The night seems very long. Lan Ling was already exhausted and fell asleep early, leaning on the stone wall behind him.
"call--"
The cold wind hit, and Lan Ling couldn't help but shrink into a ball.
Seeing this, Zhao Yunxi took off the animal skin he had hunted and covered Lan Ling's body. Only then did the livid face regain its color.
As the bonfire crackled and exploded, the temperature of the entire cave began to gradually rise. At this time, Zhao Yunxi was also sitting by the campfire and gradually fell asleep.
Yuzhou City, Fan Mansion.
Looking at the gradually clearing weather outside the house, Ruoshui took the old and somewhat yellowed ancient book from the table after thinking for a long time. I saw three big black characters written on it - astrology
With a sad face, she sighed softly, looked at the "Astrology" in her hand, and said, "Dad has been away for some years, why has there been no news yet? Could it be that something unexpected happened to him?"
"I remember that my father picked this book up outside. If it hadn't been for it, my father probably wouldn't have disappeared without a trace."
Looking at the ancient books in front of him, Ruoshui raised his heart to his voice again. She looked at the sky cautiously to make sure it was getting better. Only then did she dare to open the ancient book.
The first page of this book reads: All the principles of heaven and earth agree with each other; the principles of life and death all depend on each other. Take the way of heaven to explore its fate, and jump into reincarnation to know its life.
The second page is all kinds of horoscope explanations.
As she kept reading, she began to feel a little restless that day.
"Boom——"
Suddenly, a huge boulder on the rockery was split into several pieces by a bolt of lightning, and white smoke billowed out. The splashed pebbles flew in front of Ruoshui's eyes and almost hit her in the face.
Ruoshui saw this and put away the ancient book.
"Miss! Are you okay?" Xiaolan, the maid, heard the thunder just now and hurriedly came to Ruoshui's room. However, when she saw Ruoshui holding the ancient book "Astrology", she was surprised and said: "Miss, how dare you hold it? Huh? Did Miss forget that last time, because of it, she almost——"
"Okay! Xiaolan! You don't need to mention what happened last time." Ruoshui was a little angry, grabbed the conversation, and said to Xiaolan: "The day my dad doesn't come home, the day after day I feel uneasy. I can't stand this God." They are also against me and don’t want me to know anything. Could it be that something unexpected happened to dad? "
"Miss! You don't have to be sad. Master, he will come back safely."
"I hope so!"
Both of them turned their attention to the ancient book "Astrology" on the table.
I don’t know when, the sky is getting brighter. A beam of light shines into the cave.
Lan Ling stood up, only to see that there was an extra animal clothing on her body, and she felt a lot better about the empty seat that disappeared. Seeing that no one was around, Lan Ling became a little worried. Maybe it was because of this warmth that I started to worry about others.
"Brother Zhao! Are you still there? Brother Zhao?" Lan Ling stood up and walked out of the cave, feeling a commotion in his heart and not knowing what to do.
"What's going on?" Zhao Yunxi walked in carrying a few pheasants. He almost bumped into Lan Ling again. Lan Ling's blushing cheeks immediately avoided Zhao Yunxi's gaze and said, "As long as it's okay!"
"Thank you——!" Lan Ling covered her face with one hand and handed the fur suit to Zhao Yunxi with the other hand.
"Brother Lan! Why do you act like a girl!" Zhao Yunxi took the fursuit while laughing, and said: "Isn't it because I was afraid that you would catch a cold, so I put a fursuit on you! Are you so embarrassed? ?”
Zhao Yunxi didn't pay attention to Lan Ling's blushing face at this time, but actually jumped up the pheasant on the ground.
"This is the pheasant I just shot. Do you want to exchange it for some money?" Zhao Yunxi looked at Lan Ling aside.
"That's it?"
"What? You think it's too little?"
"no?"
"Then why?"
"I think this pheasant has a difficult life, so there is no need to hurt it! We can solve the food and clothing problem by finding some odd jobs in the city."
