Song of Less Danger

"Little danger!"

The door was pushed open suddenly, accompanied by a gust of cold wind.Shaowei saw Zheng Liaoge running over in a thick cloak, "Look."

He took out a gray rabbit from his arms like a magic trick, it looked like a hare in the mountains, but now Zheng Laoge obediently hugged him and shrugged his nose at him.

"I came across it while gathering herbs nearby." Zheng Laoge hugged the rabbit and carefully put it into Shaowei's arms, "Isn't it cute?"

Shaowei was suspicious: "Can you catch up with the rabbit?"

"It came over when it saw me."

As soon as the wild rabbit got into Shaowei's arms, it became uneasy, and jumped to the ground.Zheng Laoge quickly knelt down to stroke, the rabbit calmed down again, and was picked up again by him.

"What would Shaowei want for lunch?"

"Same as you."

Zheng Laoge went out, released the rabbit at the gate of the yard, and went back to the kitchen to cook.Xuanwu had just finished his sword practice, and was sweating all over in his short robe. Seeing Zheng Liaoge walking towards the kitchen, he put away his sword and followed closely.

The ingredients at home are all collected by Master and Xuanwu from the mountains and rivers, wild vegetables, mushrooms, rabbits on the ground, fish in the water, and sometimes wild bird eggs. Zheng Laoge is only in charge of cooking.

While cooking, suddenly there was a clear and distant cry from far to near, and the gray eagle circled in the sky for several weeks before landing.Xuanwu dropped the disembowelled fish, wiped his hands on the edge of his trouser legs, caught the falling eagle, removed the letter box tied to the eagle's foot, and took out a note.

Xuanwu read the note, let the eagle go, turned to Zheng Liaoge and said, "Young master, I will go down the mountain tonight and return before dawn."

Zheng Liaoge asked, "Is this a letter from Master?"

"No, it's Suzaku."

"Okay. Bring these wild mushrooms to him, and say hello to him for me." Zheng Liaoge wrapped the mushrooms, "Don't wipe your hands with your clothes, few of your clothes are clean."

Xuanwu pulled up his trouser legs and looked down, patted the stains with his fish-scaled hands, and continued to concentrate on picking out the fish.

Shaowei pinched his chopsticks, feeling something was wrong.

In front of him was a wooden table, on which meals were crowded and crowded, with one person sitting on each side.Zheng Liaoge sat and ate in a respectful manner, and Xuanwu simply sat cross-legged on the bed, and the two talked while eating, but they didn't treat him as an outsider at all.

Holding back his impatience, he asked, "Why are you two eating here?"

Zheng Liaoge said: "I'm afraid you will be lonely eating alone."

"Too much to worry about."

"Children just love duplicity." Zheng Laoge picked up a piece of fish and put it into his bowl, and smiled at him, "Eat it while it's hot."

"Does Shaowei like sweets?" Zheng Liaoge talked to him naturally, "The rock sugar pear flower cake and chopped almonds in the town are delicious. I can ask Xuanwu to bring you some."

"do not like."

"Don't children like sweets?"

He took one child at a time, screaming so that Shaowei was very upset, and said with a blank expression: "I'm sixteen, not young."

Zheng Laoge turned his head and whispered to Xuanwu, "Then bring me two copies."

Shaowei looked at him, Zheng Liaoge pretended not to see him, and continued to ask with great interest, "Does the food suit your taste?"

"It's not bad." It's a delicate taste that he's not familiar with. Although it's light, it's moderately salty and sweet, the ingredients are fresh, and the color and aroma are mild and soft, just like a cook.

Shao Wei was taken aback for an inexplicable association that popped up in his mind.

"I'm still worried that you won't be able to eat well." Zheng Laoge happily served him some food. "Eat more to make your body recover faster. If you don't have enough, I'll make it for you."

The steaming white rice was piled up with vegetables and meat, and it was piled up in front of Shaowei.He looked at the bowl in front of him, didn't speak, picked up the bowl and buried himself in eating.

At night, a little snow fell in the mountains.Xuanwu wrapped himself in a black robe and left the wooden house to go down the mountain.She traveled so fast at night, and arrived at a long-abandoned farmhouse at the foot of the mountain in half an hour.

The moon disk hangs high in the sky, and the cold glow covers the earth.Xuanwu jumped up and flew into the window like a feather, diving into the darkness.

Moonlight fell into the room through the window, and shone on the tall figure standing quietly by the wall.

"Suzaku." Xuanwu closed the door and called in a low voice.

Suzaku responded in a low voice, "How about the young master."

"As usual." Xuanwu threw the package in his hand, "The wild mushroom that the young master gave you, let me say hello to you."

Suzaku took the package, a smile appeared on his usually stern face.But he quickly restrained his expression and said, "I originally planned to go up to visit the young master, but it's urgent, and I have to rush to Qinggang tonight."

Xuanwu frowned sensitively: "Why?"

"I was going to tell you." Suzaku got up, walked around the desk, and came to Xuanwu.He is very tall, a full head taller than the petite Xuanwu, with a black hair standing up neatly, and a cold and handsome face. "A few days ago, we were attacked by the Nie family."

