Song of Less Danger

The door creaked open, and Meng Ran came out carrying a small bag.The greenery outside the house was deep, and when he looked up, he saw Zheng Liaoge standing under the plum tree, his white clothes thinned, his long hair hanging down, and he was ecstatically looking at a few small fish in the pond.

Zheng Liaoge heard the sound, raised his head to look at him, and called out, "Mr. Meng."

Meng Ran looked away. "Is there something wrong?"

"I'm waiting for sir." Zheng Liaoge walked towards him and stood still, "Can I have a chat with sir?"

Meng Ran was silent for a moment, and followed Zheng Laoge towards the stone table.The two sat down together, Zheng Liaoge had already prepared tea, and raised his hand to pour a cup for Meng Ran.

"Mr. please take care of me these days. Let's have a cup of tea and express my feelings."

Meng Ran silently picked up the tea and drank it.Zheng Liaoge looked at the ripples in the cup, and said, "I heard from the master that my husband and my brother were old friends."

"...sort of."

"Master doesn't like to mention my brother's affairs to me, probably because he is afraid that I will be sad." Zheng Laoge smiled, "Actually, I want to hear it. It is said that my brother's martial arts is outstanding, and there must have been many anecdotes."

Meng Ran lowered his head and slowly rubbed the rim of the teacup, and said in a low voice, "Your brother...is a natural genius, and the Zheng family's swordsmanship of Duanmei is destined to become famous all over the world in his hands."

He seems to be immersed in distant memories, "He doesn't like to talk, but every time he speaks, he can't be rejected. He is really domineering."

"How did brother and husband meet?"

"When he was 15 years old, he accidentally scratched his arm, and I happened to be there when he came to the clinic." When Meng Ran talked about this incident, the cold facial lines finally eased, "We are about the same age, but he is very polite. Call me Mr. Meng, and I haven't changed my name since then."

Zheng Laoge looked at Meng Ran, "It turns out that my brother and Mr. Meng have such a good relationship."

Meng Ran paused for a moment, and his expression faded again, "It's not really good."

He stopped talking about this topic, and instead put the cloth bag in his hand on the table, "I changed the prescription of the medicine you usually take, Danxinzi only nourishes the heart, and I changed it to Hualiao Shen, which can protect the heart and prevent you from lacking it." The blood makes you dizzy. Your body is fine, so take the medicine and go home."

Meng Ran got up and was about to leave, Zheng Liaoge picked up the cloth bag, "Thank you Mr. Meng for your trouble..."

Meng Ran waved his hand and was about to leave like this.Zheng Liaoge was in a hurry, and shouted, "Mr. Meng!"

His heart was pounding, and he said: "Excuse me sir...why do you live in the tomb?"

With his back turned to him, Meng Ran replied, "Because the tomb is clean."

"The small courtyard here is remote, quiet and undisturbed. The pond and the small courtyard are kept clean. Although the house is simple, there are traces of people living there all the year round." Zheng Liaoge said, "Sir, you don't actually live in the tomb, this is where you The real place, isn't it?"

"What if I say no?"

"It's not my husband's house," Zheng Liaoge's voice was slightly tense because of the tension, "I think it's also...my husband's friend."

As the wind blows, it seems that the world has suddenly become quiet, so quiet that even the sound of the fish in the pond skimming the water can be clearly heard.Zheng Laoge's heart was beating fast and squeezed out of his chest.

Meng Ran stood silently, his long hair covered his side face, and also his expression.The longer the speechless time, the more difficult it is for Zheng Laoge to control his emotions. A certain conjecture in his heart was constantly verified by his wishful thinking in silence——

Zheng Laoge thought to himself: Is my brother really still alive?

"Neither." Meng Ran's voice was low and hoarse, "Go back."

Where is Zheng Laoge willing to go back, and asked anxiously, "Then who is the owner of that tomb?"

But Meng Ran didn't answer him any more, and just left. Zheng Liaoge didn't care about anything else, and chased after him, "Mr. Meng! Everyone said that my brother is gone, but I haven't received any relics or a word from him, no see The corpse, but no ashes! Sir and elder brother were old friends, if there is even the slightest clue about elder brother, please let me know—Mr. Meng! First..."

