The pride of heaven

"Jue'er, put it down a little bit and let it go by itself. You only slept for a while last night and ate some wild fruits to wrap your stomach. Holding it to walk is too much for your body."

"Diandian is too small and can't keep up with us. I'm fine." Qi Mingjue hugged Diandian tightly and didn't want to let go. He looked around and thought for a while, "Why are we walking farther and farther up the mountain?"

Li Junran glanced at the river below the mountain, raised his forehead and asked the sky, he followed the astrology last night, why did he get lost after sleeping?

Qi Mingjue didn't think too much, and took two steps forward, his feet slipped, his body went limp, and he rolled down. Li Junran was in a hurry, and he stretched out his arms to hug Qi Mingjue and fell into the river together.

After a lot of effort, Li Junran finally rescued one person and one leopard ashore.

The shore was full of flowers, vying for splendor, and several bamboo houses were built by the mountains and rivers. Li Junran knocked on the door, but no one answered.

Qi Mingjue's body was already weak, and he was exhausted all the way. He was in a hurry on the tower before, but now that he was soaked in the river, his face turned pale and his appearance was full of illness. Li Junran was so anxious that he didn't care about waiting for the owner to answer the door. A leopard broke into the house.

After being waited on for a hot bath, Qi Mingjue took the Ten Gentleman Pills, and Li Junran used his internal energy to urge him to heat up. He felt at ease physically and mentally for a while, and then fell asleep peacefully in his husband's arms, holding him from time to time. This natural human body heater rubbed back and forth, making Li Junran's stomach extremely hot and miserable, and the little leopard in Qi Mingjue's arms curled up comfortably, letting go of his previous vigilance, and didn't even realize that someone was scratching his body With a sharp eye, he fell asleep peacefully.

Li Junran looked at the bottle of Ten Junzi Pills in his hand, with a smile in the corner of his eyes, he specially asked his master to refine it for Jue'er before he set off for the battle, after all, the emperor pays off.

Not to mention that the cold pool snow lotus used as medicine is hard to find and hard to come by, but the refining method of this pill is also very particular, which took a lot of effort.This pill needs to be based on Sijunzi Decoction with [-] qian of rehmannia glutinosa, [-] qian of cornus, [-] qian of Chinese yam, [-] qian of Poria cocos, [-] qian of Danpi, and [-] qian of Alisma. Refined by the sun method.

Seeing that Jue'er's face is gradually turning red and her body temperature is getting warmer, Li Junran is very pleased, and feels that all the hard work is worth it.

In the evening, Qi Mingjue felt itchy on his face, wet tongue licked his cheeks, and smelled the smell of grilled fish from the tip of his nose, Qi Mingjue slowly opened his eyes, and what caught his eyes was the frowning little girl lying on him. Carefully licking himself.Does it regard itself as a female leopard?Qi Mingjue felt sad for a while, hugged the starting point, kissed it on the furry head, and said hoarsely: "Little fool, I'm fine, I just fell asleep."

The little leopard seemed to understand, stopped, blinked, stretched his brows, responded with an "oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" and then rubbed his furry head against Qi Mingjue's arm, just like a big cat cub , the cute appearance made Qi Mingjue feel very good.

Li Junran leaned against the door and looked at this scene, feeling apprehensive in his heart, his eyes were a bit chilly, there was already a Li Wangshu at home, and now there was another little leopard cub. .

Feeling the coldness coming from his body, Qi Mingjue shrank his neck, raised his head to meet Li Junran staring straight into his eyes, and grinned, Li Junran melted away the chill in his heart like a spring breeze, and his eyes were full of tenderness And petting, one's own feelings become less important, as long as Jue'er is happy, "Jue'er come to eat some grilled fish, freshly caught and roasted in the river."

The two happily ate together in the afterglow of the setting sun. In the evening, Qi Mingjue dragged Li Junran around the bamboo house, and the little leopard circled around Qi Mingjue's feet and followed them.

"Several bamboo houses, a few acres of Susukina, with Jue'er by my side among the green mountains and green waters, my wish is enough." After speaking, Li Junran put his arm around Qi Mingjue's shoulder, and lightly pecked him on the face.

