Sealing Sword

In this door last year today, the peach blossoms on the faces of people are red.The human face does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling at the spring breeze. —— Cui Hu's "Title of Capital City Nanzhuang"

(One)

In a person's life, there are two periods of time that pass the most fleetingly. One is that it is hard to catch up when you are young, and the other is that it is hard to turn the twilight.

Four years, more than 400 days and nights, if you count them one by one like picking up beans, you will feel that there are too many, but you can wait until the sun rises and the moon sets, and when winter passes and spring comes, you will know that time flies.

Dozens of years in the previous youth and emptiness have flowed by like water in these four years. Duanqing's white hair is getting more and more haggard day by day, and his face is rapidly showing his old appearance. It is inevitable that Qi deficiency and physical decline.

At first Duanqing stayed in Taishang Palace for two years, although sometimes he went to Dongming Valley to visit Shen Wuduan, most of the time he and Duanheng and Duanyi taught Xuansu what the head of the sect was for his elder brother who had passed away. He is in good health, and he taught him the martial arts and swordsmanship that can be taught by words and deeds.Xuan Su's martial arts methods are similar to his, with good comprehension, naturally he learns quickly, and he doesn't feel tired at all, but his body is slowly getting worse.

His eyesight is bad, his hearing is no longer what it used to be, his mental head is even weaker, he can't sleep at night, and he is always sleepy during the day, plus he insists on living in the Shuangyuan, the cold air invades his body and hurts his bones, even if Xuansu looks for it. Asking doctors about medicine, and caring for him in every possible way, and even sending people to lay the floor and set up charcoal basins in the courtyard, it was all in vain.

After Ye Fusheng received the letter, he brought Chu Xiwei up to Wangchen Peak, offered wine and kowtowed to get Gu Yaofang's body out of the grave, and then asked the spirit to carry the coffin back to Feiyun Peak, where he lived in his hometown. After moving the grave for burial, Duanqing left the Taishang Palace.

The day he left was silent, neither Duanheng nor Duanyi appeared, and the only person to see him off was Xuansu.The Taoist priest who already possessed the authority of the master personally helped him down the Wangchen Peak, and when he was handed over to Ye Fusheng and Chu Xiwei, he was silent for a long time without saying a word.

Duanqing's palm landed on his shoulder, exerted a little force, and said with a rare smile: "If you are the head of the sect, don't act like a child, I just have to go home."

They returned to Feiyun Peak.

In the past two years, when Ye Fusheng rarely left Duanqing, he was like a child guarding the snowman, afraid that the ice and snow would melt quietly if he couldn't see it.Duan Qing couldn't help shaking his head when he saw it, but so did Chu Xiwei. Besides being busy with sect affairs, the head of the Hundred Ghosts Sect had to spare seven days a month to go to Feiyun Peak, and sometimes he would bring Xie Li and A Ru, who were growing up, Traveling is full of prostitution, but never complains, only likes and dislikes.

When young people are busy, Shen Liu will come over to retire and take a break.

The two old friends still have a deep friendship today. Compared with the sadness and melancholy of the young people, Shen Liu and Duan Qing are much more open. No matter making tea or drinking, they can even have fun with a game of chess or a piano.It was late at night, and the old man was still sleepy, so he put on a big cloak and sat on the futon under the porch, talking to the stars, mostly talking about the frivolous and funny stories of his youth, and occasionally mentioning the juniors.

Occasionally, Shen Liu pointed to the grave under the peach blossom tree in the courtyard, and said unceremoniously: "Duanqing, you and Gu Huafang are nothing. It was agreed at the beginning that the three of us will live and die together and suffer together. Fu, in the end, you left me when you ran into trouble. Gu Yufang has been away for so many years... Tsk, no justice, when I go down in the future, I must have a real fight with this female bandit. This time You two have to wait for me."

Duan Qing said: "Okay, we will wait for you."

Shen Liu laughed out loud at first, and then took a sip of wine angrily: "You two are reunited, of course it's an agreement. When the time comes, you two will beat me. Who do I ask for help in this hell? It's not fair, it's not fair! "

After laughing and cursing, he covered his heart and sighed again: "Yesterday I dreamed of Liu Rong, she combed my hair and pulled out the white hair one by one, and I went back to the way I was decades ago... ...You said, is she also waiting for me?"

