Bu Tian Gang

A branch of sweet-scented osmanthus pokes in front of the eyes, and when the winter solstice raises its head, it is a low osmanthus tree crossing the branches and leaves.

He picked off a small flower branch and handed it to Long Shen.

"Borrowing flowers to offer Buddha."

Long Shen took the osmanthus, took a look at the osmanthus tree, and saw the full moon on the top of the osmanthus tree, and then remembered that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming.

The winter solstice also raised its head.

"Master, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, why don't we leave in a few days, or it will be desolate to celebrate the festival alone!"

Long took a deep look at him: "Don't push yourself too far."

They were allowed to leave a few days later because Director Jiang wanted to hold a mobilization meeting. This was already an exception, and they had to wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival... Then why not just leave after the New Year?After the New Year and the next Mid-Autumn Festival, I will never have to go out.

Every year during the mid-autumn festival, he used to spend it alone, but later he spent it with He Yu, Wang Chaosheng and the others. There is no concept of reunion or not.

Hearing what he said, Winter Solstice was smiling, but he didn't feel depressed, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said "Master, wait for me here for a while, I'll be right back" and ran away.

Long Shen watched him walk quickly, ran into a cake shop, and ran out with a box after a while, and stuffed the box into his hand.

"Fresh meat mooncakes, freshly baked, with crispy skin and tender meat. I have eaten them before, and they are pretty good. Anyway, I can't watch the moon with you this year. This box of mooncakes means that I am with you! I hope you will Every year is like this box of moon cakes, full and happy."

With a smile on his face, he quietly put the gadget in his palm into his pocket.

It was a small gift for buying mooncakes, a pink sparkling heart-shaped keychain. Winter Solstice wanted to give it to Long Shen, but hesitated for a moment, but still put it away by himself.

It was as if he was quietly hiding his thoughts, tidying them up so that no one would find out.

Long Shen never accepted gifts, no matter it was cheap or expensive, when he accepted the pot of jade dew at the beginning, he had to accept an additional disciple later on, the retribution of this world came too fast.

Dong Zhi obviously understood his master's style of work very well, before Long Shen could speak, he stopped his words first: "Disciple's filial piety to master can't be regarded as giving gifts and accepting bribes, right?"

Of course not.

Long Shen took the box, but frowned slightly, wondering if it was necessary to return the gift in this situation.

Friends of the same generation, of course, come and go, but they don't need it for He Yu, because they are subordinates, and He Yu and Wang Chaosheng are two monkeys who are very good at poking their noses. Dare to ask for a bonus.

But Dongzhi, although he is a subordinate, is also an apprentice.

Taking in an apprentice for most of his life is like raising a son. In the afternoon, Song Zhicun and the others talked about his son's future, his filial piety, and how he cared about his children and didn't let them bother outside. Long Shen listened to them all, and he thought it was right. Apprentice, probably also need to put in a similar amount of effort.

What would you like to give away, why not buy a box of mooncakes too?

Dong Zhi didn't know what he was thinking, and asked, "Did anyone give you a boxing gift before?"

Long Shen nodded first, then shook his head: "Yes, but I confiscated everything except those issued by the unit."

Winter Solstice: "Then how did you spend the holidays before?"

Long Shen: "Work overtime."

He choked on the winter solstice, and said unwillingly, "What about big festivals like the National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival?"

Long Shen said: "Write reports, practice, and deal with accidents."

Really fulfilling.The winter solstice is powerless to complain.

"Then do you feel lonely and bored?"

Long Shen said lightly: "No."

Because from the beginning he was alone, alone, alone, and naturally he never knew what loneliness or boredom was.

"It's okay, after that, at least there will be a lovely apprentice to accompany you during the holidays!" Winter Solstice said with a smile, his face is getting thicker and thicker now, and he has reached perfection.

Long Shen took a look at the "cute apprentice", and decided not to tell him that he would have to increase the intensity of training tomorrow, so that he could be silly for a while.

