Between seas

Under the spring breeze, the bright red wine flag flutters and flutters.

In the tavern, the lady proprietress just moved the abacus seriously, she lowered her eyelashes and didn't look at anyone, and her tone was half a smile: "Little girl, you don't know my real name, so why do you say that I am a fake name?"

Shen Boru at the counter laughed, stretched out a finger, fiddled with the proprietress' abacus, and said slowly: "Ami is me, Shen Boru."

The proprietress saw that the abacus she had finally set aside was messed up, her brows stood on end, and she was about to get angry and scold him for not knowing the heights of the sky and the earth.When she raised her eyes, the moment she saw the face of the visitor, her eyes became much gentler, and she said with a smile, "Why are you here?"

Shen Boru was about to answer when Concubine Mi said again: "You can't think of me once in 800 years. You must come to me this time because you have something important to ask for my help. If I agree immediately, your goal will be achieved, and you will definitely leave .It’s better that you don’t talk about it first, let’s talk about the old days.”

Shen Boru straightened his waist, put one hand casually on the side of the counter, pressed his index finger on the table, and said with a smile: "It's a very important thing, when do you want me to talk about it?"

Concubine Mi dialed the abacus twice, her hands paused suddenly, and she chuckled: "After drinking for three rounds." After she finished speaking, she cleared her throat and said loudly: "I'm sorry, everyone, there is some temporary business in the shop. I'm not doing business anymore...Xiao Ming, see off the guests."

The shop waiter known as "Xiao Ming" was also very conscientious. He took off the white sweat towel on his shoulder with his right hand and slammed it on the guest's table. Zhang Lian shouted: "Go!"

The guests stared dumbfounded at his vicious look, they didn't even bother to pack the food and drink, they hurriedly packed their things, and slipped out one after another.

Sanbao thought, there is a saying in the world that "the customer is the emperor of heaven". This store dares to show its face to all the "emperors of heaven".

After all the guests in the tavern were gone, Jiang Yizhou kindly closed the door of the tavern.He looked at "Xiao Ming" and asked, "I don't know the name of this... hero?"

"Hero Xiaoming" glanced at Jiang Yizhou, and casually cupped his hands: "Feng Yi."

The attitude is somewhat arrogant.

Sanbao and Ah Fei in her arms looked at each other, feeling absurd in their hearts.Concubine Mi, the Goddess of Luoshui, and Feng Yi, Boss of the Yellow River, don't want to be good gods. They just go to a small county town to open a tavern, and their aliases are Li Hua and Xiao Ming. Who will believe this?

Concubine Mi carried a jug of wine and came out from behind the counter.Her steps are light and slow, as if coming from Lingbo.

At this moment, Sanbao felt that the beautiful goddess described in "Luo Shen Fu" came alive.

For example, the most beautiful thing is not a hundred flowers competing for splendor, but a small green leaf among the flowers, which is pure and natural.

Concubine Mi gently put down the wine jar, sat on the bench, and greeted: "Come and sit." She glanced at Jiang Yizhou and Sanbao, her eyes flickered with unknown meaning, and she smiled ambiguously at Shen Boru: "Ah! How is your old friend? Which one of you has a girl who is so old? Ah Chen, you didn’t tell me about such a good thing. You have blinded our friendship for thousands of years, and I didn’t even drink the child’s full moon wine. "

Sambo: "..."

Shen Boru smiled: "Look, who among us can have children? It's not what you think...By the way, why did you and Feng Yi come to the world to open a tavern?"

Concubine Mi casually knocked open the clay on the wine jar: "You Shen Shenjun is allowed to open a teahouse, and Feng Yi and I are not allowed to open a tavern. How can there be such a reason in the world? The world has been peaceful recently, no one worships, and Feng Yi and I have nothing to do. Simply come to experience life in the world, can’t you?”

Sambo remembers that Shen Boru once mentioned that some gods attach great importance to worship and worship. If the faith is not there, the gods will perish and perish.She couldn't help hugging Ah Fei tightly when she heard the words, and said hesitantly: "If there is no worship, you won't..."

When she said the word "death", she closed her mouth and didn't want to say any more.

Concubine Mi knew the meaning of the Three Treasures, and said with a sweet smile: "Little girl, many gods are born from human desires. There is life and death. Except heaven and earth, nothing can last forever. When the world no longer needs gods, it means that people It is also a good thing that all good wishes have come true.”

"There is a book in the world called Biography of East, West, North, and South. It says, 'The people are the gods, and the people are the gods.' That's probably what it means."

Feng Yi reminded her slowly: "It's "Zuo Zhuan."

"Whatever it turns, it's almost enough." Concubine Mi took a sip of the hot wine, her cheeks turned red, and she asked Shen Boru, "Ah Chen, why did you come to see me from Yanjing?"

Shen Boru sighed: "I came to ask you to borrow the Luoshui stone."

He spoke this sentence very slowly, as if every word weighed a thousand catties.

Concubine Mi held the wine glass, rolled her eyes, landed on Shen Boru, and shook her head: "Then it's a coincidence that you came, the little Peony came to me a few days ago and borrowed the Luoshui Stone. Ah Chen, if you want to borrow it , I can only go to Luoyang City and ask Little Peony to ask for it.”

Shen Boru was puzzled and said, "Wei Zi? What does she want Luo Shuishi for?"

