Chapter 20: Night Terrors
In the next few days, nothing happened, and Luotian Town returned to its former tranquility.
Feng Shuzhu most of the time is to take Chu Qing to visit the township, tour the mountains and waters, Xiao Jiuye has returned to Cangqing Mountain, the monks of Kongjue Temple have gradually recovered from their injuries, and they want to set off to find the detoxification pool on the other day, only Shui Lingyue is difficult to meet, and he may see that he accompanies Shui Yunyun to walk around a little, and the rest of the time is more in the room.
On this day, the breeze was light, the floating clouds were thin, and the weather was fine. Feng Shuzhu sat quietly in the study, drank tea alone, and tasted a rare moment of tranquility and leisure, which is "the clouds outside the window, and the years in the pot are quiet". When he was raising his glass and smelling the incense, he saw Chu Qing smiling like a flower, and rushed in and said, "Brother Feng, Uncle Liang invited you to the guest hall and said that the master of this house is back." ”
Feng Shuzhu put down the teacup in his hand and wondered, "Then why are you so happy?"
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and said, "Oh, I'm happy has nothing to do with this matter, I'm playing hide and seek with the bag." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled, got up and said, "Then you go to play, remember not to go far, I'll go to the guest hall." ”
Chu Qing answered, like a blue shadow, and ran out again.
Feng Shuzhu stepped out of the room, and when he raised his eyes, he saw someone leading Shui Lingyue and Shui Yunqiu, and they also walked out of the opposite lady's building. The man walked in front, saw Feng Shuzhu stop, and shouted loudly: "Feng Shaoxia, the head of the family, the young owner, is back, and he is in the guest hall with the patriarch, please come with me." ”
Feng Shuzhu responded, and when the three approached, Shui Lingyue raised a pair of bright eyes and said in a low voice: "Feng Shaoxia." He was dragged away by the water clouds beside him.
A few people passed through the small corner door and came to the front of the guest hall, only to see the patriarch of the Liang clan sitting on the main seat, and a young man sitting on the guest seat, dressed in a white robe, with a face like a crown of jade, holding a white paper fan of ink mountains and rivers, good sandalwood and bones, duck blue gem fan pendant, talking and laughing between the graceful and graceful, extraordinary bearing, Uncle Liang and Master Kongxing and others sat on both sides, and there were many people standing behind him.
Seeing Feng Shuzhu and the others coming, the patriarch of the Liang clan hurriedly got up, spread his hands, made a gesture of "please", and said, "Feng Shaoxia, Water Woman, please come forward and speak." ”
When everyone heard this, they turned their heads one after another, but most people's eyes fell on Shui Lingyue and Shui Yunyun, although both of them were born beautiful and had outstanding appearances, but in comparison, the cold dust in Shui Lingyue's bones was even more eye-catching.
As the stars holding the moon in the gaze, Shui Yunyu raised his eyebrows slightly, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, and nodded his head with everyone to show his salute, but Shui Lingyue behind him was expressionless, cold as frost, as if he was looking at nothing in front of him.
When the young man heard this, he also swept his gaze over, looked at the wind and sparse bamboo, but stayed on Shui Lingyue for a moment, got up and said with a smile: "No, Liang Zong, I've seen Feng Shaoxia, Water Woman." ”
Feng Shuzhu arched his hand and saluted back: "Feng Shuzhu, I've seen Liang Gongzi." ”
Shui Yunyun took a step forward, carefully looked Liang Zong up and down, and seemed to appreciate this handsome and dashing son in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Shui Yunyun, I have seen Liang Gongzi." ”
Liang Zong nodded in return, but his eyes still fell on Shui Lingyue, as if waiting.
However, Shui Lingyue's face was indifferent, her eyes were cold, and she ignored it, and the scene was slightly embarrassing for a while.
Seeing this, the patriarch of the Liang clan hurriedly said: "Feng Shaoxia, Water Woman, it's better to sit down and talk." ”
Feng Shuzhu looked down and saw that there were only two chairs left, so he didn't move, but after Shui Yunyun sat down, he saw Shui Lingyue indifferently walking behind her senior sister and standing still, before slowly sitting down.
After Liang Zong turned around and sat down, he glanced at the patriarch, nodded, then turned his head and said slowly: "This time Luotian suffered this disaster, thanks to the sword immortals who came to the rescue, Liang is very grateful, for this, I am willing to donate 100,000 silver on behalf of my father, a little heart." After speaking, he waved his hand, only to see several family members carrying up a few carved boxes of vermilion lacquer, and when they opened them, they were all silver ingots with white flowers, and there was an uproar around.
