One hundred and fifty-three years later
The business of Dingxiang Building is very busy tonight, the waiter is busy with sweat, and the rag on his shoulder is not sure whether to use it to wipe the table or wipe the sweat. Vibrant, the silk satin glows with a layer of water under the candlelight, and you can tell that it is not a merchant or a commoner at a glance. The clerk went up to meet him, glanced at the official boots under the leader's indigo robe, quickly raised his face and said with a smile: "Please, sir, please."
A group of seven people went upstairs calmly, entered the elegant room and sat down one after another, only then did someone take out the broken silver and reward the man, without saying anything, the reward was just to praise his eyesight.
The clerk happily retired after receiving the reward, and while he was busy in the hall, he looked at the door. It didn't know how long it took before Shi Shiran walked in from the door, with clear eyes and a smile on his face. The man stepped over the threshold and went upstairs without being greeted.
The clerk craned his neck to look, only to feel that the young man looked familiar, and he seemed to have seen that demeanor somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it.
The seven people waiting in the private room heard the sound of footsteps approaching the door, and they all stood up one after another. The door was pushed open in an instant, and Ji Jiu outside the door looked at everyone and smiled: "Bring me a drink, everyone's expression is different." Why is it uglier than on the battlefield?"
The person who rewarded the buddy earlier also smiled, and asked to sit down, "Isn't it because you are afraid that the little general will eat up their one-year salary?"
Ji Jiu scoffed, and said: "It's okay, the salary is not enough, the soldiers' salary is too much, it depends on how brave you are and how much you can get, if you are brave, let alone this banquet, you just have to prepare another thousand." Ten thousand tables is just a drop in the bucket.”
As soon as the words fell to the ground, the room fell silent.
Just now Ji Jiu sat down, reached out to take the jug on the table, and poured wine for himself. With this movement, the cuffs were slightly pulled up, revealing a piece of skin on the wrist, which was a little whiter than ordinary generals, but it was also firm. It's just that the imprint on the side of the wrist looks like two dark holes, which is quite interesting. This is Ji Jiu's birthmark, it was born on the inside of the wrist, and grew up with age, some people say it is a mole, but the color is slightly lighter. Others say that it looks like a wound bitten by a snake. Ji Jiu stared at it when he had nothing to do, and felt that it looked like a snake bite mark, but he had never been bitten before, so what about the mark? It's just a birthmark and it never fades away.
Ji Jiu slowly filled himself with wine, and then sipped it slowly, with a relaxed and relaxed expression, as if the cup contained fairy nectar.
The rest of the people didn't speak any more, just watched him drink, all of them looked speechless.
In fact, what is hard to say? Ji Jiu didn't take it seriously in his heart, since he dared to withhold the military salary, how could he not have thought that there would be a day when someone would get all the stolen goods. After anticipating the consequences, he still took the risk with his own body. It can be seen that he wants money but not life.
A jug of wine was poured out by itself, Ji Jiu shook the empty jug and stood up, slowly said: "The wine is very good. If you can live to this time next year, I will invite wine to hold a banquet in this place." He didn't pay any attention to the crowd's persuasion, and finally turned around and left under all kinds of complicated eyes. It was meaningless to stay.
Walking in the street market, Ji Jiu looked at the small stalls selling goods on both sides. There were lanterns hanging on the stalls, illuminating the goods below. Most of them were handmade products, some rough and some delicate. The lanterns covered with red gauze filled the whole street with a lively noise. Someone behind him shouted: "Little general, little general, stay a step!"
Ji Jiu paused, glanced around, and wanted to find a place to slip away, but found that there was no gap to sneak in, so he had to stand where he was and be caught.
Ji Jiu said, "What are you doing here again? Don't you think you didn't cheat me enough today?"
The person who came was the person who was talking to him in the banquet just now, Chang Yin, Chang Yin sighed, and said: "I know I shouldn't ask you to go today. Who let the military marquis know me? Love, I told you that you will not be merciful, he doesn't believe it... Cough, today you and I have been cheated of face, what do you want me to do if you walk away like that?"
"Why, do you still want me to let him go?" Ji Jiu raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
Chang Yin murmured: "The amount is not large, and he also knew he was wrong, so why don't you just let him go?"
Ji Jiu's previously smiling face suddenly turned cold, and his dark eyes stared straight at him, seeming to be murderous.
