Song of Less Danger

Zheng Liaoge, Taozhu, Xuanwu, Bailong, and Qu Hechen were lying on the railing on the second floor, watching Zheng Tingxue and Shaowei each holding a wooden stick in the open space in the backyard, fighting face to face.Next to him, Shen Zhan was sitting on the stove, watching and eating candied fruit.

Zheng Liaoge was puzzled, "It turns out that martial arts moves are also against people's internal strength?"

Bailong answered from the side: "Movement is form, internal force is intention, only when form and intention are united can a martial arts practitioner reach his maximum potential. Just like a cup is used to hold water, a hoe is used to dig the ground, if it is reversed, Wouldn't anyone be able to play a role?"

Xuan Wu said: "No wonder when I fight against this kid, I always feel that he is restrained everywhere when he makes a move, as if he is holding back all his strength and can't do it anyway. It's still the young master who has sharp eyes."

Qu Hechen tutted his head and shook his head: "Ale Zhenna, I said earlier that he is not a good guy! Isn't this delaying good seedlings in vain?"

In the courtyard.

"Your inner breath is deep and majestic, and your skills are vigorous. Your martial arts should be opened and closed, not this kind of assassin's stealth." Zheng Tingxue stood in front of Shaowei and said to him, "You want to stretch your inner strength but Shrink, the strength that should be released cannot be sent out along with your moves, and it will flow back and disturb the meridians."

Shaowei's expression seemed full of hesitation, but he was still thinking.

Zheng Tingxue said, "Come."

The two played against each other.Zheng Tingxue had already been pressed and beaten up by Zheng Tingxue just now in Zheng Zhai Shaowei, and now he was terrified, but he still gritted his teeth.He still used the previous moves, but after listening to Zheng Tingxue's words, he obviously wanted to find some tricks from the "big opening and closing", and his moves changed.

Although Zheng Tingxue has only recovered seven successes, dealing with Shaowei is like guiding a three-year-old child. He saw that the inconspicuous wooden stick in his hand was like a whirlwind movie. Within a few strokes, Shaowei's offensive was completely disrupted. With just a light touch on his wrist, Shao Wei felt a tingling attack, and almost threw the wooden stick in his hand.

Zheng Tingxue stopped clicking, and stopped, "It's too slow."

Shaowei held his wrist, waited for the numbness to pass, then pulled back his posture and said seriously: "Come again."

This practice lasted until dark.

The night sky is like training, and the moon is shining coldly.In the yard, Shaowei was sweating profusely and panting, Zheng Tingxue had already abandoned the wooden stick and stood in front of him.

"Understood?" Zheng Tingxue asked.

Shaowei panted, and replied in a low voice, "...Understood."

On the side, Qu Hechen said: "You kid, you haven't practiced your legs well, I'll teach you lightness kung fu some other day."

Shaowei lowered his head and didn't speak, just wiped his sweat.

Shen Zhan sat and watched from the beginning to the end, and now he smiled and said, "Don't you call Master?"

Zheng Tingxue said: "It's just a few pointers. You have a good foundation and a high understanding. If you find a path that suits you, you will definitely do something in the future."

Shaowei was taken aback.

Qu Hechen smiled: "Oh! It's amazing to be able to listen to Xue's words. I've never heard him speak so highly of anyone."

Shaowei stood there stiffly, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't speak.Fortunately, Zheng Tingxue didn't care, so she turned around and left after teaching.Shen Zhan followed him and left.

Qu Hechen was about to leave too. Seeing him standing still, he turned around and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, "Why are you still frowning after receiving the hands-on guidance from the rumored Xiao Baimei? Let's go and have supper."

Shaowei asked: "Where is the supper?"

"The apprentice must have prepared it for us, you will know when you go in."

Sure enough, there were some food, four sets of bowls and chopsticks, and a small jug of warm wine on the table in the house.Qu Hechen sat down at the table, "Young disciple is so caring. Ignore those two, let's eat."

Qu Hechen poured a glass of wine, picked up chopsticks and ate the sliced ​​stewed beef on the plate.Shaowei looked at the table of supper that Zheng Laoge prepared for them, sat down, stared at the dishes without moving his chopsticks.

"Still stubborn with yourself."

Shaowei raised his head, saw Qu Hechen gave him a funny look, then took a sip of wine, smacked his lips in satisfaction, and continued to eat meat, "Have a drink?"

He lowered his eyes and said for a while, "I don't know how to face myself."

"Then drink and eat meat, and sleep until dawn, and everything will be alright."

Qu Hechen happily put the wine jug in front of him, Shaowei pushed it away a little annoyed, "I won't."

"You are a big man who stands upright, you can't even drink alcohol?"

"...just don't like to drink."

"The so-called solution to a thousand worries when drunk is to always try to stay sober, but instead you are not sober."

Shaowei was silent.

"I'm really not sober enough." He murmured in a low voice, "I can't even understand the people closest to me."

Three years ago, his elder brother took him to worship Alzhen as his teacher.The master taught him martial arts and talked with him when he was lost and lost. That was the care that even his elder brother never gave him.Could it be that the so-called master-student friendship these years is actually a play?

Qu Hechen smiled, "If I can't understand myself, how can I understand others? Come, drink with me, don't be silly."

Shaowei finally raised his wine glass and drank the first sip of wine.

"Five years ago, Ruo'an also picked up a person in the mountains." Qu Hechen said suddenly.Shaowei was startled, and looked at him.

"That man was practicing in the mountains alone, and almost lost his temper. Ruo'an brought him home so he could be treated and taken care of." Qu Hechen said of his precious apprentice, with a smile recalling the past, "Ruo'an was born with this physique, and animals are close to him. He, and so are people."

