Cherry Blossoms Upon a Wintry Sword

Chapter 42: Swordsman's Gift

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This Costume on Liu Rugong's hand is very beautiful. Shrugging her shoulders and her tail tightly, she is a standard beauty. Lin Bianyu also raised a green-feathered Haidongqing named Qingluan. Lin Rufei watched it grow up since she was a child, so she has some understanding of this handsome bird.

Seeing that Lin Rufei was very interested in his bird, Liu Rugong introduced, "It's called Liaoshan. She's only one year old this year. She's a girl, but she has a bad temper."

The Taoist object resembles the main figure, this Liaoshan slightly raised his neck, and his arrogant appearance is somewhat similar to Liu Rugong, but Liu Rugong obviously did not notice it, so he fondly touched Liaoshan's head and looked at it. Xiang Lin Rufei: "Young Master Lin, do you want to try it?"

Lin Rufei smiled and refused: "No."

Playing with an eagle is a very private matter, and the owner generally doesn't like other people playing with his own eagle. Liu Rugong is polite with him, and he better be more knowledgeable.

The two said as they walked on the street. Many people on the street cast their eyes cautiously, but most of them were afraid. It seems that this Liu Rugong is indeed very powerful in the city of Gusu.

Liu Rugong didn't realize it, and led Lin Rufei all the way forward, saying that this house's drinks are good, and the other house's gold and satin is a must. like. Lin Rufei listened with great interest. It wasn't until he had visited Gusu City for most of the time that Liu Rugong got down to business. A hole came and called, "Young Master Lin."

Lin Rufei was taken aback by his expression: "Huh?"

Liu Rugong said, "I heard that you were on the Kunlun Mountains, and you once compared swords with others?"

Lin Rufei hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly.

"That swordsman's name is Wang Hao?" Liu Rugong asked.

Unexpectedly, his information was so well-informed, not only knew that Lin Rufei had compared swords with people, but also knew the name of the swordsman. Lin Rufei said, "You know him?"

Liu Rugong said, "I know." With a wave of his hand, Liaoshan, which had been resting on his arm, waved its wings and brought a gust of wind up to the sky, "I met him by chance in Gusu City. once."

Probably on the way to Kunlun, Wang Hao rested in the city for a night, picked up a jug of wine, and sat on the top of the highest attic in the city, overlooking the dimly lit Gusu City.

Liu Rugong happened to bump into him, and at a glance, he saw the long sword called Qingthorn hanging on Wang Li's waist. His eyes fell, and he couldn't take it away until Wang Li was facing him through the bamboo hat. Cast a bad look. The swordsman's sword, being stared at so rudely by others, would be displeased by anyone who changed it, not to mention Wang Hao, who had a bad temper.

"Your sword is good." Liu Rugong walked to Wang Xing's side, sat down, and reached out to Wang Xing's jug, wanting to beg for a drink. Who would have thought that Wang Hao would not save face at all for the most difficult son of the Liu family in Gusu City, and directly ignored Liu Rugong, who was begging for wine. Even through the gauze of the hat, his cold eyes made people feel that his whole body was covered in Chills. If this were an ordinary person, he might have retreated, but who was Liu Rugong? He was the second young master of the Liu family who could toss around the most, so in the face of Wang Hao's indifference, he was not moved at all, but became more interested.

"Where are you going?" Liu Rugong said, "Why did you come here to drink."

"Bijian." Although his tone was cold, Wang Hao replied anyway.

"Oh?" Speaking of swords, Liu Rugong became eager to try, "Are you going to Kunlun? Who are you planning to compare swords with?"

The Lin family is well-known, and almost every year, countless swordsmen go to Kunlun one after another, either to compete with swords or to watch the battle, which is very lively. There is only one way to go to Kunlun, and it must pass through Gusu City, then turn over Xiliang Mountain, and go all the way along the Canglan River.

"The Lin family." Wang Lin said.

"The Lin family? Which Lin family? Lin Weirui is still traveling outside. Maybe it's Lin Minzhi... But it's not easy to compare swords with him." Liu Rugong said.

Unexpectedly, Wang Hao shook his head.

