Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

Tianshu returned to the farmyard in a daze. Xie Yao was squatting on the ground, helping a few children light firecrackers.There was a loud "bang" from the firecrackers, and Fang pulled back Tianshu's thoughts.She stared at Xie Yao's back obsessively, not knowing whether it was really wrong to make such a calculation for her own benefit.

Xie Yao turned around and saw her, stood up quickly, and said with a smile: "I'm back, have you bought all the medicinal materials?" After he finished speaking, he saw Tian Shu standing outside the low wall, as if in a trance, so he repeated it again. .Tianshu came back to his senses, did not dare to look at him, turned his head and said: "I'm going to make medicine, you hurry up and practice."

"Practice?"

Tianshu clenched his fist secretly, and said in a steady voice: "...you must practice without interruption!" Xie Yao was about to ask her what's wrong, but Tianshu had already turned around and entered the kitchen.

A few days passed, Tian Shu always used medicine as an excuse in the kitchen, and rarely met Xie Yao.Xie Yao became more and more curious, and after thinking about it, he couldn't remember where he angered her, but even if he angered her before, Tianshu would take the initiative to talk to him again in a day, so this time it was very abnormal.Tianshu didn't want to meet Xie Yao, but she was afraid that once she heard him speak, she would be soft-hearted and shake her heart, so she could only imprison herself in this small kitchen to avoid everything.

That evening, Tianshu was propping his chin, staring at the cold stove in a trance.The Black Jade Ointment was actually made two days ago, but she didn't tell Xie Yao.

Suddenly there was a light knock outside the door, and someone called out, "Tianshu?"

Tianshu was startled, stood up hurriedly, rushed to the door of the room, and said in a cold voice: "I'm making medicine, why are you disturbing me if you don't practice?"

Xie Yao looked at the closed door, and was helpless when he suddenly saw the wide open window on the other side.He walked over immediately, looked through the window, there was no sign of boiling medicine in the clean pot and cold stove in the kitchen, and the book of heaven was against the door, frowning, he didn't know what was going on.

He shook his head, stepped a little, and turned in through the window.Hearing the movement, Tianshu looked back and was taken aback. He said in a daze, "You...you...what are you doing?"

Xie Yao was amused by her appearance, and asked back: "Should I ask what are you doing?" He knocked on the unlit stove, "You boil medicine like this?"

At this time, Tianshu also knew that he couldn't hide it, so he turned around and said coldly: "Can't it be boiled without fire?" She took a crock pot, opened the lid, gave Xie Yao a look, and said, "Let it sit still for a while. After two days, it was done." Xie Yao couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Master will definitely cure the disease."

Tianshu turned around and put the earthen jar back to its original place, saying: "You have also read the medicine, go back and practice."

"Guess what day is today?" Tianshu didn't have the slightest intention to answer, Xie Yao saw that she seemed unhappy, and sighed: "Today is Lantern Festival."

Tianshu's heart sank, and he lowered his head and murmured: "It's already... fifteen?" She was stunned when suddenly someone grabbed her wrist, Xie Yao pulled her and said, "Go, I'll take you to Xiangyang City to see Lantern."

Ever since Xie Yao realized something was wrong with the Tianshu, he had been thinking of a way.Yesterday a few children were carrying lanterns, and now he remembered that the lanterns were put on for five nights from the [-]th to the [-]th of the first lunar month, and he couldn't help it all night, why not take this opportunity to take the book out for a walk, so that she wouldn't get bored.

Although under the chaos of war, the city is still very lively.At the gate of the city, there is Xiao'ao Mountain built with lanterns, which means "the mountains and rocks wear double dragons and play in the water, and the clouds reflect the lone crane facing the sky".Lanterns are hung in front of every house, shining like daylight.Tianshu was still gloomy at the beginning, Xie Yao kept explaining to her, this is the five-color glazed lantern from Suzhou, this is the white jade lantern from Fuzhou, this is the boneless lantern from Xin’an... Gradually, he was also attracted by the colorful lanterns .

"Look, there is a character painted on each side of the octagonal lamp. This is Lu Dongbin, this is Tieguai Li, and this is Han Zhongli..." Xie Yao turned his head, smiled at her and said, "I'll buy one for you."

Tianshu was still looking at it seriously, but when he heard this, he was afraid that Xie Yao would see that she liked these things, so he immediately gave him a look and said, "You can buy such boring things yourself!" The bustling crowd walked away, Xie Yao hurriedly caught up and asked, "Why, don't you think these lanterns are interesting?" Tianshu replied casually: "There are many kinds of these lanterns, but they are also the same, nothing new."

Xie Yao carefully looked at the lanterns in the hands of passers-by on the street. They looked good, but they were not novel enough.He pondered for a moment, then suddenly stopped, and said in a mysterious way: "Tianshu, if I give you a novelty lantern, will you take it?"

Tianshu was stunned when he heard the words, seeing his smiling eyes, as charming as stars, he couldn't help but said: "Okay."

