Luoshui Dongliu

Not to mention that the war in the Central Plains is in full swing, and the time has already arrived in May.At this time, the air is hot and the plague is easy to occur. It is commonly known as the evil May, and every family burns mugwort leaves and calamus to drive away diseases and avoid evil spirits.The Duanyang Festival, on the fifth day of May, was originally a day for offering sacrifices to gods and evil spirits, but this custom has been passed down from generation to generation, and its meaning has gradually changed during the current dynasty.Dozens of years of endless wars and turmoil in the people's livelihood, such a sad face is how useful it is to worship the gods and pray for blessings.The people of the court, the dignitaries and the common people gradually abolished these cumbersome rituals.During the Duanyang Festival, rice dumplings are eaten, moxa leaves are hung, peach seals are carved, and grass and insects are weaved. This solar term has become a festival day for folk opera and music.

During the Taiping period, when the Duanyang Festival came to Luocheng, people of all colors walked through the streets and alleys, and the streets and alleys were full of lively scenes.The peasants who came from outside the city carried freshly harvested seasonal melons and fruits outside the city on their shoulder poles; the handmade purses, aihu, and colored paper gourds in the carts of the hawkers in the city; and the medicine farmers brought the rare herbs picked from Longhua Mountain, Especially with the fragrance of clear dew and soil in the mountains.The children were laughing and running in the streets and alleys, fighting grass and hitting eggs, looking innocent and innocent.

When Luocheng was about to be besieged, all the people in the city who had relatives to rely on had already been sent out. Now there are very few people in the city except the defenders.Even this Duanyang Festival does not have the bustling scene of previous years.

The Xiyan army started from Guanlong, and the area around Guanlong was in time for wheat harvesting during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although there was no time to organize activities during the busy farming season, it also attached great importance to this festival. Various customs and customs were not less than those in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.Moreover, after the Duanyang Festival, the heat is getting stronger and mosquitoes are breeding. The army has always been the most taboo against the plague. On the day of Duanyang, it is even more necessary to stimulate turbidity, eliminate corruption, kill viruses and prevent epidemics.

The Xiyan army was busy cleaning the camp, burning wormwood, and spraying realgar water. The momentum of the attack on the city gradually weakened after the fire attack that day.What's more, half of the troops have already rushed to Sishui Pass quietly, there are not enough soldiers to besiege the city, and Yu Chizhong doesn't want to cause troubles, so the tense situation before has eased up.

This day Zhao Shen went back to his bed tent earlier than usual, he still only took off his armor outside, he didn't want to go inside.But Zhou Gan said softly at the side: "Lu Canjun is always sleepy that day, the general is free today, so let's go and have a look."

Zhao Shen was indeed very busy with military affairs after that day, but he also felt a little stumbling about Lu Youzhi's matter, and he always refused to think about it.Hearing what Zhou Gan said at this time, he said silently for a while: "What?"

Zhou Qiandao: "Probably because of bad breath now..." After a pause, he couldn't help saying: "Besides, he only sees these four squares in a day, and he talks less and thinks more, so he is always depressed..."

After hearing this, Zhao Shen interrupted: "The outside world is open, so you can let him out, I won't stop him."

Seeing him say such a thing, Zhou Qian was afraid that he would be anxious and annoyed again, so he had to smile coyly, and dared not say more.

Seeing that Zhou Qian was only busy packing his armor and bow and arrows and didn't speak, Zhao Shen got up from the ground, lifted the curtain and entered the inner tent.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Youzhi sitting in front of the desk, holding white linen paper, copying something.

Lu Youzhi raised his head when he heard the sound, Zhao Shen saw that his face was wet, and under the candlelight, his pale face was shining with brilliance. Surprised.Going forward and bowing his head, he saw a roll of "Great Wisdom" spread out on the table in front of him, and there were several copied papers beside it, and the edges of those thin and tough hemp papers were all damp and wrinkled.

Zhao Shen looked at him and said, "What are you doing?"

Lu Youzhi put down the pen and paper, tried his best to smile and said, "This is the scriptures translated by Shi Huiyuan, an eminent monk in the Southern Dynasty. He traveled in Xudu and Luoyang in his early years, and later formed an association to preach in Lushan Mountain and translated Buddhist scriptures. Clothes, bowls and bowls are not the utensils of the temple, and people outside the dust of Shamen should not pay tribute to the king. Instead, those who look up to him can learn from his legacy, and those who wash stones and sleep on the stream can enjoy the rest. Master Huiming, who practiced in Longhua Mountain, is his younger brother of the same sect. I have this volume of Buddhist scriptures translated by Venerable Master Huiyuan. Now I am transcribing one or two of the master’s free translations, so as to cultivate one’s character and self-cultivation.”

Zhao Shen saw that he was speaking slowly, seemingly calm and calm, it could be seen that his body was shaking slightly with his hands propped on his knees.Thinking of Zhou Gan saying that Lu Youzhi's condition is not good, he understood a little bit, and asked, "Are you sick?"