Seeing this, Liu Rugong wondered, "Could it be that you want to find Lin Bianyu? Tsk tsk tsk, seeing that you are so young, you don't want to live anymore. Even I was defeated by Lin Bianyu's sword. I'm afraid his subordinates won't be able to make ten moves."

Wang Hao raised his eyes and glanced at him, sneered, and ignored him.

The smile on Liu Rugong's face was slightly restrained, and the next moment he raised his hand, he grabbed Wang Xing's wine jug and poured it into his mouth. Wang Hao was grabbed by him for a while without realizing it, and angrily said, "You native of the Central Plains, why are you so rude!"

Liu Rugong took a few sips of the wine, then threw the jug back into Wang Hao's hand, and said seriously: "Since I drank your wine, then I owe you a favor, and I can't watch you helplessly. Go to die, come and come, since you are going to compare swords with Lin Bianyu, you should pass me first, I have a better temper than him, and I will save your life." He also came with his mouth open, and had the nerve to say that he was better than Lin. If Bianyu has a good temper, if his family finds out, they will definitely laugh at him for doing everything he can to compare swords.

Wang Hao stared at Liu Rugong coldly, as if staring at a desperate madman. He said, "I didn't go to Lin Bianyu to compete with the sword."

"Oh?" Liu Rugong asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?"

"Lin Rufei." Wang Hao said.

Lin Rufei? Liu Rugong had heard of this name, but only heard of it, but had never seen it before. It was rumored that this Lin Rufei was weak since childhood and could not practice swordsmanship, so he rarely showed up in front of people. Liu Rugong really had no interest in such a person.

"Oh? Could it be that Lin Hefei is also a powerful character?" Liu Rugong was very interested.

Wang Hao glanced at him and stopped talking. He obviously didn't like this rambunctious Liu Rugong, but he didn't want to cause trouble. He took the jug and turned around and left. How could Liu Rugong let go of such an interesting person so easily, he raised his hand and pulled Luoshen out, but before he could use his sword, the person in front of him turned into an afterimage and disappeared directly in front of him. Following Wang Hao's disappearance, as well as a strand of hair on Liu Rugong's temples, he froze in place, not seeing when the other party drew his sword.

After that, Liu Rugong firmly remembered the name Wang Zong.

Later, I heard that he went to Kunlun to find Lin Rufei to compete with the sword, but was defeated by Lin Rufei's men. Until yesterday, when he returned home, he casually talked about the encounter with the fourth son of the Lin family. After being reminded, he suddenly remembered that Lin Rufei was the one who competed with Wang Zhan, so today Liu Rugong changed from yesterday. With that cold attitude, she even offered to take Lin Rufei around.

Lin Rufei was indeed a person who did not interest him. Although the fourth son of the Lin family, although handsome in appearance and elegant in temperament, he looked very frail, and there was not a trace of sword energy on his body, as if a gust of wind could knock him out. It seems to blow down. Liu Rugong was only interested in the strong. Like Lin Rufei, if it wasn't for the Kunlun Lin family, he wouldn't even ask a question.

However, this Lin Rufei didn't seem to be as harmless as he appeared, Liu Rugong narrowed his eyes with a smile, and unconsciously put his right hand down on Luo Shenshang's waist, smiling, "Young Master Lin, in a few days. , is my big day, you have to give me Liu Rugong this face, remember to come to the banquet."

Lin Rufei was walking forward, and when she heard Liu Rugong's words, she paused slightly: "...Okay."

"I know what Young Master Lin is thinking, but it doesn't matter. If you have anything to say, just say it directly. I don't mind." Liu Rugong said.

Lin Rufei turned her head and glanced at him, but didn't want to ask. Although he was very curious, it was someone else's private matter, and Liu Rugong was suddenly so enthusiastic. If something went wrong, there must be a demon. He always felt that this young master Liu What are you calculating.

Liu Rugong waited for a while, but saw that Lin Rufei looked away with lack of interest, and said strangely: "Hey, Young Master Lin is not curious, why should I marry a sword?"

Lin Rufei said calmly, "Actually, I don't really want to know."

Liu Rugong: "..."

"If Young Master Liu wants to say something, it's fine for me to listen." Lin Rufei said.

