Qizhou

"Stop talking nonsense! What kind of rare thing is your jade pendant? I have never seen it in any color or size! How can you say that I stole your things!" After jumping down, he lifted the bamboo hat up, revealing half of his face that was covered, and there was impatience in his eyes.

"Yes." He Qizhou said, "Zhu Xiaoliu said he lost his jade pendant, shouldn't he report to the officials, why did he find me here?"

Zhu Xiaoliu stuttered and was about to speak, but Zhu Sheng scolded him first: "There are so many things lost in this village! If reporting to the official is useful, we would have reported to the official a long time ago! What should we tell the official? What about our things being stolen by foxes?" Steal it, let the master Qingtian be the master? Can the master care about us! Don't you think we are crazy?"

Ci Nian sneered: "Do you think that the way you mess around with me doesn't look like you've lost your mind?"

Hearing this, Zhu Sheng's blood rushed to the top of his head, before Zhu Xiaoliu could say anything, he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward, as if he wanted to fight with Ci Nian, and Ci Nian did not show any weakness , squinting his neck to look at him, raised his hand and flicked it, and a swift shadow flew out of his fingertips.

Zhusheng reacted very quickly, before the thing arrived, he hurriedly raised his hand to block it, only heard a "pop", Zhusheng was in pain, and said "Ouch" several times in a row, while waving his hands back, he raised his voice loudly Shout: "There is a hidden weapon! Help! The fox has killed someone!"

He frightened himself and danced for a while before Zhusheng managed to open his eyes a little. He caught a glimpse of a smear of orange on the ground in front of him, and when he took a closer look, it turned out to be an orange peel that had been peeled into a flower shape.Seeing this scene, He Qizhou laughed without hesitation. He was already laughing at the end of the year, and now he laughed even more presumptuously. The two of them laughed like this, and even Zhu Xiaoliu, who was timid and stuttering, laughed along with "hehe", laughing De Zhusheng blushed for a while.

Unable to keep up with this face, Zhusheng frowned, knocked Zhuxiaoliu on the head, and cursed: "You are laughing! I am here to seek justice for you! You are helping outsiders laugh at me! Do you want Yupei?" gone?"

Zhu Xiaoliu came to his senses, quickly stopped laughing, and said ferociously, "Yes... yes! Return the jade pendant to me!"

Seeing that Ci Nian was about to explode again, He Qizhou slowly stopped him behind him, walked around Zhusheng, looked at Zhu Xiaoliu, and asked, "Okay, then I'll help you find it, what does your jade pendant look like?"

Zhu Xiaoliu gestured: "It's so big, it's green, it's in the shape of a bamboo leaf, and it's been left by my family for generations."

He Qizhou asked again: "Then where do you usually keep it?"

Zhu Xiaoliu scratched his head: "On weekdays...I hang it around my neck, but today I suddenly found that my jade pendant is missing!"

"What time is it today?"

"Today..." Zhu Xiaoliu touched his heart. He was born dark, and he often basked in the sun on weekdays. It happened that four inches below his Adam's apple, there was a small piece of skin that was slightly fair. At first glance, it was where the jade pendant was usually worn. "Today Before I went out, I took a shower, and the rope of the jade pendant was worn out, so I took it off, put it on again, and put it in my pocket..."

While recalling, Zhu Xiaoliu reached out to touch his pocket, and with a pause on his fingertips, he stopped talking.

In the next second, under the gaze of these three people and six eyes, Zhu Xiaoliu's fingers tightly pinched the emerald bamboo leaf-shaped jade pendant, and slowly pulled it out of his pocket.After a moment of silence, Zhu Xiaoliu finally squeezed out an embarrassed smile: "So it's here..."

Zhu Sheng, who had been losing face in the first place, only hated himself for not being able to dig a hole to hide his face, so he snatched the jade pendant from Zhu Xiaoliu's hand, snapped it back around his neck, and cursed in a low voice: "Pig brain! "

Ci Nian watched coldly, then suddenly took out half of the orange peel from his pocket, and threw it at the back of Zhusheng's head: "Apologize!"

Zhusheng was in pain, and he let out another "ouch", turned his head hastily, and glared at the two of them viciously.

How can a human being bow his head and apologize to monsters?When Zhusheng thought of this, his neck became straighter. He picked up the half of the orange peel from the ground and threw it at Ci Nian. Like light sandpaper, before it touched Ci Nian, it flew to the pile of fallen leaves beside him. This accuracy was too far off.

Ci Nian couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing again.

Zhu Sheng saw that he couldn't get anything good, so he challenged He Qizhou: "Master He, you are the honored guest of Zhuxi Village, and you don't feel ashamed to hang out with such a monster now? In the past, the girls in the village thought you were handsome and handsome. , I have a good eye for you, you keep this fox in the bamboo house every day, maybe you will sleep with him in the same bed, and you are not afraid of making a mess?"

