Lanxiang Inn is relatively remote. After dark, the lamps are hung high, and the bright lights are reflected in the shadow of the green mountains, and you can see the mountains and streams.
Nie Huimo stood in another inn a hundred steps away, looking at it from a distance.
The subordinate behind him had a low voice and was reporting on the findings.
There were many people and horses in Lanxiang Inn, and most of them were young adults. Thinking about the army around her in the past few months, it was not difficult to guess who these young adults were.
A few feet above their heads, the hotel's wine flag fluttered in the evening breeze, making the night more tranquil.
After the subordinates finished speaking, they looked up at the general in the dim light.
Compared with the Lanxiang Inn in the distance, the light here was dim and only reflected the corner under the eaves. Nie Huimo's face was only a deep outline in the dark night.
The subordinate was about to speak but stopped. Suddenly, Nie Huimo frowned a little irritably and gently raised his hand to signal him to retreat.
After his men left, the night seemed to become quieter.
Nie Huimo comes to Li Qian every year. He came last year at this time as well. On his way back, he passed through Bajiang Lake and went to Guzhao Gorge. In the turbulent river tide, he caught a glimpse of the beautiful girl between the sky and the water. .
The shock and amazement evoked by that glance can never be forgotten by Nie Huimo to this day.
The sky and the earth are vast and empty, the mountains are precipitous, and in the midst of the vast expanse of turbulent rivers, the girl does not show any fear. She wears a goose-colored dress that is light and graceful. She is both delicate and elegant, and as bright and beautiful as a fire. She is so beautiful.
Just like April in the human world, in the soft mist of apricot blossoms, there is a sense of vitality and vitality that reaches the sky.
The two contradictory styles, enthusiasm and vitality and coldness and loneliness, there is no contradiction in her at all.
The fireworks caused by this collision made Nie Huimo think of her from time to time over the past year, and when he thought of her, he always felt impetuous and unquenchable, and felt a sense of loss.
Yes, this woman turned him away today.
Not long after the men went downstairs, the door of a bedroom on the second floor opened, and the man who had been dislocated by the girl's bare hands came out tied with a plaster.
Before the two of them could exchange a few words, they heard light footsteps coming from upstairs, and their general walked downstairs with a sullen face.
"General." they shouted.
"You come with me." Nie Huimo kept walking and said to someone as he walked.
Outside, it was cold and chilly, and the noise of the post office in the distance seemed to be on the horizon.
The subordinates didn't know where he was going. They noticed that he kept walking and walked straight to Lanxiang Inn. The subordinates subconsciously said: "General!"
"What?"
"General, are you going... to find Ah Li?"
Nie Huimo glanced at him slightly and did not answer.
In a blink of an eye, Lanxiang Inn was already in front of me.
Because we have to go on the road tomorrow morning, everyone in the store who should rest has taken a rest. All the stools in the lobby have been placed upside down on the Eight Immortals table, and two clerks are cleaning the floor.
When I noticed someone coming in at the door, a waiter swept the floor and said, "I'm sorry, sir, our shop has already finished proofing."
"There is no curfew at the inn, but the inn is still closed?" A man's slightly deep voice came from the door.
The two guys then looked up and saw that the tall and burly man standing inside the door was not the general who had been refused permission to see him today.
"Where's Ah Li?" Nie Huimo looked at them.
The two waiters looked at each other, and one of them said: "Of course Miss Ah Li has fallen asleep now."
"Go and wake her up," Nie Huimo said calmly, "Just say she still owes me something."
"Miss Ah Li owes you something?"
"A promise."
The clerk was ready to persuade him to quit, but it was related to the promise, so he had to swallow his words. After all, it involved the word "faithfulness".
After thinking for a while, the man had to say: "... General, wait a moment, Rong Xiao will go and ask."
Xia Zhaoyi had just pulled down her torn clothes when she heard a knock on the door of her guest room next door.
Su Yumei opened the door and went out. She came back quickly and said, "It's the boy from the inn. He said that the general named Nie is here again. He is looking for you downstairs and said that you owe him a promise."
"Promise?" Zhili looked at Xia Zhaoyi curiously, "Senior sister, what did you promise?"
"It's a small thing," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Be careful about your sleeping position before going to sleep. If you are not careful, you may become paralyzed."
"I know," Zhili said obediently, "I hurt my spine."
Xia Zhaoyi gave some more instructions before going out.
As soon as he heard the footsteps upstairs, Nie Huimo raised his head.
Seeing that it was the clerk who came down, Nie Huimo narrowed his eyes lightly and retracted his words calmly.
Seeing that he was still standing, the clerk went downstairs and said, "General, sit down, this lobby is quite spacious."
"You're welcome." Nie Huimo said calmly.
"What would you like to drink, General?" the waiter asked again.
"No need."
While saying these words, Nie Huimo remained motionless, always standing with his hands behind his back.
Finally, someone came down again. Nie Huimo raised his eyes and saw that the girl, wearing a dark gown with a waist and sleeves, slowly appeared in his sight with a leisurely pace.
The lights in the lobby were reduced by half and were not so bright. Her face looked rosy, as if she had applied makeup under the warm light. Her clear eyes showed no emotion or anger, and her face looked unemotional.
Nie Huimo stepped forward, but she stopped at the last few steps and looked at him condescendingly: "Who to kill?"
A simple word, without warmth or emotion.
Nie Huimo did not answer immediately, but said: "I have captured Huazhou now."
Xia Zhaoyi: "?"
Nie Huimo looked at her calmly: "Where are you going next?"
"None of your business."
"Ah Li," Nie Huimo's lips curled up, "Even if you and I are not friends, we are not enemies either."
"Kill who?" Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Huazhou is connected in all directions and belongs to the entire southern province. No matter where you go from now on, if you pass by Huazhou, I will allow you to travel unimpeded."
Xia Zhaoyi tilted his head slightly and looked at him steadily.
Nie Huimo looked at her and suddenly realized that this was the first girl who looked at him without any complicated meaning in her eyes.
No one could look at the woman next to him for so long, let alone look so clear and bright all the time.
"...What?" Nie Huimo said.
"I thought what I said to Mr. Xin Shun was very clear." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Which ones?"
"I don't know what your current intentions are, but I have already made it clear that I don't want to have anything to do with you. I don't want anything to do with it, either publicly or privately."
Nie Huimo smiled faintly: "All shrewd strategists throughout the ages are good at weighing the pros and cons, understanding the world, and being tactful. Miss Ali, don't say anything."
"Being tactful," Xia Zhaoyi said with interest, "So, General Nie needs to be tactful with me when he encounters difficult things?"
"...There is no such thing."
After finishing speaking, he heard slight but steady footsteps coming from upstairs.
Looking behind the girl, a young man walked slowly, his figure was slender and tall, as straight as a bamboo.
