He Zhizhou and Ye Zongheng were taken away.
The criminal chief had no intention of releasing water at all, Ning Ning couldn't help it, and could only light a wax for the fellow in his heart.
The two of them were greeted by the loving education of the elders of the sect, and then the song rang and the cloth was covered, and the whole sect, young and old, waited for the dishes.
Both of the two top actors in the porcelain world went to the Criminal Division to eat in prison, while He Zhizhou's fellow brothers and sisters completely let themselves go and visited the Luancheng market.
Luan City is a well-known trade house. It is located at the intersection of the six cities, and the land road is very convenient. In addition, the Cangjiang River is wrapped in the dragon, and the shipping is also unimpeded. road.
The shops are lined up one by one, the bead curtains are embroidered on the sky street, the wine shop and tea house, the Yanliu painting bridge, the flower street and the dark alleys are all scattered on it. cobweb.
Pedestrians come and go, bringing together the three sects and nine streams of different identities, the jade-faced young master in brocade clothes and jade food, the blind beggar in ragged clothes, and the shopkeepers who keep yelling. Everything is very lively.
The City Lord's Mansion, located in the center, is the tallest building in the field of vision. The high walls cover the pavilions, and the painted buildings are flying like a soaring force.
At the top of the mansion stood a luan bird with emerald jade eyes, and the eyeballs twitched in the sunlight, pulling out an endless dazzling streamer.
Except for the old costume TV dramas, where has Ning Ning ever seen such a scene, a pair of black eyes swayed and turned around, his eyes were full of novelty and excitement that could not be concealed.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she was no different from Grandma Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden.
— but what does that matter! The most important thing is to be happy!
The Buddha Pagoda and his party finally let the children earn some pocket money. Although the money and things were divided up, everyone actually got not much, but for Ning Ning, who has always been frugal and tried repeatedly on the edge of bankruptcy, it has been It's an amazing asset.
She is in a particularly good mood today, and even the noisy shouting around her has become very cute. The streets were full of traffic, Luo Qi was fragrant, Ning Ning was a little girl after all, and she looked up and saw a jewelry store.
The shops in Luancheng are completely different from the simple stalls that Zheng Weiqi set up in front of the mountain gate. Not only are they beautifully designed and ingenious, but they are also made of ingenious materials, mainly jade, precious beads, gold and silver, which are quite expensive to the naked eye.
As soon as I walked into the shop, I felt the sandalwood incense floating in all directions.
Ning Ning's dog eyes were almost blinded.
The shop owner was a graceful young woman who greeted her with great enthusiasm: "Are you all the little fellow Daoists who came to participate in the Ten Method Conference? Judging from this attitude, you must be a disciple of the Great Sect of Xianmen - just pick whatever you like."
Ning Ning responded politely and looked down at the items in the store.
The golden hairpins are emerald green, and the pearls are embedded in the green feathers.
One of the things that caught the little girl's attention at a glance was a delicate and small jade pendant.
Ordinary pendants are mostly in the pose of Buddha or dragon and phoenix, but this piece is carved into a crooked crescent moon. Bai Yu is as cold as winter snow and soft as morning frost. At first glance, it really looks like a little moon hanging in the sky.
Looking at the price again, it can empty her small vault.
Ning Ning saw a heart attack for a while, and suddenly heard the proprietress laugh: "Young master has a good vision. This night pearl is from the East China Sea.
When she heard the sound, she saw Lin Xun standing in front of a round luminous pearl. After being called by the proprietress, she immediately blushed. She hurriedly waved her hands, and even stammered when she spoke: "No, no! I, I..."
He doesn't have that much money.
The more Xiao Bailong spoke, the redder his face became, and the last few words completely melted into his throat, turning into a vague breath and whimper. He was really embarrassed to finish speaking, and finally he clenched his clothes and lowered his head, staring at his ankles.
It was only now that Ning Ning remembered it later, the dragons seem to like sparkling treasures. To Lin Xun, this round and sparkling night pearl is probably equivalent to catnip in the eyes of a cat, with an irresistible temptation. force.
What's more, this bead was produced in the sea, which made him feel a little more nostalgic for his hometown.
You must know that although Lin Xun is socially fearful, he is unexpectedly stubborn in many things.
