After the master's ascension

Anhe Town is a water town with simple folk customs.A river runs through the whole area, with green brick and green tile houses on both sides.

Wei Zhiyue simply wiped the blood on his face, he took off the blood-stained coat, and put on clean clothes.The bandages on Lu Wangyu's hands cannot be undone for the time being, so he can only cover up the blood stains with the black cloak brought out from Rong Sheng's mansion.

In this way, they stayed in an inn in Anhe Town.

The innkeeper was frightened by the blood on Lu Wangyu's hands, but when he heard that the two of them encountered a poisonous snake and beast on the road, he immediately felt a little bit sad about the hard work.

He hurriedly called Xiao Er to take Lu Wangyu and the others to the medical clinic, but he was politely rejected by the pale young man.

"Shopkeeper, I've been traveling around for so many years, and I have prepared a detoxification method on my body. If you provide a quiet guest room, I can handle it well..."

The shopkeeper wanted to persuade him again, but seeing the determined eyes of the young man in front of him made him inexplicably trust his words.

He didn't hesitate any longer, but repeatedly asked: "If you need anything, young master, please tell me in time..."

Wei Zhiyue helped Lu Wangyu go to the guest room in the backyard, and he dared to show an anxious expression after seeing Xiaoer close the door and leave.

"Senior brother..." Wei Zhiyue didn't even have time to ask, but he saw Lu Wangyu looking up, his face was as pale as paper, but he smiled at him reluctantly, and comforted him: "Zhiyue, I'm fine... you first Go buy some change of clothes, and I'll be fine when you come back."

Wei Zhiyue gritted his teeth.What kind of clothes to buy, all kinds of items have already been prepared in the Qiankun bag.

He understood what his brother meant.

He also wanted to bear everything alone and swallow all the pain in his stomach.

His eyes were slightly red, and his voice was a little hoarse: "No, I'll be with you..."

"Execute the contract!" Lu Wangyu seemed to be on the verge of bearing it. He staggered and propped himself on the table, with veins popping up on his forehead, and cold sweat dripping down from his forehead.

His tone rose slightly, as if he was enduring severe pain.

He closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and slowly softened his tone, saying: "My dear boy, you go out for a stroll, I'll be fine in an hour..."

His final ending was trembling, but he was still trying to speak calmly.

Wei Zhiyue tasted the rust in his mouth, and he bit his lip.

He knew that his senior brother had to be strong, and he also knew that as long as he didn't leave, his senior brother would still hold on.

The corners of his eyes were slightly red, but his expression dimmed, and he stepped back slowly step by step, as if stepping on the tip of a knife, every step was painful.

Wei Zhiyue pretended not to know, he smiled cooperatively, and said slowly: "Okay, I'll go shopping..."

He exited the room, closed the door intimately, then turned around, as if all his strength had been drained in an instant, he sat down against the door.

There was no sadness or joy on his face, but his heart was dripping with blood.

He buried his head in the crook of his arms silently, listening to the painful moan that came from the room from time to time.

Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of porcelain cracking in the room.

Wei Zhiyue raised his head abruptly, clenched his hands into fists, and gritted his teeth to resist the thought of rushing in.

Unexpectedly, there was a faint call from Lu Wangyu in the room: "Execute the contract..."

Wei Zhiyue's heart skipped a beat, he rubbed his eyes, and responded calmly: "Senior brother, I'm here."

Lu Wangyu smiled softly, his voice was weak, but there was still a hint of a smile: "I guessed that you haven't left yet. Be obedient, you go shopping, it will take an hour..."

Wei Zhiyue's heart sank heavily again.

He heard the blood dripping from his heart, but his slow answer sounded in his ears: "Okay, I'm obedient."

After the words fell, he mechanically went downstairs step by step, as if his soul had been sucked away.

He thought: I am obedient, if my brother doesn't want me to know, I don't know.

It was just before nightfall, the setting sun had already sunk into the mountain depression, but the shadow of the moon had not revealed its brilliance for a long time.