Duanqing smiled but said nothing, raised his hand and snatched the flagon from his hand, and replaced it with a cup of white water.

Holding the warm white water in his hands, Shen Liu asked with his drunken eyes still hazy, "What do you think, after death, do people disappear, or...do they live somewhere else in the world?"

Duanqing withdrew his gaze from the starry sky, and finally landed on the solitary grave under the tree, his expression was still calm, and his voice was also very soft: "Our Taoists all say that 'the changes in the sky are permanent, and the cause and effect are predestined', so..."

In the world of mortals, spring goes and autumn comes, and the prosperity of the world arises and perishes, but there is birth, old age, sickness and death, and fate gathers and disperses.

(two)

When Shen Liu left Wangchen Peak, it was just another spring.

The grass grows on Feiyun Peak and the warblers fly. In the morning, you hear the baby swallows chirping softly, and at night you hear the little beasts returning to the mountain. There are wild ducks swimming in the mountain stream, and from time to time they take out a small fish to eat.Tender grass bursts out of the ground, big trees sprout branches and leaves, and the posture of bees and butterflies flying over is dazzling, making people feel uncomfortable walking through the forest and stepping on flowers.

When the spring breeze was blowing that day, there was a muffled sound from the edge of the window. Duanqing put down the scroll, and reached out to hug a warm yellow kitten from the window sill. His pale and skinny fingers slid gently along the back, and finally landed there. On the left front leg wrapped in a medicinal cloth, he saw the wet mud on the sole of his foot, and said softly: "Where did you go wild?"

The kitten shook its fur, rubbed its paws on the plain robe, left a few marks of plum blossoms, then got into Duanqing's arms, raised its neck and let out a "meow".

A disheveled head suddenly appeared outside, Ye Fusheng grabbed the window sill and yelled: "Give me back my fish, brat, don't--mother!"

Duanqing glanced at him, and walked out of the house with the cat in his arms, only to see Ye Fusheng's face was ashamed, and the paw prints of plum blossoms on his clothes were dotted all over, as if he had killed three in and three out of the wild cat's den.

"You're such a big man, and you still have trouble with kittens, you're really promising."

Ye Fusheng was secretly making faces at the kitten, when he heard that, he stood up straight and said: "Yes, I was wrong, I won't dare next time."

This cat was picked up by Ye Fusheng in the woods three days ago. At that time, it hurt its leg and was lying in a tree hole and screaming. If it hadn't been picked up, it might have been a supper for some beast in the forest. .Ye Fusheng saw that its cat eyes were clever and pitiful, so he took it back to the wooden house. Unexpectedly, this little beast is used to watching people's words, and soon he saw who is in charge here. With his long tail wrapped around his ankles, he If you don't let go, now you can play wild on Ye Fusheng's head.

Duanqing shook his head, his eyes swept around: "Where's Xiwei?"

"I went fishing." Ye Fusheng touched his nose, pretending to be wronged, "I wanted to make some fish soup for you, my wife, but the fish here are as blind as they are, and they don't bite my bait, and they go to his. The hook drills down."

Duanqing looked at the sky, his eyesight is not good now, he has to squint his eyes carefully for a while to see the sun clearly, said: "It's getting late, go and call him back."

Ye Fusheng shrugged: "It's okay, it's not far away, I'll go to the kitchen to boil a pot of water first, and I'll cook fish when he comes back later."

Duan Qing looked at him quietly for a while: "OK."

Ye Fusheng's back disappeared behind the wooden door, Duanqing lowered his head and touched the fur of the kitten in his arms, smiling silently.

He used to walk through mountains and rivers, but now he feels tired after standing for a long time. Duanqing sat on a deck chair under a peach blossom tree with his cat in his arms, with a tree full of flowers above his head and a green mound beside him.

The tomb was moved here two years ago, and Duanqing made a stele himself. There were no inscriptions on it for the husband and wife, nor were there engraved descendants.

Sometimes when Ye Fusheng looked at this stele, he would feel that there was no body buried under the stele, it just proved that Gu Yaofang was still here.

Duan Qing hugged the cat and felt very tired. The tiredness came from the inside out of his limbs and bones, making him not even want to move.

There was a faint smell of peach blossoms coming from the tip of the nose, and Duanqing's drowsy mind suddenly remembered many things at this moment. Dao, those years of acquaintances, grievances and enemies, those years of bloody storms, fighting and killing...