Lu Youzhi said lightly, "It doesn't matter."

Zhao Shen only felt a rush of hot air rushing to the top of his head, he wanted to have an attack but tried his best to hold back, and said: "You are angry and blame me, that's why you are like this."

Lu Youzhi shook his head and said with a light smile, "I'm doing this just for my own meditation, besides, when did I ever complain about you?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Shen leaned over and forced him to back down and fell to the ground.At this time, the weather changed, and Lu Youzhi caught wind and heat.He was already dizzy, and he also had trouble eating and sleeping, but this sudden movement made his vision dizzy and his chest churn.

Zhao Shen saw that his face was ugly but still tried his best to cover it up, and felt a tightness in his chest.Lu Youzhi's calm mind only made him unable to figure it out, worrying about gains and losses, and made him feel a little desolate. He simply grabbed his shoulder and said with a sneer: "I really don't understand, why don't you blame me? Let me teach you I owed the lord's kindness, which made you unable to live or die, and I caused all the pain and pain all over your body, but why are you so indifferent, why don't you blame me?"

Lu Youzhi saw that his eyes were unusually bright, his chest heaved and heaved, and although his tone was cold, he looked as if he wanted to cut his heart out and throw it in front of him.The palm pressed against his shoulder felt like a heavy weight, the palm was so hot that his whole body was hot.

In the past few days, he has already figured it out that if the Xiyan army continues to besiege Luocheng like this, he will eventually become Zhao Shen's entanglement and burden one day.He didn't understand Zhao Shen's sincerity towards him, but he felt that he couldn't accept it.The more critical the situation in Los Angeles became, the more he suffered in his heart. He had to sit upright and copy the scriptures like this every day until his back and legs ached and he was too tired to care about other things.

Thinking about it carefully, during the four years in Los Angeles, he had countless opportunities to get away, but because of his greed, he dragged on to this day when the two had to face each other in embarrassment.It turns out that there is no magic way to have the best of both worlds in this world. His delusion of wanting to be both sides is just a failure of both sides in the end.

At this moment, he felt like he was bathed in the fire of evil karma, his whole body was aching, and his heart was burning. It took him a while to calm down and said: "Master Huiming, who gave me the scriptures, once told me that there are only two things in life, one is to forgive others, and the other is to forgive others. It is self-forgiveness. But you and I are both forgiven by others, but hard to forgive ourselves in the end."

Zhao Shen moved slightly when he heard the words, stared at him silently for a while, then suddenly stood up and hugged Lu Youzhi tightly in his arms.

Lu Youzhi was caught off guard, his forehead had already touched Zhao Shen's shoulder, and the linen jacket rubbed against his face. The fresh and warm breath in the man's arms made his heart throb.He is too familiar with this kind of palpitation and dizziness. Whenever this happens, all the difficulties in the world and his heart seem to be like a thread in the wind.

But it was this feeling that made him step on the more dangerous road at the three forks again and again, as if falling into a dream and unwilling to wake up.Lu Youzhi was terrified and raised his hand to push Zhao Shen away.

But his palm was pressed down, Lu Youzhi could only feel the pulse under his solid chest was clear and steady, Zhao Shen said in a deep voice, "What did you touch?"

Lu Youzhi raised his eyes to look at Zhao Shen, his brows on his pale face were like the distant mountains and autumn lakes shrouded in the early morning mist, his lips moved several times, his eyes looked over Zhao Shen's face again and again, and finally fixed on his eyes, as if Make up your mind.He was about to speak, but Zhao Shen suddenly bent his neck, and put his lips on his.

The kiss was quite jerky, but the moment Lu Youzhi touched Zhao Shen's short stubble, tears filled his eyes.He was determined to tell Zhao Shen that these entanglements were just drinking poison to quench his thirst and deceiving himself and others, and they had to make a break early, but with such a leaning forward kiss, he sank again in a moment.

No matter how hard he struggles, he is just a flying insect thrown into a spider's web. Their sorrow, joy and perseverance are just a snap of their fingers in the boundless world.

Lu Youzhi took Zhao Shen's hand back and pressed it to his chest, muttering, "What did you touch?"

After saying that, he closed his eyes, letting the hot tears flow wantonly on his face.Tears meandered into the corners of his lips, and his mouth was full of bitterness and saltiness.His self-examination, self-examination, sobriety and restraint failed in the end in front of this person. He knew that he was trapped in quicksand, but he was completely unable to break free.

Zhao Shen only felt that the muscles of the man in his arms were trembling slightly, his shoulders were thin and straight like green bamboos, the frost was exposed, but it was elegant and clean; under the candlelight, the tears on Lu Youzhi's face pierced his heart ache.Such grievances and entanglements, he actually understands that he has humiliated his strength.He had guessed how much depression and hopelessness there was in the calmness of the man who didn't see the expression of joy and anger, but he couldn't empathize with it.However, since he decided to hide Lu Youzhi by his side regardless of the consequences that day, no matter how difficult it is and how to make up for it, he will never regret it.