Xie Yao turned around and went to a street stall to buy a lamp bone that hadn't been pasted with paper, and another piece of red wax.

Tianshu stared and said, "That's it?"

Xie Yao smiled and said nothing, suddenly took out the green hook rope from his sleeve, wrapped the gold wire thinly on the lamp bone, and lightly knocked the meteor hammer, and the three Wu hooks were like a blooming flower, placed in the middle of the lantern .Tianshu read it clearly, but said indifferently: "Even if you are wrapped in the green hook rope, it doesn't matter."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Yao sneered and lit the torch, lit the stick of red wax, and carefully placed it on the blooming Wu hook.In an instant, the lamp seemed to have life. The golden thread was shining, but the bamboo skeleton was colorless. From a distance, one could only see the ethereal gold thread and the burning flowers in it.

Xie Yao handed the finished lantern to Tianshu, and asked with a smile, "How about this lamp?" The warm light of the fire reflected the smile on his face, and Tianshu couldn't help being stunned.

She regained her composure, snatched the lantern from his hand, turned around and said, "It's so ugly!"

The two walked side by side, and many pedestrians around turned their heads to look at the lantern in Tianshu's hands, envious.Although Tianshu said he was ugly on the lips, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.Someone who was bold came up to her and asked her where she bought the lantern, but she choked back with "Why tell you?", others looked embarrassed, but Xie Yao hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over. He also started laughing.

After walking for a while, there are more and more people in front of us, and people from the inner three floors and the outer three floors gather around to watch the fire.This is a juggling performed by the God-welcoming Competition Club, and I hope it will bless the year with good weather and a good harvest.Xie Yao and Tianshu squeezed in to have a look, but it was a trick of stepping on a rope, swallowing an iron sword, puppet Bao Lao, spitting water and spitting fire, Tianshu yelled that it was boring, Xie Yao hurriedly dragged her to see other things.

Snacks are sold on both sides of the street. The hawker quickly drags the glutinous rice dough to wrap the stuffing, folds it into a triangle, and aligns the two ends so that the stuffing bulges in the middle, like a quail.Immediately, it was deep-fried in a pan, so that the 馉饳 quickly swelled up, and a string was used on a bamboo stick, dipped in refined salt, and the aroma was overflowing.

Seeing that Tianshu looked at the stall from time to time, Xie Yao knew she was curious, so he couldn't help laughing and said, "That's quail rice, do you want to eat it?"

Tianshu hurriedly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and said, "I don't eat those things."

Xie Yao had tied up a lantern just now, and he saw that Tianshu always talked ironically, he was obviously very curious, but he just pretended not to care.He understood this time, turned around and ran to buy some skewers, handed them to Tianshu and said: "If you don't want to eat, then play with it in your hands."

Tianshu looked up at him, couldn't help laughing and said: "What a waste." After saying that, he bowed his head and took a bite, it was sweet and honey.

She smiled unintentionally, but compared the thousands of lights behind her.Xie Yao was startled, and quickly looked away, just in time to see a couple, the wife bowed her head and nodded, and the husband put a bright camellia in her bun.

The old woman selling flowers passed by him with a basket on her shoulders. Xie Yao had a thought, and hurriedly said: "Please stay." He looked down at the flowers in the basket... He picked up a bright red plum blossom, raised his hand and inserted it into the basket. Between the black hair of the book of heaven.

Tianshu was eating, and suddenly smelled a fragrance, she raised her head, and Xie Yao was reaching out to straighten the plum blossom.

The flower seller took the money and said with a smile: "The old woman has sold flowers for several nights, only this girl is the most attractive, young man, you are really lucky to marry such a beautiful girl!" Tianshu raised his eyebrows , was about to explain, but was grabbed by Xie Yao and dragged away.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Tianshu struggled a few times, but couldn't pull his hand out, instead it was held tighter and tighter.Feeling the scorching heat of her palm, her heart was scalded, and she let him hold her in a daze, walking through the streets and alleys.

The whole journey was silent, but Tianshu became more and more uncomfortable. At this moment, a peddler was carrying a burden and yelled: "Sell saplings, sell saplings, as long as you have a penny!" Yao's hand, pretending to take out money: "What kind of sapling is this? I'll buy one."

The peddler rolled his small eyes at Xie Yao and Tianshu, and smiled flatteringly: "Girl, you really have vision, this is an acacia tree."

Tianshu's hands froze when he heard the name, and said coldly: "Then I don't want it!"

"Ah?" The peddler didn't expect that he had kissed the wrong ass.Xie Yao couldn't help chuckling, gave him the money, and said, "She doesn't want it, I want it."

Tianshu's face turned green, he raised his head and questioned: "Thank you madman, what kind of mystery are you making!"

Xie Yao held the sapling in one hand, and was about to reach out to hold her, but Tianshu took a step back vigilantly, not to let him succeed.A look of pain flashed across Xie Yao's eyes, and he sighed, "Book from Heaven."

