Volume 1: Once Upon a Time in the Capital Chapter 108: Reverent silence is more powerful than remembrance
Li Xiangru didn't know that Chen Qingfeng, who was staring at him above the clouds, and the two masters and apprentices supported each other and returned to the courtyard with the ugly girl.
Yan Ruyu slept peacefully, and when she opened her eyes, she looked around, but found that she was in a strange environment, and sat up suddenly, and only after a long time did she remember that she had come to this small mountain peak with Li Xiangru.
When he woke up in bed, he got up.
Pushing open the door of the room, she stretched out her waist, and the morning sun shone gently on her delicate lotus root-like arms, and her delicate face shone brightly under the morning light. Just as she was looking around, Li Xiangru had a white fluffy thing hanging in front of her, and walked in from the yard with an ugly lady on her back.
Yan Ruyu showed a surprised gaze and happened to look at the ugly girl, the ugly girl lowered her head, and whispered in Li Xiangru's ear with slightly red cheeks: "Big brother, let me go down, it's here." ”
Li Xiangru smiled at Yan Ruyu, but ignored the ugly girl's words, and still walked smoothly to the ugly girl's room and said to Yan Ruyu: "Miss Yan, please help open the door." ”
Yan Ruyu looked at Li Xiangru, whose clothes were ragged and torn, and was stunned for a moment, before she hurriedly ran to open the door, and asked relationally: "What's the matter? What did you do? The ugly girl is injured?"
Li Xiangru replied without waiting for the ugly lady to answer: "Well, didn't there be a wild beast roaring last night, so I ran over to check it out, and met a fierce white tiger chasing a white fox." The ugly girl was afraid that I would be in danger, so she ran over in pain, and the injured tiger chased after her, and pinched the stupid girl as a soft persimmon, and her shoes fell off when she ran. ”
Yan Ruyu glanced at the ugly lady a few times strangely, but the ugly lady couldn't explain, and was helplessly obedient and gently put by Li Xiangru on the side of the bed.
The ugly lady was a little caught off guard by Li Xiangru's nonsense, but she also understood that Li Xiangru didn't want Yan Ruyu to worry, and she couldn't explain anything, so she let her follow Li Xiangru's lies naturally, which was a little embarrassing for the ugly girl who was not good at lying, and her expression seemed a little cramped, as if she felt that she should say something, and after thinking about it for a long time, she seemed to be comforting and said to Yan Ruyu: "I...... I'm fine...... It's that the foot is pierced by thorns. I've been drugged. ”
Li Xiangru put the ugly girl down and walked to the table, picked up the kettle and poured a glass of water, handed it to the ugly girl to drink, and then poured a few more sips of water. Turning around, he said to Yan Ruyu:
"It's okay to take some more medicine, just rest for a few days, Ben came to this mountain to be quiet. You can stay here for a few days. ”
After speaking, the little white fox in his arms was torn off from his chest with his shirt and put it on the table, took out a water cup, poured the last bit of water in the kettle on the cup and handed it to the little white fox. This will finally regain the stability of the landing, and I can't help but come to my senses, poke out my nose and smell the water in the cup, and stretch out my pink tongue and lick it a few times.
Li Xiangru smiled and gently rubbed the fluffy hair on the top of the little white fox's head with his fingers, the little white fox squinted his eyes and glanced up at Li Xiangru, whined a few times, and continued to lower his head and lick the water, not afraid of people at all. The water on the table was splashed by the droplets on the table, and after the water in the cup was licked, it began to lick the droplets on the table.
Yan Ruyu took the ugly girl's hand and comforted her gently, and after hearing the sound of "woo", she turned her head in confusion.
The ugly lady opened her mouth to explain: "That's a little white fox rescued by Brother Li, and it looks so cute with a fluffy look." ”
"Really?" said Ruyu.
"Hmm. The ugly lady nodded and smiled at Yan Ruyu, and her smile seemed to ask her to take a look at the little white fox.
