Cold night. Duan Yi Zhai.

"Bang!" there was a crisp sound, and the table cracked in an instant. The dim candlelight in the room seemed to be afraid of disaster, and it was a little bright and dark, but fortunately it stabilized in the end.

"Daddy, please stop your anger. Duan Jianzhi looked at his father's violently undulating back, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Duan Yi closed his eyes, took a long breath, finally calmed down a little, and asked, "What you said has already been determined?"

Duan Jianzhi nodded and replied firmly, "It's true. ”

Duan Yi pulled a chair and sat down, rubbed his temples, and said, "What do they want to do? Are they all simple-minded guys? If people are so easy to kill, why should I look for them! If they don't listen to the command and mess up my plans, they are really a bunch of fools who have not achieved enough and have more than enough failures!"

Duan Jianzhi just stood quietly, waiting for his father to finish venting these words, and then asked, "What should we do next?"

Duan Yi casually picked up the tea and took a sip, calmed down, nodded at his son and said, "Yes, there is progress." There must be something else going on with those guys, and you'd better be able to get her to us. So that we can take some initiative. ”

"But ......"

He knew what his son was worried about, and waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about those people in the Nine Heavens Mountain, I have received reliable information, and they are already too busy to take care of themselves now." Find a chance to let those two 'fakes' bring Shui Ruo out alone, and you can do it yourself when the time comes. It's really not good, and it's okay to be strong. ”

Duan Jianzhi hesitated slightly, but still replied "yes".

The sunlight crept in through the crack in the window, crept up on the head of the bed, jumped on the white cheeks, jumped on the tip of the delicate nose, and jumped on the smoothed brow. The long, thick eyelashes seemed to be playfully played, moved, and slowly separated.

The hollow eyes gradually condensed, and the blurred world became clear little by little. "Uh-huh......" Shui Ruo wanted to say something, but saw a bald head suddenly appear in front of her, blocking the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and at the same time leaving a long shadow on her face.

And her eyes were long, smiling fox eyes.

"You ......" sat up a little weakly, only to see that although the relief at this time had a smile on his face, he looked a little haggard than usual.

Originally, for the person who cultivates the truth, there is no problem at all if he doesn't sleep all night, but he is relieved that he is injured, and when he meditates and heals his injuries last night, he has to take care of Shui Ruo, and every time he just enters the state, he has to get up to get a towel for her. So, there was a haggard look in Shui Ruo's eyes.

"Miss Duan, you're awake, but where do you still feel unwell?" said with relief. In fact, in the second half of the night, Shui Ruo's body temperature has gradually normalized, but for some reason, he just can't rest at ease, although he breathes a long sigh of relief, but the heart does not "say good" back to his stomach, or check the situation every few minutes. This state lasted until just now, so if the water moved slightly, he would immediately notice it.

Shui Ruo adjusted his posture with difficulty, and there was a feeling of weakness immediately on his body, and he knew a rough idea when he thought about it, but he still subconsciously asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"Yesterday you were sick and had a high fever. Relieved and sat down on the bed very unceremoniously, but did not help her, just leaned over there, and continued, "I was tired last night, and I saw that the pimples on my face came out. ”

Listening to this shameless words, looking at this shameless appearance, Shui Ruo couldn't help but sneer. She knew that this was deliberately relieved, in order to lighten the burden on her heart. When I think of this, I can't help but be even more moved.

He moved his body, leaned against the wall, and just wanted to say something, but found that his clothes were drying in the house, and when he came back to look at himself, it was a monk's robe, his face changed a few times, and his tone was a little colder, and he said, "Please help me bring my clothes, I want to change them back." ”

Relieved to hear the meaning of her words, he hurriedly explained while taking the clothes to her: "Miss Duan, don't misunderstand. Yesterday you fell into the water and fell unconscious, I really have no way to ......" He also wanted to say a few words about how he usually behaved, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem to be very good, so he opened his mouth and didn't pop out a word more......

Shui Ruo saw that he was very nervous, but his usual flamboyant tongue couldn't even say a sentence at this time, and he suddenly felt unbearable for a while, and his tone warmed up a little, and said, "I know." But I'm hungry and thirsty now, can you go get some more firewood?"