Zhao Shen supported Lu Youzhi's head and neck, let him lean on his chest, strengthened his arms, and let Lu Youzhi's tears soak through his clothes.

At this moment, everything in the world dissipates like dust and smoke, and there is nothing but vastness in the world.

When Lu Youzhi woke up the next morning, Zhao Shen was already fully dressed, sitting aside and watching him.When Lu Youzhi opened his eyes, he felt his eyelids swelled, presumably his eyes were swollen from crying.Although he is a frail scholar, his temperament is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. He has always maintained himself in front of people, and he is not as weak and gawky as he was last night. At this moment, he felt quite ashamed when he remembered it, and hurriedly lowered his head.

Seeing that his face was reddish, Zhao Shen felt that there seemed to be still water flowing deep in his heart, and the gurgling had stirred his tender heart.After a long silence, he said softly, "Don't worry about yourself anymore, can you hear me?"

Seeing Lu Youzhi bit his lip and nodded, he couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged his half body in his arms, but he didn't know what to say, he just rubbed his forehead by his temples and ears, and called out softly, "Master Yuan... "

Lu Youzhi's whole body trembled, and he felt like a fire was burning in his lower abdomen, his breathing was slightly difficult, and his face turned even redder.I couldn't hold it in for a while, so I quickly grabbed the tiger's mouth hard.He caught a glimpse of the daylight leaking into the room from the corner of his eye, and knew that it was getting late, so he tried his best to speak in a calm tone: "I'm fine, you go now, or you will miss things if you are late."

Zhao Shen also felt something strange, when he looked down, he saw that Lu Youzhi's cheeks were flushed, his eyelids were swollen like magnolia petals, his lips were tightly pursed, and his eyelashes were trembling.After thinking about it for a moment, it became clear in my heart.He coughed lightly and laughed, but slid his hand down Lu Youzhi's back, caressing the ups and downs of his waist and hips seemingly unintentionally, and said, "You have to treat yourself kindly."

Lu Youzhi raised his eyes and saw that although Zhao Shen was joking, his tone was not frivolous, and there was deep concern in his smiling eyes. Last night, all the stagnation in his chest was like the heavy shadows that were dispelled by the sun after a heavy rain, only showing a sunny day after the rain.The tone was as usual, and he responded lightly: "Don't worry, I will save it."

One day at night, Zhou Gan came in with hot water and new clothes and asked, "Do you want to be served when you join the army?"

Lu Youzhi served others with tea and books since he was a child, and he was not used to being called "servant" at first, and even more so because of his embarrassing status at this time, he felt quite uncomfortable with Zhou Gan's words.Just as he was about to decline, he heard Zhou Gan say, "General Zhao was going to come back, but he couldn't escape due to urgent military affairs. Don't blame him for joining the army."

Lu Youzhi couldn't help but smile when he heard what he said, he was careful in all directions, but in fact he was only a half-child, but he always had a sophisticated attitude.He knew in his heart that men in the army don't pay much attention to etiquette and defense, so it would be hypocritical for him to refuse, so he said, "I'm sorry."

He has some symptoms and discomfort, and he has not had a good rest in the past few days, and he looks even thinner.Zhou Gan was afraid that Zhao Shen would be annoyed by not taking good care of him, so he helped him wash and change his clothes very attentively.In the end, he was forced to lie down and rest, but Lu Youzhi had another thing in mind, and asked after a while, "You just said that there is an urgent military matter, but what is it?"

Zhou Gan hesitated for a long while, and then spoke briefly.

Just late in the evening, the soldiers guarding the city saw a Kongming lantern floating in the sky above the city, and shot it down.Looking closely, it turns out that people from Sishuiguan sent a message to the city.Only then did the city get news about the Xiyan army's division of troops to Sishui.

Lu Youzhi was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but propped up half of his body and asked, "What did your general say?"

Zhou Qiandao: "I didn't say anything."

After all, he was just a pawn, he didn't know the pros and cons, but he didn't panic when he saw Zhao Shen, and he didn't know how critical the situation was.However, Lu Youzhi knew that it was just a cultivation base for the general to calm down in case of accidents. This matter was tricky, he was still anxious when he heard this, let alone Zhao Shen.

After Zhou Gan finished packing, Lu Youzhi thanked him again, and then said: "I will write a few words to General Zhao, please help me bring them."

Zhou Gan hurriedly helped him get paper and pen, fearing that he would be troublesome, so he persuaded him to just lean on the couch and write.Lu Youzhi's posture is very restrictive, and it takes a lot of effort to polish the ink and brush.But Zhou Gan just didn't let him get up, so he simply wrote eight words.After the ink was dry, he folded it and handed it to Zhou Gan, and then told him: "Give it to General Zhao now, but don't do it in front of people."

Seeing his solemn expression, Zhou Qian knew it was an urgent matter, so he took it and agreed to go in a hurry.