Shaowei asked, "What happened to that person later?"

Qu Hechen's smile disappeared, "Xuanwu and I drove him away and ordered him not to set foot in Mianzhou again."

"What happened?"

"I don't know the heights of heaven and earth, and I have a bad intention for Ruo'an, and even tried to take him away." Qu Hechen took a sip of wine and said calmly, "Ruo'an is too soft-tempered, and he treats that person as a friend. Xuanwu and I Seeing something was wrong, he beat him up and drove him down the mountain."

Shaowei finally understood why Zheng Laoge hesitated to speak when he mentioned this matter to him that night.

"So—don't underestimate the eyes of adults." Qu Hechen smiled brightly again, and nodded his wine glass, "If you are really a bad guy, we still keep you until now?"

After half an hour.

Shaowei leaned on the table with his forehead propped up without saying a word, Qu Hechen laughed haha, and poured him the wine vigorously, "Are you drunk? Just be drunk! Continue!"

Shaowei pushed the wine glass away, "Brother Qu, I...I really can't figure it out..."

"Oh, don't think about it, drink."

Shaowei leaned forward and almost fell headfirst on the table.He shook his head, his face was already flushed from the wine, and he frowned his handsome brows and muttered, "What the hell have I been doing all these years? Learning martial arts... so that people are almost useless, hate... ..I hate it to this day, but I don’t know what to hate.”

Qu Hechen sighed, put the jug aside, put his hands on his thighs, and asked him, "What do you hate?"

"...The Zheng family."

"Why do you say you don't know what to hate?"

Shaowei stared blankly at the wine dangling in the glass, thought for a long time, and whispered, "I don't have parents, he... why don't they? Kill one, there will be another one, endless. …”

Qu Hechen said casually, "Since that's the case, will we not have any worries after killing them all?"

Shaowei was startled, and Zheng Liaoge's face suddenly appeared in his mind.He thought of that rainy night, the hustle and bustle of lights had long since faded away in his memory, and only two figures remained under the purple oil-paper umbrella. Zheng Liaoge said to him bewilderedly but seriously, "Hate made me forget who I am."

Qu Hechen glanced at Shaowei and smiled, "I can't bear it again."

Shaowei couldn't answer.He was really too strong to drink, and he was not enough to look at Qu Hechen, the old wine fairy, so he just bit the bullet and held on at this time.

Qu Hechen heard someone calling "Master" from upstairs, looked up, and saw Zheng Liaoge wearing a robe, standing in front of the railing, looking at him dissatisfied, and mouthing to him: Stop drinking, go to sleep.

Qu Hechen stretched his waist, yawned, and got up, "Hey - stop drinking, let's go, let's go to Huagulou."

As he spoke, he turned around and left, leaving Shaowei on the table.Zheng Liaoge hurriedly called him in a low voice, but he didn't seem to hear him at all, and walked out the door on his own.

Zheng Laoge had no choice but to go downstairs.He came to a place a few steps away from Shaowei, and stood there hesitantly.Shaowei sat motionless on the stool with his forehead propped up. Zheng Laoge was afraid that he would just fall asleep sitting there, so he walked over carefully and called out, "Shaowei?"

didn't move.Zheng Laoge walked up to him, patted his shoulder lightly, "Go back to your room and rest."

He didn't dare to get too close, fearing that the boy would not like it, he only dared to look at him worriedly from an appropriate distance.Shaowei's face was covered by his hands, Zheng Laoge couldn't see his expression, saw that he was silent all the time, thought he didn't want to talk to him, and was stunned for a while, then turned around and wanted to go to the front bunk to ask someone to help him back to his room.

Then he was grabbed tightly by the wrist.

The strength was so great that Zheng Laoge almost felt pain.He almost fell down and hurriedly supported the table.Shaowei still didn't look up at him, but he held his wrist with five fingers, and his palm was hot.

He was at a loss, when he heard Shaowei's hoarse and deep voice, "You avoid me."

Zheng Laoge was dumb, wanted to say something, but was speechless.Shaowei didn't get an answer, and stood up on the table. Zheng Liaoge hurriedly tried to help him, but was dragged so that he couldn't stand still.Shaowei held his arm and approached, Zheng Laoge retreated subconsciously, accidentally bumped into the table, the wine glass overturned immediately, rolled to the ground with a crisp sound.

"You don't even look at me." Shaowei grabbed Zheng Liaoge to prevent him from running away, his eyes were reddened by the smell of alcohol, his dark eyes stared at him, and he repeated stubbornly, "You don't Look at me, Zheng Laoge."

Zheng Laoge turned his head away, not wanting him to see his sad expression.Shaowei stared at him avoiding his side face for a moment, those delicate eyebrows were wrinkled in distress, and his eyelashes trembled slightly, making that night reappear in Shaowei's eyes, as if engraved into his heart , Zheng Laoge stood in front of him, raised his head slightly, and closed his eyes nervously.

Shaowei seemed to be dazed.He raised his hand to caress Zheng Laoge's face, the feeling of his palm touching the delicate skin made him shudder.But he didn't realize it, he just looked at those red lips, lowered his head as if attracted by a strange force, and slowly approached——

Zheng Laoge panicked and pushed Shaowei away.

Shaowei was pushed back two steps and stood where he was.Zheng Liaoge let go of his hands at a loss, "Shaowei, you're drunk."

The two faced each other, neither of them spoke, and the shadow of the lamp flickered and dimmed.

After a long time, Zheng Liaoge stumbled and said, "I...I'll call someone to help."

Saying that, as if escaping from everything in Shaodan, he turned and ran away.