Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The ink carp fell into a deep sleep.

The waist and the whole back are warm.

The wind blowing in from the slightly open window slapped gently on the face, and a strand of hair slid down and hung in front of the eyelids, itching.

The ink carp subconsciously wanted to stretch out its hand to push it away, but could not open its eyes again, as if it had returned to Qimao Mountain, where the hot summer sun shone into the pool, half asleep and half awake, it gradually stopped swimming until the temperature of the pool water reached the temperature of the sun setting. Slowly disappear, that kind of warm comfort will leave.

Mo Li finally moved, and at this moment a hand stretched out from behind gently, helping him brush away the strand of hair that disturbed his dream.

There were low cries in the room, which came from far away.

Behind the pharmacy in Cihuitang, someone was coughing in suppressed voice, and someone was tossing and turning on the bed because of illness and unable to sleep.

The roof tiles made a very soft sound, barely audible.

A raccoon slave jumped over the courtyard wall to the roof here.

"..."

Meng Qi looked at the roof and then at the cracks in the window.

Shouldn't be able to get in.

Immediately after something fell in front of the window, a round glowing eye appeared in the gap.

"Crack! Meow!"

The first was the falling of a window pole, the second came from the frightened cat.

Mo Li was startled awake, and he turned over instinctively.

The window was closed, and Mo Li couldn't see what was going on at all, so Meng Qi pushed him back into the bed.

— There are cats.

Meng Qi told Doctor Mo with his eyes.

The two looked at each other silently in the darkness, their ears pricked up to listen to the movement outside.

The cat fell to the ground from the window and ran away in a hurry.

Mo Li relaxed his tense shoulders, while Meng Qi maintained the movement of hugging him, and said with a sigh of relief, "It's a good thing I didn't come in, otherwise what should I do if I startle the doctor?"

The ink carp hesitated to speak.

The sound of bamboo poles falling to the ground at night was a little loud, and the night watchman in Cihui Hall rubbed his eyes and held up a lamp to check the situation. When he saw the poles falling in the courtyard, he remembered the cat meowing just now, so there was nothing he could not understand.The boy grunted and complained a few words, then turned and went back.

"You haven't slept yet?" Mo Li asked in a low voice.

Meng Qi immediately closed his eyes. In fact, he wanted to hear what happened to shopkeeper Bao.

The rice shop is very quiet, it seems that the master and apprentice will not fight.

If someone else had changed, Meng Qi would have gone to eavesdrop a long time ago, but Bao Guanyong was an old subordinate many years ago. When Bao Guanyong had a showdown with his apprentice, he definitely didn't want to be overheard, so Meng Qi stayed with Mo Li.

"The luggage is almost ready, and I can leave at any time."

They stayed in this small city mainly to buy some items.

The money was given by shopkeeper Bao, and Mo Li also got a good pair of silver needles from Cihuitang, bought some common medicinal materials, and also prepared clothes and fire pockets.

"If there are no accidents, we will set off tomorrow evening and drive to Luling County overnight. If you don't sleep, I will massage your acupuncture points."

Facing the doctor's threat, Meng Qi remained motionless, closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

He heard the ink carp laying down next to him again, his breath was close at hand, and then his hand was a little itchy, and he wanted to stretch it out.

"Maybe there are raccoon slaves." Meng Qi said solemnly.

This is to protect your own fish.

Ink Carp: "..."

Forget it, just hug it, maybe the gerbil is afraid.

After all, the raccoon slaves are much more likely to catch mice than fish.

He put his palm on the back of Meng Qi's hand holding his waist, and pressed slightly to stop him from moving around.

The gerbil was honest.

"Go to sleep!"

After tonight, I don't know how long it will be before I can sleep peacefully on the bed.

Moli is going to wait for Meng Qi to fall asleep and supervise the gerbil.

Meng Qi didn't intend to fall asleep at all, he wanted to watch the ink carp sleep just like before.

So the two lay in silence, insisting on waiting for the other to fall asleep first.

Mo Carp yawned first, his eyelids drooping slightly.

