CHAPTER XXVI
Dongfang Du was stunned for a few seconds, reacted, got up and said, "I'll go and clean up Tianshu and Tianxuan." With that, he walked to the door. Seeing Dongfang Du walking towards him, Chu Mi put down his hand holding the door frame and smiled slightly, "I'll go with you to clean up." He glanced at Dark Cloud and Dongfang Lingwu, who were still sitting, and turned around and went to Tianshu and Tianxuan with Dongfang Du.
Seeing that the two of them were gone, Dark Cloud and Dongfang Lingwu reacted, and the two glanced at each other, this senior sister and brother went alone again? Thinking like this, he hurriedly got up and chased Dongfang Du and Chu Mi.
Wuya Mountain has never been visited by outsiders, so the seven wooden houses here have never been locked. The two rooms of Tianshu and Tianxuan are empty all year round, but the beds, tables, chairs, and bookshelves in the room are complete, as if they have expected to have an owner.
"Senior sister, have you ever entered Tianshu?" Pushing open the door of Tianshu's room, Dongfang Du saw the complete furnishings in the room, turned his head in surprise and asked, "Does Master still plan to accept apprentices?" Otherwise, this house where no one lives, how can there be everything! ”
"This is the first time I've been in this room." Chu Mi was as curious as Dongfang Du, and after speaking, he crossed the threshold and entered Tianshu, and looked around, the same as his own room furnishings, but the bed was empty, there were no books on the shelves, and the desk was clean and there was nothing there, "Xiaodu, you go to the cabinet to see if there is a quilt, if not, bring two beds in the cabinet in my room." As he spoke, he took a broom from the foot of the door and began to clean it.
"There are three quilts in the cabinet, Senior Sister" Dongfang Du opened the cabinet and turned his head to Chu Mi and said. At this moment, Dongfang Lingwu and Dark Cloud came, and the two entered Tianshu, and saw Dongfang Du, who was sweeping the floor with a broom and standing in front of the cabinet, and said shyly: "I... We're here to help with the cleaning too. ”
Chu Mi straightened up and raised his eyebrows, "Will the princess also do this kind of work?" As he spoke, he walked up to Dark Cloud and Dongfang Lingwu, glanced at Dark Cloud, and then turned his head and swept Dongfang Lingwu up and down.
"Senior sister, what are you talking about!" Seeing this scene, Dongfang Du walked quickly to Dongfang Lingwu's side, frowning slightly, always feeling that Chu Mi had a thorn in his words, and Dongfang Du felt a little uncomfortable in his heart when he heard it. Obviously, Senior Sister is not like this, why would she actually target her Dongfang Lingwu now?
Dongfang Lingwu was slightly embarrassed, took the broom in Chu Mi's hand and said, "Only... It's just sweeping the floor" and was about to clean up, Dongfang Du stopped Dongfang Lingwu, snatched the broom from Dongfang Lingwu's hand, frowned and said: "Lingwu, with me, I'll do all this work." After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Chu Mi coldly, the meaning in his eyes was obvious, 'This is my imperial sister, don't stab her with words, and don't let her work.'
Chu Mi was slightly stunned, he was obviously just joking, why was Dongfang Du's reaction so big? Looking at Dongfang Du, who was obviously protecting Dongfang Lingwu, his eyes were gloomy, he sighed in his heart, and took the broom from Dongfang Du's hand, "I'll sweep it" After speaking, he turned around and no longer looked at Dongfang Du.
Dongfang Du glanced at Chu Mi, who seemed to be angry, knowing that his reaction just now was too big, and he wanted to apologize but thought that Dongfang Lingwu and Dark Cloud were still there, so he turned his head to Dongfang Lingwu and Dark Cloud and said, "You guys come out with me first." After speaking, he held Dongfang Lingwu's hand, took her and Dark Cloud away from Tianshu, and brought her back to his own Kaiyang.
"Ling Wu, I'm sorry, Senior Sister, she was just joking with you, not laughing at you." Dongfang Du lowered her eyebrows and apologized to Dongfang Lingwu for Chu Mi, she didn't understand what was going on, how did she go back to Wuya Mountain, Senior Sister obviously just made a joke with Dongfang Lingwu, she didn't mean to laugh at Dongfang Lingwu at all, her reaction would be so excited, Senior Sister's personality, she should be the most clear in the world.
