surprised after hearing this, and thought to himself, this young man looks extraordinary in bearing and good in appearance, like those disciples who came to harass him on time every day, he tried every means to get in touch with Miss Ji, trying to see her, You really can't tell what you look like.

Could it be that what he said was true?

"Are you really Miss Ji's old acquaintance?" Gang Wei was dubious, and was about to question a few more questions, when suddenly a group of people came out from the sentry post, and the leader was Ji Yunchan.

Ji Yunchan's long hair was tied high into a ponytail, and she was wearing men's clothing that was easy to walk in. She strode with her head held high and her chest held high, without any of Miss Jiao's appearance, and she was indeed very sassy.Too bad it doesn't seem to grow much taller.

Jiang Baizhou was looking at her from a distance, and she also noticed Jiang Baizhou at the same time, immediately stopped her footsteps, widened her eyes, and screamed in disbelief: "Brother Zhou!"

"..."

The familiar breath returned.

Jiang Baizhou nodded at her: "Don't come here, Xiaochan."

Ji Yunchan pushed away the guard who was in the way, rushed towards him, and hugged him: "Brother Day! Brother Day! It's really you?! Am I dreaming?!"

"I'm the one who came back." Jiang Baizhou said softly, "I'm a little late, sorry."

"It's okay, it's fine if you come back." Ji Yunchan's eyes turned red, and she retreated a group of subordinates, dragging him to the depths of Luoshan Mountain. Seeing that there was no one around, she asked softly, "Why did you come back alone? No A helper from the endless sea?"

"Well, it's just me."

"Why? They don't agree?" Ji Yunchan asked tentatively.

Jiang Baizhou shook his head, but his answer was very vague, he just said, "I already have a solution."

Ji Yunchan's face was filled with joy, her tears had not yet dried up, and her smile had already burst out: "That's good."

She held Jiang Baizhou's hand tightly, neither crying nor laughing, and said incoherently: "Brother Zhou, you don't know how much we missed you this year. Since you left, we have encountered many difficulties, and we were in a near-death situation." There have been a few times, and I don’t know how to get through it. Every time I can’t make it through, I think, if Brother Zhou is still there..."

The more Ji Yunchan talked, the more sad she became. Jiang Baizhou wiped away her tears: "Don't cry, Xiaochan, you are now an adult who can be your own."

Ji Yunchan cried even more when she heard that.

Jiang Baizhou held her hand, looked up and asked, "Is Long Xin okay?"

Ji Yunchan nodded: "She's fine, but she's just in charge of the statistics of food and clothing and grain consumption for everyone, and she's a bit busy."

Jiang Baizhou paused, then asked, "Where's Long Ying?"

"..."

Ji Yunchan's tears stopped immediately, and she looked up at him timidly: "Long Ying, he..."

"Is he not well?"

"Well, I can't say it's bad." Ji Yunchan hesitated again and again, and decided to tell the truth, "Brother Zhou, he took 'Forgetting the Soul'—the kind of medicine my father once gave me, he may... not remember is you."