9. The deceased
Lu Wan patted the hands of the two girls calmly, and told the middle-aged monk at the door that she was going to go, and the middle-aged monk led her to the back of the meditation room, and watched the middle-aged monk open the door. As soon as the door opened, the snowflakes flew in, and I saw that there was a forest outside, and now it was bare, with ice crystals on the branches, and a thin layer of falling snow on the ground, which was a natural scene.
"Thank you, Master." Lu Wan thanked the middle-aged monk, walked out of the door with the two girls, walked through the white woods, and went all the way down the mountain.
The road in the back mountain is steeper than in the front mountain, and it is not often walked, and now it is even more inaccessible due to snowfall.
Green Branches and Yumo carefully guarded Lu Wan before and after, stepping on the dead branches and falling snow, holding on to the bare tree trunks on the mountain road, walking extremely slowly.
Fortunately, the weather is sunny, and the scenery on the roadside is also beautiful, and the bright sunlight shines directly on the top of the mountain, which shines warmly on people's bodies. Lu Wan stood on the side of the road, looking at the faint glow in the sky, with the long bell in the temple in his ears, he was a little distracted for a moment, he didn't pay attention to his feet, stepped directly on the fluffy snowdrift, squeaked, and fell in.
Lu Wan suddenly came back to his senses, looked down, and it turned out that there were two dead trees under his feet, and the dry branches supported a convex surface under the snow, and as soon as the person stepped on it, the branches were broken, and the feet sank in, and the snow that was originally covering the surrounding road fell down the steep slope.
Lu Wan hurriedly leaned over and pulled away the dead branches, trying to stand up with his feet raised. With such a toss, the originally fluffy snowdrift suddenly collapsed, and the huge snowball rolled down.
"Green Branch!" Lu Wan hurriedly called out to the green branch below, and before the words fell, his eyes suddenly froze - the falling snow had rolled to the bend of the mountain road in the blink of an eye, blocked by a huge mountain rock, and rolled to the road below the mountain rock. One of the fist-sized snowballs, impartial, landed right at the feet of the man who had just stepped out from behind the rocks.
The green branch said "oops", hurriedly retreated, and glanced at the person below, but at a glance, his heart jumped suddenly, unconsciously held his breath, slowly retreated, and subconsciously blocked Lu Wan.
Yumo looked at the people under the mountain and rocks, and subconsciously tensed, only to feel that his hands and feet began to feel cold, but there was a trace of clarity in his heart, and he stiffly moved to Lu Wan's side, and the two of them with green branches blocked Lu Wan's side one after the other.
The two masters, one servant and one servant, were also looking up at Lu Wan and the others. The person walking in front of him was extremely tall, about the age of his early twenties, with well-defined facial lines, cold and hard facial features, and eyes like falcons, if it were not for a two-inch-long scar on the right side of his face, this appearance would be extremely eye-catching. He was wearing a brocade robe with dark flowers embroidered with eagle patterns, and a jade pendant with hollow carved tiger stripes on his waist.
This person has a strong evil aura on his body, and at first glance, he is not like a Bodhisattva, how could he come to the temple?
Lu Wan stood on a high place, did not dodge, looked at the person who suddenly appeared from behind the mountain rocks generously, a trace of doubt passed in his heart, but his face did not show it, looking at the situation, it was too late to avoid it at this time, so he simply stood on the side of the road and nodded to the person below, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I was careless for a while, and I disturbed the honorable driver." ”
The person who came didn't seem to care about Lu Wan's apology at all, walked up expressionlessly, stopped in front of Lu Wan, condescendingly, looked at Lu Wan with sharp eyes, and there was a faint compelling aura all over his body, which made people tremble unconsciously.
Lu Wan smiled, frowned and looked back, only to feel that this person was a little inexplicable. He is a high-ranking and powerful old man, why is he scaring her for no reason?
It wasn't until the other party closed his gaze with a cold face that Lu Wan lowered his head, bent his knees quietly, pulled the two Yumo and Green Branch, who had been frightened, and quickly turned to the bottom of the mountain rock along the mountain road, away from the person's sight, only to feel a burst of panic.
This man must know her! He came out on purpose!
Above the mountain rock, Wei Wei looked at Lu Wan's back with a gloomy face, and only after half a sound did he retract his gaze, and opened his mouth in a low voice, "Ning Yi!" ”
A figure suddenly jumped out of the originally empty hillside, and several ups and downs swept over the snow, and in the blink of an eye, they landed in front of Wei Jie, "Master." ”
Wei Ji stiffened his face, raised his feet and walked up the mountain, and commanded without looking back: "Keep an eye on her!" ”
Ning Yi said yes and retreated from the mountain, but after only a few breaths, the person had already melted into the snowy scene of the mountain and disappeared.
Qingchuan followed behind Wei Jian without saying a word, staring at his master with bated breath, his afterglow swept at the thin figure under the mountain, his heart beat violently, and he only felt that his brain was a little insufficient.
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Lu Wan took the two girls and hurriedly returned to the courtyard at the foot of the mountain. Yumo and Lu Zhi looked at each other with palpitations, but their minds were quite calm, and they instructed the little girl to fetch water while pouring tea and handing it to Lu Wan.
