Song of Less Danger

It snowed again at night.Shaowei was lying on the bed and thinking about something with his eyes closed, when suddenly he heard a series of footsteps coming from the corridor, thinking: Here we go again.

The visitor thought that his movements were light enough, the door opened, and Zheng Laoge ran over dragging the quilt, obviously terribly cold all the way, shaking his head and crawling on the bed, calling him in a low voice: "Shaodan."

"Sleep."

"You didn't sleep." Zheng Liaoge laughed, wrapped in a quilt and rolled to his side, a gust of chill came, "It's so cold... Shaowei, can we close the quilt."

"No."

Zheng Laoge curled up under the quilt and rubbed back and forth, Mosao came to his side, stayed obediently, and did not move.

Another light and gentle fragrance of medicine came, mixed with a bit of ice and snow, which made Shaowei feel anxious for no reason.He tightened his arms and moved a little into the bed, asking, "Have you had a nightmare again?"

"No." Zheng Liaoge's voice was soft and small, with the usual soft ending, passing by Shaowei's ears.

He turned his head sensitively and frowned, "Don't get so close."

"Move any further and it will fall."

Shaowei wanted to get angry a little bit, but he couldn't say anything to drive people away, so he could only pretend that he was hurt and angry, and said patiently: "Don't move, go to sleep."

Zheng Liaoge lived in peace for a while, and suddenly asked: "Shaowei, so you also know the Nie family?"

Shaowei knew he would ask.Answer, "I have a personal vendetta with them."

"Oh……"

"You too?"

Zheng Liaoge was quiet for a long time, and said, "We have had enmity with the Nie family, but it is no longer my business."

Shaowei said, "Looks like you have avenged your vengeance."

Zheng Liaoge didn't say yes, nor said no, "My close relatives gave everything just to keep me from living in the shadow of hatred, otherwise when will the matter of life and death be the end."

"Isn't the death of your loved one important?"

Zheng Laoge raised his head from under the quilt and looked at Shaowei.In the darkness, they couldn't see each other's expression clearly, they only heard Shaowei's voice was colder than Ye Zhongxue, an indifferent chill.

"important."

Zheng Liaoge said so, and said to the dark silhouette in front of him, "But the living people are more important."

Shaowei paused slightly, feeling puzzled and unreasonable rejection in his heart.He couldn't understand what Zheng Laoge said, he just thought it was an excuse to cover up his cowardice and incompetence.

Only timid people are unwilling to take revenge, and are willing to cower for a lifetime.But Nie Shaowei was born to walk on this road. If he didn't go to the end of the road, the souls of his father who died with his throat cut off and his mother who died of depression would never be at peace.

And he couldn't sleep well.

In the morning when Zheng Laoge woke up, there was no one beside him.He struggled for a long time before he got up, got dressed in a daze, put on his purple cloak, and just opened the door when he heard a sound from the yard.

It was cold outside, Zheng Liaoge walked along the corridor to the backyard clutching his collar, and saw Xuanwu and Shaowei were exchanging ideas on the snow.Xuanwu was holding a scabbard behind one hand and the other, Shaowei was only wearing a cotton coat, his boots were covered with snow, he was hit by Xuanwu's sheath in the shoulder, and fell into the snow in embarrassment.

The snow pit behind him was deep and shallow, showing his embarrassment.Shaowei gritted his teeth and stood up, with an expression of disbelief.

Xuanwu said expressionlessly: "Too weak."

"...my knife is not at hand."

"Without a knife, you don't know kung fu?"

Shaowei clenched his fists and stood up, "Come again."

Xuanwu threw away the scabbard and opened his posture with bare hands, as if he wanted to teach him a lesson with his bare hands.The two of them were about to greet each other again, when suddenly a voice shouted from the side: "Come back to the room!"

The two turned their heads and saw Zheng Liaoge shouting at them angrily not far away, "If you fight again, no one wants to eat!"

Zheng Liaoge nags the two of them while having breakfast, and then takes Shaowei to change the medicine.Shaowei was trained so reluctantly that he sat on the edge of the bed shirtless and tiger-headed, and followed Zheng Laoge to administer medicine to him.He saw that Singer Zheng was holding a small medicine jar, which contained a dark and unpleasant paste, which was disgusting to smear on his body.

This medicine is not like the wound medicine he usually uses, but its curative effect is much better.Shaowei was curious before.He asked, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Zheng Liaoge lowered his head and concentrated on his work, and replied, "I mixed the wound medicine myself. Every time Xuanwu picked strange flowers and plants from the mountains, I used them to make medicine."

"Anything?"

