Xie Shuci saw the flash of loneliness on his face, hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Fang Xunxue lowered his eyes, staring at the shaking wine glass in his hand, thoughtful, even when the wine wet his fingertips, he didn't respond at all.

I don't know if it was Xie Shuci's illusion, but he felt that there was another layer of deep meaning in what Fang Xunxue said, and he couldn't figure it out.

While Xie Shuci was in a daze, Xiao Xun took a piece of braised pork and put it in the Xie Shuci bowl, Xie Shuci came back to his senses, was instantly distracted, and looked at Xiao Xun beside him in surprise.

As a result, when he raised his eyes, he met a pair of cold eyes with mixed emotions, looking straight at him.

Xie Shuci: "..."

Yes, it can be seen that Xie Shuci took another look at Fang Xunxue, this little guy should explode.

He hurriedly lowered his head, biting the braised pork in one bite, grinding the rotten meat with the tip of his teeth, thinking that this little bastard was indeed much more difficult to deal with than the real Xie An, and he didn't know what was going on, Xie Shuci looked at the two of them more He was not happy at all.

Fang Xunxue seemed to have no intention of speaking again, her eyes fell into the cup.

Xie Shuci was indeed a little hungry, so he didn't pay much attention to his expression, and concentrated on eating, while Xiao Xun sat next to Xie Shuci with a stinky face, with a small face, and didn't even move his chopsticks.

The king put the beef in front of senior Xingtie, who lay listlessly on the ground, saw a little thing running up behind him, glanced at it, didn't bother to pay attention to it, and then looked away.

His Majesty shrank his neck from its stare, and immediately dared not move forward.

Wuwuwu Senior is so scary, it seems like he wants to eat the baby...

The baby is so scary, but the senior is really powerful. The baby is just like the senior who imagined, and the sound of "嗤" can scare the courage of others.

The little milk dog took a deep breath, and slowly and carefully brought the beef in his mouth to senior Xingtie. In fact, he was also very hungry. can't eat it without taking two bites, the beef in mouth is so delicious, saliva is about to flow out, but this is for the seniors!

The seniors didn't eat anything, how could I, as a younger brother, eat!

The little milk dog's legs were trembling, and he buried his head very low, for fear that Senior Xingtie would open his bloody mouth and swallow it with a "owwow".

Woo woo woo baby, I'm so scared.

Xing Tie squinted his eyes, looking at the little milk dog tremblingly holding the beef in front of him.

As soon as the king put down the beef that was smeared with his own saliva, a wet stick stretched out from the top of his head and wiped it against its head.

"Aww!"

Don't eat baby! Don't eat baby! The baby is dirty and smelly and not tasty at all!

The king was so frightened that he lay down on the ground and yelled loudly.

Xingtie: "..."

Although it was a wolf, it still saw a little speechlessness in its eyes, and rolled up the beef with its long tongue and sent it into its own mouth.

Seeing that he hadn't eaten himself for a long time, the king raised his little head from the ground and glanced timidly at the senior's face. The little thing he picked up was not enough to fill the gap the between teeth, and he swallowed it instantly. went in.

"Aw..."

Do not eat baby acridine?

Xing Tie snorted, and didn't want to pay attention to this little coward.

As expected of a genuine little licking dog, the king asked expectantly, "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow."

Baby, go and get some food for the liger, okay?

Xing Tie glanced at it, but ignored it.

The king has a thick face, anyway, if the senior doesn't eat him, it means that the senior is willing to be its liger, and it needs to take more things to honor the liger, so that the liger will teach it how to become stronger!

The king ran into the inn with his little butt twisting his head and shaking his head.

"Aw!"

Running to Xie Shuci's side, it let out a low cry, then grabbed Xie Shuci's clothes and jumped onto the table two or three times, looking left and right.

Xie Shuci had almost finished eating, seeing this guy's tiger-headed and tiger-headed appearance, he couldn't help rubbing his hands, "What are you doing?"

"Aww!" The baby wants to feed the liger!

It groaned twice, saw that there was still a big elbow that no one had eaten on the plate, and bit it with a groan.

"Aw!" Suddenly a hand stretched out from the top of its head, and patted it on the head. The king looked over with tears in his eyes, and found that the little mother was looking at it seriously.

The king cried and let go of the big elbow in his mouth, and slipped into Xie Shuci's arms, "Wow woo woo woo..."

Daddy! The little mother kisses the baby, woo woo, he doesn't like the baby...

Xie Shuci rubbed its head, he didn't expect the king to stare at the elbow and bite it, and looked at Fang Xunxue on the opposite side with a little embarrassment, "Sorry, it's usually greedy, I'll let them change it Come here?"