Liu Rugong obviously didn't expect Lin Rufei's reaction. No one in Gusu City was curious about his marriage, but no one dared to speak up. Lin Rufei had no interest at all. Liu Rufeng clicked his tongue, thinking that the young son of the Lin family is really not playing cards according to common sense.

But it doesn't matter. It just so happens that he is also a person who does not play cards according to common sense, so Liu Rugong smiled and said, "Young Master Lin, we are friends at first sight, right?"

Lin Rufei: "..." Why does this sound so scary

Liu Rugong said, "Really?"

How else could Lin Rufei answer? It can't be said that the two of us are not familiar with each other, so she nodded helplessly.

Seeing that Lin Rufei nodded, Liu Rugong immediately smiled happily: "Since we are friends, then I am getting married. Have you thought about what to give?"

It turned out that she was waiting for her here. Lin Rufei couldn't help laughing and laughing. She thought that this son of the Liu family was really interesting. In order to ask for a betrothal gift, she was so bewildering. He was about to speak when Liu Rugong said, "I don't want to trouble Young Master Lin to prepare a gift for me. Why don't Young Master Lin fulfill my little wish as a gift for my wedding?"

Sure enough, Lin Rufei said, "What wish?"

Liu Rugong held down Luoshen's waist heavily, and said seriously, "Comparing swords with me."

Lin Rufei said, "Use Luoshen?"

Liu Rugong said, "Naturally!"

Lin Rufei hesitated a little: "But you just got married, and I fought with your bride... Wouldn't it be good...?"

Liu Rugong's expression froze, choked to death by Lin Rufei's words. Gu Xuan, who had not spoken for a long time, couldn't help laughing next to him. He actually saw his shadow from Liu Rugong's staring expression. I have to say that when the young master of the Lin family deliberately did something bad, it was really hard to resist.

Fortunately, this Liu Rugong is not an ordinary person. After a moment of silence, he reached out and patted Lin Rufei's shoulder carelessly and said, "We are all brothers, what you say and do, your sister-in-law will certainly not mind. —”

Lin Rufei was speechless for a while.

It was only after he successfully asked for a big gift from Lin Rufei, Liu Rugong called back his Liaoshan and left in a hurry. Lin Rufei stared at his back for a while without speaking, then sighed for a while, and said, "How does this compare?"

Gu Xuandu said, "You have to be careful." He glanced at Lin Rufei, "Don't kill him with one sword."

Lin Rufei: "..."

These days, Gu Xuan has been carrying Fu Hua and the others on his back, guiding him to practice the sword, but Lin Rufei was there at the bottom, and his physical condition was not good, and the progress was extremely slow. Going up, although there is no suitable place to try it, it is much stronger than before. Gu Xuandu was not at all nervous about the competition between Lin Rufei and Liu Rugong, and urged Lin Rufei to try the golden shortbread sold on the street, saying that it looked delicious.

Lin Rufei bought two, one for each of Gu Xuan, and went back while eating.

When he went back, he happened to see Fu Hua coming out of the pharmacy next to the inn. He was a little nervous. He wanted to ask a question, but he suddenly remembered what he overheard during the day. tone.

Thinking that this medicine was bought for herself, after all, her problem of talking to herself became more and more serious, Lin Rufei thought about it, looked sadly at a senior who was unconscious beside her, and sighed faintly. .

Gu Xuan didn't even realize that Fu Hua's entry into the pharmacy had anything to do with him. He was nibbling on the golden shortbread with relish. This cake was just out of the pot and was sprinkled with a thin layer of white sugar. It was crispy on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside. The degree is just right, very delicious. Seeing Lin Rufei looking at herself with a bright smile, she said, "I haven't eaten this for a long time, but the taste hasn't changed much."

Lin Rufei didn't say a word, and continued to eat with Gu Xuandu.

In the evening, Fu Hua really brought the decoction, but she didn't dare to tell Lin Rufei the effect of the medicine, probably because she was afraid of increasing her son's psychological burden. , drinking it may have an effect.

Lin Rufei knew that she was worried about herself, so she obeyed obediently, but took advantage of the floating flowers to go out, turned around and fell into the potted plant by the window.

Gu Xuandu also asked strangely why he poured out the medicine.

Lin Rufei said, "I'm afraid I won't see you if I drink it."

