Looking for plums under the moon

When Ling Guyue was caught by him, she felt that his face was icy cold, she looked at him in surprise, and saw that his brows were deeply furrowed, and he seemed to be crying and smiling, so she couldn't help shouting: "Junior brother?"

Shen Luo's face was pale, and the cold sweat on his forehead was getting denser. He was chanting words, but he couldn't make out what he was saying.

Ling Guyue shook his shoulders, trying to wake him up, "Junior Brother? Wake up!"

Shen Luo still didn't get rid of the dream.

Ling Guyue called softly again: "Shen Luo?"

Shen Luo's eyebrows trembled slightly, and slowly opened his eyes. He saw the green gauze above his head for the first time, showing a confused expression. After seeing Ling Guyue, he suddenly froze, and opened his mouth and murmured: "Senior brother, Are you OK?"

Seeing that he woke up, Ling Guyue breathed a sigh of relief, and said inexplicably, "Of course I'm fine, but what did you dream about?"

Shen Luo sat up, only to realize that he was still holding Ling Guyue's hand.The palm of that hand was sweating, warm and damp, so he wiped it for him, and said in a hoarse voice: "I had a nightmare..."

"What nightmare, so terrible?"

Shen Luo stared into his eyes, and said in a daze, "I dreamed that my brother was killed, so I spent ten years avenging my brother..."

Ling Guyue smiled and said: "I didn't make any enemies in the Jianghu, who would want to kill me? How could you have such a dream."

Shen Luo shook his head, "There are many tricks in the rivers and lakes, and there are many grievances and hatreds. Brother, you have to be careful in the future."

Seeing his serious face, Ling Guyue suppressed her smile and said: "I will take my Yangguan Road, and he will cross his single-plank bridge. If someone invades without reason, I will not be lenient."

Shen Luo said again: "Brother, do you know who killed you in my dream?"

Ling Guyue asked casually: "Who is it?"

Shen Luo lowered his eyes and said, "It's Master."

Ling Guyue was stunned for a while, "Master? Master wants to kill me? Your dream is really weird..." After thinking about it, she still felt amused, "Why did he kill me? Is he angry because I didn't practice well? "

Shen Luo stared at him and said, "Master is possessed. He tied me to the cliff. I saw you pierced through the heart with his sword. Your blood kept flowing from the back mountain to Luoyingtan, stained red. The whole river, but I can't do anything."

Ling Guyue let out a "hmm" and thought about it: "If Master really killed me, how would you avenge me?"

There seemed to be an ancient well hidden in Shen Luo's eyes, without waves or waves, he said indifferently: "It took me ten years to practice the Pingchuan mental method, including the tenth floor that Master didn't reach, and then the blood in the stool washed Pingchuan... "

Ling Guyue didn't know why, but suddenly felt a little creepy, he held Shen Luo's arm, and asked doubtfully, "Junior brother, did you get stimulated by something?"

Seeing his nervousness, Shen Luo raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's just a dream, brother, don't take it to heart."

Ling Guyue glanced at him, and asked tentatively: "You really have nothing to hide from me?"

He originally thought that Shen Luo would deny it, and then the two of them could bypass the topic, and he would pretend nothing happened.

Unexpectedly, Shen Luo just looked away, looking at the gradually darkened room, and remained silent.

Ling Guyue said: "Why don't you speak?"

Shen Luo whispered: "Brother..."

Ling Guyue laughed, "Do you also want to say... It's better that I don't know about some things?"

Shen Luo clutched the quilt under him, hesitated to speak, and finally shook his head.

Ling Guyue stood up and sighed, "Forget it, since none of you are willing to tell, I'll find the answer myself..." Walking to the table, lit the candles, covered the lampshade, and turned to face the ghost in the shadows. Shen Luo said: "It's getting late, I'll go get some food."

Shen Luo sat motionless on the bed, watched Ling Guyue leave the room, loosened her tightly clenched hands, and when she looked down, her nails had pierced her palms, and her hands were dripping with blood.

He didn't seem to feel the pain, so he raised his hand in front of his eyes and saw the blood dripping down the wound onto the bed sheet, so he subconsciously caught it with his mouth.After sucking it clean, he suddenly held his throat with his hand again, lying on the head of the bed and vomited with pain all over his face.

Ling Guyue went down the stairs absent-mindedly, just as she ran into Qing Chan who was walking towards her.