Sure enough, from the next day, the winter solstice began to complain.

Long Shen was stricter than before, and the assembly time was advanced from five o'clock to four o'clock, and he would be called to the rooftop suddenly in the middle of the night without warning, and then he would attack without saying a word, either by himself or by himself. Without showing his face, he sent a phantom beast like the shikigami driven by the onmyoji, mercilessly, to practice with the intention of killing him.

In this case, Winter Solstice had to mobilize all he had learned and try his best to deal with it.

He originally thought that Long Shen's trial would at least protect his basic life safety, but after being hit by the phantom beast, his face was covered in blood, and his head was almost swallowed by the opponent's bloody mouth, he knew that Long Shen Deep is coming for real.

The winter solstice wants to cry but has no tears.

He knew that the master was doing it for his own good, for his ability to protect himself in the future, and for his ability to greatly improve his ability so that he would not lose his life if he went out in the future, but he said it was a thousand words and ten thousand, but the reality was full of blood and tears.

A week passed quickly.

The day when everyone was going to report to the branch office was postponed for another week, because Director Jiang wanted to hold a symposium for a few days to mobilize everyone to go to the grassroots to practice, so that the newcomers would not have any resistance.

Everyone has personally experienced Director Jiang's meeting skills. Compared with washing their ears here for a week, everyone would rather report to the branch office earlier.

The worst thing is, Long Shen seems to know that their meeting is just a meeting, there is nothing too important, and the daily practice still hasn't stopped, and even deliberately increased the content and difficulty to challenge the limit of the winter solstice, The practice of the winter solstice has been miserable, and the meetings during the day are like a cabbage that is about to wilt, listless.

Director Jiang doesn't need to make drafts in meetings, he only needs to make a few outlines, and he can talk for hours.

The content of today's meeting is mainly about remembering bitterness and thinking about sweetness, telling the history of the establishment of the Special Administrative Bureau, how difficult the conditions for handling cases were, how difficult it was for the seniors of the Special Administrative Bureau, and how it is changing with each passing day. The latest research results of the United States have never been so luxurious before.

Everyone has heard these words countless times before, and they can almost recite them by heart. On a crisp autumn afternoon, Director Jiang's voice is like the sweetest lullaby, making people drowsy.

Liu Qingbo tried not to yawn, but when he turned his head, a head came into view.

The winter solstice has fallen asleep.

He bared his teeth and couldn't help poking the opponent's waist.

The winter solstice is ticklish, so I moved subconsciously, opened one eye, saw it was him, closed it again, changed the direction and continued to sleep on my stomach.

Does this mean that he is sure that he will not report him?Liu Qingbo was about to laugh angrily.

Winter Solstice put the big notebook upright on the table, covering his face tightly. Director Jiang was giving a passionate speech on it, and he hadn't noticed the small movements below for the time being.

Liu Qingbo glanced to the side again.

Basang was holding a pen in one hand and pretending to be taking notes, while the other hand was under the table pressing his cell phone to send a message.

Xie Qingning put her hands under the desk, pulling the silk thread to manipulate the puppet, not knowing what she was doing.

Zhang Song was lying on the table, holding a pen to write and draw in the notebook, anyway, it certainly could not be Director Jiang's speech experience.

Li Ying propped his chin with one hand, and secretly pressed the phone. Liu Qingbo glanced at it from the corner of his eye, as if it was a takeaway interface.

Ganqing didn't listen to the lecture, even Li Ying was like this, Liu Qingbo was completely convinced, but he still didn't want Dongzhi to sleep so soundly, so he stretched out his hand to poke the other person's waist again.

After poking it three times in a row, the winter solstice moved.

He took out his mobile phone and sent Liu Qingbo a message: I got up at four o'clock today.

Liu Qingbo quickly replied: "Sneaky?"

Winter Solstice: Master told me to get up and practice.