Chang Yin knew that something was wrong, so he also lowered his head and remained silent.
"Chang Yin," Ji Jiu said after a long while, then calmed down and said calmly, "From now on, you and I will have no classmates. It's best not to see each other again."
"What?" Chang Yin hurriedly said, "Where is it so serious?"
"Not serious?" Ji Jiu sneered, "I regard you as a gentleman, and it is an honor to meet you. But you are a fool who doesn't understand the reason! I haven't seen you for a year, and you have made such progress, interceding and taking care of others." , How much benefit did you get from it?!"
"Ji Jiu!" Chang Yin was also angry, and blushed and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! Where did I get any benefit? I just saw his pity and came up to me..."
"If he comes to beg you, you should do it. If he is greedy for money, do you want to make it up for him?!"
Chang Yin was stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth wide, "Tens of thousands of taels?"
"It's not about money at all." Ji Jiu frowned, and said impatiently: "I can't tell you, that's all, do your own business well in the future, and don't meddle in other people's business."
"No." Chang Yin followed him, step by step, and said loudly: "You must explain what happened today, why am I confused? How can I become a villain? You still have to break off relations with me."
Ji Jiu ignored him and walked straight forward, Chang Yin was not frustrated, and walked behind him stubbornly, stepping on his shadow without letting go.
Ji Jiu walked quickly for a while, but couldn't get rid of it. Impatiently being entangled, he turned around and said, "We are soldiers!"
"what?!"
Ji Jiu looked at him and said: "General Zhang Lang and I, we are all soldiers, supported by the court and the people, and contribute to the country. But it is not only generals and military lords who contribute to the country, there are thousands of , Hundreds of thousands of soldiers! They are the ones who are at the forefront. It is their blood that dyes the river red, nourishes the land, and keeps the peace of the relatives at home and the people in the city! How can people who are not as good as animals detain these soldiers? Military pay! Do you still have the face to intercede for him?! You go back..." Pointing behind him, Ji Jiu said in a deep voice, "Go and ask him, if there is a fierce battle in the future, when he is besieged by heavy troops, will he protect him?" Who is his man? Ask him, if he has the face to say to the soldiers who fell to protect the general, 'I withheld your military pay'! If he has the face to say, I will not be ashamed today , let him go!"
Chang Yin stayed where he was, stunned.
The night was slightly cool, with a cool wind blowing, Chang Yin only felt that his back was soaked. Looking up again, Ji Jiu had already left without knowing when.
The shame on his face was obvious, he raised his slap, and Chang Yin slapped it on his face, after the loud slap, he regained his energy and went back the same way.
Ji Jiu doesn't take this kind of thing to heart, but is a little disappointed with Chang Yin because he is not sober. A person can do whatever he wants to do, be whoever he wants to be, the only thing is to be sober. Don't think that you are kind, but actually harm others without knowing it. Whether you are a good person or a bad person, those are the evaluations of others, but for yourself, you must know what you are doing and who you are.
Ji Jiu is very aware of this. He knows who he is. He is Ji Jiu, the only son of General Ji. He is twenty-seven years old and has been in the army for eight years.
Sighing silently, Ji Jiu returned to the mansion.
The mansion is clean and peaceful. The servants are neatly dressed and speak softly. When they returned home, Ji Jiu felt a little more relaxed. After sitting down in the study for a while, his wife brought tea and served it with her own hands. Ji Jiu laughed and said: " Where can you pour the tea yourself, the child is asleep?"
"I'm asleep, the girl said you're back. I'll come over and have a look." The woman smiled slightly, "Pour tea without breaking my hand."
"It's going to be folded, but I can't bear it." Ji Jiu said.
"Where did you learn it?" The woman blushed a little, "I didn't go home for three years, so I just learned this and came back."
"I only learned it," Ji Jiu said with a smirk, "I've learned it and kept it in my stomach, and I'll tell you when I come back."
The woman is thin-skinned, so she walked away after spitting on him. Ji Jiu smiled, walked over and hugged him into his arms, sniffed the fragrance of cloud hair on his temples, and said in a low voice, "Do you miss me?"
Knowing that she would not answer, Ji Jiu still asked, "Miss me?"
With her face as red as a burning cloud, Madam said in a low voice, "I won't talk to you, let's rest earlier."
