A gentleman riding a red dust smile

Song Lingshuang woke up from the pain.When he woke up, he was lying on the bed, his back hurt like a fire.When he wanted to move a little, he felt a tearing sensation in his right shoulder, and the pain caused him to bark his teeth and almost hissed.But from the corner of the eye, he saw Chang Sun Jue who was falling asleep leaning against the edge of the bed, and he swallowed that sound again.

The room was very dark, and the faint candlelight shone on Chang Sun Jue's blood- and mud-stained white clothes.He sat sideways on the edge of the bed with his head against the edge of the bed, breathing steadily and long.The long eyelashes cast a light shadow, and the side face reflected the candlelight, forming a quiet and pleasing scenery.

Song Lingshuang couldn't help but think, it's strange that this clean-loving guy is so tired that he even forgot the clothes-cleaning spell.

As if there was warmth in his gaze, Changsun Jue suddenly woke up.His sleepy eyes were not as sharp as usual, but more youthful and ignorant, which reminded Song Lingshuang of his childhood, and he couldn't help laughing.

This smile brought Chang Sun Jue back to his senses.His face suddenly dropped in temperature, and he frowned slightly and said, "You still know how to laugh? You won't die from laughing!"

Song Lingshuang teased and took advantage of the opportunity, "Why is my husband willing to let you be a widow?"

Changsun Jue's expected "roll" did not come, but there was a look in his eyes that Song Lingshuang couldn't understand, which made him panic suddenly, thinking that he had played too much again.

Changsun Jue was silent for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "When the monster exploded itself, why were you protecting me? Do you want to die?"

Song Lingshuang grinned, and answered as a matter of course, "I'm your brother, who else should I protect if I don't protect you?"

Changsun Jue was taken aback for a moment, and turned his head so that Song Lingshuang could not see his expression clearly.He said with a little sullen tone, "Who wants you to protect? Take care of yourself!"

Song Lingshuang didn't refute, and said cheerfully, "Okay, okay! My Ajue is powerful, so I don't need to protect him!" He habitually wanted to rub someone's hair, but before he raised his hand, he froze. Smiling to hide the sudden stinging pain, he tried his best to finish the sentence, "I just happened to be standing in front of you, by the way."

Song Lingshuang thought she was pretending well, so how could Changsun Jue not see it?He sighed, his tone softened, and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts!" Song Lingshuang found out that the bitter trick worked, so she naturally wouldn't let this opportunity go, and she was not polite when she acted coquettishly, "My back hurts! My shoulders hurt too! My whole body hurts!"

When Changsun Jue heard that, his face turned pale again, "If you know it hurts, don't die next time!" After saying that, he stood up, "I'll go and see if I can find some herbs to make you a pain-relieving elixir."

"Don't go!" Song Lingshuang pulled subconsciously, but only pulled Changsun Jue's clothes.With this movement, he was in so much pain that he could only close his eyes and grit his teeth, unable to make a sound.

Changsun Jue was also taken aback, and immediately sat down and spent some spiritual energy to help him relieve the pain.He said angrily, "What are you doing?"

Song Lingshuang didn't know why, he just didn't want Changsun Jue to go away.It seems that since Changsun Jue is gone, all he has left is pain.He looked at Changsun Jue pitifully, "Don't go. If you talk to me, it won't hurt me."

Changsun Jue was startled, sat silently for a while, turned his head away from Song Lingshuang, "What do you want to say?"

Seeing that he didn't leave, Song Lingshuang was very happy, "Whatever you want to say. Why don't you tell me how we escaped."

Changsun Jue nodded slightly and began to speak slowly.

Speaking of which, all this is thanks to Ai Zixuan.After escaping from the monster, he deliberately exhausted his spiritual power and left the spiritual realm to seek help from the various suzerains.When Hua Zhongyang and Changsun Huan arrived, they happened to see the scene where the defensive amulet propped up by Song Lingshuang collapsed and shattered in the spiritual flame of the monster self-destructing.The two suzerains immediately cast amulets together to suppress the tyrannical spirit fire, and only then did they save the two.

"It seems that I really have to thank Brother Ai. However, I think there are two things that are very strange." Song Lingshuang said after listening.

"The monster blew itself up. Brilliance's dagger." Changsun Jue looked at him tiltedly, as if he had already guessed what he was going to say.

"That's right," Song Lingshuang nodded while lying on his stomach, poking his chin on the pillow, "Leaving aside why a real monster was mixed into the spirit realm, let's say that the monster is not afraid of pain or death. When it was dying, it still wanted to be with us We're going to die together. This is not in harmony with nature, it seems to be directed at us!"

"It wasn't us, it was you." Changsun Jue said, "When the three of us dispersed, he chased after you. It might have been a coincidence, but it never attacked me when I set up the formation."

