This sleeve is broken secretly

He took Shen Bin's hand, left the small stone path, and climbed up the nearby hillside.Shen Bing was puzzled, but he had no choice but to follow behind him and walk up.

However, this road is not easy to go.It may have just rained two days ago, the road surface was muddy and slippery, and there were gravel rolling on the ground. The cloud-toed shoes worn by Shen Bing didn't grip the ground, and he staggered several times after walking a few steps.He rested on the tree, and asked helplessly, "To be honest, what did you bring me here today? Do you want to keep fit?"

"Just believe me." Xie Qin turned back with a smile, pulled his arms onto his shoulders, and carried him back with all his strength, "Let's go, my delicate and soft Master Shen, I will carry you on my back .”

Shen Bing was startled by him, and quickly patted him: "What are you doing, let me down quickly, I can walk by myself."

"No." Xie Qin held him tightly and said with a smile, "You can walk by yourself, but you don't have to. From now on, whenever the road is muddy and the road is difficult, I will carry you on my back."

There seemed to be deep meaning in his words.Shen Bing listened silently, sighed softly for a while, and leaned his chin on his broad and powerful shoulders.

The shadows of the two merged into one, walking through the forest.The evening wind of summer night blows, and when it slides over the skin, it brings a refreshing coolness. There seems to be cicadas singing in the distance, singing summer nocturnes without rush, which makes people feel peaceful.Every step Xie Ling took was very steady, Shen Bing leaned on his back, quietly listening to his strong heartbeat and breathing, a moment later he felt drowsy and fell asleep unconsciously. past.

It seems to have walked forward for a long time in the haze.

In Ninghe's peaceful sleeping village, Shen Ting suddenly heard Xie Ling calling him softly: "Liangqing, Liangqing, wake up."

With a movement of his body, Shen Bian reluctantly struggled out of the cloud-like soft drowsiness, and blinked his eyes sleepily.Xie Jin put him down gently, hugged his shoulder and said with a low laugh, "Liangqing, open your eyes and see."

Shen Bing rubbed his eyes, raised his eyes and looked around, but at first he saw that he was already in a sea of ​​fluorescent lights.

The forest is still the same forest, but in the night as far as the eye can see, there are dots of flickering photons floating everywhere, like the stars reflected in the blue sea, slowing down with the surging waves. Slow ups and downs.The forest in the summer night was full of shadows, but it was lit up by the countless photon-like fireflies, and the whole forest also came to life in this sea of ​​light, as if everything in the forest was slowing down with the floating of the fireflies. Breathe slowly.

Shen Bing was speechless for a moment.He couldn't help but took a step forward, trying to reach out to touch the little fluorescent light floating in front of him, but he couldn't.Hearing Xie Ling calling him from behind at this time, he turned his head and saw Xie Ling's right hand clenched into a fist and handed to him, slowly spreading his palm.

But he saw a fingernail-sized flying insect lying in his palm. At this moment, it shook its wings and its black tail lit up like a star again.

Under the watchful eyes of the two, it flew up like a stream of fire across the night.

"It's Yinghuo..." Shen Yan said in a daze.

"This should be the wonderful scene in the summer night in Nanshan forest." Xie Ling raised his eyes and looked at the stream of sparks, and said with a smile, "'The autumn grass was merged, but the evening breeze is light today. The sky is like a meteor, and the tree is like a flower. Screen. Suspicious fire shines, the curtain is like night pearls'... Liangqing, do you know the last two lines of this poem?"

The young man's eyes were bright, as if he had reflected the stars all over the sky and the fireflies in the world into those pupils, and only then could he reflect such a radiant look.

Shen Bing looked back at him, unable to dodge under the staring gaze, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "...'Everyone picks up the brilliance, and don't hesitate to live lightly'." (Xiao Yi in "Yong Ying")

Xie Ling chuckled twice, and took his hand: "Follow me."

They brushed aside the sea of ​​fireflies and walked further and further into the forest.With Guanghai at his side, the scenery in front of him became clearer.But at the place where the forest gradually thinned out, a steep rock protruded out, forming a cave just in between with the mountain - so it seemed that it was the place where they hid from the wind and snow six years ago.

