Chapter 75 The Wife Disguised as a Woman

The first time the master saw him, he said that this child would become a great weapon in the future.

Of course, it is easy to fold over just now.

Gu Xingzhai thought that this was to persuade himself not to be competitive.

So he began to cultivate himself, talk less and do more, and practice hard, but the master shook his head and said that he did not understand it thoroughly. This "just" does not only refer to the way of doing things, but also his character - love is not long, wisdom will be hurt, such a person will always live too tired.

But on this point, Gu Xingzhai did not agree with Master's words.

In his view, daring to love and dare to hate is not a bad thing. Since his father's death, he has given up the idea of ​​starting a family. He is going to take his juniors and brothers to the rivers and lakes to revive the school. After a hundred years, it doesn't matter if there is no one under his knees. Anyway, the juniors will always get married and have children. At that time, no one will give him his retirement.

But all his plans were disrupted by the monster named Lin Xiaodong.

At first, Gu Xingzhai suspected that he was the murderer who killed his father, so he was more guarded and stared at him all the time, but the young man seemed to have no feeling and continued to live his life as usual. Every day I go out for free clinics, go to the theater, and occasionally go to the town market to buy some new things and come back to toss, life is very colorful.

However, just like other residents of Qingxie Town, Gu Xingzhai found that his eyes gradually couldn't take his eyes off him.

Even if he was embarrassed and wanted to stay away, that slender figure in a cheongsam would always appear in his mind inadvertently and linger. There is also the young man's squinted brows and eyes when he smiles, his slender arms that are white in the sun, and his focused and affectionate eyes when he stares at him-it is undeniable that Gu Xingzhai is happy about all of this.

In the past few years, he has traveled from south to north, and he has seen many beautiful women. The famous Jiangnan courtesan who was praised by wealthy businessmen even invited him to go on a painting boat, but no matter how beautiful his appearance or how sweet his singing voice, in Gu Xingzhai's opinion, these are nothing but nothing. Just passing by.

Lin Xiaodong is different from them.

The young man is presumptuous and bold, dares to challenge his authority, and is not shy to express his admiration. Being with him is like dancing on the edge of a knife, and there will always be endless fun. As a result, when Gu Xingzhai found out that he was actually a man, he was not at all displeased by being deceived and offended, but immediately thought that he could take this opportunity to tease him.

Of course, the result was that he not only lost a crushing defeat because of that tear, but was almost scared out of his head by the appearance of the young man slashing himself with a knife, and he never dared to think of a joke again.

Naturally, there are also advantages: he finally passed the hurdle in his heart and confirmed that Lin Xiaodong and himself were in love with each other.

Next, he spent the happiest time in his life in Qingxie Town.

Whenever Gu Xingzhai put his arms around the young man's waist, the thought of "why is it so thin" always popped up in his mind, as if it would break if he broke it. He willingly peeled the crabs for Lin Xiaodong, took him on a boat tour of the lake, and went to the market to buy together-although Lin Xiaodong was buying in front and he was carrying bags in the back, but just looking at the young man's back, he felt Sweet and sweet.

Occasionally, Gu Xingzhai would think of his mother, because she left too early, the woman's appearance was already blurred in his memory, and he only vaguely remembered the cold and soft hand in front of the hospital bed, and the moment when he touched his face seemed like eternity.

But what Master said back then was like a thorn, deeply rooted in his life.

When he heard that Lin Xiaodong went to the town for a free clinic, but was thrown a pot of black dog blood in the street by the ignorant townspeople, Gu Xingzhai thought of killing innocent people for the first time in his life - even though he felt that those people were not innocent.

That night, he stayed up all night.

Gu Xingzhai sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the stagnant vegetation, seemingly thinking, but in reality he was just in a daze. So that when Lin Xiaodong walked up to him with a blanket and sat down, he didn't react.

"The weather is so cold, hurry back to the room to rest." He frowned.