He Qizhou frowned, and before he could open his mouth, Ci Nian scolded him first: "Fart! I take a bath every day, you old man! Where did the smell come from! It's as good as you!"

Zhu Sheng couldn't scold him for saying goodbye, so he continued to attack He Qizhou, putting on a posture of being unreasonable and debating: "Listen to Daoist He! Listen to what he said! A monster is a monster! Even if you steal it today It's not him who Xiaoliu wears jade, and he will never stop because of your temporary influence! What's more, he blocked the back mountain! This is a monster who is rampant, why are you protecting him like this!?"

Ci Nian wanted to retort, but was stopped by He Qizhou: "Mr. Zhusheng, I want to correct something."

Seeing his serious tone, Zhusheng hurriedly took two steps back, not daring to speak, just waiting for his next words.

He Qizhou said: "I haven't shared the bed with him yet, please don't talk nonsense."

Zhu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't know how to respond to this, He Qizhou said again: "I found the jade pendant too, so let's forget about it, you two came to my yard, is it to warn me not to mix with him? He Qizhou This person is used to being idle, and he doesn't listen to anyone except my master, who is also used to being idle, if he knows that I have a relationship with the fox ghost in the mountains, he will probably praise me a few words, so I won't bother you two gone."

This series of cannonballs blocked Zhusheng so much that he couldn't answer a word. He was so angry that he kicked the pile of fallen leaves that had been swept away, turned his head, and shouted at Zhuxiaoliu: "Hurry up! It's not enough!" Disgraceful!" He stepped out of the courtyard, still feeling uneasy, and turned around to yell at the two of them, "I'm afraid I don't know what my reputation is in the village! Just wait! Zhuxi Village will see through your faces sooner or later !"

Seeing Zhu Sheng go away, Zhu Xiaoliu also encountered difficulties. He touched the jade pendant in his heart, suddenly bowed to He Qizhou, and stammered: "Yes... I'm sorry, I was careless for a while, and I was wronged." In fact, the village was quite peaceful during this period of time... nothing happened, but Zhusheng has always been like this. He just wanted to seek justice for me. It's my fault, it's my fault..."

He Qizhou waved his hand: "It's okay, it's getting dark, go back quickly."

Zhu Xiaoliu apologized to Ci Nian again and then chased after Zhu Sheng's figure and left.After the turmoil was resolved, He Qizhou remembered the unfinished topic just now. He turned around and said, "By the way, what I just said..."

"I'd better go back." Ci Nian picked up the bamboo hat, patted it lightly twice, and placed it next to the well. His voice was still clear, but his tone was not as lively as before. The whole sentence was like a well full of water. Cloth, very heavy, but also very cold.He Qizhou understood what he meant, and it was inconvenient to force him to stay, so he took out a small red string from his bosom, and that red string wore a round breast, shining white, exactly the same as Ci Nian's snow-white ear.

Ci Nian looked at him without moving. Seeing that he was not coming, He Qizhou walked over by himself, tied the red rope around his thin wrist, and said, "It's been a month, and it's fifteen again. Even if you practice If you have made some progress, you should at least give yourself some ground, the barrier at the back of the mountain is already very solid, so you don’t need to do your best to strengthen it.”

Ci Nian was stunned: "Are you following me?"

"The birds in the mountains told me." He Qizhou smiled and said, "Go, come back when you're tired, and you don't need to knock when you enter the house."

The resignation year really left.

He didn't say anything when he left, as usual, with light toes and a vigorous posture, he disappeared into the dense forest and quickly disappeared.He Qizhou picked up the bamboo hat and hung it outside the door. He slowly touched the little fox pattern he had woven, lowered his head and chuckled for a while, put all the clothes to dry in the yard into the house, and closed the door.

The letter to Chang'an has not been sent for a long time.It's time to write a few words to say goodbye.

In the middle of Shu, where summer and autumn meet, the south wind does not give way to the west wind, and the lingering wind comes and goes, making the eaves creak.A thunderclap finally exploded in He Qizhou's dream, pulling him out of sleep.When He Qizhou opened his eyes, he was catching up with a huge lightning bolt outside the house, but within a moment, the thunder broke through the sound of rain and reached his ears.

After waking up for a while, He Qizhou suddenly turned over and got out of bed, grabbed the oil-paper umbrella by the door and ran outside.

I haven't come back yet.

The rain in this mountain is so heavy, I don't know if he has found a cave to hide from the rain, but don't just find a bamboo and hide in it!There was another thunder, He Qizhou pushed the door open, but his foot was confiscated, almost kicking the shadow sitting by the door.