Before Meng Qi had time to be happy, he opened his mouth uncontrollably.

"..."

No, I'm not that sleepy!Meng Qi tried hard to open his eyes. He heard the breath of the person next to his pillow grow longer, and the right hand that was pressing on the back of his hand was slowly released. He could see Mo Li's exposed ear and half of his face. .

In order not to wake Mo Li up, Meng Qi approached slowly.

Familiar with the heat source and the familiar smell, the ink carp tilted its head and leaned against Meng Qi's shoulder.

——Holding the fish, the national teacher is triumphant.

Immediately afterwards, drowsiness flooded up like a tide, as if what was hugging was not a person, but sweat medicine.

Meng Qi didn't know how he fell asleep at all. When he was woken up by the sound of hawking from outside the window, the sound of rolling wheels, and the chatter and laughter of coolies in the rice shop, the sky was already bright, and the person he liked was still sleeping peacefully in his arms. .

"Spicy bean brains!"

"Selling cooking cakes—"

Meng Qi listened carefully to the commotion outside, and didn't wait for a sugar rice cake seller for a long time.

Yes, sugar is not cheap, you have to buy it in a shop or restaurant.

There must be yellow rice cakes, is it really not possible to have sweet rice cakes?

"knock."

The sound of darts piercing into the wooden frame, Meng Qi raised one hand, tore off the bedside curtain and threw it in the air.

There were five or six big holes in the window paper, and all the hidden weapons were caught in the mosquito net.

"No!"

Shopkeeper Bao shouted angrily outside the window, and two figures jumped into the room from the window one after the other.

It was Bao Guanyong and his apprentice Yuan Ting who came.

Yuan Ting sternly said, "Master Meng, I know it's you—"

The voice suddenly stopped, and the master and apprentice stared blankly at Meng Qi and Mo Li who had just got up from the bed.

Same bed!

They hug each other disheveledly!

Meng Qi snorted, and straightened Mo Li's clothes without looking back, as if he wasn't the one who sneaked off his clothes last night.

Ink Carp: "..."

Downstairs came the sound of footsteps of a pharmacy apprentice going up the stairs, as well as worried cries.

"Doctor Mo, are you alright?"

"It seems that someone broke through the window just now?"

Seeing that Yuan Ting's visitor was not friendly, Mo Li put on his coat to stop him: "It's nothing, you don't want to come up."

Cihuitang has been here for decades, and often deals with people from the Jianghu. When I saw this situation early in the morning, I knew that it might be the people from the Jianghu who came to the door.Mo Li refused to let the apprentices from the pharmacy go up, the young man was worried, and quickly called a young man to guard the stairs, and ran to find the doctor at Cihuitang by himself.

"You two are so reckless, aren't you afraid that your neighbors will reveal your identity?" Meng Qi stretched.

Bao Guanyong's eyeballs were about to pop out.

The General Meng in his memory was wise, diligent, cautious, and meticulous. Who is the person half leaning on the bed now?

What's with this satisfied face?

and also--

"General Meng, your face..."

Meng Qi looked at Bao Guanyong's horrified face inexplicably, and he stretched out his hand to touch his own face.

Too bad, when did you change back?In a dream?

Looking up again, Meng Qi was also dumbfounded, Mo Li turned out to be in his 60s.

No wonder Yuan Ting was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he came in. There were two people hugging each other lying on the same bed. Although the one who was caught had an extraordinary bearing, he was three rounds older and could be a grandfather.

What is this ghost?

Mo Li was also taken aback, and then he realized that this should be the sequelae of the storm.

When they fell asleep completely without hindrance, their auras were unstable and slightly out of control.

Before going to bed, Mo Li thought that he would grow older when he left the city tomorrow so that he could practice medicine, but Meng Qi... what was Meng Qi thinking in the middle of the night?Mo Li's eyelids twitched slightly. He was 20 years older than yesterday, but his facial contours were still there, only with more wrinkles and a beard, and he could still be identified as a person.

With this appearance, he definitely can't go downstairs to meet the people in Cihui Hall.