But the young man just leaned on his shoulder with a tired face, humming a little song, Gu Xingzhai listened carefully for a while, and found that he was singing the song "Ning the Eyebrows" in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

He thought that Lin Xiaodong was hurt by the townspeople today, so he comforted the young man not to take this matter to heart, but Lin Xiaodong suddenly asked him, "Jiangzhu Xiancao came to repay her tears, so she didn't take it to heart." Reincarnation, if one person is entangled with another person for several lifetimes, what is it for?

This question stumped Gu Xingzhai for a while.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Xiaodong smiled, changed the subject wisely, and started singing "SpongeBob SquarePants" to Yue.

...Although Gu Xingzhai didn't know what it was.

After leaving Qingxie Town, they went all the way north and met Xiao Liu on the way. To be honest, when I saw Lin Xiaodong and Xiao Liu sitting in the carriage chatting, and when Xiao Liu was disturbed and blushed every time he said a few words, even if he knew that Lin Xiaodong couldn't mean that to Xiao Liu, Gu Xingzhai couldn't help it. The sourness overflowed in my heart, and I wished to build a wall between the two on the spot to separate them.

After finally arriving in the capital, Xiao Liu, this stinky boy, was doing things in the middle of the night again-fortunately, the arrows had already been sent out, otherwise Gu Xingzhai would have to beat him to the ground. Although it is not a warm fragrance and nephrite, but holding a young man with a warm body in his arms, no matter how difficult the world is outside, he always has a feeling that the years are quiet and my heart is at ease.

The plan to let the juniors and brothers give him retirement was long ago, and he was thrown into a corner on the first day he met Xiao Liu. Gu Xingzhai couldn't bear those stinky boys who came to disturb him and Lin Xiaodong's two-person world every day. If they came again A few times before the incident of Xiaoliu, he can't guarantee that he will be able to control his temper and not drive them out of the teacher's door.

Perhaps, after they traveled all over the world, they could adopt one or two clever orphans. Anyway, in this era, there are too many children abandoned by their parents, and Gu Xingzhai doesn't ask them to be more promising, as long as he can take good care of Lin Xiaodong for him after a hundred years of his life.

The lifespan of demons is generally extended by humans, but so far, none of the demons can live to die of natural old age.

Some people say that this is a curse that God casts on these evil beasts, but Gu Xingzhai doesn't believe it.

Because Lin Xiaodong has the kindest and most honest heart he has ever seen in his life, the young man may not admit it, but his actions show everything. It is ridiculous to say that in this era, demons have the benevolent heart to save all beings, but people have ghosts and fetuses to kill each other, and I don't know who is the real ghost.

Therefore, Gu Xingzhai firmly believed that if Heaven really had the virtue of good life, he would definitely live a long life.

He doesn't know why the court thinks that as long as you eat the heart of the demon, you can live forever. This group of people have done bad things and corrupted their virtues, but they still think arrogantly to enjoy the world's glory and wealth for thousands of years, and even don't hesitate to do so. Changing fate against the sky has caused many innocent people to die in the land of dragon veins. Master's words swirled in his mind again, Gu Xingzhai forced himself to swallow this breath, because he still has a younger brother and Lin Xiaodong, so he can't be willful and must endure.

The enduring result is that several junior brothers were captured and seriously injured. In order to protect them, Lin Xiaodong did not hesitate to use himself as a bargaining chip in exchange.

After forcibly "sending away" a group of juniors and brothers who were unwilling to return to Beijing, Gu Xingzhai returned to the capital alone. For a few days, he spent a few days exploring outside the prison, finding out when the guards changed shifts. The location of the sentry post, and various backup plans in case of unavoidable circumstances-he exchanged the bottle of medicine that his master had left for him to save his life, and invited a demon slayer outside to help him. Send it out safely.

But what made Gu Xingzhai suspicious was that he saved people with little effort.

He knew that the old emperor attached great importance to Lin Xiaodong. After all, starting from the Qin emperor, every emperor had a passion for things like immortality. For this, they even sacrificed everything to get it, so how could he be single-handedly brought out without even being injured?