Meng Ran shook off his hand, walked quickly to the front of the room and opened the door, Zheng Liaoge gritted his teeth when he saw this, lifted up his robe, and knelt down in front of Meng Ran.

This time even Meng Ran was quite surprised, subconsciously stopped to help, "What is this for?"

Zheng Laoge knelt in front of him, put his hands on the ground, and bent deeply.

"Laoge is abrupt." Zheng Laoge's eyes were red and his voice was unsteady, "I don't believe people say that my brother is gone. They say that people are born to see people and dead to see corpses, but I haven't seen anything in the past 13 years. I didn’t hear that, I don’t believe that my brother just left me without telling me anything, Mr. Meng, I beg you, no matter what, even if there is really only a box of ashes left, please let me take it home , Let me die from this heart.”

Meng Ran stood stiffly in front of him, his breathing was heavy, and the fingers hanging by his side were clenched and separated, "I said it, I..."

"Meng Ran!"

Suddenly there was a shout of anger, and Qu Hechen strode in from the courtyard door angrily, behind him was Shuli who was hiding behind the door and dared not come in, "My apprentice has already reached this point, and you still refuse to tell the truth? If you know it, if you don’t know it, you don’t know it, you should give it a good time!"

Qu Hechen came over and pulled Zheng Laoge up, patted off the ashes on his clothes with distress, and angrily said to Meng Ran: "It's fine if you say you don't know, but here you are hemming and refusing to say a word, You raised a ghost even if you didn’t have a ghost in your heart! I’ll ask you! Is Tingxue dead or alive?”

Meng Ran seemed to have been emptied of his soul suddenly, he was tired and pale.He raised his hand and pressed the center of his eyebrows, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, he exhaled slowly and opened his eyes, "...Forget it, I knew this day would come."

Meng Ran turned and entered the room, and when he came out again, he was burdened.His voice was tired and cold, "Follow me."

Meng Ran walked towards the gate of the courtyard, and when he passed Shuli, who was standing at the door and dared not approach, Shuli called timidly, "Master..."

"You go back to Jiangbei." Meng Ran said lightly, "It's none of your business here anymore."

Shuli was stunned, then his eyes dimmed, he bowed his head and quietly stepped aside, "...Yes, Master."

Meng Ran took Zheng Laoge and Qu Hechen up the river valley.On the way they passed the tomb, the tomb was peaceful and silent, the grass was luxuriant in front of the stone tomb entrance, and the wind was soft and continuous.The wild flowers bloomed and withered, and I don't know how many years they have stayed here.

Meng Ran stopped in front of the tomb and said, "He is in this tomb."

Zheng Liaoge stared blankly at the door of the tomb, his mind went blank for a moment, "This is... my brother's..."

Meng Ran said: "This tomb was not built for him. You guessed it right, he did not die."

At that moment, Zheng Laoge's legs went limp, and he took a step back suddenly, his eyes became dizzy and black, and his heart seemed to suddenly become fast and slow.Qu Hechen hugged him vigorously, turned his head and asked urgently: "Don't fool me, if Tingxue is alive, why is she in the tomb?"

Meng Ran stared at the cold door of the tomb, his eyes gradually became quiet, gentle, and even tinged with unnoticeable nostalgia, "He is no longer the original Zheng Tingxue, let him be alone in this Zhongnan Mountain free Why not spend your life in peace?"

Zheng Liaoge asked anxiously: "Sir, what does this mean? What happened to brother?"

Qu Hechen became even more anxious: "Meng Ran, if you continue to babble, I will beat you up! Zheng Tingxue is not alone in this world. He has a younger brother and the Zheng family. What do you mean in this Laoshizi Mountain? Live your life freely with your head? There is no way Tingxue will abandon his family, maybe you gave him some kind of ecstasy!"

He was about to confront Meng Ran when he stepped forward. Zheng Liaoge grabbed Master's sleeve and said to Meng Ran, "I know that sir must have something to hide. I am grateful to you if you are willing to bring us here. I went to see my brother, no matter what happened before, I will write it off from now on, so that the husband can let go of the burden?"

