twelve
A crisp birdsong came, waking the wild goose cloud from its dream.
She opened her eyes slightly, and it was already early morning outside the window, and the wind was bustling and pine. Look at yourself again, I don't know when there is an extra blanket. She only remembered looking out the window in a gloomy mood last night, and when she fell asleep, she couldn't remember it for a while.
When Tanlong entered the door, he saw that the owner had woken up, so he took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, walked up to Yanyun and opened it: "Owner, you haven't eaten much in the past few days, your subordinates went to the town below the mountain to buy some meat buns, you can eat a little more." ”
"Yamashita?" Yanyun frowned, "You didn't encounter any trouble, did you?" ”
"No, my subordinates were very careful all the way, and they didn't meet anyone from Danqing Peak." Tanlong replied.
Yan Yun looked outside the house, didn't see Chi Tianzong's figure, and then looked at Tanlong's legs, and couldn't help but be a little worried: "What about Chi Tianzong?" ”
"When his subordinates just woke up, Chi Engong had already carried the medicine basket up the mountain to collect medicine." Tanlong put the meat bun on the table, saw that Yanyun didn't have the heart to eat, and said, "Master, you have an injury on your shoulder, and you haven't eaten anything well these days......
Yanyun saw Tanlong's worried look, and knew that he was going to persuade him again, so he picked up a bun and just brought it to his mouth, thinking of something, so he asked: "Brother Tanlong, you have an injury on your leg and you are still going down the mountain alone, are you really not afraid of any mistakes?" ”
Tanlong saw Yan Yun's reproachful face, and hurriedly said: "Chi Engong's medical skills are exquisite, and the use of the medicinal mud he made to apply it to his leg has made the injury improve a lot, so the master doesn't have to worry." ”
Yanyun took a bite of the bun, and she was relieved to see that Tanlong's injuries were gradually recovering. Thinking of what Tanlong had just said, he hadn't met anyone from the Southwest Four Lines in the town, Yanyun felt strange. According to Deng Yuan and Yang Xun's character, no matter what kind of fight there was between them, as long as she escaped, they would definitely send someone to search the area of Danqing Peak. What's more, she blinded Yang Xun's right eye, Yang Xun will take revenge if he has revenge, and it is impossible to hold it down like this. However, now there is no movement on Danqing Peak, and Yanyun can't think of a reason for a while.
When she returned to the house, Tanlong was already meditating and healing, and she was afraid that staying in the house would disturb Tanlong, so she decided to go around by herself to see if she could pick some herbs that she could take with her.
Chi Tianzong's wooden house was facing the low cliff with her back to the mountains, so in the past, she only paid attention to the scenery on the side of the low cliff. Today, it is rare to have the leisure to walk into the mountains and forests behind the wooden house, which can be regarded as a tour.
In terms of topography, this place belongs to the hinterland of Danqing Peak, but it is not facing the side of Danqing Peak but facing away from Danqing Peak, so it can be said that it is extremely secretive. Yan Yun couldn't help but be a little curious, he didn't expect that there would be such a strange person as Chi Tianzong in the place where he lived since he was a child, and he didn't know when he came here and why.
The farther you go into the forest, the more the birdsong becomes, and every few steps you can see a few shadows flapping their wings passing over the branches overhead. The smell of damp earth in the air and the unique freshness of the foliage calmed her heart.
I think back to the days when I used to study the herbs in the Silver Needle Building, sometimes I stayed at home for months, and I never walked through the forest to smell the fragrance. Sometimes when he came willfully, he didn't want to stay in the Silver Needle Building anymore and study those difficult truths with the four princes, so he was taken by Master Yunbianke to practice martial arts on the cliff at the top of Danqing Peak. Even if she tried her best, she couldn't take advantage of Master's every move, and she always lost to Master in competitions from childhood to adulthood.
Thinking of that cliff, Yanyun thought of his father.
When she was a child, her father would always go to the top of the cliff alone to drink, and stand alone on the edge of the cliff to meditate, and the time would be half a day. At this time, she would stay by the windowsill of the silver needle tower for a short time, looking at her father who was lonely on the top of the cliff in the distance, until the fourth prince came to urge her to go back to the house.
Although he wanted to go into the mountains and forests to pick some medicinal herbs for later use, Yanyun had no intention of looking for medicinal herbs along the way, and only thought about his own affairs. As she walked, she kicked a pebble on her toes, and the crisp sound of the pebble on the mud ground brought her back to her senses. Watching the stone roll under a large tree, as if it had hit something soft, it made a dull noise and stopped.
Yanyun walked over and squatted down to take a look, and it turned out to be a bamboo dustpan.
What's in it? Filled with questions, she gently removed the dustpan from her curiosity.
A golden nine kite flower like the sun in the sky comes into view, this flower is called nine kites, because it has nine petals and nine green leaves, the shape of the flowers and leaves are slender into strips like bird feathers, the petals are close to the center of the stamen The place is bright red like blood, and the place on the leaf near the rhizome is as black as Chen Mo. Although this flower is beautiful and moving, it is extremely poisonous, it belongs to the vein of Nanban Gu poison, but unexpectedly, it also grows in the hinterland of Danqing Peak.
Yanyun reached out and wanted to take it off.
"This flower is poisonous and should not be touched directly by hand." A voice broke the silence in the forest.
Yan Yun raised her head and saw Chi Tianzong standing not far away, watching her every move.
"The nine iris flowers only bloom for seven days, look at it like this, it is already the seventh day, if you don't pick it at this time, it will wither after today." When she said that, she reached out and plucked the nine kites.
Yan Yun walked up to Chi Tianzong and handed him the flower: "Here you go." ”
The nine iris loves shade, so he covers it with a dustpan so that it can grow. Although she didn't know why Chi Tianzong wanted to cultivate this poisonous flower, since it had bloomed to the best time, then she would do it for him.
Chi Tianzong silently looked at Yanyun's hand holding the Nine Irises, and did not see any redness, swelling and ulceration, so white that there was not even a little red spot, frowned, and asked, "Why are you not poisoned?" ”
Yan Yun smiled, put the Nine Iris in the basket behind him, and said, "My hands have touched thousands of poisons since I was a child, and I have long been immune to poison and poison. ”
He took a closer look at her fingers, only to notice that all ten of her nails were slightly purple, which must have been caused by exposure to poisonous things since childhood.
Yan Yun saw that Chi Tianzong noticed his nails, so he patted the mud off his palms and said, "Actually, ordinary people don't pay attention to the difference between my hands...... Wouldn't the color of the nails be weird? Finally, I couldn't help but ask him.
"You've been touching those poisons since you were a child, and you really won't get hurt?" Chi Tianzong's face showed a hint of surprise.
"I was hurt when I was a child, but I got used to it." Yanyun put his hands behind his back, afraid that he would look at it again.
Chi Tianzong looked at her for a long time and said, "It's time to go back." ”
Yanyun silently followed behind Chi Tianzong, the sunlight shining on her through the gaps in the leaves, making her feel that her whole body was enveloped in a faint warmth. The two didn't talk again, but she felt that it was enough.