Anthology of Gulong: Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword

Chapter 18 Human nature is neither good nor evil
Although Lin Xian'er and Sun Xiaohong didn't actually fight each other this time, it was no different from having fought each other, and they had already fought twice.

It's just that what they fight is not strength, but heart.

For the first time, Lin Xianer won.

Because she knows the weakness of a woman's heart very well, and knows how to use it.

The second time, it was Sun Xiaohong who won.

She used the same method.

She knew women were suspicious of everything.

Because of doubt, there is fear.

If Sun Xiaohong was a man, she might have already killed Lin Xian'er.

If Lin Xian'er were a man, no matter what Sun Xiaohong said, she would have left long ago.

It was because they were all women that this peculiar situation was created.

——If men and women are asked to do the same thing, no matter what they do, the process will be neither the same nor the result the same.

The same goes for "The Duel".

Women's duels are certainly not as heavy, tense, and intense as men's duels, but perhaps they are more subtle, complex, and interesting.

Because there must be more changes in it.

Their changes are not like the changes in martial arts moves that everyone can see, and they are far more complicated and faster than changes in martial arts moves.

It's a pity that their changes are invisible to the eyes.

If anyone can see the complex and subtle changes in a woman's heart, he will definitely feel that a woman's duel is more exciting and unique than all men's duels in the world.

A woman is a woman and will always be different from a man.

Anyone who wants to refute this truth is an idiot.

This principle is both clear and simple.

Strangely, there are some people in the world who don't think of it.

Sun Xiaohong dragged Li Xunhuan ahead.

Lin Xian'er actually followed behind.

Sun Xiaohong said: "We go our way, you go your way, why do you follow?"

Lin Xian'er said: "I...I also want to go and see Ah Fei."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Why do you still want to see him? Don't tell me you didn't hurt him enough?"

Lin Xian'er said: "I just want to..."

Sun Xiaohong said: "We won't let him see you again. If you go, it's for nothing."

Lin Xian'er said: "I just want to look at him from a distance, it doesn't matter if he wants to look at me or not."

Sun Xiaohong said coldly: "The legs are on your body, you must follow, we have nothing to do, but... since you followed, don't regret it."

Lin Xian'er said: "I never regret anything I do."

Sun Xiaohong laughed suddenly, and said: "Look, I had already calculated that she would follow, and I was right."

This sentence was said to Li Xun Huan.

Li Xun Huan smiled and said, "You wanted her to come with you?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "Of course."

Li Xun Huan said: "Why?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "Since I have no way to attack her just now, I have to wait for the next opportunity. If she doesn't come with us, how can I have a chance?"

Li Xun Huan said leisurely: "Actually, you don't have to wait at all, you can do it just now, no matter what she says, you don't have to listen."

Sun Xiaohong said: "You men talk about 'words are like the wind, promises are worth a thousand dollars', can we women treat our words as fart?"

Li Xun Huan laughed and said, "But how did you know she would follow?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "Because she wants us to protect her, when she is with Xiao Li Tanhua, no matter who wants to kill her, they will not have the courage to do so."

She smiled sweetly and said: "To put it nicely, this is called a fox pretending to be a tiger's prestige. To put it bluntly, this is called a dog preying on others."

Li Xun Huan laughed and said, "These two kinds of arguments don't seem very pleasant."

Sun Xiaohong said: "If you have done these things, no matter how harsh what others say, you have to listen to it."

Of course Lin Xian'er could hear all these words.

Sun Xiaohong had said it to her on purpose.

But Lin Xian'er pretended as if she didn't hear anything, and didn't speak.

It was as if she had suddenly become deaf and dumb.

Being able to pretend to be deaf and dumb is indeed a remarkable skill.

Sun Xiaohong suddenly changed the subject, and said: "Do you know that Long Xiaoyun is going to be sworn brother with Shangguan Jinhong?"

Li Xun Huan said, "I heard...that's why you came here."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Well, because we know that we can meet many people here."

She glanced at Li Xun Huan, pursed her lips and said with a smile, "The most important thing, of course, is because I know I can meet you here."