"Burden." Meng Ran murmured in a low voice and smiled wryly, "Let go of the burden, where can I go from now on?"

He was just talking to himself, no one understood what he was saying.He walked past the tomb in silence and walked up the mountain.Qu Hechen led Zheng Laoge to follow, and asked suspiciously, "Aren't we going into the tomb?"

Meng Ran replied flatly: "It's too dangerous to enter from the front of the tomb door, I'll take you all down the secret path from the mountain."

"You—I don't understand. How could you hide this from us for 13 years? Not to mention me, my apprentice has been alone for so many years, and the only family member left in the Zheng family is his brother. You never thought of letting their family Reunion?"

Qu Hechen was very annoyed from just now, but Meng Ran remained calm and said, "Just treat me as cold-blooded and heartless."

"you!"

Zheng Laoge held Qu Hechen's hand tightly, the master and apprentice looked at each other, he shook his head, Qu Hechen had no choice but to shut up.

The tomb is located deep in the river valley, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the mountains behind are densely forested, and the road is very steep.Zheng Laoge had just recovered from a serious illness, and he was already out of breath halfway through the journey. Qu Hechen wanted to carry him on his back, but he shook his head and said no, he just gritted his teeth and tried his best to go up.

"Hey, Meng Ran." Seeing that he was about to go down to the tomb, Qu Hechen was also very nervous, and couldn't help asking, "Who is the owner of the tomb under the ground?"

Meng Ran, who was walking in front, replied, "It was originally the tomb of a general who protected the country a hundred years ago. It is said that the general started to build this tomb when he was very old. However, soon after foreign enemies invaded and the country was in chaos, the general was ordered to leave his hometown to guard the border. , died in battle, and his bones were thrown into the river by the enemy, and he was not allowed to return to his hometown. After the country was broken, the general’s hometown was burned by the flames of war, and the tomb was terminated before it was completed. Since then, this tomb has become the general’s tomb.”

"The Clothes Tomb is also a place where people sleep. If you just occupy the magpie's nest like this, you won't be afraid of ghosts coming to you."

"Death is like a lamp going out, and the soul returns to heaven and earth." Meng Ran remained unmoved, "Besides, this tomb was discovered by Tingxue."

Zheng Liaoge was suffocated for breath, and turned to ecstasy in his heart: it means——brother is not only alive, but also able to act as usual?

Just as he was about to ask, Meng Ran stood still, "Here we are."

The trees are soaring into the clouds, and the light and shadow under the trees swim, making people ignore a raised place among the bushes without paying attention.Meng Ran and Qu Hechen cleared away the stones and broken wood branches and leaves, revealing a hole below.

The entrance of the cave is high and inclined, and the surrounding area has not been eroded by rainwater and silt, so it is very clean and intact.It's just too small, barely enough for one person to pass through.Meng Ran took off the burden, took out a bundle of long ropes, and expertly wrapped them around the big tree next to him, "Follow me."

Meng Ran was the first to go down into the cave, followed by Qu Hechen. Finally, Zheng Laoge carefully grasped the rope and went down slowly. He was thin and relaxed when he entered the cave, but Qu Hechen was tall and strong. I was so worn out by the narrow hole that I wanted to scold my mother.

"Meng, aren't you making fun of me, people can leave in this kind of place?"

Meng Ran's voice came faintly from below, "This is the trail for the craftsmen to leave after repairing the tomb. If you want to try those organs through the main entrance, just go."

Qu Hechen hummed, feeling very aggrieved.Zheng Liaoge asked, "Master, are you alright?"

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay, master's bone shrinking skill is good."

The further you went down, the darker and colder the cave was, but the road widened little by little, and gradually became a slope from the vertical, until Zheng Liaoge stepped on the gravel, and the rope came to the end.

He let go of his hand, and slowly climbed down the slope, gusts of wind blew from below, Zheng Laoge had never been to such a place, and couldn't help shivering.

They didn't know how long they crawled, and then there was the sound of someone falling to the ground, and Qu Hechen said loudly, "It's over."

Zheng Laoge was carried down from the hole, and when he landed, dust fell from his body.The tomb was empty and silent, and then there was a soft sound, Meng Ran had a lamp in his hand at some point, and the flame in the lantern was bright.