Later, after putting his hands together, he got up and recited the Buddha name of "Amitabha Buddha", and said: "Liang Gongzi is generous and generous, which amazes the poor monks. As he spoke, he glanced at Feng Shuzhu and the others, and continued: "However, we are all outsiders, and this yellow and white thing can't stand it. After finishing speaking, the voices of the disciples echoed all around.
When Liang heard this, he closed the paper fan in his hand and said with a smile: "What Master Kongxing said is not unreasonable, it is not a secret, Liang is also a cultivator, how can he have been in retreat in the overseas immortal mountain before, and missed the great opportunity to repay the township." ”
As soon as these words came out, Kong Xing and the others couldn't help but be shocked, and Feng Shuzhu also frowned, but he didn't say anything and waited quietly.
Ying Ying smiled and said: "Liang Gongzi is a talent, don't regret it, he will have a long time in the future, he will have another chance to show his strengths." ”
Liang Zong smiled confidently, and then said, "Since this is the case, it is better to be like this, Liang is willing to make the decision on behalf of his father and donate this yellow and white thing to the township for the reconstruction of the goddess temple and the immortal temple." As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of admiration around him.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, the patriarch of the Liang clan arched his hand and said, "In this way, as the patriarch, Lao Yu is very grateful to Liang Shilang and his son." Speaking of this, everyone can understand that this Liang Zong's father is an official to the squire, who was originally a member of the imperial court.
Liang Zong laughed and said, "With a lot of effort, why worry about it, the patriarch is serious, and my father is still worried about your old body before leaving." ”
The patriarch of the Liang clan stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction: "The old man's body is very tough, but I don't know when Liang Shilang will return." ”
Liang Zongdao: "Therefore, the truth is not known before, and it will take some time for my father and others to return after the younger generation reports that they are safe." ”
When the patriarch of the Liang clan heard this, he nodded slightly and said, "In this way, the benefactors will continue to live in the Liang Shilang Mansion, okay?"
Liang Zong said with a smile: "The benefactors don't abandon the simplicity of the house, and Liang can't ask for it." ”
After everyone said a few polite words, Liang Zong said again: "Before, because of the harassment of demons and demons, the maids and maids of the family fled everywhere, and the greetings were not good, and Liang also looked forward to the benefactor Haihan. Now that Luotian is calm, Liang wants to start tonight and hold a seven-day water mist drama to celebrate, and he also welcomes all the villagers to come to Liang's mansion to cheer. Then he ordered the servants and maidservants to prepare a dinner party and sweep the stage.
Originally, this Liang Mansion has a water mist stage, pure fir wood to build, both sides of the cornice, like an official hat, a carved caisson well in the center, forming a sound surround, so the sound amplification effect is quite good, there is a pool in front of it, it is a natural spring, it can spray water mist by treble vibration, so it is called the water mist stage, and on the opposite side of the stage, there is a flower hall for appreciating the play, the heavy eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the double-storey pavilion, the downstairs is the hall that can accommodate 100 people, the upstairs is the elegant seat, in the past, every major festival, the Liang Mansion has to hold a few days of theater, has done its best to feed the hometown feelings.
Everyone greeted each other for a while, and then they were led by the family and came to the flower hall, where the disciples of Kongjue Temple and the Liang family sat downstairs, and the rest of the people followed Liang to the second floor.
At this time, the lanterns are on, the twilight is like a cyan giant net, quietly scattering down, enveloping the entire Liang Mansion, with a rapid sound of gongs and drums, the spring in the pool sprayed water mist three times, the big play began to sing, the flower hall upstairs and downstairs, everyone enjoyed the play while eating.
It turned out to be the "Legend of the Demon", which was arranged with the story background of the Great War of Immortals and Demons two hundred years ago, and the elimination of the Demon Sect's shadow confusion. However, the righteous people in the play are all miraculous and invincible every time they appear, while the demonic characters are all wine bags and rice bags, and their low IQs are ridiculous.
Frowning and looking at it for a while, Feng Shuzhu looked around, only to see Kong Xing, Shui Yunqian and others looking at it with relish, Liang Zong also held a paper fan in his hand, smiling and chanting while shaking and watching, in the cheers from time to time, Feng Shuzhu quietly walked downstairs.
On the periphery of the flower hall, I saw Chu Qing and several children of the same age playing around the little fat bear bag, it seemed that those children were very magical to this strange animal, and the little fat bear bag squatted in the center, constantly stuffing the food handed over by the children in his mouth, and his belly was already rounded.
Away from the noise, as if escaping from a storm, the wind Shuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, felt relaxed, at this time the night was deep, looking up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, a round of jade plate hung in the sky, the night breeze was blowing, sending a trace of coldness.