Fang Xunxue shook his head and said, "No problem, as long as it likes it."

"Oh..." The king looked at the little mother with aggrieved eyes, the baby wanted to honor the lion and the tiger, why did he hit the baby all of a sudden.

Xie Shuci thanked Fang Xunxue, put his elbow in front of the king, and said, "Tell me in advance what you want to eat in the future, if you don't allow it, just bite it, do you know?"

"Oh..." The king responded, biting the elbow in front of him, which was not much smaller than himself, and jumped to the ground with a plop. Fortunately, it was strong, and rubbed Fang Xunxue's shoes with its elbow in its mouth, and resentfully After staring at Xiaoniang, he ran out of the inn in a hurry, and continued to honor its cheap liger.

"Oh, I'm drunk, how can this elbow run away by itself?"

"What are you talking about? Keep drinking and drinking. If you miss today, I'm afraid you won't have such a good opportunity!"

"Come on, come on, go on."

The king came to senior Xingtie with his elbow in his mouth, and put the elbow under Xingtie's eyelids in a fawning manner. The elbow was delicious, and the baby wanted to eat it too.

Xing Tie glanced at it, lowered his head and ate the elbow.

His Majesty looked at it eagerly, "Oh!"

Babies also want to be like you, who can scare them away with a whine, can you teach them?

Xingtie ate his elbow without even spitting out the bones, so he closed his eyes and ignored it.

It must be that the liger is not full and has no strength to teach it! It wants to find food for the lion and tiger!

The king's eyes were firm, and he ran back to the inn. He acted coquettishly and cutely from table to table, and got a lot of delicious food, but he didn't dare to take any of it for himself, and sent them all to the lion tiger. In the end, he was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back. , couldn't run anymore, so lay down on the ground in frustration, tears filled eyes, and they were about to fall immediately.

Woooooo baby is so hungry, why don't ligers teach themselves?

The king raised his eyes to look at the ruthless liger, the liger is so cruel.

"Aw." The king was not discouraged, it got up from the ground, bravely walked to the side of the liger, and lightly touched the liger's paw with its paw, "Aww."

The baby wants to become stronger, can you teach the baby?

"Aww."

liger tiger~

"Aww."

Teach your baby~

"Aww."

The baby is wrong, the baby should not laugh at you. "Aww!"

Ligers are invincible in the world, and ligers are unparalleled in the world!

"Aww..."

The king inadvertently poured spiritual power into the body of the lion and tiger, and was stunned for a while.

The liger's body is so strange, it can absorb spiritual power, why didn't it continue to practice?

"Aww!"

Liger! After you practice for a while, you will be able to form an inner core!

The king is a born spirit beast. He has a talent beyond ordinary people in this respect. He clearly feels that a liger and a tiger can become a spirit beast. Why not?

If you become a spirit beast, you will become very tired, and you will not grow old.

Xingtie took a look at it, and an old and heavy voice rang in his ears, "What do you know, brat."

"Aww."

Baby is stupid, just as stupid as daddy.

Xingtie stopped talking again.

"Awwhhhhhhh."

Liger liger liger liger teach baby teach baby please!

In the inn, Xie Shuci and Xiao Xun changed places, lying on the window, watching the whole scene of the king licking the dog like this, this little thing is really cheeky and can torture people, he finally knows why he is so tall Even a crane can say a few nice words to it, because this little thing, the king, can't go away when scolded;

It's like an invincible dog skin plaster, you won't leave without beating or scolding.

Perhaps Xingtie was annoyed by being entangled, so he yelled at the king twice in a low voice. The little guy's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed back into the form of a red snow wolf, with his tail hanging down, and his head raised. There is no momentum at all, and it is completely incomparable with Xingtie's wolf howl.

The king seemed to be a little self-aware, and lowered his head in frustration. Xingtie yelled at it again. The king persisted and continued to make the noise of "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow".

Now it was night, the people living nearby were so angry that they came here one after another, seeing the iron line beside the king, and having experienced its breeze during the day, they dared not speak out.

Xie Shuci was lying by the window, couldn't help laughing "puchipuchi", the king's cry was not intimidating at all, seeing the dark faces of those passers-by, Xie Shuci thought it was very funny, and didn't stop it in time .

Xiao Xun sat down and pursed his lips, looked at Xie Shuci, and said, "You don't have to pamper it too much."

Xie Shuci shook his head and said, "It probably wants to become more powerful, let it go."

"Young Master Deng!"

"Come, come, let's drink together!"

