Looking for plums under the moon

Three days later, in the smoky small town below Mount Fuluo, Ling Guyue and Shen Luo walked side by side on the street.

Mount Fuluo is a very mysterious mountain. The halfway up the mountain is covered by clouds and mist all the year round. The mountain wall seems to have been hacked with a knife and an axe.

According to legend, a fairy once came here, with a high bun and a dignified appearance. With a wave of wide sleeves, a palace-like building appeared on the top of the mountain, and since then there has been Jiaochen Pavilion.

Jiaochen Pavilion has only accepted female disciples in the past dynasties, and their weapons are three-zhang white silk wrapped around their waists and abdomen.Some people have seen people from Jiaochen Pavilion make moves. They are wearing plain gauze clothes, waving white silk, and their steps are light, as if they are dancing.

But Jiaochen Pavilion's martial arts are not at all like the softness of a dancer. The three-zhang white silk is as soft as silk, but it can suddenly strike the enemy's throat as sharp as a cluster of arrows shot out in the next moment.The moment when the blood splashes is often the most beautiful moment for Bai Ling.

It is precisely because Jiaochen Pavilion is all women, they are not as competitive and fierce as men, so they have always looked down on the disputes between Jianghu and Jianghu.They also like to live in seclusion on Mount Pulau and rarely go down the mountain.

But one day nine years ago, Cheng Shuang, the pavilion master of this generation, took her beloved apprentice down the mountain for a tour, but lost a young female disciple on the way, and since then mourned deeply, announcing that she will never take another step in the mountain gate in this life.

Therefore, everyone at the foot of Fuluo Mountain has heard the rumors of Jiaochen Pavilion, but few have actually seen them.

Ling Guyue looked up at Mount Fuluo not far away, and saw that it was majestic and ethereal, isolated from the world, and then lowered her head, her eyes fell on the street, and then she returned to the world of fireworks.

"Special products! Special products! Let's take a look at the special products of Mount Pulau!"

Seeing some unfamiliar people coming to the city, the vendors on the side of the road gradually began to yell.

"Go and have a look." The two looked at each other and walked forward.

Ling Guyue fiddled with the gadgets on the stall, and seeing that they were all beads and pendants, nothing unusual, she asked, "Which ones are special products of Mount Fuluo?"

The peddler rolled his eyes, picked up a string of red jade beads and said, "This, this." Seeing that Ling Guyue was a little suspicious, he said again, "You can't judge by appearance, don't look at it as ordinary, it is the ruby ​​on Mount Fuluo. , rare in the world!"

Ling Guyue smiled and said, "I've never heard of a jade mine on Mount Fuluo, let alone red ones?"

The peddler insisted: "You people from other places don't understand the market. This red jade was produced in Jiaochen Pavilion. I got it through my relationship. It's so precious! It's hard to buy a good heart. If you want it, I will give it to you." It can be cheaper for you!"

Hearing this, Shen Luo took the jade beads from the peddler, rubbed them vigorously with his hands, and actually touched the redness in his hands. He raised his eyelids and said, "Dyeing stone beads, do you think they are jade?"

The peddler was exposed by him, but he was not angry, and asked with a shy smile: "You two, do you know what is rich in Fuluo Mountain?"

Ling Guyue thought for a while, "Red medicine flower?"

The peddler's eyes lit up, "My lord is right!" Then he mysteriously took out a brocade box, opened it and said, "Please look!"

"This is..." Ling Guyue looked at a withered red dried flower quietly lying in the brocade box, and a strange fragrance came to her face.

The peddler said triumphantly: "This is the famous medicine recorded by Fang Yuchou's genius doctor, the king of red medicine——zi!"

He said the "son" very softly, if Ling Guyue hadn't been very good at hearing, he would have been fooled by him, she shook her head and sighed: "Junior brother, let's go."

"Ah."

Seeing that the two were about to leave, the peddler hurriedly shouted to them, "Stay here, you two! I still have good things here!"

Ling Guyue turned her head and said with a smile: "You are full of lies, how can anyone believe it?"

The peddler took out a scroll from the box on the side, and said to himself: "The thing just now may not be practical enough for you two, but I believe this thing will definitely open your eyes!"

"Oh?" The two of them stopped and looked into his hands.

The peddler held the scroll reverently and slowly opened it.

First, a little bit of ink was exposed, which seemed to be a painting?

