dead in winter

==============

After standing still in front of the house, Xu Kang took a light breath, raised his hand and knocked cautiously on the door

Then he heard a crisp young voice coming from the door, Xu Kang frowned, looked at Qing Yuan, Xu Kang clenched the knife in his hand

"Uncle Guan, it seems that someone is knocking on the door, how strange, no one came at this point..."

Just as Qingzhu was about to come over to open the door, he was stopped by Guan Yali. He walked quickly to the door of the room, a dagger slipped out of his cuff, and he leaned against the door and asked in a low voice.

"The one?"

Xu Kang was still wondering if he had gone to the wrong door, comforting Qing Yuan in his arms, with a heavy face

At this time, a familiar voice came from the door and calmed him down.

"It's me" he said quietly

As soon as the words were finished, the door was opened from the inside. Guan Yali looked up at the tall man and said coldly

"come in"

Xu Kang nodded, hugged Qing Yuan and looked around, seeing no one following around, then quickly lifted his foot to enter, the door creaked and was closed tightly

Guan Yali rubbed her brows, and stopped Xu Kang's words first

"Ma'am is still resting, please keep your voice down"

Guanyi Court not only represents an escort agency, but also includes hotels, restaurants, letter bureaus, casinos, etc. behind it, and it seems to be a huge commercial area, and this part is never under the control of the imperial court, and is fully controlled by people in the Jianghu

Although the hotel is small, it has all the internal organs. Although the shop owner has a perfunctory attitude, he never asks who is coming. He keeps his mouth shut and the price is high.

It's not surprising to see Xu Kang enter the store with a man whose face can't be clearly seen, still lazily lying behind the counter reading a book and drinking tea

As long as you don't brazenly fight or kill people in the store, the store will basically not care about these nosy things. Who would think that your life is not long enough?

Especially in this arena, no one cares if you die, protecting your own life is more important than anything else

Xu Kang closed his mouth, put Qing Yuan in his arms on the couch, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Brother Guan, for your help this time."

"It's nothing." Guan Yali said coldly, "I owe you my love in the early years, and I just paid it back today."

His expression is not good-looking, and he has been tired of dealing with the people who have been running around for days and being vigilant. At this time, when he saw Xu Kang coming, he immediately issued an order to evict him.

Qing Yuan saluted silently, and looked around without curiosity. Seeing this, Guan Yali's expression eased a little

Xu Kang patted his head, and said softly, "When we arrive in Youzhou," after Brother Guan takes you to settle down, you will wait for me in Youzhou. looking for you"

"Be careful too, don't worry about me, although I can't help you, but at least I won't hold you back." Qingyuan smiled

"Xu Kang, take care of yourself, I'll wait for you" He felt a little sour in his heart, maybe he knew that Xu Kang was going to leave, and he felt reluctant

With others here, Xu Kang couldn't do anything out of the ordinary, so he touched Qingyuan's face with his big hand restrainedly, and said in a low voice, "Take care"

Then whispered in his ear

"I love you"

After saying that, taking advantage of Qingyuan's ignorant moment to leave quickly, the endless sorrow contained in the black eyes can only be fully captured in the eyes

The heavy footsteps gradually disappeared in the corridor, and disappeared after a while

"Xu Kang!" Qingyuan just came to his senses, and wanted to catch up with tears in his eyes, but when he reached the door, he stopped and squatted on the ground crying

Qingzhu looked at him curiously, not understanding why he was crying so sad...

"Qingzhu, let him sleep in my room"

Guan Yali didn't look at Qingyuan, who was teary-eyed. He didn't have the obligation to take care of others, even if this person was the man and wife entrusted to him by a friend just now...

After he finished speaking, he stood with his chest folded between the door from the outer room to the inner room, closed his eyes, and listened carefully to the movement of the people in the room.

"Oh, I see, Uncle Guan"

Qingzhu responded and helped Qingyuan go to the next room. Several people spoke in a subtle, even silent manner. After reaching the next room, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and returned to normal tone

"Okay, you can just stay here tonight, if you have anything to do, you can just tell me directly, by the way, my name is Qingzhu"

After Qingzhu took him to the next room, she poured him a cup of tea and said cheerfully

Seeing the young man yawned with a tired expression, Qingyuan had just recovered from the sadness of Xu Kang's departure, and the corners of his mouth stiffened

"Thank you, Brother Qingzhu"

Qingzhu waved his hand and walked out, Qingyuan called him to stop

"My name is Qingyuan. I don't know what that lord called me just now?"

"Oh, you said Uncle Guan, I only remember his surname is Guan, but I don't know his name, but Uncle Guan is a very nice person, although he is usually a bit of a stinker, if you have any questions, just ask him tomorrow."

Qingzhu scratched his head, and said honestly, he has done a lot of things like touching Guan Yali in the dark behind his back

Qing Yuan's expression finally eased, and he thanked him again.

"But that man just now looks really vicious, brother, what is your relationship with that man, what's his name?"

