There was no other sound except the rustling of books.
It was a quiet night and the lights were on.
Ji Shanjing didn't know how long he stood there. He only saw that the sky outside the window had changed from dark to bright, and then from bright to dark.
He seemed tireless and never felt hungry. If a person's mind is so heavy, he must be planning some dangerous plans.
Suddenly there was a boy outside the door and whispered, "Young Master." There was only one sound, very soft.
I was afraid of disturbing Ji Shanjing.
He didn't raise his head and said casually, "What's the matter?" The person outside the door said, "Someone wants to see you."
"Who is it?"
"He refused to give his name. He just said he was a high-ranking person."
"Oh? Why do you want to see me?"
The outsider said: "He will not tell the truth until he sees the young master."
Ji Shanjing stopped talking and asked after thinking, "Where is he?"
The boy outside the door smiled and said, "It's right here."
Ji Shanjing asked the stranger without stopping his hands or raising his head, "Who are you?"
Bi Xiao smiled, "I am the one you are waiting for."
"I have never waited for anyone." Ji Shanjing closed the book and said.
Bi Xiao wanted to scare him, but with a move of his finger, the book in front of Ji Shanjing caught fire.
But he didn't care at all. This man didn't even have a trace of curiosity.
Really calm.
Bi Xiao snapped his fingers, and the fire suddenly went out again. He followed Zi Dong's words and said, "I know what you are thinking at this moment."
Ji Shanjing suddenly raised his head and glared at him like a knife.
Bi Xiao was glared at by him, feeling furious in his heart, but pretending to be expressionless on his face, he said, "I also know what you are worried about."
He said, "Tell me, what am I worried about?"
"You can't kill the person you want to kill."
Ji Shanjing said sternly: "I can kill everyone in the world, there is no one I dare not kill."
"Then do you dare to kill Ji Liyou?"
Ji Shanjing seemed to be stunned. He slowly lowered his head to look at the remains of the pages on the table and said, "Do you know who he is?"
"I know." Bi Xiao grabbed the sweet fruit on the table and took a mouthful of juice. Not to mention, the things in the world are still sweet. It's all Chen Hao's fault. He always stopped him and said that the things here are not clean.
"Can you help me?" Ji Shanjing got straight to the point.
"I can look like the boy outside your room. Do you think it will be difficult for me to kill him?"
Ji Shanjing's eyes shone with light, he pondered, and finally said: "Why should I trust you, just because you can write Jianghu tricks?"
To actually say that this is a trick of the charlatan, this kind of thing will make Bi Xiao angry to death.
His gaze was like a blade piercing Ji Shanjing's face, "I'm very capable, don't try to anger me."
This was how he used to scare the little gods in the Heavenly Palace. No matter who saw his sharp and threatening gaze, even if they did not tremble, their legs would become weak and they would be speechless.
But this mortal is an exception. He wasn't afraid of him at all.
"I'm a god... I'm a monster, and a profound snake monster."
Bi Xiao was helpless. Zi Dong had told him many times that he would use the name of monster to scare them. People are so strange. Gods are obviously much more powerful than monsters, but they are not afraid of gods but monsters.
Chen Hao said that this is because mortals think that gods are all good and monsters are bad. They are not afraid of the powerful ones, only the evil ones.
Ji Shanjing's eyes flashed and he said: "Monster?"
"Yes, I have been practicing for five thousand years."
"Who asked you to come and say these things to me?"
Bi Xiao frowned. This man must be too smart. He actually knew that someone asked him to talk like this. He was about to say Zi Dong's name, but immediately stopped, "I am myself, there is no one else."
"Then why did you come to tell me these things?"
"To be honest, I have a grudge against Ji Liyou and I have wanted to kill him for a long time."
Ji Shanjing's face suddenly changed, "How dare you, Ji Liyou is my brother and sister, how dare you say such arrogant words!"
Bi Xiao rubbed his head. This man was too annoying. His life was hanging in the palm of his hand. If he hadn't finished using him, he would have lifted his Heavenly Spirit Cap with a slap.
Bi Xiao's expression softened and he said, "It's you who asked me for help. You want to kill him as much as I do. Just admit it."
Ji Shanjing said harshly, "It's too late for me to love and protect my brother, so why would I want to hurt him?"
Bi Xiao couldn't help laughing until he got here. He laughed for a while. He was afraid of attracting others, so he had to stop laughing and said, "You only have one chance. If you don't seize it, you will never have this chance again. Let me tell you, Ji Liyou will leave Liangzhu soon. When the time comes, where will you go to kill him at the end of the world?"
Ji Shanjing's eyes were full of tears, "He wants to leave Liangzhu?"
"I have no reason to lie to you, and even if I lied to you, it was because I wanted to kill him so much."
