Weicheng snow

The county government is located in the east of the city, and an old locust tree is planted in front of the gate. The heart of the tree was hollowed out by lightning, but only relying on the bark, it survived spring and autumn.Two red-clothed policemen stood guard in front of Zhumen with swords hanging on their waists. When they saw Yi Qingchen, one of them went in to report, and the other asked Yi Qingchen to sit under the locust tree for a while.

Yi Qingchen held the food box and sat on the bench under the locust tree for a cup of tea. The little policeman who went in to report ran out and said to Yi Qingchen apologetically, "Mr. Chanji doesn't want to see you."

Yi Qingchen knew the reason, so he didn't make things difficult for the little catcher, just handed over the food box, "Please give it to my master." The little catcher nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Mr. Yi, what Mr. Chanji did The matter is for the well-being of the whole Weicheng, and we will not neglect it." With the promise made by the little policeman, Yi Qingchen felt a little better.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Jiang Zhige came out from the yamen and called Yi Qingchen, and the two walked to a place a little further away from the county yamen, Jiang Zhige took the lead in apologizing to Yi Qingchen, "will I really don't know about Mr. Chan Ji's invitation, and I have also persuaded the county magistrate and sir, but neither of them is willing to listen."

According to Jiang Zhige's meaning, he has been recuperating at home since his leg injury, and has never been to the Yamen. The order to find Mr. Chanji was what Zhilin Zhifeng and his two told him when they visited his home. But it was a plan that Mr. Chan Ji and the county magistrate had discussed long ago, the purpose was just to push Yi Qingchen away.

Yi Qingchen didn't understand why Master did this, but Jiang Zhige guessed the reason, "The county magistrate has been talking to Mr. Chan Ji before, I listened roughly, it seems that the river god Yan Jia and Mr. Chan Ji have an unusual meaning. The county magistrate is sympathetic to the people of Weicheng, so he hit it off with Mr. Chan Ji. Moreover, Mr. Chan Ji is afraid that you will be too worried about his health, so he hides it from you first. Now he is in the yamen. You can't stop it no matter what."

After Yi Qingchen heard this, he was unusually annoyed, so in the eyes of his master, was his worry just wishful thinking of an old lady?The significance of this Yanjia is so important that even you have to deceive yourself?

Jiang Zhige probably also guessed that Yi Qingchen would be very angry, so he just patted him on the shoulder, "At present, all the materials for making Yanjia have been moved into the backyard of the yamen, and it is imperative for Mr. Chanji to restore the God of the River. I won't be going back home anymore. Sir, since he doesn't want to see you, brother Yi won't force you to make your husband angry. I will try my best to persuade him to rest and take care of his health. If anything happens, he will be the first Tell Brother Yi at all times."

Yi Qingchen was annoyed in his heart, and right now he no longer had the leisure to chat with Jiang Zhige about gossip, he just waved his hands casually as farewell, and left towards the county government office in the opposite direction without looking back.Jiang Zhige could only sigh helplessly, and turned back to the county office.

Yi Qingchen thought a lot on the way back, he has always been a person who is very good at explaining himself, and gradually he also thought a lot.It is true that I am too worried, Master is so big, can he not take care of himself well?

Thinking in this way, Yi Qingchen's heart relaxed a lot, the tight heartstrings suddenly loosened, and he felt a little sleepy, planning to pass by the Qiaoshou Pavilion to say hello to Qiaoniang and go home to rest, but he was still caught Qiaoniang kindly asks her to stay.

Qiaoniang heard that Yi Qingchen went to the county government and hit a wall. Although she sympathized with Yi Qingchen, she also expressed understanding for Master Liu's desperate efforts. Blind Su buried his head in the wine jar, and he seemed to be dead or dead. Because of the smell of wine, Yi Qingchen couldn't stop glancing at him.

From the corner of the eye, I caught a glimpse of Zhenzhen who was reading a book at the side, and Zhenzhen looked up at him, and suddenly she seemed to see under the black cloak, the girl's clear and bright face, and a pair of purple eyes.

When she regained her senses, she found that Zhenzhen was still reading with her head down.Yi Qingchen was in a daze, thinking that there would be no human beings with purple eyes in the world, so he blamed everything on Su Xiazi's alcohol smell and his own sleepiness, and asked Qiao Niang for a side room before going to rest.

Before going upstairs, Zhenzhen suddenly turned over a page of the book and said, "The death energy in your body is getting heavier."

After saying a word, the sky suddenly flashed with thunder, and the sky outside the Qiaoshou Pavilion was densely covered with darkness. Qiao Niang stood on the steps and couldn't help looking out, "Oh, I thought it would be sunny in the afternoon, but now it's all over, and there is no one there. It’s on the street, and there are no customers.”

Dark clouds overwhelmed the top, as if a downpour was about to come. Blind Su staggered and pulled his head out of the wine jar, looked outside in a daze, and asked in surprise, "Huh? Why did the rain come so early?" Seemingly looking at Zhenzhen, "Why are you looking at my notebook again? You changed my notebook again?"