In the end, his mind followed his gaze and landed on a tree of peach blossoms.

(three)

That year, Jinshui Yedu had a peach blossom first.

The peach tree grows crookedly, with most of its body protruding towards the water. When the spring is cold, there are already three or two broken pink calyxes, which are pleasing to the eye.

The big girls and young daughter-in-laws who go outing all want to pick them, but the mud and slippery riverside, and the tree has a crooked neck, so they can only look at the flowers and sigh, until nightfall, when there are few people, only a figure treads the water. Gently touch the duckweed on the water surface with the toe, and with a hook of the finger, the most colorful pink peach has landed between the fingers of the woman in scarlet clothes.

She picked the flowers, but didn't go ashore, but she smiled softly, and returned like a flying bird splashing water. Before the river rippled three times, she had already landed on the bamboo raft that was floating along the water.

At that time, Duanqing was meditating on the raft, and he didn't take it seriously when he saw Gu Jianfang came back. He was full of heart and turned a blind eye to her.

"In three days, we will be able to reach the boundary of Zhongdu." Gu Jianfang sat down cross-legged in front of him, and the peach blossoms turned between his fingers, like some rare thing, but it was a pity that Duanqing didn't take a look, she became a self-entertainer Enjoy yourself.

"I'm talking about Ah Shang..." Gu Yufang rested her chin on one hand, "I saved your life anyway, so it's fine if you don't thank me, why don't you even bother to give me a good face or a word?"

Duan Qing cherishes words like gold: "Unlock my acupuncture points."

Gu Yufang curled her lips: "Then watch you go and kill someone to kill you? Losing money business, don't do it."

Duan Qing said: "You saved the public enemy of martial arts, once the news leaks out, it will be intolerable, and you will lose even more."

Gu Jufang has been frivolous and frivolous for the past few years, and she has never been afraid of anything. She threw the peach blossoms into the water, and seeing the flying flowers and flowing water flowing eastward, she said: "Look, those successes or failures, whether they are good or bad, or love and hatred , In the end, don’t they all go to the east and leave nothing? I am not afraid of things or people, but I just don’t like to do useless work.”

Duanqing stopped talking, Gu Jufang was smiling, but she didn't dare to relax in her heart.

It has been more than two months since she rescued this person in Xichuan, and the limelight of the Mu Qingshang matter has not yet passed in the arena. What I saw in Dongming Valley was very different. If Mu Qingshang who I met by chance that day was a gentle gentleman, then this "A Shang" brought by her side was a cold and bloodthirsty knife.

This person's strong patience and firmness of heart are the only things that Gu Yufang has ever seen in her life. The process of breaking and rejoining half of the bones made her, who did it, tremble with fear, but Duanqing endured it without saying a word, facing the gangsters along the way. Rogue bandits or reckless rivers and lakes, this person is also murderous but circling.

If it wasn't for Gu Yufang who is good at playing by ear, and Duanqing who sealed off his eight successes in order to suppress his internal energy, they might have exposed their identities and fled to the end of the world.

Gu Yufang had guessed more than once whether she had saved the wrong person, but whether it was the calculation of the time and place, or the scars on Duan Qing's body, it all proved that he was Mu Qingshang.

She made all kinds of guesses, but she didn't say a word. The two restrained each other and accompanied each other. They stumbled through this road, and now they are about to go their separate ways.

Gu Jufang and Mu Qingshang just met each other once, and it is the utmost benevolence to be able to do this step. She made up her mind to send him to Dongming Valley as early as the day she rescued her, but now when the end came, she realized that she was a little bit reluctant. .

Nearly seventy days and nights are not long, but they are not a blink of an eye.

Duanqing and her have been together for more than two months, and they don't talk much, and their temper is not good. The wine, horses, swords, swords and halberds that Gu Jufang likes are common things in his eyes; , Splendid articles, this man comes at his fingertips.

She is bold and enthusiastic, while he is indifferent and alienated. One should be in fresh clothes and angry horses, and the other should be meditating in a cold pavilion on a high mountain. These two people are completely incompatible.

But he was the first person in Gu Yufang who cared so much. She had so many friends who drank with each other and brothers who were loyal to each other, but there was only one Duanqing that she couldn't figure out.

