Jiang Yichen gently invited the people outside the house to come in.
However, in this rainy night, ordinary words would not easily disturb others.
He didn't turn his head to see who was coming, or he couldn't see clearly even if he looked specifically.
Because of this, he was not intimidated by the casual attire of the visitor.
The visitor had long hair hanging loosely, and his clothes were casually slung around his body. The belts were not tied tightly, so that as he moved around, his clothes would appear and disappear.
The one wearing obscene clothing is naturally a woman.
Not Xi Weiyu, but Feipiao.
Jiang Yichen's sense of hearing and smell was now extremely keen, and he could clearly identify the other party when he opened the door and entered.
The other party's appearance is not that of a frivolous and dissolute person, it can only be called carefree at best.
Because he couldn't see clearly, Jiang Yichen didn't show any shyness, but was just curious about why Feipiao hadn't fallen asleep yet.
What's even more strange is why he is still holding two jars of wine in his hands.
"Drink?"
As soon as the words rang out in his ears, there was the sound of objects being thrown. Jiang Yichen hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch the flying wine jar.
"This is?"
"Of course the wine jar contains only wine."
"I……"
"You can't drink, or you can pour it out as soon as you drink it. Wouldn't it be just right to drink a jar? When you're drunk, you fall asleep and don't have time to think too much."
While speaking, Feipiao had already walked to the window, jumped up, and sat on the window sill opposite Jiang Yichen.
"That makes sense." Jiang Yichen agreed and drank the wine.
Of course, he didn't start drinking immediately. He had to think about whether he had anything to say before getting drunk.
However, as soon as the thought came up, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
It's not limited to the small details of a man and a woman living together in the same room in the dead of night, but there is really nothing to say.
He is not good at words. Even though he has become eloquent over the years, once he has no other plans and just gets along naturally like this, he is really not the kind of person who can talk nonsense.
As for the matter of detouring around Ninglu Ridge, no one was hiding anything from each other. No matter what should be said or what should not be said had been made clear in the lobby earlier, there was no need for the two of them to waste words on it.
Jiang Yichen couldn't help but laugh at the thought. It was a rare time when he didn't need to think too much.
"What are you laughing at? I don't know what to say?"
Feipiao was different from Jiang Yichen, who looked familiar, but Jiang Yichen was a stranger. Whenever she wanted to find someone to drink with, there was always something to talk about.
She started talking and said, "Aren't you curious why I stayed up so late at night and came to you for a drink?"
Although he could not see clearly, with the faint moonlight in the sky, the Feipiao that Jiang Yichen saw in front of his eyes was no longer a blood-stained iron-blooded heroine with an unchanging expression, but a hospitable innkeeper who liked to drink and chat.
In a daze, Jiang Yichen thought of Sister Shen whom she had not seen for a long time in Suzhou. He felt an inexplicable closeness to Feipiao and said, "Curiosity."
"Guess."
"Probably not here to enlighten me."
"no."
Seeing Jiang Yichen holding her chin and thinking seriously, Feipiao opened the lid of the wine and took a sip. She made up her mind that if Jiang Yichen couldn't guess nine times out of ten, she wasn't going to tell the truth.
"The neighbors are all old friends. Sister Piao couldn't sleep but didn't go to them first. It only means that Brother Mu Shang and Xiao Yan'er have already fallen asleep." Although Wanfeng Inn only has two floors, the place is spacious. , there are many rooms, and it is more than enough to entertain the group of them, so except for the Niu family father and daughter, the dozen of them all sleep in separate rooms.
"good."
"Sister Piao sneaked into the wine cellar to get wine. She originally planned to drink it to sleep, but she heard that the sound of rain was louder than in other rooms, so she came here to see if she could find someone to kill time with."
boom!
The wine jar in Jiang Yichen's hand was shaken by the force.
Feipiao took a big sip and declared that Jiang Yichen had hit the mark.
"Lao Mu snored like thunder next door. My mother was not feeling well today. She tossed and turned in bed for most of the day and couldn't fall asleep, so she had to get up and wander around. I remembered that during dinner, the shopkeeper said that there was still a lot hidden in the wine cellar for a long time. Sneak over and take a look. I was planning to grab Lao Mu and have a drink with me, but when I heard that the windows in your room seemed to be open, I came to take a look."
Feipiao wouldn't say that, she was just walking around casually. Little did she know that even this little movement could be noticed by people in the house, let alone that she would be invited in.
However, isn’t it true that she just floats wherever she goes? You’ve already come, why not watch this kid get drunk again?
After all, Jiang Yichen was no longer the indifferent young man in the world, so he naturally understood what Feipiao meant by feeling uncomfortable, so he avoided talking about anything else.
"How many years have Sister Piao, Brother Mu, and Xiao Yan'er known each other?"
"Huh?" Feipiao has two questions. One is why he asked this question, and the other is because you haven't investigated it.
Jiang Yichen smiled and said: "It's never easy to find out news about Yu Pavilion. Wouldn't it be nice to use this energy to find out something useful to me?"
Jiang Yichen answered a question first.
Feipiao poured wine into her mouth and raised her chin, signaling for him to continue.
"I always feel like you are like a family. You have some quarrels and quarrels, but you also think about each other. You are completely transparent in every move. It would be rare to be like this if you don't understand each other's tempers well."
"How can I see it?"
"You can't see clearly, but you can hear it. When Sister Piao was talking about Brother Mu just now, she was calling herself an old lady."