The most typical of them is that the Xuanxu Sword Sect did not allow his disciples to rely on family property to live, so he refused all financial assistance provided by his family, and went from being a big-spending eldest young master overnight to stealing melons under the moon.
Ning Ning had been to his room, and the typical shallots mixed with tofu were completely white. Not to mention that there are no shiny decorations, even the last piece of candles is left, and I don't know when one day will come out to steal light.
I heard that his father couldn't stand it any longer, so he brought a lot of watermelons in a down-to-earth manner, and all of them were taken by Lin Xun and distributed to the brothers and sisters.
He did not participate in the Buddha Pagoda training that day, and now he is penniless, and even if he likes it, he cannot afford to buy Ye Mingzhu.
Zheng Weiqi and Meng Jueyuan were at the other end of the store and did not hear this conversation. As an expert in carrying goods, the senior sister has long been disinterested in jewelry decoration. Seeing that no one else was staring at the goods, she shouted carelessly: "Didn't you choose anything good? Why don't we go to the next one?"
Lin Xun blushed, and nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
So the group walked out of the store one after another, only Ning Ning paused when he stepped out of the threshold, and suddenly turned around.
She took one last look at the little moon of Bai Yingying, and then touched the storage bag in her arms.
Then he lowered his voice and asked the proprietress: "Sister, how much is that night pearl?"
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When I was exhausted, it was from noon to evening.
The night banquet in the city lord's mansion started an hour later. After some discussion, everyone decided to go back to the room to rest first, so as not to look like a few dead fish out of water.
Xuanxu Sword Sect's criticism really can't stand the toss.
Ning Ning went to the jewelry store to buy the night pearl while they went back to the room. After wandering aimlessly on the street for a while, when I quietly returned to the inn, I caught a glimpse of a dark figure sitting at the top of the pavilion.
Taking a closer look, I realized that it was Pei Ji.
This "top" is not the top floor, but the highest eaves of the entire inn in the true sense.
The young man was still wearing black clothes that were no different from the night, making his face pale and pale. He didn't seem to be in a good mood. He didn't expect to collide with Ning Ning at this moment, and he was obviously startled.
What he was thinking at this moment, Ning Ning had no idea about it. After seeing Pei Ji on the eaves, there were only a few words left in her head—
Wow! It's flying over the walls!
The sword cultivators of their cultivation level can all rise into the sky, and it is naturally not difficult to fly over the eaves and walls like in the martial arts movies.
But when I was in the Xuanxu Sword Sect before, all I saw and encountered were mountains, rivers, forests, seas, no eaves, no walls, and no people in the market. It was a little bit different.
But it's different now.
Ning Ning squinted her eyes against the light and smiled, and with a little toes, she landed on Pei Ji's side effortlessly: "Little Junior Brother!"
Her voice was ruffled by the evening wind: "Instead of being in a daze here, why don't you do something interesting with me?"
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Luan City in the evening is very different from that in the daytime, especially when you walk on the eaves, you only need to look down and you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the whole city.
The twilight is dark, and the setting sun will rest. The bright moon has climbed to the top of the head, like a young girl's eyebrows and eyes, covered with layers of fluttering tulle.
Floating lights rose from the ten thousand homes, the flames were extinguished, and they were linked into pieces, and the moonlight shrouded them, adding a bit of a dream-like illusion.
The voices of people, water, and horses are intertwined like the tide, the children's smiles are endless, the air is filled with the smell of honey and apricot flowers, sneaking into the light night with the wind, and even the fragrance is dark.
Ning Ning's body is light, and he hardly makes any sound when he walks on the eaves. In addition, he walks extremely fast, often like a dragonfly on the water, walking in uncertainty among the lights of thousands of homes.
Pei Ji'an quietly followed behind her, occasionally making a sound, also in response to her words.
"Little Junior Brother, have you been to such a big city before?"
"Never."
"Oh."
Ning Ning held a candy in her mouth and laughed to herself: "That's not bad, the first time is very memorable! Since the first time you come back to Luan City is to be with everyone, maybe every time you come here in the future Come and remember us."
Pei Ji didn't speak, and glanced at her back through the misty firelight.