Yi Qingchen looked at the dark clouds outside the house, feeling a little uneasy in his heart, but he really should change that old woman's temper, and don't worry about what he shouldn't worry about, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart, yawned and went upstairs to rest .

The soft quilt warmed the cold hands and feet, and the benzoin fell asleep with the light dust of his clothes. He fell for a long time in the darkness, and finally landed on a flat ground. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the room covered with frost flowers. courtyard wall.If it was normal, he would have brushed aside the branches and walked into the courtyard, but this time, he stood outside stupidly, looking at the frosty flowers on the wall in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, Yanxi came up from the bamboo sea path with a basket of herbs on her back, saw Yi Qingchen standing outside the courtyard wall in a daze, a little surprised, "Why don't you go in and sit and wait?"

Yi Qingchen looked at Yanxi after hearing the reputation, and for a long time, pointed to the Shuangjiang flower on the wall and asked, "What's the name of this flower?"

Yanxi was silent for a while, then suddenly changed the subject, "You don't look very good-looking, go in and sit down first, I will prescribe some prescriptions for you." Just as he was about to push the vines away, Yi Qingchen behind him refused to let go He asked eagerly, "Have you heard of the name Hua Shenchi?"

Yanxi's hand to touch Huateng froze in the air.

After a while, he turned his head to look at Yi Qingchen, with a complicated expression on his face, "Where did you hear this name? Your master said it?"

Yi Qingchen reached out to catch a flower petal that was floating towards him, and said with a light smile, "Xiaoqian, he has come to Weicheng."

Yanxi walked through the door opening silently, walked into the courtyard and put down the bamboo basket, followed by Yi Qingchen and continued, "They all said that Hua Chenchi saved me ten years ago, and he put half of his soul into the in me, and you, dislike, are also in me...so..."

"So?" Yanxi asked back, "What are you going to do?"

Faced with such indifferent dislike and joy, Yi Qingchen's aura softened unconsciously, he raised his hand and scratched his hair, struggling, "I... want to go to Lingshan."

"No."

"Why?"

"No why."

Yi Qingchen tentatively asked, "Are you afraid that those elders will embarrass me? Or..." Yanxi pinched his brows with a headache and interrupted Yi Qingchen, "You don't understand, stop asking , and never go to Lingshan. I beg you. You will die..."

"Actually, it's okay even if you tell him..." A cold female voice came from outside the courtyard, the vines hanging down from the Shuangjianghua moved, and Zhenzhen walked in from the outside, saluting Yanxi very politely , "His Highness, people are curious and rebellious. If you keep it from him, but he wants to get to the bottom of it, why not tell him all the pros and cons and let him decide for himself."

Anxiety stopped talking.

Yi Qingchen looked at Zhenzhen, with a startled look on his face, "How did you come in? So you really... are not human?"

Zhenzhen nodded, "I was entrusted by the Queen Mother of the West, and I came to visit His Highness, His Highness Yixi, now that I have seen you, my mission has been completed."

Yi Qingchen turned his head to look at Hua Shenchi, feeling even more surprised, "So... you are really the child of Queen Mother Xi? What's going on here?"

Dislike and joy's always indifferent face was full of boredom, he closed his eyes and struggled for a long time, until Yi Qingchen thought that the frost flowers were about to wither, he just opened his eyes to meet Yi Qingchen's eyes. The words said, "After your death, the soul in your body has almost dissipated. I used half of my soul to make up for your incomplete part, so you came back to life."

"But my soul is my soul after all. If you get close to Lingshan, close to my body, this half of the soul will be called by the original body and flow away from your body. Although this process is very long, after a long time, you are still Will die. Do you understand me when I say this?"

Yi Qingchen savored it several times, and seemed to understand a little bit, but his focus was different from Yanxi, "You mean, your body is still in Lingshan?"

Faced with Yi Qingchen's focus, Yanxi could only smile wryly and shook his head, "I'm still there. In fact, the me you see now is only half of the consciousness left in the remnant soul, and the other half of the remnant soul is still there. Still supporting that body...although it will become neither human nor ghost, it is still alive after all."

Hearing this, Yi Qingchen's mood became more complicated. A thought filled his heart. He must go to Lingshan. If he didn't go, he would never be able to get back those memories that belonged to him. He will live like that for the rest of his life.

He wanted to know what happened between himself and Hua Shenchi during the year Murong Qian left.

Does going to Lingshan necessarily mean death?

He and Hua Shenchi must not be redeemed?

When Yi Qingchen woke up, the temperature outside the quilt was much lower than before falling asleep, the wind was howling outside, the rain continued, and the room became dim and dark.He sat up from the bed in a daze, put on his boots and walked to the window, only glanced outside before he was fully awake.

