Chapter 63: Courting Death

Sui Yan stayed in Jiang's house for half a day before he stood up and prepared to leave.

Jiang Enhe walked him to the door and said, "It's not convenient for me to go to your house to see General Sui this afternoon. I'll go there in a few days. You have to meet me at the door then."

Sui Yan said, "You are going to my house to see my brother, why do you want me to pick you up?"

Jiang Enhe was disappointed that they could not make it: "Are you stupid? With your brother's fierce aura, who would dare to meet him alone?"

Sui Yan said speechlessly: "You just went there to discuss the marriage between Jiang Ning and my brother, not to provoke, how could he hit you?"

Jiang Enhe: "Anyway, I'm just afraid that if you don't come to pick me up and go with me, this kiss won't work!"

Sui Yan looked at him in disbelief.

As the two were talking, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"Enhe, why can't we kiss?"

The two looked back and saw a woman in hunting clothes walking towards them in the snow. Her long hair was tied up in a bun and hung neatly on her shoulders. She looked very heroic and beautiful.

Jiang En and Nana said, "Second sister."

Sui Yan also said: "Second sister."

Jiang Ning: “…”

Jiang Enhe stepped on Sui Yan's foot and whispered, "It's too early!"

Sui Yancai hurriedly said, "Second Miss, I'm sorry."

Jiang Ning held a whip in her hand, probably from riding back. She rubbed her whip around her hand a few times and put it in her waistband. She looked at Sui Yan and said with a smile, "I've heard that the Marquis is weak. Be careful of the wind in the snow. Enhe, did you entertain the Marquis well?"

Jiang Enhe seemed to be very afraid of his second sister and said hurriedly, "We have entertained her."

Jiang Ning said, "Well, okay, the snow is getting heavier, you should go back home earlier, Lord."

Sui Yan had met Jiang Ning a few times before when he came to visit Jiang Enhe. This woman was a rare flower in the entire capital. She didn't like makeup or needlework, and practiced martial arts and riding horses all day long. If she was born in a general's family, she would definitely become a female general.

People in the capital joked that Jiang Ning, who came from a family of civil officials but was devoted to military affairs, and Sui Yan, who came from a family of military officials but only wanted to eat, drink and have fun, really seemed to have chosen the wrong backgrounds.

In his previous life, Sui Yan had no impression of Jiang Ning. He only vaguely remembered that she seemed to have never married and died on the way to the border the year before Sui Yan left.

No one knows why she went to the border alone, and no one knows why she was so unruly and uninfluenced throughout her life.

Even Sui Yan couldn't understand why a woman who seemed so bold and unrestrained now would die alone in a foreign land a few years later.

Sui Yan nodded slightly and stepped aside to let Jiang Ning go first.

Jiang Ning didn't show any sympathy and walked over. However, when passing by Jiang Enhe, she gave him a cold look with her eyes as sharp as knives.

Jiang Enhe was frightened and lowered his head quickly.

Jiang Ning then left in big strides.

Sui Yan raised his head and looked at the tall figure, and said thoughtfully: "Your second sister is really an extremely carefree person, and she is a perfect match for my second brother."

Jiang Enhe was startled by Jiang Ning's look and didn't pay much attention to Sui Yan's words.

The two of them walked to the gate of the Jiang Mansion, and soon the carriage from the Marquis' Mansion came to greet them.

Sui Yan said, "Okay, then when you go to my house, let someone tell me first, and I'll pick you up then."

Gannhe nodded gloomily, rubbing his wide sleeves vigorously, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Sui Yan asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? You've been distracted since you saw your sister just now."

Jiang Enhe looked around, gritted his teeth, and dragged Sui Yan onto the carriage.

After throwing down the curtain, Jiang Enhe took out a cold short curved knife from his sleeve.

Sui Yan: "Ahhh, let's talk it over nicely. Put the knife down!"

Jiang Enhe said impatiently: "Calm down, who wants to kill you? Look at this knife."

Sui Yan wasn't actually that scared. He took the short curved knife that was only as long as his forearm. The handle was engraved with dense and intricate unknown patterns, and the scabbard was also inlaid with two black and red jade stones.

Sui Yan pulled out the knife, only to hear a cold clang. The black blade that could cut through iron like mud almost absorbed all the light in the carriage. No matter how hard he looked, he could not see any reflection.

Sui Yan said: "What a great knife, where did you get it from?"

Jiang Enhe was unable to finish his words: "My sister handed this knife over to a bandit's den when she followed the Peking Army stationed outside the capital to suppress a group of horse bandits a few years ago. It is said that the knife is stained with the blood of hundreds of people and it is extremely evil."

Sui Yan didn't care about this at all. He looked back and forth before putting the knife away and said, "So? Why is your sister's knife in your hand?"

Jiang Enhe was about to cry: "She asked me to ask you to give this knife to General Sui Xun."

Sui Yan blinked: "Huh?"