Next to the path, the slender green bamboo trembles lightly in the night wind, making a "rustling" sound, there are crystal dew drops, attached to the bamboo branches, exquisitely clear, the wind sparse bamboo stands still, and I don't feel that I am suspicious and stunned.
The faint fragrance, with a hint of coldness, came secretly.
Suddenly, a pretty figure, as if from the darkness for a long time, with a cold beauty, printed in the sky and the moonlight, walked slowly.
Feng Shuzhu was stunned for a moment, and recognized that it was Shui Lingyue, and at this moment saw that she was still dressed in white, and her skin was better than snow in the moonlight, cold and beautiful, like a fairy.
Shui Lingyue's cold eyes turned around Feng Shuzhu's body, and said lightly: "Feng Shaoxia, why aren't you listening to the play?"
Feng Shuzhu smiled faintly and said, "In comparison, I prefer the tranquility here, what about the water girl?"
Shui Lingyue pursed her lower lip lightly and said, "I don't like to be noisy either. ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled brightly and said, "It seems that you and I are really like-minded people, and our interests are so similar." ”
Shui Lingyue didn't make a sound, her eyes were lowered, and her beautiful eyelashes covered a pair of bright eyes, as if she was thinking about something, and she seemed to be longing for something.
The wind blew, swept past her ears, brushed a few strands of hair, lined with jade-like skin, evoking a touching beauty.
At this moment, it seems that time is also frozen because of the cold beauty of this woman.
Feng Shuzhu was stunned, looked away, and said, "Your senior sister, it's quite strict." ”
Shui Lingyue raised her head, looked at him with a hint of tenderness in her eyes, and suddenly smiled shallowly, what kind of smile was that, as if she had waited for a thousand years, ten thousand years, at this moment, all the frost was melted.
The sudden gentleness made Feng Shuzhu feel a little nervous, and he said, "Then you, did you enter the palace at the same time as her?"
Shui Lingyue's expression returned to his previous coldness, shook her head lightly, and said, "Senior sister entered the palace a few years earlier than me, and we can be regarded as having played since childhood." ”
Feng Shuzhu let out an "oh" and said, "Your senior sister's injuries are back to normal, right?"
Hearing this, Shui Lingyue slowly lowered her head again, and after a long time, she said in a low voice: "It should be fine, soon, we will go back to Shuiyue Palace." Speaking of the second half of the sentence, there is a slight nostalgic but helpless tone.
Feng Shuzhu didn't speak, and the two fell into silence again, but they had a natural tacit understanding with each other, and they were whispering in their hearts, as if silence at this time was better than a thousand words.
"Brother Feng, Sister Shui, what are you talking about?" Chu Qing held the round little chubby bear bag in his arms and walked over from the other end of the bamboo forest.
Feng Shuzhu glanced at Shui Lingyue and said, "Qing'er, why don't you listen to the play?"
Chu Qing approached, raised his head, looked at Feng Shuzhu with some surprise, and said, "Listen to the opera?" ”
At this time, at the end of the bamboo forest, the footsteps of many people could be heard, and it seemed that someone was talking about something while walking.
Feng Shuzhu raised his head, looked at the sky, and said, "It's really not early, let's all go back." ”
The three of them walked all the way back to the courtyard.
Feng Shuzhu glanced at the young lady's building worriedly, only to see that it was pitch black, knowing that Shui Yunyu had not returned, he was really relieved for Shui Lingyue, so he said goodbye and led Chu Qing back to the study.
"Is today's play good?" Feng Shuzhu asked after sitting down, pouring a cup of tea.
Chu Qing helped the little fat bear bag loosen his belly, and said: "I don't understand, a few Taoist priests, and a group of monks are fighting with some people." ”
Feng Shuzhu smiled slightly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea, but did not speak.
Chu Qing continued: "I heard from Master Kongxing and the patriarch that they are leaving tomorrow. ”
Feng Shuzhu pondered for a moment and let out an "oh".
"And that Shui Yunqiu, and the one named Liang Zong, chatted happily all night, and those who didn't know thought they had known each other for hundreds of years. ”
Feng Shuzhu laughed and said, "When did Qing'er become a resentful woman." ”
When Chu Qing heard this, he stuck out his tongue, and then said with a straight face: "Brother Feng, when are we going back to Cangqing Mountain?"
Feng Shuzhu glanced at the young lady's building opposite, nodded and said, "Tomorrow, after I meet with Master Kongxing, let's make plans." ”
Feng Shuzhu's move, Chu Qing saw it, and continued: "Then Sister Shui is also leaving, will we see her again?"