Songjiu Battalion Several drunk masters came to the table holding wine jugs.

Xie Shuci resigned: "I don't drink well, so there's no need."

One of them sat down on the other side.

"Mr. Deng, I heard that you are very handsome when you cast spells. When will you give me some insight?"

"Yeah, those words from Shangjing made my ears tingle. I've never seen such things as rising on the wind, walking against the wind, raising hands to strike, and making palms into seals!"

"Haven't you seen it? When he surrendered back then, didn't the emperor deliberately let us know the book written by his wife and grandma? It is said that it contains the personal experience of his wife and grandma."

"Oh! Why did you mention this all of a sudden? Now that I think about it, my brothers are really fooled. We were sent away with just one painting and a few picture books! Those ten faces were asked to go back, tsk tsk tsk ! You just say it’s a loss or not? Is it a loss?”

Xie Shuci felt a lot better when he heard them talking nonsense.

"Let me tell you, a real monk is much easier than what is written in the storybook!"

Xie Shuci patted Xiao Xun beside him, signaling him to change places with him.

Xiao Xun was a bit reluctant, but he didn't want to be surrounded by other people, so he had to change places with Xie Shuci with a cold face.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, "Brother Deng, tell me quickly!"

Xie Shuci has a good way of telling stories, adding oil and vinegar and changing his identity to tell what he has experienced.

Everyone was amazed, and even Fang Xunxue, who was thoughtful at first, gradually became serious during his narration, staring at Xie Shuci intently.

Xie Shuci speaks vividly, and when the interest is high, he immediately shoots the case.

"Don't you know that on the day the frightened birds returned to their nests, twelve frightened birds soared into the sky from the magic circle, flapping their wings and flying around the sky, the birds singing magnificently, and the fire lighting up the entire sky! Frightened feather tree One tree after another bloomed, and the crimson petals were like a sea of ​​flames in full bloom, I still remember that picture to this day!"

"Brother Deng actually went to see the frightened feather bird returning to its nest once every ten years?"

"It's really enviable."

Even Fang Xunxue looked at Xie Shuci with some inexplicable sorrow and envy.

Xie Shuci said curiously: "The Southwest Pass is only three days away from Tianzhu City, why don't you go and have a look?"

"Brother Deng, Qi Country and Dongli have been fighting for two full years, and Qi Country's Northeast Pass is often harassed. In the past two years, it can be said that we have been attacked from both sides. Our Song Jiuying is an elite division in the court. , I’m too busy fighting the war, how can I have the energy to see Jing Yuhua? Besides, that’s Dongli’s territory!”

"Yeah, they've suffered in Qi Country for the past two years almost because of us, Songjiu Battalion. The Emperor Dongli probably hated us long ago. If we went to the territory of Dongli Country, we'd have to be skinned and cramped." !"

Xie Shuci said: "By the way, isn't Dongli about to withdraw his troops soon? Why did you ask you to come to Southwest Pass at this time?"

As soon as Xie Shuci's words came out, the lobby suddenly fell into a strange silence, and even the faces of the drunk headed men sank.

Xie Shuci looked at their silent expressions, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"There are still many refugees near the Southwest Pass. Perhaps, the emperor sent us here because he wanted us to resettle the refugees." Fang Xunxue said lightly.

The several masters echoed repeatedly: "Yes, yes."

"As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world."

"By the way, Brother Deng, have you ever seen the most beautiful woman in the world——Luo Xianyu when you went to Tianzhu City?"

Everyone resumed talking and laughing, and continued to ask questions around Xie Shuci.

Xie Shuci smiled and said, "I've seen it."

"How so?"

"But does it live up to its reputation?"

Xie Shuci said: "Naturally, the reputation is well-deserved!"

"Brother Deng actually met Miss Luo, which is really enviable."

Looking at their admiring gazes greatly satisfied Xie Xiaoci's vanity, he put his hands on his hips, "Not only that, I also rode in the carriage with that girl Luo."

"Brother Deng! You actually saw Miss Luo up close?! Did you also see the Thousand Flowers Dance she danced?"

"Of course, it's better to sit on the boat and watch it up close. It's very beautiful!"

Fang Xunxue's eyes were filled with yearning, "Qianhuawu..."

Tianzhu City is a place where hundreds of flowers bloom all year round. It is definitely the most beautiful place in this secluded Kyushu, where beauties and all things coexist.

If there is still a chance, really want to visit Tianzhu City. It's been a long time since Xie Shuci boasted about walking a horse, and it feels like a different kind of nostalgia.

When the night got darker, the entire Southwest Pass became quiet, except for the chatter and laughter in this inn.