This is to show off, Liu Qingbo gritted his teeth and replied: I want to sue Director Jiang, saying that you fall asleep when you hear him talk.

Winter Solstice: Come on, old Liu, you see that other people are also deserting, but you are listening carefully, and you can play games too, boy, let me sleep for a while.

Liu Qingbo: Have you learned the imperial sword of Dragon Bureau?

Winter Solstice: How is it possible?I've only just learned how to walk, and the master said that Yu Jian must be at least as good as you before you can start thinking about it, so I don't want to think about it now.

Seeing these words, Liu Qingbo felt mixed emotions in his heart. He was happy that Long Shen had affirmed his ability, but even so, his apprentice was not himself.

He asked Winter Solstice: Are you sure where you went for an internship?

Winter Solstice: Master refuses to say, what about you?

Liu Qingbo mentioned a place.

Winter Solstice returned with an envious expression: Congratulations, even though it is an office, it is also a provincial capital city. I guess I am not as lucky as you. Master will definitely kick me to a third-tier city.By the way, what if you can't find your Feijing sword?

When Liu Qingbo saw this, he became angry: What else can I do, can you help me pick it up?

Winter Solstice knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly replied: Sorry, sorry, my master also has a lot of hidden swords, why don't I go and talk to him, and see if he can take one out to compensate you?

Liu Qingbo was upset: If you have the ability, don't take your master's things to pay for it!

Winter Solstice sent a pitiful expression: I don’t have one, even the Changshou Sword was given by my master, and I can only repay my master by being an ox and a horse for the rest of my life.

Liu Qingbo came from a family of swordsmen, so there are naturally many hidden swords in his family. Although the Feijing sword is precious, it is not the only one for him.

He suddenly thought of a question: Is it also related to the reason why he was not accepted by Long Shen?

If the Changshou sword is given to him, he will certainly cherish it, but he will not regard it as the only one like Dongzhi.

He asked Winter Solstice: Did Dragon Bureau teach you how to practice swords?

The winter solstice has no reservations: Yes, he said that all utensils must have spirits. Before using a sword, one must first establish a connection with the sword. Only when the soul and the sword are in harmony can one be more handy.

These words, when Long Shen was teaching on the rooftop, he had already told everyone.

But listening to it at this time, there is a different feeling.

Liu Qingbo suddenly understood where his problem was.

He has used many swords since he was a child, and they are all famous swords. The Feijing sword is the one he has been most comfortable with recently, but it is not the one that has been with him the longest.

Although he felt sorry for losing the Feijing Sword, he didn't have the idea of ​​finding it back.

He sent another message to Dongzhi: What should you do if you lose the long guard sword in battle?

Dong Zhi thought that he was still thinking about Fei Jingjian stabbing the giant python's chrysanthemum, and said apologetically: Sorry, I really didn't think so much at the time, and I didn't know that you found the chrysanthemum one step faster than me.

As soon as Liu Qingbo saw the word chrysanthemum, his face turned blue, and he absolutely didn't want to recall that tragic experience again.

He interrupted Winter Solstice's reply divided into several paragraphs, and inserted his own words: I didn't mean to pursue responsibility, but a hypothetical situation, if the Changshou sword was thrown under the water, what would you do in that situation?

After a while, Dongzhi replied: I should go back and look for it.

Liu Qingbo persisted: That river is deep and the current is fast, so what if you can't find it?

Winter Solstice: Let's find it first, this sword has an extraordinary meaning to me.

Liu Qingbo: Is it more significant than the previous Qingzhu Sword?

The winter solstice gave a positive answer: yes.

Liu Qingbo felt lost.

His swordsmanship has reached the level of proficiency, even his father said that within a few years, he will definitely be able to become one of the best swordsmanship masters in the country, and he is often self-satisfied with this, and his eyes are clean.

But he only regards the sword as a good weapon, and never thought that the way of swordsmanship is to connect the soul of the swordsman and the weapon.