"They? What are they going to do again?"

"This is not the first time. There have also been news from Zhongzhou, Qinggang, Echu, and Hexi that they met people from the Nie family." Suzaku said in a deep voice, "The Zheng family's residences in the Central Plains, large and small, have been arrested. They went over it."

"Why?"

"They're looking for someone." Suzaku whispered, "...they're looking for the young master."

Xuanwu took a deep breath and clenched his hands into fists.

Her voice was suppressed, "Young Master has already..."

"The body of the young master is still unknown." Suzaku calmly said, "We have tried our best to search the entire outside of the pass, but until today there is no trace of it, Xuanwu, have you ever thought about..."

Xuanwu said angrily: "If the young master is still here, how come he hasn't corresponded with us for 13 years? Suzaku, don't you want to be seduced by the dregs of the Nie family, you believe what they say?!"

"Think about it carefully. Now that the Nie family is in decline, why do they spend so much effort to send so many people to search the Central Plains just to find someone who is no longer alive? Are they all crazy?"

"The Nie family was originally a bunch of lunatics!"

"Xuanwu!" Suzaku stopped her, his chest heaved and heaved for a while, but he quickly suppressed it.He regained his composure and said in a low voice, "I want to see people when I live, and I want to see a corpse when I die. I can't find the young master for a day, and I don't believe that he is gone for a day."

The two refused to give in to each other, Xuanwu stared at Suzaku, his chest heaving violently due to anger and excitement.In spite of being angry, she had to admit that she did not hold tiny expectations for a moment. For 13 years, she always looked forward to a moment, whether it was a joke or a conspiracy, as long as that person came back, all the anxiety, despair, and pain in the past , they can stop worrying about everything.

Xuanwu gradually calmed down, "You...what else do you know?"

Only then did Suzaku throw out another message: "A letter from outside the pass two days ago, Shen Zhan has already gone down the mountain and entered the pass."

The two stared at each other in silence.The Patriarch of the Nie family has not left Xianbei Mountain for more than ten years, but he went down the mountain at this time, leaving all the affairs of the family behind, why?

"one person?"

"Only one follower."

"Shen Zhan..." Xuanwu almost gritted his teeth when he read the name, "The young master is kind, let him live, and he is still entangled now!"

Suzaku was much calmer than her, and said: "Anyway, the enemy has already started to move, they must have got news that we don't know, we can't be one step behind them. I will go to Qinggang immediately to find Bailong, Xuanwu, you are fully prepared, Be sure to protect the young master. Also, before the matter is thoroughly investigated, you must not reveal a single word to the young master."

"Young master is simple-minded, and he always thinks about elder master. If his hopes fail, I'm afraid it will hit him too hard."

"Young master, it's time to drink the medicine."

"Young master, why are you stealing candied fruit again?"

"Young master, the eldest master is here to see you!"

In the Jiangnan small courtyard where the fragrance of flowers is gentle, a slender and tall man in white clothes stood by the pool, and the fish in the pool swam leisurely and dispersed suddenly amidst the sound of rushing footsteps.

"elder brother!"

Warm hands caressed his hair with a steady and warm force.In the backlight, the outline of the man in white is like a distant ink painting in the cloud, his voice is as cold as water, but there is a little more warmth in front of him.

"Have you taken your medicine well?"

"Of course I do—I'm very good, and I take medicine and meals on time every day. Should my brother visit me more often?"

Those hands embraced him, and the thin lips pursed into a slight arc.

"You take care of yourself, I will come to see you every year."

With the slight crackling sound of snow falling on the window edge, Zheng Laoge opened his eyes.The illusory dream faded away, and the reality was cold and silent.

Zheng Laoge stared at the dark roof, thinking, liar.

In another room, an oil lamp was on.Shaowei was only wearing a single shirt, and he was sitting cross-legged on the bed to adjust his breath.

The medicine and ginseng soup that Zheng Laoge gave him quickly supported his recovery.The internal strength has stabilized, the wound on the abdomen has been sutured very finely, and the best golden sore medicine has healed the scar visible to the naked eye, and it is no longer the original hideous appearance.

The snowy night was quiet, and Shao Wei, who had regained his keen intuition, suddenly opened his eyes and turned his gaze to the door.

A sound of rough and undisguised footsteps approaching, Shao Wei couldn't help but roll his eyes and look away.

The door of the room was knocked lightly, and Zheng Liaoge's voice swayed outside the door, "Shaowei, you haven't slept yet."

Shaowei just wants to say that he is asleep, get out of here.If he had known that this sick man was so talkative and obtrusive, he should have pretended to be dumb from the beginning.The next moment the annoying voice sounded again, "Then I'll come in."

Shaowei took a deep breath.The door of the room was pushed open, Zheng Liaoge poked his head in, wrapped in a thick quilt, waddled in in vain, and crawled onto the bed humming.

Shaowei didn't know how to describe his current mood, he tried his best to restrain the urge to pick him up and throw him outside, "What are you doing?"