He hastily squatted down and held up a lantern to take a look. It was none other than the one who was nesting by the wall, and it was in the afternoon that he bid farewell to the New Year.The little fox drooped his ears and was drenched all over. When he saw him coming out, his foggy eyes brightened a little, but the stars in his eyes sank immediately before they rose.Without saying a word, He Qizhou put down the lantern, put the umbrella on the top of Ci Nian's head, and ordered softly: "Go into the house, I'll boil water for you to keep warm."

Ci Nian shook his head: "I'm just hiding from the rain."

He Qizhou held his hand, and there was no sign of catching a cold. After thinking about it for a while, He Qizhou also felt that he was confused. Ci Nian was not a human being, nor was he an ordinary beast.

"Go first into the house." He Qizhou said, pulling up the wet man, trying to bring him into the house, but when he stood up, another bolt of lightning flashed in the sky, and the winding electric snake slashed towards the top of the mountain, drawing a needle With the violent thunder, He Qizhou only felt that the heart in his chest was shaken by the thunder.The person holding his hand trembled suddenly, and suddenly went limp. This normally lively young man suddenly lost his previous energy. long night.

"Ci Nian, it's okay... The house is safe, we can just go in." He Qizhou almost held Ci Nian in his arms, and moved him into the room bit by bit.When Ci Nian passed the threshold, he finally let go of his clenched lips, and tremblingly said: "You will be scolded, you will be poked in the back..."

He Qizhou forcefully dragged him in: "My spine is strong enough, so they can poke it as they please, even with a knife."

The lights in the room came on one after another, and there was a thunderstorm outside the window. He Qizhou filled the bathtub with bath water, picked up the trembling fox and put it in the bucket.Of course, he was not going to be completely naked, and He Qizhou even left him a pair of trousers, so as not to be too embarrassing when scrubbing for him.It's not that He Qizhou has never seen a frightened animal before, but when this expression appeared on Ci Nian's face, he was more or less not used to it.

He put the resignation year into the bucket, and was about to turn his head to find a towel for him, but as soon as the boy entered the water, he immediately jumped out of the tub screaming, and He Qizhou hurriedly followed him, so that he wouldn't fall out of the water , Thunder continued outside the window, and the pair of white pointed ears kept trembling.

Ci Nian was so trembling that he couldn't speak, but he was unwilling to get into the bathtub no matter what, he insisted on maintaining the posture of sitting on the edge of the tub, and was in a stalemate with He Qizhou for almost half an hour.

He Qizhou suddenly discovered the key, and he asked, "Is the water too hot?"

Ci Nian shook his head, his legs were still in the water, the hot water was warm and did not cause discomfort.He Qizhou looked carefully, and finally moved the small bamboo stool beside him, pressed it into the water, and persuaded him: "Try now, can you step on it to the end, there is a stool, do you feel it?"

Ci Nian stretched his legs, his toes touched the bamboo stool, and his tense expression instantly eased. He repeatedly tested the position of the bamboo stool with the soles of his feet, and finally slowly entered the tub and sat on the bamboo stool.Even if he was sitting, the parts above his heart could be exposed to the surface of the water. Ci Nian finally relaxed, his eyes gradually brightened, and his face began to warm up.

He Qizhou breathed a sigh of relief slowly, but felt that his heart was bored by the lightning.

He took Ci Nian's hair apart, washed it again with hot water, dried it, and combed it.There has never been such a docile time in the past year, and he is so obedient that he is not like the old him.There was constant thunder and rain outside the window, but with the shelter across the house, the rain and wind were nothing.After washing up, he chose a well-fitting and clean underwear for Ci Nian, and led him to the bedroom.

The candles in the house are bright and the light is warm, only a wall separates them, as if the lightning and thunder outside the house have been driven to another world, and all the cold and suffocation have also gone away.Ci Nian looked at the neat mattress and stopped.

He Qizhou asked: "You are afraid of water, aren't you?"

Ci Nian frowned and nodded.

He Qizhou said again: "Go to sleep. Take a good rest, and everything will be fine when the sun rises." When he said this, his voice was very gentle, like gently peeling a bamboo shoot with a knife, with a feeling of itchy ears feel.

Ci Nian also wrapped himself in a quilt, which was He Qizhou's quilt, and He Qizhou was beside him.The Taoist in white tucked up the quilt and adjusted the pillow for Ci Nian. After hesitating for a moment, his big hands finally stuck to his ears, blocking the muffled thunder outside the window for him.

The room was very quiet, Ci Nian huddled under the quilt, and suddenly called out "Taoist".

He Qizhou lowered his head, met those bright eyes, and replied, "I'm here."

Ci Young said: "You will be scolded, you are sharing the same bed with me."

He Qizhou smiled, and gently raised his hand, exposing a corner of his furry ear: "Go to sleep, when you wake up, everything will be fine."