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Wang Qingping sat in front of the medicine pot and fanned himself. The familiar smell of herbs came into his nose. It was strange that he didn't feel any kindness.

"Qingping."

The kind call, the captivating eyes, and the belt embroidered with exquisite and complicated patterns remained in his mind for a long time.

The elves in the mountain fly around and gossip every day, Wang Qingping learned from them that Hua Xiangrong was hidden in the mountain temple and had been rescued by Brother Su and the others.After much deliberation, he was still worried, and decided to visit her at night.

That night there was the heaviest rain in his memory, and the most terrifying lightning strike.

She was lying on the bed, pale and emaciated, Wang Qingping felt sorry for his little junior sister from the bottom of his heart.At that time he thought: "I must avenge Rong Rong and Master."

A little realgar is added to the Duheng honey he collects every day. Although this little powder is insignificant, taking it for four or five days in a row is fatal to a demon.

Sometimes he felt that he was despicable, and sometimes he remembered what Rong Rong said, "Brother, you are doing this to avenge grandpa and eliminate harm for the whole village."

"Senior brother, if one day she leaves after being poisoned, if she asks you 'have you ever loved her' at that time, you must answer 'yes' and pretend to be reluctant."

"why?"

"I mean if there is such a day." Hua Xiangrong was very strange, her eyes revealed the panic of losing something she cherished, she continued, her tone was full of pleading, "Promise me, senior brother."

"Du Ruo must die, and she must die by self-explosion." Hua Xiangrong didn't say these words, and she felt ashamed to say them.

That night in the mountain temple, she confidently made a wish and cast a curse, but now, she panicked, her senior brother had changed unknowingly, even the senior brother himself didn't realize it.

I was blinded by hatred for a while, but what about after revenge?

Inside the medicine jar was the prescription of "Shen Xian San" that Wang Qingping found by searching through medical books.Forget about sorrow and suffering, and be happy in this life like a fairy, which is called the separation of the gods.

He didn't stop fanning for a moment, and the confusion in his heart kept haunting him, "Why did the mountain ghost commit suicide? Is it just because of despair?"

"Big Brother, Big Brother? Big Brother!"

Hua Xiangrong yelled several times before Wang Qingping recovered from his contemplation, "Oh! Rongrong, you finished sorting out the herbs."

"Hmm! What was Eldest Brother thinking just now?" Rong Rong took a small stool and sat beside him.

"No, I didn't think of anything."

"Really? But, brother, you seem to have cried, your eyes are red."

Wang Qingping pinched her face gently, and said with a smile: "You little girl, don't talk nonsense. When did you see your brother cry, but you were choked by the smoke."

Rong Rong smiled, and didn't say a word, not a single word.

The silence in the air was a bit unbearable, and it was Wang Qingping who took the lead and said: "The medicine is ready, let's feed Brother Su to drink later! Sigh!" He sighed and continued, "Although Xiaoyao agreed, but it's like this I don’t know if it’s right to strip his memory without Brother Su’s consent.”

"We will meet again if we are destined, senior brother, why worry." After listening to Rong Rong's words, Wang Qingping nodded slightly, but his thoughts were not here.

Is fate real?Then can I see her again?While thinking, Wang Qingping poured the medicine into a bowl and fed it to Su Mu.

At this time, Su Mu had already recovered his physical body, Chibao's heart supported his breathing.

After another day or so, the sun moved westward and sank. Su Mu, who had been standing still, finally opened his eyes.

"This is...? The two of you are...?"

Both Hua Xiangrong and Hua Xiangrong knew that it was the effect of Shenxian Powder, so they explained patiently: "Big Brother, I am Rong Rong, and this is my senior brother Wang Qingping."

Su Mu raised his head and looked at the two of them carefully. One was handsome and the other was lively, as if they were a match made in heaven.

"Brother Su, do you really not remember me?" The man called Wang Qingping said: "I am Wang Qingping, my father is Wang Yuanwai, and my family is next door to Brother Su."

"My surname is Su?"

"Yes, Su Muzhe."

"Su, curtain, cover." Su Mu looked at the house made of thatch and wooden boards, the familiar layout made him have a splitting headache.

"Brother Su, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Su Mu gritted his teeth and rubbed his forehead lightly, trying to overcome the pain, "What happened? Why don't I remember anything?"

