The Sword Named No Way Out

"I want to kiss," Gong Wei earnestly and tried his best to pronounce the words clearly.

Xu Shuangce's complexion was actually a little dark, but because his expression was not obvious all the time, Gong Wei's ignorant mind couldn't detect it, so he asked, "Who did you learn from?"

Gong Wei looked at him blankly, not knowing why.

There is no way to trace the origin of this word, because Gong Wei is too fast at parroting tongues, any new things that appear in his sight may be randomly remembered, and then one day he suddenly speaks out loudly, scaring Everyone jumped.

Xu Shuangce calmly slowed down his tone: "Do you understand what it means?"

This time without hesitation, Gong Wei nodded immediately.

"Why do you want to kiss?"

Gong Wei laughed and stuck to Xu Shuangce's face.

But he was still a little short at this time, and before his lips were attached, Xu Shuangce put **** together and pressed them back between his eyebrows, and said, "I can't kiss. Write carefully."

The pen was stuffed back into Gong Wei's hand again, but he still refused to continue copying and cleaning the sword collection, struggling to turn his head and ask: "Why?"

Xu Shuangce did not answer.

"Why...why not...can't kiss?"

At this time, it is rare for Gong Wei to be able to hold back a whole sentence, so it can be seen that he really does not give up. But Xu Shuangce was unmoved, only the lower half of his face could be seen from Gong Wei's angle, the clear mandible was hidden in the shadows, and his warm voice passed over the top of his hair when he spoke.

"Because you have to wait until you grow up," he said.

Gong Wei definitely couldn't grow up in a day, so he got angry. When Xu Shuangce bid farewell and returned to Cangyangzong that day, Leader Ying came out to see him off after a busy day. Gong Wei ran over from the end of the corridor, and rushed in front of Xu Shuangce, "Hey!" There was a loud sip on the face.

"..." Leader Ying was stunned, and his reaction was the same as Xu Shuangce's: "Who did you learn from?!"

Gong Weiyi turned his head, smiled and made a face at Xu Shuangce.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Shuangce neither made a sound nor showed any expression. He just stood there quietly staring at Gong Wei with distant eyes, then turned and left.

Gong Wei was stunned, and a trace of fear suddenly rose from nowhere. Before he could figure out what to do, he ran after him in panic, grabbed Xu Shuangce's arm to prevent him from leaving, stood on tiptoe and wanted to kiss him, but Xu Shuangce pushed him away mercilessly: "Let go!" .”

Gong Wei panicked, grabbed his sleeve and pressed it forward forcefully, Xu Shuangce yelled: "Let go!"

Ying Kai stood in the distance in a daze, unable to realize what happened.

Gong Wei staggered and nearly tripped. He had never been reprimanded so severely by anyone, and his whole body was shrouded in unprecedented fear, but no matter what, he couldn't stop Xu Shuangce from leaving; in the confusion, he grabbed Xu Shuangce's skirt, forcing the other party to lean down slightly to look at him. His trembling eyelashes blinked, and his right pupil suddenly turned blood red!

Xu Shuangce's pupils constricted.

Everything in the world seems to stand still at this moment.

Gong Wei eagerly tiptoed to bring her lips together, but just when they were close to touching each other, a more majestic and terrifying spiritual power erupted from Xu Shuangce's primordial spirit, pulling him out before his consciousness fell into an illusion. When it came out, the torrent-like impact pushed Gong Wei violently for several steps!

With a plop, Gong Wei bumped against the railing with his back, and was supported by Ying Kai who came quickly, and said in surprise, "What's going on?"

Xu Shuangce said sharply, "You use this inhuman trick to deal with me?"

Ying Kai's complexion also changed, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Gong Wei who was shivering, only to see that his right eye had returned to normal: "Yes...I'm sorry..."

"Miya Wei!"

The spiritual power in Xu Shuangce's voice shook the air, Gong Wei crawled over to grab his belt, but was shocked again and staggered back!

Ying Kai hurriedly separated the two of them, angrily said: "What are you doing!"

The surrounding air was extremely tense, and Xu Shuangce closed his eyes and stood there for a few breaths, and finally let out a long breath.

He opened his eyes and said indifferently, "I'll go first."

