According to Li Yang, the medicine dealer who sells red scenery lives on this mountain all year round. But where the strange apothecary lived, he didn't tell me. But it doesn't matter, Chu Zhilan seems to be full of confidence in this. I just said a little bit about my doubts, and he said everything was fine.

Of course, this is what I guessed, after getting along for so long, Chu Zhilan's behavior of starting without saying a word should mean trivial.

When I climbed to the top of the mountain, I finally saw a farmhouse courtyard, and my leg was considered useless, and I must tell the master when I go back, that such a useless mule should be slaughtered and eaten.

At this time, it was almost evening, and the red fiery clouds in the distance were continuous, and the afterglow of the setting sun swayed from the clouds, like a red lake. I fell into the beautiful scenery, pointed to the sunset and said, "Ah Lan, do you think it doesn't look like a lake on our Bailing Mountain?" Red Lake? ”

"Not really."

I watched the sunset sink in the west little by little, and the clouds were gradually swallowed up by the purple night sky, and then I realized that Chu Zhilan didn't seem to be very happy just now.

I looked back, "Why doesn't it look like that?" However, the lake of Bailing Mountain is blue, and this one is red. ”

Chu Zhilan's eyes seemed to look into the bottom of my heart, "This is more like a red sea than a lake." ”

"The sea?" I laughed, "I'm sorry, I haven't seen the sea." ”

"Oh, at this time, you have to answer him affectionately, 'It's okay, I'll take you to see the sea.'" ”

I followed the sound and saw Li Yang standing in one place with a cheap face. I was relieved to see that he was still alive, and tears were about to fall. I ran over, and was about to go up and hug him, but suddenly remembered that he had sacrificed his life and death to say "go quickly" and stopped.

"Senior brother, you're not dead!"

He frowned, "Why are you saying this so awkwardly?" It's like I wish I was dead. ”

"How can it! It's good that you didn't die, otherwise my conscience would have been hard for the rest of my life. ”

I pulled him to look left and right, and pulled him around in a circle, well, except for the loss of the crown and the use of a rag to tie his hair, nothing else.

Chu Zhilan coughed beside her, intentionally or unintentionally, and I realized that I almost snubbed an important person, this is not!

I took Chu Zhilan's hand, "Come, introduce, this is my ......"

"In Xia Chuwen, people from Sanyin."

Li Yang interrupted him, "Chu Wen? He pointed at me again and said, "Chu Qing? Are you two relatives? ”

I was embarrassed, I had come up with a name at the time, which is hard to explain.

"That's right, I'm Brother Qing's cousin." The man was talking nonsense with a calm face.

"But junior brother Chu Qing, aren't you from Dasheng?"

Me: "Uh...... This ......"

"When my father became an adult, he left home and came to Yunjiang to break through, marry a wife and have children here, and Chu is also half a Dasheng person."

"How did you meet here? What a coincidence! ”

Me: "That...... What......"

"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and this time I came out in the name of my father to have a task in the rivers and lakes, and I happened to meet the Qing brother who was robbed by bandits on this mountain."

Chu Zhilan turned to me, "Brother Qing, we haven't seen each other for many years, I don't want you to be as naughty as you were back then." ”

Oh hehe, my brother is right, my brother said it well, wow, I remember what my brother said.

After hearing this, Li Yang was in awe of Chu Wen: "It turns out that Brother Wen is a person from the rivers and lakes, (Sixi was suddenly confused:!) Brother Wen? (=゚ω゚)ノ) disrespectful disrespect. He complained to me again, "Why has the little junior brother never told us about this?" ”

Me: "Well...... It's ......"

"Don't blame Brother Qing, after all, the two haven't seen each other for a long time, and he was a child before, so it's normal not to remember."

Okay, I don't need to say a word, you guys talk slowly.

"Oh, this mule is alive!" Li Yang unloaded the brocade from the mule and threw it to me, "Oh, hurry up and bring it into the house, Mr. Chang will be back soon." I glanced at Chu Zhilan, saw him nod slightly, and left with interest.

Walking into the courtyard, there were all kinds of medicinal herbs that were being dried, and I had nowhere to go with the brocade, so I had to turn back to find Li Yang.

"Senior Brother Li, there is nowhere to put your feet in this courtyard."

At this time, Li Yang covered his chest with his hands, and the smile on his face was hideous to the naked eye.

"Yes," he stumbled over and took the brocade from my hand, "Senior brother, I'll just come, you and Brother Chu Wen can go and rest." ”

"Huh?" I followed him, "Where to rest, I can't even get into this yard." ”

I saw Li Yang directly stepping on those medicinal herbs, and some sun-dried medicinal herbs were trampled under his feet. He turned around and covered his mouth, "Don't worry, just come in, vomit ......"

I looked at Chu Zhilan who came in awkwardly and asked, "What did you two do just now?" Why does my brother feel like he has eaten something unclean and is disgusting? ”

He was indifferent, "It's okay, if you really eat it and spit it out." ”

I nodded, thinking he had a point.

