medicine stone without medicine

The courtyard allocated to them by the village chief only had two bedrooms, so the three of them allocated their rooms in the same way as in Shutong Courtyard. Chang Ying shared one room, and Lou Hua went to live in Qin Dongyi's house.

After entering the house, Lou Hua walked around the room by herself, and found that the furnishings in the room were old but clean.

He walked to the window, pushed it open, and a branch of the peach tree outside the window happened to come in, adding a touch of color to the dark room.

He remembered what the old man said today:

How to choose between the cruel truth and the illusion of perfection?

Thinking of this, Lou Hua leaned against the window frame and turned to look at Qin Dongyi.

Coincidentally, Qin Dongyi was also looking at him.

Lou Hua curved his lips and said:

"Brother, since this is all fake, shall we stay here forever?"

He raised his hand around the red rope in his hair, and didn't tell Qin Dongyi his conjectures about the magic circle, only said:

"What kind of Jincheng are you looking for? The common people in the world have nothing to do with you, just ask your gender."

He said this in a half-joking tone, but seemed serious.

Qin Dongyi looked at him, his eyes didn't flicker or avoid:

"You said it, it's all false."

"It's okay to be fake. Someone said that the truth is always cruel. At that time, I felt disdainful, but looking back, I can also be lazy occasionally and treat myself better."

The Lou Hua is backlit, and people look a little dark, except for a pair of eyes that glow faintly in the dark.

There was a long silence, no one spoke first, finally Lou Hua chuckled, raised his hand and grabbed the peach blossom that came in from the window, and said inexplicably:

"Look, the peach blossoms in this yard are about to bloom."

On the peach branches, there are two or three budding peach blossoms.

It was getting late, and when it was time for dinner, Xu Wang knocked on their door as expected.

At this time, it was night, and every family in Taoyuan Village lit lanterns at night, reflecting the night like day.

The yard of Xu’s mother’s house is not big, but there are no shortage of lanterns.The warm red light hangs over the eaves and treetops, which has the meaning of New Year's Eve.

They set up a round table under the peach blossom tree, and when Lou Hua left, a plate of hot dumplings had just been served on the table.

Lou Hua walked to the empty seat next to Qin Dongyi and sat down, took the chopsticks from Mama Xu, thanked her, and put a dumpling into the bowl,

The dumplings were still very hot, and when I bit into the thin layer of dough, the fragrance of wild vegetables overflowed between my teeth.

Xu's mother seemed to like him very much, and put several in his bowl:

"Seeing how skinny you are, eat more. Our family, Xu Yu, likes to eat the wild vegetable dumplings made by me the most, and I want to eat them every day."

After all, Mother Xu asked chatting again:

"Xiao Langjun, where are you from?"

Lou Hua replied very naturally:

"We came from the south and wanted to find a nearby town, but we met a leopard on the road and were led here when we were chasing it."

"Hey, leopard." Xu's mother seemed to be frightened when she heard this:

"There is a leopard near us, which often hangs around outside the village, causing panic."

Xu Yu who was opposite couldn't agree more, he stuffed dumplings into his mouth and said:

"That beast, I bumped into it several times when I went out. I don't know where I provoked it. It's very fierce. It bites me when it sees me. Did it hurt you?"

"That's not true." Lou Hua responded, while raising her eyes to observe Xu Wang's expression.

"It's fine if there is none, hey, but what city are you looking for, as far as I know, there doesn't seem to be any city in this area."

Xu Wang's cheeks were so stuffed that he couldn't hear clearly.

"Jincheng." Lou Hua replied.

"Jincheng?" Xu Yu was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a long time before he remembered to continue chewing dumplings, and said:

"Jincheng, wasn't it slaughtered 100 years ago?"

"100 years ago?" Lou Hua subconsciously glanced at Qin Dongyi, who also seemed to be thinking about something.

They all knew that the fall of Jincheng was clearly more than 300 years ago.