The thick rain curtain blurred the entire scene of Weicheng, the raindrops splashed on the tiles and turned into light white smoke, and the strong wind carried a few drops on his face and sleeves, making him a little dazed up.He stretched out his hand to grab it, and it was full of water.It's not a dream, the rainy season really came early!

Yi Qingchen felt uneasy, immediately put on his clothes and went downstairs, due to the heavy rain, there were not many customers in the shop, the huge hall was empty, only one person lit an oil lamp and sat in the corner reading a book.

Yi Qingchen came down from the stairs, didn't see Qiaoniang and blind man Su, and didn't look at Jiang Zhige, so he went to Zhenzhen to ask, Zhenzhen spread the book on the table, Yi Qingchen read it At a glance, I was shocked to find that the pages of the book were empty without ink.

"The proprietress and the blind man went to watch the fun by the river." Zhenzhen looked at the violent wind and rain outside the gate, "The rain won't stop for a while, but don't worry, it won't be long."

Yi Qingchen couldn't take it calmly, went straight to the door frame to get an umbrella, and rushed to the city gate.

As soon as Fang walked out of the house and opened the umbrella, the person and the umbrella were blown far away by the strong wind. He staggered to stabilize his figure, but the paper umbrella fell out of his hand and was blown farther by the strong wind.

This is Murong Qian's umbrella, I have to return it to him next time we meet, naturally it won't be damaged, so Yi Qingchen braves the heavy rain to pick up the umbrella, will catch up with him, but the umbrella flies into another person's hand.The man had long hair, and through the rain curtain, one could only vaguely see the man's white hair and white clothes, and the rain didn't wet his whole body at all.

He and Yi Qingchen looked at each other for a moment, the sound of rain and wind was endless, but the man still couldn't hide his smile.He passed by Yi Qingchen, returned the umbrella, and asked very politely, "May I ask where the Skillful Hand Pavilion is?" Yi Qingchen pointed to the direction of the Skillful Hand Pavilion, "Go along this road to In the end."

But the man said "huh?", "Have you seen Zhenzhen?" Yi Qingchen agreed, and the man smiled softly, "I'm her friend, and I'm here to pick her up, so I'll go ahead here Farewell." As soon as the words finished, the cool breeze blew on the face, and the huge street was empty except for a person in light clothes and dust.

Yi Qingchen was surprised, but suddenly he couldn't remember the appearance of that person just now, only a certain and general description was engraved in his mind, that is good-looking, better than anyone he has ever seen, very good-looking .

Being in the wind and rain, Yi Qingchen didn't worry too much about the man's appearance, and continued to walk along the avenue to the river, and when he got out of the city gate, he could see a crowd of spectators surrounded by the embankment. Inside, I found the location of Qiaoniang and Xiazi Su, and walked to them.

Qiaoniang was chatting with the residents nearby, and when she saw Yi Qingchen, she hurriedly called him over, and then pointed to the broken bridge on the water, "The blood peach that sealed the water monster in Taoze was cut down, and the broken wood was cut down by the water. After rushing down, the bridge going out of the city was also hit, it’s really misfortunes that never come singly.”

It was only then that Yi Qingchen noticed that there was still a peach tree lying beside the river beach. Although most of the leaves and petals had been washed away by the river, they were still very beautiful. More than a dozen river workers tied ropes to go down to salvage them. With the chant, everyone on the shore also yelled together. It was very lively for a while, and they couldn't see the dire situation of Weicheng at the moment.

Qiao Niang put her hands on her lips to help her shout for a while, then stopped to catch her breath, and seeing Yi Qingchen's sad face, she patted Yi Qingchen's arm to make him shout along with her, but Yi Qingchen couldn't refuse, and pretended to be He yelled twice, but accidentally lost his breath, squatting on the spot and coughing non-stop.

Qiao Niang just covered her mouth and smiled, "Mr. Yi, you are really weak, no wonder Mr. Chan Ji refuses to pass on what he has learned all his life to you, as making armor is often a manual labor, you must not be able to do it. "

Although what Qiaoniang said was the truth, it was also a lump in Yi Qingchen's heart.

After surviving the plague when he was a child, he has become the physique he is now. Taking medicine and exercising is useless. He didn't know his master's skills, and he forgot most of the lightness skills and hidden weapons he relied on when he was a thief. Now he is a living and disabled person. It is understandable for his master to hide his knowledge of cultivating the river god, but he still feels very uncomfortable.

Could it be that I can only be useless in this life, just waiting to die?

"You're right." Yi Qingchen responded to Qiao Niang like this.The cough gradually calmed down, but the lungs were still aching, Yi Qingchen was really not in a good mood at the moment, looking at Qiao Niang, he couldn't smile anymore, he only thanked Qiao Niang for the right hand that he handed to him, and walked to the bottom of the city wall I went to rest.

The city wall was covered with mottled traces and moss, Yi Qingchen chose a cleaner place, and leaned against it with an umbrella.Just now he breathed a sigh of relief, and the people at the city gate exclaimed again, "Mr. Zen Ji, magistrate?"