Feng Shuzhu was suddenly asked, and he was speechless, and after a while, he sighed lightly and said, "Brother Feng doesn't know either." ”
Chu Qing put down the little chubby bear bag, a pair of big watery eyes, and said, "Brother Feng, you say, Shui Lingyue is beautiful, or Shui Yunyun is beautiful?"
When Feng Shuzhu heard this, he raised his hand and scratched Chu Qing's nose, and said, "Little ghost, you still want to test me, they are all beautiful, but they are not as smart and cute as Qing'er." ”
Chu Qing saw that she was recognized, but her face pretended to be angry, pouted, and said in a low voice: "Hmph, I also know that I will be prettier than her when I grow up." After saying that, he didn't say goodbye, and went back to the inner room to sleep with the little fat bear bag.
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Night.
There was a thunderstorm, the wind swept the clouds, and the dark clouds over Luotian Town were surging.
The wind and rain are coming, and the heavens and the earth are slaughtered.
A flash of lightning burst through the air, and the young lady's building in the wind and rain lit up, only to see that in the house, Shui Lingyue closed her eyes and lay quietly on the bed, and the Shui Yue Sword was placed close to her body.
In the courtyard of the Liang Mansion, I don't know when a black gas was born, as light as green smoke, after several circles, and finally came to the front of the Miss Building, after a few circles, it became as thin as a gossamer, floating in lightly through the window crack, and came to the head of Shui Lingyue's bed, slowly condensing, and like a vapor mist, forming a transparent figure, faintly in the clothes and appearance are clearly visible.
The transparent figure stood for a moment, slowly raised his hand, volleyed into the void, and conjured three witches in front of him, naked with red hair, about three feet tall, blue skin, wearing ring-shaped ornaments on his hands and feet, dancing with his hands and feet, swinging his hips and sending his hips, as if performing an ancient dance.
After a while, Shui Lingyue's eyelashes trembled a few times, opened her eyes, and in a trance, she saw Feng Shuzhu standing at the head of the bed, gently shaking the paper fan, with a clear smile on her face, looking at herself affectionately.
Shui Lingyue felt that her body was very light, fluttering and dancing, and as soon as her mind moved, she sat up effortlessly, but in the haze, she saw another person lying on the bed, and when she was confused, she said with difficulty: "Feng Shaoxia, ...... you?"
Feng Shuzhu walked over with a smile, blocked her lips with his fingers, and said, "Shhhh Then he turned away, untied the curtain at the head of the bed, turned around, and began to untie his shirt.
Shui Lingyue's heart throbbed, and an inexplicable shyness rose leisurely, and she no longer dared to raise her eyes to look at the wind and bamboo, but she had a splitting headache.
Suddenly, a sword light up at the head of the bed, lying in front of Shui Lingyue. Later, a lotus flower was born in the air, and a white lotus flower was slowly generated, dazzling and dazzling, and constantly rotating, swaying a little light, and suddenly turned into a rain of thousands of swords, hitting the wind and bamboo.
"Water Moon Sword!"
An exclamation, between the lightning and flint, the wind and bamboo raised the paper fan in his hand, conjured a huge skull out of thin air, opened the huge black mouth, swallowed a rain of swords, and was about to make the next move, but heard the sound of breaking the air outside the window, so he hated his face, flicked his sleeves, turned around and turned into a puff of black smoke and left.
"Zheng" sounded, like the sound of the phoenix in the nine heavens, pure and pleasant, Shui Lingyue suddenly woke up, only to see the Shui Yue Sword upside down on the floor, reflecting like Shui Yuehua, buzzing.
Outside the window, the wind and rain stopped, and everything was silent, and later, there were bursts of insect chirping.
Shui Lingyue touched her hot cheeks, remembering the scene just now, like a dream, clutching the placket on her chest, she couldn't help but be shocked.
At this time, a figure was printed on the window screen, looking like a scholar, gently flicked the window lattice, and said softly: "Water girl, what happened?"
Shui Lingyue heard that it was Feng Shuzhu, but the illusion of Fang Cai was still palpitating, and with a wave of his hand, he brought back the Shui Yue Sword, got out of bed, and opened the door.
Feng Shuzhu stood outside the door, seeing Shui Lingyue holding a sword on guard, with a tired look on his face, his heart suddenly became clear, and he said with concern: "Shui Girl, are you okay?"
Shui Lingyue frowned, touched her forehead with her hand, and her spirit was slightly soothed before she shook her head gently.
Feng Shuzhu looked at the house, and saw that under the moonlight, the air seemed to be filled with a layer of dust and mist, and a trace of strange aura lingered around, and he glanced at Shui Lingyue and said, "Water girl, can you ......?"
