The Way of the National Teacher

Chu Li spent four days in prison.

On the fourth day, Princess Shanggu woke up.Knowing that Chu Li was taken into a cell, he was furious.Zhou Mu was so frightened that his pants were wet, and he put all the responsibility on Gao Yun.

But Gao Yun left here the second day after Chu Li was imprisoned.Princess Shanggu's face was cold, and she had no choice but to hear the word Gao Yun.

Zhou Mu personally went to the prison and knelt down to beg Chu Li, apologizing and crying bitterly.Chu Li didn't say a word, neither blamed nor forgiven, but just paced away at the moment the prison door was opened.

Before he left, he wiped off the writing on the ground, leaving only vague outlines that could not be identified, vaguely the words emperor, family, Buddhism, war, soldier, assassination, etc.But the second person was not allowed to see it again, the little official who came to greet Chu Li knelt flatteringly to open the way for her, and hastily cleared a path in the prison with his sleeves, erasing all the remnants.

Seeing her like this, Zhou Mu felt even more disturbed, and pushed all the blame on Gao Yun.

Chu Li just turned a deaf ear, she walked out of the cell quickly, and the moment she faced the sun, she raised her hand to block the sun, and let out a long breath, as if she wanted to let out the anger and depression in her chest.

Tuoba Di also dragged her sick body over, but Chu Li didn't let her approach, and someone helped her back to the room, "Princess, I smell bad, I'll see you after cleaning."

For four days in prison, even though Chu Li tried his best to make himself and the prisoner feel better, the conditions of the cell were cold and damp, with heavy humidity, overgrown with snakes, insects, rats and ants, the prison smelled abnormal, and he did not wash and wait for four days. In this environment, it seemed like a lifetime away when I came out.

She soaked in the hot bath for an hour.She closed her eyes and took a rest, but her mind was still circling those key forces - royal family, aristocratic family, Buddhism, war, monks, soldiers, and her constant assassinations along the way.Chu Li is not good at identifying people's hypocrisy, but she is good at analyzing the forces of all parties.

The whole matter seemed to have been plunged into a whirlpool since Princess Shanggu suddenly announced that she would be a national teacher.She listed a few key points: First, the emperor Tuoba Tao was warlike, and he was very happy with his military exploits. He tried to conquer Beiliang several times but failed.Secondly, Buddhist temples are rampant in today's world, and most of the young and middle-aged people enter the temple either to make a living or to be "pursued".Furthermore, the clans all advocate Buddhism and have a close relationship with the monks.

According to Tuoba Tao's current decree, monks were forcibly drawn into the battlefield to serve as soldiers, and if they did not kill, they would die.Then, his intention is obvious, to expand the army by restricting the monks.

What kind of role did you play in this process?

When Chu Li analyzed this point in prison, his fingertips were trembling.She came up with an absurd idea, but pushed this absurd idea into this network of relationships, but everything can be explained.That is——Buddhism colluded with the aristocratic family, and its development has seriously threatened the power of the royal family.Emperor Tuoba Tao wanted to weaken the influence of Buddhism, but he couldn't offend the family.Therefore, a scapegoat who dares to speak his mind is needed.And it just so happens that she herself is such a person who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth.Tuoba Tao took advantage of her dislike of Buddhism, distorted and spread her advice, and put all the blame on her head.So he did not hesitate to risk the disapproval of the world, and promoted her who had no roots at such a young age to be a national teacher.Firstly, it diverts the attention of the people of the world, and secondly, it allows the hatred of the family to be vented instead of being concentrated on the royal family.It is precisely because her advice has been distorted that the whole world now thinks that she is anti-Buddhist and advocating Taoism. This not only completely violates the interests of Buddhism, but also greatly damages the aristocratic families associated with Buddhism.Therefore, along the way, there are always unknown forces assassinating her.

Moreover, as long as she is a national teacher, she will be the target of public criticism, and this kind of killing will not stop.

The intention is so vicious.Chu Li's chest heaved violently, and he clenched his teeth and couldn't speak.

Then I thought of Princess Shanggu.If all of this is the emperor's conspiracy, then what kind of role did Tuobadi, who led himself into the trap, play in it?

