Snake Tale

Shen Yuzhu picked up the wooden basin and walked towards the door, kicked the door open and splashed the water out--a shadow flashed in front of his eyes, only heard a shrill scream, Shen Yuzhu took a closer look, and saw a boy with water all over his face Throwing the shoulder pole away, he jumped up and said, "Azhu, you bastard!"

"Ouch." He was surprised belatedly, put the wooden basin on the ground, shook his hands and said with a smile, "Ah Dun, I'm so sorry!"

In a blink of an eye, Luo Yi was standing safely in the corridor with his hands behind his back, looking at him expressionlessly.Seeing that Luo Yi was unharmed, Shen Yuzhu couldn't help feeling regretful.He went forward and opened the book case next to A-Dun: "You brought me the books, right? That's great! The books are not dirty."

A Dun jumped on his feet and cursed: "Good you ghost! You only care about your book?" He wiped his mouth and complained: "What kind of water is it, why is it so fishy?"

Shen Yuzhu covered his eyes and laughed muffled.Luo Yidan said: "A Dun, why don't you take off your clothes and let Ah Zhu wash them for you?"

Shen Yuzhu immediately stretched out his hand and pulled his skirt: "That's right, come on, take it off and let my brother mend it for you!"

A Dun understood, and quickly put down his burden to ask Luo Yi to resign, and ran away in a hurry.

Shen Yuzhu looked at Luo Yi with a smile: "Why does the master stand outside the door? Do you also want Ah Zhu to wash your clothes?"

Luo Yiju walked into the room, paused before the threshold, and closed the door frame thoughtfully.

"What a thin door!" He said with a half-smile, "What can this stop?"

Shen Yuzhu's heart moved, he carried the book load in one hand, and led it into the room with the other, and said with a smile: "Why stop it? At this time, the only thing that can save energy into the curtain is the spring breeze."

Luo Yi smiled and said nothing, sat down a few days ago, and at the moment when Shen Yuzhu happily took out the book from the bookcase, he looked at the dark and cramped anteroom: a table, a bed, only behind the screen A few bookcases are placed in a mess.

"The room is full of books, but it seems to be empty. I don't know where the ten medical books that I reward you every month have gone?"

Shen Yuzhu said with a smile: "I always want to thank the master for his kindness first, and he is willing to buy books for me, a lowly slave. But the villain has a quirk. He must not keep the books he has read. He must burn them before he can feel at ease. So I After reading one book, I burned another one, and there is not a single book left.”

Luo Yi's thin lips sneered slightly: "Are you so proud of your ability to remember with a photographic memory?"

"The master misunderstood. As the saying goes, you can't read a book unless you borrow it. If a book is readily available and can be read repeatedly, it will inevitably make people slack. In a wealthy family, there are tens of millions of books, how many people will read it? It's nothing more than Put it on the shelf and let silverfish and spider silk entangle it. But the poor and lowly people, borrow books to read, and be vigilant about the return date, and will work hard to improve, study hard all night, so it is not a waste of knowledge in books.” s

He changed the subject, "Study is like this, and so are things in the world. When you can't get it, you're hungry and thirsty, but when you get it, you throw it away like an autumn fan, bury it and destroy it-ah! This kind of person is really as stupid as that insect or wild boar." Same, Master Luo, don’t you think so?”

Luo Yi smiled and said: "It's really stupid! However, I have also heard of such a person who tried his best to escape his own shadow and footprints, but the more he took, the more footprints he took; the farther he ran, The shadow still followed closely behind. In the end, he died of exhaustion, thinking that he could not escape fast enough—but he didn’t know that as long as he stayed in a cool place honestly, not only would he not be troubled by shadows and footprints, but he would also save his life. The next life comes!"

There was only a slight sound of "click", as if it came from behind the screen.Shen Yuzhu closed his eyes and remained silent, and couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Luo Yi, but saw that he was drinking tea with a toast, his demeanor and expression were as usual.