There was non-stop laughter in the lobby, and the king who was trying to practice the roar outside the door didn't stop.

This night, for some people is joyful, for others it is painful.

It was not until half past midnight that Fang Xunxue proposed to go back to their rooms to rest.

The soldiers of the Song Jiu Battalion were clamoring for Xie Shuci to use his spiritual power to play with swords, but when Fang Xunxue said this, everyone was still full of ideas, but they didn't insist on it.

"Brother Deng, it seems that there is no chance tonight, so leave!"

"Brothers, go back to your room and rest, we have to go out tomorrow."

Fang Xunxue stood up, brushed Xie Shuci slightly, "Farewell."

"Farewell."

Xie Shuci asked Xiao Xun to wait a while, and went out to find the king by himself.

The king was still howling, his voice was almost hoarse, and he didn't have the momentum of walking iron at all.

"Aw...cough cough!"

Xie Shuci stepped forward and rubbed its neck, and said: "At least my predecessors killed the enemy on the battlefield, how do you think it is possible to catch up with him overnight?"

The king looked back at him, "Oh."

"Let's go, go back to sleep, or do you want to stay here with senior?"

"Aw!"

Baby wants to be with Daddy!

After yelling, the king looked at the liger lying on the ground and taking a nap with his eyes closed, "Aww."

Liger, the baby is gone, will ask Liger again tomorrow.

However, Xing Tie didn't even open his eyes.

Xie Shuci guessed that he was already impatient, so he took a picture of the king to make it smaller, then picked it up and turned around and walked back to the inn. The waiter in the shop made something for it to eat alone.

When Xie Shuci led the king away, Xing Tie, who had closed his eyes and was asleep, slowly opened his eyes.

It looked at the crooked moon in the sky, with indescribable desolation and sadness in its eyes.

It's like the cold moonlight reflected on the calm lake.

After eating and drinking, the king went back to the room and fell asleep in the small nest that Xie Shuci made for it.

Xie Shuci washed up, returned to the bed, and found Xiao Xun sitting on the edge of the bed with serious eyes, looking at Xie Shuci with a tense little face.

Xie Shuci leaned forward and pinched his face, "Are you angry?"

Xiao Xun leaned back a little uncomfortably, frowned and said: "No."

"Then why do you have such a sad face? If you don't know, you might think someone robbed you of your money." Xie Shuci joked.

Xiao Xun stared at him, but said nothing.

Xie Shuci yawned and got into bed, "If you have nothing to do, rest first, and I will take you out to play tomorrow."

"I don't know if there is anything interesting in Southwest Pass." Xie Shuci muttered.

In fact, Xie Shuci was not sleepy, he had slept and woke up late, but he was alone with Xiao Xun, Xie Shuci was afraid that he would bring up the day's affairs.

Xiao Xun saw him lying down with his back to her, his eyes darkened a lot, and he called out, "Xie Shuci."

"Huh? Why?" Xie Shuci said.

"You should know that cultivators cannot meddle in ordinary people's affairs." Xiao Xun said.

Xie Shuci was stunned for a moment, and his long eyelashes drooped slightly, "Well, I know."

Xiao Xun seemed to be reminding, and continued: "If you affect the dragon veins of a country, not only will you be expelled by the heavens, but the country will also perish." Xie Shuci's five fingers hidden in the quilt tightened tightly, and his throat also felt a little tingly Tight, "Yeah."

After a while, Xie Shuci's voice became astringent, and he asked, "Did you see it?"

Xiao Xun leaned against the head of the bed, and gave an imperceptible "hmm".

"What did you see?" Xie Shuci said.

"It's not so much that Qi Country and Dongli made peace, it's better to say that Qi Country surrendered. They didn't ask Dongli to withdraw troops, but they asked Dongli to withdraw troops. Since it was a request, I'm afraid the other party would have expected conditions."

"……Um."

Xiao Xun continued: "It sounds like Songjiu Battalion is one of Qi Country's cavalry, and he had a lot of enmity with Dongli. The emperor of Qi Country ordered them to come to Southwest Pass at such a critical moment, probably because he wanted to use their lives , in exchange for Dongli to withdraw his troops. Or maybe their lives are just one of the conditions."

Xie Shuci's throat tightened, what Xiao Xun said was exactly Xie Shuci's guess.

"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. In any case, it has nothing to do with us."

Xiao Xun looked down at him quietly, "Yes."

The next day, Xie Shuci woke up early, and took Xiao Xun and the king for a walk in the city, but now that the war is over, many shops in the city are still closed, and some elegant and profound scenery have become dark due to the quietness of the people. boring.

