Song of Less Danger

The wooden house is located in a hidden corner deep in the green hills. Zheng Liaoge has lived here for more than ten years, watching the snow on the mountain shoulders in winter and the rain on the pond in summer. Day after day, I thought there would be no end.

It took him three days to recover from his illness. He didn't pack too many clothes. He just picked out herbs from the medicine cabinet, packed them separately, and put them in a cloth bag that he could carry with him.There were many prescriptions scattered on the table, all of which he took from the book or researched and wrote by himself. Zheng Liaoge took one of the prescriptions and looked at it for a while, then put it on the oil lamp and burned it.

He wanted to avoid the pursuit of the Nie family, and tried every means to find Xuanwu and his master, so he finally decided to leave with Shaowei.

The courtyard door rang, and after a while Shaowei walked in, his clothes were still dry, but his hair and body were wet, and he held a long black knife in his hand, the scabbard was dripping water.

Now that spring is cold in the mountains, Zheng Liaoge hastily found a clean cloth to wipe his hair, "What did you do?"

Shaowei was pressed in front of the brazier to warm himself up, and replied, "Go find my knife in the river."

The black knife was wiped by Shao Wei in his hand, the blade was simple and heavy, exuding an ominous atmosphere.Zheng Laoge looked at it curiously for a while, then continued to concentrate on brushing his hair.Shaodan's internal energy circulates quickly, and the body heats up quickly, the water droplets on the body gradually evaporate, and the skin is warm and dry.

A pair of cold hands covered his neck, and Shao Wei grabbed those hands in a jerk, "What are you doing?"

The instigator smiled at him with crooked eyebrows, "I'm teasing you."

Shaowei and Zheng Laoge looked at each other for a moment, then looked away, and let go of his fingers.Zheng Laoge looked at him curiously, and while combing his hair slowly with a comb, he bent down and asked, "Why is Shaowei unhappy recently? He doesn't talk to me anymore."

Shaowei turned his head, "You have been approached by your enemies, and you are still so careless."

"Isn't there some danger here?"

Shaowei stopped wiping the knife, "Is that why you trust me?"

Zheng Liaoge thought he was talking about his martial arts, and comforted him, "Xuanwu is willing to compete with you, which means you are already very good."

Shaowei took a deep breath and stood up.Zheng Laoge combed for a while and looked at him.

"Let's go down the mountain early tomorrow morning and find out where your guards are along the way." Shaowei turned his back to him and whispered, "If we can't find them, I... will take you back to Fushan first, and then make plans."

Vitality returned to Qingshan again.Zheng Laage packed up all the luggage, sealed the medicinal materials in the cabinet, and sprinkled food at the gate of the yard, so that the various small animals that often ran into the yard would not be able to eat.

He was wearing a thick crimson velvet robe, with a cloth bag in his arms, bustling around like a fluffy ball. On the way down the mountain, he deliberately turned to the stream, put the last bag of meat in the bushes, and said It's for the puppies.

Shaowei felt that he was a strange person, "Do you keep wild dogs?"

"I just come here to feed some meat occasionally. Don't look at me like this. If it weren't for the puppy, I wouldn't be able to pick you up."

Shaowei has nothing to say.

The mountain road is difficult to walk, there are many stones and weeds on the road, and there are tree branches lying across.But the scenery is refreshing. The greenery in the forest is deep and shallow, the birds are singing one after another, there are streams winding along the way, and the clear water surface sparkles in the clear sunlight.

Zheng Laoge is curious about everything.For a while, I squatted down to study a flower and plant, and for a while I picked up beautiful stones by the river beach. Birds flew over to look at it, and rabbits and squirrels also ran to look at it.He was already walking slowly, but now he stopped and stopped. Seeing that the sun was past noon, they had just descended halfway up the mountain.

Shaowei couldn't bear it anymore, and grabbed back the person who was about to run away with the butterfly, "Do you want to sleep in the mountains tonight?"

Zheng Laoge shook his head with his hands and feet back, and followed him obediently.

"Shaowei, I can't go down the slope."

Zheng Laoge supported the tree trunk, and there was a steep slope under his feet, with protruding stones and broken wood spikes.He tried several times and didn't know what to do, so he could only look at Shaowei for help.

Shaowei jumped down the slope and reached out to him, "You jump down, I'll follow you."

Zheng Laoge moved forward a few steps, "I'm coming down."

"hurry up."

Zheng Laoge jumped down, Shaowei opened his arms to catch him firmly.Zheng Laoge hugged his neck with great interest, "It's so interesting."

The familiar medicinal fragrance spread out again.Shaowei froze for a moment, then pushed the person out, "Stand up, don't always hug me up." After speaking, he turned around and walked down, Zheng Laoge hurriedly chased after him.