Gu Xuandu: "Huh?"

Lin Rufei said, "Isn't this the medicine to cure evil spirits?"

Gu Xuandu then remembered the day-to-day conversation between the maids and was speechless for a while.

It was getting late, and it was another night. Lin Rufei still didn't have much sleepiness. She was really bored, so she opened the window and sat beside the bed to watch the pedestrians on the street to relieve her boredom.

Gusu City is not lonely after nightfall. There are flaming lanterns hanging on the streets, and people are constantly passing through. At first glance, it seems to be more lively than in the daytime. Lin Rufei's eyesight was much better than before, and she could clearly see every interesting detail on the street.

There was a man who was having trouble with the girl he loved. He found a quiet place at the end of the alley, and explained something with a frowning face. The girl would listen to her when she was angry. She pouted and wiped her tears. Scratching his head, he suddenly turned around and walked away. The girl looked at his back and cried directly, but the man appeared in the alley again after a while. At this time, he was holding a golden saccharine in his hand. With a few strokes, he drew Seeing the girl's charm, he didn't know what to say. He just clumsily stretched out his hand and stuffed the sugar into her mouth. After the girl ate the sugar, she finally burst into laughter and gave the man a coquettish glance with those tearful eyes.

Another child stood in front of the candied fruit, unable to move his feet, and the saliva hung on his lips. The child's mother couldn't pull it away, and finally he could only stretch out his hand and twist his ears. The child cried so badly that he simply sat on the ground and spread Up and pouring, the child's mother couldn't pull it, and in the end she had no choice but to find out a few coins and bought a bunch of candied haws, and then the child was coaxed away.

This city is more lively than Kunlun. The world is full of emotions, and the warmth and warmth of people are all in Lin Rufei's eyes. He looked at it, a smile appeared on his lips, and the pink peach blossom in his eyes was looming.

"Hey, isn't that Liu Rugong?" Gu Xuandu suddenly said.

"Where?" Lin Rufei asked.

Gu Xuan all pointed to the distance, Lin Rufei looked in the direction he pointed, but saw Liu Rugong carrying a pot of wine sitting on the top of a tall building in the distance, which was the highest position in the city of Gusu , I think the view is good. It's just that behind him, there seems to be a young woman standing. The woman is dressed in blue gauze and stands silently. Although she can't see her face clearly, she can vaguely see her extraordinary demeanor.

Liu Rugong was drinking wine, and compared to his usual surly appearance, he felt a little more lonely. The city is full of lively red and happy colors arranged for him, but he seems to have nothing to do with this lively, just a passerby passing by here and drinking.

Lin Rufei looked at him, and after a long time, she said softly, "That must be a good pot of wine."

"Well." Gu Xuandu said, "It should be a good pot of wine."

Liu Rugong drank for a long time, the bright moon hung high in the sky, and then got up and left. During this period, the woman in Tsing Yi had been standing behind him, quietly accompanying him, but there was no conversation between the two, and he never looked back at her until they left.

Lin Rufei saw that Liu Rugong was gone, but she still had no sleepiness. At this time, the street gradually quieted down, and most of the people fell into sweet sleep. He knocked three more times, and the sound of "The sky is dry, be careful of the candles" slowly swayed in the city of Gusu.

"Aren't you sleepy?" Gu Xuandu asked.

"Not sleepy." Lin Rufei said, "I don't sleep well."

Gu Xuan thought for a while: "Want to go there and see?" He pointed to the place where Liu Rugong had just left.

Lin Rufei hesitated for a moment, thinking that she couldn't fall asleep anyway, and nodded.

Gu Xuandu saw that he was willing, so he lightly grabbed his arm, Lin Rufei felt her body lighten, and was carried into the air by Gu Xuandu. Gu Yu, who was hanging on the waist, seemed to feel it, and directly from the waist The scabbard flew out of his scabbard and stayed at his feet. Lin Rufei stepped on Gu Yu and, following Gu Xuandu's guidance, landed on the high building where Liu Rugong was drinking.

The scenery here is really beautiful.

Looking up, you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire Gusu City. And then, all the way to the south. The lights on the street have been extinguished, the moonlight is like a waterfall, and the city is full of hoarfrost.