"What do you want me to do?" Ji Shanjing confessed and showed his true face.
"Make a pact with me."
"What agreement?" Bi Xiao sighed, "The agreement between monsters and mortals, do you dare?"
"What's the content of the agreement?"
"This agreement has only one outcome, and that is—Ji Liyou, dies." Bi Xiao said.
He stretched out his hand, and Ji Shanjing handed it over without even hesitation.
"Just to remind you, I'm a monster."
"I know."
Bi Xiao said, "You are so brave."
“If a person asks for something, no matter who he is, he will become bolder.”
Bi Xiao stared at him, and the rare smile on his face suddenly froze, "From now on, you must obey my orders."
Ji Shanjing was furious, "It's you who have to obey my orders."
Bi Xiao said: "Have you forgotten what you are asking for?"
Ji Shanjing regretted it and wanted to take his hand back, but Bi Xiao had just received his promise.
He said to Ji Shanjing, "I have only one way to deal with a nagging person, and that is to cut out his tongue. What do you think?"
Ji Shanjing said, "Aren't we making a deal?"
Bi Xiao shook his head and said slowly: "Some people have negotiated deals with me before. Do you want to know how I deal with them?"
"What?"
"It's very easy for me to deal with them. Have you ever seen a snake shed its skin?"
Ji Shanjing nodded.
Bi Xiao smiled and said, "Have you ever seen someone shed their skin?" Ji Shanjing's expression suddenly changed.
Seeing his pale face, Bi Xiao patted his face and said, "If you think this is a deal, that's okay. I didn't say no, and this deal will benefit you without any harm."
"oh?"
"You are already a powerful minister. Under one person and above ten thousand people, there should not be many things in the world that you want but can't get."
Ji Shanjing said, "That's true, so I don't have to negotiate a deal with anyone at all."
Bi Xiao asked back, "But you just said that you want to negotiate a deal with me."
"Because I realized that my hatred could not stop. I could not get forgiveness or relief. The most precious things in the world are those that are not available."
"What is your relief?" Bi Xiao said seductively.
"Ji Li is worried about his life."
Bishop asked again.
His cold gaze suddenly became intense, and he said sternly: "Ji Li is worried about his life!"
It was as if he was under a spell of spiritual power. He lost all consciousness and said everything he wanted to say at once.
"As long as you obey my words, Ji Liyou's life is already in our control. I can take his life at any time as long as you are willing."
Ji Shanjing nodded dully.
"In that case, we have agreed to leave." Without saying another word, he bowed his head, turned around and walked out. A gust of wind came out of the window.
Ji Shanjing walked slowly to the door and opened it. His eyes had become respectful and dull again, but he just said nothing, staring at the lights outside the door, slowly recalling what had just happened.
Now, he understood what he had always wanted.
His only passion is hate. There is nothing more than resentment towards Ji Liyou.
As a shadow, he was tired of standing behind others. The person standing in front of him was too much of an eyesore. If possible, he hoped that Ji Liyou would be crushed to ashes after his death.
In total, I have stayed in Liangzhu for a full year and three months.
The wine banquet was held in the water pavilion. Several young men found a clean place to drink, surrounded by lotus ponds and rippling blue waves.
The screen window with pearls was raised high, and the fragrance of the newly opened lotus leaves was carried in the wind.
It is already May, and the heat is gradually beginning to envelope Liangzhu. The cicadas started chirping one after another.
Ji Liyou listened quietly to the storyteller and Wei Lang talking.
Last winter, when the two met, it was as if they were enemies. However, in the spring, they went out to drink together again.
This person is just weird between people. Ji Liyou suspected that the two of them had reached some kind of agreement behind his back, but he had no evidence.
Why is it suddenly so good that I can wear a pair of pants? Besides him, who else could the storyteller talk to like this well
Ji Liyou shook his head. “You can’t tell a person by his appearance.”
"What did you say?" Wei Lang peeled off a lotus seed and gave it to him.
The storyteller's voice was low and powerful, and his speech was sometimes slow and gentle, especially when he spoke close to his ear. He was telling something interesting.
Ji Liyou's thoughts were not here.
Wei Lang was also very strange. He told him that the storyteller was a fallen angel and told him not to associate with him. Then he turned around and became brothers with Old Man Wen. The more he looked at these two people, the more suspicious they became.
Could it be that he was behind his back... Ji Liyou imagined a big drama in his mind.
He separated the two of them because of jealousy. He must have different thoughts about the storyteller... He turned around and thought it was impossible. Wei Lang is a very free and easy person, and he would definitely not do this.
There are not many lights in the water pavilion, but they are as bright as day. From a distance, there are only a few bright lights. Beads are hanging on the walls. The weak lights reflect the pearl light. The soft light makes people feel indescribably comfortable. .