Wearing a light-colored long skirt, the skirt swayed like flowing water with the movement, outlining a rippling curve. Although she was chatting with him, she was always separated by an unreachable distance, as if she might disappear into the twilight at any time.
Suddenly the girl in front stopped and turned around without warning.
Pei Ji was stunned for a moment, then stopped.
"Little Junior Brother."
She still had a smile on her lips and raised her chin behind him: "Look, what's behind that."
Hearing this, Pei Ji turned her head and saw only a low building in the corner she pointed to, without any noticeable vision.
He was secretly wondering in his heart when he suddenly heard footsteps coming closer and closer to his ears.
The voice was deliberately suppressed so softly that it almost melted into the evening wind, but he was sensitive by nature and immediately noticed the difference.
Pei Ji turned back suddenly.
Ning Ning, who was quietly approaching him, froze.
She never thought that her small movements would be discovered, because this unexpected glance was startled, her body staggered slightly, and the soles of her feet suddenly slipped on the tiles.
Then when he was only a few steps away from Pei Ji, the whole person fell straight forward.
Ning Ning: ... !
and many more! This is not the plot she imagined!
In any case, the correct plot is definitely not that she died before her apprenticeship, and fell directly into a big horse. According to the planned thinking, this super harmonious and friendly surprise should be like this:
Today, she and Pei Ji traveled together and found that his clothes had faded a little. If he wanted to come here to practice swordsmanship, he had no time to think about how to shape his appearance.
It's a pity that most of her pocket money was spent on Lin Xun's night pearl. After thinking about it, she quietly took out the last bit of private money and bought him a dark cloud brocade hairband embroidered with gold-edged moiré.
When Pei Ji turned around, Ning Ning should have approached him silently, and when the younger brother turned around blankly, he saw the gift close at hand at a glance, and opened his eyes in disbelief—
This is the right way to open the surprise!
It never occurred to her that the surprise she planned to give to Pei Ji turned out to be her own fright.
Ning Ning's heart sank, and she gritted her teeth secretly.
She was already prepared to fall in embarrassment. Unexpectedly, the pain did not come as expected. A gust of wind hurriedly passed by, and a cold rosin smell came from the tip of her nose.
A hand was on her shoulder.
Then the whole person fell into a thin and powerful chest.
… Eh.
This scent, and the touch on my face—
The fabric on his cheeks was soft and warm, and something was beating wildly and violently through a thin layer of chest.
Again and again, too clear.
Ning Ning held her breath suddenly, and her head exploded.
No, no no no.
Was she caught by Pei Ji
Jade Emperor Tathagata Buddha Jesus Christ Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva! She had never had such close contact with any boy in her life, and it was too—
too weird! ! !
What line should she say
"Qiangqiang surprise" or "I didn't expect it, this is a gift for you"
No no no! The top priority now is to leave Pei Ji's arms quickly.
The night is sinking, and the light is floating.
Ning Ning's heart was terribly confused, and the young man in black standing on the eaves also had a hot ear.
When he saw the little sister fell, he deliberately stepped forward to help him, but he didn't expect her to...
It fell directly into his arms.
Pei Ji rarely had contact with women, and now she only felt a ball of warm and fragrant nephrite breaking into her chest, bringing a sweet and refreshing smell similar to candy.
Chengying was silent, he stood there a little at a loss, not knowing whether to push her away or wait for Ningning to get up on her own.
His strength was very light, but he just pressed his palm on the girl's shoulder, but his muscles were tensed because of this action, and he couldn't move.
The palm of her hand that was in contact with her was hot and hot, as if carrying a fire that burned to the heart.
In the silence, the sudden sound of fireworks rising into the sky suddenly sounded not far away.
A bunch of dark golden long threads rushed up the dome like lightning, and then bloomed like a short-lived.
Immediately afterwards, the fireworks became more and more brighter and brighter, and the smoke filled the sky made the evening look like day, like a mighty galaxy, hanging upside down and falling under his eyes.
It was the fireworks that were set off in the City Lord's Mansion to celebrate the Ten Ways.
At the end of the galaxy, the little girl who fell in his arms raised her head.
Ning Ning turned his back to the fireworks, but his pupils were still dyed with a gentle neon light.