Shen Bing didn't expect to actually find this place.But seeing Xie Qin walking forward, he put his hands together very reverently, and bowed to the inside of the cave.Shen Bing was stunned for a moment, then walked forward, but saw that in the cave where the two of them had clung to each other, a small statue of the earth god had been erected at some point.

The sculpture of the god is a bit rough, but it can already be seen that it is an elderly god with a round and plump face, slightly narrowed eyes, and a pleasant smile.He was holding a huge fresh peach in his hands, and was looking out of the cave with a smile at this time, as if silently guarding this pure land outside the world.

In front of the statue, there are still some fresh fruits and pastries, it seems that someone has come to offer sacrifices recently.

"This..." Shen Bing was stunned.When was a statue of a god erected here?

"Folk rumors and customs are really interesting." Xie Qin said with a low smile, "Since I wrote that travel note, there have been rumors from many neighbors in the left and right villages that if they accidentally stray into this deep forest, they will offend the mountain spirits and attract people from all walks of life. The wind and snow moved. Therefore, someone erected a statue of the Lord of the Earth here, and the sun and the moon did not dare to neglect it, and comforted the frightened mountain spirits."

Shen Bing couldn't help but find it funny when he heard it, and said with a smile: "The mountain spirit that was shocked by you and me has to trouble others to pay homage to it, so I'm really sorry." As he spoke, he touched his forehead with both hands, and bowed deeply to the little statue. , "Shen Yu came late, how disrespectful, please do not blame the gods."

While he was saluting, Xie Qin also bowed down with him.When Shen Yan finished speaking, Xie Ling closed his eyes and said with a smile: "God is above, please bless me and Liangqing for a long time, peace and safety, and we will be united forever."

"You—" Shen Bing blushed a little, and said helplessly, "The Land Lord doesn't care about this."

"Why don't you care. If you can manage the safety of life, can't you care about the happiness in the world?" Xie Jin smiled and turned to look at him, his eyes were as gentle and bright as a firefly in the night. Did you say that you and I sincerely prayed on that day six years ago and moved the heavens, which nourished the spiritual consciousness in this mountain forest?"

Shen Yan said with a smile: "It's obviously the land that the villagers enshrined, but you have wrongly reasoned and put the credit on yourself. It's too cheeky."

"I just feel that this place is destined for you and me, and maybe the gods here will take extra care of your affairs." Xie Ling took Shen Bing's hand and said softly, "Worship me again Once, okay?"

Being pulled by Xie Ling, Shen Bing's body stiffened a little.His hands were cold, and even sweated a little, but there seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and he kept shouting and contradicting, wanting to run to the place where the two of them touched their skin.

It was as if his mind and body no longer belonged to him.

Shen Yan let out a sigh of relief, forced a smile and said, "You don't believe in this all the time, why—why did you suddenly bring me here to worship the gods?"

Xie Ling was silent for a while, and replied in a low voice: "When I was young, I didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and I always felt that I was omnipotent. I asked God for nothing, so I didn't need to worship God. But it may be that as I get older, I gradually feel that the world is capricious and some things are beyond my control. , Man’s life is up to the heavens and not his own. If you can’t ask yourself, you have to ask God.”

When the two met for the first time, Xie Ling was the most rebellious son of heaven, lying drunk and enjoying the feast, Xie Rangzhi was the most romantic.At that time, his back was always straight, the corner of his mouth was half a smile, his eyes were always looking at the distant sky, and he could not see the dust under his feet.

But six years later, I don't know when the edges and corners of the gold and jade gradually flattened, and the jagged corners were polished by time to a smooth and moist luster.His head drooped slightly, and there was fear and worry in his eyes.

Shen Bing felt a little sour in his heart.

Xie Ling no longer looked at his complicated expression, took the lead in pulling up his clothes and knelt down in front of the statue, clasped his hands and closed his eyes and said, "Xie Ling, a believer, is here, please bless the two of us to be safe and smooth, to be together for a long time, and never to be separated. "

Shen Yan sighed softly, knelt down beside him, closed his eyes and prayed in his heart.

If there is a god, I would like to...

May we stay together for a long time if we stand shoulder to shoulder; if we are strangers, there will be no resentment.

A sea of ​​fluorescent lights shrouded the two of them in the night.At this time, the evening wind is gentle, the stars and the moon are light, if life can be frozen at this moment, perhaps there will be no more suffering.