Jiang Enhe said, "Let me tell you, who would give a knife as a token of love, and this kind of knife? I talked to her for a long time, asking her to embroider a purse or a sachet, or draw a picture and write a love letter. At the very least, you can just go to the street and pick one you like and buy it and give it to her. But she didn't listen. She just wanted to give her favorite thing to General Sui Xun."

Sui Yan: “This…”

Jiang Enhe seemed to have found someone to rely on, chattering non-stop: "Now the two families are going to meet in a few days to set a date to discuss the wedding, and she has caused this kind of thing at this time. Wang Gui, do you think that this knife should be given as a gift? After giving it to her, will General Sian think that my sister does not look like a lady from a rich family, and cancel the marriage?"

Sui Yan said: "Calm down, calm down. I don't think my brother would be like this."

Jiang Enhe: "Ah?"

Sui Yan thought carefully about his brother's stubborn temper and his complete lack of understanding of love, and said, "If he receives this knife, he might like it very much."

Jiang Enhe: "..."

Jiang Enhe looked at Sui Yan in disbelief and said, "Is your brother crazy? Before getting married, he received a short knife of unknown origin that might have killed someone, and he still likes it. He likes it so much?"

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan tapped the hilt of the knife with his knuckles: "Do you still want me to deliver it?"

Jiang Enhe recalled the look Jiang Ning had given him just now, and was suddenly terrified: "Send it away, send it away, send it away. I'm afraid if I don't, I'll become the next victim of this knife."

Sui Yan looked at his treacherous behavior with a half-smile, pushed him off the carriage, lifted the curtain and said to him: "Don't panic, you have nothing to be afraid of with me here to support you. Go back and tell your sister, I will definitely deliver it to my brother."

Jiang Enhe waved at him, the snow fell heavily, and the two looked at each other, feeling a kind of sadness that the hero would never come back.

"I'm waiting for your good news!"

Sui Yan was confident: "Leave it to me."

He let down the curtain, turned his head and bumped into the car wall without paying attention.

“Ah! It hurts, it hurts!”

Jiang Enhe: "..."

Jiang Enhe began to ponder whether it was reliable to let Sui Yan handle this matter.

Sui Yan returned to the mansion holding the knife, and asked as soon as he entered the door: "Is Jun Jingxing back?"

Haitang came out to greet him. She was frightened when she saw the knife in Sui Yan's hand and said hurriedly, "He hasn't come back yet."

Sui Yan: "Oh, OK, let me know when he comes back."

Seeing him like this, Haitang didn't dare to talk to him. She nodded desperately and welcomed Sui Yan into the house. Then, while Sui Yan was looking for Sui Xun, she ran back to the side yard at full speed.

Jun Jingxing stayed in Yin's house for two days. As the weather was getting colder, he took the initiative to go back. He thought that even if Sui Yan was angry, he would not be angry for so long, so he read in the room with peace of mind and waited for Sui Yan to come back, warming the sweet soup he made himself.

After a while, Haitang came back in a hurry.

"Mr. Jun!"

Jun Jingxing looked up in surprise and asked, "What's wrong? Is the Marquis back?"

Haitang was out of breath and panted, "He's back, he's back with a knife, it's so thick, and he asked about your whereabouts right after he came back."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing said in disbelief: "With a knife?"

Haitang nodded desperately.

Jun Jingxing stood there for a while, then said, "I'd better hide outside for a few days."

As he spoke, he gathered up the books on his desk and hurried out.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared at the door, dark as a ghost.

Haitang and Jun Jingxing were both startled and looked at the man in shock.

Wu Yuan looked at Jun Jingxing expressionlessly and said, "The young master has ordered that since Master Jun is back, don't rush to leave."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

My life is over.

Jun Jingxing instinctively wanted to run, but Wuyuan suddenly drew the knife from his waist and said coldly, "Sit there."

Jun Jingxing shuddered with fright, coughed dryly, and exchanged glances with Haitang.

Haitang was helpless and ran away happily.

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing had no choice but to sit back on the stool, unwilling to put the knife back.

Jun Jingxing looked at Wuyuan's expressionless face, sat for a while before tentatively asking, "How long should I sit here?"

Wuyuan said coldly: "Sit until the young master comes back."

Jun Jingxing looked worried, but he didn't have the courage to escape again, so he had to sit down quietly.

In Sui Xun Courtyard, Sui Yan was standing under the long corridor, watching Sui Xun practicing sword in the snow, and he was so anxious that he wanted to stamp his feet.

Li Zhao looked at him with great pity and whispered, "Young Master, let's go inside and wait. The Second Young Master will be here for a while."

Sui Yan said: "My brother is really sick. Who would practice swordplay in the snow? He doesn't even feel cold."

Li Zhao smiled helplessly.

Sui Yan waited for a while, and when the sky darkened, Sui Xun slowly put away his sword.

He frowned, wrapped himself in his outer robe, brushed the snow off his sword, walked to the corridor and said coldly, "What are you doing here in the snow?"