It's just that her expression can't really be called "gentle", she seems to stand up in annoyance, her face doesn't know whether it's angry or reflecting fire, and there is a rich crimson.
Pei Ji thought she would be angry.
Because of his demonic energy, almost no one wants to get close to him. When he was a child, he often got punched and kicked when he touched other children in the town.
He was used to doing things his own way, but at this time he felt inexplicably nervous, his throat moved slightly, and he used his fingertips to quietly tighten his shirt.
Ningning glared at him, but did not give any harsh words. Instead, he lowered his head without saying a word, and took out a long, dark belt from the storage bag.
To be precise, it is a hair band, which is beautifully made and can be seen at a glance that it is not cheap.
"Give it to you."
Her tone was firm, and she didn't look up from the beginning to the end: "Just... just happened to be just passing by... Anyway, I bought it, and I definitely didn't choose it for you."
I said a lot in such a confused way, the blush that fell into Pei Ji's arms before has not disappeared, probably to increase the credibility, and finally added a sentence: "The one you are using now is too old, I don't like it at all. , change it quickly."
Where are all these.
Ning Ning just wanted to give herself a hard blow in her heart.
The lines she finally prepared meticulously were all ruined by that fall.
It was obvious that this hairband had cost all her remaining property, and in her tone, it was as if she had stolen it from a street vendor.
Angry.
Ning Ning's thoughts came and went, and his mind was in a mess. While thinking about it, he suddenly noticed that Pei Ji in front of him was moving.
She thought that Pei Ji would take over the headband.
Unexpectedly, when he stretched out his hand, the palm of his right hand was not empty, but a small object was placed upright and quietly.
In the increasingly grand fireworks, Ning Ning's eyes slowly opened round.
Then the mouth becomes a small circle.
His heartbeat accelerated for no apparent reason, thumping against his chest.
In the palm of Pei Ji's hand, there is a small bright white moon. Under the gloomy night, it seems that the bright moon is slowly growing from the young man's hand, emitting a soft shimmer.
It was the jade pendant she saw in the jewelry store.
Everything tonight was like a dream, completely unreal.
That confused hug.
This ill-timed firework.
There are also small jewelry that should not appear in Pei Ji's hands anyway, and that she loves all the time.
She wanted to give Pei Ji a clumsy little surprise, but he gave him another bigger one.
- How did Pei Ji discover her mind
Before Ning Ning could calm down from the shock, he took away the hair band in his hand, and replaced it with the moon jade pendant that Pei Ji stuffed into his hand.
"No, no, no!"
Ning Ning is very principled: "This is too expensive, I can't accept it."
Pei Ji's voice was cold, and she raised her brows provocatively: "Why can't you accept it? Senior sister can buy Ye Mingzhu for Senior Brother Lin Xun, but can't you accept the same value of my gift?"
Ning Ning was startled again.
He also knew that she bought the night pearl for Lin Xun? No, why does Pei Ji's tone sound weird, like a little angry? What is he angry about
Thinking that he came back to the jewelry store after her, the proprietress was so enthusiastic and talkative, she might have said something.
She was choked for a while, but still felt ashamed, and hurriedly said: "No merit, no reward, why did you give it to me?"
As soon as the words fell, another bunch of fireworks swirled in the air, illuminating the red moles in the corners of Pei Ji's eyes, and the silent shadows in his eyes.
He answered as it should be, and couldn't hear his emotions: "Why did the little sister give me the hair band?"
Ning Ning was completely choked.
this kid—
Why didn't you find that Pei Ji was so eloquent before
She had nothing to say, so she could only hold the jade pendant in her hand, hesitated for a moment and then whispered, "Then I'll take it first... Thank you."
What Ningning didn't know was that the tense back of the young man beside him relaxed a little.
The tone of his response was still light: "Yeah."
A period of silence followed.
Pei Ji watched calmly as she carefully spread out her hand, carefully scrutinized the little moon in her palm, and finally raised her hand slightly to face the jade pendant against the moonlight.
The pavilion at the top of the City Lord's Mansion lights up with white lights, like a palace in the sky, I don't know what year it will be.
Apart from the street lights and fireworks, the dark red lanterns were also lit up on the Cangjiang River.