"Do you think finding odd jobs is as easy as you imagined?" Zhao Yunxi seemed to have forgotten, saying: "I'm sorry, I almost forgot that you are a doctor. Forgive me! Forgive me!"
"Brother Zhao is going to Yuzhou City?"
"Exactly! I wonder where Brother Lan is going?"
"I'm just a doctor and I don't know where to go?"
"In this case, Brother Lan might as well go to Yuzhou City with me. After I exchange some silver, I will take you to Fan Mansion. Introduce you to my friend, and you can stay in her house for a few days. I will treat you When you have somewhere to go, it’s never too late to leave! What’s more, there are many wolves, tigers and leopards in this mountain stream, so it’s relatively safer than living in her house. I wonder what Brother Lan thinks?”
"I'm a doctor, I'm afraid it wouldn't be good to go like this, right?" Lan Ling was a little cautious.
"That's no problem. I can repay you with what I have in my hand, not to mention this beast suit! As far as I know, she is a kind and compassionate person, willing to help others, tolerant and virtuous. A gentle, intelligent person. I believe she won’t care about these things!”
Seeing how obsessed Zhao Yunxi was, Lan Ling was a little unhappy and said, "It seems that Brother Zhao has a very deep impression of her!"
"Ha! It's a long story. I only met her once."
"We are so familiar after just one meeting. It seems that Brother Zhao still likes her -"
"Brother Lan, don't say any more! I'm just talking about people. I hope Brother Lan doesn't think too much about it. I have no other intentions. Besides, as a person of humble status, what qualifications do I have to match her!"
Seeing that Zhao Yunxi was in a low mood, Lan Ling said carefully: "Don't be like this! I was just joking, don't take it too seriously."
"No, I'm just telling the truth. After all, I still have many things waiting for me to solve. I just don't want to injure others." Zhao Yunxi changed the topic and said, "I wonder what you think about it?"
"Brother Zhao has said so, how can I ignore it?"
As soon as these words came out, the two looked at each other and laughed.
The two of them entered the city, exchanged some money, bought some snacks, and then headed to Fan Mansion.
The sky is a clear blue, with white clouds floating in from the distance.
The warm wind blew the curtains around the pavilion, lifting half of the white gauze under Ruoshui's cheeks. Her slender hands slid between the lines, reading the main meaning of each line of poetry.
"The rain falls at night and you are close to death, but the blood drops on the eyebrows are hard to find. After ten years of practicing martial arts, there is no hope. Longquan is easy to find. It is difficult to understand. A confidant will never be forgotten. There is no strong soul under the sword of Longquan. The falling flowers and flowing water are past events, and the world has peace. ." Ruoshui swept across Zhao Yunxi's face, then looked at Lan Ling, and said to Zhao Yunxi with some restraint: "After hearing about Mr. Zhao's life experience and his experiences in the past few days, this poem seems to be consistent with Mr. Zhao's life trajectory. If Ruoshui's guess is correct, this poem may be about the first half of Mr. Zhao's life."
"Since it was the first half of my life, why did I only experience ten years of practicing martial arts without any hope, but it didn't show up before and after?"
"No! Your first half of life has already come true." Immediately, Ruoshui began to interpret the meaning of the poem and said: "The rain fell at night and you narrowly escaped death. It is about the night when it rained heavily when you were born, and you were surrounded by enemies from all sides. ; The life of the blood drop between the eyebrows is hard to find, which means that the blood drop enters your body from the center of your eyebrows and is connected with your destiny; and after ten years of practicing martial arts, there is no hope, which is consistent with the time you spent in Xuanzhen Sect. It’s been ten years, and your master has ruined all your martial arts skills. It’s hard to understand that Longquan is easy to come by. I’m afraid it’s about another setback because of Longquan. A confidante will never be forgotten, and there is no strong soul under the Longquan sword; it means that you will There was a confidante, and because you and I couldn't forget each other, they died on the spot due to the Longquan Sword. The falling flowers and flowing water are a thing of the past, and the world will be at peace. These two sentences mean that if you want to restore peace to the world, one person must die—— "
For some reason, when Ruoshui said this, she seemed to have something on her mind and stopped. She looked worried and couldn't believe it. But it didn't show up in front of Zhao Yunxi and the others. Because she didn't want them to know the secret of the last line of the poem.