They left the mountain pass just before sunset, and stayed overnight at an inn not far from Qingshan Town.Originally, he had already left the town with his long-term footsteps, so he could rush to the nearest town overnight.But Zheng Laoge's physical strength was exhausted very quickly. He only ate half a bowl of noodles for dinner and went back to his room to rest.When Shaowei went up again, he saw that he was already fast asleep.

Before leaving home, Zheng Liaoge said to Shaowei, "I really want to go with you, but I can't fly over the roof and walls. If someone catches up with me, I can't even run away."

Shaowei said, "With me here, they can't touch you."

"I also get sick easily..."

"Illness can be cured, isn't it better to sit here and wait for death?"

Zheng Liaoge hesitated for a while, then asked in a low voice, "Then if I get sick, can Shaowei stay by my side?"

"..."

"can."

The night was long and cold.The moonlight is like snow falling down the window edge.The wind blows through the deserted streets, rustling the leaves.

The tall and straight boy stood in the room, holding his own knife anytime and anywhere, with a long shadow under his feet.His dark eyes lowered, quietly looking at the person sleeping on the bed.

Zheng Liaoge was ignorant, curled up in the quilt and slept deeply, her breathing was shallow and undulating, her face was fair, soft and defenseless.

Nie Shaowei still dreams about that scene when he was a child.In the dark room, his mother was trembling and crying while covering his mouth, and outside the closed door, his father was screaming, wailing, and screaming.The moment the door was broken open, he heard his mother screaming, his father poured in blood, and behind him was a young man in white.He remembered that sword, with a snow-white blade, called Baimei.

He knew that person was Zheng Tingxue.

Zheng Tingxue killed his father, and stabbed his father's throat with a sword in front of his mother and him, and blood sprayed all over the ground.Zheng Tingxue didn't kill their mother and child, but her mother went crazy later, and he killed only the old and weak, women and children in Nie's family, and his family was gone.

This memory was originally extremely vague to Nie Shaowei.But for some reason, as I got older, all the details of the picture gradually became clearer.The blood, the sword, the tragic death of his father, and the cries haunted him like ghosts, all of which were cut into his heart like a knife.

He is here for revenge.

The next day, Shaowei found a carriage, and Zheng Laoge felt much more relaxed when he got in the carriage, and his energy was better than yesterday.He was very interested and lay down by the window to watch the scenery along the road. After a while, he ran to the carriage and opened the curtain, "Shaodan!"

The boy riding a horse in front didn't look back, "What?"

"When we pass by Jiangbei, can we go to Qinggang? It's my hometown."

"You are running for your life, not traveling in mountains and rivers."

"I just think that Qinggang might be able to find out the whereabouts of Xuanwu. After all, they are often in Jiangbei..." Zheng Liaoge paused, but did not say the rest.He looked at Shaowei carefully and expectantly, seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time and didn't look back, so he could only call out again in a low voice, "Shaowei..."

The wheels of the carriage were spinning, and the young man remained silent for a long time. It wasn't until Zheng Liaoge showed some disappointment that he said, "As you wish."

"Really? Great!"

"Don't make noise, go back to the car."

They walked for nearly a month before they left Bashu, and there was no news of Xuanwu on the way, and no one came after them.Zheng Laoge also gradually became quiet, with something on his mind.

He can be sure that it was the Nie family who came to the door that night, and their goal was not Shaowei, but himself.But only Xuanwu and his master knew his residence in Qingshan Town, so how did the Nie family find it?

Why did the Nie family reappear after more than ten years, when everything was settled?

Zheng Laoge sat by the window and lowered his head in thought.Shaowei said that his enemy is also Nie, could it be that the Nie family chased Shaowei all the way to Qingshan and recognized him again.Shaowei probably knew this too, so he hurriedly took him away.

Thinking of this, Zheng Liaoge felt that it could be explained.But compared to this, he was more worried about Xuanwu and Master.They've been out of touch for so long, it's never happened before.The last thing he wanted was to link the disappearance of these two people with the fact that Nie's family learned of his whereabouts, because it meant that they must be in danger.

"Hey."

A voice pulled Zheng Laoge back from his thoughts.Shaowei sat across from him, looked at him with a frown, and placed a bowl of steaming cabbage shredded pork noodles on the table like him, "Eat quickly."

Zheng Laoge obediently ate the noodles.The noodles are white and firm, and the noodle soup is delicious and refreshing. It is served with neatly cut shredded pork and vegetables. The moderately salty and good taste makes him feel better. A kitten that is hungry even after eating.

"The noodles here are really delicious, much better than the ones I cook myself."

"You also know that the food you cook is not good."

"It's not delicious, it's just that the taste is relatively light."

The two left the noodle shop while talking, they were going to an inn outside the city to rent a carriage and drive on their way.People come and go on the street, and the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers can be heard from afar at the end of the street, which is very lively.

