Urban Night Returner

The sun finally dispelled the heavy clouds and fell on the sandbar in the middle of the river.Luo Jing moved his hands and feet that were soaked in cold water, glanced at Shen Mobai beside him, and said nonchalantly: "Take off your clothes to dry, or you will freeze to death."

Shen Mobai's lips were already pale from the cold.The sandbar in the middle of the river is covered with reeds, and there is no one there, but it can't block the cold wind.He took Luo Jing in the water, so he had already taken off his coat for fear of inconvenience. Now there was only a middle coat, which was clinging to his body, and was blown like a piece of ice by the wind.But when he saw that Luo Jing had already taken off his wet clothes in twos and twos, exposing his naked and sturdy upper body, his face blushed immediately, he quickly looked away, and wrapped the clothes around his body even tighter.

Luo Jing hung the clothes he took off on the reeds to let the wind dry, and said: "It will be dark soon, they may not find me yet, you hold on so hard, don't complain if you freeze to death."

Shen Mobai was indeed very cold.He is far better at water than Luo Jing, but his body is not as strong as his. Wrapped in a wet dress, it is indeed colder than without it, and his upper and lower jaws are chattering at the moment.But he has never exposed his body in front of others, even though only Luo Jing is in front of him at this time, it is really embarrassing for him to take off his clothes and face him naked.

Luo Jing looked at him coldly, sneered, and came to sit opposite him: "What's in the water?" Even if he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he also felt that the tide was coming.At that time, although the water covered the small hills, the waves had calmed down, and they should have receded gradually. In any case, there should not be such a big wave suddenly.What's more, for no reason, there was a wave behind him, which seemed strange.He is good at bow and horse, capable of both swords and swords, but he is not good at water. If Shen Mobai hadn't followed him into the water to lift him up and down the river, he might be choked up if he didn't die.Further on from this sandbar is Haikou, if the two of them are washed into the sea by the water, their lives may be in danger.

Shen Mobai clasped his shoulders with his hands, chattered his teeth, and reluctantly said: "I, I can't see clearly either. I can only see ghosts, not demons. But there is indeed something inside." When the waves came, he took Luo Jing Rolled in, it was clear that the water was not deep, but it was like a whirlpool, pulling him down forcibly.Shen Mobai went to pull him, but with his good water skills, he couldn't pull him out.If he hadn't been protected by Bodhi beads, and the Buddha's light irradiated those things to disperse them, he might not only fail to save people, but would take another life.

Luo Jing saw that his face had turned pale, shook his head, pulled him over, and took off his clothes: "It's wet and cold, do you really want to freeze to death?"

Shen Mobai was trembling and trying to struggle: "This, this is indecent..."

Luo Jing sneered: "Ya? If you want to be ya, you'll freeze to death!" Normally, he wouldn't have such kindness, but today, thanks to Shen Mobai who rescued him from the water, naturally he couldn't watch this idiot freeze to death.Where did Shen Mobai's strength matter to him, he stripped him naked in two or three strokes, shook off his clothes to dry, and hugged him into his arms with his backhand, "Squeeze to make it warmer."

Shen Mobai's face was so red that it could almost burn, he lowered his head and hugged his shoulders but did not dare to move.However, the sky was getting dark, it was too cold, and Luo Jing was very warm, he struggled a few times, but he was reluctant to move.There are many scars on Luo Jing's body. Although many of them have faded, they are still very shocking.He put his arms around Shen Mobai, Shen Mobai looked down and saw a scar on his left arm, extending from the palm to the forearm, the color is almost the same as the skin color, it seems that he was very young when he was injured, so he didn't know how he was injured so badly , couldn't help but said: "When did you get this injury?"

Luo Jing glanced at the scar, and said lightly: "It has been there for a long time." His voice was calm, but Shen Mobai pressed close to him, but he felt his body stiffen. He knew that the scar must have a source, and couldn't help reaching out Gently turning his wrist over, he saw that the scar stretched to the root of the middle finger, cutting off the three palm lines.The scars were so deep, it was shocking.

Luo Jing felt that Shen Mobai's hand holding his palm trembled slightly, and said lightly, "What? Are you scared?"

Shen Mobai whispered: "This, this is the appearance of a great evil..."