It was the first time Chu Li suffered such a betrayal.She sincerely regards Tuobadi as her friend. In Pingcheng, after Kou Qianzhi left, all the upper-rank people raised eyebrows at her, and only Princess Shanggu treated her kindly.Go shopping with her, entertain officials and families on her behalf, tell her that you are friends, and even treat her with that kind of intimate behavior.

Is it all fake?

Chu Li's mind was in a mess.Was everything Princess Shanggu did to herself a lie?But that smile looked so sincere, and they were so happy when they were shopping hand in hand.Especially four days ago—Chu Li leaned his back on the bathtub, rubbing the center of his brows. Four days ago, Princess Tuobadi of Shanggu was seriously injured and almost died in order to protect her.Is this also false?

No, of course not.Chu Li opened his eyes and thought to himself, Tuoba Di, who had been in trouble with him, and Tuoba Di who had escaped death, might have been kept in the dark by the emperor just like himself.After all—after all, Princess Shanggu went on a hunger strike because she was forced to marry, and now she even escaped.There was also Zuo Zhaoyi in the palace who almost died because of this, how could it be fake?

Things can have false appearances, but feelings cannot be false.Chu Li thought, every time Princess Shanggu looked at him, she looked so relaxed and undisguised.This cannot be faked.

In any case, you can discuss the matter as it stands, but you must not easily doubt or deny a person.

Chu Li came out after washing, let out another long breath, and went to see Princess Shanggu.

"National teacher, you have been wronged." Tuoba Di got up quickly when he saw her, deeply apologetic.When she heard Zhou Mu tell the whole story, her face was filled with embarrassment.What was going on in that cell, even though she had never been there, she had always seen Da Wei's cell.Tuoba Di felt guilty for letting Chu Li stay in that environment for four days.But she forgot that Chu Li's current situation is worse than a prison cell.

Chu Li stared into her eyes, seeing that her eyes were indeed full of apology, after a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.Princess Shanggu was able to look at her so frankly, worry about her so much, and apologize so much, obviously it wasn't a lie.Chu Li was a little ashamed and felt that he had wronged a good person, so he quickly said, "It's okay, it has nothing to do with the princess."

Tuoba Di said, "It's all because of Gao Yun."

"Gao Yun?" Chu Li thought of him now, "Where is he?"

"I left a long time ago, otherwise, I will not spare him lightly." Princess Shanggu put on a posture, and said, "If you are not relieved, I can vent your anger for you. Gao Yun left, but then The state shepherd who ordered it is still there."

"Where?"

"I'm waiting in the courtyard. I'm going to apologize. I want to see how sincere he is."

Chu Li smiled, "I can't blame Gao Yun for this matter."

"You still speak for him?"

Chu Li shook his head helplessly, "I'll go and see that state shepherd."

"Just vent your anger." Tuoba Di turned pale and was about to get up, but Chu Li hurriedly stopped her, "I'll just go by myself. You just woke up, so you should rest for a while."

As expected, Zhou Mu in the courtyard showed his back, carrying thorns on his back, and knelt on the ground trembling.

Chu Li walked over, "Gao Yun ordered you to do this?"

"That's right, that's right, it's Gao Shilang!" Zhou Mu quickly said, "National Teacher, it's that Gao Shilang who deceives people's hearts. As a servant, he doesn't care about political affairs, but he wants to get in the way. The lower officials are soft-hearted for a while , I was frightened by him, so I was so confused that the upper body hurt the national teacher to suffer, the national teacher, the lower officials are guilty, please the national teacher whip!" He said, handing the thorns on his back.

Chu Li sneered in his heart when he heard this, Zhou Mu really pushed the responsibility well.Glancing at the thorns, he asked, "Where is Gao Yun now?"

"He returned to Beijing under the imperial edict, and he set off two days ago." After Zhou Mu finished speaking, he quickly added, "But please rest assured, the national teacher, the subordinate officials have already reported the details of this place to the sage, and also participated in Gao Shilang's book, hurry up sent it, and there will be results soon.”

Chu Li was startled, "You told me about Princess Shanggu's stay in East Taizhou?"