Zheng Liaoge tiptoed to look curiously, and saw a long procession of carriages passing slowly through the crowd. In the middle of the procession was a tall horse with a person dressed as Sina, followed by a big red sedan chair. Whose rich young master came to greet the relatives, and the ostentation was made so big.

What attracted Zheng Laoge's attention the most was the group of people dancing and playing music on both sides of the team.This group of people is dressed in colorful clothes, wearing masks of various colors, the colors and expressions of the masks are exaggerated, and some people wear flowers, bird and animal hairpins on their heads.A long line of people came towards them, and Zheng Laoge retreated to the side of the road with the passers-by. He remembered a kind of marriage custom described in the book, that is, rich and noble families would invite people to pretend to be various gods when they married their brides. Accompanied by the welcoming team, singing and dancing around, implying that this marriage is blessed by the gods in the sky.As for which gods to invite, there is no fixed statement. Some invite flower gods, mountain gods, river gods, and others invite Chang'e Fairy and Queen Mother, and so on.

Shaowei was impatiently squeezed by the crowd, turned his head and said, "Follow me closely, don't get lost...!"

He turned his head and found that the person was gone before he finished speaking, so he turned around and looked around.At that moment, he felt nervous, the place is so crowded, if the sick child falls down, no one will be able to hear his screams.

On the other side, Zheng Liaoge was watching the group of people pretending to be gods pass by him.The sound of gongs and drums, cucurbit silk, bamboo flute and suona shook the sky. He covered his ears, but when he turned his head, he did not see Shaowei.

"Shaowei!" Zheng Liaoge hurried forward, but there were too many people around, and he couldn't move half a step because of the bustling and crowded, and it was very difficult to stand still.

At this moment, there was another commotion in the crowd. It turned out that the wedding party began to throw snacks and copper coins around.This family is rich and generous, but it was hard for Zheng Liaoge to be squeezed by the surging crowd and retreat instead. Seeing being hit by a person who was in a hurry to pick up the money, he fell forward with an "oops".

A strong, powerful hand grabbed him.Zheng Liaoge raised his head, and saw a huge painted face mask appearing in front of his eyes. It was unknown which fairy was painted with a happy face.

Zheng Laoge was taken aback, but he still thanked people again and again.The painted-faced god helped him up but didn't leave. Instead, he danced while playing the bamboo flute in front of him. Zheng Laoge was flattered and stood there, but the painted-faced god stretched out his hand to hold him and asked him to dance with him.Zheng Liaoge blushed nervously and said, "No, no, I can't dance..."

Fortunately, they didn't make things difficult for him, they only teased him for a while and then stopped, and they didn't know where to take out a small bag of chopped almonds and put it into Zheng Laosinger.

"Apricots, chopped almonds? How do you know I like this..."

Before he could finish his sentence, another hand suddenly grabbed his wrist, so frightened that Zheng Liaoge almost spilled almonds on the ground.He turned his head to look, and saw that Shaowei came over at some point, but his eyes were fixed on the painted face who gave him candy, his expression was nervous like he had never seen before.

He grabbed his wrist so hard that Zheng Laoge almost felt pain.Shaowei's complexion was very ugly, his body was stiff and straight, half of his body stood in front of him, his expression was vigilant, even a little scared.

The painted-faced god didn't seem to notice Shaowei at all, he just waved to Zheng Laoge, and staggered away with the team.

Shaowei grabbed Zheng Liaoge's hand and pushed away the crowd and walked out of the city. Zheng Liaoge's wrist was sore and he couldn't keep up with his steps. Walk slowly, okay?"

The strength on the wrist suddenly relaxed.Shaowei's pace slowed down, Zheng Liaoge stepped forward to look at him, saw his face was cold, and worried, "Shaowei, what's wrong with you?"

They went all the way to leave the crowd, and Shaowei held Zheng Laoge's hand before slowly letting go.He replied in a low voice, "Nothing."

Zheng Laoge felt that he didn't seem to be okay at all.Thinking of his expression when he saw the painted face mask just now, he wondered if this kid is afraid of the human face mask?He thought of his master at the right time, a majestic nine-foot strong man with high martial arts skills, but when he saw a big mouse, he would run up to the roof in fright. There are some strange things about these powerful people, but it is not surprising in itself.

Soft fingers hooked up and took Shaowei's hand.Shaowei was startled, and looked down.Zheng Laoge smiled at him, his clear eyes curved, "It's just a mask, he can't beat you even if you take off the mask, don't be afraid."

Shaowei looked at him for a moment, turned his gaze away, and didn't speak, nor did he shake off his hand.

Only he himself knew why he was so frightened when he saw the painted mask in that crowd.

The person behind the mask is his master.

The author says:

In Shaowei's eyes, Xiaoxue is probably a gigantic evil god image (Shaowei: Bah!)