Song Lingshuang pondered for a moment, "You are right. But when did I offend a monster?" He paused, "The spirit realm is so big, how did it find me?"

After a moment of silence, the two said in unison, "Bracelet!"

Song Lingshuang: "Someone tampered with the bracelet? Who can tamper with Fahrenheit's magic weapon?" He thought thoughtfully, "Could it be that someone from Fahrenheit wants to kill me? I have never had any contact with them! Could it be That kid from Brilliance? He couldn't be because of the incident ten years ago, so it wouldn't kill me!"

Changsun Jue shook his head, "He was with you at the beginning, and the monster almost hurt him. And judging by his and Hua Yunzheng's reactions, it doesn't seem like they knew about it in advance."

Song Lingshuang: "That's true. Speaking of this matter... You also think it's strange that his short knife flashed aura when it encountered a monster. He clearly didn't form a pill, but he can use a spirit weapon. Do you know that there is a spirit weapon?" Can it be used without infusing it with spiritual power?"

Changsun Jue thought for a while, then shook his head, "I've never seen it before."

"I may not have seen such a spirit weapon before." Song Lingshuang smiled meaningfully, "But you and I have seen such an object."

Changsun Jue seemed to be sitting a little uncomfortable, so he leaned against the edge of the bed, "Where did you see it?" His voice was a little low.

"Think about it carefully." Song Lingshuang didn't answer right away, as if giving Changsun Jue time to think about it.Seeing that Sun Jue was silent for a while, he finally revealed the answer, "Did you forget? The ruby ​​bracelet." If his guess is correct, the forces involved in this matter and the inextricable clues behind it are more complicated than he expected .

Song Lingshuang looked a little gloomy, and he continued: "Attach a talisman array to an object, this is not something everyone can do. The missing baby, Qian Po's bracelet, the walking corpse that should have been extinct long ago, and Brilliance's short knife, these are unusual things. They are all concentrated in Qingzhou, don't you think it's a bit too coincidental?"

Chang Sun Jue remained silent.

"There are always coincidences in the world, but if there are too many coincidences, it's suspicious." Song Lingshuang thought for a moment, then continued, "No, we have to find a way to take a look at the short knife. After all, the Hua family has a strong family, maybe there are a few that have been handed down from the ancestors." Pokémon. Brilliance hasn’t formed an alchemy yet, so it’s not surprising to be next to such a baby, and he has adopted an adopted son as a bodyguard! But then again, why do I think that kid Brilliance is very difficult to deal with you? When did you provoke him? Did you? It was me who provoked him when I was a child! Or did you really tease him in private?" Song Lingshuang was serious for only three seconds.He thought with a smirk that there are benefits to getting a lottery. At this time, Zou Zou was talking nonsense, and Chang Sun Jue couldn't bear to do anything to him.

But he waited for a long time, but the sound of "Get out" never came.He turned his head slightly to realize that Chang Sun Jue was leaning against the edge of the bed and fell asleep again.

The man leaned on the wooden pillar with his head tilted slightly, a strand of hair falling from his forehead hung down his temples, the candlelight outlined the outline of the bridge of the nose and lips, the sharp jaw was connected to the white jade-like neck, making him look even thinner .He frowned slightly, as if he was worried about something in his dream.

Song Lingshuang felt a little distressed.He endured the pain and moved his spiritual power slightly, and the candles in the room were extinguished.He moved slightly in the direction of Changsun Jue, and his arm finally touched his thigh.Just being next to each other, knowing that he was still there, Song Lingshuang felt much more at ease.He closed his eyes and said softly, "Sweet dream..."

It was already early the next morning when Song Lingshuang woke up again.Changsun Jue was not in the room, but Ai Zixuan was sitting at the table eating pastries and reading a book.

"Brother Ai, it's you..." Song Lingshuang raised his eyes, then narrowed them lazily.

Ai Zixuan stuffed the small piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake left in his hand into his mouth, turned his head, and said with some amusement, "Why do I feel a little disappointed in your words?"

"how come?"

Seeing that Song Lingshuang didn't even open his eyes, Ai Zixuan shook his head and said helplessly, "Brother Song, brother Song, do you dare to be more perfunctory?"

"Where's A Jue?"

"Just let your family A Jue go!" Ai Zixuan stood up, poured out a bowl of medicine from a jug warmed with hot water by the table, and brought it to Song Lingshuang, "He cleaned up your wound when he came back last night , apply medicine to bandage. That silly boy doesn’t believe anyone, so he has to do it himself. The burns on your back are still stained with clothes, he picks them out piece by piece, and applies the medicine powder bit by bit, so as not to hurt you. an hour."

Ai Zixuan went on to chatter, "After finishing the medicine with difficulty, he said that he needed to take the medicine early the next morning, so he ran to make alchemy. It was almost midnight when the medicine was ready. It wasn't that I forced some cakes into his mouth, He was still on an empty stomach. No matter how much I tried to persuade him not to go to sleep, I said you must wake up in the middle of the night, who knows what you will do if you don’t look at you. I saw him in the early morning this morning. Make medicine for you."

