Song of Less Danger

After the New Year, the snow gradually stopped.The sun seldom comes out, the snow is covered with golden spots, and the sky is far away.

The forests in the mountains are covered with continuous snow, white as a stroke.Everything in the painting is still, except for two figures emerging from a snow clump, one is wrapped in a thick purple velvet robe, the other is wearing a white short jacket, holding a shovel in his hand.

In the middle of winter, Shao Wei was sweating all over, and angrily threw his shovel on the ground: "Still digging?!"

Zheng Liaoge, who was supporting the tree at the side, was also panting from exhaustion, "This time...it must be right."

"Since the sun came out and dug now, the time has passed, do you still have food?"

"The last place, if we can't find it this time, we'll go back."

Shaowei felt that he was really out of his mind who promised Zheng Liaoge to go up the mountain to find the so-called "very powerful medicinal materials" last night. As a result, the two left home early in the morning with dry food and a shovel on their backs, and ran from the east end of the mountain to At the west end, running up and down the mountain, I almost didn't dig a tunnel out of the whole mountain, and I didn't find the "little purple flower, very cute" plant that Zheng Laoge described.

"I want to go back to eat." Shaowei lost his temper.

Zheng Laoge grabbed him and did not let go, "One last time, I promise!"

"There are no flowers that grow underground!"

"It's this kind of flower. Really, it's very hard to find. No one has found it for decades. Every time I ask Xuanwu to look for her, she can't find it. She refuses to take me up the mountain together. Look at this land, The land is moist and purple, surrounded by towering giant trees, and the flowers and plants in the middle are brightly colored, it looks like a place where spiritual energy gathers..."

Shaowei felt that Zheng Laoge looked like a sick stick. He didn't want to talk to the stick, so he rolled up his sleeves and started shoveling the soil.

Zheng Laoge squatted aside and watched nervously. He had exhausted his energy from running around in the mountains for most of the day, and his face was pale and bloodless.

Seeing his appearance, Shaowei was very irritable, and said, "If you can't dig this time, you will really go back, or you will be thrown on the mountain alone."

Zheng Laoge nodded vigorously, Shaowei quickened his movements, and quickly dug a hole. There was nothing but mud and stones in the hole.Just when Zheng Laoge showed a disappointed expression and decided to give up, the shovel suddenly knocked out another hole at the bottom of the pit.

Both of them were startled, Zheng Liaoge hurriedly shouted to stop, he touched the plant roots protruding faintly from the hole, even he couldn't believe it.Shaowei didn't expect that flowers could grow underground, so he became curious.Zheng Laoge was worried that the shovel would damage the flowers, so he dug out little by little with his hands.

"Shaowei, look!"

"I saw it."

The two children were squatting in front of the hole. The hole was dug halfway open. If you look closely, you will find that the hole is hollow, and there is a purple flower in the depth of an arm's length.

However, looking down, the bottom of the cave is not soil, but a strange shiny thing, which looks like a huge scale.

Zheng Laoge withdrew his outstretched hand, and asked uncertainly, "Shaowei, what is this... underneath?"

Shaowei observed carefully and judged calmly: "It seems to be a snake."

The two were silent.Zheng Laoge trembled: "No way, this scale is bigger than my palm, how can a snake grow so big? Could it be that it ate an immortal and lived for hundreds of years to grow up like this..."

Shao Wei was angry: "Don't worry about that much!"

After a while, Zheng Laoge began to tremble: "It seems to be moving."

"Dig out its nest, can it not wake up!"

"How to do?"

"Hurry up and take out the flower, or wait for it to crawl out and eat you?!"

"But I dare not!"

Shaowei was also frightened by the big snake scales that moved under the ground, but he pretended to be calm, calmed down his dantian and exercised his inner strength, quickly stretched out his hand into the hole, pinched the flower stem with two fingers accurately.