Luo Jing's ears were already callused when he heard these words, and he sneered, "Yes, if you restrain your father and your mother, you will not end well. These words have been there since the moment I landed."

Shen Mobai shook his head again and again: "That's not the case, that's not the case. The so-called great evil looks are all caused by this scar. All three lines are broken, the house is restless, and the parents are restless... If there is no such scar, the general's life will also be a sign of peace and tranquility." Mutually."

Luo Jing's body froze suddenly, and he grabbed Shen Mobai's hand behind his back: "Really?"

Shen Mobai was so painfully pinched by him, he nodded and said: "Although I am not proficient in palmistry, I do know a thing or two."

Luo Jing's body was stiff, and he slowly raised his hand in front of his eyes, looked at it for a while, and suddenly burst out laughing.The back of Shen Mobai's neck was chilled by his laughter, and he couldn't help pulling him: "General, don't laugh, don't laugh."

Luo Jing stopped laughing, put his arms around him tightly, and said coldly: "Do you know how this scar came from?"

Shen Mobai heard that his laughter was both ironic and sad, his heart tightened, and he shook his head.Luo Jing tightened his arms around him, and said word by word: "I was only three months old, and my aunt called a fortune-teller, who told me that my fate would be fatal. Since then, there have been troubles in the family, so the family has gradually become more and more serious. I hate it. My father was happy to have a son, and he was also worried about having a son after that. Whenever there was any disaster in the family, everyone said it was because of me. Even my mother couldn’t hold his head up. I was demoted because of inefficiency. After returning home, I beat my mother because the tea was slightly cold. I stepped forward to block him, but he drew a knife at me. This scar was cut with his own hands. All I can say is that the family will disappear from now on. My mother died and my father died. It's really because I was born with evil spirits, unexpectedly...unexpectedly, it was all because of this knife! It's a self-inflicted disaster, but it just caused my mother..."

Since Shen Mobai knew him, he only felt that he was as hard as stone and as cold as iron, and he never thought that his voice would tremble slightly, so he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable, gently shook his hand, and whispered: "General, don't Sad, Ling Ci was innocent in his lifetime, but now he is buried in auspicious places, his soul is safe, and the blessings of the next life can be expected."

Luo Jing let out the stagnant energy accumulated for decades, and felt relieved.He was originally a tough person, but he became calm in a moment. He returned to the situation in front of him, put his chin on Shen Mobai's shoulder, looked at the dense reeds around him, and said, "It would be great if I could make a fire, but unfortunately the fire is also soaked. gone."

Shen Mobai felt that his breath was blowing straight to the side of his neck, and it was so hot that his skin could not help but feel a slight itching. He twisted his body uncomfortably, and said in a low voice, "I wonder when they will find it?"

Luo Jing originally wanted to keep warm, although the two of them were close to each other, they didn't think of other things.It's just that when Shen Mobai moved, the delicate skin rubbed against his body, and it felt like a fine silk material, which made him have some special thoughts.He originally had his arms around Shen Mobai's waist, but at this moment he couldn't help but wrap his hands around him, feeling that the person under his hands was only a few palms away, and his skin, which was more watery, was actually more delicate than Bi Yan.With a move in his heart, he blew softly against Shen Mobai's ear, and said with a smile: "Your waist seems to be softer than the girl's."

Shen Mobai was shocked, and struggled subconsciously: "General!"

His struggle was really inappropriate.Luo Jing originally only wanted to tease him, but now that he twisted him around, he really ignited, he pulled him into his arms with both hands, wrapped his earlobe from behind, and said vaguely: "Don't move. "

Although Shen Mobai is ignorant of world affairs, he has stayed at Luo's house for several months.The servants have been busy all day, and they rest at night to talk and amuse themselves, which is omnipotent.Especially those who are young and strong and have not yet married a wife, they must have had a sex addiction, and it is inevitable that the more they talk, the worse they will be. Although Shen Mobai does not want to get together with them, he can't help but listen to them.At this time, the two were tightly pressed together, and Shen Mobai felt something firmly behind him, thinking of the servants' jokes on weekdays, he was ashamed and nervous, and he really didn't dare to move again.