Before Feng Shuzhu finished speaking, Shui Lingyue hesitated for a while, but turned around and let Feng Shuzhu in, and gently closed the door casually.
The two of them came to the table, lit the candlestick, and sat down quietly.
Shui Lingyue didn't speak, but looked at the dancing candle flame, stunned, as if in that flame, she saw the little man dancing naked again, and the smiling and moaning Feng Shuzhu, suddenly, saw the candle flame turn into a fierce tongue of fire, spraying towards herself.
Shui Lingyue was startled, pulled out the Water Moon Sword with a "swish", and looked at it intently, only to find that it was Feng Shuzhu's outstretched palm that gently held his wrist. Later, a warm current slowly flowed along his meridians, instantly wandering all over his body, and finally accumulating in the center of his eyebrows, forcing out a stream of green smoke that seemed to be nothing.
After the green smoke broke away from Shui Lingyue, it continued to writhe in the air, looking at it carefully, like a graceful woman dancing.
Feng Shuzhu turned his finger into a sword, sealed it in the air, and pointed out a sword flower, dissolving it.
After a while, Shui Lingyue's expression returned to normal, with a pale face, a pair of bright cold eyes, looking at Feng Shuzhu with a hint of complicated feelings, the corners of her mouth moved, and finally told the story of tonight.
Feng Shuzhu listened very carefully, sometimes thinking, sometimes nodding.
After Shui Lingyue finished speaking, she lowered her head and held the Shui Yue Sword tightly, her white hands trembled slightly, and her pretty face like frost showed a timid look, which was pitiful.
Feng Shuzhu smiled slightly and said, "The water girl doesn't have to be afraid, taking precautions is the first thing to do." As he spoke, he took out a bamboo leaf from his cuff, which was extremely green, and there seemed to be fluorescent flow in the texture, as if there was life.
A pair of eyes as bright as stars looked at Shui Lingyue's eyes, and said with a smile: "This bamboo leaf is given to you, please put it close to you, it can calm your mind and calm your mind, and it can also help you get out of danger." ”
Shui Lingyue took the bamboo leaf and said with a puzzled face: "Get out of danger?"
Feng Shuzhu nodded, and said: "This is also called Bamboo Leaf Escape, which I created myself, at a critical moment, as long as the Dao Force urges, it can transform into an image and confuse the opponent." ”
Shui Lingyue looked at the bamboo leaf for a moment, Fang nodded lightly, held the bamboo leaf in the palm of his hand, his heart warmed, and he lowered his head silently.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps upstairs, the two of them looked at each other, and they looked up at the roof of the building, Feng Shuzhu smiled and said, "Your senior sister is awake, I will avoid it for the time being." ”
Shui Lingyue didn't say a word, silently lowered her head, but a smile flashed on her indifferent face like ice, and watched the back of Feng Shuzhu disappear outside the door, Fang retracted her gaze, spread out her palm, and looked at the bamboo leaf again, before carefully putting it into her arms.
"Squeak", Shui Yunyun pushed the door in, saw Shui Lingyue sitting alone at the table, lighting a candle, and said in a daze: "Senior sister, haven't you slept yet?
Shui Lingyue raised her eyes and looked at her senior sister, shook her head slightly, and said, "I just want to go back to Shuiyue Palace as soon as possible, so I can't sleep." The reason why Shui Lingyue said this was because she knew in her heart that if she told the truth about tonight's events, with her senior sister's character, she was afraid that she would have to make a big fuss with Feng Shuzhu, and she considered it more deeply, there was still danger in this place, and the senior sister had just recovered, so it was better to leave early and stay away from the disaster.
Hearing this, Shui Yunyun smiled and said, "Tomorrow, after I say goodbye to Liang Zonggongzi, we can set off." ”
Hearing Liang Zong's words, Shui Lingyue inexplicably felt a sense of disgust, but still quietly hid it and nodded to her senior sister.
Shui Yunyun said: "Then rest early, otherwise you won't have the energy to go on the road tomorrow." With that, he extinguished the candle on the table and went upstairs.
After this disturbance, Shui Lingyue was completely sleepy, so she simply held the Shui Yue Sword, sat up on the bed, and inadvertently raised her eyes, and through the window screen, she vaguely saw a little light in the study opposite. Then his heart moved, he, haven't you slept yet? Looking at the dim light, the woman who was originally as cold as frost at this moment, a layer of ripples rippled in the depths of her eyes.
Have you ever had this kind of experience? In the cold and dark night, walking alone and frightened, suddenly, a little bright light appeared in front of you, at that moment, except for a little warmth, there is no sense of security?