Laughing at Chang'an

On a winter night so cold that it paralyzes the mind, the body has already lost consciousness, and only the thought of not wanting to die is left in the heart, which is the only strength to support the forward steps.The ice and snow that came earlier than in previous years covered the endless Landau prairie, painting the whole world into a cold pale.

I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die...

Li Shen fell face down into the seemingly soft snow.The coldness encroached on his consciousness, he heard the footsteps of death, everything in his desperately opened eyes was becoming blurred, behind the overwhelming whiteness, there was endless darkness.

Don't want to die.

Everything happened inexplicably, and eight strangers from Xianlu ambushed him halfway through a small heavenly gate.Li Shen is sure that he has not offended these enemies who can find eight immortals, and he can't figure out why the other party wants to kill him, but it doesn't matter right now, whether it is to find out the truth or take revenge, it is all alive After coming down.

He didn't want to die, not at all.

Li Shen, who was like a corpse on the snow, stretched out his hand, and his unconscious fingers penetrated deeply into the snow on the ground. Like a dying wolf, he crawled hard and persistently on the snow with all four limbs.

Toward Chang'an, towards the direction of life.

He wants to live, he must, no one can stop him, so what about the Eight Immortals, even if everyone in this world wants him to die, he still wants to live.

The moonlight quietly shone on the figure walking in the snow, according to his embarrassment and distress, as well as his strength and madness.The biting cold wind rolled up the snow on the ground, engulfing his tiny figure mercilessly.

The thick dark clouds slowly approached the bright crescent moon in the night sky, the sky and the earth gradually became dark, and it was going to snow again.

A pair of feet appeared in front of Li Shen.

Clean, thick leather boots, gray military trousers tucked into the boots, slender straight legs, and the same clean and white shirt, Li Shen raised his head little by little, blinked in a daze, he seemed to see a round of the sun, The golden hair was so bright and dazzling in his dry and tired eyes.

With hands hanging by his sides limply, Li Shen knelt in the snow, raised his head, and looked at Geng Yan without blinking.

Maybe only a second or two, maybe a minute or two later, the little finger of Li Shenchui's right hand moved slightly by his side.

——A stern knife light flashed in the snow.

A few strands of broken blond hair were blown away by the wind, and Li Shen, who swung the knife with all his strength, rolled several meters away, half-knelt up while leaning on the knife with difficulty, he didn't trust this man who appeared suddenly, he felt that from the other party malicious.

It was even more bone-chillingly cold than this world of ice and snow, and the malice that wanted to put him to death.

Li Shen clenched the Dragon Sparrow Twin Blades tightly, his exhausted body was forcibly awakened by the fighting spirit again, he forgot the injuries on his body, and also forgot the cold, only the enemy who came suddenly remained in his eyes.At this moment, he even forgot about death.

When Geng Yan looked at Li Shen like this, he was both strange and familiar. What was strange was his face, and what was familiar was those crazy and indifferent eyes that he would never forget.As soon as he saw these eyes, he could not restrain his killing intent.

The eight immortals not only failed against one Tianmen, but all of them died. This ending was unimaginable, and it also made Geng Yan more determined to kill Li Shen.Even at the risk of exposing his identity and being hunted down jointly by Hui Guang and Xue Tu, he could no longer tolerate Li Shen's continued growth.

That's why he's standing here.

Dark clouds covered the last ray of moonlight, and white snow flowers bloomed silently in the darkness.

Him, with him.

They stood on both sides of life and death, watching each other.

………………

Li Mubai's story is not interesting, at least Li Shen doesn't think so.He knew that the other party was not telling a story, but about him and Geng Yan, Geng Yan was the hunter, and he was the wolf.

An uninteresting, nauseatingly bad story.

"Hunters want to kill wolves, and they do so at the very beginning." Li Shen said calmly, "You are too pessimistic."

Li Mubai shook his head amusedly, as if he didn't know what to say, after a while, he said with a smile: "He knows the wolf wants to eat him, so why doesn't he kill the wolf?"

"Wolves won't eat him."

"Why do you lie to yourself?"

The sneer on Li Mubai's face froze silently after meeting Li Shen's gaze.Li Shen looked into his eyes and said word by word——

"Wolves have animal nature, but also human heart."

After all, Li Shen didn't like such an occasion, so he found a suitable excuse to leave in advance. He left Weiyang Palace, but he didn't call the driver who was waiting in the nearby parking lot. In the square, with the bustling crowd, wandering among the colorful lights all the way.

The aroma of various snacks filled the light. Li Shen bought a candied haws, holding one in his hand and popping one into his mouth from time to time.Passing by a mask stand, he bought another majestic white tiger mask, which he wore obliquely on his head.Wearing a mask and holding candied haws in his mouth, like a child who has not yet grown up, he looks around, touches here, and looks there.

Perhaps it was because of his immature behavior but extraordinary clothes, like a rich man with little experience in the world, soon three hands followed him and came to steal his wallet.Li Shen waited for the others to approach calmly, pretending to avoid them inadvertently the moment the person stretched out his hand, and at the same time touched the other person's wallet without anyone noticing.The thief didn't dare to linger even if he couldn't make a single blow. He walked a long way before he realized that his wallet was gone. Looking back in astonishment, he saw Li Shen biting the stick of the candied haws and waving the wallet in his hand.