Seeing that his brows were tightly wrinkled, Qing Chan asked, "Young Master Fei Yi, what's wrong with you?"

Only then did Ling Guyue notice the person in front of her, forced a smile, and said: "It's nothing, my brother came to see me, it's getting late, I want to bring him some food."

Qing Chan was surprised and said: "Young Master Feiyi's younger brother is here? He is naturally a distinguished guest, and this kind of thing is just as the Young Master ordered, so I will ask someone to prepare it."

Ling Guyue thanked: "Thank you, Miss Qingchan."

Qing Chan smiled and said, "It's nothing."

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Ling Guyue called to her: "It's enough for one person, I still have something to do, so I won't eat with him."

Qing Chan blinked, responded and went down.

Ling Guyue walked to the back garden, where the grass and trees were dense.I don't know if the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and the moon is getting colder every day.

"The curtain rolls the dream of Yaotai, and the drum reminds the souls outside the pass. I didn't realize that the song was wrong, because I thought about the people in the moon." Ling Guyue thought of Qiu Chenggu who was betrayed by everyone that day, and met Prince Du when he was desperate. The two met outside Jinling City. Encounter under the moon.

Qiu Chenggu saw a drunk man lying down at the top of the wall, playing a broken flute, because she felt depressed, she thought the sound of the flute was unpleasant, so they had an argument and even shook hands.Prince Du's arm was broken by Qiu Chenggu and he had to stay at home for two months to recuperate. He was about to order the whole city to search and arrest, but unfortunately Qiu Chenggu wanted to borrow something from the palace.Enemies were extremely jealous when they met. At that time, one of them was a heroine of the green forest, and the other was a high-ranking official. They faced each other tit for tat. No one expected that they would become close friends who walked side by side.

Ling Guyue said to herself: "Things in the world are generally like this, unexpected, but reasonable..." He looked up and saw a full moon hovering over the heart of the sky, and couldn't help sighing, "But I didn't expect it to happen." What else is there?"

"Young Master Feiyi," Lu Yuan appeared behind him at some unknown time, and called out softly, "I wonder if you have time to go to Qingyuxuan to talk about it? The landlord has something to discuss."

Ling Guyue lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, and thought: Anyway, she doesn't want to go back to see Shen Luo for the time being, so she agreed: "I'll go there now."

Lin Jue seemed to want to play this scene to the end, and he was slumped on the bed with a tired face, his face was pale, and there was little blood on his lips. I don't know how he did it.

"Mr. Le, I'm really sorry for disturbing you late at night..." Lin Jue panted a few times, and sat up with his body propped up. "It's just that the first day of the new year is approaching, and Lin has to repeat the plan again."

Ling Guyue looked at him quietly, "Lord Lin said so."

"I heard that Mr. Le and Zhao Yihuan are very close..." Lin Jue smiled slightly, "I don't know what you might find out from Mr. Zhao?"

Ling Guyue said truthfully: "Zhao Yihuan doesn't know much about his Zhenbao Pavilion. I've tested it twice, but he really doesn't seem to know."

Lin Jue nodded, "Then we can only start with Zhao Qiushan... In a few days, a new batch of girls from Shuyinglou will perform on stage, and the second floor will be set up as a private room with curtains at the four corners. You can't see the inside from the outside. One of them is facing the flower terrace, which is the one where Zhao Qiushan is. At that time, you only need to pretend to find the young master of the Zhao family and go in. I have explained the rest Qing Chan, she serves in front of Zhao Qiushan, so she will naturally lure him into the bait."

Ling Guyue said: "So what if I see him? Will he hand over Nuanyanyu?"

Lin Jue said: "Zhao Qiushan likes to have someone to drink with. As long as you get him drunk that day, it will not be difficult to find out the whereabouts of Nuanyanyu."

Ling Guyue sneered and said: "Since ancient times, there has been no profiteering without business, how can anyone do such a loss-making business."

Lin Jue also smiled and said, "Losing money? I'm afraid no one would think so."

Ling Guyue stared at him, saw that he was still smiling, and asked suddenly: "You seem to dislike me very much."

Lin Jue's smile froze on his face, he pursed his lips, and after smiling again, he asked, "Why did Mr. Le say that?"

Ling Guyue said: "Your expression is like wearing a mask."

"Really?" Lin Jue shook his head and smiled, "Sometimes disguising is a last resort but very useful method."