"I'll have to change my clothes first." Lu Wan frowned and waved her hand to block the teacup, her mind was still a little messy, and she ran all the way in the snow uneasily, the underwear on her body had already been soaked, sticky and greasy on her back, she only felt uncomfortable, she got up and went to the clean room to wash, changed her clothes again, leaned on the kang table near the window with hot tea, and slowly sorted out some messy thoughts.
She couldn't be mistaken, the person on the back hill seemed to know who she was. He didn't look at her quite right, not a little bit of a man's interest in a woman or tolerance for a little girl, but more like a ...... A kind of irritation and scrutiny, perhaps...... There was a bit of an accident.
Wrong! Lu Wan carefully recalled the moment of staring at each other on the mountain, and felt in a daze that there must be something else...... There was a kind of intuition that she couldn't explain......
What's wrong?
Lu Wan looked out the window attentively, frowning slightly, her thoughts flew farther and farther, and then she was suddenly cut off by a brilliant red fragment - a few messy pictures flashed in her mind, Lu Wan's fingers holding the teacup trembled suddenly, the tea in the cup splashed on her hand, and even the mattress on her body was wet.
That little guy - she remembered! Back then, on Mangshan, the little guy who thought "she" was dead and didn't dare to hug her! She knew him!
She was so preoccupied with the fierce and vicious master that she almost ignored the little guy beside him!
Lu Wan let out a sullen breath, quickly caught another extremely faint figure in his memory, and frowned absentmindedly and put the teacup back on the kang table.
Yumo glanced at Lu Wan's expression, silently changed a mattress, and the green branch waited beside him, and hurriedly handed the handkerchief up.
Lu Wan subconsciously took the handkerchief and wiped her hands, pinched the thick mattress, and slowly sorted out her thoughts.
She didn't remember much about Mangshan back then, and the people around her never mentioned Mangshan in front of her, so she didn't know much about the people who appeared on the mountainside to save her later, but she vaguely heard Wu Shouye, the former prefect of Longxi, mention it to her father Lu Chenghui, saying that it seemed to be someone from the Luo family who sent her to Longxi Mansion.
But she remembered it clearly, what she saw at that time was not only the people of the Luo family!
There was a rough guess in his heart, and Lu Wan pulled back her thoughts, curled up on the kang with her mattress, and didn't let go of her brows and breathed a sigh of relief until her whole body was wrapped in warmth.
It's good if there is a reason, I'm afraid that it will be with the group of "rogues" all the way, and if this knot is not untied, she will always have a vigilance in her heart. Now that I think about it, the man on the mountain who is full of evil must have recognized her. It's a pity that she didn't think about it at the time, and the master was probably a little annoyed, thinking that he had saved such a little girl with a good heart at the beginning, who knew that people didn't recognize him!
Hey, she was really to blame for that. Lu Wan seriously analyzed his own wrong, and at the end, he sighed with some pity, this master was not so gloomy back then, and there were no scars on his face, at most, he was cold, but he was also a handsome guy who made people want to see it again, and now it is only a few years, full of evil spirits, gloomy eyes, and so cold that it makes people chill, like a ghost-faced Hades-hey, what kind of knife is the years......
Just thinking about it, Lu Zhi came in with a food box, looked at Lu Wan's softened face, breathed a sigh of relief, and replied in a low voice: "The kitchen has boiled ginger soup, the girl wants to drink a bowl at this time?" ”
Lu Wan came back to her senses, nodded and hummed, "You also drink two bowls to drive away the cold!" Today, the wind is strong on the mountain, we are in a hurry, and we are sweating, and we are most likely to catch a cold. ”
Lu Zhi nodded in agreement, took a cup of ginger soup from the food box, took the spoon and handed it to Lu Wan, saw that Lu Wan drank a small half bowl of soup, paused, and then exhaled in shock, and told Lu Wan about the things on the mountain with shock and emotion: "...... The girl didn't know, Sister Yumo and I were almost stupid at the time, and our hands were still shaking at this time! I don't know what kind of person that man is, that look can really scare people to death. Thanks to the girl's composure, if not, she won't be able to come back. Green Branches said as he stroked his chest and shivered unconsciously.
Lu Wan looked at Lu Zhi speechlessly and amusedly, the two girls were frightened and knew that they were subconsciously protecting themselves, and their hearts gradually warmed, and they stuffed the porcelain cup in their hands into Lu Zhi's hand, and counted half-truths: "What is there to be afraid of?" He just looked at us twice, but he didn't do anything! Afraid of what? The people who crawl out of the pile of dead people are like this, and you will get used to it when you see it too much. ”
Green Branch staggered back half a step, looked at Lu Wan with a frightened face, even held his breath, and trembled unsteadily: "This, this...... It's scary too! After speaking, he hurriedly begged for mercy, "Girl, don't say this again, it's very infiltrating!" ”
Hearing this, Yumo's heart also chuckled, paying attention to Lu Wan's look, quietly pulling the green branch, walking up and smiling and diverting the topic and asking, "It's past noon, and the girl hasn't eaten yet." Why don't you let someone from the kitchen deliver it right now? ”
"It's okay," Lu Wan nodded with a smile and motioned to the green branch, "Let the porter's mother-in-law hurry up and go to the mountainside to spread a message, our carriage is still there." After a moment of silence, he saw that Lu Zhi turned around to leave, and explained carefully, "You pay close attention to the outer courtyard, if Zhou Tai comes back, let him come over immediately, and say that I have something important to look for him." ”