The thief knew that he had bumped into the Great God blindly, and was about to run away when a wallet flew over from afar and fell into his arms impartially.He looked up again in astonishment, Li Shen had already left with candied haws in his mouth.

The most important part of the Lantern Festival is of course guessing lantern riddles. There is a circle of lantern riddles running through several squares around Weiyang Palace for competitions. Each lantern has a number plate on it. If you guess the answer, you will take the number plate to do it After registration, you can take away the correct number plate, and the wrong number plate will be hung back by the staff.In the end, according to the number of plates, the rankings will be arranged and prizes will be distributed.

Li Shen didn't study lantern riddles at all, but he was bored walking outside, so he followed into the lane of lantern riddles, walked all the way, and guessed all the simple ones, and he couldn't guess the rest, which was a bit small defeat.But it would be embarrassing to go out empty-handed, so Li Shen silently took out the communicator and asked for off-site support.

"Hello? What's the matter?"

"Ah Guo, help me guess a lantern riddle."

Lin Guo on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, and just when Li Shen thought the other party was going to hang up mercilessly, Lin Guo said, "Talk."

Li Shen hurriedly read the riddle on the lamp in front of him to others. A few seconds later, Lin Guo answered the riddle, so Li Shen took off the number plate and walked to the other one, waiting for his hand to fill up the number plate. card, Lin Guo asked quietly: "Have you played enough?"

"Enough is enough, another day..." Before Li Shen finished speaking, the phone was hung up.He shook the number plate in his hand that was threaded by a rope, and went to register with a smile on his face.

Then... there were too many and he didn't remember which one was against which. In the end, only one of the number plates matched.

Li got out of the lantern riddle with a dark face.

The night was deep, and after leaving the still extremely lively square, Li Shen returned to the Xiama Bridge. Exquisite and gorgeous lanterns were floating in the moat of Weiyang Palace, which was cleaned like a mirror. Most of the lights had marks on them. It may be an embroidered flower, or a line of poetry. Its owners let out lanterns with a youthful and joyful mood, hoping to have the wonderful fate like a dream in the story.

Li Shen squatted down by the river, bent down and picked up an eight-petal lotus lantern, looked at the lower script with hairpin flowers on the lantern, and put it back again.Little did he know that he held and let go, but it made the girl who was hiding in the dark and staring at her lantern feel like she was on a roller coaster.Li Shen was dressed in fancy clothes, with a white tiger mask on his head so he couldn't see his face, but his figure was slender and straight. With this ambiguous scene, why didn't the girl's heart spring up?

It's a pity that she didn't know that when the predestined person in her mind picked up the lantern, she was thinking of another woman.

The Altair, the girl from the Jiaojiao River... When he gave her the lantern, he never thought that there would be no destiny in this life.In the blink of an eye, it was another new year, and she was no longer by his side.

A landscape lantern painted in ink and wash suddenly fell in front of him. Li Shen raised his head in surprise, but saw Geng Yan squatting down beside him holding the lantern.

"The banquet is over?"

"No, I escaped too."

Li Shen poked the colorful lantern in front of him, the lantern dangled back and forth, seeing that the candle flame inside was about to burn to the paper wall, Geng Yan turned the lantern to his side with one hand, so that he wouldn't make trouble again.

"I went to guess the lantern riddles just now, and I got one right." Li Shen shamelessly took out the number plate and presented it to Geng Yan, "Here, I'll exchange this for a lantern with you."

Geng Yan grinned, and said calmly: "My lantern is a reward for ten number plates."

Li Shen angrily said that it was impossible to be friends, and he wanted to get up and leave when he was so ashamed, but Geng Yan smiled and pulled him back, hugging him full of arms.He put his arms around Li Shen's shoulders, lifted the mask on Li Shen's face, leaned forward and kissed him lightly.

"One time per person, how about it?" Geng Yan asked.

Li Shen stared at him blankly.

"I don't want you to be my woman. You are you, Li Shen. I said earlier that the throne is shared by me. Whether outside or in bed, we are all equal..." Geng Yan Unprecedented and a little embarrassed, he paused, and then said, "So how about one person at a time?"

His face looked infinitely gentle in the ambiguous light, and a few golden strands of hair mischievously ran out from the crown, gently brushing against his cheeks.

The world is so big, but this kindness is only for one person.

Li Shen wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

He was at a loss—at a loss for himself at this moment without joy.What's not to like?Geng Yan has already made such a concession, what else do he want?What on earth does he... want?

Li Shen pushed Geng Yan away in a daze, the unconscious strong force stopped Geng Yan's retaining hand in place, he staggered and turned to leave, there was no focus in his sight, light and shadow mixed together, turning into a frightening scene. Nauseous halo of confusion.

——Finally one day, chained in shackles, the hungry wolf stared at the hunter's meat.

——Wolves have animal nature, but also human heart.