Zhou Mu nodded, and he reported everything.Although according to his original intention, he didn't want to mention a word. After all, the royal family and nobles were severely injured under his jurisdiction, and the murderer has not yet been found. If he is punished as a crime, his fault is not small.But this matter is no small matter, and Gao Yun got involved, if he doesn't take the first step, I'm afraid it will be worse in the end.

But that's obviously not what Chu Li thought.She still remembers that Princess Shanggu escaped. If she was reported by the state shepherd now, wouldn't the emperor know the whereabouts of the princess?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly got up to look for Tuobadi, but she met the guard of the post station just as she was leaving the door, "Master Gao, please tell me to give this letter to you before leaving."

Said it was a letter, but it was just a piece of paper folded in half.Also too informal.Chu Li opened it and saw that there were only eight words on it: A gentleman can be deceived in his own way.

Chu Li was shocked, as if enlightened.A gentleman can be deceived in his own way. Isn't it because she sticks to the way of a gentleman, is honest and honest, does not deceive others and speaks lies, so she is being used by others?Just like the case of being imprisoned for the poisoning of the princess, Chu Li did not make any excuses in this matter. She believed that if Princess Shanggu was indeed poisoned because of her blood, then she should be punished.This is her "recipe", a gentleman does not blame others for his crimes, so Gao Yun can speak to put her in jail.It could even kill her because of it.Because she admitted it herself.Because of her way of being a gentleman, she was used to harm herself.

Gao Yun wanted to teach her a lesson.

Chu Li gripped the note tightly.

When she got back to the princess's place, she was going to tell Tuoba Dizhou Mu Zouben about it, but when the note in her hand slipped, she hesitated, her eyes flickered, and she turned and left.

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Seeing Chu Li come out, Gong Shuding and Zhu'er showed expressions of relief.After a few days of recuperation, a group of four set off from East Taizhou to Shangluo County, Huazhou again.It soon arrived in Huazhou, but as it got closer and closer to Shangluo County, Chu Li became more and more restless.

Zhu'er asked in a low voice, "Sister Chu, what's wrong with you?"

"No," Chu Li shook his head, "I can't tell."

Princess Shanggu glanced at her, "It's more timid to be close to the hometown."

Chu Li let out a breath, and replied with a smile, "Not only." When they settled down in Shangluo County, Chu Li became more and more uneasy.

"What's the matter?" Princess Shanggu asked, "Aren't you going home soon?"

"Huh?" Chu Li came back to his senses and suddenly said, "I understand!"

"what?"

"I'm afraid of senior sister." Chu Li said awkwardly, "I didn't tell her when I left, but left a letter. Senior sister will definitely not forgive me when she turns around."

Princess Shanggu chuckled, "Is there anything else that can scare you?"

Chu Li was stunned, and cleared his throat, "It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm a little timid. You don't know how powerful Senior Sister is!"

"How powerful?"

"Hmm~" Chu Li thought for a while, "Let's put it this way, my senior sister and I have fought tricks for so many years, winning and losing. I am afraid of her, not because I am afraid that she will make a lot of tricks, but because I am afraid that she will be angry."

"Trick?"

"It's five elements, yin and yang, gossip and so on." Chu Li said, "Senior sister is good at forming formations, and I am good at breaking formations. I break as many formations as she does, hehe," Chu Li said proudly, "I have never been defeated."

"Ah, that's right!" Chu Li suddenly exclaimed, "You can't go back with me for the time being. I have to go back and break the senior sister's formation first, and then say hello to her, otherwise you go back with me. If you don’t just go in, your life will be gone.”

"How to say?"

"Senior Sister's Queyue Formation is especially powerful. She often sets up formations in front of our mountain gate. Birds and beasts will be seriously injured if they stray into it. If people enter...they will probably get in and out. But I'm not afraid, I'll break the formation Very good at it." Chu Li showed a complacent look again, "It's just different this time, I leave the book and go away, the senior sister will definitely not let me go lightly, and there may be something waiting for me when I go back. I can handle it myself. If Adding you together, I will definitely not take care of so many people. It would be bad if I hurt you."

She went back alone.

After turning over a mountain and walking along a river to the end, Chu Li turned a corner and hid himself in the lush greenery. When he came out again, the scenery in front of him had changed drastically.The first is a stone road surrounded by ancient vines, spreading upwards, green moss grows on both sides of the stone road, ancient vines winding and climbing, tightly grasping and binding in the gaps in the stones.