Ling Guyue looked directly at him and said, "You already know who I am, don't you?"

Lin Jue suddenly laughed out loud. He lowered his head and gasped for breath while smiling. When he raised his head, his eyes were flushed, "Who are you? You are Gu Huasong's big disciple and the current head of Ping Chuan My brother, who went up to the mountain to learn martial arts from a young age, obviously has such a good foundation, but never cherishes it, do you know how people in the world evaluate you?"

Ling Guyue looked at him coldly, seeing that he no longer looked weak, but showed a little arrogance, "How do they evaluate me and what does it have to do with me?"

Lin Jue snorted and said, "You don't care, but someone cares!"

Ling Guyue asked back: "It's really strange, what does my matter have to do with you? Why do you care?"

Lin Jue blushed and said angrily, "Who cares about you anymore? It's the third uncle! Didn't he just stay in Pingchuan for a few years? Why does he always miss you all the time? Every time he asks others about your situation in Pingchuan News, and hung the portraits of you when you were young in the room... I am the one he watched growing up, and my father is still his best friend, in terms of relationship, how can you compare to me?"

Ling Guyue said: "At the beginning, Uncle Ge left without saying goodbye. It has been 12 years since he left, and he has never appeared again in the past 12 years. I thought he was gone."

Lin Jue said: "He is not in Pingchuan anymore, but my heart is always there." Looking sideways at Ling Guyue, he continued: "Do you know? Every time I go to him to look for him, he always faces the wall The portraits of you two brothers are in a daze. I didn’t know you when I was a child, so I pointed to you and asked him, who is this brother in red? He said, it’s Little Guyue. Later, when I grew up, every time I saw him facing When the portrait sighs, anger will rise for no reason in my heart. After all these years, he still misses you!"

Ling Guyue said: "Then why didn't he come back to Pingchuan to see us?"

Lin Jue stared at him and said, "How do I know? After Third Uncle came back from Pingchuan, someone cut a deep gash in his throat. It was I who asked Fang Yuchou to connect his throat, but for the previous However, he refused to say more, and kept it from us all the time."

Ling Guyue thought: So Uncle Ge didn't mention this matter to Lin Jue... Then he asked: "Uncle Ge stayed well in Shuying Building before, why did he go to Pingchuan?"

Lin Jue laughed at himself, "Because of me."

"Because of you?" Ling Guyue looked at him puzzled.

"I was weak since I was a child. Not only could I not practice martial arts, but I was also afraid of my life. Fang Yuchou also diagnosed me, but he just shook his head and said: Unless there is a special grass that can hang my life for me, otherwise my life will not be guaranteed. "

Ling Guyue nodded and said: "Tianshucao is a sacred product in Pingchuan, only the master has one, and never give it to others easily."

Lin Jue continued: "At that time, not long after I was born, my third uncle went to Pingchuan alone in order to get the Tianshu grass. Once he passed a letter saying that he had gained the trust of Gu Huasong, and asked my father to wait for a while. Time. We just waited and waited. In the past four years, my health has gradually improved. Although I am still not suitable for martial arts, I am no longer so weak. So my father wrote to ask him to come back, but the third uncle said ..." He glanced at Ling Guyue, "He said that he would not be able to leave in Pingchuan for a while, and he would wait until he finds a good time to get out."

Ling Guyue was thoughtful: "No wonder I always saw Uncle Ge going to Pingyi Peak at that time..."

Lin Jue said: "Maybe I'm still not good at disguising, and I was discovered by you, but maybe I should change my attitude towards you from today, after all, you are not that stupid."

Ling Guyue said displeased: "Since you hate me, why do you want me to stay here?"

"One size counts for one size, and hating you does not prevent me from making a deal with you."

Ling Guyue sneered and said, "Are you not afraid of my rejection?"

Lin Jue said to himself: "The reason why you refused is because the bargaining chip I gave is not enough. What if I add another one?"

"What can you add?"

"Today your junior brother Shen Luo came."

Ling Guyue naturally knew that Shen Luo was coming, but she still pretended to be surprised: "How did you know?"

Lin Jue didn't know that he had seen everything from the beam, so he smiled self-righteously and said, "I've already met him."

Ling Guyue pushed the boat along, pretending to be puzzled and asked: "Why do you want to meet?"

"He also made a deal with me."

Ling Guyue's eyes changed slightly, and she asked without moving, "What deal?"

