Snake Tale

As soon as Shen Yuzhu opened his eyes, he saw the speckled shadows of trees reflected on the top of the rock.A gust of wind blew by, and the shadow swirled faintly, like a school of fish swimming by without a sound.This is a very shallow cave, and the overgrown vegetation just blocks the entrance of the cave, and the light and shadow are dim, so I don't know whether it is dusk or morning outside, and I don't know what night it is.Looking around, there was a cluster of extinguished bonfires beside him, and there was a person leaning on the rock wall opposite the bonfire, it was Luo Yi of course.

When he moved a little, Luo Yi raised his head.The four eyes looked at each other in astonishment, and felt that this scene seemed familiar, but not long ago, it was Shen Yuzhu who was accompanying Luo Yi's bedside, anxiously waiting for him to wake up.Now the two of them are generally haggard and tired, and each has a feeling of being separated from the world.Luo Yi, in particular, didn't know how to speak for a while. Seeing that Shen Yuzhu opened his mouth to speak, he reacted, and said in a low voice: "The poison in your body is not cleared...so that your throat muscles are paralyzed, and you can't speak for a while. What do you want to say? "

Shen Yuzhu nodded, picked up a dead branch and began to "sand" on the ground.When Luo Yi looked intently, he saw a long string of "Luo Yi, Luo Yi, Luo Yi, Luo Yi" on the sandy ground.

Luo Yi raised his head and said to him expressionlessly: "You are so noisy."

Shen Yuzhu smiled at him, and scratched out two words: "Qingnu".

Luo Yi's expression changed suddenly, a frightening look flashed across his face, he stared at him and said, "She told you everything?"

Shen Yuzhu looked at him quietly, shook his head slowly, and wrote stroke by stroke: "Will you tell me?"

Luo Yi wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "Is there even a need to ask?" He stretched out his hand and crossed it:

"of course not."

"..."

Shen Yuzhu was both helpless and funny, and wrote: "At least you didn't lie. You have become straightforward. You have made progress."

He thought that Luo Yiding would retort, but unexpectedly, Luo Yi raised his head to look at him, but turned his eyes away, staring at the embers of the bonfire between the two of them in silence.After a pause, he briefly described how he rescued Shen Yuzhu.However, the matter of fighting hard to protect each other under the siege of the soldiers and the meeting with Mrs. Zishuo is completely ignored.

Shen Yuzhu listened intently, and suddenly noticed that Luo Yi's tone was short of breath, before he could say two or three sentences, he had to pause for a moment.He stared at the person who was sitting far away in the shadow, his heart moved, and he said, "Luo Yi, come here."

He struggled to speak, his voice was very hoarse.Luo Yi frowned and said, "I told you not to speak out for now, what if I hurt my throat?"

Shen Yuzhu said: "If you don't want to come over, I still want to sing loudly for you."

"..."

Seeing that he was still refusing to move, Shen Yuzhu strengthened his guess.He walked over, under the cold moonlight, Luo Yi lowered his eyes, sweat was beading on his pale forehead, not even a trace of blood was visible on his lips.

Without saying a word, Shen Yuzhu sat down in front of him and slowly examined more than a dozen wounds, large and small, on his body.Some were soaked in uncooked water, and had begun to swell and ulcerate, with pus oozing faintly.

He just felt as if his heart was tightly held in his hands, his breathing was tight, and his knuckles turned white unconsciously.After a while, he calmed down, slowly wrapped his arms around Luo Yi's waist, pressed his forehead against his chest, and said softly, "I've only been away for a few days, why did you spoil yourself like this?"

Luo Yi turned his head away, and chuckled in a nonchalant tone: "When you were by my side, didn't you make me miserable too?"

Shen Yuzhu said lightly: "That's two different things."

They were silent for a moment.Outside the cave, owls were crying at night, and the pines were like waves, and it was impossible to tell whether it was raining or not.However, there is indeed something that sneaks into the heart with the night wind, grows in the dark, grows wantonly, and fills the heart with dull pain, as if it wants to jump out of the chest cavity and out of the kiss.But they didn't say anything after all.Just listening to each other's heartbeat, breathing and hearing each other, the bottom of my heart is quiet, even if I don't say anything, it seems to be clear.

I have nothing to say all night.The next day, when Luo Yi woke up, Shen Yuzhu was no longer in the cave.He brushed away the overgrown vines at the entrance of the cave, got out, walked lightly, and looked around, as if he was looking for something.

Sure enough, a hawk with its eyes closed was hiding between the dense canopy of an elm tree.Luo Yi pursed his lips and whistled, the falcon suddenly opened its eyes, fluttered its feathers, flew down, and landed obediently on his outstretched arm.Luo Yi detached the envelope from the eagle's claws, took out the silk script and looked at it carefully.He lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then marked the letter as a reply, and stuffed the silk book inside.Raising his hand, he put the falcon back into the sky.