Passing through the county town half a month ago, there was a demonic sect dragon and snake haunting the local area, and the clerks who were fed up with fat on weekdays became quail in the nest at the end of the day. Those who ran away from home, those who couldn't run away counted the days to die, and finally waited for the knight who came to eliminate evil.

The two of Gu Yufang just happened to catch up with this matter. She is a straightforward and loyal person who hates bullying the weak. She was invited to join the team, but she was a little bit troubled by the arrangement.

Poyunjian has a mask covering his face all the year round, and few people in the world have seen his real face. Gu Yufang is not worried that someone will recognize Duanqing in this place, but is just worried that he will leave in the chaos, or be accidentally injured.

Before she could come to a conclusion, Duan Qing pushed her out of the door, then closed the door and locked it, turned off the lights and went to bed.

Gu Yufang was full of anger and had nowhere to vent her anger. She kicked the door and was still not relieved. When she turned her head and saw the knight who came to her, he hesitated to speak, rolled his eyes and waved his hands, and said loudly on purpose: "Ma'am Get angry, laugh at me."

"..." The dumbfounded chivalrous man looked at her, then at the closed door, and after thinking about the glimpse just now, he choked out a sentence, "Nvxia Gu is so lucky."

There was a soft sound in the room, as if someone had crushed the cup, Gu Yufang was inexplicably refreshed, and without waiting for Duan to open the door, she rushed downstairs with the person, got on her horse and rode Juechen.

She didn't expect to run into a hard stubble this time.

There are three sects and six palaces in the magic way, and this time it was the people from Qijue Palace who caused trouble in the county. The kung fu of this sect is not exquisite, but the formation is first-rate.Although they succeeded in killing the chief culprit, the remnant set up formations to disperse the crowd, intending to defeat them one by one. Gu Yufang used her body skills to experience a triple killing formation, beheading four master formations in a row, and finally fell into a trap. array.

In the middle of the formation, the mountains, rocks, plants and trees were covered with mist, which made her unable to see her fingers. There were many traps, and she would step on the trap if she was not careful. Someone outside was already ambushing behind the big tree, and the poisoned sleeve arrow was already aimed at her back.

There was a soft sound, and the arrow shot out. Gu Yufang listened to the sound and argued his position with a backhand knife, and hit the sleeve arrow back at the man, but it also exposed the empty door in front of him, and hit the killer's arms.

Straight ahead, the second poisonous arrow was already on the string. The killer narrowed his eyes and aimed at her heart, but the next moment his pupils shrank suddenly.

A dead branch came from the sky, brushed past Gu Yufang's face, and pierced the killer's throat.

The person who set up the formation died, and Gu Jianfang heard the sound of rolling stones from behind, and the gust of wind suddenly rushed in and blew away the fog—someone destroyed the eye of the formation.

She turned her head and saw Duan Qing, who was dressed in plain clothes and with loose hair, was walking slowly, without saying a word, he suppressed the turbulent inner breath after reckless use of internal force, his face was pale and bloodless, but his steps were very steady.

When Gu Yufang came here, she thought about many consequences, such as he would leave, and he would cause chaos, but she didn't expect...he would come to her.

Duanqing approached, seeing the blood on her legs, without saying a word, he wrapped his arms around Gu Yufang's shoulders, head and knees, and hugged the woman horizontally.

The next daughter's family has reached this age, not to mention that the child is running all over the street, but she should have promised her lover to live together, but Gu Jianfang is so careless and careless as a man, naturally few men will be like ordinary daughters. treat her.

"you--"

"You want to climb back?"

Duanqing's movements were not gentle, and his tone was so cold that it was icy cold, but it was rare for Gu Jufang not to go back fiercely, just blinked, obediently savoring the feeling of being protected in his arms, and asked after a while: "You Are you looking for me?"

"..."

"I thought you'd go."

"..."

"What about the others?"

"..."

She babbled a lot of questions, but Duanqing didn't answer a single word, until they went back to the inn, Gu Jianfang was put on the bed by Duanqing, grinning, took off her shoes and socks and rolled up her trousers, only to find that the wounds on her calves were all the same. Already blackened.

If she hadn't tapped acupuncture points to stop the bleeding, if she insisted on walking or riding a horse all the way, maybe the toxicity had already occurred.

Gu Jufang was having a hard time dealing with poisonous injuries, but she didn't expect Duanqing who had just left the house to come back.