Yan Ruyu didn't check it out right away, but just looked at the ugly girl's clothes with dirt and sweat and frowned: "I'll go get you some water, you rinse it and then sleep." ”
"Ah...... No...... Myself...... I can move the ground myself, I'll go boil some water. It's just a little bit of a foot injury, and everything else is fine. Didn't hurt either. The ugly girl hurriedly stood up and spoke.
Although Li Xiangru didn't tell her in detail about the situation of Yan Ruyu, but living in Ning'an Town is to observe words and looks, and she didn't believe that the smooth-skinned lady in front of her could go into the stove room to get food, so how could she let her boil water?
Yan Ruyu pressed her shoulder, made a big sister earth posture, glared and said angrily: "You can be the sister I recognize!
The ugly lady saw her face slightly angry, and she didn't dare to resist anymore, so she murmured, "That'...... All right. ”
Yan Ruyu changed her smiling face at this time, stretched out her finger and hooked the tip of her nose, and said, "That's right, in order to chase the beast and let me sleep peacefully, you are also tired for a night, you can't let me do nothing." Look at your smiling face, it's all dirty. After speaking, he "giggled" and turned to walk towards Li Xiangru, who was still teasing the little white fox.
Li Xiangru looked at them with a smile, and when the ugly lady met her gaze, he nodded, and motioned for Miss Yan to share some things.
Yan Ruyu turned around, looked at Li Xiangru with a smile on his face, but was cold, and deliberately bumped his shoulder when he passed by.
Li Xiangru was a little confused about this unfair treatment, and touched his nose stupidly.
"Wow, it's so cute......" Yan Ruyu said in surprise, reached out and touched the little white fox, the little white fox enjoyed his eyes with humanity, and the little mouth made a milky "woo" a few times, just these few sounds made Miss Yan happy.
Li Xiangru leaned over and wanted to say a few words, but Yan Ruyu didn't look at him, held the little white fox in his arms with one hand, pushed Li Xiangru with the other, and said unceremoniously: "Good dogs don't get in the way!"
Li Xiangru was stunned, he was very inexplicable about this inexplicable anger.
The ugly lady was slightly distracted, as if she had an understanding.
Yan Ruyu took three steps to the side of the ugly girl's bed, put the little white fox in the ugly girl's arms, and said, "I'll let it take a bath too, I'll go out and help you get some bath water first." After saying that, he turned around.
Seeing this, Li Xiangru hurriedly turned sideways and took a few steps out of the way, for a creature whose emotions are unusually easy to fluctuate inexplicably, especially the "familiar" temperament of the eldest lady, his only thought was to stay away.
Yan Ruyu walked by his side, and didn't even give Li Xiangru a look out of the corner of his eye. It's just that when she just stepped out of the threshold, she turned around, glared at Li Xiangru fiercely, and said, "What are you doing here?
Li Xiangru, who just wanted to take advantage of Yan Ruyu to go out and say a few more words to the ugly girl, rubbed his hands awkwardly at Yan Ruyu, and then turned to the ugly girl and cast a look.
The ugly lady didn't want Li Xiangru to be embarrassed, and said, "Brother Li, you should also go and prepare to wash up first." ”
Li Xiangru nodded, and lowered his head and quickened his pace when he passed by.
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There is a small waterfall on the east side of Chuxiu Peak, which flows straight down from the cave, and the area is not large, but the water flow is very rapid.
Li Xiangru has long discovered such a place, and when he sees this scene, he always thinks of the TV series scene he saw: one-armed Yang Guo wielding the Xuantie heavy sword under the waterfall, and his posture is extremely chic.
Now that I have this condition, if I don't realize my dream, it's really a bit of a loss.
When he saw the smooth mossy rocks at the bottom of the waterfall, and looked up at the water flowing like a stone pillar, he gave up for the time being.
He sat cross-legged next to the waterfall, and the huge sound of water was as noisy as a battle on the battlefield, which reminded him of Wei Rong in the small courtyard of Yanjing, Xiao Mo, Xiao Wu, and the chief of the pawn who used his body to block a knife for him......
He remembered a lot of people.
Many people have died in battle.
Maybe it's really as Wei Rong said, none of them owe themselves, but they all block swords, spears and iron hooves for themselves.
