Snake Tale

Amidst the chirping of birds in the wind, Shen Yuzhu woke up leisurely.Still thinking that the birdsong was disturbing, he closed his eyes, and tightened the warm body in his arms with great attachment, at first he didn't feel anything wrong.

However, the gradually revived voice of reason became louder and louder. His eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes—what leaped into his eyes was the thick black curly hair, the naked back to the waist and buttocks, everywhere. They were all messy marks, and the snow-white complexion against the bruises and red marks was even more shocking.

……

He was so startled that he was almost suffocated, turned over and sat up in a hurry, the blood all over his body rushed to his face with a "boom", and then faded away in an instant, his head was dizzy, his face was red and pale - not only because of the blood in front of him The tragic scene was caused by the fact that his mind was like thunder passing through, bit by bit, recalling his insanity and madness last night.

Luo Yi was awakened by the hurried movement of the person behind him, supported his drowsy and painful head, endured the soreness of his limbs, and slowly sat up.Turning his face away, he saw Shen Yuzhu tightly covering his mouth, looking at himself in horror, like a chaste and strong woman whose innocence has been insulted.

"Go away." He said in a hoarse voice, coldly.

Seeing Shen Yuzhu move away like a snake and scorpion, Luo Yi didn't say a word, and went to wash and bathe in the stream.Shen Yuzhu sat by the stream with lingering fear in her heart, ... she was dumbfounded, her heart was boiling, and she couldn't look any more.He could only slowly bury his hot face in his knees, and hugged himself tightly in a daze.

One of them was as cold as ice, and the other was distracted. He hurriedly washed his body, put on ragged clothes, and walked back along the mountain road.

Shen Yuzhu looked at Luo Yi with a pale face and bruises all over his body, hesitating again and again, asking whether he needed help several times, but was turned down as if he didn't see anything.The thorny path is twists and turns, and with every movement, cold sweat drips down. The wind blows in the mountains, and it is cold to the bones. The wounds on the whole body are like hundreds of thousands of snakes and insects gnawing at the same time. Luo Yi only feels chest pain , the eyes turned blue for a while, and the steps became more and more difficult.Shen Yuzhu raised his voice behind him: "I'm tired! Don't rush on the road, let's take a rest."

However, Luo Yi turned a deaf ear to it, dragging his crumbling wounded body and walking forward with all his heart.Seeing that he was so brave, Shen Yuzhu couldn't help being annoyed, walked a few steps quickly, and grabbed his arm: "Your injury—"

Luo Yi tried his best to walk, already in a trance, and with lingering fear, he was touched by him unexpectedly, like being stung by a burning snake, he subconsciously tried his best to shake his arms and roared:

"--Do not touch me!"

This shouting was like a clap of thunder on the flat ground, extremely hoarse and piercing, and the hastily raised glance burst out with flames of incomparable disgust, fear and hatred.Shen Yuzhu was dumbfounded, it was a hundred times more humiliating than being slapped in public.Out of surprise and annoyance, his tone also became harsh: "I don't want to touch you either!" He said coldly, "You think I am you, and you like to play tricks like this?"

Recalling the humiliation in the past, Shen Yuzhu's apology disappeared, and he walked forward on his own.After walking for a while, I couldn't help but look back.But Luo Yi was still following closely behind, his face was hidden behind his messy hair, it was difficult to distinguish.

let him go!Perhaps his injury was not so serious.Shen Yuzhu said to himself.He was extremely unwilling to recall all the details of the night before, and when he thought about it, his cheeks burned and his heart beat like a drum, and he lost all his calm and self-sufficient cultivation.He couldn't bear this uncontrollable state of mind the most, and shook his head and threw it aside.

The two returned to the thatched cottage one after the other.Dougu Xu Yiyue tied up his luggage and horses, and was lying on the carriage, sound asleep.Hearing the sound, he turned over and sat up, stretched out his hand to wipe his saliva, and muttered inarticulately: "Why did you come back—"

His eyes widened suddenly, and Dou Guxu jumped forward, sniffed Shen Yuzhu's body for a while, and said thoughtfully, "Master, on you..."

Exudes the breath of wild night.

How could Shen Yuzhu let him finish his sentence, and slapped his forehead away, ordering him to lead the mule out.The three of them drove down the mountain along the path, with the rumble of the car, gradually leaving this little-known wild hill far behind.

Shen Yuzhu folded his arms and lowered his head, he and Luo Yi sat opposite each other for a whole day like a pair of corpses in a hearse.At dusk, he finally felt bored, got out, sat out of the car, and sent Dou Guxu to the town ahead to buy supplies.Dou Guxu came back soon, holding a bag of hot food, and said to Shen Yuzhu with a smile: "Master! There is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Shen Yuzhu rested his chin in a depressed mood, and said casually, "Of course we should hear the good news first."

Dougu Xuxi held out a pack of steaming and fragrant steamed pork with both hands, as if he was holding a newly rounded newborn, and said affectionately: "I bought the steamed pork from Juxingfang! Look, it How cute!"

"..." Shen Yuzhu was speechless for a while, seeing the steamed meat approaching under his nose with great affection, and slightly avoiding it, he said with a helpless smile: "What about the bad news?"

Dou Guxu took off the paper wrapping the food and held it in front of him.It was a notice offering a reward for arrest. It was soaked oily by Dou Guxu's delicious food. It was vaguely recognizable that the crime written on it was "homicide and absconding". Come on, the body and spirit are not similar, but the black and white words have their own name imprinted impressively.