Chu Li couldn't help showing a smile, and shouted, "Sister, I'm back!"

As he spoke, he picked up a stone and threw it hard on the ancient vine.But Guteng didn't respond.Chu Li let out a "huh" and muttered, "Did the formation change again?"

She scrutinized the direction of the gossip, with piercing eyes, first stepped on the stone road with the tip of her right foot, and then shuttled all the way across.It turned out to be safe and sound.

"Senior sister didn't even set up a formation!" Chu Li was amazed, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, "Could it be because he hasn't recovered and his health is not good?" Thinking like this, he couldn't delay any longer, and ran wildly.

Soon, I bypassed the confusing and winding mountain road, walked to a waterfall, walked around the waterfall and stepped onto the boulder on one side, jumped, and disappeared behind the waterfall.It turns out that there is a trick here. The boulder next to the waterfall is a cover. Slanting past the boulder is a plain, facing mountains and wading water. There is an exquisite two-story wooden building on the green plain. courtyard.Some green shoots have sprouted around the wooden building, making the wooden building full of vitality.

"Senior Sister!" Chu Li was eager and joyful, and ran over quickly, but before he reached the door, a cloud of dirt fell from his head, hitting her face with a splash.

Chu Li grinned instead.It was because of this kind of Shi Yan that she didn't feel anything was wrong.

But her smile didn't last long, because she found that her face was not only covered with dirt, but also had... young snakes inside.

"Ah~~~~~" Chu Li was so frightened that her face turned pale. She jumped three feet high and hit her head directly on the door beam. baby snake.But Chu Li didn't dare to rejoice, she didn't think Shi Yan would be so kind, and sure enough, she smelled an unusual smell again, it was not water at all, but mud, it was just filtered mud, and it had a sweet smell smell.

Chu Li didn't dare to touch it again, she raised her foot cautiously, lowered her head, her eyes tightened when she was about to get off her foot, and she hurriedly tried to raise it again, but it was too late, a flower suddenly appeared on the ground and wrapped around her ankle. The flower turned out to be an iron flower, and Chu Li hurriedly tried to break free, but when she was struggling, she found buzzing bees emerging from the iron flower...

Seeing swarms of bees rushing towards her, Chu Li suddenly realized that the sweetness in the mud just now was honey!However, that didn't change the fact that the bees were heading for her.

Chu Li was shocked, and in desperation, she slammed hard to the side. Sure enough, she knocked open the small door on the side of the wooden wall.Chu Li flipped his ankle and wrestled with the iron flower. With skill, he finally broke free from it, and then he was able to hide in the wooden wall.However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Chu Li stepped on the ground and fell straight down.

"You actually hollowed out the bottom of my wooden wall!! Shi Yan!" Chu Li gritted his teeth in hatred, "You are too cunning!"

The ground inside the wooden wall was only covered with a thin layer of soil, which looked normal at first glance, but it was empty under the soil.As soon as she fell in, iron flowers suddenly came out of the hole, clasped her limbs and body, and tied her firmly in the hole.

As soon as she finished cursing, she heard a familiar voice sneer and said, "I don't know who is overconfident and wants to break my formation. Is it so easy to get in and out of our house?"

It's not Shi Qi.

Chu Li was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he shouted, "Shi Qi! Let me out!"

She yelled, looked up and saw a light blue corner of the clothes showing above, then saw the corner of the clothes circle around, and left again...

"Shi Yan!" Chu Li shouted and quickly changed his words, "Senior Sister! Good Senior Sister, please let me out."

After saying this, the hem of the clothes reappeared, and she saw Shi Yan squatting beside her with a smile and looking down at her, "Hey, isn't this the national teacher of the Great Wei? It's a shame to welcome you."

"Shi Yan—no, senior sister," Chu Li said with a flattering smile, "good senior sister, look, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and I miss senior sister very much. Let me go out quickly, and catch up on the old days."

"Missing?" Shi Yan looked at her with a smile on his face, "I left in August, and I didn't come back at the end of the year. I only got a letter after half a year. Good junior sister, you really miss me."

