After returning to Qingling, Xu Huaigu's mood could not be calmed for a long time. Bai Xiaoyu said that he had something to do in the surrounding mountains, so he separated from Xu Huaigu.
He walked back home alone and saw that the lights were still on in the grocery store next to him. He walked up and took a look and saw Jiang Chengcuo eating melon seeds behind the counter with a book on the table in front of him.
He was watching with great interest, completely immersed in it, and grinned twice from time to time, which was very weird. Xu Huaigu was very curious and quietly walked forward.
He walked until he was in front of the counter, and Jiang Chengcuo hadn't noticed him yet. Xu Huaigu glanced at the book and vaguely saw a small illustration with a few short paragraphs of text next to it. As for what the book was about, he didn't see clearly.
Jiang Chengcuo finally noticed someone approaching him. He was so frightened that he panicked and quickly threw the melon seeds on the table.
He closed the book with a bang and covered the title with his elbow. He suppressed his smile, coughed twice, pretended to be serious, and then raised his head to look at the person.
Xu Huaigu looked at him in confusion and asked, "What are you looking at, so sneaky?" After saying that, Xu Huaigu lifted Jiang Chengcuo's hand away with his hand and went to get the book under his hand.
Jiang Chengcuo hurriedly covered the book with his other hand, holding on tight to prevent Xu Huaigu from reading it. He hurriedly said: "This is the secret method passed down to me by Master. I can't show it to you!" Xu Huaigu didn't believe it at all and casually said: " How can the secret technique your master taught you be written down in such a broken book? Don’t lie to me, show me! Are we not brothers anymore?" Jiang Chengcuo looked embarrassed, but he still didn’t want to show it to Xu Huaigu. This made it even worse. Hair piqued his curiosity.
Xu Huaigu would not give up until he found out what book Jiang Chengcuo was secretly reading tonight. Reading scholar Xu Huaigu came up with a good idea.
He couldn't control Jiang Chengcuo, so he could only use Bai Xiaoyu to suppress him, so Xu Huaigu threatened: "If you don't show it to me, I will tell Sister Bai later. She will definitely be able to do it by then." Find out. You choose, show it to me or show it to her?"
"Hey, it's just a book, so why bother?" Jiang Chengcuo finally gave in, shamelessly.
"Okay, okay, since you have spoken so heartlessly, why don't I show it to you? But I have to tell you in advance that after reading this book, we are in the same boat. You can't let senior sister know, otherwise my legs will be broken by her!" Xu Huaigu was extremely curious and quickly agreed to him.
Jiang Chengcuo moved his hand away angrily, looked outside the shop to make sure no one was there, then handed the book to him and said, "You want to read it yourself, don't say I instigated you. Last time in Qiyin That time, I took you to drink a pot of flower wine, and my senior sister almost scolded me to death." Xu Huaigu didn't care about what Jiang Chengcuo said. He picked up the book and glanced at the title, only to see "Hermitage" "Volume" has four characters, and I couldn't figure out what it was about at the moment.
He opened the book again, glanced at it a few times, and suddenly felt a little ridiculous. So he flipped through a few more pages, and the content became more and more unbearable, and Xu Huaigu looked a little embarrassed.
Jiang Chengcuo stood up hurriedly, walked to Xu Huaigu, and said with a meaningful smile: "If you like it, I have a few more books here, just give them to you to relieve your boredom. But I can't give you this one. I'm seeing Half of it, if you don't know the follow-up, you won't think about it." Xu Huaigu threw the book on the table, looked at Jiang Chengcuo's face, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
This book is nothing more than an ingenious book, and it is also a vulgar book of very low quality. I really don’t know why he likes to read this kind of thing?
Taking another look at the mountain of melon seed shells on the table, I felt more and more that Jiang Chengcuo was not presentable. Jiang Chengcuo hurriedly put the book away and said: "Brother Xu doesn't like reading, it's reasonable. I just read it occasionally to relieve my boredom. Don't think Jiang is that lecherous person." Xu Huaigu picked Raising an eyebrow, I thought to myself, aren’t you?
Jiang Chengcuo ignored Xu Huaigu's undisguised doubts and changed the subject: "Senior sister, where did she go with you today?" Xu Huaigu frowned and said, "I went to sit by the Lingjiang River and happened to meet that monster. I watched the scene of the clan rushing into battle for a long time, and it was really shocking." Jiang Chengcuo, however, didn't care, and said: "The demon clan is like this. They are not afraid of death by nature, and they obey the arrangements of the big monster above. The demons asked them to die and use corpses to pave the way. They would not hesitate at all." Xu Huaigu raised his eyebrows and asked: "By the way, are the demons in your demon sect like this?" Jiang Chengcuo shook his head and said, "That's not true. , the name of our sect is called Demon Sect, but in fact, most of them are human race. Even if there are demons, they are almost like humans, not as desperate as the demon tribes outside the territory. Besides, how can our Demon Sect have such a foundation? , can you just bring out tens of thousands of demon clans? Then they will be dead long ago. There is still a big difference between the demon clans outside the territory and the local demon clan in the central territory." Xu Huaigu nodded thoughtfully.
