Bright Moon and Cold Thousand Mountains

It was only a short month since the last time I came to Yangzhou, and Mochizuki Island felt like a day or ten years. When Liu Shiqi stepped onto the coast, he felt that a long time had passed.

At that time, I said goodbye to Wendi, and it was still cold in the spring.Now everything is recovering, and spring flowers are blooming.

It's a pity that no one was in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery in April in the south of the Yangtze River. When Liu Shiqi was at the end, he couldn't take his eyes off the white horse at the front.According to Yi Chunqiu, after Feng Tingyun gradually became independent, she has not been to the Central Plains for nearly 20 years. When Wang Qian'an was still alive, his ambitions were hidden, and he didn't talk to her much. Naturally, she didn't take the return to the Central Plains seriously. .

With a thought in his mind, Liu Shiqi rode his horse and walked forward a few steps side by side with Yi Chunqiu, asking, "Where is Master from?"

The woman is no longer young, but her face is beautiful and light, and she still has the charm of a girl when she smiles: "Nanchu. Master passed by Yunmeng and picked me up. There was a famine in those years, and my parents were gone. Since then, I have loved I have a very bad impression of Central Plains, I just feel that there are bones everywhere, and Wangyue Island is so good, I don’t want to come back—I’m different from your mother, she always wants to go.”

"I remember you said that mother is the daughter of a rich family in Yangzhou." Liu Shiqi said.

Yi Chunqiu nodded, and said: "Everyone has their own aspirations, it has nothing to do with their background...the end is almost here, Tingyun, where are you staying tonight?"

Feng Tingyun, who was some distance away from them, turned his head and said, "I was afraid of scaring the snake, so I took the antidote of Xiaoyao San and went to exchange shelter with Green Mountain Pavilion. It seemed that all the decent leaders were hit by Xiaoyao San, they thought It’s too late.”

Yi Chunqiu said: "Is the Green Mountain Pavilion safe?"

Hearing the worry implied in the words, Feng Tingyun smiled and said: "Master, I think that they must have their own means to gain a stable foothold in such a duplicitous place. The Helian family used to take black and white, but now listen It can be said that even the government is involved, it can be said that the "golden mean" is used to the extreme, and it is credible not to talk about feelings but to talk about transactions. Besides, the place we borrowed is only their other garden, and we can't compete with the people in the Green Mountain Pavilion. Face to face."

After all, Yi Chunqiu hadn't directly greeted the various factions in the Central Plains for a long time, and his understanding of Lushan Pavilion was far inferior to Feng Tingyun's. Hearing this, he just nodded: "Okay, I'll let you decide."

Feng Tingyun's smile hadn't faded yet, and she suddenly added without end: "Tingyun has become more prudent and sensible. After a hundred years, I can rest assured that Wangyue Island will be completely handed over to you."

She was still in her prime, and Liu Shiqi and Feng Tingyun's expressions froze when this was mentioned, and they remained silent, not knowing how to answer this question.Yi Chunqiu's expression was calm, it was hard to tell whether she was joking or serious.

The three of them walked a certain distance before Feng Tingyun said in a low voice: "Master, don't say these words in the future."

However, Yi Chunqiu said with nostalgia: "Wangyue Island... has never had a long life. Master's 69 years old is already a very long life. Before him, Ye Tang was only... [-] years old when he died. Now I..."

Even Liu Shiqi couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted her bluntly: "Master."

As if he had just recovered from his own thoughts, Yi Chunqiu smiled apologetically: "I made you worry. Seventeen, let me teach you something, sometimes there must be something in fate, there is no need to hide."

There seemed to be other meanings in her words, Liu Shiqi couldn't hear clearly, so he wrote down this unfathomable teaching by himself.

After stepping on the flowers and returning to the scent of horseshoes, the journey was full of spring, and Liu Shiqi suddenly remembered that poem after landing another butterfly on his shoulder.Then he remembered logically that Zhehua also had a style called "Treading Flowers and Returning" in Zhehua's hands. He lowered his head slightly, and the corners of his lips curled up involuntarily.