Zheng Laoge rolled onto the bed, and replied, "I was afraid that grabbing the quilt with you at night would make you catch a cold, so I brought my own quilt here."

Is this the problem? "Why did you come here to sleep?"

"It's so cold to sleep alone." Zheng Liaoge leaned over without looking out, "Shaowei, you are always warm."

Things have come to this, the opportunity to get people out of bed is missed, Shaowei can only close his eyes and meditate, hoping that this person who is three years older than him will be sensible and not bother him.

However, there was a rustling sound of the bed being rubbed behind him, and the soft and clear voice approached again, with a faint scent of medicine and the warmth of the skin, approaching his ear, "Shaowei, you wear such a little Is not It Cold?"

Shaowei clenched his fingers suddenly, his internal breath was unsteady and diverted, which almost made him cough.He already had a bad temper, but this time he really couldn't bear it, and when he spoke, his voice was annoyed, "I'm not cold."

"You are weak now and need to keep warm. I will get you some clothes."

"I said that......"

Shaowei suddenly came back to his senses, remembering what his brother said.

"The area from Jiangbei to the south is the territory of the Zheng family. You can't kill the Zheng family there. There is only one way, and that is to take the Zheng family away."

"Wei'er, I want you to bring him in front of us, a real person. Only in this way, Zheng Tingxue will appear."

Only by holding Zheng Laoge in his hands, the little Baimei who caused the Nie family to fall into this situation will do what his brother said-resurrect from the dead and return to them from hell.

Zheng Laoge was about to get out of bed to get his clothes when his wrist was suddenly grabbed.He turned around in surprise and saw Shaowei looking at him, "No need, I'm going to sleep."

He pulled Zheng Liaoge back, lifted the quilt and lay down in it. Zheng Liaoge was worried that he would hurt his wound, so he sat on the side and pulled the quilt for him, got up to blow out the light, and then climbed into the bed and got into the bed, arching like a puppy After a long time, he got to Shaowei's side.

He didn't feel sleepy at all, and his big and bright eyes were open, showing a little excited expression, "It feels like sleeping in the Datong bunk with my classmates in the school. It's so interesting."

"Then why don't you go to school?"

"With my body, it will be a drag if I go, forget it."

It was still snowing outside.The night in the mountains is deep and cold, only this bed covers the body temperature of the two people's skin, becoming a small party to warm the world.

Shaowei lay flat on the inside of the bed, looked at the black bed curtain above his head, and suddenly asked, "Are you always alone?"

The breathing on the side was light, and a soft voice sounded, "There used to be a lot of people in the family. But then...the family fell into ruin, and everyone left."

"Xuanwu is your own sister?"

"No. I have a real sister and a real brother." Zheng Liaoge also lay flat on the bed, looked at the bed curtains like him, paused for a while, and then continued, "My sister passed away very early, my brother... ..."

"I haven't seen my brother for a long time." Zheng Liaoge's voice was very soft, as if muttering to himself, "He doesn't even come back to see me."

Shaowei said calmly, "If he doesn't look for you, you can go to him."

Zheng Laoge laughed, "If I knew where he was, I would have flown over to look for him."

He turned around to face Shaowei, poked out a pair of eyes from under the quilt, and looked at him brightly, "What about you, Shaowei, do you have any brothers or sisters?"

"I have a brother."

"Do you play together often?"

"We seldom talk." Shaowei thought for a moment, and then simply chatted with Zheng Laoge, "I practiced martial arts with my elder brother when I was young, and later I worshiped the master, and the master often took me with him."

"Then Shaowei must be very powerful."

"Well."

"Has Shaowei ever seen a martial arts master who can fly?" Zheng Liaoge stretched out his hand to gesture, "Every time my master digs out a bird's nest, he will fly to the tree with a whimper. Is it true that all martial arts masters Can people fly?"

"No, some people know martial arts, but light work is terrible. Some people only know light work."

Zheng Liaoge went to Shaowei's side to ask questions, asking about the strange people and strangers in the rivers and lakes, about the peach blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River, the bright moon beyond the Guanshan Mountains, the broken bridge in the West Lake, the sunset at the Wild Goose Pagoda, the swords and swords and love and hate in storytelling Love and hatred, Zheng Liaoge is very curious.Some of Shaowei had seen it with his own eyes, some hadn't, so he had to answer based on his impressions, or made up a perfunctory way, and even listened to Zheng Laoge seriously.

"Life in Shaowei is really interesting." Zheng Liaoge enviously said, "I have been to so many places and met so many people."

interesting?These two words remind Shaowei of the past inappropriately.Practice martial arts and knives day after day. If you don't practice well, you will have no food for a day.

I remembered that when he was 14 years old, his brother asked him to kill people.

When he woke up, he realized that the faint scent of medicine lingering around him was so soft that he almost lost his guard in this strange and gentle atmosphere.

Shaowei instinctively feels danger.His hands were clenched under the quilt, and the palms were empty, which was why they were dull.

He had to get well soon and get his knife back.

The author says:

This isn't going to be very long, I guess 10,000+ words?