Seeing that he was being honest, Luo Jing moved his hand around him unscrupulously.Shen Mobai struggled, and he didn't struggle, he couldn't help but panic, and said repeatedly: "General, don't..."

Luo Jing smiled lowly and said: "Why not?" Encircling his arms with one hand, the other hand touched his chest, and pinched it lightly.Shen Mobai's body trembled, and his voice changed slightly: "General——"

Luo Jing didn't expect him to be so sensitive, and found it even more amused, he twitched his fingers, and poked his other hand down.Shen Mobai didn't care whether it would anger him at the moment, and struggled as hard as he could.Luo Jing's arms were tied around his waist, he could only bend down to stop Luo Jing's lower hand, the bodhi bead hanging down from his neck lightly touched Luo Jing's arm.Luo Jing only felt a sudden sharp pain in his arm, as if a red-hot coal was pressed on the flesh and burned straight into the bone.He has been in the army for ten years, and he has suffered countless injuries, large and small. The military doctor did not even frown when he was cleaning and suturing, but this time he let go of his hand and pushed Shen Mobai out due to the pain.Withdrawing the arm and looking, there is no trace on the arm, but the lingering pain of the heart is still there, and he can't help but change his face: "What did you use!"

Shen Mobai was pushed to the ground by him, and sat up blankly: "What?"

Luo Jing pressed his arm with one hand, still feeling the pain that penetrated into the bone marrow, and looked up and down Shen Mobai with a gloomy face, but he didn't see any sharp weapon in his hand.Moreover, there are always marks when a sharp weapon hurts someone, but his skin and flesh are intact, and his inside is painful, which is really strange.His eyes cut and cut Shen Mobai's body inch by inch, and finally landed on the beads around his neck.The beads are about the size of a finger, neither gold nor stone, round or not round, strung with a somewhat faded red thread, dark purple in color, if it is not for Shen Mobai's fair skin, it is really unnoticeable.Luo Jing stared at it, then suddenly got up and went over, reaching out to grab it.When he stretched out his hand, he was secretly vigilant, but his hand was warm and cold, there was nothing unusual, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange.After thinking about it, I suddenly increased my strength in my hand, trying to tear the red thread off.Regardless of whether it was the ghost of this thing just now, let's tear it down first.He didn't believe that Shen Mobai was naked, what kind of moths could he make.It's just that he had just exerted strength in his hand, and suddenly there was another sharp pain in his palm, which was the same as before, and immediately forced him to let go.The bodhi pearl fell back to Shen Mobai's chest, still looking inconspicuous.

Shen Mobai didn't know why Luo Jing let go suddenly, but the look in Luo Jing's eyes made him fear from the bottom of his heart, and he quickly shrank back.Luo Jing said indifferently: "What are you wearing?"

Shen Mobai felt that this kind of Luo Jing was like a beast crouching ready to attack, so he couldn't help holding the Bodhi Pearl again, and calmed down after reciting a few Buddha's mantras: "Bodhi Pearl."

Luo Jing raised his eyebrows: "Bodhi Pearl? Where did it come from?"

"Given by the master."

Luo Jing looked him up and down carefully, until he saw Shen Mobai shrunk his body into a ball, then smiled lightly, and said: "Then how can we remove the foreign matter in the river tide?" If it was before, he would never He believed that there would be some water monsters in the river tide, but he couldn't help but believe in the weirdness in this personal experience.

Shen Mobai heaved a sigh of relief when he changed the subject, and immediately felt his body turn cold, his teeth chattered and said: "Although I don't know what it is, but the general's sword can split it, if you think about it, you should use gold to overcome it. "

Luo Jing thought for a while: "Among the five elements, soil is the only one that restrains water. Why is gold instead?"

Shen Mobai explained: "The five elements restrain each other, so you can't stick to it. Building dikes to block water is precisely to use earth to restrain water. However, the dikes here have been built and broken repeatedly, so it cannot be treated with common sense. The monster in the water belongs to wood. Wood overcomes soil, so it is difficult to build dikes. Wood—must be overcome with gold, and the general’s sword can split the water waves, or it is also because of this.”

Luo Jing's eyes fell on the sword next to him, he thought for a moment, then nodded: "Anyway, let's try him!"

Shen Mobai said coldly: "Although the general's sword is sharp, it is outnumbered and formidable..."