Lou Hua held Qin Dongyi's hand under the table, beckoning him to keep quiet, and continued to ask with a smile:

"The city was massacred? What's going on?"

Xu Wang took a sip of water and said:

"It happened 100 years ago. I also heard about it. I don't know if it's true or not."

"We have to start from the beginning. Back then, Jincheng was big, rich and prosperous. They had a city lord, who was a benevolent scholar who often took in some refugees from outside. The city lord was very kind and very popular with the city residents. Love, until one day, because of his kindness, he got into a big trouble."

Like a storyteller, Xu Wang spoke exaggeratedly:

"There are various theories about this matter. But the most true rumor is that he took in a person. That person caused a lot of trouble, and many people wanted his life. But the city lord I don't know. He only thought that person was an ordinary refugee, so he allowed him to stay in the city. As a result, this decision caused a big disaster. The person's enemy finally found Jincheng, and he didn't know what happened in the middle. Because of this, in the end Jincheng even the city lord and the city residents were killed, and those people also set Jincheng on fire, and the fire burned for three days and three nights, and there was not a single person alive in Jincheng."

After Xu Wang finished speaking, he sighed for a while.

Lou Hua had heard about it, but bent the corners of his lips in an unclear manner, and didn't express his opinion.

This topic was quickly brought up, and the dumplings on the table also bottomed out.

Mother Xu cooked some more porridge and brought it up, filled a bowl for Lou Hua and asked:

"Xiao Langjun, I traveled with my brother at a young age, where is my family?"

Lou Hua pushed the porridge bowl aside, just in time for that little transparent person Chang Ying to touch.

He watched Chang Ying sip the porridge, and answered:

"Everyone in the family is fine."

Mother Xu: "What do your parents do?"

Lou Hua didn't even think about it:

"My father is a carpenter, and my mother is an embroiderer. Our family used to eat dumplings like this on New Year's Eve. The dumplings made by my mother are thin and filled, and they are as delicious as yours. I also have someone I like. , Those who have made a marriage contract will get married next year."

Xu's mother smiled happily: "That's great. Sigh, talking about this marriage contract gives me a headache. Tell me about our family, Xiao Wang. I don't know how to bring a girl to show me when the eldest is old. I'm worried."

"What do you have to worry about? Big brother Xu will always meet the right person. Whether he is good or looks good, it's up to you."

Lou Hua smiled sweetly, then, he seemed to have remembered something, stood up:

"Mother Xu, I have something to do, let's leave first."

The people at the table nodded with a smile.

The lantern behind her was still bright, Lou Hua left, and Mother Xu asked Qin Dongyi again:

"Brother Xiaohua, what about you, do you have a marriage?"

Qin Dongyi is not good at dealing with the elders' cross-examination. He remembered what Lou Hua said just now, so he nodded and smiled at her:

"Well, there is a suitable person who will get married next year."

But Lou Hua didn't hear these words.

He didn't care about that, he came out of Xu's house and went straight back to the courtyard next door.

The peach trees in the yard are already showing signs of blooming.

He raised his hand to caress a flower bud, and rubbed it lightly with his fingertips. The flower bud also seemed to respond, and gave off some faint light in the night.

"Did you hear?"

The portrait of Lou is whispering to it.

The moonlight was cold, shining on him.

Lou Hua gently leaned against the peach tree, stroked the rough branches of the peach tree, and sat down slowly.

He was a little dazed and didn't know what he was thinking, until he heard a timid sentence from the child:

"Brother Lou Hua."

Lou Hua came back to his senses, raised his eyes and glanced, and only asked:

"how?"

Chang Ying's voice sounded a bit depressed, but she still smiled:

"Is what you just said true?"

Lou Hua has never had much patience with him:

"What's real or fake?"

"Your parents."

Chang Ying took a few steps forward and squatted beside him, looking forward to it:

"Can you tell me again? What does your home look like?"

The child's big eyes are bright, but Lou Hua only draws the corners of his lips coolly.

