The chickens and dogs in the Binzhou City Post House jumped because of the noble Qincha who was seriously ill. The epidemic is menacing, with repeated cough and fever in mild cases, and high fever and difficulty breathing in severe cases. Famous doctors in Binzhou have come to visit, but they can't do anything about it, so they can only delay the symptoms with ordinary prescriptions.

It was night, and the rain was pouring down.

Cheng Yuan led a person through the corridor in a hurry, and was bumping into the jade bead sitting under the eaves. The lime had just been sprinkled outside the room, and the wet footprints of the jade beads fell on the lime, as if they were trekking through the snow. Yuzhu still wears her hair in a bun and wears the clothes of a maid, looking gentle and harmless.

Cheng Yuan politely greeted Yuzhu.

Yuzhu's gaze crossed his shoulder and looked at the person behind him, "Who is this?" ”

The person who came took off his coat and hat, only wore a beautiful green shirt, nodded slightly, and said, "Yanzhou, talk about Yun." ”

——

When Chu Shixia woke up, it was a rainstorm morning. The light outside the window was as dim as dusk, and the sky and the earth were dark and gloomy. The strong smell of medicine and the damp smell of rain were mixed together, and Chu Zhixia only felt that his body was wet, as if he had soaked in water.

"Are you awake?" Tan Yun took the silver needle from her arm and smiled slightly, "Before parting, I said that you may not be safer outside than me inside, and I actually said it." Miss Chu, don't come unharmed. ”

Chu Zhixia reluctantly smiled at her, "Why are you here, who brought you from Anyang County?" ”

"I found it myself." Tan Yun took out a yellowed page from the medicine bag he was carrying and said, "When I was looking through the medical books, I found a prescription that has a miraculous effect on the treatment of this epidemic. The plague in Anyang County is almost over. ”

"That's good." Chu Zhixia reluctantly sat up, waved his hand and refused the action handed over by Tan Yun, "I don't know medical skills." If this recipe has a miraculous effect, it will be handed over to the whole territory of Binzhou by Thorn Stone to end this disaster as soon as possible. ”

"Don't you really look at it?" Tan Yun was a little stubborn, "The person who left this recipe has something to do with you." ”

Chu Zhixia was stunned, took the handwritten prescription, and looked down carefully - the word "Shen Yan" was written on the prescription.

"'Shen Yu' is a famous person?" Tan Yun confirmed with her again.

Chu Zhixia inexplicably felt a splitting headache, as if an unknown past was slowly unveiled in front of her. She pressed her head and patiently replied to Tan Yun: "Maybe it's just a duplicate name, Shen is not a rare surname." ”

"Princess Zhenbei is different from the prince, she is a very mysterious and low-key person. Don't say that her place of origin is famous, and even few people have seen her. But, do you know why I am sure that this prescription was left by Ling Tang? ”

Chu Zhixia shook his head.

Tan Yun said: "That medical book is crudely compiled, and it was compiled and distributed by Yunzhong Book Company forty years ago. Most of the doctors in the cloud are proficient in external injuries and do not have too high attainments in internal injuries and miscellaneous diseases. This prescription is very abrupt inside, and its sophistication is far superior to the others. ”

"The time and place are right, forty years ago, Ling Tang should have just married Ling Zun. This volume circulated almost everywhere in the Great Zhou, and it was sold for profit, but this book was spent money to spread far and wide. After talking about Yun, I felt ridiculous, "It's like ......"

"It's like she had expected this day a long time ago, so she deliberately kept this prescription to save the world." Chu Zhixia finished speaking for Tan Yun unhurriedly, and said lightly, "Even if this prescription was left by my mother, I have no way to answer any of your questions." I don't know much about her. ”

Tan Yun was stunned.

——

The chill hits, the red lanterns flutter in the rain, and the light in the puddles flickers on and off. Chu Zhixia was wrapped in a white fox fur and leaned by the window to watch the rain. Yuzhu stood behind her and combed her hair, her teeth running through her hair, a thin sound spreading between the two.

"Isn't there anything you want to ask?" Yuzhu held her long flowing hair and said softly.

"Did you kill Changgongzi Jiang?" Chu Zhixia asked bluntly.

Yuzhu nodded and admitted, "Yes." ”

The Guangling Jiang clan counted the death of Jiang Changgongzi on Chen Boyan's head, and Chu Zhixia has always retained doubts about this life lawsuit - at that time, she went out with a sword to assassinate Jiang Changgongzi, but she turned back to Qunyufang halfway to save Jiang Qiao, and lost the last chance to kill him.

But Jiang Changgongzi still died.

Chu Zhixia smiled silently, closing his eyes and lightly smiling the bitter smell of plants and trees in the rain, "I'll just say how you happened to bathe that day and jumped directly into the river after killing someone, right?" ”

"Yes."

"You've been there for me for as long as I can remember." Chu Zhixia's cheek was pressed against his arm, and he reached out to catch the rain outside the window, "Are you a dead soldier who has been raised in the mansion since you were a child?" ”

There are many dead soldiers in the palace of Zhenbei Wangfu, and the news of undercover, assassination, and espionage is unfavorable. But how many of these people there are, where they are, what their names are, and where they come from, are all secrets in the cloud. In his previous life, it was not until Chu Mingyan died that this booklet fell into the hands of Chu Shixia.

But Chu Zhixia had never seen Yuzhu's name on it.

"It's not." Yuzhu denied it.

Chu Zhixia turned his head to look at her.

"My surname is Yu, Yu of the poppy. My hometown is in a village called 'Sanquan' near Yongxueguan. When I was five years old, the Beidi people invaded the south and slaughtered the entire village. Yuzhu said calmly, "When the second prince came with his troops, I was the only one alive in the village. ”

"The grace of saving lives and nurturing feelings, Yuzhu can't repay it. The purpose of hiding my name and practicing martial arts is to protect the eldest lady, and I am willing. Yuzhu touched her hair and said softly and stubbornly.