The street was dim, and the lights of several houses were on, but several houses were still looking forward to the last glimmer, and could hold on for a moment longer.

Wei Zhiyue walked down the empty street in a daze, hearing the sound of running water from a small bridge, the gurgling was pleasant to the ear, but it also disturbed one's mind.

There was nothing on his body, but he felt like he was walking alone with a huge boulder on his back, making his steps unreasonably heavy, and even his breathing was difficult.

He walked aimlessly across the stone bridge and reached the other side of the bank.The people are rarer, the scenery is more lonely, and it seems to lead to more remote homes in the countryside.

I can't go too far... Wei Zhiyue regained his composure slightly and reminded himself inwardly.

He walked back again, and met a young man pulling a wooden cart head-on.

The wheels rumbled, rolled over the bluestone on the bridge, and made a dull and steady sound. It was clear from the sound that the things on this car were not light.

The young man was bent over to pull the cart, his short brown sleeves were rolled up, his muscular arms curled up, looking quite difficult.There was a petite figure beside the cart, and through the dim light, Wei Zhiyue could clearly see her womanly bun.

It should be a young couple returning home from the booth.There is a steep slope on the bridge, and it may be difficult for such a heavy vehicle to push.

Wei Zhiyue stepped forward to help.

Sure enough, the bridge deck has been stumbling over the years.The wheel suddenly got caught in a crevice in the stone, and the young man was suddenly grabbed, his center of gravity became unstable, and he fell to the ground with his feet tilted.

Seeing that the car was going to slide backwards along the slope, the woman couldn't stop it no matter what.She clung to the side of the car so tightly that she was about to be taken down by the car!

Suddenly, the car came to a steady stop, Wei Zhiyue jumped forward and stabilized the handlebar.

Seeing this, the woman was so happy that she almost shed tears.She quickly ran to the front of the car, and while reaching out to support her husband, she still did not forget to express her gratitude to her benefactor eagerly: "Thank you! Thank you, hero, for your help!"

She was incoherent.

Wei Zhiyue said slowly: "It's okay, you can see how he is doing first."

The young man seemed to have hurt his foot all of a sudden. He supported his wife, and turned his right foot in a circle in the air with the tiptoe of his right foot stretched.

He gasped softly, it seemed that the pain was not light, but he replied with a smile: "I didn't hurt, thank you for your help, young master!"

The woman saw through his lie, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "It hasn't hurt yet? How much does it hurt?"

The tears in her eyes were faltering, and she hurriedly tried to lift his trouser legs: "Let me see!"

"Oh! Don't cry..." The young man defended, but he dodged slightly, "It's really all right..."

The woman finally lifted up his trouser legs. The ankles looked fine, but above the ankles, a large area of ​​black and blue was shocking.She was stunned for a moment, and tears finally fell down. She choked up and said, "What's going on? When did you get it!"

The young man smiled apologetically at Wei Zhiyue, it was quite inappropriate for En Gong to see such a thing.

Seeing that his wife was still crying silently, he could only tell the truth: "Yesterday when Dongzi and the others were unloading goods at the pier, they were accidentally smashed. It just looked scary. It will be fine in two days..."

The woman could hardly control her tears, sobbing: "Then why don't you tell Dongzi and the others? So that tomorrow's work can be postponed... How can you go like this?"

The young man's dark face suddenly turned red, and he argued: "This is just a minor injury, how can I bother others? You are really..."

Hearing this, the woman raised her red eyes from crying, she wept loudly, and complained: "Then what about me? Don't bother them, but you even hide it from me! I'm your wife!"

The young man was softened by his little wife crying, and he was a little dumb for a while.

He lowered his eyes, his eyes were soft, he organized his words carefully, and admitted his mistake: "I...I will definitely not hide it from you next time. Don't cry...When you cry, I will feel uncomfortable."

Wei Zhiyue just looked at the two of them silently.

The gods who have never stepped into the world finally bend down to listen to and understand the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of all living beings.

The young man finally managed to coax his little wife, he suddenly realized something, turned around quickly, and wanted to take the handlebars.

