Old man Ye swept the ground while muttering in his mouth, which was nothing more than words like the days were getting more and more boring.

When he was done, when he looked up, he found two people coming in at the door, and they just stood there, looking at him. The slender figure blocked the sunlight that poured in from the doorway, pulling a long shadow on the ground.

Old man Ye didn't know why, his heart suddenly jumped, and a not very good feeling came up.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the two men, trying to see their faces clearly, but the glare of sunlight that could pass over their heads made him a little overwhelmed.

"Are the two of you here to grab medicine or see a doctor?" Old man Ye pressed the uneasiness in his heart, took two steps forward, and asked with a smile.

"I see a doctor and I also take medicine. Shen Muzhi said, took two steps inside, and Qingguo, who was following next to him, also walked in.

Leaving the sunlight at the door, Old Man Ye finally saw the appearance of these two people clearly, a thin and tall young man with ordinary facial features, expressionless face, looking a little indifferent, revealing a smell of being unapproachable. On the side, it was a small and cute little girl, about eleven or twelve years old, and her facial features may be because she was still young and not open, which was not very amazing, but her delicate and well-behaved appearance also made people subconsciously happy.

After looking at the appearance of these two people, and listening to Shen Muzhi's answer, the little uneasiness in Old Man Ye's heart was a little less, and he hurriedly led the two of them inside with a smile, and after inviting the two of them to sit down, he asked again: "May I ask what discomfort does Childe have?"

Shen Muzhi motioned to Qingguo next to him to help him take off his clothes, then pointed to his obviously red and swollen left shoulder, and asked Old Man Ye, "Will you see this?"

Old man Ye's gaze swept over Shen Muzhi's upper body, his face flashed with surprise, and then he hurriedly stepped forward, and after a careful inspection, he muttered: "I'm afraid that I hurt my bones, but I can see it, I'm afraid it will hurt a little, can the son bear it?"

"Come on. Shen Muzhi's expression was calm.

After Old Man Ye glanced at him, both hands fell on Shen Muzhi's left shoulder: "If the son hurts later, just shout out, don't hold back." ”

"Good. Shen Muzhi responded.

Qingguo on the side was more nervous than Shen Muzhi, holding his clothes tightly with one hand, reaching over with the other, gently holding Shen Muzhi's right hand, staring at Old Man Ye, and telling seriously: "Be careful." ”

Old man Ye glanced at her, and after smiling, the hands that fell on his left shoulders were violently forced, Shen Muzhi's brows suddenly furrowed, and a muffled snort came out of his mouth, and the hand held by the blue bird was also clenched unconsciously.

The blue bird also frowned, looked at Shen Muzhi, and then at the old man Ye, his face was full of worry.

Old man Ye pinched Shen Muzhi's shoulders with both hands, while paying attention to the change in Shen Muzhi's expression. It's just that, except for the frowning brow, there is no change in expression at all on that ordinary-looking cheek, which is so calm that it is frightening.

Old man Ye couldn't help but move his eyes slightly, and then went to look at the scars in front of and behind the young man's body, the scars, twisted and turned, shocking. These injuries, if they were placed on ordinary people, it is estimated that they would not be able to hold on for a long time, but this kid can do nothing and even take off his clothes, it is difficult for people to see that he is injured, and this kind of perseverance is even more shocking.

This kid, at a young age, can have such tenacity and perseverance, and his skills will definitely not be too weak.

Old man Ye thought about this, and secretly glanced at the little girl next to him. Although the little girl is dressed ordinarily, and the hairpin on her head is also the color of the stall, the temperament on her body, as well as the fine skin and tender meat, this is not something that ordinary people can raise.

Such a young boy covered in wounds, with such a little girl, ran to this pass, and nine times out of ten he caused trouble and fled. Moreover, it is still not a small trouble.

Old man Ye, who felt that he had figured out the approximate identities of the two of them, was more cautious under his hands.

After a while, Old Man Ye withdrew his hand, went to the counter and brought the medicinal wine and plaster, and after another kneading, he applied the plaster, and it was finally over.

After finishing this, Shen Muzhi removed the bandages on his left and right arms, and asked him to retreat these two wounds at the same time.

Old Man Ye was taken aback again when he saw those two wounds.

After carefully treating the wound and re-bandaging it, Old Man Ye said: "If Childe has no other wounds, then the old man will go and prepare a few pairs of plasters for Childe, and Childe will take it with him when he leaves, the injury on his left shoulder has hurt the bone, and it will take time to get better." Childe should be more careful to pay attention to when he turns around, and before he is full, try to move as little as possible, so as not to have his bones misplaced and turn back to fall into any hidden dangers. ”

Shen Muzhi nodded.

Old man Ye turned around and went to get the medicine, and after putting it down, he was about to quote the money, but Shen Muzhi suddenly opened his mouth and said to him, "Doctor Ye still remembers that night more than four months ago?"

Old man Ye shook violently, looking at Shen Muzhi, the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were instantly full of panic, but he still tried to make himself appear calmer, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean by this?"

"The innermost family in the East Lane, now that it has a new resident, Doctor Ye won't forget the aunt who used to live there so quickly, right?" Shen Muzhi stared at him with a cold look in his eyes.

Old Man Ye's face turned pale instantly.

"You...... Who are you?" Old Man Ye looked frightened, and his voice began to tremble.

