who and the rivers and lakes

As soon as Yin Tongming concluded that Bai Qingyun committed suicide, a trace of imperceptible sadness flashed in Bai Qingfeng's eyes, but he immediately recovered his rock-like calmness.On one side, Bai Xinyu wept sadly, but did not show any surprise or anger, as if she had been prepared for Bai Qingyun's suicide and world-weariness.

Yin Tongming glanced over, looked at the brothers and sisters of the Bai family, then looked at Zhan Zhao and said, "Please forgive me for speaking bluntly, although Mrs. Zhu is the mistress of the Zhu family village, she is not happy, physically and mentally exhausted, and has been tortured by illness for many years. It hurts so much that I don't want to live, now I have this bad plan..."

He shut up and stopped talking, and everyone understood what he meant. Everyone had seen Bai Qingyun's crazy appearance when she had an illness, and they all understood her pain in life. Instead, it is a relief that can be called happiness?

Zhan Zhao looked down at Bai Qingyun's satisfied and peaceful pale face, and asked, "Does Doctor Yin know where Madam Zhu's tea powder comes from?"

Yin Tongming hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at the old housekeeper's blessing, and said, "I don't know about this, maybe the housekeeper knows?"

The old housekeeper Fufu hurriedly interjected from the side: "Hero Zhan, the tea powder that Madam usually takes is usually purchased by villains. I have bought them from several tea shops and teahouses down the mountain, but Madam's favorite is made by the old teahouse. The villain is old, and he often takes Yuwu tea powder to relieve pain and sleep, but..." He lowered his head, with a sad expression, and said softly: "Who knows, madam will..."

Seeing another life die, Zhan Zhao felt sad.He thanked Yin Tongming, turned around and was about to go out, but saw two fine porcelain vases on the table in front of the window. The vases were filled with camellias of various colors, and the blossoms were delicate and beautiful. They should be the flower girl. Qi Xiaoyu plucked it from the flower tree with her own hands, and then delivered it herself.

Although the flowers are bright, sooner or later they will wither and turn into dust, and a person's life is also so fragile, no matter how brilliant or small, isn't the final outcome also death?

Zhan Zhao walked out and stood under the corridor.

In the garden, there are flowers and green trees everywhere, and the sun is so bright, but why can't some people's hearts shine into such bright sunshine?

He walked out of Zhujiazhuang with his head down, and then walked through the mountain road buried in the grass.When he raised his head again, he arrived in the county town again, in the alley covered by ancient trees.

In the old teahouse, there is still a strong fragrance of tea, the teapot on the stove is steaming, the wrinkled old shopkeeper squinted his eyes and dozed behind the counter, the young man Amu is full of smiles, serving tea and water diligently.

Zhan Zhao sat by the window, the same position as when he came last time.

Outside the window, there is still a bustling old street and alley, with small shops and people coming and going, as if it has been like this since ancient times.The bamboo door of the Qi family flower shop was ajar, and it was difficult to see if there was anyone inside, but a few pots of camellias were in full bloom under the window.

Zhan Zhao took a sip of tea, lifted his tired spirit, and praised, "Good tea."

Amu was wiping a table next to him with a rag, and immediately responded, "Young master, I told you last time that our Yuwu tea is the best."

"I heard that Yuwu old tea can be made into tea powder?" Zhan Zhao asked slowly after taking another sip.

"Yo, young master is really caring, you even know about such things." Amu said with a smile: "Yes, this is a local secret recipe, and it is generally not passed on to outsiders, like the tea powder made by our teahouse. It doesn’t specialize in takeaway, it’s just half-delivery and half-selling to a few regular customers.”

"Oh? So the residents around Yuwu Mountain are used to taking this tea powder?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Amu smiled and said: "We have been taking it since childhood, or adding it to rice soup, or putting it in drinking water. Some people who are addicted have to take it several times a day."

Zhan Zhao didn't speak, held the teacup but didn't drink it, thought for a while and then asked, "Will there be any adverse reactions if you drink too much of this tea powder?"

"Adverse reaction? What kind of adverse reaction? I just heard that after taking the food, the fragrance in the bottom of the mouth leaves the body feeling comfortable, and there is no adverse reaction." Amu simply stopped cleaning the table, walked to Zhan Zhao's table, and talked with him.

"No adverse reactions? Then it won't cause death due to overdose?" Zhan Zhao said.

"Where did you hear it, my lord? Of course there is no adverse reaction." Amu said with a smile, as if he felt that Zhan Zhao's question was very unreasonable.He patted himself on the head suddenly, and said: "Oh, it may cause death. Dr. Yin Tongming, the famous doctor in the town, once said that if you eat too much tea powder at one time, it will kill you. But then again, well, who would eat so much tea powder to commit suicide?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old shopkeeper behind the counter snorted without opening his eyes, and said, "Nonsense, how could this Yuwu tea powder eat people to death? My old man has eaten it for most of his life, and there is no sign of being poisoned to death."

Amu was not convinced, and said: "You old man, you haven't eaten enough. If the tea powder is poisonous, it was Dr. Yin Tongming who said it here the day before yesterday. How could Dr. Yin be wrong?"

The old shopkeeper snorted again, stopped answering, and continued to doze off.

Zhan Zhao asked Amu, "You just said that Doctor Yin Tongming came here the day before yesterday to tell you that the Yuwu tea powder might be poisonous?"