"Cure wind and cold, cure diarrhea, regulate blood congestion, and this kind of wound medicine, even poison has been made. But it burns quickly, so as not to be pecked by birds."

"And the medicine you drank yourself?"

Zheng Laoge paused and smiled, "No, that's the medicine I've been drinking since I was a child. It's the medicine prescribed for me by the genius doctor Mr. Meng."

He packed up the medicine jars and scissors, and said, "Thanks to Mr. Meng, I can survive to this day. This is the so-called 'life has reincarnation, good and evil first and last'. If Mr. Meng didn't save my life, I wouldn't be able to I picked up Shaowei by the river, and I can't sit and talk with you like now."

Nie Shaowei stared at him silently for a while, then said, "You can also choose not to save me."

Zheng Laoge was a little surprised, "How could I not save you?"

"Save a stranger whose origin is unknown, and you don't have to worry about good people being rewarded."

"Yeah." Zheng Laoge thought for a while, and said seriously to Shaowei, "It's okay, maybe I won't live until the retribution comes."

Shaowei was stared blankly by him, Zheng Laoge smiled like a little fox, picked up the plate and walked out of the room leisurely.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed, and the coldest days passed, and Shaowei's injuries were almost completely healed, and finally he was not thrown into the snow by Xuanwu with one hand.The two often played against martial arts in the courtyard, and eight of the ten games were lost by a small risk. Zheng Liaoge looked at the window a few times and couldn't bear to watch, so he went to read a book by himself.

Shaowei was ruthlessly denounced by Xuanwu as "empty with a skeleton, full of external turmoil, and unable to make moves or moves".Shaowei was so angry that he got up early every morning to find someone to fight. After being beaten for several days, he finally calmed down and began to learn martial arts from others obediently.

"Look at the six directions with your eyes, and listen to all directions with your ears."

"Swipe--" With a sound, the two wooden swords collided and slid away, avoiding the danger of the blade flying to the corner of the eye, and slashed at Xuanwu's wrist with a palm turned back, and the force was dissipated by Xuanwu's wrong hand. The tendons in his hands were slightly numb, annoyed in his heart that he had been caught with another move, he immediately adjusted his internal strength and returned the sword to hit the opponent's shoulder bone, and then hit nothing.Xuanwu's movements are too fast, every time he catches them is an afterimage, and his inner strength is much deeper than he imagined, as long as her sword or palm touches his body, all his strength will be washed away , He dismantled his moves in a few simple strokes, and he was powerless to fight back.

Shaowei retreated in a row, and finally the wooden sword in his hand was smashed by Xuanwu's palm. He stood panting in the snow and looked down at his empty palm, as if he still couldn't believe that he still couldn't fight a woman after all these days of practice.

Xuanwu put away the wooden sword, and said indifferently: "I am impatient, I will be defeated in one blow, and it will be useless to practice a hundred times."

Shaowei clenched his fists, frowned and said to himself: "Why do you feel different from when you fought?"

Xuanwu replied: "I am naturally different from Huajiao."

Zheng Liaoge, who was watching the battle while peeling oranges and eating, said, "Xuanwu is very powerful, but Shaowei is also very good, and he will no longer be thrown into the snow by Xuanwu."

Shaowei glared at him fiercely, picked up the wooden sword and left, Zheng Laoge hurriedly picked up the oranges and chased after him to coax him.

At this time, an eagle circled down in the blue sky, Xuanwu raised his hand to let the eagle fall, took out the letter box, and opened the letter to read carefully.

The letter brought news of departure.

"I'm going out to Bashu to do something." Xuanwu said to Zheng Liaoge and Shaowei, "I can return before spring."

Xuanwu often went out to do errands, Zheng Laoge was used to it, so he nodded.Then Xuanwu turned to Shaowei, "You stay and take care of the young master until I come back."

Zheng Liaoge hurriedly said, "I can take care of myself without trouble or danger."

Xuanwu shook his head.In the past, with Qu Hechen around, the two would take turns to leave even if they had something to do. This was an agreement they made from the beginning, and they would not let Zheng Laoge be alone at any time.

"I will look for the whereabouts of Mr. along the way." Xuanwu said to Zheng Laoge. "Sir" refers to Qu Hechen, it is inconvenient for them to talk about their real names in front of Shaowei.

Shaowei listened silently, without expressing his opinion.He looked up and saw Xuanwu looking at him, and said, "Aren't you worried that I have evil intentions?"

Xuanwu said calmly: "If you dare to touch young master, we will hunt you down until you die. If you escape, we will clean up the master's gate for you."