With the side of Dongminggu, Gu Jufang knew that Mu Qingshang was a gentleman with great courtesy, and never thought that he would heal her wounds when she was barefoot and bare-legged, so when Duanqing pinched her right foot, Gu Jufang Bully Fang shrank subconsciously, but was killed by the strong wine poured on the wound and trembled all over.

"...You really hate me!" She said with a grin as she hugged the headpost of the bed.

Duanqing turned a deaf ear to her accusation. After scrubbing the wound with spirits, he pointed at Zusanli and pushed along the acupuncture points and meridians to squeeze out the stagnant poisonous blood. He didn't notice that the dirt stained his clothes. horn.

He didn't speak, so Gu Jianfang also stopped talking, looking at Duanqing through the indoor light, the man was against the firelight, and half of his face was hidden in the shadow, only the small cinnabar mole under the corner of his right eye was red. Burning eyes.

She was a little obsessed with watching, and didn't pay attention to when Duan finished bandaging her wound and when he turned to go out.

Gu Yufang has been careless for more than ten years, and for the first time because of a person, she turned red from her face and neck to her ears.

The easing of the relationship between the two started from that night. Now that the Netherworld Valley is near, the trouble that Gu Yaofang took on herself can be regarded as the end of her responsibility.

This parting may mean not seeing her for many years, and she will become a passer-by in his life. From now on, no matter whether he is born, aged, sick, or died, honor or disgrace, it will have nothing to do with her.

Gu Haofang was suddenly a little unwilling.

"Hey, Ah Shang..." Gu Yufang held his face in both hands, and met his eyes, "In three days, I will leave after I send you to Dongming Valley, you... just smile at me, okay?" good?"

She said in her heart, if you smile at me, I won't lose money, and all the previous accounts will be written off.

At this time the bamboo raft passed under the arch bridge, the shadow of the bridge hole made Gu Yufang's vision dim, and a moment later, the moonlight poured down like water, shining on the bamboo raft on the water.

At this moment, she saw the corners of Duanqing's mouth twitch slightly, but before she could even smile, a flower branch fell from above and landed between the two of them impartially.

"There are friends far away—"

On the bridge, Shen Liu held a lantern and saw the familiar figure on the bamboo raft, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. Before he could laugh, he suddenly felt a chill running down his spine, which made him shiver uncontrollably.

An inexplicable intuition made him bow his head, only to see the woman sitting cross-legged on the bamboo raft stood up, her eyes were as fierce as a butcher about to slaughter a pig.

The moment Shen Liu spoke, Duanqing returned to his expressionless expression.Gu Yufang held her breath in her chest and abdomen, unable to vomit, and only secretly ground her teeth when she drew the knife.

A write-off?That's what fools do!

(four)

"Duanqing, you said you want to take revenge and kill Helian Yu, but have you ever thought about what will happen to you in order to kill him? Even if he dies, what will happen to you?"

Shen Liuru asked after they temporarily lived in Dongming Valley for three days.

Duanqing asked back: "Apart from revenge, what else can I do?"

"You can still live." Shen Liu took his hand and clenched it tightly, his eyes were bloodshot, "Qing Shang is gone, you have to live, even if not for him, but for yourself."

When Mu Qingshang left Dongming Valley, Shen Liu had to make a trip because of an urgent letter from the Northern Border Branch. Unexpectedly, he was delayed for half a year, and when he came back, the situation suddenly changed, and things changed.

The romantic and suave Shen Liu has many friends, those who are hypocritical, playful, and like-minded... But in the end, only Mu Qingshang and Duan Qing are in his heart.

Now Mu Qingshang is gone.

These two words stuck in his throat. Compared with the cruel word of death, "No more" made Shen Liu more sad, as if Mu Qingshang never existed and would never appear again in the future.

The memories of Ma Shanhe in those years are only remembered by him and Duanqing. If Duanqing is gone, from now on, if you recall the frivolous youth in the past, only Huafa will hold the mirror.

Living is the simplest and most difficult thing, especially for Duan Qing.

Now he is over the age of [-], but the accumulated time of his own is less than half of the time. Before Xichuan's shocking change, Duanqing had never seen a complete sunrise and moonset. He didn't know how he became today yesterday.

He doesn't know how to live.