Shen Yuzhu regained his composure, and said, "Thank you for your teaching, Master, how dare you take a rash step when you are in the midst of thorns?"

"If that's the case, that would be great." Luo Yi smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand towards him.

He said: "How about lending me a look at your book? Maybe I can read the essence of the book too."

This finger bone is slender, almost the same color as jade.But Shen Yuzhu knew that what it is best at holding is a sharp sword that can kill people - no, why do you need a sword?Anything in this hand can kill a person.

Shen Yuzhu didn't hesitate for a long time, and soon, with a humble and dull smile, he handed over the book with both hands:

"The master is serious. People are your people, and books are your books. How can you talk about the word 'borrow'?"

In fact, the books that Shen Yuzhu could read were also under Luo Yi's supervision, and they were nothing more than common medical books in the market.Luo Yi took the book and flipped through it hastily. The whole text was nothing but incomprehensible expositions such as "the fat of the wild goose is painted on the top of the head every day, it can grow hair" and "no intercourse after the winter solstice, it's a big disaster".

He stroked the spine and pages of the book inch by inch with his fingers, but found no abnormalities; he tore off the pages and looked at them repeatedly through the candlelight, and there were no secrets such as interlayers or watermarks; finally, he simply put the pages on the candlelight Roasting—he had indeed heard of an invisible ink that would reveal its original color in the heat of the flames—but it was in vain.Nothing happened until the paper rolled up under the heat and gradually burned into a small group of embers.

Luo Yi fell silent.Shen Yuzhu, who was watching everything with cold eyes, drank tea leisurely, and sighed softly: "Respect the writing paper, Lord Luo! Your way of burning books is completely wrong."

Luo Yi raised his eyes, and Shen Yuzhu said slowly, "How can you not add a single red broom? If you ask me, you should burn the whole book to ashes, and then use the red broom to simmer warmly in the ashes. After half an hour, it will be sweet and fragrant, and if you take a bite, it will be scorching hot, as thin as waxy, and the fragrance will linger on your teeth, then you will have an endless aftertaste."

"..." Luo Yi smiled brightly, "You are very right. Next time I have a chance, I will cook it for you with my own hands. You will definitely not be able to finish it, so you can walk around."

"The villain thanked you in advance."

The two smiled at each other politely. From the perspective of outsiders, they were more happy than the most speculative confidants.

Luo Yi returned the book.Shen Yuzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I haven't asked the master to condescend to come to this shabby room late at night, why?"

Luo Yi looked around at the bookcases piled up everywhere: "Other scholars don't put down their books, study hard day and night, bring their theories and goods with the king of the world, they can get their gold, jade and beauty, and take their respect as a minister, but you——ask me to buy these. I give you the miscellaneous books of Taoism, what kind of tricks can I read?"

"If you don't do useless things, why waste your life? A villain is fond of reading, just like some people are lustful and some people are fond of wine. They are born with such a nature, and they are not for the sake of thousands of bells and golden houses."

Luo Yi said sarcastically: "It's worthy of being from Qingyan Mansion, even the way to pass the time is so elegant."

Hearing the three words "Qingyan Mansion", Shen Yuzhu's supercilious calmness suddenly dissipated, and he lowered his head slowly.Luo Yi stared at him, and asked with a smile: "Fortunately, your school has a large number of talented people, and the stars are shining, and you don't care that a piece of trash is dim, right?"

Shen Yuzhu forced a smile and said: "...Exactly, the master is right."

Luo Yi smiled and looked up at the pillars covered with spider webs: "It seems that there was a saying in the world that all the pillars of the world come from Qingyan Mansion; and the best materials in Qingyan are especially famous for the 'Six Secret Teachings'. Although Qingyan Mansion There are many capable people among the disciples, but it is rumored that there are only six people who are qualified to inherit Xuanweizi's mantle. These six wizards are good at their own strengths. If the princes can get any one of them to assist, they can make the country peaceful and the people safe, and even open up borders. , dominate the world."

