Pawn Crossing the River

It is said that a long separation is better than a newlywed. Come to think of it, Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu have been separated for nearly half a year. You can imagine their joy.

Qi Xuansu secretly held Zhang Yuelu's hand again.

He does not yearn for the dull days that last for months and months, and prefers the life of fighting in the rivers and lakes. However, he enjoys this moment of peace, just like the rain after a long drought.

Qi Xuansu turned around and saw Zhang Yuelu's beautiful eyes staring at him with a calm smile on his face.

Seeing Qi Xuansu looking at him, she smiled slightly: "Shall we go for a walk?"

Qi Xuansu naturally would not refuse and went out with Zhang Yuelu.

The courtyard where Zhang Yuelu is located has a nice view. It shares a large lake with other courtyards. In other words, several courtyards are built around the lake. They are all semi-open structures. There is no courtyard wall on the side facing the lake, and this lake is connected to Zhenwu Lake. .

There was a pavilion not far from the lakeside, connected to the embankment by a winding water corridor. Qi Xuansu took Zhang Yuelu to the pavilion, and the two sat down against the "beauty back" of the pavilion, still holding their hands together.

Qi Xuansu glanced at their intertwined hands and said softly, "I thought you would pull your hands back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yuelu calmly took his hand away and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Because you always give people a very serious and dignified impression."

Zhang Yuelu laughed dumbly and said: "Of course you have to have a correct attitude when doing things, so that others can be convinced, but in front of you, there is no need for that."

Qi Xuansu reached out again and held her hand.

Zhang Yuelu turned his palm and held Qi Xuansu's hand.

Holding hands together, Qi Xuansu felt that this moment was the most rare. His whole body felt like a spring breeze, and his heart felt like it was floating in the clouds. I hope it will last forever and stay like this in this life.

Zhang Yuelu leaned gently on Qi Xuansu's shoulder and asked softly: "Tianyuan, where have you been these days?"

Qi Xuansu's expression stiffened for a moment, and then he said: "This is a long, long story. To paraphrase a sentence in the storybook, I have a story, do you have wine?"

"After your accident, I stopped drinking." Zhang Yuelu shook his head.

Qi Xuansu was moved in his heart and pretended to be sorry: "It's a pity that I have specially prepared good wine. It seems that you are not lucky enough to bear it."

Zhang Yuelu's eyes lit up slightly: "It's a pity. Now that you're back, I can naturally break the precept."

"Wait for me for a moment." Qi Xuansu let go of Zhang Yuelu's hand, turned and left the pavilion.

Not long after, Qi Xuansu left and returned.

Qi Xuansu spent two Taiping money to customize an exquisite brocade box, which also came with two glasses. It looked quite similar.

Zhang Yuelu asked curiously: "What kind of wine is this? Could it be a Western red wine bar?"

Qi Xuansu shook his head and said, "I don't understand wine, but it's definitely not red wine. You'd better see for yourself."

Zhang Yuelu borrowed the brocade box from Qi Xuansu and placed it on the stone table in the pavilion. He opened the lid of the box without paying too much attention.

The next moment, a shocked look appeared on Zhang Yuelu's face: "Tianyuan, where did you get it?"

Qi Xuansu smiled and answered the question inappropriately: "It's a good bar."

"Of course it's good wine." Zhang Yuelu was a little excited and touched, "When we first met, I just mentioned it casually, but I didn't expect you to still remember it in my heart."

Qi Xuansu immediately began to recall the first time the two met.

Thanks to Sanren's amazing memory, Qi Xuansu quickly remembered it.

It was after leaving the Phoenix Tower that he sat on the steps to sober up. The two of them talked about Nu Nuerhong and Zhuangyuanhong.

Then Zhang Yuelu said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with getting drunk. At least you can forget those troublesome things for a while. I heard that there is a kind of wine in Taoism called 'Drunk Life, Dreams and Death', which is specially provided to real people. Because ordinary wine has no effect on real people, any real person who wants to get drunk will ask for a jar of 'Drunk Life and Dreams of Death'."

"If an ordinary person drinks 'Drunk Life, Dreams of Death', then he will forget many things, forget his parents, wife and children, forget his friends and brothers, and even forget who he is. Therefore, the Taoist sect has strict control over 'Drunk Life, Dreams of Death', and it is rare to see it on the market. Arrived. I’ve always wanted to drink it, but I’ve never been able to do so.”

