Sheriff, give me a smile~

Di Renjie was taken aback.

Mr. Xie raised the corners of his mouth playfully, walked to him and leaned over to twist a strand of his hair, caressing it with his fingers, lowered his head and leaned close to his ear: "Didn't you hear clearly? I said... I want you."

Every word carried some dumb feelings, and along the twirled hair, it felt numb to the bottom of my heart.

After Di Renjie realized it, he laughed.

"Why, I don't believe it, I still don't want to." Mr. Xie lifted up the lock of hair and sniffed lightly.

Di Renjie didn't change his face, and pushed him away without a trace, feeling really uncomfortable after being in close contact with people: "It's all."

"Tsk, my lord suzerain, I am very sad."

"I'll ask one last time, what do you want?"

Mr. Xie folded his arms and looked at Di Renjie, but his eyes were out of focus. He didn't know what he thought of, and there was an inexplicable smile on his lips, his expression seemed cruel and cold.

When we returned to Xiaozhu, it was already the climax of the moon.

Before Di Renjie left, he left a letter for Li Bai, saying that he would return late because he had something to deal with, so he didn't panic.

Di Renjie opened the door, and unexpectedly found that there was no one in the room. He lit the lamp and saw another note on the table:

The matter is urgent, I will return to Qingqiu temporarily, and I will return in three days, don't read it.

My own note disappeared, presumably Li Bai had already read it and put it away.

As soon as the front feet returned to Xiaozhu, snow began to fall on the back feet.

Di Renjie closed the window, thinking about staying here for one night today and returning to Kanzong tomorrow morning.

There are so many things that I have gone through in this day, and I feel sleepy as soon as I touch the bed.In a daze, he fished twice on the other side of the bed but found nothing, but Li Bai's breath still remained in his breath, and a faint nostalgia filled his heart, which was three points quieter and seven points longer than the snowflakes falling quietly outside the window.

In the dream, it was a snowfall many years ago in the winter. The snow was so heavy that it whitened the top of Fuyun Mountain.

The disciples of Kanzong found the little fox who had strayed into Fuyun Mountain by mistake, and the sword light talisman suppressed the little fox. When the little fox was about to die, he was rescued by the Onmyoji.

"This demon is still young, and he hasn't done any harm. Heaven is benevolent, and please spare his life."

The little fox quietly raised his eyes, his dark eyes were full of agility and purity.

Like this first snow.

Suddenly the scene changed, the ancient and formidable magic circle, the mysterious and solemn incantations spoken by the old man, the words that flowed like blood, and the conspiracy of sacrificing their lives... The drops of water falling from the abyss became faster and faster until they became Blood red.

His heart was beating faster and faster, something seemed to explode in his head, and the overwhelming fear choked his breath.

A voice came in.

"Make a deal with me."

"I'll help you check and balance him."

"I want……"

Di Renjie woke up suddenly.

Sweating profusely, chest heaving violently, anxiety, panic, pain, struggle and other emotions are densely rolled up, like dead branches growing wildly wanting to hang people alive.The blood couldn't stop surging up, and Di Renjie couldn't hold it any longer, and he vomited a mouthful of blood onto the ground from one side.

Leaning helplessly against the head of the bed, Di Renjie smiled bitterly, and slowly closed his eyes.

When he returned to Qingqiu this time, Li Bai only wanted to withdraw the money, and didn't want to stay any longer.

Since Axian left, his feelings towards Qingqiu have become more and more complicated.

On the one hand, I don't like it, but on the other hand, I can't let go of it. After all, it is the place where I grew up. Every plant and tree is full of familiarity and kindness. I can't just throw it away.What's more, these years I have worked hard to govern, and the people in Qingqiu love me more and more. Every time I look at those people's earnest eyes, Li Bai really can't bear the slightest disgust.

Sighing lightly, he took his things and turned to leave.

"Li Bai..." An old voice came from behind.

Li Bai turned around and bowed: "Father."

Then stand up straight.

The fox king is getting old, his back is beginning to bend, and his brows are also full of vicissitudes, gradually losing the decisive momentum of the year.These young Qingqiu's affairs are basically taken care of by Li Bai, and he is gradually unable to intervene.

