ladybug

Title: Rift in Dark Alley

Summary: I prefer him more, and I always find excuses for him

Shen Lingbin's other courtyard is located in the bustling area in the northwest of Lizhou City, quiet amidst the hustle and bustle.In front of the gate, there are two maple poplar trees hanging down to Qingxi.A pair of stone lions are majestic at the entrance, with sticky wood trees as the pillars of the gate tower, and there are three gate towers.The stone mortar in the middle gate is a stone vase with a plaque of "Jing Biao Shang Yi" hung on it.When we got out of the carriage, the coachman went to whisper with the porter.The coachman came back and said, "Please come in, the younger one is going back to Shen Jiedu's mansion first." The concierge welcomed me and Wei Yan in: "The mansion is fully equipped. I hope that Dr. Li and Wei Yan are just our own homes." There are three entrances into the hall and one entrance into the middle hall.A big butler led us to the wing room, where the gate of Chang and the beams in front of the hall were carved with flowers and birds, and the knives were exquisite.Wei Yan pointed to the ground and asked, "Pebble road?" I said, "There are many brick roads in Chang'an City, but there is a lot of rain in Lizhou, so the houses are paved with pebbles, so that the water can seep into the ground when it rains."

When we arrived at the door of the wing room, the butler said, "Here we are. The servants will inform you when meals are usually ordered. If you don't have meals, please tell Dr. Li in advance." I said, "Okay, no lunch today." The butler asked, "Li How come the doctor is so familiar with Lizhou?" I laughed: "I was originally from Lizhou, but I went to Chang'an when I was 15 years old." The housekeeper said, "I can't even hear the local accent." He left.

Wei Yan didn't enter the room, and went to the yard to touch the wall and the middle of the wall.I said: "The walls are made of keel bricks, and the middle is covered with moso bamboo." Wei Yan tilted his head and continued to touch.I said, "Don't tell about Shen Yao's matter." Wei Yan paused and said, "Yes, master." I reminded him: "Didn't you want to report that you killed Liu Yanluo?" Said: "Yes." I said: "Hurry up and go to the Four Temples in Lizhou. I will wait for you to come back and go out for lunch." He flashed out from the courtyard wall.

I went out to familiarize myself with the surroundings, but Shen Yao was standing at the door.

I frowned: "Shen, Yao, what are you doing here?" Shen Yao pulled me into the alley between the walls of the house.There are mulberry trees at the entrance of the alley, and there are three broken Luodou beside the road.He kicked the three big baskets to block the exit of the alley.At the end of the dark alley were two tattered baskets, dirty and dark, and the orangutan felt snow jacket he was wearing was more like dark red, the dark red of dried blood.

I shook off his hand and said, "Wei Yan and I will never tell about the fact that you are not the real Shen Yao. You don't need to convince me again."

He looked down at me in the alley and said, "Since you know it well, why didn't you say it just now?"

"How can his grandmother, his sister, and Shen Lingbin bear it as soon as he gains it and loses it again?" I reluctantly said, and I raised you with one hand, "but you persuade me that he has passed away, and it is useless to keep his identity." .”

Shen Yao said: "You think it's the best."

"But the reason why the real Shen Yao was buried in Wolf Valley is that there is no whole body." I finally became angry, "After all, it was because of... because of you..."

"After all, it was because I didn't save him on purpose." He finished for me. "I killed him indirectly. Before he died, he asked me to bring the jade token to his family, and I brought it back."

"You handed back the jade token in his place!" I said, "You will die for his identity!"

"If it wasn't for me, you and Wei Yan would have died in the Valley of the Wolf long ago." Shen Yao approached me step by step, "The emperor and general Xiangning are kind, why does Wei Ba spend more than 13 yuan every day, and I am so lowly [-] taels? With Shen Sheng's cowardly appearance, do you really think he is worthy to be Shen Lingbin's son?"

"He doesn't deserve it, don't you deserve it?" I was forced back against the wall by him.

"Yes, I am worthy." Shen Yao said, "I have worked hard in all aspects of education, martial arts, and business. What am I not worthy of?"

I was speechless for a while: "No matter how good you are, you are not afraid that I will expose you on the spot?"

He actually smiled and said: "If you dismantle it, then you can join the army in another place, it will be more difficult."

"You think everything through! Shen Sheng was bitten by a wolf himself, and you didn't go to save him. What about Liang Zeren? Master Liang died even more strangely." I asked again, "Didn't the bride come here for Liang Zeren? How could Liang Zeren be behind you?" One shot? Because Shen Sheng’s documents are with Mr. Liang, and Mr. Liang knows what Shen Sheng looks like, so...so you intentionally put one shot to kill him, right?”

"Yes, Liang Zeren was killed by me." Shen Yao put his arms on both sides of my shoulders, enveloping me, "Those who can achieve great things don't care about small things. I killed to stop the killing, to save the common people."

"That sounds good! You are killing indiscriminately." I said, "You shouldn't have killed Mr. Liang."

"Indiscriminate killing?" Shen Yao said, "Wei Yan probably killed many more people than me."

"He...he had no choice but to take the initiative." I lost my confidence.

"Li Ping, you are not only unfair," Shen Yao sneered, "you are also hypocritical."

"Because he is my lover," you are my relative, I dared to admit it after I was silent, "so I prefer him more, and find excuses for him everywhere."

At the moment of exit, as if the invisible mask had been torn, Shen Yao grabbed the neckline of my squirrel cloak carved in stone blue silk: "I would rather you not admit it."

"Let go, master." Wei Yan appeared at the entrance of the alley, behind him a red-brown ladybug fell from a mulberry tree onto his shoulder.

Shen Yao let me go, I said tiredly: "Don't tell me these things again. Another excuse, another lie, I don't want to know too much."

"You have to turn a blind eye again." Shen Lian said behind me.I ignored him, and I was obviously partial to him, but not as good as Wei Yan.

I took Wei Yan's rough hand and flicked the ladybug off his shoulder.A ladybug has fourteen black spots on each elytra. "This ladybug is densely covered with yellow-brown fine hairs, which is strange." I asked him, "Have you applied for education?"

He said, "Reported."

I said: "You didn't see me when you came back, and you came out to look for me again?" He said: "The master knows me." When the cold wind blew, my messy mood settled down.As I walked, I said to him, "I don't have lunch at Shenjiedu Bieyuan. I want to take you to eat my childhood favorite Mrs. Song's Fish Soup. It's steamed sea bass, skinned and boned, with shredded ham, Cooked with shiitake mushrooms, minced bamboo shoots, and chicken soup. It’s tender and smooth, and tastes a bit like crab meat. The seasoning in Chang’an City is not authentic, and I don’t like it.” Wei Yan said: “Go.” And dusted my azurite Kesi Squirrel behind the cloak, said: "The cloak is dirty." I touched his black hair on tiptoe and said, "I just leaned against the wall for a while. Let's eat it first." He lowered his head and rubbed my palm and said: "Eat Okay, okay." I didn't ask him what he liked to eat when he was a child, because when he was a child, he entered the house at the age of seven on his body deed; because he had never shown a preference in food during the six years he was with me; because I didn't want to He couldn't answer.

Subconsciously looking back when walking, Shen Yao was walking in the opposite direction against the light.His long black hair was reflected in the sun into dark brown, and the shadow was long, full of loneliness.

After that, Shen Yao obviously didn't listen to my request, and still didn't shy away from talking to me.In every detail.