Feipiao's hand, which was originally holding the mouth of the wine jar, flicked out her jade-like fingers and pointed at Jiang Yichen.
Jiang Yichen didn't know why, so he saw Feipiao take another sip, and actually drank up most of the jar of wine.
Then he lifted the black hair blocking his forehead, leaned forward, stared at Jiang Yichen with a half-smile, and said, "I'm the one cooperating with the drinks tonight, and I'm the one telling the story?"
Due to his blindness, Jiang Yichen had no chance to see the fleeting spring scenery, but he also didn't expect Feipiao's reaction and almost couldn't hold the wine jar.
The appearance was a bit sarcastic, but in my heart I kept mumbling, I didn't ask you for a drink, how about I return it to you?
Besides, this wine isn’t yours either?
What is in the heart is a matter of the heart.
On the other hand, Jiang Yichen scratched his head, opened the lid of the wine, and poured a small sip into his mouth as a companion.
Feipiao looked at Jiang Yichen's bulging cheeks and couldn't understand that he still had a spoonful of wine in his mouth and dared not swallow it.
After finishing the remaining half of the jar of wine, he suppressed the urge to punch forward and said, "It's a thing of the past, and I've never mentioned it to others. The story is quite simple, so I might as well tell it."
Jiang Yichen said vaguely, despite the smell of alcohol filling his nose, "I'm all ears."
"We have indeed known each other for a long time, and we also entered Tingyuge Pavilion together."
"You must also know that the reason why we latecomers joined Tingyu Pavilion is more or less related to Shifu."
"Old Mu, I am the son of the Mu Mansion in Yunze Jing. Although I am a commoner, I am also responsible for taking care of many of the family's properties."
"As for me, my old profession is an innkeeper, and I belong to the Mu family."
"Xiao Yan'er is a kid I randomly picked up on the street in my early years. I worked as a waiter in an inn and made a living."
"Lao Mu's private house is on the same street as my inn, so we often go back and forth, and we get to know each other as soon as we go back and forth."
"The connection between Mu Mansion and Shi Mansion is mysterious. The year Shi Mansion collapsed, the foundation of Mu Mansion was shaken."
"In the next few years, although the Mu Mansion did not end up in the same miserable state as the Shi Mansion, it still fell into disarray."
"In addition, there were some changes in Lao Mu's mother's family. The young master of Mu Mansion was free of worries overnight. Just as my inn was closing down, my boss was kicked out, so we left together."
"That's the story."
When Jiang Yichen heard this, he thought to himself, "It's such a simple story."
He wanted to offer the wine in his hand, but Feipiao stepped forward and glared at him, forcing him to retreat.
I had no choice but to pour another sip of wine into my mouth and said slurredly: "Have you ever thought about going over and fighting over that inn?"
Feipiao said sadly: "At first I was so angry that I thought about it. Later when I came to Tingyuge, I also thought about avenging the Shifu together. But Lao Luo is right, no one can come back, and it's hard to do this. What’s the point?”
Jiang Yichen guessed: "Then what you are doing now is to fulfill the wish of the deceased?"
"That's what Lao Luo said." Feipiao had no idea that she was older than Luo Piaoling.
"Don't you have any other ideas?"
"Lao Mu and I don't have anything to do with each other. Let's live one day at a time."
"Do you have Xiao Yan'er?"
"He said that his father had been to Gusu City and counted the steps in front of Gusu Square and Zixuan Palace. If he had the chance, he would also count them."
"It's interesting."
"And you?"
Hearing this rhetorical question, Jiang Yichen was very straightforward. He poured a mouthful of wine into his mouth, swallowed it hastily, and started talking.
"When I first came out of the island, I wanted to be a hero, I wanted to find my parents' whereabouts, I wanted to help my old man..."
After a pause, Jiang Yichen continued: "Later, I only thought about revenge."
"However, I have not been able to take the path of revenge. The old friends are gone, and revenge cannot bring back their lives."
"Perhaps I, the Queen Mother, have realized that Zhongzhou is too sick now. Anyone who lives in it can find it difficult to be at ease and achieve what they want. This is also the reason why those old friends passed away."
"I tried to change, but there were too many opponents and I was hampered everywhere. I was full of ambition but not strong enough."
"Fortunately, there is Brother Luo."
"Brother Luo's method is equivalent to removing corruption and poison. It is not only difficult, but also easy to injure oneself. Many people will die and a lot of blood will be shed."
"But if you hide your illness and avoid medical treatment, you dare not do anything, and no one dares to do it, even if Zhongzhou has been standing for more than two thousand years, it will be difficult for it to end well."
"The path Brother Luo has chosen is too difficult to walk. Although my own strength is limited, I am still willing to swing my sword and slay demons for it!"
After saying that, Jiang Yichen filled his mouth with wine again and jumped off the window sill.
He walked towards the bed in three steps and two steps at a time, muttering in his mouth: "I think I think so too."
He turned around and threw the wine jar in his hand towards Feipiao, said, "I'll leave the rest to Sister Piao," and then fell down on the bed.
Feipiao couldn't help but find it funny to see the young man getting drunk again and not even touching the wine jar in order to clear away the remaining wine.
He is indeed a thoughtful little guy.
Feipiao knew very well that Luo Piaoling had only revealed the final plan to a few people, but this little guy had such a clear inference despite his limited knowledge, which deserved Lao Luo's evaluation.
After drinking all the wine in the jar and covering Jiang Yichen with a quilt, Feipiao left calmly.