Concubine Mi spread her hands: "How would I know? But when she came, she looked very anxious. She must have encountered some difficult things and needed Luo Shuishi to continue her life."

Her eyes kept falling on Shen Boru, as if she had seen through his mind, and said the word "extend life" softly from her mouth.

Shen Boru couldn't help but slowly gathered his five fingers under his long sleeves, he smiled softly and said, "Thank you for telling me the whereabouts of Luo Shuishi, A Mi."

Concubine Mi put down the celadon wine glass in her hand, her expression became serious, and she said solemnly: "Shenjun, I have something else to tell you about Luoshui Stone. It is very important, follow me to the second floor. Since you want to borrow it, then this one Don’t let the third person know about it.”

Shen Boru didn't answer, but slowly let go of his fingers.He followed Concubine Mi to stand up from the bench and followed her to the second floor.

Jiang Yizhou also took a few steps forward and called out, "Ah Chen!"

Shen Boru stepped up the steps, turned around and said with a smile: "Wait for me."

He and Concubine Mi came to the small corridor outside the second floor, leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, not far away, the rapids of Luoshui River, the swirl of the river water mixed with silt, swept away a reed on the bank.

Concubine Mi looked at the Luoshui rushing eastward, and said: "I know why the gods came to borrow Luoshui stones, but this kind of thing only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. The scars of the curse should be long, and it can't be delayed for too long. I said before There is life and there is death, to put it lightly, but who doesn't want to live? Especially the gods, now that you have that little white lotus, let's think about what to do in the future."

When Shen Boru heard Concubine Mi call Jiang Yizhou "little white lotus", he felt goosebumps all over his body for some reason.He said: "We found Xi Soil, I want to use it to seal Guixu, where I can reincarnate once with the energy I scattered, maybe..."

Before she finished speaking, Concubine Mi shook her head: "Shen Jun was joking, it is true that Xi Yang can seal the ruins, but the chaotic energy that has been scattered cannot be used again. Do you know this truth? When you think this way, are you trying to lie to yourself, or to lie to someone else?"

"Shenjun, if you want me to say that you are too soft-hearted and too observant of the rules. It would be nice if you eloped with Xiaobailian back then, and hid in a place where no one can find you. Besides, there are thousands of ways in the world, there is no need to use dispersal Such an extreme method of own chaotic vitality, to seal the cracks of the ruins. Now you are a hero, worthy of the common people in the world. But you are sorry for the person who likes you, sorry for Jiang Yizhou, right? "

"You're so selfish."

Shen Boru stopped talking, and his fingers hidden in the long sleeves trembled slightly.

Concubine Mi said again: "Actually, it's not completely impossible."

Shen Boru's eyes lit up, and he looked at her suddenly: "What way?"

Concubine Mi said: "It's a simple but difficult way to do it. You need to cut your soul into two, Chen, if you can live with one, the risk is high, and the reward is also great."

Shen Boru calmly said, "What if it's not possible?"

Concubine Mi smiled embarrassedly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that he died faster, the kind that is completely hopeless." She paused: "My father taught me the unique skill of dividing the soul. If you figure it out, you can come and find me by the Luoshui."

"That's all I want to say. How to go in the future depends entirely on the gods."

She looked at Shen Boru again, and said seriously: "If the day comes when you have to split your soul, Ah Chen, is it worth it?"

Shen Boru thought of Jiang Yizhou.

He smiled and did not answer Concubine Mi's question, but said: "Even you said that I was sorry for him in the past. From now on, I will always be worthy of him. I don't like him being sad."

"For me, there is no value in this kind of thing, only willingness or not."

While speaking, the south wind was blowing, gently lifting Shen Mo like the corner of his clothes, the whole person seemed like a clear lotus under the moon, and the morning fog was far away from the mountains.

Seeing this, Concubine Mi regretted, "You said you, why did you fall in love with that little monster?"

She smiled again: "Fortunately, you met him, so you won't be alone. Let's go, after such a long time, your little Bailian must be waiting impatiently. Looking at him, I seem to be some kind of trafficker , will sell you."

After saying that, the two went downstairs.

That night, Concubine Mi set up a banquet.

Xu knew the reason of Luoshuishi's whereabouts, Jiang Yizhou was very happy today, Shen Boru couldn't drink, so he took Ah Fei to drink three hundred cups with him.

Poor Ah Fei, a cat, was caught by him as a young man, and he was so drunk that his belly was on his back.He was obviously so drunk that he didn't know what to do, and he was still yelling that he wanted to fight to the death with Jiang Yizhou at the wine table, competing for superiority.

Jiang Yizhou was lying on the table, indifferent to Ah Fei's provocation, but holding a jar of wine tightly with both arms, calling it stupidly: "Ah Chen."

Shen Boru had no choice but to help Jiang Yizhou and went to the guest room.

Sanbao dragged Ah Fei and left too.

However, Jiang Yizhou was still holding the jar of wine and refused to let go.

The author has something to say:

When I read novels when I was a child, I often saw some bloody plots in which the protagonist hero sacrificed himself to save the common people, leaving the hero's widow crying.I was thinking at the time, obviously HE can be done, why must BE? ? ?

Just write a story like this, how the "hero" who is about to kick his legs and his future widow HE.