The lifespan of a fox demon is longer than that of humans, but it is only two or three hundred years. He had a son in his 300s.After Li Xian's death, his health became worse and worse, and he even lost his mind from time to time when talking to people.

Li Bai saw him many times, and he was sitting alone on a small hill in Qingqiu, holding the book Ah Xian loved to read when he was alive, staring blankly at the clouds in the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.

Sometimes the wind blows, and the Fox King's back looks a little bleak.

"What is your father's order?"

The fox king looked at him quietly, feeling that the time was fast like turning the pages of a book, he had already turned the pages one by one before he had time to read the contents of the pages clearly.

More than ten years is enough to change a person. Li Bai's demeanor is more and more like Ah Xian back then. He finally became what he wanted, but for some reason he couldn't be happy at all.Sometimes when he saw Li Bai standing under a tree with his arms folded and looking into the distance, the purple-light flowing sword stuck aside, and the autumn leaves rustling on him, the Fox King felt unspeakably dull in his heart.

"It's nothing...you...it's been cold recently, remember to add clothes."

"Well," Li Bai replied lightly, "If nothing happens, I will take my leave first."

The Fox King opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally waved his hand powerlessly: "Back off."

Li Bai saluted and then retreated. A dull cough came from behind him. He paused, but he didn't turn his head.

Fox King folded the blood on his palms and watched Li Bai go further and further away, with a somewhat dazed expression.

Ah Xian's death was, after all, a hurdle, and he might never be able to cross it in this life.

Li Bai really kept his word, and went to the clinic on the third day, and handed over 5000 taels to Bian Que, and Bian Que returned his sword with great satisfaction.

"How is Daji?"

"I don't know what kind of physique she is. After a few days, the injuries on her body are almost healed."

Bian Que took Li Bai to see Daji, and felt relieved when he found that it was true as he said. Before leaving, he saw that Mr. Xie was not there and asked by the way: "Where is Mr. Xie?"

Bian Que sneered: "Who knows where he's fooling around."

After leaving the hospital, it was noon, and the rare daylight leaked from the clouds, which was quite refreshing, and even Li Bai felt a little better.

"Can I follow you?" Daji asked Li Bai carefully, blinking her eyes.

Li Bai frowned.

It was his fault for hurting Daji, but every penny counts for every penny, and if the repayment is paid off, it should be broken up.Li Bai's heart is good, but he is not a person who loves carelessly. In his opinion, Daji's behavior seems to be a bit aggressive.

"No." Li Bai turned his head and left.

"I don't know where to go..."

"Back to Fengyue Tower." After leaving for three days, I don't know if Huaiying is still in Xiaozhu.

"I'm not from there."

"I'll give you some money, and you can go elsewhere." At that time, he left in a hurry, and he didn't ask him what happened to the injury. It was so serious, and he didn't know if he had been treated.Thinking of this, Li Bai unconsciously quickened his pace.

"But I want to see the master." Daji stopped, lowered her head and her eyes were red.

"I've said it before, I have nothing to do with your master, don't follow me anymore." Li Bai's tone was cold, and he didn't care about the people behind him.

You obviously have the breath of the master on your body, even if you are not the master, you must have something to do with him!

Daji wiped tears, trotting behind unwillingly.

"How long are you going to follow?"

"Whenever you go, I will follow you!"

Li Bai had a headache, he had no choice but to persuade him, and the other party was a womanizer, so it was hard to do anything.It's almost time to arrive at Xiaozhu, if Huaiying sees her to follow her all the time, there may be some misunderstanding.Li Bai was thinking about it, and when she was not prepared, he slashed at the neck with his backhand, and Daji closed his eyes and fainted in Li Bai's arms.

Li Bai sighed, found a hidden and safe place to put her away, and left all the money on his body for her.

After tossing and tossing for most of the day, it was already evening when we returned to Xiaozhu.

Pushing the door open, he found someone in the dining room. Di Renjie was standing in front of the cutting board cutting potatoes, looking so clumsy and cute, but it was a pity that the good potatoes were cut in different lengths and in a mess.