"Cough, Guanyong, you came just in time. We used the disguise technique last night and are preparing to leave today."

Meng Qi was a little scared, thankfully this is not in the elixir village, otherwise it would be troublesome if Dr. Peng saw it.

No, it's Doctor Peng and not Doctor Qin, what are you afraid of?

A smile reappeared on Meng Qi's lips, and he continued to lean on the bed, proudly saying: "Why? Surprised by this superb disguise technique?"

Bao Guanyong began to suspect that he was old and dim-sighted.

Yuan Ting thought blankly, who is he fooling?If it was the disguise technique, he would have swallowed all the hidden weapons just now!

"Master Meng Guo's clever words have deceived my master..."

"and many more!"

Meng Qi crossed his arms and asked lazily, "Don't come up and charge people with crimes. What did I do? How did you get involved in the conflict between your master and apprentice? The doctor and I just passed by here and heard about the incident of Peng Ze's water bandits. I asked you a few questions at Fengxing Pavilion, wearing a mask is for fear of trouble, I didn’t kill or set fire, so I can leave as I came here. Yesterday you came to the pharmacy by yourself to see a doctor, Ah Li kindly treated your master, and you all stayed overnight Why did you deceive your master before leaving the door of Cihui Hall? How can I deceive your master when he is old?"

As he spoke, Meng Qi habitually blinked at Mo Carp.

The three people in the room: "..."

Yuan Ting looked at the "old" Mo carp, and then at the old Bao Guanyong.

——No, in fact, you now look very much like the villain who kidnapped the old man!

Mo Li wanted to laugh, but held back.

Meng Qi's expression was stiff, and he forced himself to say: "Bao Guanyong, if you don't care about your apprentice, don't blame me for not being nostalgic..."

Suddenly there was no sound.

——Is don't miss the old feelings, beat your apprentice.

There was no problem with the former colleague saying this.

Mo Li turned his back silently.

Really wanted to laugh, but couldn't tear down the gerbils.

Veins popped out of Yuan Ting's forehead, of course he knew that shopkeeper Bao had nothing to do with Meng Qi, but Meng Qi's words made it look like he was deliberately embarrassing their master and apprentice?

People in Jianghu have a good face, so "humiliating" is really annoying!

"Meng Qi, you are too deceitful—"

Yuan Ting picked up the knife and shouted angrily, but before he could go out, shopkeeper Bao pushed him back.

"Ting'er, don't be impulsive!" Bao Guanyong felt very headache.

"Eldest senior brother, if you know that Master, you are thinking of retiring, how disappointed will you be? After so many years, we have been in Fengxing Pavilion for so many years, but you want to part ways with your disciples because of this person?"

"Ting'er!"

"Enough, did Meng Qi tell you what you said to me last night? What kind of old friend made you so confused?"

"You! Teacher Meng Guo and the old man are old acquaintances. I have never mentioned this to you. The general is someone I respect, so I must not be rude to him."

Bao Guanyong blew his beard and stared, jumped three feet high and almost hit the roof.

Meng Qi thought that he was not the one he was looking for, and he wanted to go to the theater with a pot of tea, sugar rice cakes and melon seeds.

Why is it like singing?

What a mess of grievances and hatreds, what is the name of this playbook?

"Why did you call him General?"

"...As a teacher, he is a vanguard officer under his command. What do you call him if you don't call him a general?"

"what?!"

Yuan Ting really didn't know about this, besides, isn't Meng Qi a national teacher, why did he lead the army?

The author has something to say: Yuan Ting reacted fiercely because... the nine masters and apprentices have been working hard for decades to pretend to be ordinary people, but they are actually full of ambitions. Now they are about to start doing it. The master told him no, I don’t Be optimistic about our matter, you discuss it with your brothers and sisters, let's withdraw.

The reasons he gave were still 1. Mr. Qiu is not good enough, 2. You are not capable.

No matter how calm Yuan Ting was, he was in a hurry, Meng Qi, what ecstasy soup did you pour into my master?

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Gerbil: holding fish, yawning