Jiang Chengcuo asked again: "Why did I only see you coming back alone? Where did my senior sister go?" Xu Huaigu replied: "She said she went out to the mountains to do something. I heard her say that your master asked her to do something. I guess that's what happened. By the way, he also asked you to wait in Qingling for her to come back from her work before we go together." Jiang Chengcuo was unhappy, sat back to his original position behind the counter, sighed and said: "Okay, yes. It's so boring to not call me for fun things and make me guard the shop every day." Xu Huaigu looked at his drooped eyelids and felt a little pity for him, so he said: "If you feel bored, I will come to you for a drink tomorrow. , head office, right?" Jiang Chengcuo was afraid that Xu Huaigu would regret it, so he agreed hastily and said with a playful smile: "It's just that I've already drunk all the wine on my body, and there is no good wine in Qingling, what should I do?" Xu Huaigu knew that Jiang Chengcuo was going to trick him, but it didn't matter, so he smiled and said, "I'll buy you the wine, okay?" Jiang Chengcuo smiled happily, nodded in agreement, and said that Xu Huaigu must like to see him. I just couldn't get along with the book, so I insisted on giving him two books to tell him not to be coy.
Xu Huaigu was ashamed, and it took a lot of effort to refuse his offer.
"Good hospitality", then he went home. The lock in Xu Huaigu's house was still locked, so he still climbed in through the courtyard wall.
After returning home, he walked into his room, took off his sword, and remembered the scene when he saw the demon clan attacking during the day.
The ferocious looks of those monsters were deeply etched in his mind. Even Xu Huaigu was still frightened by their bloodthirsty eyes.
But there was nothing he could do about it. War was unavoidable. All he could do was kill as many demons as possible on the battlefield.
Another thing, according to Bai Xiaoyu, Li Zi has arrived in Qingling and lives in the house opposite the grocery store.
After all, they were childhood playmates. Since he already knew the news about her, he still wanted to see her, not to mention finding a way to tell Li Zi clearly about Bai Xiaoyu.
Xu Huaigu turned over and lay down on his side. He looked towards the corner, thinking about what he should say to Li Zi tomorrow.
It's better to ask her how she has been these past years, and then ask how Sun Xiang is doing. It's always good to meet old friends and chat about life situations, Xu Huaigu thought.
It was late at night, Xu Huaigu was thinking about these things, and he fell asleep at some point. He had a dream, dreaming that brilliant flowers were blooming all over the green hills, yellow, purple, red, and green. There were flowers everywhere, colorful, like a rainbow spreading on the ground.
There is also the ink dragon. His body is as big as a mountain and sits on the edge of the Lingjiang River. Its fiery red scales are like flowing magma.
Zhan Molong's breathing was long and even while he was reading, and he actually looked very docile. Birds and beasts leaped joyfully over his body, leaping from one place to another.
People worked under his huge body, and the rice fields everywhere were green, bright, and peaceful.
This dream is a bit ridiculous. Molong is obviously so incompatible with the human race, how can he be so gentle? Xu Huaigu frowned slightly in his dream.
"Duk duk duk..." There was a knock on the door like raindrops. Xu Huaigu's eyes suddenly opened and he was awakened. He sat up from the bed and looked at the door of his courtyard.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk..." The knock on the door was unhurried and kept its unique rhythm. Xu Huaigu got out of bed, walked to the door of the courtyard in confusion, and said, "Who is it? I have lost the key to the door lock of the courtyard, and I can't get in. If I want to get in, I have to walk through the courtyard wall." The knocking on the door stopped, and the door The man didn't answer. Xu Huaigu was about to repeat it when he heard
With a crisp "click" sound, the rusty lock was opened from the outside. Xu Huaigu was startled and hesitated for a moment, seeming to have a guess in his mind.
He put his hand on the door and slowly opened it. What came into view were two people, one tall and one short, a man and a woman.
The man is about the same height as him, has a beard, wears a light blue Confucian robe, and has a kind face; the woman wears light purple clothes, has beautiful eyebrows, thin lips, and sassy short hair.
She smiled at Xu Huaigu, her red lips slightly opened, revealing a row of broken jade. The two of them looked so familiar, as if they were indelible memories engraved deep in his mind. Xu Huaigu recognized them immediately.
The woman is Li Zi and the man is Zhang Xiaohe. I was going to find them today, but they came to my door first.
Seeing these two people coming to his door was unexpected, and Xu Huaigu panicked for a moment. The words he wanted to say that he thought about last night seemed to be choked on his lips, and he couldn't say them out. Instead, Li Zi pursed his lips and smiled, and greeted him first: "Long time no see, Xu Huaigu." Zhang Xiaohe also smiled and said : "Long time no see, Xu Huaigu." Xu Huaigu had mixed feelings. The joy of meeting again after a long separation was really like the fragrant wine that had been buried for several years. As soon as the jar was opened, it made people intoxicated.
The wind is still the same as before, and even the smell of dirt mixed with grass in the air has not changed. Xu Huaigu murmured in the wind: "Long time no see."
