Chapter 12: Homesickness
Returning to Chang'an without saying a word, Wu Tong went to the Qinglong painting boat to find out Chen Sheng's situation, and as soon as Liu Chen came ashore, he was pulled back to the courtyard by Xu Yuyao, who had a cold face.
"Say it!" Closing the door, Xu Yuyao turned around and looked at Liu Chen coldly, and didn't care about the messy hair that had been made by the dust and dust all the way, seeing that Liu Chen was silent, she slapped the table and took a few steps closer and said, "Wen Renlei was not killed by you!"
"Yes!"
"Why did you kill him?"
"I see him teasing you, I'm not happy!" Liu Chen's heart suddenly felt a little grateful to that Wen Renhao, and even thought of such a good excuse for himself.
As he expected, hearing Liu Chen's confessional answer, Xu Yuyao's face turned clear in an instant, and he raised his hand to brush the hair in front of his forehead, the girl's face was flushed, and he glanced at him with all kinds of amorous expressions: "Then you can't kill people!"
"Okay!" interrupting Liu Chen's words, Xu Yuyao reached out and grabbed his waist, gently leaned his head on his shoulder, and squinted his eyes slightly to comfort: "Don't worry, I'll take care of this for you, in the future, don't be so impulsive, hurt others to worry, huh?"
Liu Chen patted Xu Yuyao's shoulder helplessly, and nodded silently.
"Senior brother, tell me, what does this phrase mean?" On the Qinglong painting boat, Wu Tong described the scene to Chen Sheng vividly, and when his mouth was dry, he picked up the teapot and waited for Chen Sheng to solve his doubts.
"On the day of the broken sword reforge, when Shura returns!" Chen Sheng lazily leaned on the rattan chair, muttering softly, suddenly he opened his eyes, as if he had thought of something, the long-lasting sorrow between his eyebrows and eyes suddenly disappeared, and he turned to Wu Tong and smiled: "You don't care about this, the national religion has always liked to pretend to be gods and ghosts, these things, it is okay to deceive others, our Wuhun Palace, don't believe in ghosts and gods, only believe in yourself!"
"If it weren't for Xu Yuyao's shout, this matter would have been seamless, this woman is really bad!" Wu Tong put down the teapot, he almost didn't hold back for the first mission, he was a little annoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but complain to Chen Sheng: "Senior brother's information that day is not detailed, if we had known that Xu Yuyao was there, we shouldn't have been allowed to go back!"
"If you don't go back, you won't be able to!" Chen Sheng shook the folding fan in his hand and said with a slight smile: "There are spies from the inquisition in the academy, they must know about the two of you when you go out for three days, and the suspicion is not a suspicion on the surface, those adults of the state religion will not believe Wen Renhao's accusations at will, you two are too weak, the state religion is not good at using the topic to play, even if it is really what you do, what can you do, the state religion needs this to be done by someone else, then it has nothing to do with you!"
"The state religion can let go of the idea of looking for us to take revenge first, but I can hear that the dream is still alive, that old woman is a murderous and unblinking goods, she is targeted, what should I do with Liu Chen!"
"During this time, don't run around if you don't have anything to do, stay in the academy, whoever comes will take you for nothing!"
"By the way, I heard Liu Chen mention, we have to go on a mission in a while, can I participate?"
"During the Dragon Boat Festival, robbed the tribute boat at the Weihe wharf, do you dare?"
"Robbery of tribute ships??" Wu Tong glared, looking at Chen Sheng with a pale face in disbelief, as if such a crazy and crazy thing, in the eyes of his senior brother, it was as simple as eating and sleeping, "For thousands of years, no one dared to do this!"
"I'll just ask you if you dare, if you don't dare, just stay in the academy, and wait for our good news!" Chen Sheng glanced at Wu Tong with slanted eyes and a smile, then took out two jade bottles containing Na Yuandan from his arms and put them on the tea table and said: "Take it, you and Liu Chen have one bottle each, and the balance of this task will be paid in full!"