Sui Yan hurriedly grabbed Sui Xun's hand and ran into the room, shouting as he walked: "How dare you criticize me? Isn't it even weirder that you are practicing swordplay in the heavy snow?"

Sui Xun was dragged into the room by him. She wiped the snow off her hair with a dry towel and said calmly, "You are so brave."

Sui Yan groaned while holding the knife in his hand, and said, "Don't scold me all the time. I have the upper hand over you now."

Sui Xun glanced at the knife and said, "Why, you want to fight me? Just use that short knife?"

Sui Yan pulled out his knife and said, "My knife is a sharp blade that can cut iron like mud. Don't be ignorant of my appearance."

Sui Xun scolded him.

Sui Yan said, "You really don't want to take a look? Don't you think this knife is filled with affection? Even though it's made of tungsten iron, it still has a hint of warmth flowing through it?"

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Xun frowned: "What a mess! Where did this knife come from? Throw away things of unknown origin as soon as possible!"

Sui Yan stood up angrily, slammed the table, and said, "You said so, I'm going to throw it away now. Jiang Ning didn't say you have to take it anyway."

Sui Xun was stunned, stood up and grabbed Sui Yan who was about to leave, and said with difficulty: "You said Jiang Ning gave this to me?"

Sui Yan said in a gloomy tone, "Yes, I heard that it was paid by her brother for suppressing bandits. She wanted to give her favorite thing to her brother as a token of love."

Sui Xun stared at the knife intently, and after a long while he coughed dryly and said, "Then...then give it to me..."

Sui Yan: “Oh.”

Sui Xun: “…”

Sui Yan held the knife as if it were a life-saving talisman, and even spoke boldly: "I don't know why you just said that this is a small dagger of unknown origin and asked me to throw it away."

Sui Xun looked pale, took a deep breath, and barely suppressed the urge to beat him up, and said with difficulty: "It's... it's my brother's fault."

Sui Yan said: "It's my brother!"

Sui Xun: “…”

No one had ever dared to provoke Sui Xun like this. Sui Xun suppressed the urge to beat someone up, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "It's... it's my brother's fault."

Sui Yan immediately smiled and wanted to return the knife to Sui Xun, but suddenly he seemed to think of something and pulled it back.

Sui Xun was about to take the knife Jiang Ning had given him, but when it was taken back, he could no longer suppress his anger.

"Sui Yan!"

Sui Yan didn't keep his anger in his heart. He tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "I want to sleep with my brother today. Is that ok?"

Sui Xun smiled and said, "If you are not afraid of death, just sleep with me."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan felt scared only now. He stepped back cautiously and said, "Well...well...just for one night. If you promise not to hit me, I'll give you the knife."

Sui Xun took another deep breath and felt that his temper had really improved now. He could finally let this little bastard get on top of him and run wild.

He said coldly: "Okay. I keep my word. Give me the knife!"

Sui Yan knew that Sui Xun always kept his promise, so he breathed a sigh of relief and handed the knife over.

As soon as Sui Xun received the knife, he immediately put it back into his sleeve and gave Sui Yan a cold look.

Sui Yan shuddered and smiled ingratiatingly.

Sui Xun lowered his voice and said, "You'd better pray not to touch me when you sleep, otherwise if you touch me anywhere, I will use this knife that can cut iron like mud to cut that part off."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan plopped over and wailed, "Brother, please spare my life. I won't dare to do it again!"

Sui Xun had a blank expression on his face and said, "Didn't you say to call me brother?"

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan seemed to be choked and didn't even dare to scream.

Sui Yan finished his dinner tremblingly, washed up shiveringly, and climbed carefully onto Sui Xun's bed.

Sui Xun gave him a cold look.

Sui Yan immediately wrapped himself up in the quilt like a ball, rolled into the bed, and tried his best to hide in the corner of the wall to ensure that he would not touch Sui Xun.

Sui Xun took another quilt and went to bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep without saying a word.

Sui Yan's imagined warm life of sleeping together and chatting peacefully with his brother was completely shattered, and the atmosphere between the two was colder than the wind and snow outside.

Late in the night, in a side courtyard.

Jun Jingxing felt sore all over from sitting there. When he wanted to stand up, Wu Yuan, who was staring at him, immediately drew his sword, scaring him so much that he dared not move.

Jun Jingxing said in agony, "When will the Marquis come back? Can I go to sleep?"

Wu Yuan is a stubborn person. He does whatever Sui Yan tells him to do without any flexibility.

He said sternly and coldly, "No, sit down."

Jun Jingxing sat back with tears in his eyes.

The wind and snow howled outside the door, blowing out the remaining candles.

The author has something to say: Sui Yan’s fantasy of sleeping with his brother.

Sui Xun's warm pulse: Are you cold? If you are cold, come to my arms.

Brothers sleeping in real life.

Sui Xun is ferocious and evil: If you dare to touch me, I will kill you.