When they were talking, they didn't shy away from Gu Yaofang, Shen Liu didn't know what he was thinking, and set up a tea table in the Fuxue Courtyard to seat the three of them.In the evening of that day, he and Duanqing opened the skylight to speak frankly, from the beginning and end of the two thoughts to the cause and effect of the Xichuan murder case. From the beginning to the end, Gu Huafang listened silently with his teacup in his arms, until now he suddenly opened his mouth: " A person's life is as big as fame and fortune, as small as daily necessities, it all depends on how you want to live."

Duanqing took a look at her: "This is not my way of life."

"It's because you didn't think about it." Gu Huafang said, "I didn't think about it when I was young. I thought I could follow behind my parents and be a little overlord for the rest of my life. Then they disappeared, and I had to go from behind to in front of others. Get the head start and live one step ahead of others, even if I step into the coffin earlier than them in the future, no one can laugh at me for not living well in this life.”

She spoke quickly, and Duanqing didn't know how to answer for a while, so she simply didn't speak, but unexpectedly Gu Yaofang rolled her eyes, took his hand and said, "Well, anyway, you owe me so much, you are thinking about how to live How about living for me before?"

The tea that Shen Liu had just taken was sprayed like a goddess, and he pointed at Gu Yaofang with trembling fingers, looking at her calmly.

Gu Yufang's words just now were purely blurted out, but she has always spit on nails and never contradicted what she said, and now she doesn't want to regret it, so she bit the bullet and said: "I don't want you to break the cloud with a sword, but Don't want you to be number one in the world, you can accompany me to see the mountains and rivers, listen to the strong wind in northern Xinjiang, watch the dragon boats sailing in the East China Sea, and taste all the ups and downs. Are you afraid that you will not be a person who is happy, angry, sad and happy? When will you meet? Cry and laugh, even if you come back to life, you can go anywhere at that time."

Duanqing's amber eyes caught her eyes, and Gu Jianfang suddenly felt startled, her face was watertight, her fingers were tightly clasped, and her palms were covered with cold sweat.

Shen Liu finally finished drinking a cup of tea, turned his head to Gu Jianfang, his voice was faint, like a sad ghost: "Woman, is it too much to abduct my brother in front of me?"

Gu Jufang looked at her face and asked him back: "Where is the excess?"

Shen Liu said sadly and angrily: "No matter how you look at it, wouldn't it be more appropriate to invite me for this kind of sightseeing?"

Gu Yufang looked him up and down, curled her lips, a little disgusted: "You are not as good-looking as him."

Shen left a mouthful of old blood choked in his throat, holding his breath so hard that he wanted to smash a big stone in his chest.

He and Gu Yufang were probably enemies who tore apart each other's walls in the previous life, but in this life, once they met, they would be confrontational, and cockfighting was not as good as these two fighting each other.Gu Juifang was nimble, Shen Liu's moves were changeable, the two almost turned the Fuxue Court into a doghouse, and finally they both went to the house to repair the roof under Duan Qing's oppressive suppression.

When Gu Jufang went up with the hammer in her hand, she suddenly heard a concise word from below: "Okay."

"..." Her heartbeat quickened suddenly, and she missed the foothold immediately. She almost fell, and the hammer was thrown out in the air, adding another hole to the broken roof.

Then, they left together.

There were too many hidden dangers in Duanqing's inner strength. When he was in the Nether Valley, he asked Shen Liu to help seal his dantian, leaving only a few pitiful traces of true energy in his meridians, so as not to cause the tragedy to happen again if he couldn't control it.Therefore, from the former No. [-] in the world, he became struggling even with light martial arts. Gu Jianfang stopped thinking about traveling when he was with him, bought an old horse and walked slowly in the mountains, fields, and markets, and spent three years traveling from north to south , I almost spent my whole life's meticulousness and patience on this person.

They walked side by side under the sun, the moon and the stars, and walked together in the wind, frost, rain and snow. From a one-man show that Gu Yufang talked to himself, it gradually developed into a verbal exchange. Even if you have a great sword skill, you should be happy.

It is said in the world that Gu Huafang is as her name suggests, so domineering that ordinary people dare not look at her directly, and she seems to never stop walking, but they don't know that such a woman would sit on a branch under the moon, rest her chin in her hands, and listen quietly. The man under the tree played a flute.

Gu Yufang listened to the elegant music she hated the most in the past, but she was fascinated by it. It was not until the end of the song that she slapped her head and said in her heart: "I must be sick."