He hastily expressed his apology, and said, "Engong, put it down quickly! Look at me, I left Engong here, I'm really sorry..."

Wei Zhiyue did not let go, he replied: "It's okay. The bridge is not smooth, and your legs and feet are inconvenient. Let me help you cross."

The man hurriedly waved his hands and said, "How can this be done? This... benefactor, please put it down!"

Wei Zhiyue ignored his refusal at all, he dragged the car across the bridge safely and securely with one hand, seemingly effortlessly.

The man also took unsteady steps, pushing the cart behind.

After crossing the bridge, he said nothing to make Wei Zhiyue help.Wei Zhiyue didn't know which way he was going to go, and was at a loss for a while.

The young man saluted respectfully, and said, "Thank you for your help! But my foot injury is not serious, so I can't trouble you anymore. Besides, I think that after you crossed this bridge, you turned back immediately. There must be something wrong."

He said sincerely, "I really can't delay you any longer!"

Wei Zhiyue didn't insist anymore, but he didn't leave immediately, but hesitated for a moment.

He finally made up his mind and asked in a low voice: "I have a question, and I hope you can answer one or two questions."

"Why didn't you tell your brother about the foot injury?"

The young man was taken aback, but he didn't expect such a question, but he smiled honestly, and answered patiently: "Because although we are brothers, we have blessings and hardships, but each has its own life. I'm really sorry for bothering you. A little injury, I endured it and passed it..."

Wei Zhiyue lowered his eyes, half understanding.He raised his head and continued to ask, "Then that's why you hid it from your wife?"

When he mentioned his squeamish little wife, the young man's eyes softened in an instant, his eyes seemed to flood into the galaxy, and he said: "Of course not."

He turned his head and glanced at the crying wife with red eyes, and said slowly: "She is my wife and my family. I shouldn't have kept it from her. I didn't tell her, not because I was afraid of trouble, but because I knew she would be sad." , will cry like just now."

He looked at Wei Zhiyue and explained: "Brothers are blessed and suffer together, but she is different. I don't want her to accompany me to suffer through the world, but I want her to enjoy the world's blessings."

At the end of the talk, his face turned red with embarrassment, scratched his head embarrassingly and said: "Although I still let her suffer with me..."

Wei Zhiyue looked at him, as if a layer of mist had been pushed away in his heart, and he finally peeped into that secret corner.

He smiled slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you..."

I don't know when the breeze blows, and the wisteria in full bloom on the tree falls.He went around the car and saw a flower fell on the side of the car.

Wei Zhiyue carefully picked up the late spring color, and put a piece of silver on the car.

He met the puzzled eyes of the two, and said with a smile: "I bought this flower, and I also bought your work for tomorrow. Take a good rest, although the injury is not serious, it will be fine in two days, but Don't worry about your wife either..."

After bidding farewell to the young couple, Wei Zhiyue went straight back to the inn.

He was dressed in soft moonlight, with gurgling water beside his ears, feeling the beating heart in his chest, which was split in two.

Half of it rises lightly, as briskly as the steps under the feet, it is the sudden realization after the fog has cleared.

Half of it fell straight into the abyss, covered with tens of thousands of layers of black iron shackles, and became extremely cold.

He finally understood what Gu Chen meant by "understanding", but it was only the authorities who were confused and the bystanders clear.

He also finally knew the difference between Lu Wangyu and his master and senior brother in his heart.

As the man said, it is indeed a sincere feeling to share wealth and adversity.But there is another kind of feeling, which is that they don't want the other party to suffer and suffer.

I just want to bear all the pain for him, let him have no worries, hope that he will be free and easy, and hope that he can enjoy the glory of the world.

And give him the beauty of the world, day and night, all the time.

This is not the so-called brotherhood, nor is it brotherly love... Wei Zhiyue closed his eyes, and he held the wisteria tightly in his hand.At that moment, he finally understood Gu Chen's previous sigh.

It's okay if you don't understand, never understand, that's the best.