Chu Zhixia squeezed her hand and said, "Are you stupid?" ”

Yuzhu shook her head and said, "The eldest lady hasn't eaten much in the past few days when she has been in a coma. Would you like to drink some japonica rice porridge? I'll go and command the kitchenette. ”

——

Shen Zhou sat on the railing under the porch to take a nap, and the white cat lay next to him and slept with its tail in its arms, snoring softly from time to time. This location was very close to Chu Zhixia's house, and he only needed to climb over the wall to jump into her yard.

Through a wall, Shen Zhou knew that she had woken up and had no worries about her life.

Whether it's Shen Zhou going to Yangzhou to pick up Yuanniang, or going with Luo Shuangyi to exterminate the assassins of the Mountain Ghost Clan, it's better than sitting here doing nothing. Shen Zhou made a reason for himself in his heart, scratched his ears and cheeks and couldn't think of a good one, so he wasted time here.

When Shen Zhou heard the footsteps, the man was already very close to him. Shen Zhou's nerves were tense all over his body, and he grabbed the sword and turned back, unexpectedly bumping into the person who came with an umbrella.

Chu Zhixia held a smoky umbrella and stepped on the rain all over the ground, her skirt soaked. Shen Zhou's heart was flustered, but Chu Zhixia didn't approach for a long time, just stood in the overwhelming rain. Only then did Shen Zhou remember that he was wearing the gilt silver mask of the Nine Shadows on his face.

"I heard from the ghost city lord that the Nine Ghost Division is now divided into two, and the Luo clan still uses the silver ghost mask as a token, and the mountain ghost clan also recognizes the golden skull as a symbol." Chu Shixia walked slowly up the corridor, a stone's throw away from the sinking boat, "Are you from Luo's family?" ”

For a moment, Shen Zhou had the idea of escaping.

"Stop." Chu Zhixia easily saw through him.

The shipwreck was fixed in place.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Chu Zhixia looked at his eyes fixedly, they were undoubtedly a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, like a misty pool under the moon, touching people's heartstrings, "The assassin of the Nine Shadows, do you also learn Lianzhu arrows?" ”

Shen Zhou could no longer bear this strange and suffocating atmosphere, and he wanted to hug the white cat on the ground who knew nothing, and turned around to leave. Chu Zhixia grabbed his wrist suddenly, she held the sword all the year round, and her arm strength was amazing, and she fiercely slammed the sinking boat against the pillar of the corridor. Shen Zhou leaned his back against the pillar and looked down at Chu Zhixia.

Chu Zhixia came in the rain before he recovered from his serious illness, and his face was so white that there was no trace of blood. Shen Zhou felt a little regretful and a little sad in his heart.

Chu Zhixia suddenly trembled and raised his hand to touch the whitish scar on Shen Zhou's throat, the wound that almost killed Shen Zhou had already healed, and there would be no more pain. But when Chu Zhixia's cold fingertips brushed by, it was as if he had been kissed by a fire coal, with a fiery pain in the pain.

"Can't speak...... Is it because of an injury? Chu Zhixia's voice was hoarse, and the corners of his eyes were crimson.

Shen Zhou shook his head slightly.

Chu Zhixia tugged at the corners of his mouth and wanted to laugh.

She wanted to say, for such a long time, when you are alone outside and no one buys you sugar, have you suffered a lot? She wanted to say, when you have nightmares all night and can't sleep, no one holds your hand to lull you to sleep, how did you survive?

Obviously he is a person who will be subconsciously afraid when he mentions the Nine Shadows, and he is obviously a person who has exchanged the seven cold pith nails of Chu Zhixia for vitality, but he wants to go to the tiger's den and wolf's den and live the days of licking blood on the tip of the knife.

Have you ever been afraid, have you ever thought about going home?

But Chu Zhixia couldn't say a word, just shed tears in vain.

Shen Zhou's whole body was stiff, his heart seemed to be pinched and crushed by a hand, and the fragments of his heart flowed down the blood vessels to his limbs. Shen Zhou let go of the hand holding the cat, and gently curled his knuckles to wipe away Chu Zhixia's tears.

"I can still talk, don't cry." Shen Zhou whispered, "Actually, it doesn't hurt at all." ”

Of course, Chu Zhixia couldn't believe such a low-level lie, that pale scar was like a sharp blade, cutting into her heart, and the long wind of time ran through. Chu Zhixia gently grasped the scar as if she were caressing a fragile piece of porcelain - Shen Zhou's vibrant blood flowed under her hands.

"Why are you avoiding me?"

"When I left, you told me not to enter that door again. I thought you didn't want me anymore. Shen Zhou said a little sour and aggrieved.

"I'm sorry," Chu Zhixia put his toes around his neck, and his wet eyelashes swept past the side of his neck, like the wings of a butterfly stained with rain, and his heart ached, "I'm sorry." I dreamed that you were dead - I thought you were dead, but I didn't even know where you were. I lied to myself that my dreams were the opposite, but I couldn't find you. ”

Chu Zhixia's tears were like hot molten iron, falling on Shen Zhou's neck, burning through the skin and flesh, deep into the bones, and the pain made Shen Zhou sway.

Tears kill a person more than a sword.

"I didn't blame you," Shen Zhou hugged her and said with relief, "I have to leave by myself." Everything in the dream is fake. ”

Chu Shixia shook his head, "Come with me, go home with me." Don't go back to the Nine Shadows again. ”

"Suddenly I remembered the sentence "Leave me, who treats you as a child" (Vicissitudes of Cigarette .jpg)"