He took a scroll of the notice, stretched his body and lay on his back in front of the wheel of the car, swearing that the person who posted the notice was so stingy that he would not pay a lot of money to hire a skilled painter, or increase the amount of the reward.In fact, he didn't know that if his worth was exposed, the insider would have different ideas and raise the price on the ground, which would bring many obstacles to the bounty offerer.Now that he has become the bait that everyone in the rivers and lakes wants to get quickly, I am afraid that this journey will not be peaceful.

Dou Guxu wiped out the food, sucked his fingers contentedly, and slurred his speech: "The notices are posted everywhere, I can't go to the small town of Queping ahead, master, do you want to change the road? Hurry up tonight." The horse walks along the path, and we can arrive at the Suining Ferry before lunch tomorrow. There are many ships there, so it’s just a good time to slip away.”

Shen Yuzhu stretched out his toes to poke the horse's buttocks, pondered for a long time, sat up, picked up a bag of wild fruits bought by Dou Guxu, and bowed into the carriage.

The light in the carriage was dim, and Luo Yi could only see Luo Yi with his arms folded, sitting on the inside, as thin and distant as a shadow.Shen Yuzhu coughed lightly, and immediately felt that this was too deliberate. He lifted his sleeves as if nothing had happened, sat aside from a distance, and said lightly: "The next section has to go straight to Suining on the mountain road all night. If you can't take it, you should go early speak out……"

He thought he was rambling on calmly, but the other party just turned a deaf ear and didn't even move his shoulders.Shen Yuzhu frowned, stretched out his hand to touch Luo Yi's shoulder, and finally noticed something strange - when he touched the other's forehead, it was hot and wet.

It was cold spring weather outside, but inside a family of women facing the street, there were charcoal pots everywhere, as warm as midsummer.Covered by heavy curtains, the aroma of alcohol, crisp laughter and smoky aroma evaporate along the winding corridors. On the lingering corridors, the bright red lanterns are like a prairie fire. The Shengge swirling around all together rendered a scene of light and shadow.

In the most secret room at the end of the corridor, a woman in red was standing beside the bed, holding a red candle to examine the unconscious person on the bed, shaking her head, and scolded: "...Needless to say, the whole body There are bruises and bruises everywhere, and even the arm is dislocated—” She stroked her long hair like a waterfall, turned her face sideways, and teased the distracted young man sitting beside her: “This is really—— Appearance!"

Shen Yuzhu was very embarrassed, touched the tip of his nose, thought for a long time and didn't know how to defend himself, so he simply refused to argue, and said: "In your opinion, how long will it take for this injury to heal?"

Jue Suman said: "You are also good at Qi Huang, why bother to ask me?"

"The so-called art industry has specialization..."

Jue Su glared at him: "It can be as long as half a month, or as little as ten days. I can count all the good deeds I have done in my heart!"

Shen Yuzhu said: "But I can't stay for long. Juesu, to be honest, I have a very difficult life case on me, and I am busy fleeing recently."

Juesu smiled and said, "Where do you think I am here? Who do you think I am, Juesu? Can I be implicated by you?" She stretched out a pair of catkins piled up like fresh snow, twirling Shen Yuzhu's fingers, smiling De Zhucui trembled wildly: "Furthermore, commit murder? With these hands?"

Shen Yuzhu smiled and said: "You also said that people should not be judged by their appearance - why can't I do such a thing?"

Jue Su looked into his eyes with a smile that was not a smile, let go of his hand for a while, took the teacup on the desk, and said with a light smile: "I just thought you would do it better, why bother to make the city full of storms like now of?"

Shen Yuzhu laughed at himself.Originally, I recounted the experiences of the strange peaks in these days one by one.The playful smile on Jue Su's face gradually faded, replaced by a concerned and dignified expression.When Shen Yuzhu arrived at the section of the underground altar of the Liuming Pavilion, she raised her hand to interrupt: "Wait a minute—"

She got up suddenly, walked to the unremarkable white wall, reached out and took off a calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall.

Shen Yuzhu saw that she had taken the painting and walked to the front, took the tea from the table and splashed it on the painting - the silk surface was wet, revealing the lines underneath it faintly.Juesu carefully uncovered a pair of thin silk in the interlayer, revealing the totem of the human head and snake body on it.

Holding the thin silk, Shen Yuzhu was stunned, and hurriedly raised his head and said, "Juesu—where did you come from for this totem?"

But Jue Su stared at the candle in a daze, blinked his eyelashes, and seemed to be ten times more horrified than him, and managed to utter two words: "——It's her!"

"she?"

Jue Su had no time to answer Shen Yuzhu's confusion, so he hurriedly lit up the red candle, but walked to the bed, and leaned over to look at Luo Yi who was lying unconscious on the bed.Under the violently flickering candlelight, expressions of astonishment, excitement, fear and bewilderment appeared on her face.It took a long time before he walked back thoughtfully, and lightly blew out the candle.

In the huge room, only the shadows of the lights outside the windows and the pearls embedded on the wall are left, projecting a faint light, as if to melt time into this darkness.Shen Yuzhu said blankly: "Juesu..."

"Don't rush me," Jue Su said softly, "Yu Zhu, this matter has been in my heart for more than 20 years. I have to think about it... Where should I start talking to you?"