His tone was a little cruel:

"fake."

"Ah?" Chang Ying didn't expect his answer to be like this.

Looking at his expression, Lou Hua seemed to have found some fun in it, so she smiled viciously and asked:

"Want to hear the truth?"

Chang Ying nodded.

Lou Hua did as he wished, saying:

"I haven't seen my mother. She tried to strangle me when I was born, but I didn't die. Later, I was carried back to the den by a female wolf to nurse for a period of time, and I have been wandering outside since I grew up. I The person I like doesn't like me, let alone get married. What I said is all false, there is no New Year's Eve, no dumplings, no sugar, are you satisfied?"

His tone was relaxed, as if he was telling someone else's story, and he even kept his lips bent.

Chang Ying looked straight at him, and after a while, he asked:

"Brother Xiao Hua, won't you be sad?"

"It's useless to be sad."

Lou Hua leaned against the peach tree, looking at the full moon in the sky.

"It's useless, but you don't have to force yourself to be happy. When you are sad or don't want to laugh, you don't have to laugh."

Chang Ying put her little hand in Lou Hua's palm:

"I don't have a father or a mother. I have only had a master since I can remember. I can see that Brother Xiaohua, you are a little unhappy to see me today. I'm sorry, did I separate him from you?"

Hearing his words, Lou Hua's smile stagnated, and then slowly faded from his lips.

He patted Chang Ying's head, he was rare calm and rational:

"You didn't, he was never mine."

"How could it be? Brother Xiao Hua is very important in Master's heart, otherwise why would he bring you out alone?"

Chang Ying is very naive.

"I said it because he needs me! I've been persecuting him. He didn't take you to protect you. Do you understand?"

Lou Hua almost gnashed his teeth.

Now Qin Dongyi needs him, but if one day he is useless to Qin Dongyi, will Qin Dongyi avoid him like a snake and scorpion, not even willing to see him more.

But Chang Ying is different, he is Qin Dongyi's only apprentice.Qin Dongyi will always stay by his side and protect him.

From childhood to adulthood, there are always people in the world who can easily get what he can't reach.

It took him nearly ten years to get close to Qin Dongyi.Now, she tried every means to stay by his side.

And some people can get what they want when they are born, but they are not satisfied.

But the idea of ​​the person on the other side is obviously different from him.

Chang Ying shook her head:

"But I think that Master is willing to face danger with you, which just shows that you are very important in his heart. If there is danger, he is willing to face it with you and share it with you, instead of letting you know nothing. lock you up in the greenhouse in the name of

Chang Ying has only lived for ten years, and he doesn't understand some truths, so he can only relay them to Lou Hua based on intuition.He couldn't tell, so he simply gave up.

He turned to ask:

"Brother Xiao Hua, do you know why it keeps snowing in Shutong Courtyard?"

Lou Hua froze for a moment: "Why?"

"Because the weather in Shutongyuan can reflect the mood of the master to a certain extent. I heard that the snow in Shutongyuan has been falling for 300 years. Elder Lian Yao told me that it was because of the accumulated depression of the master, so I took Shutongyuan with me. The weather has not been good. But recently, the snow in Shutongyuan has melted, and the sycamore trees have sprouted. Have you noticed? This is all a change after you came here."

Chang Ying shook her toes:

"My master is not good at expressing. He can't say outright when he is good to others. He keeps everything in his heart. It's like when I was young, I especially liked a little brother's little Trojan horse. I lied and skipped class every day. Running away, I missed a lot of homework. Master taught me a lesson and made me cry, but the next day I received a small wooden horse with nothing written on it, but I knew it was made by Master himself Yes. Other senior brothers and sisters say that Master is strict with me, but I know that he is very kind to me, and I like him very much."

"Master won't tell you about some things, but he will still treat you silently. Brother Xiao Hua, I can see that you are very important to Master. Both of you are also very important to me."