She hated trouble so much, but at this moment she found that she fell in love with such a troublesome person, especially, she was overjoyed, but he became more and more indifferent day by day.

It was rare for Gu Jufang to want to be quiet, but at this moment, someone came.

Duanya Daoist Ji Qingyan, one of the best figures in Jianghu Baidao, he worked hard to get Mu Qingshang and Duanqing's affairs from Shen Liu, although he couldn't hide his grief, he still came to find him.

It is reasonable for the senior brother in charge to take his junior brother back to the sect, take him out of the wind and rain, and help him heal and meditate.

But Gu Huafang was reluctant and unwilling.

On the day Duanqing left, Gu Jufang sent them off for ten miles, and Taoist Duanya gave them sideways glances three or two times, but that person never looked back.

"Ah Shang..." She finally couldn't help it anymore, and said, "Shen Liu said that he buried a jar of good wine in Fuxue Courtyard, when you come back, let's taste it together, how about it?"

Even if she knew the secret of Duanqing and Mu Qingshang's double-mindedness, she still called him that way, and there was only one "A-Shang" in Gu Huafang's heart.

Duanqing paused for a moment, turned to look at her, didn't nod or respond, just said: "Take care."

He and Ji Qingyan got on the boat and traveled thousands of miles down the river. Gu Jianfang stood at the pier and watched for a long time, and only sighed slowly when his feverish brain was cooled by the cold wind.

Shen Liu came on horseback, seeing that he didn't catch up, he patted his head annoyedly, stepped forward and bent his elbow to Gu Jianfang, and said, "He left?"

"Yeah." Gu Yufang said in a muffled voice, "I don't know when I'll be back."

"Maybe, I won't come back." Shen Liu looked towards the empty river, "His inner strength has too many hidden dangers, and his mind has reached a bottleneck. Daoist Duanya came this time to take him back to the Taishang Palace to retreat, and he probably will come out again. At least ten years have passed between life and death."

Gu Yufang was startled suddenly.

(Fives)

What is a person?

On the day he returned to the Taishang Palace, Duan Qing knelt in the Ruo Shui Temple and personally put three sticks of incense on the senior teacher, while Taoist Master Duan Ya stood beside him and asked.

"The Dao talks about the spiritual master, the Buddha talks about the root of wisdom, the evil way talks about the sinful desires, commonly known as the common people...these words are all about people, but their meanings are different, because because of their different hearts, their thoughts are different." Taoist Duanya said. Looking at him, "So in your heart, what is a person?"

Duan Qing was speechless.

"The "Wuji Kungfu" cuts off desires, and "Thousand Tribulations Kungfu" enters into delusion. Now you have these two mental methods, and your internal strength is like a thread hanging from the Taoist demon. Whether you become a Daoist or fall into an evil path, it is all in your mind."

Duanqing suddenly asked: "In his heart, what is a person?"

Taoist Priest Duanya was silent for a moment, and said: "Junior Brother Qingshang has been fond of life since he was a child, so in his heart, human beings are benevolence."

"Then he died because of it." Duan said lightly.

"Some people's lives are like empty nests and rotten beams, and some people die as if their souls are always there. Closing your eyes and passing away is not the end of your life, but losing your thoughts is your heart like ashes." Daoist Duanya put a hand on his shoulder, "Now that you have been reborn after the catastrophe, and for the first time you have a glimpse of the state of no situation, I wanted you to shut down your emotions and desires, but if you don't even know what it is to be a human being, even if you succeed in passing the test, it is nothing more than cutting off love heartless."

"Intentionless is ruthless, isn't it?"

Daoist Duanya smiled slightly: "The ruthless will never want to love and pay attention to Shang Qingming, and the unintentional will never want to be a walking dead."

So Duanqing changed out of his light shirt and military uniform, and wore a Taoist robe with black patterns on a white background. Holding a sword and holding a pen, he copied the scriptures word by word while the sandalwood was calming down.

On the day Gu Yufang went up to visit the mountain, he had just finished copying a copy of the "Tao Te Ching". When the woman pushed the door and walked in, the paper with wet ink on it was blown to pieces by the wind, and it stuck to her face, as if on a clean face. Covered a chapter.

She wiped her face and was stunned by the scene in the study. She saw that the room was full of scriptures and classics, and rice paper covered with scriptures was spread on the table by the wall. daze.