Maybe Wendi is still in Yangzhou, and the day they agreed on has not arrived, but the two always meet by chance.

After bypassing the exquisite city wall of Yangzhou, and heading west for about a hundred miles, a few residential houses with blue tiles and white walls came into view.The surrounding rice fields are green, and after pushing the door open, there is only one old servant in the courtyard.

Feng Tingyun took out a token from his bosom and showed it to him, the old servant didn't say anything, just smiled and welcomed the three of them in.

After the old servant left, Liu Shiqi wondered, "Why hasn't he spoken?"

"That's the dumb servant of the Green Mountain Pavilion." Feng Tingyun put down his burden, and turned around to make Yi Chunqiu's bed in the main house, "Except for the doormen in the pavilion, the other servants of the Green Mountain Pavilion are all dumb who can't read, otherwise it would be too much The secret was leaked——Master, you can sleep here at night, and Shi Qi and I will go to the next room."

Yi Chunqiu was regarded by him as a young lady who couldn't take care of herself, so she was quite happy and sat down at the table pouring tea.And Liu Shiqi was not as complacent as she was, so he weighed his burden when he got the reply, and said, "If we came here to find Sheng Tianya, shouldn't we contact the people in the city?"

"Don't startle the snake. There are so many people under house arrest in Baihutang. The purpose is not clear, but there will definitely be a next move. At that time, we will follow along. Sheng Tianya is in the dark. If you rush to find him, not only will you not find him, but you will also turn back. He will lead the army." Feng Tingyun reminded, "Xingzhou is still in his hands."

Liu Shiqi said "Yes", and Feng Tingyun said: "Stay here for now, within ten and a half months, there will be results. If you want to go around, go by yourself. Just a little, don't cause trouble .”

What he was waiting for was this sentence. Feng Tingyun's words were much more useful than Yi Chunqiu's at Liu Shiqiu's place. He didn't ask the master's opinion, and the corners of his brows and eyes were happy when he agreed.

Liu Shiqi's temper came and went quickly, which would make people misunderstand that he didn't take all the irritability to heart.He just doesn't like to turn over old scores. This character can't be said to be good or bad, but it's always a bit worrying.

Watching Liu Shiqi go out, Yi Chunqiu suddenly said: "This kid is much more tolerant after all, not like Xiaomei, maybe like my brother-in-law whom I have never met."

Feng Tingyun smiled: "I heard that Liu Daxia is a disciple of Taoist Priest Ziyang, and he went down the mountain to return to the mortal world for his uncle. The word love has always been sincere, and perhaps both Shishu and Liu Daxia are the most affectionate and sexual people. Seventeen Although we didn't get along with them very long, Wen Di was a few years older than him, and he was influenced by his ears and eyes when he was a child, and taught him subtly in Xixiu Mountain."

Yi Chunqiu looked at him with deep eyes, and there was something in his words: "An elder brother is like a father."

The simple four words made Feng Tingyun's face a little stiff, he looked away inexplicably, and didn't mention anything else.

Sometimes he felt that Yi Chunqiu knew everything, but she didn't care about anything, and was always reminding him, but when Feng Tingyun wanted to ask again, she refused to say anything—like a boring elder who likes to keep secrets, but also Only at these times, Feng Tingyun would truly feel that Yi Chunqiu was indeed not young anymore.

He closed the door and exited, the dumb servants in the courtyard had disappeared, there were no tall trees around, and as far as he could see was the flat river south of the Yangtze River.

On the other side, Liu Shiqi, who had left his residence, was not in a hurry to enter the city. He led a horse with a long knife on his back and walked around Yangzhou City for a week.The aura of impending rain made the city wall even more gloomy with the recent events. Liu Shiqi looked up and saw that there were many knights dressed as warriors near the teahouse, and the conversations were all related to the White Tiger Hall.

"There is something to say about hijacking others. Is he really capable of putting Xi Lanyu under house arrest?"

"Even if the number one expert in the world is poisoned, there is nothing he can do. I heard that this time it is a strange poison. I don't know where Yanglou got it."

"What strange poison is more powerful than the poison on the twelfth floor?"