…………

"Where is Xiao Xiao? Do you have the courage to make a move, but don't you have the courage to show your face? The sword in Chu Zhilan's hand shone with a slight cold light in the night. The wind rose, and several darts flew from the depths of the dense forest, and Chu Zhilan waved his sword with his backhand, and the darts fell to the ground. This is already the tenth wave, and the enemies in the shadows are very well hidden, but the accuracy of this dart is extremely poor, and Chu Zhilan gradually loses patience.

"I know you're here for me, but unfortunately, you're far from ready, so let's fight again next time." Chu Zhilan put away his sword and was about to go back, but there was another wave of darts, he didn't even raise his hand, he turned sideways slightly, and several dark darts were stuck on the trunk of the tree beside him.

Chu Zhilan quickly searched in the direction where the dark dart flew from, only to see that there were traces of people walking in the bushes just now.

"What? Want to know where he is? ”

Chu Zhilan glanced at the person who was deliberately whispering in his ear, "Have you vomited?" ”

Li Yang, who was terrifying, listened to his words, his face turned green, and he thought that this person was really unkind to move. In the evening, he just tentatively tried to probe his depth, but was caught off guard by his quick punch, fortunately, the little junior brother came back in time, if he punched again, he might never hear the famous actor in Kunli Garden again.

"I don't blame you for the heavy hand you just threw at me." Li Yang smoothed his hair tied up, "I see that you are in trouble, and I came to help you, how about it?" Interesting enough! ”

Chu Zhilan looked at Li Yang's hand on his shoulder, "When did you come out?" ”

"I'll come as soon as you come out to chase him." Li Yang was still complacent, "I'm not as good as you when I beat people, but I'm the best at finding people, no one can hide from me, naturally I can find anyone hiding in the shadows." ”

"Can you beat that guy?" Chu Zhilan asked.

Li Yang deliberately said loudly: "That guy can only throw a dart or something, as long as you find him, you will beat him to the ground!" ”

Chu Zhilan nodded at him.

Li Yang originally thought that he could use his fists and kicks in front of Chu Zhilan, but he didn't want Chu Zhilan to turn around and leave, "You go ahead and arrest him, I'll go back." ”

As soon as Li Yang was about to stop him, the dark dart flew over, Chu Zhilan waved the scabbard to split them, and Li Yang was able to dodge it. Looking at Chu Zhilan's departing figure, Li Yang scolded his mother, turned around and shouted at the forest: "Little thief! Grandpa is coming for you! ”

Chu Zhilan hurriedly returned to the house, Xu Qingyi lay on the couch and slept deeply, and his tense emotions quickly relaxed. There was also a dark dart at the head of the bed, and Chu Zhilan walked over lightly and pulled it out.

Xu Qingyi's breathing on the bed gradually became heavier, and sweat also oozed from her forehead and neck. Chu Zhilan sat on the side of the bed, quietly observing her symptoms. He blew out the candle that was about to burn, the whole room darkened, and Xu Qingyi's breathing was much lighter.

……

There was a man sitting quietly by the bed in the dark room, I leaned in, deliberately raised my voice and said, "Don't sit there stupidly, let's sleep together!" ”

"I know you're awake, you don't have to scare me."

I sat up abruptly and pulled him to his stomach, and I figured that he wouldn't refuse me.

"Hasn't Mr. Chang come back yet?"

"Hmm."

"Did Senior Brother sleep?"

"Nope."

"No?" I looked out the window and said, "It must be late." ”

"It's past time."

"Still not sleeping so late? He won't be unwell! ”

Chu Zhilan grabbed me who was about to sit up, "No, he is in good health, he can't sleep and is playing hide and seek to release his energy." ”

I was confused, "Hide and seek? The big night? Who does he catch? Or who catches him? ”

"Who knows."

I cautiously approached Chu Zhilan and lay on his shoulder, "You won't ...... I'm jealous. ”

“……”

"Oh, you don't need it, although I just found out that he seems to have something to do with me, but I'm a woman, since he likes that, it's absolutely impossible, it's absolutely impossible for me and him."

"Qingyi."

"Huh?"

"Are you a little ......?"

"Something?"

"Nothing."

I looked at him and stopped, and I didn't want to ask any further, first, I didn't care, and second, I was really sleepy and wanted to sleep.

"Whatever." I gave Chu Zhilan a corner of the quilt to cover her stomach, "I'm asleep, remember to light the candlestick for me if you want to leave." ”

Chu Zhilan gently held the head resting on his shoulder and pulled his arm out, he had never been so frightened by a word. He was glad that he had just said, "Are you a little self-inflicted?" He didn't say it, although he just wanted to tease, but even so, he still regretted it now.

seems to be refuting what he hadn't said just now for Xu Qingyi. He was like a teenager, unloading the vicissitudes of many years of experience, surround his beloved with gains and losses, and mutter: "You don't have it." ”

As soon as I woke up in the morning, I saw Chu Zhilan and Li Yang standing in my room before I was fully awake.

I subconsciously got up and weighed my clothes, but fortunately, there was nothing wrong with sleeping in a kimono yesterday.

I saw Chu Zhilan with his perennial cold expression on outsiders, as well as Li Yang's sad face, and panicked for a while.