Lin Jue changed his position and lay on the bed, swaying his legs freely, "Are you going to go back on the Nuanyanyu thing?"

Ling Guyue said: "You also said just now, as long as you have enough chips, no one will refuse."

Lin Jue smiled, "You are indeed a smart person, okay, I believe you. Your junior brother came here for one thing..."

Seeing him hesitating and procrastinating intentionally, Ling Guyue glanced at him and said, "The night is long, doesn't Master Lin want to have a long talk with me?"

Lin Jue shrugged, "Then I'll make a long story short... Did Pingchuan die a few people recently?"

"That's right." Ling Guyue nodded, wondering why he brought this up.

He then asked, "Are you suspected of being a murderer by everyone?"

Ling Guyue nodded again.

Lin Jue showed a proud expression, "That's it. In order to protect you, Shen Luo wants me to send someone to replace the murderer, so as to get rid of your suspicion."

Ling Guyue said firmly: "Impossible."

"Oh?" Seeing his suspicious expression, Lin Jue felt better, "Why is it impossible? I can't let you continue to be suspected and never go back to Pingchuan."

Ling Guyue thought: Shen Luo clearly said that someone saw a stranger suspected of being a murderer in the back mountain, so why did he ask Lin Jue to make such a fuss?

Seeing his silence, Lin Jue squinted and said with a smile: "You are a good junior, you don't hesitate to exchange Tianshu grass with me for this matter."

Ling Guyue frowned and said, "Even if he wanted to find a murderer to replace him, he could find someone else, so why did he choose you?"

Lin Jue shrugged, "How do I know this? As long as Lin doesn't suffer, I'm happy to facilitate this deal."

Ling Guyue said: "Now that you have told me this matter, are you not afraid that he will turn his face?"

Lin Jue smiled and said, "It depends on Mr. Le... No, it's whether Mr. Ling can keep his mouth shut."

Ling Guyue pondered for a moment, and then asked: "If you get the Tianshu grass, the effect of the Tianshu grass must also enhance your physique. Why do you need the Nuanyan jade?"

Lin Jue smiled mysteriously: "Don't say it, don't say it, you will know it naturally one day."

Seeing his smug face, Ling Guyue gave up the idea of ​​continuing the conversation, "Since you have told the whole story, I will try my best to get the Nuanyanyu on the first day of the new year, if there is nothing wrong, I will leave first. "After that, he turned around and left.

Lin Jue called him to stop, and said slowly: "Ling Guyue, if you really got the Nuanyan Jade for me, I would be very willing to make you my friend."

Ling Guyue turned her head slightly, leaving him with an indifferent profile, "But I don't want to make friends with you."

Lin Jue's face changed suddenly, and he quickly changed to a casual look, "Forget it, then Lin is not reluctant, Mr. Ling is easy to leave, so I won't send you off."

Swinging her sleeves lightly, Ling Guyue stepped out of Qingyu Pavilion, and vaguely heard Lin Jue's continuous panting from behind. He just thought Lin Jue was acting again, and walked towards the front building without looking back.

Walking to the back garden, the night is like water, cool to the bone, the shadows of flowers under the moon are hazy, and the water is shining with silver.

Ling Guyue was still depressed, so she grabbed a flower by the lake and threw the petals into the water.

"Master, Uncle Ge, Shen Luo, Lin Jue..." Every time a person was mentioned, he tore off a petal, and the petal floated into the water, causing layers of ripples.

The same is true of the state of mind, which is as chaotic as waves and silk.

He didn't stop until the whole flower was pulled by him until only the bare pistil remained, and sighed, "Oh... when I go back to Shen Dongxie, I will plant a few more plum trees with my own hands, and wait until winter, what? Don't do anything, don't care about anything, just concentrate on counting my plum blossoms..."

Throwing away the stamen, Ling Guyue clapped her hands, and was about to turn around and leave, but saw a dark shadow standing in the garden not far away, motionless, she thought it was the shadow of a tree when she casually looked at it.

Staring intently, he turned out to be a person, with a tall and straight figure, thin lips and a high nose, and a trace of loneliness between his brows, which is exactly Shen Shen.

Ling Guyue looked at him across the flowers, "You..."

"Deeper and dew heavy, senior brother, go back." Shen Luo stood in the depths of the red medicine for an unknown how long, his black clothes were already drenched with moisture.