After hearing this, Lou Hua frowned slightly:

"I'm a lunatic and I often kill you. Don't you hate me?"

"Don't hate it, you are not crazy, you just see the world differently from us."

Chang Ying stood up from the ground and patted the ashes on her buttocks:

"I've talked a lot, I'm hungry. I'm leaving first, I want to eat some more dumplings, where's Brother Xiaohua?"

Lou Hua shook his head.

The child ran away step by step. When he reached the door, he turned back, looked at Lou Hua and asked:

"Brother Xiaohua, the Qingyang Mountain Grand Competition will be held in two months. You should still be in Qingyang Mountain, can you come and see me? This is my first time participating in the competition."

Lou Hua doesn't like to make promises to others.

But seeing Chang Ying's question, for some reason, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he just said:

"we'll see."

Chang Ying nodded and ran away.

Lou Hua stared at his back in a daze for a long time, he pondered over Chang Ying's words word by word, and finally smiled self-deprecatingly, not taking it seriously.

He got up and went back to the house, lying on the bed without turning on the lamp, just staring at the ceiling in the dark.

It wasn't until he heard a whistle that sounded like a bird's song that his eyes moved slightly.

Afterwards, a breeze blew up on the flat ground in the house, and the next moment, Lou Hua suddenly jumped onto someone.

"Master, Lian Shuo misses you so much!"

The boy rubbed against his arms vigorously, very intimate:

"I haven't seen the master for a long time. Lian Shuo can't eat well and can't sleep. He washes his face with tears every day. Touch it, I've lost a lot of weight. How is the master doing? Didn't Uncle Yue bully you?"

Lian Shuo wrapped his arms around Lou Hua's neck and kept rubbing his head against him.

Lou Hua laughed twice, and stroked his hair soothingly.

Wu Qing stood aside, waiting to see Lian Shuo make trouble for a while before talking about the business:

"Master, the high priest has returned to Dark Fragrance Valley, and there will probably be no movement for a while. As for Jincheng, my subordinates haven't found out yet."

Lou Hua glanced at Wu Qing, then pushed the boy in his arms away, propped himself up and sat up.

But Lian Shuo was really clingy, and when he was pushed away, he clung to him from behind and hugged him, Lou Hua had already gotten used to it, so he let him go.

Lou Hua: "I'll handle Jincheng's affairs by myself, you don't have to worry about it, just keep an eye on that old guy."

Wu Qing nodded: "Yes."

"Huh? High priest? What's wrong with the high priest? The high priest is very good."

Hearing their conversation, Lian Shuo poked his head out and asked a question.

Lou Hua didn't bother to explain to him:

"Adults talk, children don't need to know."

Lian Shuo retracted his mouth.

Seeing him like this, Wu Qing thought about explaining to Lou Hua:

"The subordinates made their own decisions. Lian Shuo said that he hadn't seen the master for a long time, so the subordinates brought him along."

"Well, it's fine."

Lou Hua didn't pay much attention, he stroked Lian Shuo's hair like a cat, and suddenly thought of a verse:

"This village is unusual, how did you get in?"

Wuqing understood what he meant:

"Master, don't worry, it's just a bit of spiritual consciousness to follow, and it won't affect this magic circle."

Lou Hua nodded, he opened his mouth, and was just about to explain something, but suddenly there was a door opening in the quiet room.

The moonlight came in through the open gap of the wooden door, casting a cold light on the ground, and the figure of a person was depicted in the light and shadow.

Qin Dongyi was covered with a piece of moonlight, and looked up at the people in the room.

His eyes flicked over the three of them in turn.

Lou Hua, Heilong, and a young boy whom he had never seen before.

Unexpectedly lively, the action is also unexpectedly intimate.

A trace of displeasure rose in Qin Dongyi's heart.

But that emotion was not revealed, his handsome brows and eyes were as indifferent as usual, and he didn't seem to have any waves.

In the end, he only slightly raised his eyebrows.

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Double update today, there is another chapter in the future!