"Hair ...... What happened? ”

"Mr. Chang, dead." Li Yang's face was sad.

I had just woken up and was not very awake, and it took me a long time to recall this sentence and exclaim, "Dead? How did he die? Didn't you see him here yesterday, brother? ”

"That's right, I told him about the encounter with the mountain bandits, originally that strange old man had promised to give us the best and latest batch of red locus medicinal materials because of sympathy, but who would have thought ......?"

"Isn't it just the two people we met?"

Li Yang shook his head, "Your brother said no." ”

I looked at Chu Zhilan.

"One of those two people used a knife and the other used a bow and arrow, and Mr. Chang died under the axe."

"Did you see his body?"

"Your brother played hide and seek last night."

Li Yang glanced at Chu Zhilan with a strange expression. "It's really strange, last night I went to look for the person who dart, but I didn't find the dark weapon, and I found a corpse hacked to death by an axe."

I rubbed my head, "Senior brother, brother, what are you talking about?" Why do I get more confused the more I listen? What hide-and-seek? What darts, hidden weapons? ”

Chu Zhilan: "The person who threw the dark dart has nothing to do with this matter, I can guarantee it." ”

Li Yang: "Why do you want to vouch for someone who wants to kill you?" ”

"I'm not trying to vouch for him, but I'm worried that this matter will affect our judgment." Chu Zhilan's tone was tough.

"You're so sure you're right?"

"Yes."

Li Yang was angry: "Why? Just because you are strong in martial arts, what you say is what you say? ”

"Better than you."

I interrupted them: "Can you pause for me to interject?" ”

Li Yang: "No. ”

Chu Zhilan: "Yes." ”

I pointed at Chu Zhilan, "Someone threw a dark dart to kill you last night?" He pointed to Li Yang again, "You know martial arts, you are not a simple Langzhong, right?" ”

Li Yang jumped to his feet in anger, "Why are you so sure of me when you ask him?" ”

"If you don't know martial arts, I don't think he will bother to compare with you." I answered very honestly. "Who are you?"

"Li Yang."

"Are you from Bai Tingyu?"

"That's right, Childe is virtuous, recruits Guangcai, and is a guest of Childe's disciples."

"You're here to spy on me?" I grabbed the dagger in my arms.

"You can't say that, I've been working in Zongren Pavilion, but you're a latecomer, it's just that Gongzi asked me to take care of my little junior brother."

"Little junior brother?" Bai Tingyu didn't tell him who I was? "Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care about this, I'll do whatever Childe tells me to do, it's no good to know so much." Li Yang sat on the chair and crossed his legs, "By the way, you should thank me, if I hadn't saved you, you would have been killed by those two robbers." ”

"You're just trying to escape."

"Don't look at the process and look at the result."

Li Yang sat on the ground, just like Bai Tingyu, I gave Chu Zhilan a look, and asked Li Yang: "Since you are a guest of King Min, do you know that King Min has an important hostage there?" ”

Chu Zhilan quietly pulled out her sword behind Li Yang.

I walked up to him and crouched down and whispered, "I'm here for that hostage." ”

"It's my business."

Li Yang, who was slumped in the chair, finally stood up, and when he turned around, he saw Chu Zhilan's unsheathed sword, and he was startled, "Why do you look like you want to kill someone when you have something to do?" Put it away. He pushed Chu Zhilan's sword away, "Come out and see Mr. Chang again, maybe you can find some clues." ”

Only half a mile from the courtyard on the mountain, an old gentleman lay there covered in blood, and in the distance you could see the scarlet of the green forest. My stomach churned on an empty stomach, and the bitter taste burned my chest. Chu Zhilan silently stood in front of me.

"Mr. Chang, it's a pity, I don't know who is so cruel that his brains are leaking out."

I was constantly gagging on the side, and Li Yang looked at the corpse, as if he was interested. Chu Zhilan pulled me far enough to the side, and the smell of blood seemed to wrap around the tip of my nose, lasting for a long time.

"What does it smell like?"

I got up and looked at Chu Zhilan and said, "Of course it's the smell of the dead, what else can it be?" ”

Chu Zhilan frowned, "I'm not asking you what you smelled, but ......"

A smell of smoke washed away the bloody smell that remained on the tip of my nose.

Li Yang, who was still looking at the corpse, reacted first, he pointed to the place behind us, "I'll go!" It's burning! ”

The courtyard was burning all over the sky at the moment, and black smoke was billowing from it. Li Yang jumped to his feet and shouted, "Mule! The doctor's mule is still tied there! ”

Running close to the fire, the scorching heat made it impossible to get closer, the flame was burning so strong, I quickly grabbed him, "Are you crazy?" That stinky mule has long since become a roasted mule! ”

He looked desperate, "The medicine is not bought, the mule is dead, and the curator will scold me to death." ”

A group of three stood a little farther away and watched a thatched courtyard burn clean, the charred roof collapsing, and the sun shining through the heavy soot. We are facing the sun, but Li Yang and I are extremely melancholy.

He said to me weakly, "It's good that the fire didn't spread." ”