Zheng Laoge was so frightened that he hugged the shovel tightly, and yelled for him to pinch the flower lightly so as not to damage the flower, Shaowei pulled the flower out by the root, put it in his pocket, and grabbed Zheng Laoge, "Let's go quickly. "

Zheng Liaoge hurriedly covered the hole with soil, "Wait a while, I have to cover it back with its nest, otherwise the snake will be frozen."

Shaowei took the shovel and pushed all the soil back with a shovel, and dragged him away.Zheng Liaoge still insisted on bowing to the mound, "I'm sorry for the snake spirit... No, Mr. Snake Fairy, I disturbed your sleep and robbed your flowers. Please forgive me, Mr. Snake Fairy. I'll give it to you when I get back." Burn paper money..."

Shaowei carried the man on his shoulder, and ran down the mountain in a hurry.

"I knew there was a mistake in the book. It said that the flower grows on the top of the mountain, but none of the people who went to the mountain to find it for so many years found it. Isn't that a mistake in the book? Besides, the root of this kind of flower is thin and narrow, If you want to be born in the coldest day and place, how can you grow on the ground, you can only live by hiding in the ground, right?"

Sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, Shaowei was bored eating hot steamed cakes, watching Zheng Liaoge messing with the freshly picked flowers in front of his medicine shelf, not bothering to answer him at all, just asking, " What is the use of this thing?"

Zheng Laoge cut off the stems and leaves of the flowers with scissors, found burlap and wrapped them carefully, and smiled mysteriously at Shaowei, "Return to the soul."

Shaowei stared at him for a while, then turned his eyes away in disdain, "Who will believe it?"

"Its name is Changxian, which is the most important medicine cited in the 'Changxian medicine' recorded in the book." Zheng Liaoge said, "It is said that one medicine can renew the life of a seriously ill and dying person, and make the body Healthy people live a long life and even become immortals."

"The medicine to bring the dead back to life is just a fantasy. No one has ever seen it or taken it anyway."

"Of course the dead can't survive no matter what." Zheng Liaoge put the burlap on the hot earth stove and slowly dried it. "If there is still a breath left, maybe it will be useful."

"What are you doing?"

"Make it into dried flowers, grind it into powder and use it as medicine."

Shaowei looked at it for a long time, and the two of them took out the legendary medicine with a shovel and put it on the stove to roast it.Feeling dazed, he jumped off the stone platform and left the kitchen to practice martial arts.

Zheng Liaoge was very enthusiastic about new medicinal materials, and spent several days in his small study and pharmacy tinkering with them, burning the reeking medicinal fragrance day and night, making Shaowei who passed by sneeze several times.

"What the hell are you doing?" Shaowei stood at the window and looked in, puzzled.

The bookshelves in the room are full of books, the floor is full of medicine jars, pharmaceutical utensils and stoves, and the walls have been smoked all year round and turned gray and black.Zheng Liaoge emerged from a pile of bottles, jars, flowers and plants, his face and hands were dirty, he was dressed in dusty coarse clothes, his long hair was tied up high, and he looked like a man who had just been raped. The cook who has been smoked by the stove.

He stood in the middle of the room and said to himself, breaking his fingers, "I see, the amount of white mustard seeds recorded in the book is wrong, and tortoise shell and stone winter must be added, these two herbs are the most compatible with Changxian. Neutralize, don't put too much water, don't burn for too long."

While talking, he squatted down and continued to concentrate on pounding medicine with his small wooden hammer, completely ignoring Shaowei outside the window.

Shaowei: "..." Forget it.

Zheng Laoge stayed in the room like this for half a month, until the snow in the mountains began to melt, revealing the original green and light blue of the mountains.The frozen stream wakes up, and the sun warms up little by little.

From the eaves, there was a distant song of birds.Immediately afterwards, the closed door was pushed open, and Zheng Liaoge staggered out with disheveled hair, "Shaodan!"

Before taking two steps, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground with an "oops", throwing out broken leaf foam and medicine dregs.