Luo Yi stared into Shen Yuzhu's eyes, "It seems that your name is also in it?"

Shen Yuzhu was stunned, and said with a dumb smile: "This kind of rumor is not only boring, but also ignorant. No one in Qingyan Mansion knows that the villain is just a lonely and stubborn person who skipped classes and failed to study. How can He De be listed among the 'wizards'? "

"Studying? I heard that you and Xuan Weizi not only have the essence of master and apprentice, but also have a father-son relationship. How can you not even complete your studies?"

Shen Yuzhu sighed softly: "Master has been traveling around the world all year round, and his whereabouts are a mystery. I haven't seen Master since I was 13 years old. The teachers in the mansion are naturally very kind to me, but something happened later that made me never see him again." I can't stay here any longer..."

"Oh, what happened?"

Shen Yuzhu said honestly: "I demolished the kitchen in the mansion."

"..."

"When I was young, I asked immortals, and I was fond of collecting herbs and making alchemy. Unfortunately, my comprehension was too low. Instead of being able to ascend into the sky, I made a big mess. I still don't know how to add the formula at the beginning. The smoke dispersed, and the [-]-jin alchemy cauldron jumped into the sky! When the cauldron fell, it happened to hit the roof of the kitchen. It was the time of the Winter Solstice Ceremony, and the whole school witnessed this. A timid My younger brother was frightened into hysteria. Qingyan couldn’t stay any longer, so I simply left without saying goodbye and wandered down the mountain. It’s been almost seven years now.”

"I see. Come to think of it, with the title of 'Student of Qingyan Mansion', cheating and abducting are always more than enough. But, isn't there a country and a family who are willing to hire you as a guest?"

Shen Yuzhu said with that seemingly humble but actually proud smile: "A gentleman is not a weapon. It is precisely because I know everything that I haven't found any job."

Luo Yi said coldly: "It's a pity, if you don't know anything, you can be a nobleman."

Shen Yuzhu blinked: "My lord Luo was joking, among the nobles, there is no shortage of heroes like you who are versatile and versatile."

Luo Yi was too lazy to listen to his vulgar flattery, and said, "It seems that Qingyan's 'Six Secret Teachings' is just a false name?"

Shen Yuzhu waved his hands and said: "No, no, except that I have gained a false reputation, there are always many capable people and strange people in Qingyan Mansion."

Luo Yi asked coldly, "Then is there one of them named Ping Feiyu?"

Shen Yuzhu looked up and thought about it, and replied: "I've never heard of it." He took a pen, wrote a few words on the paper, and said: "These days, there are more and more scholars pretending to be students of Qingyan Mansion in order to get promoted. Now, the master should not be deceived."

Luo Yi looked at it calmly, took the pen and wrote on the paper, and responded aloud: "I was just asking casually, where is there such a leisure time for seeking talents."

Shen Yuzhu said: "Presumably, the master is planning day and night for the Changshan banquet in two days' time?"

Luo Yi squinted his eyes, looked at Shen Yuzhu with a deep smile that disgusted him, and said again: "But I don't know if the master has notified Miss Ning that she is back in advance?"

"...Why should I let Ah Ning come back?" Luo Yi asked coldly.

"Of course, it's for the safety of Miss Ning, isn't it?"

"Shen Yuzhu," Luo Yi said coldly with sharp icicles hidden in his eyes, "Do you know which kind of person is the closest to the dead?"

"Please guide me, Master."

"It's someone like you who pretends to be smart."

Shen Yuzhu leaned forward, kowtowed and said: "The villain is devoting all his energy and energy, just hoping to share the master's worries. Please forgive me for my devotion."

Luo Yi snorted coldly: "Driving cars and horses, taking off your clothes, this is your job to worry about." He glanced at the bookcase in the corner, with a mocking smile on his lips:

"Come on, take off your clothes."