"Big brother, master and apprentice are our heroes in Yushan Village!"

"I still have a master?"

"No, there is an apprentice."

Su Mu looked around and indeed saw another bed outside the screen, "I have an apprentice?"

Hua Xiangrong was very interested in seeing Su Mu, so she pretended to be sorry and continued, "It's a pity that both of you were seriously injured in the demon surrender, and your disciple Su Guyao died in battle."

This is what the elder brother discussed with her, and Shenxian San is not foolproof. He can still remember it in a few moments. It is more appropriate for those who remember to kill the lost ones.In any case, there must be a reason why Xiaoyao wanted to erase his memory.

Su Mu took a breath and heard that his apprentice had died. He could only feel sorry for him. To be honest, there was no sadness in his heart, just like the surface of a calm lake, without any waves. After all, Su Guyao loved To him, it was just a familiar name.

The villagers were very happy when they heard that the mountain ghost had been defeated, and Mr. Su Muzhe woke up intact. Mrs. Wang was the first to bear the brunt, "Oh! Nephew, I thought you wouldn't wake up!"

Following the sound, she held Zhou Niannian in one hand and the tonic in the other, and squeezed to the bed, "Drink some pork rib soup to nourish your body."

"This is my mother." Seeing Su Mu's puzzled expression, Wang Qingping hurriedly introduced.

"Thank you auntie."

"Why are you being polite to me?" Mrs. Wang was like a Maitreya Buddha, squinting and smiling, making Su Mu's heart warm.

At this time, a naive child's voice sounded, "Uncle, uncle, when will you take Niannian to find your parents who have become gods?"

Su Mu continued to be in a state of confusion, so he had to ask Wang Qingping for help. Wang Qingping took Zhou Niannian's little hand and coaxed her gently, "Hurry up, wait for Uncle Su's health to improve in a few days, let's go to the capital to find parents, okay?" good?"

"Yeah!"

When Su Mu heard it, he felt that it was inappropriate, "Don't make promises to your children easily, it's not good if you can't do much."

"This is true." Wang Qingping told Su Mu about Zhou Niannian's life experience and situation, and then explained, "I will go to the capital to purchase in a few days. I heard that Uncle Zhou is still in the capital. I want to return Nian Nian to him."

After hearing this, Su Mu nodded in agreement.Perhaps it was because he had just woken up, and his face was tired. After all, women should be more careful. Mrs. Wang said to the crowd: "Everyone can rest assured that nephew Su is fine? Hurry up, let's go, let nephew rest more a little while."

"Brother Su, rest well."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Su needs to rest well. Tell us what you want to eat. Your sister-in-law can cook!" Gao Sheng said following Wang Qingping.

As soon as Gao Sheng spoke, there was a burst of greetings from the crowd, and Su Mu couldn't tell who was who, so he just nodded and said thank you.

When he was free, Wang Qingping asked: "You said Xiaoyao, why did he want to erase Brother Su's memory?"

"Maybe it's because his secret was known by the elder brother."

"What secret?"

"Didn't you notice that Xiaoyao never gets close to the girls in the village?"

"It just means that he doesn't like women! What does that have to do with it?" Wang Qingping suddenly realized after speaking, his eyes widened in shock, "Could it be that he likes...?"

In the past few days, Su Mu discovered that there is a rooster in his home, which is quite spiritual, as if it can understand human words.

When Wang Qingping came to give him a follow-up visit, he was teasing it with a handful of rice, wanting to eat it but refusing to eat it, causing it to "cluck" and blow up its wings.

"Brother Su is very interested."

Hearing someone speak, Su Mu let go and threw the rice to it.He stood up and welcomed Wang Qingping into the room while talking playfully, "I'm very happy just now."

Wang Qingping was taken aback, and quickly understood his words, and said seriously: "Brother Su said he was naughty? Most of the word naughty is derogatory. Brother Su, don't use it indiscriminately."

"Maybe it's really naughty? I don't know why I would say such a thing." However, Su Mu's frown frowning due to doubts quickly relaxed, and he said with a smile: "It's quite interesting." He stretched his arms as he spoke. To Wang Qingping.

"How about it?"

Wang Qingping withdrew his hand after taking the pulse, and smiled very comfortably, "Brother Su, don't worry, he's almost recovered."

Su Mu refilled Wang Qingping's teacup and asked, "When will my brother come to Beijing?"