Ying Kai wanted to teach his younger brother a lesson, but Gong Wei's eyes burst into tears; Xu Shuangce wanted to persuade his friend, but Xu Shuangce had already summoned Reluctant, without turning his head back to Yujian, and quickly disappeared.

·

In the end, Gong Wei did not kiss Xu Shuangce either.

Because he was taught a lesson after that day, Ying Kai couldn't understand why he wanted to kiss Xu Shuangce no matter what, and was even more afraid that he would kiss everyone when he was ignorant from now on. Do nothing but eat.

Gong Wei was very unconvinced, but there was nothing he could do. He didn't know why Xu Shuangce was angry, and he could only draw a simple conclusion from the other party's reaction, that is, before a person grows up, the act of "kissing" is strictly prohibited, and it can only be done after they grow up.

— But Xu Shuangce is going to die when I grow up, what if I don't have time to kiss him?

Gong Wei really wanted to ask someone to ask, but such a long sentence exceeded his language ability at that time, so he had to give up.

No one noticed that from that day on, Gong Wei's growth rate seemed to be a little faster.

When he was first brought back to Xianmeng, he couldn't even stand on two feet. After observing Ying Kai for several days, he learned to walk, stand and sit upright; Sent to Xun Shugong for reeducation, Gong Wei and this newcomer hit it off and hit it off, and quickly learned to run wildly all over the mountains, fight when they disagreed, and team up to demolish the house when they were full and had nothing to do.

Before Yu Chirui came, Xu Shuangce taught Gong Wei for half a year, but failed to let Gong Wei learn to write the sword washing collection silently. After Yu Chirui came, a certain Tian Gongwei was surprised when he found that Yu Chirui could recite the entire book of Xijian Ji.

So he will do it right away, and no one knows how he did it all of a sudden.

This young man of unknown origin seems to have been curiously observing the world around him, using everyone he can touch as a measure to constantly adjust and calibrate his behavior and performance.

At this speed, he may soon be able to reach the standard of "growth" in his cognition.

But he didn't expect that the speed of conflict evolution was faster than that of growing up, and the cracks appeared before he learned to cover up.

The reason is because the old Juzong Yuhuaxian has gone.

·

Yuhua is actually just a nice word in the etiquette of the Immortal League. In fact, it means passing away after failing to ascend. The old Juzong was born in the eldest grandson family of the six great families of the Xianmeng. He left behind two sons. The eldest son, Chengfeng, was only 20 years old. The well-known families came to express their condolences. Ying Kai is very polite, thinking that Gong Wei seems to have grown up a lot recently, and no longer looks like an ignorant child, so he decided to take him to the eldest grandson's house to pay respects, and told him not to run around and keep his eyes open. Jing Jing, especially not allowed to play the suona, even taught him a few words to deal with it temporarily before he was relieved.

Unexpectedly, Ying Kai made a secret, after the mourning hall worship, the bereaved family invited the distinguished guests to the front hall for tea, and slipped away without seeing Gong Wei. In Shaoqing, a son of the eldest grandson came to report in a hurry, crying, "I beg the lord to uphold justice! Young master Gong is blaspheming the face of Lord Juzong!"

Ying Kai accidentally dropped the cup lid on the spot.

Xu Shuangce suddenly got up, frowning, and strode out of the front hall.

Ying Kai hurriedly followed, and before the group entered the mourning hall, they could see the heavy coffin lid had been opened from a distance. Gong Wei was sitting alone on the ground, and the body of the old Juzong was sitting opposite him. There was a chessboard between the two of them. Gong Wei was using his spiritual power to manipulate it to play chess with him.

Xu Shuangce's complexion changed suddenly, Ying Kai rushed forward, stretched out his hand and dragged Gong Wei out of the mourning hall: "How can you be so rude, stand up for me!"

Gong Wei was taken aback, and looked back and forth between them suspiciously.

Ying Kai scolded: "Life and death matters should be treated seriously. Besides, the relatives and friends of the deceased are full of grief, but seeing your joking attitude, how do you deal with yourself?"

"..."

Gong Wei's lips moved a few times, he was at a loss and couldn't speak, so he turned his eyes to Xu Shuangce for help.