With a tired expression on Zheng Liaoge's face, he was obviously helpless with his guard's straight temper. He just wanted to turn his head and tell Shaowei not to take it seriously, but the young man showed no expression after listening to it, and just nodded lightly, "I understand." .”

Zheng Laoge paused.

"Help me to send a letter to Fushan." Shaowei said to Xuanwu, "I need to inform Master of the current situation."

The two looked at each other.At that moment, Shaowei's heart was beating a little fast, Xuanwu's eyes were calm and cold, like a sharp blade, his complexion remained unchanged on top of the scrutinizing eyes, to prevent himself from revealing his flaws.

Xuanwu said, "Yes."

Shaowei stayed.

The guard was ready to send with the letter, and Zheng Laoge sent her to the intersection of the downhill road. The snow covered the road all the way, and the sky and the earth were white.

Zheng Laoge asked Xuanwu, "Why did you let him stay?"

Xuan Wu replied: "The young master is afraid that something will go wrong if he is alone on the mountain."

"But you obviously don't trust him."

"His family background is unknown, but his martial arts skills are good, and he has never killed anyone." Xuanwu replied seriously, "Suzaku and Bailong both have important affairs, so no one except us and Mr. Come, let him take care of the young master Zhouquan."

Zheng Laoge was puzzled, "How do you know he didn't kill anyone?"

"He has no blood in him."

A few days after Xuanwu left, heavy snow fell and buried the mountain pass.The stretching green hills are covered with silver, and the birds and animals in the mountains and forests are hidden.

The courtyard was covered with a thick layer of snow.Shaowei picked up a tree branch and stood in the snow pondering gestures. Since his injury healed under careful care, his movements became smoother day by day during martial arts.

Shaowei was practicing when he heard a cry from the backyard, "Shaowei—"

Fluid movement stops.Shaowei took a deep breath, flung the branch and turned to walk towards the backyard.

"what happened again!"

A group of purple fluff squatted by the small pond in the backyard, like a plush mushroom emerging from the snow.Zheng Laoge was lying on the edge of the pool wrapped in a crimson coat, with a handful of ice-stained cones in his hand, "Hurry up, there is a fat fish in the water."

Shaowei was almost furious: "I'm practicing martial arts! You called me here just to catch fish?"

"It's really fat and fat, I guarantee it will be delicious!"

Shaowei saw Zheng Liaoge's red fingers from the cold at a glance, and his thin white hands were shivering in his sleeves. Shaowei was so angry that he didn't know where to go, so he had to come over and kick the frozen water, squatting On the ground reach into the water to catch fish.

"You don't know how to fish with a net?"

"I'm afraid that the fish will run away when the net is brought over."

"You shouted so loudly just now, wouldn't the fish run away!"

With a sound of "crash", Shao Wei quickly pulled out a watery fish from the pond. The fish was really fat, and there were strings of ice balls hanging on the scales of the fish.Zheng Laoge cheered and got up, and naturally stuffed his hands into Shaowei's arms, "Great, I knew this fish couldn't run away, once the ice surface was cut open, it would definitely come up to breathe, this time we have fish soup to drink gone."

He babbled a lot, Shaowei got a headache and said angrily, "Get your hands off me."

"But my hands are so cold." Zheng Liaoge hugged him tightly, using him as a big warming stove, "Just now I wanted to catch it myself, but it froze me to death. Shaowei's body is really warm."

Zheng Laoge pushed Shaowei to trot to the kitchen, rolled up his sleeves and started to burn firewood to get fish.Shaowei Chu watched him busy in front of the stove, "What are you cooking fish soup for? It's very troublesome."

Zheng Liaoge folded his hands and exhaled, and the cool white mist rose. Hearing this, he turned his head and smiled at Shaowei.

"It's Chinese New Year today, Shaowei."

The deep mountains are buried by snow, and the wooden houses are lit with warm yellow light.

The steaming fish soup was served on the table, accompanied by a few more meat and vegetable dishes than usual. Zheng Luge dug out the Tusu wine hidden by his master from nowhere, and poured a small cup for each of them.

Shaowei was puzzled: "Do you know how to drink?"

"Drink a little to keep warm." Zheng Liaoge hugged the wine jar like a thief, "Don't drink too much, or it will be bad for your family to find out."

The two sat and ate together. The room was bright and warm, but outside the window was dark and snow was falling.

The more Shao Wei ate, the more food in the bowl, and finally couldn't help shouting, "Don't pinch it! Eat your own."

"I'm afraid you won't be able to eat well." Zheng Luge put down his chopsticks, a little embarrassed, "You could have gone home for the New Year."

"I don't have parents, why go home?"

"You still have a master."