"Leave tomorrow. Brother Su, what do you want me to bring back?"

"No, I'm alone, I have nothing to buy."

"Brother Su, why don't you go north to the capital with us? I'd be bored if I went alone."

"This……"

Seeing that Su Mu hesitated, Wang Qingping seemed to want to go, and persuaded: "Stay alone in this room, and Rong Rong will go too, and then there will be no one to talk to you to relieve your boredom."

"Why are you bored with Rong Rong? I don't want to eat dog food."

"Dog food? It should mean that you don't want to disturb!" Wang Qingping is no longer surprised by Su Mu's sudden appearance of a word that he understands but is not suitable, but he is also asking himself, "What the hell? For what purpose do you have to go with Brother Su? Isn't it good to get along with Rong Rong alone?"

Seeing that he didn't speak suddenly, Su Mu felt strange, and only heard him say again: "That little girl Nian Nian is going too, one more person will take care of her more!"

"I've been talking about it for a long time because I'm going to be a nurse. My appearance fee is not affordable by ordinary people." Su Mu nodded and agreed with a smile.

Xiao Niannian and Rong Rong were sitting in the carriage, the children kept arguing for candy, Rong Rong really lost her mind, so she peeled a candy for her.

Su Mu and Wang Qingping were riding outside on horses respectively. Su Mu heard the silence inside, and joked, "It's not okay to spoil the children like this, dear brother, younger siblings are like this, you must not be like this."

Wang Qingping glanced at Su Mu, but didn't answer, "Drive!" With all his legs, he drove the horse to the front.Did the young couple quarrel?Su Mu didn't think too much, and still walked slowly with the carriage.

In the past few days when Su Muzhe was on the road, sometimes some strange pictures appeared in his mind, such as the house was built very high, the men all had short hair, and there was a square thing like a bronze mirror attached to it. At the ears... He also thought about who his parents were and where did they come from?There is also the apprentice who died in battle, he could vaguely hear the familiar "Master" in his sleep, and he seemed to feel that he liked to wear black robes very much, and he even had a robe that didn't look like their master and apprentice. The two could afford the black armor, but they couldn't see clearly and couldn't remember what he looked like.

The rutted and flat dirt road was covered by forests, and the birds were singing. He couldn't think of it and he didn't want to. He was in a good mood along the way.This afternoon, he arrived in the capital.

I heard that this is the most prosperous big city, and it is several times bigger than Yushan Village. The white steamed buns with mutton whistle noodles, as well as roast chicken, roast goose, and roast suckling pig. Drooling, but the gate of the city is tightly closed at the moment, and there is a row of soldiers standing outside, all fierce and fierce, raising their spears in their hands.

Su Mu and his party were far away from the gate, because the people who wanted to enter the city stopped one after another, so he could only look at the circle of people around the gate from a distance.

These people are dressed in tatters, with crutches and broken bowls, women holding children and men carrying tattered bags. They shouted: "Let us in! I beg the officials to let us in!" Here Amidst the clamor, the old man was crushed and fainted, and the child screamed in fright.

"What happened in front? What's going on here?" Wang Qingping couldn't control his desire to help the world, so he got off his horse and went to inquire, but before he could reach the crowd, the city gate suddenly opened from the inside.

A man walked out of the city. From his clothes, Wang Qingping could tell that he was either rich or noble, and then a row of family members came out from behind. Some of them carried rice, some carried pots, and some carried rice. Cloth and straw mats.

At first, the group of ragged people screamed louder, but after seeing this scene, their voices gradually lowered down. After all, no one wanted to make things difficult for their stomachs.

The man said something, and the group of people listened quietly. Finally, he organized everyone to move to the side, giving way to the official road, and only then did the people blocking the road move slowly.

Su Mu and the others were the last to enter the city. When they passed by the man and the group of people, they vaguely heard a young man shouting: "This is the food our young master gave you in exchange for his own money. Although it is not much, But everyone must have a share, our young master said, he will definitely find a way to help you solve the problem, please rest assured, but the capital is an important place, please respect the law, first temporarily settle outside the city..."

As Su Mu entered the city, the voice became farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the cries of street vendors.

While searching for a place to stay, Wang Qingping chatted with Su Muzhe and asked, "How about Brother Su? How does this compare to our Yu Shan?"