"Shhh, don't forget that—"

"Back then? I think Zuo Nian died, and Yanglou was confident... Who didn't know that he was beaten like a bear by Zuo Nian before!"

"Brother, be careful..."

Liu Shiqi listened silently for a while, got up to pay the tea money, and left the teahouse in a flash.He knew little about Baihutang, and had only met Xi Lanyu once, but he also vaguely felt that there were too many strange things in it.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Shiqi put the horse at the post station and entered Yangzhou city instead.

With the experience of the previous trip, Liu Shiqi was worried that the Huashan faction would still be chasing him, so he made a special trip to pick a small alley. He didn't know where Wendi and the others on the [-]th floor would live, but since Yu Zheng was under house arrest, so he found a well-informed inn and restaurant, sat down and inquired for a while, and it would happen naturally.

With this in mind, he went to a Nanhe Inn opposite Mingfeng Tower.When he first entered the door, Liu Shiqi passed a person, and he looked back suspiciously. The young man was tall and slender, dressed in black, and his back was very familiar.

A name suddenly popped up in his mind, Liu Shiqi managed to suppress the idea of ​​calling him, and forced himself to turn back and enter the inn.He looked around, it was just dinner time, there were all kinds of people who came to stay at the inn, their voices were so loud that the inn was full of excitement, a little too noisy.

He casually ordered a bowl of wontons, sat on the table in the corner, glanced at him, and suddenly found a familiar person—since he entered Taiyuan City with Feng Tingyun for the first time that year, the one who gave Feng Tingyun Du Xindan The informer of the news, Ying Jiuer.

I haven't seen him for many years, but the little old man doesn't look old at all. Instead, he is much more energetic. He has a good time in the lobby of Nanhe Inn.Liu Shiqi stared at him with his chin resting on his shoulders. After a while, Ying Jiuer felt this gaze. When his eyes met, Liu Shiqi smiled deeply and snapped his fingers at him.

Back then he was still a half-grown child, so Ying Jiu'er naturally didn't recognize him, so he came over with a smile, and sat on the stool opposite his table without seeing anyone else: "What is the young master doing looking for the little old man?"

"Ask you about someone." Liu Shiqi said casually, took out a little piece of silver from his sleeve and put it on the corner of the table, and said in a casual tone, "I know the rules, so let's not say those polite words."

Ying Jiu'er was still the same as before, his eyes lit up when he saw Qian, and he shone shrewdly, flatteringly said: "Master, if you ask someone, then you will find the right one! This little old man is three thousand miles away, even if he is Bai Xiaosheng." , and can know all the major events in the martial arts world right now——I think the young master’s appearance looks like a martial arts practitioner, I wonder if the person you want to inquire about is in the Jianghu?"

"This small inn is also a river and lake." Liu Shiqi smiled, his black eyes were bent, and he looked harmless at humans and animals, "Mr., have you heard about the recent incidents in the White Tiger Hall?"

Ying Jiu'er's smile suddenly froze on his face, he lowered his voice, approached Liu Shiqi and said, "Young master, don't dare to talk nonsense, Baihutang can cover the sky with one hand in Jiangnan now, don't blame them happy--"

Liu Shiqi interrupted him, his tone still lazy: "Don't worry, I don't have that ability. It's just that I have a little friendship with the head of the twelfth floor. I want to know how he is doing now, and where are the other people on the twelfth floor? "

Hearing what he said, Ying Jiu'er seemed to be relieved. He picked up the tea bowl on the table and said, "They... the twelfth floor is cowardly this time, and they can't come out of the inn in Chunfeng Town outside the city. It must be Zuo Nian passed away, the new head is too young to support the scene, I heard that there are still people in the twelfth floor who are dissatisfied with the new head and want to help another brother, it's a mess..."

Liu Shiqi couldn't listen to what Ying Jiuer was saying behind him, so he sent Ying Jiuer away, sat at the table for a while, and finally got up to leave without even finishing the bowl of wontons.

It was drizzling when he went out, Liu Shiqi bypassed the main road and went out of the city, but after he left, under a tree outside the Nanhe Inn, someone was looking at the direction he was leaving with dark eyes.