Xie Shuci took them around a few times, bought some things and went back to the inn.

When they returned to the entrance of the inn, a group of people from Songjiu Battalion who had gone out early in the morning had already returned to the inn.

Seeing Xingtie resting outside the inn, the king said hello to Xie Shuci twice, and then ran to Xingtie in front of Xingtie, became a prototype, opened his throat, and started yelling.

Xingtie glanced at it lazily, listlessly.

Xie Shuci ignored them and led Xiao Xun into the inn. There was no one in the lobby, presumably they had already returned to the room.

"Sit next to me for a while." Xie Shuci said.

"Um."

As soon as Xie Shuci and the two sat down, the waiter came up with a smile on his face, "What do you two want to eat?"

Xie Shuci turned his head and asked Xiao Xun, "Are you hungry?"

Xiao Xun shook his head.

So Xie Shuci patted the stool next to him and said, "Sit down, I'll ask you something."

There was no one in the shop now, the waiter shook his white handkerchief twice and put it on his shoulders, sat down beside him, and said: "Guest officer, just ask, the young one will know everything and talk about everything."

Xie Shuci sat up straight and took a look upstairs, seeing that there was no one from Songjiu Battalion, he lowered his voice and asked, "What are the conditions for Dongli's withdrawal?"

The waiter shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's nothing more than ceding the city and giving up the land and paying the silver taels. This is already a relatively good result for our country of Qi. If the two countries continue to fight, it's hard to say whether they will win or lose, but the people of Qi country will definitely win." Will starve to death, our country of Qi is not like Dongli, which has a big trading city."

Xie Shuci said: "Is there no specific news yet?"

"No, it's probably not far away. Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. As long as there is no war, it will be a good thing for us people."

Xie Shuci nodded with a sigh, and asked again: "Then tell me about Songjiu Battalion?"

The shop waiter smiled and said: "Guest officer, I saw you talking with them late at night last night, it must be because you hit it off?"

"Yeah, quite hit it off."

"Those guys, although they seem far-fetched, they have almost settled down the border wars in the past few years. Our son Lang from Shangjing wanted to squeeze his head into the Songjiu camp, but it's a pity that the head of the family didn't accept others. People, the Songjiu Battalion is full of the original group of bandits. But their ability to lead troops is not bad, and they have helped the court bring out many elite soldiers in the past few years." When the shop boy said this, his eyes were full admiration.

"Besides, they were bandits. They ran rampant in Shangjing and did a lot of bad things. How many things were destroyed in fights and how many meals they ate. When they saw something they liked, they thought about it before paying. The courtiers impeached Songjiu Battalion every day for half a year, but the head of the family took it as a deaf ear, and didn't care about these bandit soldiers when he went back. The emperor always just turned a blind eye to them, and never severely punished them. "

The shop clerk smiled and said, "Actually, everyone knows that whenever outsiders invade the Qi Country border these years, no matter how far away or how dangerous the location is, they are like bandits. They are not afraid of death, dirt or tiredness."

Xie Shuci felt a little like laughing when he heard it, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"By the way, I remember that it was the year before last. The third family in Songjiu Battalion kidnapped a scholar who wrote scripts and forced him to teach him about cultivating Taoism in the house every day. It turned out that this person was a relative of the emperor who was traveling. Brother! That's the most favored little prince! The emperor was so angry that he almost fainted, but he didn't do anything to him, but deducted his salary for one year and fined him to serve tea and water for the young prince for one year."

Xie Shuci couldn't help laughing, this group of people is really interesting.

Speaking of this, the waiter sighed and said: "To be honest, without the bandits like Songjiu Battalion, Qi Country would have been captured by Dongli long ago. They have brought many elite soldiers to Qi Country, and their own strength They are also very tough, they haven't left Shangjing for almost half a year, they stayed in Shangjing to protect the emperor, and I don't know why the emperor asked them to come to Southwest Pass at this juncture."

Hearing this, Xie Shuci fell silent, and the smile on his mouth gradually disappeared.

The waiter got up and said: "Guest officer, you should rest first, and then tell the waiter if you need anything."

Xie Shuci nodded, "Thank you."

After the waiter left, the lobby fell silent.

Xie Shuci leaned on the table with his hands under his chin, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in the long street, like drums beating continuously, and it became more and more rapid little by little, disrupting Xie Shuci's breathing.

The sound of horseshoes suddenly stopped at the entrance of the inn. A general in golden armor got off his horse and held up a yellow scroll in his right hand. Breathing heavily, he strode into the inn and shouted loudly:

"The decree arrives—"