Li Xiangru's fingers stroked the Baipi knife, and the bright knife surface seemed to reflect the kind smiling face, or simple, or restrained, or expectant, or peaceful. All the memories of everything, layered and alternate, blurry and clear.
After a long time, he let out a long breath of turbidity, and his fingers flicked the blade of the Hundred Knife Blade, and some of the crisp sound of the fine iron was played like a musical instrument, and this clear and docile tune slowly drowned out the sound of the majestic waterfall.
Whether it is the voice of those generous backs that existed many years ago, or the shallow smiles in that world, the nostalgia for these stems from the changes of the world and can no longer be had. He understood that those memories could only be used to encourage survival when his heart was as dark as falling into a bottomless abyss. He also understood that a reverent silence for the past was far more powerful than remembrance on a sober day.
He can't always soberly reject those negative emotions, because it all comes naturally from the heart.
After a song, he sighed.
Wei Rong is alive, and it is possible that others are still alive as well.
The slaughter that sounded like a purgatory on earth had always worried him, not in the face of the enemy, but in the feeling that his comrades had died under the enemy's knife in order to cover his evacuation.
Wei Rong is like this, but what about the other survivors?
Where are they and what are they doing?
Are you also caught in a kind of extreme, will you also be resentful of him and stand on the opposite side with a knife against him?
Just as Li Xiangru was pondering, a slight footstep came into his ears imperceptibly.
"Sneaky footsteps are also a habit?" Li Xiangru pressed his fingers against the knife face, and said lightly to the figure behind him.
"Uh...... Childe ...... "Shen Tai, who came from the bottom of the mountain, his face was slightly embarrassed, and the Lord of the Helm asked him to go from the dark line of the Hidden Sect to the bright line, and this kind of identity transformation still made him wear a mask all the year round and become another person, and he always couldn't turn around when he encountered something serious. All of this comes from decades of walking in the dark.
Li Xiangru put away the knife, stood up, turned to Shen Tai, and patted him on the shoulder.
Shen Tai's body trembled slightly, extremely unaccustomed to this kind of intimacy, holding the handle of the knife, but suddenly found that he did not bring a knife. Even if he brought a knife, he never thought of drawing a knife against him.
It's a completely instinctive reaction.
Li Xiangru shook his head with a smile, stopped Shen Taidi from explaining, and asked, "How is the investigation?"
As soon as it came to business, Shen Tai changed his expression to a serious expression, took out a piece of letterhead from his arms, presented it to Li Xiangru with both hands, and said, "Childe, this is the result of the investigation. ”
Li Xiangru took it, opened the letterhead and read it. When he finished reading it, his fingers flashed flames and the letterhead burned to ashes. Turning his back to look at the waterfall, he pondered: "If you want to be familiar, you still have to be familiar with Wei Rong compared to it." ”
Shen Tai saw the picture of Li Xiangru burning the letterhead, and he couldn't help but feel a little more awe in his heart. Among the cultivators, he was able to conjure flames directly from his body without the help of runes, and he really didn't see many of them. Thinking of the first time he saw Li Xiangru's weak and pale face and embarrassed body, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this is the gap. Now Li Xiangru, whether it is his face, temperament or cultivation, has undergone earth-shaking changes in a short period of time.
Li Xiangru's questioning made Shen Tai come back to his senses, this information is about Liu Qing, and he does not comment on Liu Qing. As for Wei Rong in Li Xiangru's mouth, he doesn't know who it is, and he doesn't need to know. At first, it was the Lord of Yan who sent a message to him, but a month ago, it was a message from the headquarters that gave him the right to cooperate with Li Xiangru in everything he needed. In the Guiyin Sect, Li Xiangrudi's status has also been greatly improved. This kind of improvement is even more worthy of his awe.
Shen Tai couldn't answer Li Xiangru's words, was silent for a while, and asked, "What does Gongzi need his subordinates to do?"
Li Xiangru shook his head, and said in a slightly tired voice: "Liu Qing's matter, that's all, I will deal with it myself after I go down the mountain." ”