"This...isn't there some delay?" Chu Li smiled more flatteringly, "I miss you every day."

"Really? Then you can think about it for a few more days." After finishing speaking, he got up leisurely and was about to leave.

"Help! Senior sister!" Chu Li's panicked voice came from behind, "Senior sister, save me!"

Shi Kui turned back suspiciously and looked at her, "Don't play tricks, you are waiting in this cave today." She had just finished speaking when she suddenly found the wooden door smashing from behind, she was startled and wanted to avoid it. However, the serious injury has not healed, and his movements are not as flexible as before, so he stepped on the air and fell into the hole.

It was falling on Chu Li.

The opening of the hole was not that big, barely enough for two people to stand on their feet.Shi Yan fell down, and soon Tie Hua hooked up again to wrap around her limbs, Chu Li laughed loudly, "Shi Yan, if you steal chickens, you won't lose money!"

Shi Yan glared at her angrily, "If it wasn't for me..." But he stopped in time and didn't mention the injury, "How could I let you succeed."

Chu Li also felt strange, she just wanted to vibrate the mechanism, put down the wooden door and smashed Shi Yan, who would have thought that Shi Yan would also fall down, this is really not like Shi Yan's strength.Hearing her ambiguity now, he suddenly remembered what Gongshu Ding said about her being sick, so he cleared his throat, leaned over and rubbed his head against her, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi Yan glanced at her, "I know that Sui Sui's mouth is not reliable."

"Hey," Chu Li said with a smile, "Sui Sui is a good friend of mine, of course he listens to me but not to you. What's wrong with you? You asked Master to heal you, how are you doing now?"

"It was about to heal at first," Shi Kui said angrily, "but if you hit him so hard, I'm afraid he'll be hurt again."

Chu Li frowned, "Old illness?" She suddenly pinched Shi Yan's wrist and tapped her pulse.Shi Yan hurriedly broke free, "Farewell, just your half bucket of water, and see a doctor for me."

Chu Li was ashamed, "Don't underestimate people!" So he went to grab her wrist again, but Shi Yan struggled to keep her from grabbing him.Chu Li became anxious, and bit Shi Yan's neck with one bite, "If you move again, I will bite you!"

"..." Shi Yan froze, with Chu Li's warm lips on her neck, she gritted her teeth, and suddenly slammed her chin hard on Chu Li's crooked cheek, and Chu Li let out a sigh of relief.Shi Kui hurriedly avoided, a blush flashed across his face, but he turned away and spat at her, "You scoundrel! You have to bite every time!"

"It's as if you've never bit me." Chu Li didn't take it seriously, and then looked up to Shi Yan, "Look for yourself, the tooth marks haven't disappeared." There is indeed a row of almost invisible bruises on the collarbone , that's what Shi Qi bit.

The two of them have fought each other since they were young, and they have used everything to win. In order to win each other, they have used all limbs, teeth and hair.

Shi Yan snorted, but pretended he couldn't hear it.

"Hmph, what, your own iron flower is not loose, you really plan to spend the night here." Chu Li gloated.Tiehua has only one organ to control, as long as Shi Kui releases herself, Chu Li will also be released.

Shi Yan cast a sideways glance at her, "Spend the night as long as you spend the night."

It's not that the two of them have no experience of sleeping in the open, so it's not a big deal to spend the night in this cave.It's just that Shi Yan is seriously injured now, so he really shouldn't catch the cold anymore.Although Chu Li didn't know that she was seriously injured, he also knew that she was unwell.He also thought that the reason why Shi Yan attacked so hard this time was probably because Chu Li left the book and left home, and in the final analysis it was her fault.So he coughed lightly, laughed out two shiny little canine teeth, and yelled, "Senior Sister~~~ Good Senior Sister, I know I'm wrong! I won't do this again! I swear!" Compared with two fingers, she and Shi Yan were almost body-to-body, so the fingers poked the back of Shi Yan's hand.Shi Yan lowered his head and took a look, then slapped her on the back of the hand, "The oath was made indiscriminately!"