Li Xunhuan was also looking at her, and suddenly felt very warm in his heart, as if he had drunk a glass of fine wine.

He hadn't felt this way for a long time.

Sun Xiaohong was stared at by him, and his whole body seemed to be in the spring breeze.

After a long time, Li Xunhuan sighed and said:
"If you hadn't come, maybe I would have..."

Sun Xiaohong interrupted him, and hurriedly said: "Perhaps Shangguan Jinhong has entered the coffin."

Li Xun Huan smiled lightly and didn't continue talking.

Although sooner or later he and Shangguan Jinhong would inevitably have a fight to the death, but he was unwilling to talk about it.

He doesn't want to think too much about this matter, because if he thinks too much, he will have worries, and if he has worries, his mind will be confused. If his mind is confused, his chances of victory will be even less.

Sun Xiaohong said: "Actually, you don't have to be moral to someone like Shangguan Jinhong. If you take action when he sees Shangguan Fei's body, you can definitely kill him."

Li Xun Huan sighed: "I'm afraid not necessarily."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Not necessarily? Do you think he won't be disturbed when he sees his son dead?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Blood is thicker than water, Shangguan Jin Hong is somewhat human."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Then why didn't you make a move? You have to know that if you treat him with friendship, he won't treat you with friendship."

Li Xun Huan said: "He and I are no longer at odds with each other, neither of us will treat each other with friendship."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Then you..."

Li Xun Huan suddenly smiled, interrupted her, and said, "I won't make a move, just because I have to wait for a better opportunity."

Sun Xiaohong said: "In my opinion, that was already the best opportunity."

Li Xun Huan said: "You read wrong."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Oh?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Seeing my son die, although my heart will be confused, but there will be a kind of grief and anger in my heart. If I take action at that time, he will vent this anger on me."

He sighed, and continued: "When people are in grief and anger, not only their strength is much greater than usual, but their courage is also much greater than usual. At that time, if Shangguan Jin Hong makes a move, I really don't have the confidence to receive the power of the blow. live."

Sun Xiaohong looked at him and smiled, and said sweetly: "It turns out that you are not such a good person as I imagined, and sometimes you will be scheming."

Li Xun Huan also laughed and said, "If I'm really as good as others think, I'd have died at least eighty times."

Sun Xiaohong said: "If Shangguan Jinhong knew what you meant, he would definitely regret drinking that glass of wine."

Li Xun Huan said: "He will never regret it."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Why?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Because he already knows what I mean."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Then, why did he still toast you?"

Li Xun Huan said: "He toasted me with that glass of wine, not because I was moral to him - in his eyes, a moral person is simply an idiot."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Then what is he doing?"

Li Xun Huan said with a smile: "Because he already understands what I mean, he knows that I am not an idiot."

Sun Xiaohong blinked and said, "He knows that you are like him, able to wait, endure, seize opportunities, and judge when is the best opportunity, so he toasts you, doesn't it?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Yes."

Sun Xiaohong said: "He thinks you are the same person as him, that's why he admires you and appreciates you - the person a person admires the most must be the same person as himself, because everyone must appreciate himself very much. .”

Li Xun Huan smiled and said, "That's a very good sentence, it's not like someone your age can say it."

Sun Xiaohong curled her lips and said, "But are you really the same person as him?"

Li Xun Huan pondered, and slowly said: "In some respects, yes, it's just that we grew up in different environments and met different people and things, so we have two completely different people."

He sighed and continued: "Some people say that human nature is inherently good, while others say that human nature is inherently evil. In my opinion, there is no good or evil in human nature. Whether a person is good or evil is an acquired influence."

Sun Xiaohong stared at him, and said: "It seems that you not only understand others very well, but also understand yourself very well."

Li Xun Huan sighed, "It's not easy for a person to truly understand himself."

His expression darkened again, and pain and worry appeared in his eyes again.

Sun Xiaohong also sighed, and said quietly: "If a person wants to understand himself, he must first go through a lot of torture and taste a lot of pain—isn't it?"

Li Xun Huan said sadly, "Exactly."