Shaowei was silent for a moment, before speaking after a while: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I seldom celebrate New Year."

Zheng Liaoge looked at Shaowei who was buried in his meal without saying a word, and suddenly put down his chopsticks, "Okay, then let's set off firecrackers."

Shaodan: "?"

He watched Zheng Laoge run into the back room, and after a while of rummaging through boxes and boxes, he came out with a string of dusty firecrackers in his hand, "Fortunately, there are still some firecrackers from last year, let's go and play."

"The meal is not finished yet!"

Zheng Laoge was brought back to eat.After finishing a large pot of fish soup, Shaowei was reluctant to be dragged out of the house by the excited Zheng Laoge and set off firecrackers.

"Okay, isn't it?"

Zheng Laoge was afraid that the firecrackers would blow him up, so he hid behind the courtyard door and stretched his head to watch.Not far away, Shaowei squatted on the ground tinkering for a long time, and replied impatiently after hearing the words: "What kind of broken flint, it can't make fire at all."

It was pitch black everywhere at night, and as soon as Shaowei finished speaking, a fire suddenly burst out in front of him.He quickly lit the fire and retreated, Zheng Laoge rushed over to hide behind him, "Lighted?"

"It's lit."

"Why didn't it ring?"

"I said that last year's firecrackers were not ignited, but you still don't believe me."

Zheng Laoge was a little disappointed, and wanted to go up and take a look if he didn't give up.As soon as he took two steps forward, the muted firecrackers suddenly exploded, resounding throughout the silent valley.Zheng Laoge was so frightened that he turned his head and hugged Shaowei, and said happily, "It's ringing, Shaowei!"

Shaowei felt very unaccustomed to his wild boy's behavior of jumping on people at the slightest disagreement, and immediately grabbed Zheng Liaoge, "It's just setting off firecrackers, why are you so excited."

Zheng Liaoge clasped his hands in front of his face and closed his eyes, meditating silently to the snow-falling mountains, then opened his eyes to look at Shaowei, and said with a smile, "The sound of firecrackers will remove the bad luck, and we will all be smooth, safe and healthy in the coming year."

The two eyes met.Zheng Laoge's eyes are warm and bright, the light in his eyes is like the glowing fireflies by the stream in the forest, naturally gentle and non-aggressive, only his reflection inside.

Shaowei looked away and looked at the snow.The footprints stepped on were soon covered by snow, leaving only a series of shallow pits.

He turned around and walked into the yard, "It's boring. Go back to sleep."

Zheng Laoge stepped on the snow and came up, "Okay."

Shaowei warned him, "Don't squeeze over to sleep."

"Hmm."

At night Zheng Laoge ran over with the quilt in his arms, Shaowei was very numb, he didn't listen to what he said, and pushed the door at the right time when it was time to go to bed, and threw out the person with the quilt the next day, and continued to roll with the quilt at night return.

Shaowei said, "Do you think you are three years older than me?"

"But today is Chinese New Year, I'm afraid that Shaowei will sleep alone."

Zheng Liaoge turned around and looked at the top of his head, "Speaking of which, I also met a person three years ago. He was also injured at that time and was lying in a cave. It's very pitiful. But there were many critical injuries. It's that heavy."

It was the first time Shaowei heard him mention this, and he couldn't help frowning slightly: "Then you saved him?"

"Of course we have to save him. I still remember that he was much older than Shaowei, and he practiced kung fu alone in the mountains for a long time. After he was injured, I let him stay at home for a while."

"and after?"

"Later..." Zheng Liaoge paused for a while and said, "Then he left and I never saw him again."

Shaowei clearly heard that Zheng Laoge had something to say.He felt inexplicably unhappy, turned over, turned off the light and lay down.

Today, even after the lights were not turned off, Zheng Laoge dragged him to talk non-stop, talking about strange medicinal herbs, flowers and trees, and strange stories about the world from which he didn't know where.Shaowei felt quite clean, turned his head after a while, and saw Zheng Laoge's sleeping face in the dim moonlight and snow light outside the window.

He drank some wine, his fair face was slightly red, his eyelashes were long and long, his breathing was peaceful and shallow, his long soft hair was buried in the quilt, his forehead rested on his arm, and he looked like a kitten sleeping soundly and naturally.

Shaowei clenched and loosened his fingers, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Different from the cold room where he was alone in the past, the faint scent of medicine for many days always soaks into the senses with someone's body temperature, and the bitterness carries a sobering warmth.

That was a strange feeling for Nie Shaowei.

The author says:

A child with exuberant energy and blood is really a good strategy

The new year is here again~ Happy New Year, big babies!