Song Lingshuang's heart ached when he heard that, no wonder he fell asleep while talking last night. "What about him now?"

"Take a break. If I hadn't promised to deliver the medicine to your mouth personally, how could he agree to sleep for a while? It's less than an hour since I've been lying down."

He knelt down and brought the medicine to Song Lingshuang's mouth, while dissatisfied, "Tell me, you are such a young master of a family, why did you make him look like a little daughter-in-law!"

Song Lingshuang smelled the medicine and opened his eyes, tipped his head and drank it in one gulp, and looked at Ai Zixuan with innocent eyes, "Brother Ai...you are a little angry early in the morning!"

"..." Ai Zixuan was at a loss for words after being blocked by him.He saw some things but couldn't say anything, and he couldn't complain to Changsun Jue, so he had to complain to Song Lingshuang.But what was the use of being angry with him?He thought of this and felt helpless, so he found a reason to prevaricate, "I don't have any anger. I just think that you two have become heroes in fighting monsters, and I ran away alone, which is very embarrassing!"

"You're wrong. Without you to rescue the soldiers, A Jue and I would be ashes now! Besides," Yao Mingming was very bitter, but Song Lingshuang was in a good mood after drinking, and he didn't care about Ai Zixuan, grinning , "The monster came for me in the first place, and you and A Jue were both involved."

Ai Zixuan was taken aback, "How do you say that?"

Song Lingshuang told Ai Zixuan what he and Changsun Jue had guessed last night.

Ai Zixuan heard the words and said, "After coming back last night, the suzerains also discussed. It is abnormal to mix monsters in the spiritual realm, and Sect Master Hua also said that he would send his disciples into the spiritual realm to see if there is any loophole in the enchantment. You said that the monsters are Chong Seeing you coming, this is even more strange. Could it be that the monster knows that you have entered the spirit realm, and would not hesitate to break into the barrier to attack you?"

Song Lingshuang shook his head, "I don't know. But according to various signs, this monster is unusual."

Ai Zixuan nodded, "But since you suspect Brilliance, you can't discuss this matter with Sect Master Hua. Have you thought about notifying Sect Master Grandson?"

Song Lingshuang pondered for a moment, but still shook his head, "It's embarrassing to tell Master before there is no evidence. I still have to find a way to get that short knife of Brilliance!"

"That's a bit difficult!" Ai Zixuan said, "He carries the short knife with him, and I haven't seen him take it off before."

"If you don't usually take it, I don't believe he still sleeps with it!"

Ai Zixuan turned pale with shock, "What do you want to do?!"

Song Lingshuang pulled a smirk from the corner of his mouth, "Guess!"

Monsters were mixed into the spirit realm, the trial ended early, and the great families also dispersed.Song Lingshuang was seriously injured and couldn't move for a while, so Changsun Huan sent Changsun Fu and the others back to Luhuadang first, while he and Changsun Jue stayed to take care of him.

Song Lingshuang's injury was taken care of by the elder Sun Jue, and he got better day by day.The burns that were still bloody and bloody two days ago also began to scab, but the wound was on my back and I couldn't lie down, so I had to lie on my stomach every day.

Ai Zixuan came to visit Song Lingshuang this day, and at the door he met eldest grandson Huan who had just come out of the house.He saluted and entered the house.

Changsun Jue was changing Song Lingshuang's dressing.

Ai Zixuan walked to the bed and looked at Song Lingshuang's injury with his head, and couldn't help frowning.He asked Changsun Jue, "How is Brother Song?"

Changsun Jue was very focused on taking the medicine, "I can't die!" He said it bluntly, but his hands were light.

Song Lingshuang seemed to have been touched by a painful place, and hissed, "A Jue, don't be so heartless!" He glanced at Ai Zixuan's expression, and asked, "Is my back disgusting?"

"Anyway, I can't whet my appetite." Ai Zixuan said honestly.

The spirit fire produced by the monster self-exploding demon core is unusual, and the burns are naturally not ordinary burns.If it wasn't for Changsun Jue's great alchemy and doing everything by himself, Song Lingshuang's back would have been festered long ago.

Song Lingshuang: "..."

Changsun Jue glanced at him, and said coldly, "Don't worry, there will be no scars. You can still look good shirtless in the future."

Song Lingshuang lamented that Changsun Jue was sometimes as dull as he could be, and sometimes he was like a bug in his stomach.He said "oh".Changsun Jue said that there would be no scars, so there would definitely be no scars.But he couldn't help being mean, "It doesn't matter if you leave a scar. If you really have a scar, A Jue, you can only repay me with a promise of your body?"

"roll!"