"Hey, I had a good rest last night." Ji Jiu blew lightly on the side of the neck with the jade earrings hanging, and whispered: "Go and make the bed, I'll be right back. I'll be early this month rest."
The madam stood up abruptly, broke free from his arms, covered her face and wanted to run, Ji Jiu laughed softly behind her, the voice was not without complacency, the madam was even more ashamed and angry, she couldn't help turning around, and reprimanded him in a low voice. Said: "You are not the one I just married to Ji's family."
Ji Jiu still smiled: "You were a daughter when you married me, but now you are a mother."
Madam glared at him, her eyes rolled, she was shy and flattering, Ji Jiu looked at him, and felt warm and comfortable in her heart, and only at this moment at home, there was some rare tenderness.
He married her at the age of seventeen, and the young couple has been in harmony ever since. It's just that he married her, but left home for many years, leaving her alone in the vacant room. Ji Jiu felt that she would feel less lonely after having a few more children.
It was night, when the flames on the candlesticks were extinguished, Ji Jiu held a small candle and walked towards the bed, the curtains on the bed had been put down, the pink curtains were embroidered with blue lotus swimming fish, and when the curtains were lifted, Ji Jiu deliberately asked: "Sleeping? "
No one answered him.
Ji Jiu waited, and then said: "I won't bother you when you're asleep, I'll go to sleep in the study." Then he turned to leave. As soon as he turned around, someone pulled the hem of his robe, and he couldn't walk away.
Looking down at the tightly clenched hand behind her, Ji Jiu couldn't help laughing. The laughing hand that was clutching the robe changed fists, and did not stop hitting him until he had laughed enough, then put down the candlestick and sat aside, looking at the shy woman huddled in the quilt, pondered for a moment, Fang said "That day when you were in the garden, you hid behind the peach blossoms and looked at me, that's what I looked like." Ji Jiu closed his eyes, thought for a while and said, "At that time, I thought, I'll go around and take a look, if it looks good, I'll take a look." Marry and go home. If it's ugly..."
"So what if it's ugly?"
"I'll take it home too, town house." Ji Jiu said, after she was grabbed by his wife, she tried to bite on the snake-like birthmark, but Ji Jiu stopped her, held that hand in her own, and Said: "Later, I thought, I still don't want to read it, I just marry it back to the room, and I will take a closer look at it later..."
As he spoke, his tone became lower and lower, carrying a lingering ambiguity.
The curtain fell again, and the man who was chatting and laughing by the bed before had been covered up. The only small candle that was lit was also extinguished.
Just as Ji Jiu took off his clothes, the curtain suddenly fluttered, as if with the sound of wind. Startled, Ji Jiu turned over and jumped off the bed, and drew out his sword. The gleaming blade was particularly dazzling in the dark, with a murderous silvery white, pointing to the air ahead with the sound of unsheathing.
"Who is it?" Ji Jiu narrowed his eyes, the light was too dark, the candle was extinguished before, and now he could only tell by the moonlight through the window. A shadowy figure sat at the table. The shoulders and back are broad, like a man.
Ji Jiu thought, no. When he stood here, the table was still empty. There is no sense of air flow, this person seems to have been sitting here, but he just saw it just now, but when he just got out of bed, he clearly didn't see it.
While he was speculating and hesitating, the candlelight suddenly lit up. The dozen or so oil lamps on the heavy lotus candlesticks were all lit up like daytime.
Ji Jiu told himself not to speculate about the weirdness, but he was worried about his wife in bed, he hesitated, and asked, "Seeking revenge?"
The man turned his back to him, only wearing a black robe and black hair, as if he couldn't look at him, he shook his head.
"Money?" Ji Jiu asked again, still pointing straight at the sword in his hand, not daring to slack off, seeing him shaking his head again, he could only continue to ask: "Why?"
The man did not answer for a long time.
"Brother," Ji Jiu's speech slowed down, and with a smile, he said, "But did you break into the wrong house?"
"No," said the man.
"Looking for me?" Ji Jiu said, "Turn around."
The man stood up and turned around. Just as he turned around, he saw the icy sword's edge piercing straight towards him without any warning.
Seeing that the sword was about to pierce his chest, Ji Jiu found that he could not push forward even an inch. The man obviously didn't move, but it seemed that there was an invisible and intangible wall in front of him, blocking his attack. No matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain.