Spring Breeze Ten Li Yangzhou Road, the name is very poetic. Liu Shiqi walks along a small stream and walks through the green trees along the bank. The atmosphere in the town is peaceful, which is completely different from Yangzhou City not far away.

Perhaps it was because of the sudden rain, there were not many people in the streets, and his light-colored clothes almost melted into the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.Liu Shiqi wiped his forehead, wiped fine rainwater, and then glanced sideways to see that a large part of his shoulder had been wet.There are only two inns and one tavern in Chunfeng Town, and Liu Shiqi quickly saw the plaque.

He walked over quickly, the tavern had already been proofed, the small door was half opened, and only the shopkeeper and the waiter were sitting and chatting inside.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, so Liu Shiqi had no choice but to squat casually under the eaves of the tavern, looking up to watch the rain dripping down the blue tiles, bit by bit, as if it could moisten things and drip in silently. people's hearts.

The sound is also soft, and listening to it for a long time can miraculously calm people.

It's just that after waiting for a while, there is no trend of shrinking, and the sky is getting dark again.It's best not to hang out outside at night, Liu Shiqi remembered this, he stared at his palm, thinking: "I'll run back in a while." I don't know why I'm greedy for this moment.

When the wind picked up, Liu Shiqi ended up standing up in a daze, but suddenly saw a person standing with an umbrella in front of him.

Lifting the oil-paper umbrella slightly upwards, the young man with red phoenix eyes smiled softly: "Seventeen."

The narrow place blocked all the wind and rain, Liu Shiqi and Wendi walked side by side, neither of them spoke first.It wasn't until he was about to walk out of Chunfeng Town that Wen Di asked, "Why are you here again?"

"Master suspects that the incident at Baihutang has something to do with Sheng Tianya." Liu Shiqi replied, "I just settled down in Yangzhou today, and I... came out for a walk. I didn't expect it to rain, let alone—"

"Will I be here?" The arc of Wendi's lips widened.

Liu Shiqi honestly acquiesced, he tilted his head to look at the flute, there was no sign of injury, and even his complexion was much better than before when we parted, so he thought he was doing well.It's just that little cinnabar mark between the eyebrows, which is very dazzling.

He really wanted to ask Wendi why he didn't just leave Xixiu Mountain. The people in the teahouse said that it was true that there were two factions on the [-]th floor, but he had no position to say more.He hardly interfered with Wen Di's affairs, but he obeyed what Wen Di said. After all, this trust had grown into a towering tree in his heart and became part of his instinct.

"Yu Zheng is under house arrest in Yanglou, and I don't know what they want. Junior sister and junior brother come to me, so I can only stand with them." Wendi said briefly, "You came here by yourself?"

"Master and senior brothers are all here."

Wendi nodded: "Then...you should pay more attention these few days. I just received a post from Baihutang on the twelfth floor this morning. Yanglou will meet you in the arena outside Yangzhou City in three days. That place... Originally, the local official Wai Xiu was recruiting for his daughter, and he wants to come, just to sow discord. At that time, you should hold your breath."

Liu Shiqi frowned: "Why?"

Wen Di: "In the eyes of the decent family, you and your master are in the same party as Sheng Tianya. I don't need to say more, do I?"

He is a smart person, and he understood after hearing this, and it is even more unnecessary to talk to the aggressive head of Huashan before.Before, Liu Shiqi felt that he was nothing more than a wild crane, but now he suddenly became the target of public criticism, and he could only drift with the current in the center of the whirlpool, without even an explanation.

Seeing that he was depressed, Wendi suddenly said: "When this matter is over, why not...you leave Wangyue Island, and I also try to escape from the twelfth floor, let's go back to Chang'an."

"Ah?" Liu Shiqi was taken aback, then forced a smile for a while, "Brother Di, what are you talking about? Thinking about the future."

"I...from that day on, I felt like a walking corpse. I didn't think about anything on the twelfth floor, and the major events in the world have nothing to do with me. When I finish what I should do, I don't have any other concerns." Wen Di lifted Putting his arms around Liu Shiqi's shoulders, he led him towards him.