Shaowei turned over lightly from the roof and landed in front of Zheng Liaoge, frowning at him.

"I succeeded." Zheng Laoge stood up with great effort, holding a small wooden box in his arms to him, "Look, Changxian."

Lying in the plain box were two dark purple pills, less than half the size of a thumb, without any strangeness.

Shaowei crossed his hips and looked down at the two medicines, then at Zheng Laoge.This person didn't realize how bad he looked now. His already small face had lost more than half a circle, his complexion was pale, and there were black and blue under his eyes. Those who didn't know thought he had been tortured.

But Zheng Liaoge looked proud, "I bet, apart from the two pills in my hand, there won't be a third pill in the entire Central Plains, Shaowei, do you believe it?"

His eyes were shining brightly, his eyes were as bright as stars, when he looked over with his eyebrows bent, Shao Wei felt speechless again.

He took a half step back uncomfortably, and said fiercely, "So what? Hurry up and cook, I'm starving to death."

Zheng Laoge hurriedly put away the box and went to the kitchen. After walking a few steps, he turned his head and saw the melting snow outside the corridor, and the plum trees in the courtyard had sprouted a little.

He was stunned and stopped, looking at the blooming spring in the courtyard, and murmured softly: "Spring is about to begin...Why hasn't Xuanwu come back yet?"

Unknowingly, the two teenagers have spent the coldest season in the mountains together and ushered in a new season.But Xuanwu, who promised to return before the beginning of spring, has not come back for a long time.

At the dinner table, Zheng Liaoge ate with a bowl in his arms, looking a little absent-minded.Shaowei went to the mountains early this morning to catch a pheasant and came back. A bowl of thick and fragrant chicken soup was placed on the table, but he was the only one eating it for a while.

Shaowei kicked Zheng Laoge from under the table, "Hurry up and eat."

Zheng Laoge spoke worriedly, "Xuanwu never breaks his promise, he will come back when he says he will. Why is it late this time?"

"Be dragged down."

"What can hold her back?"

"She is not a fairy, she will always encounter difficult things."

"What is so thorny..."

Shaowei threw the bowl angrily: "Eat!"

Zheng Laoge immediately picked up the chicken leg and buried himself in eating.He took a few mouthfuls slowly, put it down, and whispered to Shaowei, "Shaowei, I can't taste it in my mouth, maybe I'm sick."

Shaowei: "?!"

Zheng Laoge said that he was sick when he was sick, and the onset was fierce. After noon, he was so feverish that he lay half unconscious on the bed.Shaowei's head was getting bigger, and he was in a hurry to change his clothes and boil hot water. He looked at the dozens of drawers on the medicine shelf at a loss, so he had to pick up a bunch of medicine bags and bring them to Zheng Liaoge's room.

Fortunately, Zheng Laoge did not fall into a coma completely. His pale cheeks were flushed from the burn, his lips were chapped and bloodless, and he stretched out his hand under the quilt to show Shaowei, "First decoct the medicine in this small bag, just pour water and heat it up. For antipyretic...fry this big bag after frying. This is the medicine I drink every day. It should be boiled in water...for half an hour, put four wooden spoons of water, not too much. …”

He spoke weakly and looked very tired. He was still very energetic when he had breakfast and said this and that.Shaowei was very annoyed, he said "Got it", and turned to make medicine in the backyard.

The first time he decocted the medicine, he was clumsy and almost spilled the medicine powder, and when he took the medicine pot, he was so hot that he was so hot that he finally returned to the room with the bowl, and Zheng Liaoge had already fallen asleep.

Shaowei put the bowl aside, "Wake up, drink the medicine."

Zheng Liaoge opened his eyes in a daze, and slowly grabbed his sleeve, "I can't sit up..."

Shaowei had no choice but to help him up and hold him in his arms, while Zheng Laoge drank the medicine from the bowl, and curled up under the quilt again after drinking.Shaowei went to see the second dose of medicine, and felt that the sick man was really troublesome. He took the medicine as a meal, and if he didn't pay attention, he would get a fever and get sick. He told him not to waste sleep and eat all day long to study those flying immortals and immortals...