"Falling flowers and flowing water are obviously signs of a tragic failure. The past is destined to be a thing of the past." Ruoshui felt a lot in his heart, but he did not tell the two of them the secret in his heart.
"I think this poem is not what Miss Ruoshui said. Maybe we all misunderstood it!" Zhao Yunxi looked worried. He looked at Ruoshui again, as if he was absent-minded, so he changed the subject and spoke to the two of them.
"misunderstanding?"
Zhao Yunxi and Ruoshui couldn't believe it, and looked at Lan Ling in unison.
"Although the first half of the sentence is similar in several places, it does not necessarily refer to Brother Zhao. Just like how to explain the word 'finally hopeless' in the martial arts practice in the past ten years? Could it mean that the martial arts practice in the past ten years is hopeless? Is your martial arts in vain after all?" After saying that, Lan Ling stood up and looked at Zhao Yunxi and said: "This Yuxu is one of the best among the four sects. He also defeated Tan Yang by his own means and made him flee in panic. . Now that you are facing an unjust case, and the murderer has so obviously framed you, I don’t think he can’t help but see it. Not to mention that the ten years of hard work in nurturing you were all due to the villain’s tricks. Suddenly, And abolishing all your martial arts. He can't be so stupid. I think it's just a cover-up for him to abolish all your martial arts in front of all the disciples. He will definitely have a trick on you, and he will use you like this I'm afraid that being kicked out is just a pretense for the gangsters."
"According to what you said, he may not have completely destroyed all my martial arts skills." In doubt, Zhao Yunxi looked at the stone in the distance. There is a certain amount of strength in the movement in the hands. Hit the stone.
"Snapped--"
The stone suddenly exploded and turned into white smoke, disappearing before their eyes. At the same time, there was a current of air flowing slowly throughout his body. Not only that, it seems that his martial arts has improved to a higher level than when he was in Xuanzhen Sect.
"What on earth is going on?" Zhao Yunxi looked at his ordinary hands and said with some disbelief: "Why didn't I feel it that day? Could it be that the master was afraid that I would reveal my secrets, so he kept my martial arts skills secret? Sealed?"
"Not only did he not abolish your martial arts, but he also taught you some. Your master must know that the real murderer is not you, but someone else!"
"So, what is written in this poem is not entirely correct." Zhao Yunxi seemed to have thought of something and said: "Girl Ruoshui is known as Xiao Zhuge, so her divination skills shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"It's not a problem, it's just-"
"There seems to be something unspeakable. Miss Ruoshui might as well tell her directly." Zhao Yunxi saw that Ruoshui was a bit cryptic and said to her.
"I have also learned a lot about divination from an ancient book, but I have never used it. Firstly, this divination technique is taboo for women; secondly, this divination is also about exploring the secrets of the heavens, and it will be harmful to the slightest. Those with severe yang energy will be punished by heaven, so——"
"In that case, let me be the divination person. I wonder if Miss Ruoshui can do it?" Zhao Yunxi said without hesitation.
"It's not a problem that you are a man. It's just that the hexagrams are difficult to understand and extremely inconvenient to operate. The person who divines must have no distracting thoughts in order to succeed, otherwise, it will all be in vain." Ruoshui emphasized.
"That's not a problem." Zhao Yunxi said simply.
[Questions: 1. Why did Lan Ling feel a little unhappy when Zhao Yunxi mentioned Ruoshui? Why?
2. Is the poem mentioned by Zhao Yunxi really a reflection of the first half of Zhao Yunxi's life, as Ruoshui said? Why did the last sentence make Ruoshui worried? Who does "falling flowers and flowing water" refer to? 】