Chu Li nodded again and again, "Senior Sister taught me a lesson!" He leaned over and rubbed against her neck, and said coquettishly, "Senior Sister, let's go out. It's cold and wet here. I just came out of the cell, and now I want to Going to jail...Senior Sister, Senior Sister~~~霂霂~~~"

Shi Yan got pimples from her shouting, shook his body and said, "Okay, okay." He glanced at her reproachfully, Chu Li didn't see where she moved, and saw that the iron flowers on her body were all scattered , disappeared into the stone wall.

The limbs finally moved freely.Shi Yan was still beating the dirt on his body, Chu Li threw himself into her arms, and kissed her on the face with a "Pa Da", "Senior Sister, Senior Sister, I miss you to death!"

Shi Yan had a black line on his forehead, and his face was still red. He grabbed her ear and pulled her down, "Get down for me! You're covered in dirt!"

Shi Yan has a cleanliness habit, of course Chu Li knows it.But not only did she not let go, she even rubbed against her on purpose. The clothes that Shi Yan had just cleaned were soon dirty and sticky by her. There were not only soil but also honey slurry... Chu Li couldn't pull it off like an octopus, and his head was still flexibly dodging far away, unable to grab his ears, Shi Yan became anxious, and opened his mouth to bite her on the shoulder...

"Ah--"

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They crawled out of the hole in disgrace.

Shi Yan opened his face coldly, disgusted with the dirt and mud that Chu Li had rubbed all over him.Turning around and seeing Chu Li's big sunny smile, he was even more disgusted.He flicked his sleeves, ignored her, and hurried to take a bath.

Chu Li was in a good mood because he had won the round, and seeing Shi Yan's hurried steps, he couldn't help laughing.Hearing the movement, Shi Yan turned to look at her, and saw Chu Li laughing triumphantly, he was even more annoyed to grind his teeth.Seeing this, Chu Li quickly pretended to be a good boy, and looked at her with his eyes narrowed and his face in his hands.

It looked like a well-behaved little animal trying to please its master, Shi Yan couldn't hold back, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

However, Chu Li was sharp-eyed, and when he saw this, he wanted to rush forward again, so Shi Kui hurriedly said, "Don't come here!"

Chu Li curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and stood still.

Shi Kui turned around and took two steps, looked back a few times, and was relieved to see Chu Li obediently standing still.When he turned to leave again, there was a smile in his eyes.Finally unable to hold back, she lowered her head and smiled, the corners of her lips were curved, and her eyes were as bright as stars.Thank goodness Chu Li didn't see it, otherwise she would have to rush over again.

Seeing that she had gone far away, Chu Li ran back to the room to drink water by himself.After drinking, she fell comfortably on her own bed.There are two beds in this bedroom, one for her and one for Shi Yan.It's just that since she was 15 years old, Shi Yan didn't live with her anymore.It's just that occasionally Chu Li didn't want to be alone, so she went to Shi Yan's room to rub her bed.

She had been away for half a year, and when she saw the things in the room again, she felt very kind and nostalgic.She looked at the things in the room, and seeing that everything was spotless and orderly, she couldn't help being happy, "It's nice to have a senior sister who loves cleanliness too much." Then she hugged the quilt on her bed and rolled around, feeling completely comfortable.I don't care if I dirty the bed sheets and so on.

She was lying on the edge of the bed half-wrapped in the quilt, and when she exposed her head, she could see Shi Yan's bed on the opposite side.No one has slept there for many years.Chu Li couldn't help but think of the first time he saw Shi Yan.

She was only eight years old that year.Not long after Chu Qian passed away, she followed Cheng Gong to this deep mountain.But Cheng Gong didn't care much about her. There was no shortage of food and drink in the mountains and forests, so Chu Li looked for food by himself.At that time, their house was just a thatched cottage, very simple.But at least it can shelter from the wind and rain.She came to the mountains in autumn, and at the end of the next summer, Cheng Gong brought back another girl, Shi Qi.

But at that time, Shizhen was far from what it is now.When Chu Li saw her for the first time, he was startled. There was a deep bloodstain from the neck to the face of Shi Qi when he was young, and he looked hideous.What made Chu Li more uncomfortable than the bloodstains was that Shi Yan exuded a gloomy and dead breath, and his eyes were indifferent like a dead person.The little Chu Li looked at her and swallowed secretly in fright.

Cheng Gong said to Chu Li, this is Shi Yan, and this is your junior sister.