Qi Mingjue pursed her lips and smiled sweetly, and buried her head in Li Junran's neck.

"Jue'er, look, the owner here must be an elegant man."

Qi Mingjue followed Li Junran's gaze, and saw a painting of bamboo in ink on silk hanging on the wall, with bamboo branches hanging upside down, with thick ink for the face and thick ink for the back, with distinct layers, rigorous yet free and easy, Qi Mingjue Eyes widened: "This is Yu Ke's ink bamboo from Layman Jingxian."

"Well, I heard that Yu Ke is indifferent to fame and wealth, has a free and easy nature, loves bamboo painting, became famous at a young age, and then hid himself in the world, but there are not many authentic works left in the world." Li Junran's face flashed a trace of alertness, "However, This bamboo house is different from other places, the layout is very different.”

"That's right, the decoration in this bamboo house is based on the technique of Qimen Dunjia, with Liuyi, Sanqi, Bamen, and Nine Stars. There is a gate of life and a gate of death. Once you accidentally touch the mechanism, you will enter the gate of death." , but it’s hopeless.”

Qi Mingjue walked around the room, pondered for a moment, pointed to an inconspicuous mirror in the southeast and said, "That's where the gate of life is."

Li Junran walked over, protected Qi Mingjue behind him, stretched out his hand and turned the mirror left and right, and then there was a sound of "creak, creak" in the room, and a stone door opened out of thin air.

The little leopard took a few steps back in shock, and hid behind Qi Mingjue's legs in fear with its big black eyes, but couldn't help being curious, poked its head, Qi Mingjue picked it up, and stroked it soothingly. Its head followed Li Junran into it.

Following the stone steps all the way down, they came to a stone room, the stone room is not big, divided into two rooms, the outer room is fully equipped with tables, chairs and beds, two sarcophagi are placed side by side in the middle of the inner room, and the owner of the sarcophagus is engraved on the surrounding walls. life story.

It turns out that the two people in the sarcophagus are a pair of fateful mandarin ducks, one is Yu Ke, and the other is Lei Wei, the uncle of Lei Zheng, the current Anguo Gong.

Lei Wei is both civil and military, and is proficient in melody. During an expedition, by chance, he rescued Yu Ke who was robbed by bandits. A hero who saves the beauty has always been a good story. During the dynasty, Lei Wei took Yu Ke back to Beijing to meet the old man. For some reason, the old man had always disliked literati and inkmen, even to the point of loathing him. When he heard that his second son fell in love with a literati, he was very happy. Fighting mandarin ducks, strongly opposed the relationship between the two, what's more, immediately arranged a marriage for Lei Wei and forced him to marry. That night, Lei Wei eloped with his lover, avoiding the pursuit of Lei's family, and the two never set foot together again. Here, Lei Wei never saw his father again after his death, and at the end of his life, Yu Ke hanged himself by taking poison and followed him away. He finally fulfilled his promise during his lifetime to share the same bed and death with his lover.

Qi Mingjue looked at the words engraved on the wall, and thought that although he was married involuntarily, being able to spend the rest of his life with his lover was a blessing in misfortune.

"Jue'er, look what I found?" Li Junran's shout interrupted Qi Mingjue's thoughts, and he placed two jade pendants in front of Qi Mingjue's eyes as if offering treasures, quite childish.

These two pieces of jade pendants are high-quality blood jades, carved into the shapes of phoenix and phoenix respectively.There is an inscription on the back of the phoenix: There is a beautiful woman who will never forget.I don't see you for a day, and I think like crazy.On the back of the phoenix is ​​engraved: I wish to win the heart of one person, and the white head will not be separated.

"Let's agree. This pair of phoenix jade pendants can be met but not sought after. Since we have met, it is destined." Li Junran raised his eyebrows, and after engraving the words "ran" and "jue" on the back of the two jade pendants, he put the phoenix pendant on the back of the jade pendant. He gave it to Qi Mingjue, and he hid the phoenix in his bosom.Qi Mingjue accepted the phoenix pendant, and slightly curled the corners of his lips.