Only then did Ji Jiu raise his face, and looked directly into the other's eyes. The man just stood there, motionless, his eyes were dark, Ji Jiu felt as if he had fallen into a deep pool.
There was no emotion on the other party's stern face. He just looked at him, then lowered his head, and looked at the sword's edge that was just a few feet away from his chest.
Inexplicably, Ji Jiu felt that he was a little sad. At this moment, Ji Jiu even thought of putting away his sword and sitting down to discuss in detail.
It's just that before the thoughts turned to the end, Ji Jiu felt his body lighten, and his whole body was thrown up, like a thrown melon, and thrown into the bed behind him.
When he was about to fall, he thought of his wife on the bed, he couldn't tell whether it was agility or instinct, he turned sideways, and narrowly bumped into the bedpost, pressing against his wife's feet.
It was dark in front of his eyes, Ji Jiu regained his sanity, and said loudly: "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"Demon."
The man said, approaching slowly, straight to the bed. Seeing that his wife was fine, Ji Jiu just fell asleep, rolled up the quilt and pushed it to the inside, then hid without hiding, and met the man's gaze, and said in a deep voice: "I never believe in the world's monsters, it seems that I can't do it today." I don’t believe it anymore. Do I have a relationship with you?”
Yi Mo stood still in front of him, and replied: "Yes."
"Yes?" Ji Jiu froze for a moment, "What?"
Yi Mo looked at him, but finally did not give any answer, but bent down, pressing the man who had been searching for more than 150 years under him.
He got closer and closer, his body was completely pressed against his own body, each other's breath erupted on each other's cheeks, Ji Jiu had vaguely felt something, but he just didn't believe it. Although I have heard about masculinity in the army, I have only heard about it, I haven't seen it for real, and I haven't tried it myself. However, at this time, with all the clothes on his body gone, Ji Jiu finally panicked and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Fuck you." The man said, bowing his head and kissing her fiercely.
Ji Jiu's scalp exploded, she was angry and frightened, unable to suppress her anger, but she silently screamed in her head to calm herself down, don't let the situation in front of her mess her up, and figure out a way to get out is the business, but the limbs are detained, this person I don't know what method I used to make myself unable to move, I can only watch the man staring at me with deep eyes, but his lips and tongue are sweeping in my mouth. There was nothing he could do about the situation at hand.
Feeling that he couldn't escape this disaster tonight, Ji Jiu turned his eyes, and out of the corner of his eyes, he saw his wife who was wrapped in a quilt inside the bed. The wife was sleeping peacefully with her eyes closed. Even if she falls asleep and never sees it, her existence here is an unchangeable fact. This was their bed, the curtains were embroidered by his wife, the quilt was sewn by her own hands, and the room was carefully decorated by her... He actually wanted to do this in front of his wife. Realizing this, Ji Jiu was trembling all over, sweating on his forehead, finally found a gap, and whispered: "Change the place."
But the man grabbed his hand violently. Ji Jiu was originally a young man practicing martial arts. He bent his bow and shot arrows. His arm strength was extraordinary, but at this moment, it seemed limp as if he couldn't move. The muscles and bones he grasped were all aching, it was just the pain in the flesh , is no longer as painful as his heart, Ji Jiu insisted: "Change the place."
"No." The man said, he only said one word, but he was decisive, and there was no room for negotiation. After one word came out, Ji Jiu's mind was blackened intermittently as if it had been hit by a dull hammer.
There was something cold moving around his body, and Ji Jiu knew it was his hands, lips, and teeth, rubbing and biting on him as if he hated him, and sucking on him as if he was thirsty. sip.
In the end, the cold hand slid down his tailbone, Ji Jiu felt the pain, and even felt dizzy, as if turning hundreds of times and suddenly stopping, it made people want to vomit.
Ji Jiu said: No.
The next moment, he was turned over, and the tearing pain woke him up from the dizziness.
Ji Jiu opened his eyes and looked at the swaying bed curtain in front of him. Finally, he lost all struggles of resistance, as if he couldn't understand. He watched the swaying in front of him and felt the penetration behind him again and again.
So humiliating.
It hurts so much.
The huge sense of devastation made him open his mouth, biting his wrist silently, and there were winding bloodstains on the snake-like birthmark.