He turned around and walked into the depths of the tomb, Qu Hechen held Zheng Liaoge's hand tightly to keep him from being afraid, but Zheng Liaoge's attention was not on the dark tomb at all.

"Mr. Meng, brother, why does he live in the tomb?"

"He can live wherever he wants." Meng Ran led the way in front, his voice was as quiet as fire, "This is where he sleeps."

Meng Ran didn't want to say a word, so Zheng Laoge could only lower his head and guess wildly in his mind.Fortunately, Master was always by his side, and that big warm hand gave him some peace of mind.

Passing through the long corridor, there are still murals painted on the walls on both sides of the tomb passage. The murals are well preserved in the dark underground, and the colors are still bright.The three of them didn't go to watch, the footsteps sounded back and forth quietly, the lights in front flickered and flickered, and finally stopped in front of a stone gate.

Qu Hechen asked, "Are you there?"

Meng Ran replied: "Here we are."

He raised his hand to touch the wall, and he didn't know where to press it, when he heard the sound of the mechanism, and then the heavy stone door rumbled to the side.At that moment Zheng Liaoge's heart reached his throat, he subconsciously tightened his five fingers, Qu Hechen held it back, looked down at him, and showed the usual smile.

"Don't be afraid, Master is here for everything."

The door retreated to the side, and light was actually pouring out from the tomb.Going further inside, I saw that the tomb was round in shape, and it was empty and windy. An underground river surrounded the tomb, and night pearls of various sizes were sprinkled along the river, and the light came from this.

On a round platform in the center of the tomb, a huge square piece of white jade emits soft and bright light under the reflection of the night pearl, making the jade pure and pure without any flaws.

There was a person lying on the white jade bed.

Zheng Laoge ran to the high platform, he almost fell in front of the white jade bed, staring blankly at the person in front of him.

If not his own brother, who could this man who was lying on the jade with his eyes closed and sleeping soundly?

"Brother." Zheng Liaoge knelt in front of the white jade bed, he stretched out his hand to touch Zheng Tingxue's face, his fingers trembled as if he had gone mad, as if in a dream.The familiar, handsome eyebrows and eyes coincided with the face in his memory, and the years seemed to have left no trace on it.His brother's face was fair, his lips were reddish, his breathing was slow and long, as if he was really just having a long dream.

Qu Hechen also came to the high platform, looking at Zheng Tingxue on the white jade bed in disbelief.

"He...is he really the elder brother?" Zheng Liaoge's voice choked up, "Why did he become like this?"

"I took him away from Xianbei 13 years ago."

Meng Ran came behind the two of them, and he also looked at Zheng Tingxue with tender and fascinated eyes, "He...almost died. I took him to Zhongnan Mountain and tried every means to save him, although Saved his life, but couldn't wake him up. At first, he slept for three years."

He stated calmly: "Three years later, he woke up and forgot everything. He forgot who he was, forgot how to read, and completely returned to his childhood. At first, he had difficulty even moving, so I taught him from scratch. He reads and writes, helps him move his muscles and bones, takes him for a walk, and goes out."

"In just three months, he passed out again." Meng Ran whispered, "I searched all the books in the world and tried everything, but I don't know how to cure his illness. However, another three years later, he woke up again come over."

"Fortunately, he hasn't forgotten what I taught him, and his body has recovered better than before. Rather, he recovered faster than I imagined. I think, if it is an ordinary person, he probably won't wake up again of."

"In the past 13 years, he has fallen into a deep sleep several times, from three years to two years, to a year, and to a few months, each time the time of deep sleep is shortening, and the time of waking up is getting longer and longer. The last time he After waking up for a whole year, I have been sleeping for a month now."

"Compared to his memory, his body recovered very quickly. Perhaps it was because of nature. He often practiced swords by himself, and the moves were completely his past style. This tomb was accidentally discovered when he went to the valley to practice swords alone. , He broke in through the main entrance, became interested in the mechanism in the tomb, and then often came here to play, and said he wanted to live here. I really can't hold him back, so I can only let him go."

Qu Hechen listened, and couldn't help asking: "'playing'? You said that Xuexue is 'playing'?"