That's right, at the beginning, Chu Li was the senior sister.Although she is four years younger than Shi Qi.But who let her get started early!

Chu Liqiang subdued his timidity, stepped forward and said, "Junior Sister, hello."

But Shi Yan only gave her a cold look, as if he didn't hear her at all.Chu Li couldn't help shivering.

Chenggong sighed softly, patted Shi Yan's head, and said softly, "Shi Yan, this will be your home from now on. This is your senior sister Chu Li. Although she is a little younger than you, she will I will accompany you well."

Chu Li hid behind Cheng Gong, poked his head out to look at Shi Yan, and said, "Yes! Junior sister, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you!"

It's a pity that Shi Yan didn't respond at all.

But Chu Li is still very happy. Eight|nine-year-old Chu Li can't climb the mountain yet, and has no friends near the mountain.So for the young Chu Li, she was very happy to have one more person to play with her.But it was obvious that Shi Qi didn't like to play.She just kept a cold face all day long, exuding an aura of not being close to strangers all over her body.

In the small thatched hut, Chu Li slept directly opposite her.Cheng Gong stood guard outside the door.Chu Li is dishonest in bed, always likes to toss and turn, and will not calm down until he falls asleep.But Shi Yan was different. Shi Yan seldom stayed on the bed, and only lay down with his clothes late at night.Quietly, even quietly on the bed as if it didn't exist.

Chu Li sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and thinks, why is this junior sister so quiet.And taciturn.When Chu Li talked to her, she seldom took it easy.

However, Shi Yan will not be lazy in his work.Living in this deep mountain, you have to do everything by yourself for basic necessities of life.There is a rice field behind their thatched hut, a vegetable field on the left side, and a flat land where wheat is planted on a slightly higher mountain.These have to be planted by Cheng Gong and Chu Li themselves.Chu Li found that although Shi Qi talked little—no, to be precise, he almost didn't speak, and only reluctantly opened his mouth when Cheng Gong asked her something.Chu Li often talked to himself, and Shi Kui didn't answer anyway when he heard it—but he was unequivocal when he did things.

Chu Li still remembered that the first thing Shi Qi said to her on his own initiative was, "Hello!"

That's right, that's the word.That day they went to the back mountain to gather medicine. Shi Yan might not have climbed the mountain before, and he sprained his foot when he stepped on the ground, and he broke out in a cold sweat due to the pain.Chu Li was in a hurry, picked her up like a strange loli, and left.Shi Yan didn't say a word, and let her go down the mountain with her back on her back, and returned to the thatched hut, Chu Li rummaged through the herbs, and the whole thatched hut was about to be demolished by her.

Then Shi Qi, whose face turned pale from the pain, took the initiative to say the first sentence to her, "Hello!"

Chu Li doubted his ears, and turned to look at her in surprise, "Junior Sister!" There was uncontrollable joy in his voice.

Shi Kui turned his face slightly, and said in a low voice, "Chuanzhang Lian is in your medicine basket."

Only then did Chu Li realize that there was a needle-shaped green leaf exposed from the small medicine basket hanging on his waist, and he suddenly said, "No wonder I couldn't find it!" She smiled and ran to Shi Qi, "Thank you, junior sister!" !"

Shi Yan frowned, moved his lips but did not speak.

Chu Li was a little disappointed, but she was used to it anyway.First give her a cold compress on her ankle, tell her to lie down and not move, and then run to decoct the medicine by herself.

When night fell, Chu Liqiang walked to Shi Yan's bedside despite his sleepiness, and wanted to help her take off her shoes and socks.Shi Yan struggled a bit, but if she couldn't compete, she let her go.Until midnight, Chu Li rarely woke up, rolled around on the bed, and got out of bed in a daze to look at Shi Yan, who knew that it didn’t matter if he didn’t look at him, but when he saw that Shi Yan was trembling all over, he gritted his teeth and said nothing .Chu Li was so frightened that he lost sleepiness.Quickly called her, "Junior Sister, what's wrong with you?"

She likes to call her junior sister, although secretly Chu Li always calls her a wooden person.To this junior sister, Chu Li gradually developed a natural sense of intimacy.She seemed very happy that she had a younger sister, letting Shi Qi take care of her everywhere.So all day long, the junior sisters kept talking, calling Kehuan happily.