Luo Jing was confident, and said with a smile: "If it is true as you said, I can use gold to overcome wood, and I will find a way." Stretching out his hand, "Look at how cold you are... Come here, I will hold you warmer."

Shen Mobai was indeed very cold, but he didn't dare to go over, he shook his head again and again.Luo Jing sneered and said, "Don't worry, I won't move you. Speaking of which, you don't look very pretty, so don't worry." Having said that, he got up and walked over, pulling Shen Mobai into his arms.Shen Mobai was really too cold, seeing that Luo Jing was really just hugging him for warmth, without any changes, his stiff body gradually relaxed, and he leaned against Luo Jing's arms, a little drowsy.

Luo Jing looked at the red thread on his neck, and said calmly, "Who are you? You can see ghosts, but also know them. Where did you learn the spell?"

Shen Mobai couldn't keep his eyes open, and murmured: "I read it from the book in Master's Library Pavilion..."

Luo Jing frowned: "Then who is your master?" When he was in Changzhou, he sent Biquan to find out that Shen Mobai was an orphan who lived in a very small temple in Zhongshan since he was a child.The name of the temple is strange. It was built on Zhongshan Mountain, but it is called Leshan Temple. There is no incense in the temple, and it is even more dilapidated.His so-called master is the only monk in the temple. He came from nowhere decades ago and only goes down the mountain once a month for alms. Even the cassocks are patched and patched.Biquan was cautious. He even went to see the temple himself. When he came back, he said that it was almost half-ruined, and there were not many houses to shelter from the wind and rain. Where could the library be built?Sure enough, Shen Mobai said in a daze, "It's the master in the temple..."

Luo Jing said softly: "Then where is the Library Pavilion?"

Shen Mobai's eyes were already closed, and he murmured: "It's in the temple, there is a door on the wall. But the master won't let me see it, I sneak in every time..."

Luo Jing smiled and said, "So you don't listen to the master. What books are there?"

Shen Mobai whispered in a half-dream and half-awake state: "Books are very interesting, they have everything..."

Luo Jing thought for a while and said, "What are you doing with these?"

Shen Mobai murmured: "If you don't read books, there's nothing to do..."

Luo Jing chuckled and said, "The temple is clearly built on Mount Zhong, so why is it called Leshan Temple?"

Shen Mo's white head had slowly sank to his shoulders, and he said in a low voice: "The master said, the benevolent people enjoy mountains, the wise people enjoy water, and monks are compassionate, that's why it's called Leshan Temple."

Luo Jing had already determined that the red thread was an ordinary silk thread, and there was nothing unusual about it. He quietly touched the sword on the ground with one hand, and said, "Then this bodhi bead—what did your master give you for this?"

Shen Mobai didn't notice his movements, and said: "The master told me to wear it and not take it off. He said that I was born with too much yin, so wearing this will keep you safe."

Luo Jing had already touched the hilt of the sword, and said casually: "Then why did your master not allow you to leave Zhong Shan?"

Shen Mobai trembled slightly, and said dejectedly: "Master said that I will have great difficulties to leave Zhongshan, but..."

Luo Jing sneered and said, "Are you in any serious trouble now?" He was about to draw his sword, when a faint calling sound came from a distance, Shen Mobai trembled, and suddenly woke up: "Someone is coming!"

Luo Jing withdrew his hand calmly, pulled the half-dry clothes on the side and put them on him: "It's Biquan and the others, after working so hard for a while, they finally found them."

Sure enough, it was Biquan and Biyan brothers and sisters, with a few small boats, they went down the river and called out to the river, and when they heard the promise, they docked the boats on the sandbar as if they had found a treasure.Bi Yan was the first to run straight over and plunge into Luo Jing's arms: "Master, we are all worried to death! They say there are monsters in the water, and I insist on seeing them..." As she spoke, tears rolled down like broken threads.

Luo Jing patted her on the shoulder: "Okay, isn't it all right? Let's go, go back right away, hand this book to see the prefect of Hangzhou."

Bi Yan wiped away her tears and said in a daze, "What do you want to see the prefect of Hangzhou?"

There was a murderous look in Luo Jing's eyes: "Mobilize troops, shoot tide!"