Hearing his slightly lonely tone, Tianshu's heart softened inexplicably, and was about to speak, when he was caught off guard, Xie Yao held his left hand tightly again.

"Come on, let's plant trees together."

Tianshu raised his eyes to see him pursing his lips and holding back his smile, suddenly felt that he had been fooled, and said angrily: "Your surname is Xie, you are a liar!" hands away.

The two came to the river outside Xiangyang City, the night breeze was gentle, and the willows were on the moon.Because it is the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the lotus lanterns are lit up in the stars, which is the remembrance of the living people for the dead. The lotus lanterns flow along the flowing water to the direction of extradition.

Xie Yao squatted down, dug a pit, and buried the sapling.Tianshu scooped clear water from the river, watering it while sneering: "What kind of acacia tree, it's just an ordinary camphor tree. You're an idiot, willing to spend a lot of money." Xie Yao patted the soil and said with a smile: " Look at that peddler, who is still wearing single clothes and straw sandals in winter, unlike us who possess martial arts, so it is regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

Tianshu was stunned, as if the peddler was indeed like that, but she never noticed it.Or, she never paid attention to anyone other than herself.Ever since she became conscious, she has only lived for herself, and becoming a real god in the heavenly scriptures is her lifelong ideal and goal.

"Thank you madman, have you ever had... your own ideals?"

It was rare for Xie Yao to hear her ask himself these questions, so he walked to the river to wash his hands, sat down on the spot, looked at the floating lantern by the river, and said with a smile: "It didn't exist before, but now it does."

Tianshu also sat beside him, putting the lantern by his feet.The faint yellowish light illuminates the sparkling river surface, reflecting the reflection of the two sitting next to each other.

"What is it?"

Xie Yao didn't know how to explain it specifically, he just sighed: "Life is full of sufferings. When I was young, I devoted myself to practicing martial arts, but I only wished that the people around me were safe. I always have the death of Master's mother in my heart, and I always feel that Ouyang Feng , Mongol soldiers are all happy. But along the way, I realized that Ouyang Feng is not the only villain in the world. tip of the iceberg."

He paused, obviously thinking of other things, "Although I hate the Mongolian soldiers for killing my mother, my mother is also a Mongolian, and I can't tell right from wrong. Fortunately, I have a scale in my heart to measure it. But since ancient times, evil has prevailed." Yes, there are evil people, so there are also good people. If so, why don’t I be that kind person, follow Qian Gangzhu’s last words, act chivalrously and righteously, eliminate violence and bring peace to the good, and become what my mother called a ‘mountain god’?”

Tianshu said coldly: "Say, anyone can say it. Then let me ask you, what is a hero and what is righteousness?"

Xie Yao thought for a while, and he said uncertainly: "Do what is right, do what is straight, don't do things that hurt people, don't do things that are wrong to your heart, keep your promises... that's probably the case." He shook his head, "I don't know too well. But you, you still want to be a 'book from heaven'?"

Tianshu was startled, lowered his eyes, and said, "Yes, that is my lifelong ideal." Perhaps, he would not hesitate to sacrifice everything for this.

"But you haven't even been able to find Huigen now." Seeing her drooping face, Xie Yao couldn't help but reveal the words that she had held back for a long time.He took Tianshu's left hand, looked at the red agate bracelet on her wrist, and remembered that snowy night, Wu Rizhu held Tianshu's hand, and said, "...to be together in love, okay?"

Tianshu was shocked when he heard the words, raised his head to look at Xie Yao in a panic, and bumped into his gentle eyes unexpectedly.As if she could predict what Xie Yao would say next, she hurriedly yawned and said, "I'm sleepy." After she finished speaking, before Xie Yao could speak, she turned into the "San Zi Jing" and avoided everything desperately.

Xie Yao was amused by her actions, turned his head away, looked at the river, and said what was in his heart to the flowing water and the breeze: "I have been with you day and night for 15 years, and I have already regarded you as my closest relative. Home is home, but with you by my side, I don’t feel lonely at all, just like, a place with you is home.”

"I used to blame you, why didn't you tell the masters about the difficulties. But the world's affairs are destined in the dark, whether it is a blessing or a disaster, it is hard to avoid it, so I am relieved. Later you said that leaking the secrets is wrong. Your life is in danger, so it is reasonable for you not to say it. Since then, I have secretly made up my mind that no matter what you do in the future, I will not blame you again." He couldn't help but say this His cheeks were slightly hot, his Adam's apple was rolling, he lowered his head and said, "Tianshu, if you can't find the root of wisdom in this life... Would you like to spend the rest of the decades with me?"

Xie Yao turned his head, looked at the "Three Character Classic" beside him, and whispered: "The Book of Heaven? Are you listening?"

Tianshu didn't respond, and really fell into a deep sleep.

Xie Yao stretched out his hand to pat the spine of her book, and sighed, "Sleep well."