Sun Xiaohong sighed: "In this way, I hope that I will never understand myself. The more I understand, the more pain I will suffer. If I don't understand at all, maybe I will be luckier."

This time it was Li Xunhuan who changed the subject.

He suddenly asked: "When Shangguan Jinhong toasted me, were you still there?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "We have already left, and I will hear about this matter later."

She smiled sweetly and said: "Now you and Shangguan Jinhong are both great big shots, and your every move is big news in the eyes of others. Tonight, in this city, there are at least a hundred thousand people talking about you...you Believe it or not?"

Li Xun Huan said with a smile: "That's why I admire your grandfather, his body is like floating clouds, his heart is like still water, he can do whatever he wants, without worries, this kind of talent is really amazing!"

Sun Xiaohong was silent for a while, then said quietly: "The old man has indeed seen through everything."

She suddenly changed the subject again and said, "Do you know who sent that coffin?"

Li Xun Huan said: "I can't guess."

Sun Xiaohong blinked and said, "The one who sent the coffin is the one who killed Shangguan Fei?"

She obviously already knew who killed Shangguan Fei.

But Lin Xian'er didn't know, she kept listening with her ears pricked up, only hated them but refused to say this person's name.

Li Xun Huan pondered, and said: "It must be him, because there are not many people who know where Shangguan Fei's body is."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Why did he do this?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Because he wants to attack Shangguan Jin Hong."

Sun Xiaohong said: "He also hates Shangguan Jinhong?"

Li Xun Huan pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Maybe he didn't hate, he wanted to hit Shangguan Jin Hong, maybe it was only because Shangguan Jin Hong was knocked down that he had the chance to save him."

Sun Xiaohong said: "I don't even understand. Since he wanted to save him, why did he attack him?"

Li Xun Huan said: "Maybe he wanted Shangguan Jin Hong to regret it."

Sun Xiaohong sighed, and said: "The human heart is really harder to understand than anything else."

Li Xun Huan said slowly: "That's right, the most difficult thing to understand in the world is the human heart and human nature. The complexity of human nature is far superior to any martial arts in the world."

He suddenly continued: "But if you can't understand human nature, martial arts will never be able to reach its peak, because no matter what happens, it is closely related to human nature, and martial arts is no exception."

This kind of philosophy may be too profound for Sun Xiaohong.

Sun Xiaohong didn't know if she understood, she was silent for a while before she spoke, her voice whispered like the wind, and said: "I don't want to know anything, I just want to know you."

Her eyes were staring at him, and the expression in her eyes was not only admiration, but also a kind of trust, as if telling him that only in front of him, would she tell all of her thoughts.

Li Xun Huan suddenly felt that kind of warmth in his heart, and he almost couldn't help reaching out to touch her apple-like face.

But of course he didn't really do that.

He must not do that.

He turned his head slowly and coughed lightly.

Sun Xiaohong was obviously waiting. After waiting for a long time, disappointment gradually appeared in her eyes, and she said slowly:
"But you seem to be very afraid of being understood, so you are always on guard."

Li Xun Huan said: "Afraid? What are you afraid of?"

Sun Xiaohong bit her lip and said, "I'm afraid others will fall in love with you."

She quickly continued: "Because you know that no matter who really understands you, they will definitely fall in love with you. You would rather be hated than loved, right?"

Li Xun Huan smiled, and said: "The age has indeed changed, the little girls in the past would never say the word 'love'."

Sun Xiaohong said: "The little girls in the future may not dare to say it, but I... no matter what age I was born in, even if I was born hundreds of years ago, as long as it is what I want to say in my heart, I will still say it."

No matter what era, there will always be a few people like her.

This kind of person dares to speak, dare to act, dare to love, and dare to hate.

Just because they are living ahead of the times, in the eyes of others, they may be regarded as lunatics and monsters.

But they themselves are fine and happy, much happier than most people, because they don't care what other people think of them.

It's still foggy tonight.

Although it is already winter, the fog is like spring fog.

Sun Xiaohong walked slowly in the fog, as if she hoped that this road would never be finished.

Li Xun Huan was anxious to see A Fei at first, but now, he didn't urge him either.