After drinking, the storyteller was chatting and laughing, and was talking about the romantic affair of a king: "It is said that the lamps are never lit in the palace between him and the queen."
"It would be boring to do that if you can't see anything." Ji Liyou took a sip of tea and said.
The storyteller explained, "This is because the king believed that there was smoke when burning lamps. The queen's eyesight was not good, and he was afraid that the smoke would smoke her."
"Without smoke, there is no human world." Wei Lang said with a smile.
"Actually, if you don't light the lamp, you can't see anything." The storyteller said.
"What kind of lighting?" Ji Liyou asked him.
The storyteller pointed to the beads beside him. He also said, "Every night in the palace, a big orb is hung, illuminating a room as bright as the sun."
Wei Lang said: "The ruler of the country is extravagant, and the fall of the country will only happen sooner or later."
Ji Li said worriedly, "But he is also a passionate person."
The storyteller said calmly: "A lover is not suitable to be an emperor."
Ji Liyou looked around and asked, "Why hasn't Anmuda come yet?"
Wei Lang said, "If you're impatient to wait, we might as well put some snacks out there for you to fill your stomach."
Suddenly I heard someone outside the water pavilion laughing and saying, "What's the point of eating snacks?"
A tall, thin woman walked in, with delicate and fair skin. If you didn't look carefully, you would have thought she was a man, because she was almost as tall as Wei Lang.
Ji Liyou secretly asked Anmuda if the prairie people were eating meat and drinking milk every day, so they grew so tall. Anmuda said that even among the grassland women, there was no woman taller than her. After hearing this, Ji Liyou gave up the idea of eating big meat and drinking goat's milk. He used to think that he was quite tall, but in Weilang In front of the storyteller, he was already a head shorter, and there came Anmuda, a woman who was also taller than him.
He could only console himself by having the integrity of Yan Zi to entrust Chu.
"Where have you gone?" Wei Lang asked her.
Ranran behind Anmuda immediately rushed to say: "We are going to catch wild rabbits."
There was silence in the water pavilion for a moment, and then the whole room burst into laughter.
Ji Liyou laughed so hard that he couldn't raise his head. He pointed at the straw on Ran Ran's head and asked, "Are you going to pull wild vegetables or catch rabbits?"
Ran Ran's head was covered with grass clippings and dirt, and her face was smeared with dust. Ji Liyou smiled and asked someone to fetch some water.
The storyteller called the waiter, "Find some clean clothes for the girl, and go to the room to prepare a bath."
Ji Liyou was wiping Ran Ran's face when the storyteller said, "If you wipe it like that, how long will it take to wipe it clean? I have asked someone to fetch water and asked Anmuda to take her to take a bath and change her clothes."
Ji Liyou nodded, "Yes, I can't keep your clothes anymore. When you go back, don't tell that guy Ji Shanjing that I took you out."
Ran Ran nodded, "I came out to play on my own. I just happened to see you."
Men were drinking outside. After half an hour, Ran Ran washed her face, revealing a smooth and soft white face.
Several people started playing with the Flying Flower Ring, and Ji Liyou asked unintentionally, "Brother Wei, have you found the soul-inducing bell you said you were looking for before?"
Wei Lang glanced at the storyteller and said, "It's considered to be found."
"What do you mean you found it?"
"That's right, I know where it is, but I can't take it away yet."
Ji Liyou came closer and asked, "Are you in some pawn shop and you don't have money to redeem it?"
Before Wei Lang said anything, Ji Liyou said, "I have it. Just tell me. I can have as much as you want."
Anmuda clicked his tongue, "I can't believe that the teahouse opened by Shopkeeper Ji is making a fortune every day."
Ran Ran said unintentionally, "Why is it so quiet outside today?"
Several people were speechless.
After a moment, the storyteller opened his fan and said, "Would you like to play dominoes?"
"It's fun." Ji Li said worriedly, "Did you bring it with you?"
"No." He shook his head. Ji Liyou said, "I'll go ahead and get a pair."
Before he could walk out of the door, someone suddenly blocked his way.
I saw a man with a long body standing upright, wearing white clothes like snow.
"Who are you?"
"I'm looking for someone."
"Who are you looking for? Let me see if I recognize him and let you know." Ji Liyou looked at him.
He raised his head, "Do you know Wei Lang?"
"Wei Lang? I don't know him. Do you have something to do with him?"
"Yes, I'm here to seek revenge." His words were like the edge of a sword, cold and sharp.
But Ji Liyou smiled and said, "You came to kill someone, and you said it so calmly?"
"Why don't you feel calm?"
Ji Liyou said, "Killing people and setting fires are not good things."
It was quiet inside and outside the water pavilion. What Ji Liyou said to this man fell into the ears of everyone in the water pavilion.
(End of chapter)