Standing by the door, Li Bai couldn't help laughing.

Di Renjie raised his eyes to see Li Bai, coughed lightly, and put down the kitchen knife in his hand, feeling a bit embarrassed: "You're back?"

"Well, I just came back." Li Bai took the initiative to walk over and took over the work in his hand: "Help me boil the water."

"it is good."

Although Di Renjie is a rare genius in the theory of yin and yang, and handles sect affairs in an orderly manner, he doesn't know anything about this theory.

When Li Bai was young, Di Renjie took him to travel around, and paid for all the food and other things, and seldom did it himself. Occasionally, the two lived in the suburbs and caught some wild game to roast. In the end, it was left to Li Bai to handle it, and Li Bai often laughed at him at that time.

Later, they met Luna, and the three of them would sometimes get together in Xiaozhu.Although Luna is tall and proud, she is handsome and sharp, but she is a good chef. At every meal, Luna is the chef, and Li Bai is the assistant. As for Di Renjie, he usually takes care of the flowers and plants in the backyard.Occasionally in the dining room to see what the two of them are busy with, most of them will receive ridicules that sing along with each other. Li Bai's serious nonsense and Luna's seemingly black belly often make Di Renjie speechless:

"Li Bai, you said that this dish must look good, so that it will attract gods who don't eat fireworks."

"Tsk, I see most of the gods are not here to come to see food, but to come to see people~"

"It's strange, how can there be someone in our small dining room that makes the gods look sideways?"

"Oh~ I blame Li for having such a pretty face."

"Oh~ it's all my fault that my temperament is too dusty."

Li Bai/Luna: "Isn't it a fairy?"

Di Renjie: "..."

Recalling the past, Li Bai accidentally laughed out loud.

Di Renjie looked up at him, and knocked on the edge of his bowl with his chopsticks: "If you keep laughing, your food will be cold."

Li Bai turned his head to look at him: "Huaiying doesn't want to know what I'm thinking?"

Di Renjie calmly picked vegetables and did not change his face: "I don't want to."

Li Bai: "..."

"Huaiying, why did you suffer such a serious injury last time?"

Di Renjie paused with his chopsticks: "It's careless to break a formation."

What kind of formation would cause the suzerain of Kanzong to suffer such serious injuries?

Li Bai frowned, but seeing Di Renjie's expression of not wanting to say anything, he didn't ask anything.

"Are you okay?"

"almost."

Di Renjie had the habit of reading after dinner, so it was natural for Li Bai to leave the job of washing dishes to Li Bai.

Although this small building in the forest is not very big, it has everything you need, including the main hall, study room, dining room, bedroom and so on.The study is close to the backyard, and when you open the window, you can see the snow falling all over the yard.A piece of pure white, beautiful and lonely.

After closing the window, Di Renjie took a book from the bookshelf. "Tao Te Ching" was his favorite book.

When Li Bai was still young, I once told him about this book.

At that time, I pointed to the phrase "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treat all things as straw dogs, sages are not benevolent, treat the people as straw dogs" and asked him if he had heard of it.

Li Bai said seriously that he had heard of it.

Di Renjie asked again if you know what this means.

Li Bai said that of course he knew.

Di Renjie asked him to speak.

So Li Bai said seriously, heaven and earth have no benevolence and treat all things as dogs, and saints have no benevolence and treat the people as dogs.

Di Renjie was so happy that he explained the meaning of this sentence to him.There is no benevolence in heaven and earth, and there is no preference for anything. Let all things develop naturally, just like treating a humble dog.The sage also has no preference, and treats all the people like a dog, letting the people do their own thing.

Di Renjie was silent for a moment, and then said: "Because there is no preference, there is no obsession, and there is nothing that cannot be let go, so it is closer to the Tao."

What did I think about Li Bai at that time, and what do I think now.It was agreed that there should be no preference, but it still became a preference, and even removed the partial character, so that it caused all kinds of problems later.

Everything that was scheduled has deviated from the track, and I, an outsider, forcibly became an insider.

Sure enough, times have changed, and today is not what it used to be. I can't tell whether it is joy or worry.