Is this thing the legendary "Drunk Life and Dreams of Death"? Liquor meant for real people? These people from Huashengtang even put such good things in jars? But thinking about it from another perspective, ordinary people will lose their memory after drinking it. Only heavenly beings can drink it. It must have a price but no market, and it is probably unsold inventory.

Qi Xuansu looked at the bottle of wine in the brocade box, suppressed the shock in his heart, and joked: "Of course I remember, if it hadn't been for that chance encounter, I wouldn't have been favored by the famous Deputy Hall Master Zhang."

Zhang Yuelu shouldn't say anything for a moment, so he could only sigh softly.

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why do you sigh? Do you not like it?"

Zhang Yuelu quickly shook his head and said: "No, I like it very much. But you must have put a lot of thought into this bottle of 'Drunk Life and Dreams of Death', right?"

Qi Xuansu said truthfully: "It didn't take any effort, it just came easily, it's nothing."

Zhang Yuelu didn't think so. He only said this deliberately because Qi Xuansu didn't want to make her feel bad. In fact, the process was tortuous. He couldn't help feeling ashamed and whispered: "I have nothing to give you."

Qi Xuansu was embarrassed and said quickly: "This gift is actually an apology. I don't want you to give me anything. I like you, not because of your last name, your background, or who your master is. Although I, Qi Xuansu, am not a great person, I still have some pride, just because you are you, that's all."

Zhang Yuelu looked at him with eyes full of smiles: "Tianyuan, are you telling the truth? Or are you kidding me?"

Qi Xuansu said seriously: "Of course it's the truth. If I swear, that would be kidding you."

Zhang Yuelu's eyes were gentle, without any aggressive intentions , just asked: "You said this gift is an apology, what else do you have to say?"

Qi Xuansu said: "Then we have to tell stories while drinking."

Speaking of this, Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right. I am only in the stage of returning to the true self now. I won't forget who I am after drinking 'drunken life and dream death', right?"

"No, just drink less." Zhang Yuelu took out two wine glasses from the brocade box and placed them on the stone table, then removed the seal of the wine bottle and filled them up. The wine turned out to be a clear amber color, which looked very beautiful in the transparent glass.

Qi Xuansu picked up a glass, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and immediately felt a little drunk.

Zhang Yuelu also picked up his own glass and took a sip very politely.

"That's really a long story, where should I start?" Qi Xuansu gently shook the wine glass, looked at the amber wine in the wine glass, and fell into memories.

Zhang Yuelu's face flushed brightly, and she smiled and said, "Why not start from Yanze?"

Qi Xuansu's expression slowly froze.

Zhang Yuelu took another sip of wine and continued, "Or we can start from Cowenbu."

Qi Xuansu coughed suddenly, "You know everything?"

Zhang Yuelu smiled and said nothing.

Qi Xuansu asked again: "When did you know?"

Zhang Yuelu smiled softly: "I really knew it after you said this."

Qi Xuansu immediately realized that he had been fooled: "Okay, so you were lying to me."

"At first, I didn't think much about it. After all, you were already 'dead', and I witnessed it with my own eyes."

Zhang Yuelu smiled more today than in the past six months. At this time, she held her chin with one hand, holding a wine glass in one hand, and looked at Qi Xuansu with a smile: "Even after knowing that you were not dead, I didn't think of this. Until you said you wanted to apologize to me, I had to think more about it. This reminded me of a guess that I denied. I suddenly found that many things that I couldn't figure out in the past suddenly became clear, so I..."

"You took the opportunity to test me, and my reaction just confirmed your guess." Qi Xuansu smiled bitterly. Zhang Yuelu laughed: "Should I call you Qi Xuansu? Or should I call you Wei Wugui?"

Qi Xuansu blinked: "Of course Qi Xuansu."

Zhang Yuelu hummed softly with a nasal tone, not at all unhappy, but a bit lazy and charming.

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I killed Wan Xiuwu."

Zhang Yuelu glanced at him: "Then what?"

Qi Xuansu asked curiously: "Aren't you angry? I thought you would kill your relatives for the sake of justice and bring me to justice."

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "Tianyuan, anyone can arrest you, but I, Zhang Yuelu, can't arrest you."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why?"

Zhang Yuelu looked at him closely and said softly: "I am neither a saint nor a villain."