Over the years, his heart has been very heavy, as if he has been suppressed by an invisible shackle, so that he can hardly breathe.

Only when he was chatting with Sun Xiaohong, he would feel more relaxed.

He suddenly realized that Sun Xiaohong really knew him very well, even deeper than he imagined.

Being able to chat with people who know you well is the happiest thing in life.

But Li Xun Huan already wanted to escape.

"...you would rather be hated than loved, wouldn't you?"

Li Xunhuan's heart was throbbing.

He didn't "won't", but "can't".

He felt that not only could he no longer "give", he could no longer "receive".

Everyone wears his own shackles from which no one but himself can release him.

Li Xunhuan is like this, so is A Fei.

Are their shackles forever inescapable?Are they going to the grave in these chains?

Sun Xiaohong suddenly stopped and said, "Here we are."

The road was very lonely, and there was a small house beside the road, with lights shining through the windows.

The lights flickered and looked very bright. There shouldn't be such bright lights in such a small room.

Sun Xiaohong turned around, faced Lin Xian'er, and said, "You recognize this place, don't you?"

Of course Lin Xian'er recognized it, this was her and A Fei's "home".

She bit her lip, nodded, and muttered: "A Fei is back?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "Do you also want to go in and see him?"

Lin Xian'er said: "I... can I go in?"

Sun Xiaohong said: "This is your home, if you want to go in, go in, you don't need to ask others."

Lin Xian'er lowered her head and said, "But, now..."

Sun Xiaohong said: "Of course it's different now, you should know who caused this situation?"

She continued with a sneer: "You could have lived a happy and peaceful life here, but you didn't want to, because you looked down on this family and this person."

Lin Xian'er lowered her head and said softly: "Now I know that I was wrong. I am still alive because he is protecting me. Without him, I might have been killed long ago."

Her voice became lower and lower, and tears were shed!

She sighed, and continued: "When I was with him, no one dared to hurt a single hair of me... But now, it seems that anyone can come and kill me..."

Sun Xiaohong stared at her and said coldly: "Do you think he will protect you like before?"

Lin Xian'er said with tears, "I don't know, and I don't care..."

She suddenly raised her head and said loudly: "I just want to see him again, say a few words to him, and then leave immediately. This request is not too much no matter what, you can always agree to me."

Sun Xiaohong said: "It's not that I don't agree, but it's a pity that what you said is hard to believe."

Lin Xian'er said: "Even if I refuse to leave when the time comes, you can drive me away."

Sun Xiaohong pondered, and glanced at Li Xunhuan.

Li Xun Huan stood there quietly, with no expression on his face.

But his heart was also in turmoil.

His biggest weakness in this life is that his heart is too soft. Sometimes even though he knows that this matter must never be done, he still can't harden his heart to refuse.

Many people are aware of his weakness, and many people are taking advantage of his weakness.

He knew it himself, but he still couldn't change it.

He would rather be sorry for him [-] times than do something wrong for others once. Sometimes he even knows that others are lying to him, but he would rather be deceived.

Because he felt that as long as one person told him the truth, the price of his sacrifice was worth it.

Li Xunhuan is such a person, whether you call him a gentleman or an idiot, at least he is the kind of person you will never meet again in your life.

At least you will never regret meeting him.

He seldom makes people sweat, and even less blood; blood and sweat he prefers to shed himself.

But what he did always made people unable to help but cry—tears of emotion and tears of gratitude.

Sun Xiaohong sighed in her heart.

She already knew that Li Xun Huan would never bear to refuse, he almost never refused to others.

Lin Xian'er said quietly: "This may be the last time I see him. If he knows that you won't even let me see him for the last time, he will hate you all the rest of his life."

Sun Xiaohong bit her lip and said, "You only say a few words? Leave immediately after finishing speaking?"

Lin Xian'er smiled sadly: "Am I really so ignorant? Do I really have to wait for you to drive me away? As long as you agree to my last request, I will die without complaint."

Li Xun Huan suddenly let out a long sigh, "Let her go, no matter what, a few words won't hurt anyone."

(End of this chapter)