Meng Ran glanced at him, "Yes. I told you, he is no longer the original Zheng Tingxue. Losing his memory changed his personality, and now he is more like a child."

"Anything is fine." Zheng Liaoge held Zheng Tingxue's cool hand and murmured, "As long as he is still alive, anything is fine."

Meng Ran was silent and walked down the high platform alone.Qu Hechen lay down beside Baiyu's bed, looking eagerly at the sleeping Zheng Tingxue, "Old Zheng, old Zheng, you said that you slept in a mess here, and the outside world was upsetting because of you. You said that you ——Hey, it’s good to be alive, it’s good to be alive, I never thought your life would be so hard, boy, you are indeed my brother!”

Zheng Laoge kept testing his body temperature, feeling his pulse, and looking at his eyes. All the signs showed that his brother was fine except that his body was a little weak and his blood was low.

He didn't expect that a miracle would really happen to him.

Why does my brother wake up from time to time?What is wrong with the body?Could it be that the Nie family poisoned her?Zheng Liaoge nervously touched Zheng Tingxue's forehead and back of the head again, for fear of finding a bump.Then he comforted himself, no, since my brother can wake up, and the time of waking up is getting longer and longer, and there is no abnormality in his body, then one day his brother will definitely recover completely.

He seemed to be dazed, he was going crazy with joy at one moment, and at the same time he was extremely worried.He circled around the white jade bed, looked at his brother's face, and suddenly remembered something, raised his hand and took out a small cloth bag from his arms, poured out a pill from it, and fed it into Zheng Tingxue's mouth.

Qu Hechen looked at him helplessly: "Apprentice, apprentice, what did you feed him?"

When Meng Ran heard this, he rushed forward immediately: "What are you doing?"

Zheng Laoge said: "Changxian."

"What?"

"Eternal Immortal?" Meng Ran stared at him suspiciously, "You mean the immortal medicine recorded in ancient books?"

"Yes."

Meng Ran's expression suddenly turned cold: "There is no such medicine in this world, because there is no such thing as Changxianhua!"

He stepped forward and was about to pull Zheng Liaoge away from the white jade bed. Zheng Liaoge said: "It's not that there are no immortal flowers in this world, but because the records in ancient books are wrong!"

Meng Ran was taken aback.Zheng Liaoge continued, "Changxian flowers do not grow on the top of snowy mountains at all. If I think right, Changxian flowers only grow in the Bashu Mountains, and not on the top of the mountain, but in the warm and humid caves below the mountainside. Among them, their number is very rare, and most of them are eaten by wild beasts in the mountains or animals that hibernate underground before they bloom, so no one knows where it really is."

Qu Hechen stared at him dumbfounded: "Hey, let me tell you, why are you so fine and let me and Xuanwu keep tossing around in the mountains to look for this Laoshizi fairy flower? So you've wanted to make a fairy medicine for a long time?"

Zheng Liaoge had just said so many words in one go, and was still facing the genius doctor Mr. Meng, and then he lowered his head and whispered, "I always feel that the medicinal materials related to immortals recorded in ancient books can be found, why? Why can’t I find Changxianhua? I think it can only be a typo or omission. Although Qingshan is located in a remote place, there are countless creatures in the mountains. Almost all the medicinal materials in the Central Plains can be found in Qingshan, so I thought to say Maybe there will be Changxianhua..."

Qu Hechen rubbed his head vigorously: "As expected of my apprentice! You found what no one else could find—so what is the effect of this fairy medicine?"

"If you take it for a dying person, take it to extend your life, and take it for a healthy person to prolong your life. It can cure all diseases and detoxify all kinds of poisons." Meng Ran looked at Zheng Laoge with complicated eyes, "You are really talented."

"It's not a talent, but it's just a long-term illness and a cure." Zheng Liaoge looked at his brother on the white jade bed again, his eyes focused, "If my brother can recover as before after waking up, this medicine can really match the word 'Eternal Immortal'."

The author says:

I was guessed by you earlier about whether Xiaoxue was lying on an ice bed to recuperate, and I still felt a little bit in my heart, thinking that I am so stupid, the written plot is really easy to guess hahaha∠(?」∠)＿