"Okay......" Relieved and silently stood up, dragging his "heavy" steps towards the door, the shadow on the ground was stretched by the sunlight little by little...... He was like a child who had been greatly wronged.

After the door closed, Shui Ruo got up and came to the window, looking at his figure gradually moving away, and couldn't help but chuckle again. For this little fox monk, although he hasn't been together for too long, he has a more thorough understanding of his temperament, and knows that the pitiful appearance just now is eighty percent pretended.

Gently closed the window, sat back on the bed, looked around, and then stood still for a long time as if he had fallen into an evil spirit......

"Miss Duan, can I come in?" Relieved voices sounded outside the door.

"Squeak~" The door was gently opened, and the water in front of him had changed back into women's clothes.

Shui Ruo smiled and groaned on his face, but his eyes were red, and he was relieved to see that he was panicked and pitiful, thinking that he was still sad about what was going forward, he gritted his teeth and said, "Duan...... Miss Duan, don't be sad. Little Monk ...... I...... ...... will be responsible"

Shui Ruo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he smiled, and while letting Shi Ran in, he asked jokingly, "Then how are you going to be responsible?"

Relieved, he put down the firewood in his arms, and said solemnly: "I will go back and ask the master to let me return to the world, and then ...... Marry you......" When he said these last two words, his face was so thick that he couldn't help but blush.

At this time, the whole face is like an attractive tomato, and even the neck is already red. She just meant to make fun of this angry fox monk on weekdays, because she had already checked when she changed clothes, and there was no trace of passivity in her underwear, and the most important thing was that the cinnabar mole on her chest was still intact, indicating that Shi Ran had indeed not done anything wrong to herself. Thinking of his attitude just now, he felt very sorry for himself, and wanted to apologize to him, but who knew that when he saw his appearance, he would be wrong, and he would be responsible for this kind of thing, which made Shui Ruo suddenly feel like a little woman, so there was a follow-up question, but he didn't expect that Shi Ran would give such an answer, and he said it so seriously. This made her heart bump into each other, and she couldn't help but sneer: "Who said I was going to marry you!"

"Yes...... That ......" was relieved to suddenly realize that his mouth was so stupid.

Shui Ruo didn't say anything, and walked quickly towards the door.

Seeing that she ignored herself, she hurriedly said, "Miss Duan, where are you going?"

Shui Ruo's feet slowed down, but he didn't stop, and he didn't look back, but he said lightly: "Your husband, let's be on fire, I remember that there should still be some jerky in the cellar behind, I'll take a look." ”

Relieved, he said "oh", and obediently went back to make a fire, but he always felt that something was wrong, and after a while, the two words that Shui Ruo had said suddenly popped out of his head - "remember"!

"She has regained her memory?!" Huo Ran got up, but accidentally touched the bucket next to him, and a large splash of water came out, "poof", and poured the flame, which was already a little momentum, "dead" at once.

"Buddha, go!" couldn't help but pop out of his mouth again, I don't know if the Buddha will sneeze in the sky. But now Shi Ran obviously didn't have the kung fu to care about the Buddha, so he turned around and wanted to go out to find Shui Ruo.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the door, followed by the shadow of Shui Ruo appearing in front of him, still holding a piece of dried meat in his hand. Before he could speak, he heard the slightly apologetic voice: "I'm sorry, I only found meat, not vegetarian dishes." ”

"It's fine. Shaking his hand with a smile of relief, he just wanted to say, "I still have leftover wild vegetables I picked yesterday", but when I saw the leftovers I ate on the side, and thought of the ones I ate yesterday like pig food, I suddenly felt that there was no taste in my mouth, so I changed my words: "The so-called wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha stays in his heart." In fact, it doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you have a Buddha in your heart, you can practice everywhere. Without waiting for Shui Ruo to react, he had already reached out to take the dried meat, and at the same time said to her: "Actually, this food is best with meat and vegetables." You see, I have some wild vegetables here, and together with your jerky, it is just right to make a pot of delicious soup. ”

Shui Ruo didn't say much, just smiled softly, and let him eat there, while he walked around the house slowly.