Amu said: "That's right, Dr. Yin came to the Qi's flower shop across the street to ask for fresh camellias from Qi Xiaoyu in the evening the day before yesterday. After being turned away, he was furious and cursed a few times. Then he came to our teahouse for tea and casually talked about rain and fog. Tea, let’s say it’s newly researched by him, taking a lot of Yuwu tea powder will kill people.”

Zhan Zhao didn't ask any further questions, and drank his tea slowly, looking at the Qi's flower shop opposite.

Zhu Tianwei is dead, Bai Qingyun is also dead, Zhujiazhuang has been defeated so far, what will this little flower shop and the little girl who buys flowers do for a living in the future?

A tall figure covered the window, in front of Zhan Zhao, and also blocked his thinking eyes.

Amu's body, with his back to the window, suddenly trembled for no reason, as if there was a chill coming from behind him, and even the sunlight that shone through the window seemed to be a bit dim.He was about to look back when he accidentally shook his hand and knocked over a teacup on the table.

The teacup rolled on the table and rolled off the edge of the table. It was about to fall to pieces on the ground, but a long and wide sword seemed to protrude from the void, supported the teacup, and put it back firmly. on the table.

Amu screamed in shock, and saw the person who was in the air-conditioning outside the window just now. He did not know how to rush into the room from the window in an instant, and caught the teacup that was about to fall in time.

This person was as cold and hard as the long and wide iron sword in his hand, but suddenly he winked at Amu, made a grimace, and grinned, showing a very happy smile.

Amu blinked involuntarily, only to feel that the sunlight outside the window was shining brightly again, and the normal warmth in the room was also restored.He looked at this person in bewilderment, and then at Zhan Zhao who was still sitting at the table, as if he hadn't noticed anything unusual. He shook his head and raised his hand to touch his forehead, thinking that he had just lost his mind and was dazzled.

Zhan Zhao drank his tea slowly, showing no surprise at this man's appearance.

The man turned around and faced Zhan Zhao.His eyes were not big, but they were full of energy. He stared at Zhan Zhao, as if wishing that his eyes were sharp swords, eager to confront the enemy.

Ke Zhanzhao's gaze was gentle and calm, looking forward naturally, neither specifically ignoring him, nor deliberately looking at him.

After waiting for half a cup of tea, the man resentfully relaxed the tense muscles all over his body. He waved his hand without looking at it, and with a clang, the long and wide iron sword seemed to have eyes. , with a flash of light, he flipped in the air and inserted it into the scabbard behind his back.

This beautiful hand immediately made Amu applaud loudly, and even the old shopkeeper behind the counter opened his eyes, especially looking at this person a few times.

Zhan Zhao sat quietly at the table, raised his head and smiled at the visitor, and said, "Brother Sheng, please sit down, the tea here is very good."

Sheng Donglai was somewhat upset, but he still sat opposite Zhan Zhao.

Amu hastily put down the teacup, it was fragrant and hot, and filled a cup of tea.

Whether it's famous tea or fine wine, Sheng Donglai has no interest at all.He only stared at Zhan Zhao, and said, "Brother Zhan, as swordsmen, you and I practice swordsmanship all our lives just to win a match. Why don't you compete with me?"

Zhan Zhao heaved a long sigh. Although his smile remained the same, he seemed to be hiding deep helplessness, and said, "Brother Sheng, this Yuwu tea is a famous local product. The weather is hot and humid, so it is suitable for drinking tea to cool off the summer heat."

Sheng Donglai's eyes were full of light, then disappeared after a while, and said with a gloomy expression, "Can you tell me why you don't compete with me?"

Zhan Zhao sighed again, and said, "I'm blunt, practicing swordsmanship is only for protecting yourself and catching murderers, how can you talk about deep swordsmanship?" He said it modestly, not as if he was pretending, but sincerely no longer devoted himself to swordsmanship. Learned.

Sheng Donglai stared at him, as if he wanted to see his heart, and suddenly said: "I understand, do you think that you are busy with chores now, so your heart for practicing swords is not pure, and you think you have strayed away from the way of swords?"

Zhan Zhao looked up at him, then looked down at the teacup in his hand.

There is half a cup of tea left in the cup, which is clear and pure, but people's hearts are so easily disturbed by various things.

He raised his head again, looked at Sheng Donglai, and said, "I'm not as good as you, you are sincere to Jian, but I..." He smiled, but the smile was a bit forced, "I have seen too many ugly people, I am worried I... have impure sword intent."

Sheng Donglai was only focused on the way of swordsmanship, and never thought about people's hearts. He witnessed life and death in Zhujiazhuang in the past few days. Although it was not that he had never seen dead people, he also felt dark in his heart.He didn't quite understand Zhan Zhao's words at first, but when he lowered his head and thought about it again, he saw Zhan Zhao deal with people and investigate cases hard these days, and he suddenly understood that a person who is tired can rest, but the heart is tired the most. difficult to recover.Yi Zhanzhao is busy in the government office, and sees all kinds of ugliness in people's hearts. How can he maintain a pure and peaceful state of mind?How can we continue to pursue the purity of kendo?

Sheng Donglai turned his eyes away, as if he couldn't bear to look at Zhan Zhao's face that was still as calm as water, but secretly turbulent.After a long time, he slammed the table hard and shouted: "Bring the wine, today is not a competition of swords, but a competition of wine."

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, but didn't stop him, he just hid his mind deeper.

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