Long Shen didn't hide his secrets. Liu Qingbo didn't pay attention to the point he mentioned before. He felt that utensils were just utensils and could never be compared with others.

Dong Zhi waited for a long time but didn't get his reply. Looking up, Liu Qingbo was looking at the phone, in a daze.

He also followed suit, poking Liu Qingbo's waist, causing the other party to stare at him angrily.

Their small actions finally caught the attention of Director Jiang.

Director Jiang narrowed his eyes: "That classmate, please stand up, yes, the one in white, what are you doing?"

He didn't have much contact with Dongzhi and the others, and he didn't participate in specific affairs, so apart from Li Ying who often took the lead, he couldn't match the names and faces of other people.

Dong Zhi stood up with an innocent face: "Hello, Director, Liu Qingbo has a stomachache. I want to see what's wrong with him."

Liu Qingbo: ...

I really want to strangle the surname Dong to death.

Liu Qingbo?

Director Jiang remembered everyone's names, and he turned his gaze to each other.

Liu Qingbo had no choice but to stand up: "I'm sorry, I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach, and I don't want to affect everyone's meeting, so I just bear it."

Director Jiang waved his hand compassionately: "Don't hold back if you feel uncomfortable, go back and rest."

Winter Solstice reacted quickly: "Then I will help him out."

Liu Qingbo glanced over, meaning that I don't need your help.

Winter Solstice replied with a harmless smile: Without me, can you leave early.

The two left the meeting room under the envious and jealous eyes of everyone.

Liu Qingbo shook off his hand and said with disgust, "You can go back."

Winter Solstice smiled and said: "I finally escaped, how could I go back and throw myself into the trap, I'm going to catch up on my sleep, go and rest!"

Liu Qingbo: ...

For the first time, he doubted Long Shen's eyes. What did the other party see in this guy?Ingeniously lazy?

Liu Qingbo really wronged the winter solstice. Now he wakes up earlier than the rooster, and is forced to go to bed early at night. He has no entertainment activities. He is almost paralyzed from practicing sword every day. It is really not easy to squeeze out a little time for sleep.

If so, after two more days, Director Jiang finally let everyone go and did not hold another meeting, because the next day was the day of departure, and everyone had already heard that the Special Administration Bureau was determined to isolate them this time. Ying and Chi Banxia, ​​a semi-public couple, are no exception. One is in the south and the other is in the north. They are like Cowherd and Weaver Girl separated by the Milky Way.

Gu Meiren went to the northwest, Basang was in Rongcheng, and Dongzhi was a little closer to Liu Qingbo. They also went to the East China branch, but they were arranged in Lucheng.

Since then, everyone has been far and wide, and it is difficult to even meet each other, let alone when we will be able to reunite, like in Yinchuan, to advance and retreat together.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little sadness in their hearts.

Song Zhicun was accustomed to their appearance, and he smiled when he saw this: "Almost every year, we send away newcomers like you, and welcome newcomers in the next year, but you have been able to pass the practice exam in the past 20 years. Yes, the class with the largest number of people, so not only the bureau chiefs, but also the higher-ups have high hopes for you."

They have heard these words many times in the past, but this time they listened most seriously, and no one was distracted.

"I hope that after the end of the inspection period next year, I can still see you, many of you appearing here. I also hope that no matter how difficult you encounter, you can move forward and never forget your original intention. Remember, you You are not ordinary practitioners, you are members of the Special Administration Bureau, you shoulder the heavy responsibility of subduing demons, and you also shoulder the responsibility of protecting ordinary people."

After speaking, everyone gave warm applause.

Song Zhicun raised his hand and pressed down, and waited for the applause to subside, and said again: "In the evening, the Special Management Bureau organizes a break-up meal for everyone to practice. If there is nothing wrong, everyone can go."

Someone joked, "Ju Song, why don't you treat us to something good for the dinner!"