"It's up to you. Shui Ruo's voice sounded in her ears, and at the same time, a small jar was being handed to her.

Relieved and suspicious, he took it and sniffed closely, and there was an indescribably good smell inside.

"What is this?"

"This is a spice made from more than a dozen kinds of flowers and more than a dozen kinds of traditional Chinese medicine. ”

"Really?" he didn't say a word, he immediately stretched out a finger into the jar, put some crisp out and put it in his mouth, chirped, and exclaimed, "Delicious!" Just about to lift the jar and pour it down, he heard Shui Ruo's voice sound again: "Pour a little less, this thing is so much." ”

Gently put the jar down, relieved to hear the faint sadness in this tone. Looking back, Shui Ruo was sitting quietly on the desk next to her, although she was still smiling, but the stars in the corners of her eyes could be seen in the sun.

"You...... Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Shui Ruo shook his head, and then said as if talking to himself, "I didn't expect to go around and come back here, I thought I would never come back." She withdrew her already gloomy gaze and slowly lowered her head, "I was born here and grew up here. This is my home with my mother. ”

The sound stopped for a moment. Shi Ran didn't answer, he had already stopped his hand movements, sat in front of her, and was a qualified listener, quietly waiting for the story to begin......

Shui Ruo's mother-in-law was a doctor in a small town, and one night about 20 years ago, she found a young man lying in a pool of blood on her way back from a medical trip. This young man was Shui Ruo's father, Duan Ling Feng, who was still the young owner of Sword Casting Villa at that time.

The next thing is like many stories of the rivers and lakes, on the one hand, there is a heroic handsome man, and on the other hand, a gentle and beautiful * mother, who has been together for a long time, and has been in love for a long time, and they are naturally combined together. Soon, the doctor became pregnant. Duan Ling Feng was not a prodigal son, so he took her back to Sword Casting Villa. But what the doctor girl never expected was that her Ruyi Langjun already had a family. Although there is a grudge in his heart, but the matter has come to this point, and Duan Ling *Feng and himself are indeed sincere, so they will not say more.

However, many things are not something that can be accomplished by wishful thinking. Duan Ling * Feng's wife, that is, Duan Yun's mother, is a fierce woman, when she learned of this, she immediately flew into a rage and refused to obey, and her mother's family was also a famous family, Duan Ling * Feng had no choice but to place the doctor girl in the inner city first. Originally, he planned to take it slowly, but who knew that the lady still held on to it, and often came to make a noise, making things very ugly. In addition, the medical girl was about to give birth soon, so Duan Ling Feng found a secret place on the edge of Sword Casting City (where Shi Ran and Shui Ruo are now) and temporarily moved her to the past. It's just that no one would have thought that this "temporary" would be her whole life.

Time flies, sixteen years have passed in a blink of an eye. At that time, the water was as it is now, only greener, but also more lively. Although the mother and daughter still live in this misty secret place, the quiet nature of the medicine woman only has a slight grudge for the first few years, and then she accepts this fact and adapts to life here. But the most important thing is that Duan Ling * Feng has never snubbed their mother and daughter, that is, after becoming the owner of the village, no matter how busy he is, he will definitely come to meet them as long as he can. In comparison, the relationship between Duan Ling * Feng and his original wife can be described as extremely cold.

Finally, one day, tragedy struck. Duan Ling * Feng had a fierce quarrel with the original partner, and after coming to the secret place, he took Shui Ruo out for a walk. I don't know if it was a coincidence or premeditation, the original wife also came to the secret place after Duan Ling * Feng left. On that day, the sun seemed to be particularly strong, the fog was particularly light, and the sword shone so brightly that the eyes of one man were closed tightly—both of others and of his own—forever.

By the time Duan Ling Feng and Shui Ruo returned to the secret place, the two of them had been shocked by the scene in front of them. In front of the wooden house were two corpses, the corpses of two women, and the corpses of two women who had been entangled with Duan Ling Feng for half their lives.