"Why do you always look back," the young man lying on his back said weakly, "Don't worry, there are no chasing soldiers behind."

Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, he took the young man to the place where he had already prepared, wiped his body with hot water, cooked some rice porridge, and fed him a spoonful of it. But maybe it was because of the weak stomach, Lin Xiaodong vomited up after drinking half of it, and Gu Xingzhai could not wait to cut off those dog officials.

"Since you can't eat, let's rest first." He put his hand on the young man's sweat-soaked forehead, and gently wiped the sweat from his face with a towel, "Sleep well, don't worry, I'll be by your side. "

But Lin Xiaodong, who was lying on the bed, just stared at him quietly with those beautiful phoenix eyes, his expression seemed to be hesitant to say anything.

"We are already safe," Gu Xingzhai thought he was afraid, so he grabbed the young man's hand and patiently said, "This is the suburbs of Beijing, as long as we are far away from the capital, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, even those dog officials can't do anything to us. already."

"What about Xiao Liu and the others?"

"They're recovering from their injuries. We'll meet them on the road in two days when you feel better."

Lin Xiaodong grabbed the quilt and shook his head.

"Let's go tomorrow," he said in a hoarse voice. "If they don't see me, they probably won't be able to heal in peace."

"But..." Gu Xingzhai frowned, really worried and let him go. What if the root cause of the disease falls?

"Don't worry," Lin Xiaodong twitched the corners of his mouth, "I was just hanged like a salted fish for a few days, and my muscles were atrophied because I couldn't move. Just walk more."

After his repeated persuasion, Gu Xingzhai reluctantly agreed.

The demon slayer prepared a carriage for them, free of charge, because he felt a little guilty for not doing much in this rescue. Lin Xiaodong had a private conversation with him, and Gu Xingzhai felt a little annoyed when he was kicked out of the room. Looking at himself, his eyes gave him an ominous premonition.

"What did Xiaodong say to you?" he asked.

The man just shook his head and refused to answer.

But before leaving, he hesitated again and again, but still instructed: "If you come to the capital in the future, please come to me first."

Gu Xingzhai thought this was just a polite remark, so he replied with a smile.

At that time, he only thought that he was afraid that he would never return to this place again in this life. Even if he did, it would be time for him to grow old.

The wheels were rolling and the breeze was blowing across his face. Looking at the sleeping young man lying in the carriage, Gu Xingzhai only felt that the world was huge. From then on, the two of them were together, and nothing could separate them. He even thought about it. After seeing the juniors and apprentices, he would send these stinky boys to prepare gifts, red cloths, etc. for the wedding, pick a good day and auspicious day to get married, and then give Master and his elders A tomb, tell him the good news, so that he can rest his eyes under the Jiuquan.

But he didn't expect that more than one tomb would be built in the end.

From the second day they set out on the road, Lin Xiaodong's body began to deteriorate. From coughing up blood at the beginning, to vomiting blood in large mouths, the young man's frail body became more and more crumbling. Gu Xingzhai did not know why the human body So much blood could be spit out. He frantically went to the doctor, and even thought about returning to the capital to get the antidote for him, but Lin Xiaodong stopped him one by one.

"I'm the doctor, have you forgotten?" The young man was lying on the bed wrapped in a thick blanket, his voice soft as a mosquito, "This medicine comes on a little faster than I thought...but it's good, it's still too late. ."

Gu Xingzhai didn't want to think about what he said "it's too late", he just wanted to know what method he should use to save him.

He even hated that he was not a demon, and that he did not have a heart that could make people immortal, otherwise, even if he was asked to cut out a heart on the spot, Gu Xingzhai would be willing.

He grabbed Lin Xiaodong's hand tightly and held him in his arms. Outside, there were several junior brothers who came from out of town with injuries after hearing the news. The sound of crying made him almost upset. Lin Xiaodong coughed twice and trembled all over - the doctor said that the poison would cause severe pain all over the body, but the young man never called him a pain, just couldn't sleep all night, and was weak in his arms. curl up into a ball.