"Hiss - be merciful! Be merciful! Ah, you are so heavy handed, are you sure you won't leave scars?"

"will not!"

Ai Zixuan watched the two of them messing around with complicated eyes, and couldn't help but sighed again.

After Chang Sun Jue finished changing the medicine, Song Lingshuang finally relaxed a bit, hugged the pillow and adjusted his prone position, then asked Ai Zixuan, "Brother Ai, how is the matter I asked you to do?"

Ai Zixuan sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip, "I have roughly checked."

Changsun Jue packed up the pills and gauze, and glanced at Song Lingshuang, his eyes seemed to say that he could only lie on the bed and be restless!

Ai Zixuan took another sip of tea, "Speaking of Brilliance and Hua Yunzheng, it's a bit like you and Huaijing, they also grew up together. Hua Yunzheng is the son of Brilliance's nanny. Later, the nanny The sudden illness was gone, and Hua Zhongyang saw that Hua Yunzheng was about the same age as his son, so he raised him in the Hua family to be Hua Chen's companion. When Hua Chen was five years old, Hua Zhongyang's study room flooded, and Hua Chen was trapped in it for some reason. It was Hua Yun Zheng rescued him. I don’t know if it was out of gratitude. Hua Zhongyang took him into the inner sect, taught him how to practice, and later adopted him as an adopted son. Unexpectedly, Hua Yunzheng is quite talented, and now he is a member of the Four Realms. , is the best among the juniors of the Hua family."

"Okay, brother Ai, it's only been a few days, and I've found out clearly!" Song Lingshuang laughed.

"Brother Song really underestimated me! I've been here for more than half a month, and there are always a few people to talk to!"

"Who dares to underestimate our former son!" Song Lingshuang adjusted his posture with his right shoulder injured, and stretched out his left hand to give Ai Zixuan a thumbs up, "But A Jue and I are not like those two people! Brilliance vs. Hua Yun Zheng doesn't want to see you! You see, A Jue treats me better than a daughter-in-law treats her husband!" Taking advantage of her sick body, Song Lingshuang has become more and more open-minded these days.

"Get out!" Changsun Jue glared at Song Lingshuang, as if a sharp knife flew by imperceptibly.

Ai Zixuan: "..." Your wife doesn't like you very much either...

Song Lingshuang didn't mind, and continued to ask, "By the way, since Hua Yunzheng once saved Hua Chen's life, why does Hua Chen seem to have a grudge against him?"

"It's not difficult to understand. Huachen is the son of a legitimate son. He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, but he has a root of disease from his mother's womb and cannot form an alchemy. Hua Yunzheng is an adopted son, and his background is not good, but he has excellent talent in cultivation. Do you think Brilliance can balance his mentality? Although Hua Yunzheng has always kept a low profile and followed Brilliance at his beck and call, the more he did that, the more uncomfortable Brilliance would feel. Don't you give him face? Thinking about it this way, Hua Yunzheng is really amazing He can bear Brilliance's temper! He can bear it for more than ten years. Besides..." Ai Zixuan glanced outside the door, seeing no one could continue, "Brilliance originally had a rumored younger brother who was worse than Brilliance. He was four or five years younger, and somehow died suddenly two years ago! Disciples privately rumored that Brilliance killed him, but no one really saw it. This matter is taboo, no one dares to ask and no one dares to mention it , as if there was never such a person.”

Song Lingshuang: "What is the rumored younger brother?"

Ai Zixuan: "It's Hua Zhongyang's illegitimate child. No name or distinction."

"Even if he has no title, he is still his own son. Hua Zhongyang didn't pursue it?" Song Lingshuang asked.

Ai Zixuan: "The matter can be suppressed so quickly and handled so cleanly, do you think it can be done without the suzerain's acquiescence?"

Song Lingshuang nodded, "What about the other thing?"

"I also asked clearly. There is an enchantment in the other garden where Brilliance lives. Only the main entrance can be entered and exited. Two aunts with profound cultivation are guarding the door in shifts. I heard that they are Hua Zhongyang's direct descendants."

"Why are you asking about this?" Changsun Jue asked.

Song Lingshuang smirked, "Ah Jue, don't be jealous, senior brother is not interested in Brilliance! But you always have to look at that short knife. Do you have any elixir, which is colorless and odorless and can be vaporized, so that Can't people wake up after smelling it for a while?"

It's so mysterious, isn't it because I want a drug...

"No," Changsun Jue said coldly, paused for a moment, and then said again, "But it can be done."

Song Lingshuang looked at Ai Zixuan with a smile, "Brother Ai, Bai, have you ever been a one?"

Ai Zixuan knew what he was thinking as soon as he heard it, and said aggrievedly, "Why me?"

Song Lingshuang raised his eyebrows, "Naturally, it's because our eldest son is handsome and everyone loves him!"