Liu Shiqi felt that he seemed to have more to say, and asked tentatively, "Brother Di, what are you doing?"

But Wendi ignored his question, the two under the umbrella got very close, his eyes hesitated for a moment, and he said softly: "Apart from you, I have no other ties in this world, understand?"

The next moment, the lips with a cool and thin outline pressed towards him, silent and gentle like spring rain.

When Liu Shiqi returned to his residence that day, his clothes were soaked. Feng Tingyun came out of the house upon hearing the sound, and scolded him while looking for clean clothes for him: "Go out without an umbrella. I admit it. Don't you know Jiangnan? If it rains, come back quickly. You have to wait for the rain to get heavier before you know how to run back... Change your clothes quickly, I will boil hot water for you to wash, and take medicine to adjust your breath later, so as not to let the cold enter your body. It's still early for summer..."

He chattered and went out, Liu Shiqi took off his outer shirt, but his inner coat stuck to his body, making him feel cold and uncomfortable.He wanted to untie his belt, but when he touched it, he withdrew his hand as if something had burned him.

Just now, Wendi just kissed the small bridge outside Chunfeng Town, wrapping his arms around his back.Liu Shiqi's mind went blank for a moment. He instinctively wanted to struggle, but his hands were caught, and his breath was seized. He couldn't breathe, and he exerted more force on his hands. It was poured thoroughly.

Then he ran away, carrying a long knife, and after running two steps, he tried to look back as if he wanted to be tripped.

Wen Di stood still, his appearance without white clothes was strange.His expression seemed to be sad, his eyes were heavy, and all the brilliance was obscured by the mist.

He expected that Liu Shiqi would not be able to leave simply, so he took two steps forward and said, "I have done something that I am sorry to you, if I explain it, will you forgive me?"

He didn't respond at that time, but was shocked by the words and came back to his senses what they did just now. Liu Shiqi's world immediately exploded with thunder, and he lost all emotions. He turned his head and ran into the rain curtain quickly.

"Ah--" Liu Shiqi sneezed, just in time to hear hot water coming from the cloud, he wiped off the rainwater on his neck, twisted the veil again and buried his face in it.

The steam was so warm that he let out a sigh, and then he started to have a headache: Brother Dee, what's wrong with him, he just keeps talking, did he mean this when he said "I'm sorry"?Although it's strange, it doesn't seem to be that unbearable. He seems to be a little abnormal, but he doesn't say what's on his mind...

Liu Shiqi's throat was itchy, he quickly picked up dry clothes and put them on, turned his back and poured himself a cup of hot water.Clutching his forehead, Liu Shiqi thought, "I'm afraid I'm going to get sick after a lot of rain."

He had never had a body of iron, and he was constantly suffering from minor illnesses every three days. That night, Liu Shiqi was cold and weak, and before it was time to sleep, he rolled up his bed and snored slightly.

Feng Tingyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he just felt that his junior brother's body was really fragile, so he helped him tuck up the quilt again, closed the door and went to practice sword in the courtyard.

Moving a sword is no match for a duel, Feng Tingyun hardly used his strength.The light in Yi Chunqiu's room was on, she was probably playing the piano, Feng Tingyun was playing it, the sound of the piano swayed leisurely, as if there was the fragrance of flowers of Wangyou.

At the end of the ceremony, the sound of the piano just stopped, and Feng Tingyun pinched a sword formula to concentrate.

When he opened his eyes again, he vaguely saw a black shadow flashing across the rice fields not far away, hiding behind a thin banyan tree.Feng Tingyun didn't look or chase, and stood still with the tip of his sword hanging down.

The rain stopped that night, and there was no moonlight. He confronted the distant figure.Finally, the stick of incense in the corner of the courtyard burned out, and there was no sound in Yi Chunqiu's room. Feng Tingyun finally gave up and turned his head back to the house.

He quietly lit the lamp, avoiding Liu Shiqi so as not to wake him up, and then sat in silence until dawn.

The author has something to say:

Really slow, desperate face, there will definitely be a plot in the next chapter, definitely will I commit suicide