Ning Ning looked at the small jade pendant, and the evening breeze brushed past the eaves, picking up a few strands of black hair that fell on her cheeks. Pei Ji glanced at her fair neck, and looked away silently.
Under the moonlight, the jade pendant emits a dark white glow, and the fireworks weave out the overwhelming galaxy, and a brain falls into the pupil of the girl.
The moon is in front of her eyes, and the stars are in her eyes.
Suddenly Ning Ning turned his head, the stars and the moon were removed from his eyes, and there was also the shadow of Pei Ji, standing in the center within reach.
She burst out laughing out of nowhere, looking full of surprise: "Wow, Pei Ji, it's the first time I saw you laugh."
After a pause, he said again, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to laugh... But you look like a smirk boy."
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Although Pei Ji had never seen the "fake smiling boy" with his own eyes, from Ning Ning's tone and the literal meaning of the term, he could guess that he was talking about a strange smile.
Now that the banquet has begun, the two of them hurried back to the inn not long after, preparing to have a banquet with the rest of the sect.
Before going to the banquet, you should go back to the room to tidy up your appearance. Pei Ji held the brand new headband in her hand, but did not tie it to her hair.
The golden-edged pattern hovers over the jade brocade, the young man's eyes darken slightly, and his slender five fingers are subconsciously clenched.
In that jewelry store, he had seen Ning Ning stop before the jade pendant, but the reason why he could not buy it was probably because of the price.
Pei Ji has always been diligent and thrifty, and has saved a lot of spare money. She originally thought of buying it for her, but she didn't want to hear the proprietress say in Cheng Ying's teasing [Pei Xiaoji is actually preparing for a surprise, oh Huohuo]. : "It's a coincidence! The little girl who was with you during the day just left - she bought that night pearl."
Night Pearl.
That's what Senior Brother Lin Xun likes.
It turned out that she failed to buy the jade pendant because she wanted to make Senior Brother Lin Xun happy.
It's hard for Pei Ji to tell what she felt at that moment, she was surprised, dazed, a little bit of grievance and sadness.
… really only a little bit.
He was a little angry and didn't want to give her the jade pendant again.
But when he saw the headband without any precautions, the anger and stubbornness that had finally accumulated in his heart were still thrown away because of the thin layer of fabric, and he was no longer seen.
His heart is not strong, he is really useless.
Seeming to remember something, Pei Ji leaned over with a cold face, frowning at his reflection in the mirror.
Then raise his right hand and draw the right corner of his mouth.
He has lived in darkness and beatings and scolding since he was a child, and he has almost never encountered anything so pleasing. Over time, laughter has become a useless burden and has been abandoned.
He doesn't laugh very much.
The pale pink and thin lips were forced to raise an arc similar to a smile, but they looked as stiff as an iron block. With his cold brows and eyes, it doesn't look like he's smiling, it looks like he's been poisoned.
The man in the bronze mirror frowned.
He laughed... Is that what it looks like
Cheng Ying, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up and tried her best to hold back her laughter: [No, Pei Xiaoji, Ning Ning just said it casually, you still look in the mirror and see what your smile looks like? How are you, are you happy to receive a gift today? ]
Xu Shi sensed Pei Ji's impatience and irritability, and said with a light cough: [So, listen to me. How can anyone laugh with only half of their mouth bent? Try putting your hands together and hook up along the corners of your mouth, this will be much more normal. ]
Chengying is equivalent to a middle-aged single uncle who is intoxicated in love. Pei Ji has always felt that it is unreliable, but at this time, he lowered his head lightly and did so without saying a word.
So the corners of both sides of the mouth were curved by the fingers, and Chengying taught earnestly in a motherly and loving tone:
[Yes, that's it, pull it out a little more - perfect, Pei Xiaoji! I'll just laugh like this from now on, understand? Hee hee hee ha ha ha! Absolutely! What the hell is this! ]
After talking, I couldn't stand it anymore, and the kind old mother at home turned into a giggling old hen.
Pei Ji didn't move, his eyes stopped straight on the mirror, and as far as he could see, were his blade-like brows, turbulent black eyes, and high nose bridge.
And the ridiculously curved lips, and the two white, tender and round flesh on the cheeks piled up by the fingers.
It's not a fake smile this time.
Live like a fool.
Pei Ji: …
been played.