However, Shi Yan was not happy at all when he heard it.Being called one by one junior sister by a little person who is so much smaller than herself, and that person still has a sunny smile on his face, which made her increasingly displeased with this title.

So that night, when she heard Chu Li calling her junior sister again, she had an outburst for the first time, "Don't call me that!" Even though her voice was so weak, Chu Li still heard, "Huh?"

Seeing that Shi Qi was very weak, he looked at her solemnly and said, "Don't call me junior sister."

Oops, Chu Li's immature girl's heart shattered instantly when she heard her cold and decisive words.She curled her lips, her eyes blurred, but she still muttered stubbornly, "Junior Sister, Junior Sister, that's Junior Sister!" As she spoke, she still did not forget to check Shi Yan's forehead, and saw that Shi Yan was sweating profusely on his forehead, but he didn't have a fever. Take it easy.I went to check her ankles again, and there was nothing wrong with her ankles, and the herbal medicine was also applied well, so why was she trembling just now?And the voice is still so weak.

"What's the matter with you?" Chu Li was wronged, but he couldn't ignore her, so he asked, but he deliberately added a sentence unwillingly, "Junior Sister!"

Shi Yan was so angry with her that he gradually calmed down and stopped trembling.

Chu Li waited for a long time for no response from her, and was also annoyed, so he turned around and went back to his bed.While lying on the bed, he deliberately put on airs and yelled, "Junior Sister, sleep!"

However, things did not get better.

Because Chu Li was worried, he also woke up in the middle of the night the next day, only to find that Shi Qi was still shivering, holding his breath and shivering, with cold sweat on his forehead.It was like this for several days in a row.Chu Li was startled, and then realized, is Shi Yan like this every night?

On the sixth day, Chu Li didn't speak at all, and he got into Shi Yan's bed and hugged her, "What's wrong with you?"

Shi Yan became quiet all of a sudden, and said in a muffled voice, "Let me go."

Chu Li didn't answer, but yawned instead, "Junior Sister, I'm sleepy and cold, stop talking and sleep well."

Shi Yan pushed her, but Chu Li hugged her even more tightly.After several pushes but failed to push, Shi Qi was so tired that his hands were sore.She is naturally not as strong as a calf like Chu Li.

So the two slept peacefully all night.

When Chu Li woke up the next day, Shi Qi was no longer on the bed.But the quilt was still covering her properly, Chu Li grinned, thinking that his junior sister was still very sensible.

In the next few days, Chu Li ran to Shi Yan's bed in the middle of the night. At first, Shi Yan pushed her, but later he didn't bother to bother, and even took the initiative to reserve a seat for her.

Until one day, when Chu Li wanted to sleep, he ran directly to Shi Yan's bed, and was woken up by Shi Yan after a while, "Hello."

Chu Li rubbed her eyes, "You should call me Senior Sister," she muttered, hugging the quilt and turning over, patted the empty space beside her, "Come on, Junior Sister."

Shi Kui also lay down on it as he said.But after a while, Chu Li felt that something was wrong. There was something cold and slippery circling around her arm. She was sleepy, and impatiently stretched out her hand to grab it. As soon as she caught it, there was a soft and greasy green strip, " What's this?"

Shi Yan lay expressionlessly, "Snake."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Shi Yan was lying peacefully, watching her jumping around bewilderedly.

Chu Li jumped on her, "Junior sister, junior sister, save me!"

It was rare for Shi Yan to show a smile on his face, "Call me Senior Sister."

Chu Li didn't have the brains to think, and shouted in a good manner, "Senior sister, senior sister, save me, hurry up!"

Shi Yan stood still, "I saved you, from now on you will call me Senior Sister."

"Okay, senior sister, senior sister, hurry up, hurry up!" Chu Li was about to cry in fright.

Only then did Shi Kui raise his hand, grabbed the emerald green snake and threw it out.

Chu Li was so frightened that he collapsed, huddled in Shi Kui's arms, not daring to move.

Shi Yan patted her on the back lightly, "Junior Sister, don't be afraid."

Chu Li said weakly with a crying voice,