"Each has its own advantages." Su Mu replied while avoiding the bustling people nearby, "It's lively, but it's too crowded."

What Su Mu said about being crowded now is nothing, and the more crowded ones are yet to come.

Hua Xiangrong was obviously very excited, seeing everything was novel, suddenly group after group of people ran forward, she grabbed a girl and asked, "Where are you going? Why are you running?"

"It looks like it's from another place. Today is the first day of the new year. The Taoist Master Fuzhi of Huangji Temple came out to give divination. Everyone wanted to go to divination." The girl became more and more anxious, and she broke away from Hua Xiang. Rong fled, "Fu Zhi Daoist is not something you can hire with money."

"Let's go take a look too!"

"Okay, it's up to you." Su Muzhe smiled, and suddenly felt that he was talking too much. It's his turn to agree when the husband is here.

It stands to reason that the newlyweds are always tired of being together, but they didn't say a few words along the way, and Su Mu couldn't figure out what was going on between them.

Taoist Fuzhi happened to choose the location on the second floor of an inn for divination.This inn is called Mantianxia, ​​and it seems to be a rather large inn in the city.

There are men, women and children waiting for the Taoist divination, but most of them are women, presumably they are all asking about marriage.Su Muzhe and the others were not in a hurry, they asked Xiaoer for three guest rooms, sat on the first floor, and ordered some food and wine.

The second brother diligently wiped the tables and chairs clean and poured tea, and then asked someone to lead the horse to the stable behind.

"Guest officers are from other places, right?"

Hua Xiangrong nodded, took a sip of tea, and asked: "Is it so lively here? Is the hexagram divination by the Supreme Master of Fortune really so accurate?"

"That's natural." Xiaoer has dealt with people from all walks of life all year round, and he speaks very sharply. He glanced at the shopkeeper and complained softly: "On the first day of every month, he will come to us for divination all over the world. We errands The most annoying thing is that there are all kinds of people, and some even ordered a pot of tea and scolded us."

"Since it's hard to find money, why do you have to divination in the expensive inn?"

"This is the face of the big boss of our inn. The people below us don't know anything."

After hearing this, Su Mu asked again: "By the way, what happened to the group of refugees outside the door?"

"Oh! This is quite pitiful." The second brother is not only warm-hearted, but also very sympathetic, "That is from Dayan City in the north. There was a flood in Dayan City not long ago, and the fields were flooded. , lacking food and clothing, they all fled here!"

"Are there no officials in Dayan City? Can't they open warehouses to release food?"

"Yes, why not? But who dares? No one dares! It is said that the people of Dayan City offended He Bo of Yanshui, and He Bo punished them, and the plague-stricken official ran away long ago."

"Didn't you send someone from the capital to manage it?"

"Why didn't you send someone?" The second brother slapped the table like a commentary, and said: "Qi is here. This month, the imperial court sent three officials, and they all died. It is said that they were soaked and mouth There is also water all over the place, and He Bo condemned him, and the court is also in panic, no one dares to take on this job anymore."

"When you entered the city, you didn't hear the water rushing in the moat. It was flowing very fast. This year, the water level has risen. You can't blame the officials for shirking this matter one by one. It's already October, and the leaves are turning yellow. The water is still so urgent? There are wives and children, who is not afraid?"

Xiao Er wanted to continue chatting, but was stared at by the shopkeeper and slipped away to work.

Su Muzhe thought about it, yes, it is already October, and sooner or later you will feel chilly if you wear less clothes, how could there be a flood?

After the food and wine were served, Su Muzhe was really hungry. He took a bite of fish with his chopsticks. The meat was fresh and tender, like freshly caught live fish.

"Hey, hey! What are you doing... you just threw it away? You can still eat it in this hot night!"

"Leftovers are easy to breed bacteria, which is not good for your health. Besides, it's just a river fish! What's the big deal?"

"Do you know what fish this is? This is me..."

"Isn't this the river fish you caught?"

"Where did this fish come from?...Given by others? Stealed? Snatched? Or..."

"It's not up to you to discipline! I want to eat fish, so you can steal it from me!"

……

"Brother Su, are you alright?" Seeing Su Mu rubbing his temples with both hands, Wang Qingping knew that he was remembering some bits and pieces again.

Who is that kid who speaks smugly?

Su Mu put down his chopsticks, shook his head, and couldn't eat anything because of the doubts in his heart.