"In the next life," he lay in his arms, the last words he said to himself were this, "remember to come to me early, otherwise..."

Lin Xiaodong couldn't finish his sentence.

At this time, Gu Xingzhai's eyes were already red and his eyes were splitting.

On the day of the burial, the juniors and brothers stood behind him, crying loudly. But Gu Xingzhai was standing at the forefront wearing black clothes, but his eyes were so dry that there were no tears.

Father, Master, Xiaodong... In just over two years, the three most important people in his life left him one after another.

A deep love does not last, and Hui Ji will be hurt. Gu Xingzhai finally understood this sentence at this moment.

And he had nothing after all.

After setting up the graves for Xiaodong and Master, Gu Xingzhai went back to the house to pack up the clothes left by the young man, and then went to the nearest market nearby to buy a few feet of red cloth and two sets of men's wedding clothes. . In the eyes of the younger brothers and sisters who were hesitant to say anything, he decorated his home exactly like the wedding scene. Then he counted an auspicious day, put on his wedding clothes, held the clothes, and walked into the lobby.

"Worship the heavens and the earth-"

Heaven and earth are not benevolent, but Gu Xingzhai is still grateful to God for allowing him to meet the love of his life.

"Second worship high hall-"

Both parents have passed away, Xingzhai is not filial, and he cannot always be with him in this life. But I also asked the second old man to help me take care of Xiaodong by the Naihe Bridge.

"Husband and wife greet each other-"

Gu Xingzhai paused, and his fingertips lightly stroked the clothes left by the young man, which seemed to still have the fragrance of lotus leaves.

In a trance, he returned to the courtyard in Qingxie Town, the lotus pond was full of moonlight, and the breeze was coming.

"Senior brother," the second child who presided over the wedding said with a trembling voice, "the auspicious time has come, you should..."

He burst into tears, unable to speak.

Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, hummed, and walked into the door under the watchful eyes of all the juniors.

The next morning, at the urging of the other junior brothers, the second child boldly knocked on the door: "Senior brother, are you awake?"

"Brother?"

But when they knocked on the door, they found that the building was already empty. The room was empty, the beds were neat, no one had slept at all, the fruit plate on the table was the same, only the red candle tears flowed down the ground.

Gu Xingzhai left them a note that read:

"I've returned to Beijing, don't ask, don't ask. Second child, the important responsibilities of the master are entrusted to you, and I will apologize to Master."

The juniors and brothers blew the pot on the spot, and they all went to the capital to find the senior brothers to advance and retreat together, but the second child stopped them all with red eyes.

"No one is allowed to leave this courtyard!" he said sharply, "The eunuch and Mu Kongxuan with the surname Xie are already dead. Don't you understand what your brother is going to do in Beijing?"

"The turbulent times will come, when the war will erupt, and the people will suffer," the second child took a deep breath and said to the grief and indignation of his junior and senior brothers, "I want to join the army, but it is not the army of the court, but the army of the people and the people - who would you like? Come with me?"

"Me!" "I'm going too!" "And me!"

All the people present agreed in unison, but the second child said to Xiao Liu alone: ​​"Master wanted to send you overseas to study abroad. You are the most talented among us and should not be buried in the war. Brother Gu also said With the courage of one enemy and a hundred people, you can only come back to save the country and the people after you have learned new ideas. Xiao Liu, would you like to go?"

Xiao Liu was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"That's good," the second child finally showed a smile, he stretched out his hand and said to the fellow apprentices, "We have made an appointment, even if we will be separated from each other in the future, we will reunite here for ten years at that time-the apprentices will reunite with flesh and blood. The body has opened up a path for us, and I am willing to serve the country with this body, although there are thousands of people, I will go!"

"It's a word!"

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According to later records, the six disciples of the Xuanmen School of the Beijing faction, except for the senior brother who disappeared a year before the collapse of the dynasty, the other four all led the army to fight on one side and became famous patriotic generals.

Three of them died on the battlefield, the shroud of horse leather, and one of them became a great general who left his name in history, witnessing the birth of a new era.