Xu Shuangce said coldly: "Go to the corner over there, and stand in place." Then he pointed to Kai Kai who was not far away with a complicated expression, and said, "I'll go talk with you."

Ying Kaiyu was still angry, but he had no choice but to go back and apologize to clean up the stall, but just as the two turned around, they heard a jerky but clear youthful voice behind them:

"You can be happy in life, and you can be happy in death. Natural reincarnation enters heaven and earth, and lives forever with everything in the world. Why should you be sad?"

The two turned back at the same time, Ying Kai said in surprise, "What did you say?"

Gong Wei said: "Ordinary people live and die in the world, like mayflies in the sky and the earth day and night, trivial matters. What's the point? Why cry?"

Although his pronunciation was awkward and he stumbled, he had never spoken such a long sentence. Ying Kai was stunned: "What the **** are you talking about, Gong Zhengyu? You and I are mortals on earth, how can we say such words?"

He has never been so stern, Gong Wei flinched instinctively, but still couldn't help arguing: "I..."

Ying Kai said angrily, "Go and stand over there!"

"...How unreasonable!" "Why is the junior brother Yingmeng Master like this?" "No education, no education!"...

There are more and more whispered accusations around, and they are becoming more and more unstoppable. Gong Wei shivered slightly in the hostility from all directions and took a half step back, and cast his eyes on Xu Shuangce for help for the last time, but the other party's expression seemed to be poured on his head like a bucket of cold water.

Xu Shuangce looked down at him, narrowing his eyes imperceptibly, as if some kind of scrutiny was hidden in his sight.

Gong Wei's teeth were trembling, and he stammered suddenly: "Life and death have fate, and there are times of prosperity and decline. This is the natural way of Taoism. If mortals have to cry when they die, why is no one sad for the passing of spring and the coming of winter? Flowers and leaves bloom and wither but sorrow and joy?"

He raised his voice: "What's the difference between the two?"

The whispers suddenly became louder, and everyone's eyes were shocked as if they saw a monster. Ying Kai was furious and grabbed Gong Wei: "Follow me back!"

Gong Wei struggled desperately: "I don't want it, I'm right! I..."

Suddenly Xu Shuangce's cold voice sounded from above his head: "Are you really human?"

Gong Wei froze suddenly, and looked up timidly.

The different looks of all the people in the distance turned into a blurred background in his eyes, only Xu Shuangce stared at him with cold and heavy pupils, as if looking at something strange: "—Your inhuman thoughts Where did it come from?"

"What the **** are you, Gong Zhengyu?"

·

That was the first time Xu Shuangce asked this question.

Although Gong Wei was very used to this sentence later, when he heard it for the first time, his heart suddenly curled up tightly, as if being pierced by something sharp.

Later, Gong Wei thought, that should be the beginning of all the rifts.

Gong Wei had forgotten how he left the eldest grandson's family that day. He only remembered that after returning to Xunshu Palace, he was shut up in a side hall by himself to reflect and think about it. He was full of fear and fear, and at some point he slowly fell asleep with his sore nasal passages.

It was already late when he woke up from starvation, and most of the side hall was shrouded in darkness. Only a candlelight on the desk reflected Xu Shuangce's quiet face, sitting upright reading a book, with a full book in his hand. silver porcelain dish.

"Are you awake?" He closed the book as if nothing had happened, and said, "Eat."

It turned out to be a dish of chicken meringue.

After all, Gong Wei was still young, so he rolled over and sat up with his eyes wide open, carefully looked at the dim sum and then at Xu Shuangce, and when he was still hesitating whether to reach for it, Xu Shuangce had already twirled a meringue roll with his fingertips and handed it to him. mouth, indicating with his eyes that he can eat.

"..."

Gong Wei hesitantly took a bite of his hand, and the familiar sweetness of the food filled his mouth.

Xu Shuangce often wears an ivory suzerain robe with dark embroidery and gold patterns, black close-fitting inner armor, and his shoulders look very straight. The warm orange candlelight neutralizes the sharp details of his facial features, leaving only handsome and upright, especially the profile The lines from the bridge of the nose to the lips and jaw are as clear as sculpture.