Dongfang Lingwu thought of Chu Mi, who was smiling at herself and joking at herself, and shook her head, "It's okay, I know she's joking." As he spoke, he touched Dongfang Du's head, "Du seems to have grown up suddenly, and I always feel that I don't look like your imperial sister, but like your imperial sister, and I have a feeling that I am a few years younger than you." ”
Hearing this, Dongfang Du lowered his head. Looking at Dongfang Du, who suddenly lowered his head, Dongfang Lingwu chuckled: "Why are you still shy?" Isn't it good to praise you for growing up and becoming mature? ”
'I'm twenty years old, and I'm older than you. I want to be a little more like a child in front of you, but I always unconsciously protect you like an adult. Dongfang Du, who lowered his head, was shy, but he felt guilty in his heart, and he had a feeling that it was difficult to face Dongfang Lingwu. The dearest imperial sister is still wary of her, for fear that Dongfang Lingwu will see the panic in her eyes that will be seen through.
Removing that panic, recovering his normal color, Dongfang Du raised his head, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were resolute, "In the future, I will protect my imperial sister, my Ling Wu." ”
'What about me?' My brother, will you still protect me? Seeing Dongfang Du make an oath to Dongfang Lingwu with an affectionate face, Dark Cloud's heart was painful, and his eyes were filled with sadness and helplessness of being abandoned, even though he knew that Dongfang Lingwu was Dongfang Du's imperial sister, it was still difficult to suppress the dull pain in his chest one after another.
"My degree, really grown." Looking at Dongfang, who was as high as herself, and looking at the sincerity and firmness in her eyes, Dongfang Lingwu's eyes were soft, and her heart was warm.
The two stared at each other, ignoring that there was a dark cloud around them. After standing aside for a long time, Dark Cloud, who was embarrassed like an outsider, finally couldn't help but call out a sentence of "Brother Du", with resentment in his tone.
Dongfang Du turned his head, glanced at the dark cloud with a cautious look, bit his lip, turned his head to Dongfang Lingwu and said: "Lingwu, Yun'er, you can rest in my room with peace of mind, there is a senior sister to clean the house for you, you don't have to worry about it, it's about noon at the end of the day, I'll catch a pheasant or a hare or something, and prepare lunch." ”
Dongfang Du walked out of the door, paused at the door, looked back at the dark clouds that were lost and depressed, sighed in his heart, and left resolutely.
The difference between Dongfang and Dark Cloud was something wrong with Dongfang Lingwu, and after hesitating, Dongfang Lingwu still asked, "Yun'er, you and Du, what's wrong?" Dark Cloud looked at Dongfang Du's eyes, obviously in love, and Dongfang Du sometimes avoided and sometimes calmly faced Dark Cloud's actions, even the sluggish Dongfang Lingwu noticed how deliberate her actions were, and exhaled lightly, "Are you, like Du?" The second half of the sentence that I didn't ask - whether I like you too.
Dark Cloud lowered his head, bit his lips, and finally nodded, "I like her, I've liked her for a long time." "How long have you been liking her? A year? Decade? Century? No, it's three thousand years, not to like but to love for three thousand years. watched the person he loved the most, died under his own sword, fell into his arms, chased Huangquan, and wanted to repay her love in the world, but found that she had destroyed the book of reincarnation and had no afterlife.
'I am trying to get closer to you, but you avoid me, if I don't follow closely, would you and I have become passers-by?' Dark Cloud asked secretly in her heart, these days, she doesn't know that Dongfang Du deliberately neglects herself, she doesn't know that she deliberately does something that makes her heart ache, and she doesn't know the contradictions and entanglements she loves and hates, "Are you afraid that falling in love with me will repeat the mistakes of her previous life?" Or is it because ......'
"For a long time?" A thought that pulled back the dark cloud for a long time, Dongfang Lingwu tilted his head, lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, "You and Du, you should have known each other for less than a year, she returned to the palace a year ago, Yun'er should have met Du after that......" There was doubt and temptation in his words. 'One year, how can it be said for a long time?' Dongfang Lingwu shook his head slightly.
Seeing Dongfang Lingwu shaking her head, Dark Cloud didn't explain anything and let her go. "Princess, I'll go and help Brother Du catch pheasants together." He hugged his fists and saluted, leaving Dongfang Lingwu alone in Dongfangdu's room. Thinking of the reclusive life described to him in his previous life, Dongfang Du lived in a small cabin, went up the mountain to catch pheasants, caught fish in the river, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, a light smile opened, and then the smile faded, and his eyes were full of sadness.