He was bored and guarded the medicine jar for a long time before waiting for the medicine to be ready, and brought it to Zheng Laoge's room to drink.

Zheng Liaoge was already sweating from the fever, and his eyes were full of misty water.He got up and drank the medicine obediently, Shaowei looked down for a while, and suddenly asked, "Since the immortal medicine you said is so powerful, why don't you take it yourself?"

Zheng Laoge paused and put down the bowl.

"My illness, even if the gods come, there is nothing I can do about it." Zheng Liaoge smiled at Shaowei, with a soft and hoarse voice, "I am born with a bone disease, and it cannot be cured."

Shaowei looked at him silently.Zheng Laoge was already used to it, and drank the medicine calmly, shivering from the bitterness, "Tangtangtang...do you have candied fruit?"

"Did you swallow sugar after taking medicine?"

"This is really bitter... Hurry up, I'm going to vomit..."

This is simply serving the master.Furious, Shaowei went to find candy for the young master again, took out candied fruit from the cabinet and fed it to him, Zheng Laoge swallowed the candied fruit until his cheeks swelled up, and finally calmed down.

Shaowei: "I'm going out."

The soft and sweet "Shaodan" sounded again with a long tone, sick and weak, but persisted in pestering him, "Talk with me, okay?"

Shaowei took a deep breath and turned around, "You can't sleep peacefully?"

"Can't sleep." Zheng Laoge nestled under the quilt, looked at him with a pair of moist eyes, full of hope and pity, "Shaowei, why don't you go?"

He was clearly burned to the point of confusion, but for some reason he persisted in refusing to sleep, begging thousands and thousands of times for Shaowei to stay.Shaowei stood stiffly on the spot for a while, then sat back on the bed when he came back to his senses.

Zheng Liaoge laughed happily, swished his fingers out of the quilt to hold his hand, "Shaowei, you are so kind."

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Shaowei...cough...when do you plan to go home?"

"Naturally after Xuanwu returns."

"If you go back, you probably won't come to Mianzhou again, after all, it's so far away from Mount Fu." Zheng Liaoge's voice was soft and soft, a little tired and hoarse, with his thumb gently hooking Shaowei's, "I Will miss you very much."

Shaowei let him hold his hand, turned his head and didn't speak.Zheng Liaoge coughed a few times, then continued in a low voice, "We won't meet again in the future, but I can write you a letter and let Xuanwu bring it to you."

"I don't know when Xuanwu will come back..."

"If you want," Shao Wei who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "I can take you down the mountain."

Zheng Laoge stared blankly and looked at him.

Shaowei didn't look at him, he just said, "If you're really worried, I can take you down the mountain to find out the news."

Zheng Liaoge thought for a moment, then shook his head, "If Xuanwu finds out, he will definitely be angry with you. I'd better wait a few more days, maybe he will come back."

Shaowei didn't respond to him, just sat on the edge of the bed with his back to him, wondering what he was thinking.Zheng Laoge felt that he was a little strange today, and shook his finger, "Shaowei?"

Shaowei suddenly withdrew his hand and stood up.

"I'm going back to my room." He dropped this sentence and left the room without saying a word.

The remaining temperature between the fingers is warm and cool, with a faint fragrance of bitter medicine, which makes the skin slightly numb.

Alarm bells rang in the boy's heart.He was too slack, just now he really thought about not taking that person away for a moment.Living in this remote mountain isolated from the world for a long time has actually worn down one's will like this.

"Nie Shaowei, remember who killed your parents."

The cold words suddenly pierced into his heart, making him wake up.The night was getting dark, and before he knew it, he had been sitting alone in the room until night, the room was dark and quiet.The room next door was brightly lit, but it was also silent.

He must be fast asleep.