It was late at night, Su Mu and the others had already had dinner and supper, the number of people queuing up gradually decreased, and the tavern, which had been noisy all day, slowly fell silent.

Hua Xiangrong couldn't wait to run up to the second floor. It was an open-air place like a viewing platform, and it seemed as if she could see the bustling city of Beijing when she looked up.

Su Mu and Wang Qingping followed her up to the second floor, and Taoist Master Fuzhi had already stood up to pack up the divination bag and was about to leave.

"Daozhang, can you do something for the little girl?"

"Okay. Girl, please sit down." Taoist Fuzhi raised his head upon hearing the sound, stopped his hands, sat back on the stool, and asked, "What do you want, girl?"

Su Mu originally thought that the highly respected Taoist priest was an old man with a white beard, but he didn't expect him to be so young, with a green Taoist robe, his hair all tied up on wooden hairpins, his skin was tender, and he was even more handsome than Wang Qingping upon closer inspection. He also speaks slowly, without contending with the world.

Hua Xiangrong sat in front of him and didn't speak. Su Muyue touched her because it was hard for Wang Qingping to ask questions because of Wang Qingping's presence. He just wanted to find an excuse to drag Wang Qingping out, but he heard Taoist Fuzhi say: "The poor Taoist knows what's on the girl's mind." .”

Hua Xiangrong looked at him in surprise, and he continued: "Fate is destined, some things are not your fault, you are a good girl, and it is your true temperament to do whatever you want."

Hua Xiangrong was dumbfounded, and was about to say something when Taoist Master Fuzhi said again: "Alright girl, you just need to remember that there is nothing wrong with loving what you love—I don't know if those two benefactors want to count on it." no?"

Hua Xiangrong stepped aside, Na Na said: "Am I really not wrong?"

When Daoist Fuzhi pointed at Su Mu and Wang Qingping, the two of them were chatting half-lying on the railing with their backs to them.The waiter downstairs was sitting at the door, too sleepy to lift his head, and when he woke up, he glanced at the upstairs impatiently, probably wondering why this poor Taoist priest didn't leave yet?

Su Mu didn't know if this little hairless Taoist was accurate, so he pushed Wang Qingping out with one hand, "He wants to count."

Wang Qingping didn't seem to have expected this, and after hesitating for a while, Su Mu knew that he didn't believe it either.

Taoist Fu Zhi was not annoyed, but just smiled, "Don't force it, don't force it."

"If there is a cause, there must be an effect. If there is a debt, there must be repayment. The donor's wonderful hand will rejuvenate, and the merits are profound. She is a blessed person. If you want to see her again, God will forgive her. Don't force it." Forced, and then took another look at Hua Xiangrong before continuing to say to Wang Qingping: "You should cherish the present, and don't owe any more debts."

Su Mu noticed that Wang Qingping was in a daze for a moment, so he cupped his hands and said thank you, "Thank you for your guidance." To be polite, the Taoist priest probably expected that he would not believe it, so he said "don't force it" three times in a row!

However, what Su Mu cares about is, who is "she"?Wang Qingping cheated? ! !

"Big brother, do you do the math too?"

With Hua Xiangrong's shout, Su Mu was pulled out of the huge gossip about "the old king next door cheated".

Only then did Taoist Fuzhi notice Su Mu who was standing behind, and he couldn't help opening his eyes wide, as if he couldn't see clearly, he looked Su Mu carefully from top to bottom.

Su Mu was really curious by his expression, so he stepped forward and sat down, and asked, "I beg the Taoist priest to count Su as well."

"Benefactor Su is from our sect, Xiaodao dare not speak nonsense." Taoist priest Fuzhi stood up and bowed respectfully.

Su Mu was taken aback by this, and he couldn't help but look back at Wang Qingping and the two of them, who were just as confused as he was.He was about to defend himself, "My mortal body is not a person of Taoism." But Fu Zhi didn't explain anything as if he didn't hear it, and he said: "It's still the same sentence just now, the debt owed must be repaid after all, but Sometimes there is no debt or debt, only love or not.”

"It's a good one, 'There is no debt or debt, only love or not'."

Following the sound, the visitor put away the folding fan in his hand and climbed up to the last step on the second floor.Su Mu looked, isn't this the young master who provided food for the disaster relief at the gate of the city?

"Oops! Where did Niannian go!"