Ye Feng was a little bigger, and Gu Xuan didn't know where to take out a cloak and put it on Lin Rufei's shoulder. Sitting next to Lin Rufei, he said with a slightly emotional tone, saying that he did not expect the scenery of Gusu City to be so different from a hundred years ago.

Lin Rufei said, "You came here a hundred years ago?"

Gu Xuan nodded.

Lin Rufei said, "What was the difference between Gusu then and now?"

Gu Xuandu said: "At that time, the war between the human and demon worlds had just ended, and the city of Gusu was in a mess, and there was not even a small shop selling alcohol. I was addicted to alcohol and really craving for wine, so I twisted my friend to brew a few for me. Altar, the wine hasn't been fermented completely, but it just smelled of wine, so I secretly dug it out and drank most of it." He said this with a gentle smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.

Lin Rufei said, "Your old friend found out that he was not angry with you?"

"Then the battlefield shifted and we left here, and he forgot about it." Gu Xuandu looked at Lin Rufei and said in a low voice, "But even if he finds out, he won't be angry with me. Bar."

Lin Rufei said, "Yes, then he must be very kind to you."

"Yeah, it's very good to me." Gu Xuandu whispered, "I'm the one who pulled me all the way, and leave the best to me."

Lin Rufei originally wanted to ask him where his old friend is now, but then he thought about it, this was all a hundred years ago, maybe it would be sad to ask, so she hummed softly and said, "That's good."

Gu Xuan didn't say a word, just watched Lin Rufei keep smiling, and there was some sadness that Lin Rufei couldn't understand in the smile, and soon it was hidden in this boundless night.

Before he knew it, morning light appeared on the horizon, and the whole night passed by like that. After hearing the cock crowing, Lin Rufei finally felt a little sleepy, and Gu Xuandu brought him back to the house again.

Lying on the bed, Lin Rufei thought about the beautiful scenery last night, and fell into a deep sleep. Gu Xuandu sat beside him, looked at his sleeping face, suddenly leaned over and closed his eyes before him. A soft kiss fell on her eyelashes. Lin Rufei didn't realize it, and was still sleeping soundly.

Because of the lack of sleep last night, Lin Rufei slept until the afternoon before getting out of bed. When I got up, I saw that there was still hot food on the table, I thought it was prepared by Fuhua and Yurui. He sat up from the bed, yawned lazily, and planned to go out to call Xiao Er to prepare some hot water for washing, but when he saw Fuhua Yurui standing at the door, they looked very anxious. Mr. sound.

"Young master, you scared me to death." Yurui cried, "If you don't wake up, we will go and call Langzhong over."

"Hey, the boss here is really unreliable. How could he sleep so long after taking that medicine." Fu Hua said anxiously, "Let's send a letter back and ask Wan Yao to prescribe the medicine."

Seeing that the two had misunderstood, Lin Rufei hurriedly explained that she slept too late last night and had nothing to do with the medicine.

Who would have thought that Fu Hua got even more angry when she heard that, saying that the medicine was supposed to calm the mind, but she couldn't sleep after drinking it!

Lin Rufei didn't dare to say that she didn't drink the medicine, so she just stood there and listened to the complaints of the maids. Fortunately, the two of them didn't talk for too long, and then turned around to prepare hot water for Lin Rufei. Lin Rufei hurried back to the house and told Gu Xuan that she would never stay up late again.

Gu Xuan listened with a half-smile, saying that you shouldn't burn your body, Liu Rugong is still waiting for you to give gifts.

As soon as she mentioned the gift, Lin Rufei frowned and said, "Otherwise, let's leave the gift and slip away. He doesn't know anyway."

Before Gu Xuandu could answer, there was a knock on the door, Lin Rufei thought it was a floating flower jade, and came in.

Who knew it was Liu Rugong who pushed in the door, he said seriously: "Slip away, Young Master Lin, who wants to slip away?"

Lin Rufei: "..." Why are you so pervasive

The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: Is our relationship good enough? I'm getting married too, and I'm here to ask you for a big present.

Lin Rufei: Whatever you want, feel free to say.

Gu Xuandu: Everything is ready for the wedding, just a bride, come and make a corner.

Lin Rufei: …