Shaowei closed his eyes, sat quietly and adjusted his breath.

Amid all the silence, a tiny sound passed through the remnant snow like a silver thread, and was suddenly captured by Shao Wei.

He instinctively touched his waist, but quickly reacted and turned to touch the oil lamp closest to him, holding his breath and concentrating.

But the sound went out.

The silver moonlight was blocked by dark clouds, and the night became deeper and heavier.The wooden house is located in the embrace of the mountains, and there is only this lonely one in the wind blowing ten miles, and the only window in it has light.

After drinking the medicine, Zheng Liaoge kept waking up and sleeping, sweating all over, frowning and looking very uncomfortable.He always needed someone to be with him when he was sick, but this time he was alone, so he couldn't sleep well into the night.

The door of the room was quietly pushed open, and when Zheng Liaoge heard the movement, he muttered in a daze, "... Shaodan?"

No one answered.Zheng Laoge was in a daze, vaguely felt that someone was approaching, but always felt weird, so he opened his eyes and turned around with difficulty, "Sir..."

He saw two strangers, wearing night clothes and masks, with long knives cutting across the cold light in the stars and moonlight.

"Someone!"

With a shout outside the door, the sound of fighting followed.The person beside the bed quickly snatched up Zheng Laoge, and there was a muffled groan outside the door. The man in black was about to head towards the door with a knife, when an oil lamp flew towards him, and at the same time a gust of wind blew up, and the man in black was hit on the wrist violently. The long knife fell to the ground.

Zheng Laoge fell to the ground and immediately coughed violently.The two men in black quickly scuffled with the person who came, but the person who came was quick and fierce. He turned around and grabbed Zheng Liaoge and threw him into the bed.

A battle unfolds in a dark, cramped room.The light of the knife passed by like the wind, and the three men in black went into battle together and lost to one of them. Within a moment, one of them was kicked in the abdomen, and fell out of the room with blood vomited from the mouth.The uninvited guest finally realized that the timing was wrong, immediately grabbed the injured and backed away again and again, and finally escaped from this small courtyard.

Zheng Laoge held his breath and waited until a familiar figure silently returned to the room.The moonlight was quiet and cold, filling the ground with chaos, only a cold shadow elongated and came to his side.

Zheng Laoge called softly, "Shaodan."

Shaowei threw away the knife in his hand, and said "Mmm", his voice was not as youthful as usual, but mixed with a bit of hostility.That handsome face was hidden in the light and darkness of the moon, like an indifferent Shura.

Zheng Laoge was not afraid of him like this, but anxiously asked, "Are you injured?"

Shaowei paused.

"Let me see the lamp...where is the lamp." Zheng Liaoge looked around for the lamp, and pulled him to sit down, "Don't open the old wound."

Shaowei sat on the edge of the bed in silence, until Zheng Laoge picked up the lamp on the ground, lit it, and returned to him to check his arm, then said, "No injury."

"It's fine if you don't... It really scared me just now."

The two did not speak again.Zheng Laoge couldn't help coughing, Shaowei said, "Go and lie down."

Zheng Laoge put on the quilt obediently.After a while, he said, "I think they should want to arrest me."

Shaowei didn't speak, just sat on the edge of the bed, propping his knees with one hand, his eyes were dark and he didn't know his emotions.Zheng Liaoge continued to whisper, "Maybe the Nie family found me. Xuanwu hasn't returned for so long, so it's probably related to this matter. Shanxia...cough cough, maybe it's a mess right now... Shaowei, hurry up .”

Shaowei turned to look at him, "What do you mean?"

"You have grievances with the Nie family. It's not safe to be alone. It's better to go down the mountain to find your master now."

"And you."

"I'm just a patient." Zheng Liaoge smiled at him, and said softly, "You go quickly."

Silence again.

"I'll ask you again." Shaowei said slowly, his voice was very low, with a strange coldness, just like when they first met each other, "I'll take you down the mountain, can you go?"

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