There is an allusion to this joke. The duty of the Special Administration Bureau is to subdue demons, but sometimes it is inevitable that Yu Ping will be affected by beating mice. It is inevitable that there was such a big commotion in Changbai Mountain last time, but it is also for The follow-up ending brought a lot of trouble. The Changbai Mountain protested that the tourist area was destroyed. Naturally, the Special Administration Bureau also had to pay some symbolic compensation.Employees' salaries and bonuses cannot be deducted from above, they can only be reduced from public expenses. After Director Jiang took office, he took a drastic step and cut nearly half of the public expenses directly. That's why He Yu and the others often complained about being stingy in the bureau.

Song Zhicun laughed: "Of course I want to treat you to a good meal. Tonight our bureau chiefs paid for it out of their own pockets. How can we let everyone have a good meal?"

Everyone cheered when they heard the words, and the sorrow of parting dissipated a lot immediately.

Song Zhicun did what he said, and he booked a private room in a famous Huaiyang restaurant nearby.

That night, everyone drank too much. Although Dong Zhi had a good capacity for alcohol, he did something to get Long Shen drunk last time, but he couldn't help drinking one cup after another. There are three or four double images.

I don't know if it was because the parting was approaching, but Long Shen didn't stop him this time, on the contrary, he made an exception and did not refuse anyone who came, and drank a lot with everyone.He can drink so well that even Song Zhicun and Wu Bingtian got drunk, but he still sat on the chair with a calm expression.

"Master, if I knew that you drink so well, I shouldn't have gotten you drunk before, and I should have thought of another way."

Long Shen looked at the apprentice who was blushing and tongue-twisting, and nodded helplessly on his forehead.

"you're drunk."

Winter Solstice chuckled, and was about to say something, when someone grabbed his shoulder and dragged him to the side.

"My surname is Dong, although I don't like you, but no matter what, you saved my life. It's a man who drank this glass!" Liu Qingbo handed over the wine glass, and his words were not far away from his big tongue.

Dongzhi's ears were buzzing, it was when the alcohol was on his head, he couldn't hear what he was saying at all, his eyes were confused and out of focus, he just kept laughing, he took the glass and drank it down, It attracted Liu Qingbo to shout hello.

Looking at other people, it's not much better.

Li Ying and Zhang Song have had a quarrel since the zombie simulation training last time. Now that they have three glasses of wine, it seems that they put all the unpleasantness aside for the time being. Change the lamp.

Basang and Xiang Yongnian were originally wrestling with each other, but later, under the instigation of everyone, they somehow started to play and drink together, which aroused bursts of booing from others.

Xie Qingning and the other girls drank less, but their faces were flushed, and they were quite drunk.

Even Wu Bingtian and Song Zhicun inevitably drank too much. One was lying on the table to sleep, and the other was chatting with Liu Qingbo who was going to toast, not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Long Shen shook his head, went to settle the tent first, then pulled up Dongzhi and went outside.

The autumn atmosphere is getting stronger outside, and the night wind with the scent of osmanthus is facing you.

When the winter solstice came out, I didn't wear much, and now I shivered, but I was a little sober.

"Master..." He yelled in a daze, his memory still stuck in the moment when Liu Qingbo talked to him just now.

"Don't drink too much, or you won't be able to leave tomorrow afternoon." Long Shen said.

Dong Zhi let out an oh, and let Long Shen pull him away without any resistance.

Seeing Long Shen's steady pace and expression as usual, he couldn't help muttering: "So it's true that you say you can drink a lot, and no one in the audience can't drink you!"

Long Shen asked: "Have all the luggage been packed, and the cat is also taken away?"

Winter Solstice nodded: "I have asked He Yu to take care of me for a few days, and when I settle down there, I will take the cat over there."

Long Shen said, "Let me go."

Winter Solstice: "Huh?"

Long Shen: "I don't go out recently."

Dongzhi snorted and scratched his head: "Then I'll pack up its cat litter and cat food and send it to you later."