He walked forward along the grass traces trampled by footprints at the entrance of the cave, and not long after, he saw a few white smoke curling up not far away, and Shen Yuzhu walked over with wild flowers and fruits in his arms.

When Shen Yuzhu saw him, he was surprised and said, "Eh? Why did you come out?"

Luo Yi said, "Didn't you come out too?"

Shen Yuzhu handed him a piece of fruit, and said with a smile: "You are seriously injured, it's better to rest peacefully." After a pause, he pointed to Bai Yan and said, "I gave the signal according to the agreement with Zhuo Xin. After he sees it, he will send someone here to meet us as soon as possible."

Luo Yi frowned slightly, and said, "You still want to stay in Zheng State?"

Shen Yuzhu lowered his eyes and said in his heart: "He has been away from Jiangdu for a long time, so naturally he doesn't want to stay here any longer." He raised his head and smiled at him: "I know what you think. But Jiangdu has long mountains and wide waters, you The current state is too reluctant to go on the road. It is better to stay here temporarily and heal the wounds on the body."

Luo Yi's brows became tighter and tighter, and he said, "My injuries are just flesh wounds. The real important thing is clearly the poison on your body!"

Shen Yuzhu smiled and said: "But I woke up after a good night's sleep. I felt energetic and able to move freely. It didn't look like I was poisoned at all. Maybe the poison on my body has been soaked in the water for so long, and it has already lost its effect. It's also unknown."

Luo Yi narrowed his eyes: "Shen Yuzhu, do you think I'm a fool?" He grabbed Shen Yuzhu's hand and said angrily, "Look at the bleeding spot on your hand, but it looks safe and sound? If it wasn't because you got it The strange disease of insensitivity to pain, maybe it’s rolling all over the floor in pain now!” Thinking of the crooks who are keen on Jiuding coveting day and night, and the Empress Dowager of Qi hiding in the dark again, Shen Yuzhu’s situation can be said to be in dire straits, but he is still Luo Yi was furious with his carefree and reticent appearance, and said in his heart: "Whether he is naive, indifferent, or self-defeating, I need to make a decision on this matter, and I must not let him procrastinate like this." !"

Simply don't get entangled with him, leave Shen Yuzhu behind, turn around and leave.After walking for a while, I couldn't help but look back, but saw that Shen Yuzhu couldn't follow a few steps, so he stopped under a tree and crouched down slowly.

Luo Yi's heart tightened, thinking about the poisonous hair on his body, he walked up to him quickly: "What's wrong with you?"

But Shen Yuzhu raised his head, smiled at him, and said, "Look what kind of tree this is?"

Luo Yi was startled, only to find that the two of them were under a catalpa tree, and he also remembered the custom of presenting flowers by the bank of Qinwei.Shen Yuzhu handed the bouquet of ** picked in his hand to his palm, and said softly: "Although the Shangsi Festival has passed...but, 'Hemerocallis forgets worries, **蠲怪*' will not change due to the change of time sequence Luo Yi, promise me, don't be angry, okay? The wound has been touched, it's time to open again."

Since the two got acquainted, Shen Yuzhu seemed to have never spoken to him in such a sincere tone, even with a bit of pleasing tenderness.Luo Yi's anger completely dissipated, replaced by a sour feeling in his heart.He held the delicate and beautiful chrysanthemum tightly, and said in a low voice: "Why do you always pay attention to these trivial things... Do you know the methods of the Empress Dowager Qi? Since she decided to take your life, it is just a fluke that you are safe for the time being." , in another ten and a half months, or even an hour, you may die of poison—”

Shen Yuzhu said lightly: "The so-called 'everything is impermanent', even if I don't die from the poison that Madam Zishuo gave me, I'm afraid I will die in the hands of some people who intend to rob the 'Nine Cauldrons'. Do you have to come over? It's better to put it aside and focus on doing something that can be done..."

Luo Yi grabbed Shen Yuzhu's robe by his waist, stared at him closely, and said, "What about me? Did I work hard to save you just to watch you die?"

Shen Yuzhu was startled, with mixed emotions in his heart, not knowing what to do.But Luo Yi took a deep breath, let go of his hand, turned around, and said indifferently: "That's all. There is one sentence you said is good, focus on what you can do, don't worry about impermanence. Your **, I take it."

Shen Yuzhu looked at his back and was about to say something when he saw a group of soldiers rushing towards him in the distance.Judging by the attire, it is undoubtedly Gongsun Zhuoxin's subordinate.

***: Ji Kang said: "The day lilies are angry, and the day lilies forget their worries." Li Yu said: "Anyone who sees this flower (**) will feel joy from anger, and laugh from tears." In ancient times, husband and wife quarreled, and after reconciliation, they drank tea made with jasmine flowers.People also often give chrysanthemums to quarreling couples, or place chrysanthemums under their pillows, wishing them harmony and happiness and a more fulfilling life.