"You don't care who I am. Shen Muzhi said, stood up from the chair, bowed his head slightly, looked condescendingly at the old man in front of him who was so frightened that he began to tremble all over, and asked coldly: "Let me ask you, the aunt at the beginning, have you been buried properly?"

"Yes!" Old man Ye replied immediately, and after saying this, he was probably afraid that the young man in front of him would not believe it, so he hurriedly said: "If you don't believe it, I can take you to see it!" It's just outside the town, not far away, and it's very quick to get there by car. ”

Shen Muzhi stared at him for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go and have a look." ”

Old man Ye was relieved, and hurriedly said to arrange the car, but Shen Muzhi didn't stop him. watched him go out to call a taxi, and after a while, he came back with the car, still carrying paper money and yellow paper in his hand.

Shen Muzhi swept the paper money and yellow paper, and the anger that he had been trying to suppress in his heart since he saw this old man suddenly subsided slightly.

The three of them got into the car and drove all the way out of town.

Old man Ye didn't dare to sit in the carriage, so he sat outside, side by side with the coachman.

In the carriage, Shen Muzhi and Qingguo sat opposite each other.

Qingguo finally couldn't help it and asked Shen Muzhi: "Brother Muzhi, who is that aunt?"

Shen Muzhi thought for a while and replied, "A benefactor." ”

"How did she die?" Qingguo asked again.

"Killed. ”

After hearing this, Qingguo glanced in the direction of the car curtain. The body shook, the curtain swayed, and occasionally the back of the old man Ye sitting outside could be seen.

"Is that him?" Qingguo asked quietly, lowering her voice.

Shen Muzhi was silent for a while, and said, "Sort of." ”

Qingguo blinked, this 'counted', which made her a little confused. However, she noticed Shen Muzhi's depressed mood at this time, so she didn't continue to ask.

The car swayed for less than half an hour and came to a stop at the foot of a small hill.

Shen Muzhi and Qingguo got out of the carriage, and Old Man Ye stood beside him, pointing to a bamboo forest on the hill and said, "It's right on here." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded, and then took the lead along the overgrown path towards the hill.

On the hills, the bamboo forests are dense, and they are all untended.

On the edge of the bamboo forest, there are several cemeteries, one in the east and one in the west, hidden among the half-human-high weeds.

Shen Muzhi looked at the desolation of this land, and his heart was a little unhappy.

Old man Ye walked ahead, walking through the weeds, passing by two graves, and finally stopped in front of the third grave.

This grave does look new.

The cemetery is fairly well repaired, and two pines and cypresses are planted in front of the grave, but one of them is dead.

Shen Muzhi looked at the dead pine and cypress and frowned.

Old man Ye kept paying attention to Shen Muzhi's expression, and after seeing it, he immediately explained: "It's been too dry recently, after this cypress pine was planted, I came to water it twice, but one still died." I had planned to wait for the spring of next year, after the rain, to come back and plant a new one. ”

Shen Muzhi ignored him, his eyes moved slightly, and he fell on the tombstone in front of the grave.

On the tombstone, there is no name, only the simple word 'Shen'.

Shen Muzhi looked at the word Shen and couldn't help but be stunned.

They have the same surname......

There are some coincidences in this world, and it is always easy to make people feel a lot of emotion.

In front of the tombstone, there are some offerings, although they look a little shriveled, but judging from the degree of shriveling, it should not be long. I guess it's just a matter of the past few days.

"The other day on the winter solstice. Old man Ye was beside him and said in a low voice.

Shen Muzhi still didn't speak, reached out and took the paper money ingots from his hand, squatted down, and one by one.

The firelight lit up and shone on his cheeks, light and dark.

Just like he was feeling at the moment.

The old man stood behind, his mood rising and falling like this beating activity.

After a long time, the fire gradually went out, and Shen Muzhi knelt down and kowtowed three times. Then he got up and turned to look in the direction of Strange Stone Town.

Standing here, you can see the south gate of Qishi Town.

"You go, go back and remember to replace this dead pine and cypress. Shen Muzhi retracted his gaze and looked at Old Man Ye.

Old man Ye was stunned for a moment, then he realized what Shen Muzhi meant by this, and he was immediately overjoyed, and after thanking Shen Mu hesitantly, he turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again, hesitantly turned around and asked him, "Is Childe still going back to the city?"

"Not back. Shen Muzhi replied.

Old man Ye stood there, looking at this tall and thin young man, as if he wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth several times, he finally swallowed back the words he wanted to ask, bowed to Shen Muzhi again, and walked down the mountain quickly.

Shen Muzhi stood in place, looking at Qishi Town in the distance, with mixed emotions in his heart.

On the way here, he had murderous intentions.

At that time, he thought that as long as this aunt's grave was handled by Old Man Ye a little unsatisfactory, it would be impossible for him to return to Qishi Town today.

But when I got here, after seeing my aunt's grave, this thought gradually faded away.

Especially when I saw the offerings in front of the tomb, I heard Old Man Ye say that after he came to the winter solstice a few days ago, the idea of killing people was completely gone.

The aunt is dead after all, and if she kills Old Man Ye, she won't be able to get it back. What's more, the death of the aunt is not only the responsibility of Old Man Ye, but also the culprit is not Old Man Ye.

Now that he is kept, there is still a person in this world who will think about his aunt, which may not be bad.