Long Shen: "Don't bother, I'll just go and feed after get off work. He Yu is used to living in the office. After you leave, there will be no people in that dormitory."

Winter Solstice was top-heavy, and tried hard to distinguish Long Shen's words, but he still felt buzzing in his ears, and couldn't hear clearly. He couldn't help mumbling a few words, but Long Shen couldn't hear clearly at all.

His apprentice is usually very chatty, and he can find a lot of words when he has nothing to say, but after he is drunk, he is quieter and less noisy. He is taken all the way back to the dormitory, and he is also very quiet. He walks when he is asked to walk, and he is asked to climb the stairs. Just climbed the stairs, Long Shen sent him to the door, thought for a while, and took out another card.

"I don't know what gift to buy for you. Take this card, use it when you need money, and practice more when you have time."

Winter Solstice took it, and Mimi stared and said, "Is it a token of love?"

This is drunk and confused, Long Shen said helplessly, "Mid-Autumn gift."

He put the card in the opponent's pocket, opened the door for Dong Zhi, saw him fall headfirst on the bed, and then closed the door and left.

On the day of the winter solstice, I lay down and didn't wake up until noon the next day.

He sat on the bed in a daze for a long time, until Longlong jumped onto the bed and meowed at him, then he began to recall the events of last night bit by bit.

Everyone ate dinner in the restaurant and got drunk, then Long Shen sent him back, and then...

He fumbled in his pocket and found a card.

A brand new bank card.

He didn't care about changing clothes, so he ran out quickly and knocked on the opposite door first, but no one answered.

It's broad daylight and it's working time again, Long Shen will definitely not stay in the office.

Winter Solstice went to Long Shen's office again, and the other party was indeed there.

Seeing that he smelled of alcohol and his clothes were wrinkled, Long Shen couldn't help frowning: "Just woke up?"

Winter Solstice felt a little embarrassed, rubbed his head, and took out his bank card: "The plane at four o'clock is still in time, Master, did you give me this card last night? I don't need any money, so you can take it back. "

"You can take it if I give it to you." He never intended to take back what he sold.

A box of mooncakes in exchange for a bank card was such a good deal that Winter Solstice had to put the card back in his pocket.

Long Shen approved the documents for a while, then looked up to see that he was still standing there.

"What are you still doing in a daze, go change your clothes and eat, I'll drive you to the airport at one o'clock."

Dongzhi suddenly said: "Master, then don't always work overtime in the future. Although you are rich, but now you have an apprentice, and if you have something to do, I can make money and support you."

Long Shen frowned slightly: "You are so impatient, you ran here without even combing your hair, just to say this?"

"Of course not, I'll go back and clean up!" Dong Zhi ran away in a hurry.

Boys don’t have a lot of luggage. During the winter solstice, they bring cinnabar yellow paper, a drawing tool, a computer and a drawing board, some clothes, some daily necessities, and of course the most important long guard sword.

He took a shower and changed his clothes. He wanted to leave a good impression on his master before he left, so as not to recall that he was unkempt and disheveled when he just woke up. He also specially sprayed on a little male eau de toilette.

Going to the garage, Long Shen was already there, with his back to him, leaning on the car door, arms folded, legs and feet long, a picture of a beauty bowing her head and meditating.

"Master!" Dong Zhi dragged the suitcase and walked over quickly.

The author has something to say:

ps, the city of Lu that I went to during the winter solstice is not the city of Lu in Baidu Encyclopedia, but another seaside city, so it is convenient to make up fictional content.

Small theater unrelated to the main text:

Winter Solstice: I hope that every year from now on, Master will be like this box of mooncakes, full and happy.

Long Shen: Thank you.

Kan Chaosheng: (envious) I also want to accept apprentices, so that in the future, apprentices will give me tribute snacks.

He Yu: Then I guess your apprentice will be the first unlucky ghost who was eaten bankrupt by the master in ancient times.

He Yu was bitten to death by Jiao, and the whole play ended.