Seeing that Qingyuan no longer had a mournful face, Qingzhu also relaxed, and asked curiously

"This...I am his wife, his name is Xu Kang"

Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, blushing a little, then seeing Qingzhu's shocked expression, he gave a wry smile

"Men's sexual intercourse is despised, sorry, little brother, I shouldn't have said it."

Qingyuan said sadly, there was no sad expression on her face but it made people feel distressed for no reason

Qing Zhu quickly waved her hands, and explained inarticulately

"Ah...this...not...harm...what am I supposed to be? What's wrong with a man and a man? Back then, my son..."

Qingzhu paused, and his hands stopped in place while gesticulating in the air, he was also a little sad

"My young master also likes men..."

The young boy was caught in his own memories and couldn't extricate himself completely, his eyes wandered

Qingyuan called him several times in doubt, and couldn't help rushing up to shake him anxiously.

"Green Bamboo! Green Bamboo? What's wrong with you?"

When Qing Zhu finally came out of his imagination

Just in time to see the latter tilting his head in confusion, his delicate face swaying in the dim candlelight, Qing Zhu saw his figure gradually blurred, and his mind automatically twisted into another thinner figure with tired eyes and brows. youth

The young man held the book in his hand, his quiet face was bright or dark under the candlelight. Suddenly the young man put down the book, sighed at him, and brushed it with his hand. Qingzhu seemed to hear Wen Shu's gentle voice coming from his ear, he said

"Why are you crying, wipe your tears quickly..."

"My lord..." Qingzhu murmured, tears welled up in her eyes

"Little brother? What's wrong with you?"

Qing Yuan panicked, he just asked a question, and it wouldn't make people cry

With some difficulty, he limped to the front of the young boy, Qing Yuan wiped his tears, and said after deliberation

"But what did I say wrong? I apologize little brother"

Qingzhu touched the tears, choked up and said

"No...you're right, it's just that my brother's figure is very similar to my son, and when I turned my head just now, it was as if I saw my son smiling at me, so I couldn't hold back... hiccup... woo woo"

He was crying and hiccupping, Qingyuan was in a difficult situation, and he couldn't do anything for a while, but he didn't notice that there were two sneaky figures gradually showing up by the window on the outer wall of the building

At this time the door was opened softly, Guan Yali came in from the corridor, frowned and said

"I thought you didn't come back for so long and thought something was wrong, but you were hiding here and crying secretly."

Qingzhu glared at him, straightened her flat body, and said stubbornly with her small face

"Who...who said I was crying in secret? I'm obviously suffering openly and aboveboard"

After he finished speaking, he looked around timidly, seemingly unintentionally glanced at Guan Yali's expression, and found that the other person's expression was already impatient, and this seemed to touch a certain point in Qingzhu's heart

"I think the young master is wrong? Uncle Guan is a big idiot. I will never play with you again."

Qingzhu shook off Qingyuan's hand, ran out crying, and fell when crossing the threshold, it hurts even hearing it, Guan Yali twitched her forehead, feeling the pain...

He doesn't chase after him either, anyone who has watched him play in every possible way along the way should be calm

"My lord, please tell me, who is the young master that my little brother said just now?" Qing Yuan asked curiously

"It has nothing to do with you, just do your own thing, and don't pursue the rest." Guan Yali said coldly, just about to leave

"My lord, do you know where that young master is now, and is there any danger?" Qingyuan asked without giving up, seeing Guan Yali stop, he asked quickly

"Just now little brother Qingzhu was crying so sadly, I feel the same way, so I want to ask where that young master is now...Master Guan, did I offend you?"

Qingyuan was a little nervous

Guan Yali froze, uncontrollably thinking of the figure of the young man in the back of his mind, and laughed at himself

"Life and death unknown"

Qing Yuan's eyes widened, a trace of sadness flashed in his pupils, he stopped talking and changed the subject

He saluted and said, "Qing Yuan is talking too much, but I still want to thank Master Guan for saving my life. Qing Yuan is here to thank you."

knelt down

Guan Yali grabbed his thin arm, thinking that he was worried again.

"Shut up after you know how to talk too much, what are you doing?"

"Master Qingyuan Zhiguan has inherited my husband..."

Qingyuan's voice paused, she seemed a little shy, but she still said firmly:

"It's my husband's love that helped me. Qingyuan knows that what I said below is a bit shameful, but can I beg my lord to save Xu Kang!"

Guan Yali looked at Qing Yuan who was looking forward to him eagerly, and shook his head imperceptibly, as if he saw another shadow in him, but it didn't look like it, he said in a deep voice

"I can't help you with things beyond my duty." He squinted his eyes, looked out of the window, raised the corners of his lips, and looked at Qingyuan Road.

"Xu Kang is a man you know best. If there is a break, he will come to find you. Just wait."

Qing Yuan fell to the ground in melancholy, her ears were buzzing, but she couldn't hear anything

He has already heard the implication of Guan Yali's words, if he can't break the game, he will die soon!

"You rest well, we will set off tomorrow morning." Guan Yali said coldly, nodded slightly, and left on his own

The door was closed tightly, and the room was quiet. Qing Yuan huddled in a corner of the bed, sobbing loudly

...