"A-Shang..." Gu Yufang walked up to him and supported the table with both hands, leaning forward to look at him, "You've lost weight, are you doing well?"

Duan Qing lowered his eyes slightly: "I don't understand."

Gu Yaofang wondered, "What don't you understand?"

"What is a person?"

Gu Huafang choked, feeling that the question was inexplicable: "Aren't you a human?"

She spoke in an ordinary way, but Duan Qing caught a certain wonderful point in this sentence. Unfortunately, before he savored it carefully, the aura disappeared in his hands.

He put away the pen and paper, looked up at Gu Jianfang: "What are you doing here?"

Gu Yufang was slightly taken aback.

She had a stomach full of things she wanted to say, but at the end of the day she didn't know where to start.

"I'm afraid that you will really go to the death test and become a wooden man who doesn't know how to feel warm and cold", or "The jar of wine in the Fuxue courtyard has been sealed, and I'll bring it to you to taste"...all kinds of things are like this. Grandmother-in-law, Gu Jufang struggled for a moment, and felt unable to say a word, so she said bluntly: "I miss you."

Duanqing's amber eyes reflected the shadow of Gu Yufang standing against the light.

There is no reason for Taishang Palace to drive away visitors. Gu Yaofang stayed in Wangchen Peak for more than half a month. Duanqing's daily homework was reading, copying scriptures, and meditating. She stared at him for a long time without moving.

The more Gu Yufang looked at it, the colder his heart became.

In the past three years, he has traveled far and wide, and in the first two years, Duan Qing still had a clear temperament, but now he is not showing his emotions, even if he is in front of her, she can no longer see what he thinks.

Sijun is close at hand, and two hearts are separated by the horizon.

That night Gu Jianfang drank all night on the roof of Duanqing, there was a soft sound of tiles, and a moment later it was Daoist Duanya who sat down beside her.

"Gu Nvxia, are you in love with Junior Brother Duanqing?"

Although the host, Ji Qingyan, is gentle, he is exquisite in all aspects, not to mention that Gu Juifang has not deliberately concealed her intentions, but everyone knows her intentions, but the person in her heart is indifferent.

She lowered her eyes and said: "That's right, is it true that your Taishang Palace is the same as the Monk's Temple, and marriage is still forbidden?"

Taoist Duan Ya said with a smile: "Our sect emphasizes 'going with the flow and going with one's heart'. Except for violation of morality and tolerance of natural law, there is room for reason in everything. Gu Nuxia once rescued Duanqing's younger brother from danger, and accompanied him through the wind and rain Stepping into the rivers and lakes, there is no need to criticize the sincerity, and there is no need for mediocrity, but as a senior brother, I will act as the teacher's responsibility, and I have to confess some things to Gu Nuxia."

Gu Yufang squeezed the bottle tightly: "You tell me."

"Brother Duanqing, who is the person and what is going on, Gu Nvxia is very clear, but what stands between you is not just mutual consent." Daoist Duanya said softly, "His identity involves the court's secrets, If one day it is made public, how will you deal with yourself?"

Gu Huafang sneered: "The ancestors have already done so, so why bother the younger generations? The Great Chu State has been established, and even if there is wind and rain, it is impossible to act recklessly. However, it is impossible to make troubles that turn the world upside down. , what am I afraid of?"

"He doesn't look old, but he's just over the ages. Gu Nuxia is still in her prime."

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, who can escape? He only gave birth to me a little earlier, but I can still walk with him in the future, so what nonsense are you saying 'I am old after I was born'?"

Taoist Priest Duanya looked at her, and slowly said: "Since ancient times, the solitary yin does not grow and the solitary yang does not grow. Junior Brother Duanqing's body is entangled with poison and martial arts. Although it does not hinder the body, it hurts the blood. If you It is good to get married and get married, and it is good to sleep together, and it is difficult to leave flesh and blood to future generations."

Gu Yufang was stunned, and Taoist Duanya waited patiently for her answer.

After a long while, Gu Yaofang drank the last sip of wine, and said in a low voice, "I am also a river and lake person. I have licked blood all my life, and I can't even predict my own misfortune, let alone the endless family happiness of children and grandchildren." , so... If you have this kind of heart, you will be at peace in the end, and your destination in your life should be like this."

"Then..." Taoist Priest Duanya paused, "If