Wu Tong's complexion continued to change, and he reached out and took the jade bottle in his hand and played with it for a while, then he raised his head and struggled a little: "Ask, how much is the reward for robbing the tribute ship?"
"Ten?" Chen Sheng closed his eyes and gestured a finger, hearing Wu Tong's question, his finger shook gently.
"A hundred?" The fingers shook again, and Wu Tong, who was watching, was shocked, and suddenly his throat was a little dry, and he poured a large sip of tea, and then he wrinkled his brows and smiled bitterly: "A thousand?"
Chen Sheng nodded, stopped talking, listening to his well-proportioned and gentle breathing, Wu Tong was stunned for a long time before standing up and arching his hand, "Our Martial Spirit Palace, it's really a big deal, a thousand Nayuan Dan, I've never seen it so big, such a big business, if you don't do it, I'm too sorry for my senior brother's hospitality, I'll leave if it's okay, wait for news from my senior brother!"
Xu Yuyao went to Beizhen Fusi to wipe his buttocks, Liu Chen was alone, sitting under the old locust tree, holding a book of scriptures that he didn't know most of the words, anyone who saw it could see that his mind was not in the book.
After waiting for a long time but not seeing Wu Tong come back, Liu Chen's heart was a little bored, and he called the little monk a few words, but there was no answer, just when he was depressed and wanted to throw away the book and go to the river to practice, the small door of the eighteenth courtyard was pushed open, and Liu Ruyan, who was full of smiles, sneakily ran in.
"Brother!" As soon as Liu Ruyan saw Liu Chen, she jumped up with a cheer, and finally landed firmly in Liu Chen's arms.
"Okay, don't make trouble, wait for Xu Yuyao to come back!" Liu Chen finally calmed her and stood firm, and brought a chair here for her to sit down and said, "Say, what's so happy." ”
"My dad is here!" Liu Ruyan suddenly exclaimed, and the scroll in Liu Chen's hand was instantly taken off and fell to the ground.
"What's wrong, brother?" Seeing that Liu Chen was depressed, Liu Ruyan was a little anxious, grabbed Liu Chen's arm again and again, and kept shaking it: "Are you okay?" ”
"It's okay!" Liu Chenqiang smiled and suppressed the churn in his heart, slowly sat down on the chair, met Liu Ruyan's concerned gaze, he thought for a moment and then asked, "Your father came to the imperial capital, what is he doing?"
"The day after tomorrow is my father's birthday, originally every year we spent in the Tibetan Soldier Valley, this year the third uncle suggested that this banquet be placed in the imperial capital, not only the father came in person, but when the time came, the aunt, the ninth uncle and the nine aunts will come over, and the young man of Liu Gu will also come with his daughter-in-law!"
"Huh. ”
"I'll tell you, when Liu Gu saw the eldest brother, he probably dropped his jaw in shock, over the years, that kid has complained about the eldest brother, what do you say, as soon as you are not there, all the pressure is on him, causing him to get married at the age of sixteen, and he is being talked about every day to inherit the Liu family, cluck!"
Liu Ruyan's laughter could not make Liu Chen happy, those familiar and unfamiliar words, listening to his ears, made his heart mixed, these years, family affection has gradually drifted away from him, accustomed to the kind of life where one person eats the whole family and is not hungry, suddenly heard those long-lost warmth, Liu Chen's heart, began to be a little panicked.
These days, in the face of Liu Shayun's cold and warmth, he still feels a trace of resistance, if it is replaced by Ruyan's father, the sword master of the Sword Pavilion who is high above, the man who admired and envied him in his youth, when someone says, the man who has made himself worship for many years is your uncle, uncle, so feeling, who can accept it, who can accept it, suddenly, Liu Chen remembered his little friend Fugui who was far away in Fancheng, when Fugui laughed at himself, he always said that the sword master was a relative of Brother Chen, these jokes that made him confused and panicked, now they have turned into reality, Liu Chen smiled bitterly, and his heart was like numbness。
A sword frightens the wind and a wood, a mountain covers the clouds and the water is heartless, Mo Dao Qiushui jumps with a fish, and only listens to the falling flowers and laughing at the Yiren.