In winter, the trees are bald, everything is withered, a depression, it is quite difficult to find pheasants and hares, Dongfang Du has been looking in the forest for a long time, but he has not seen a small animal, and he thinks that there is a lake not far away, so he thinks about catching a few fish in the lake. When he was eight years old, he was kicked into the lake by his senior sister Chu Mi, and he was afraid of the lake for a while, but now, although he is still afraid of water, he dares to approach, but he doesn't dare to enter the lake too deeply.
As soon as I arrived at the lake, I saw a person on the other side of the lake pouting and bowing his head as if he was burying something, blue robe, full of white hair, needless to say, it was Dongfangdu's master Wuyazi. "Master! Master! Dongfang Du shouted excitedly at Wuyazi, he wanted to fly directly across the lake to the other side, looked at the lake twice, and then ran around the lake like a cheerful deer.
Wuyazi got up, clapped his hands, patted off the dust, and walked towards Dongfangdu, smiling kindly, "Is Xiaodu'er back?" I haven't seen Xiaodu for a year! ”
Dongfang Du, who ran to Wuyazi, smiled brightly, "Master, I miss you so much." As he spoke, he hugged Wuyazi directly, and when he had hugged enough, he let go of his hand, stepped back and asked, "Master, were you burying something just now?" After speaking, he turned his head and looked at the place where Wu Yazi had just stood.
"It's not burying, it's digging." Wu Yazi stroked his beard with a smile, "I've dug several places, but I haven't dug up the jar of worry-free wine that I buried at the beginning, since Xiao Du'er is back, then Xiao Du'er will dig it for the master." ”
"Worry-free wine? Can you drink it without worry? Dongfang Du walked to the place where Wuyazi had just squatted, glanced a few times not far away, and sure enough, he saw traces of soil renovation, 'I really dug several places', picked up a small hoe and dug up.
"Worry-free wine, drink naturally worry-free. Xiaoduer, you dig carefully, don't smash the wine jar! Wu Yazi stood aside, happily watching the little apprentice pouting his ass and digging a pit to find wine.
"Master, how long have you been buried with this wine? I can forget where I am buried! ”
"It's been about twenty years, so long ago I can't remember exactly where it is." Looking at Dongfangdu, who was carefully digging the soil, the smile on Wu Yazi's face grew, and he continued: "There are several places where it is buried, and there is only one altar buried by the lake. ”
'How many places are buried?' There is only one altar buried by the lake? The corners of Dongfangdu's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but slander, and he didn't know what she, the master, thought, and buried the wine in so many places, was she afraid of being stolen? Dongfang Du stopped talking, for fear that Wu Yazi would be happy to let her dig up the wine from several other places.
Thinking that Chu Mi had returned to Wuyashan with him, Dongfangdu, who was digging a pit with his head down, stopped his movements, turned his head sideways and said to Wuyazi: "Master, senior sister is also back." After saying that, he turned his head and continued to dig.
"Little Mi'er is back too?" Wuyazi put her left hand behind her back, and her right hand kept brushing her beard, "Since you returned to the palace, she has also left Wuyashan without saying a word, and she came back with you today, is it going back to the palace with you?" ”
The action of digging the pit stalled, and then continued to dig, "No, senior sister didn't go back to the palace with me." There was a feeling of distress in my chest, I felt sorry for my sister's stupidity, and I felt sorry for my sister's forbearance. At this age, there are some feelings, even if you don't say it, Dongfang Du can understand.
"By the way, Master, I also brought two people here, and I will stay in the two rooms of Tianshu and Tianxuan tonight, is it okay?" Thinking of Dongfang Lingwu and Dark Cloud, Dongfang Du straightened up, and looked at Wu Yazi with a childlike smile, "If you smile so well, Master shouldn't scold me......
"That girl doll is going up the mountain with you, right?" Wu Yazi raised his chin towards the opposite side of the lake, carefully looked at the dark clouds across the lake, dressed in white, with long black hair, holding a sword in his left hand, holding a fist in his right hand, and looking at Dongfang Du all the time, that look, with resentment in love, regret and pain in resentment, as if he had experienced vicissitudes.
Following the sight of Wuyazi, Dongfang Du turned his head and saw the dark clouds on the other side of the lake that had been looking at him, and the eyes of the dark clouds were stunned for a while.