Gong Wei sat cross-legged on the couch, staring at him while eating with his hands, unable to move her eyes. The night wind howled outside the main hall, but the small space illuminated by the candlelight was private and warm; the last trace of resentment during the day was unknowingly forgotten, and the instinct to get close once again took the upper hand, and he couldn't help it Moving closer, I heard Xu Shuangce ask, "Do you want more?"

Gong Wei shook his head.

Xu Shuangce took out a Huashi Pill, Gong Wei lowered his head and ate it from his palm.

His skin still has a subtle sense of translucency, but it is not clear under the candlelight, and there is a kind of ignorant and carefully restrained curiosity in his brows and eyes. As long as the strange right pupil doesn't appear, he doesn't look much different from a young disciple of the same age in Xianmen. Xu Shuangce watched him quietly, with a trace of unspeakable emotion surging in his eyes, before he whispered after a while: "Don't take what I said during the day to heart."

Gong Wei looked up blankly.

"I won't say that about you again in the future."

The two looked at each other closely, and for a while Gong Wei blinked and leaned closer.

Xu Shuangce's throat slipped up and down, and his fingers curled slightly towards his palm, as if trying to control something. But at that moment, the unique aura of the young man's robe had already blown over his face, as if he had been bewitched by something, his fingertips lightly slid down to the corner of the young man's lips, which was close at hand.

At this moment, the door of the hall was pushed open with a creak, and Ying Kai asked softly, "Is he awake?"

Xu Shuangce's arm froze slightly.

If you observe carefully, Sect Master Xu's face at this time can be said to be unnatural, but the change is too subtle and rapid. The next moment he leaned back and sat upright, lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea.

Gong Weiyi, who had no idea what happened, looked over Xu Shuangce's shoulder to the entrance of the main hall: "Senior brother!"

Ying Kai coughed and pushed the door open, and came in with a plate of snacks in his hand, but when he walked up to him and took a look, he wondered, "Have you eaten?" Then he quickly put the plate behind him: "Then it's not allowed. If you eat it again, you will have to eat bigu in the future, otherwise, will you be relying on Huashi Dan for the rest of your life?"

Gong Wei grinned, and called out again clearly: "Brother!"

Ying Kai sat on the edge of the couch and asked with a straight face, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Gong Wei dared to flatter all kinds of things when he was cowardly, and dared to say all kinds of sweet words when he was happy, and immediately said without hesitation, "I know I was wrong!"

Ying Kai asked, "Where did you go wrong?"

Gong Wei said: "A human being should follow the crowd. Everyone is crying, and I should cry too. I shouldn't play chess with old Master Juzong."

Ying Kai couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words: "That's not the case. You not only don't cry, but you make nonsense, you just..."

Gong Wei immediately agreed: "I will definitely cry next time."

"..." Ying Kai asked, "What if I can't cry?"

"Pretend to cry!"

The logic is self-consistent and flawless, but it is still very reasonable—no one understands better than Ying Kai what the younger generations of other families who come to pay homage to the funerals of the major families are like. Due to etiquette requirements, many young children help each other to cast spells and pretend to cry. Otherwise, how could there be so many tears of affection and sincerity to cry for the deceased whom they have never even met in this life?

Ying Kai had no choice but to reprimand him angrily and amusingly: "Don't do it again next time."

Gong Wei nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

Xu Shuangce suddenly asked, "Are you still eating?"

He had obviously asked this question once before. But Gong Wei's attention was immediately drawn back, he shook his head to indicate that he would not eat, and then looked at him with a smile, as if the harmonious atmosphere sitting around the couch in front of him made him very relaxed, his eyes sparkled with candlelight shimmer.

Xu Shuangce asked in a low voice, "What are you laughing at?"

Gong Wei's heart and eyes were filled with contentment, and he whispered, "Xu Bai."

Ying Kai leaned forward and stretched out his hand to hit him: "Why is he called Sect Master Xu?"

But Gong Weiyi turned his head and dodged it, still looked up eagerly at Xu Shuangce, and said flatteringly, "I will really cry when you die."

Xu Shuangce froze suddenly.

The air seemed to freeze instantly, and Ying Kai opened his mouth several times before he managed to make a sound: "...What did you say?"

One side of Gong Wei's face was glowing with candlelight, but the other half was hidden in the shadows. He happily moved closer to Xu Shuangce, and said clearly:

"When the day you die, I will definitely cry."