Ling Guyue patiently waited for him to spread out the whole painting, and then took a careful look.

In the painting is a young girl with high black hair and a cloud-like white silk wrapped around her long sleeves.The face is beautiful and can be called stunning.

"This is a picture of a fairy! It is said that the prototype is Fan Shiyao, the number one beauty in the martial arts world," the peddler shook his clever eyebrows, and whispered to the two of them, "It's the so-called fair lady, a gentleman is so good. If you want to see the number one beauty in the martial arts world, It's hard to be beautiful, but you can imagine her appearance when you look at my painting... What do you two think of this picture of a fairy?"

Ling Guyue was still speechless, but she heard Shen Luo chuckle.

"But so."

"What did you say!" The peddler immediately widened his eyes, "You actually said that my fairy is nothing more than that?"

Shen Luo glanced at the painting lightly, then looked at Ling Guyue in a blink of an eye, "Compared to the people around me, how is it?"

The peddler glared at Ling Guyue angrily, and after a while he blushed and curled his lips in distress.

It seems... it's not as good as...

Seeing the change in his expression, Shen Luo suddenly lowered his face, took Ling Guyue's hand and said: "Brother, let's go."

The peddler shouted behind them: "Don't go, you two! I still have good things here!"

Seeing that they didn't stop this time, the peddler propped his chin and looked at the two receding figures, shaking his head and saying, "There are really people who don't like my fairy...but it's no wonder, the world is hard to match the person in front of you, He Xiangdanqing Looking for false immortals?"

After walking on the street for a while, Ling Guyue faintly felt that someone was walking behind her in a leisurely manner.

"Junior brother, have you noticed that someone is following us?" Ling Guyue paused.

Shen Luo shook his head.

Ling Guyue frowned and looked back, but there were only normal pedestrians behind her, nothing unusual.

Shen Luo held his hand and said: "Brother, don't think too much, let's go."

Ling Guyue smiled, "Okay."

The two walked along the street, and when they reached an intersection, Ling Guyue dragged Shen Luo into the alley suddenly.

"Brother..." Shen Luo looked at him puzzled.

"That person is right behind." Ling Guyue confirmed.

Sure enough, without the effort of a cup of tea, the man took the bait and quickened his pace to catch up.

Among the crowd, a touch of yellow clothes wandered among them, appearing to be able to do a job with ease.When he reached the intersection, he found that the person he was following suddenly disappeared, which made him a little nervous.

He covered his face with a bamboo hat, looking left and right at this moment, not knowing where to go, he seemed a little anxious.

"Excuse me, did you just see a man in red?" the man in yellow stopped a passerby and asked.

"No no……"

He didn't give up, and asked another person: "Excuse me, did you see a man in red? There is another man in black beside him..."

"No, I didn't see it."

The man in yellow looked ahead in disappointment, bewildered.

Shen Luo only felt a tightness in his wrists, and looked up at Ling Guyue.

Ling Guyue said in a daze: "It's him..."

"Brother." Shen Luo frowned deeply.

Ling Guyue looked at the yellow figure, "It's Xiaochou..." As she said that, she was about to walk towards him.

The man in yellow was still looking around, suddenly, he seemed to have sensed something, turned around suddenly, and met Ling Guyue's eyes.

"Little revenge."

He heard someone on the other side yell.

She spoke softly, with some worry.

The man in yellow panicked and ran away.

Ling Guyue wanted to catch up, but was held back by Shen Luo.

"Brother, don't go." Shen Luo shook his head.

Ling Guyue gently pushed his hand away, "Junior brother, I'll go and have a look, you wait for me here, I'll be back soon." After saying that, she stepped up and chased him out.

Looking at his receding back, his sinking complexion gradually turned pale, and suddenly turned cloudy again. He shook his lips viciously, and almost said the name through gritted teeth: "What are you doing back..."

There was a tingling pain between his lips, and blood was already dripping, but he didn't seem to notice it.

Passers-by reminded: "My lord, your mouth..."

Shen Luo glared at him, those bottomless eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The man was startled and left quickly.

After a while, Shen Luo finally relaxed, and silently returned to the alley where he was just now, leaning against the wall, muttering: "Brother asked me to wait for him...he will come back..."

He licked his lips, smelling of rust.

Ling Guyue watched helplessly as the man in yellow disappeared with oil on the soles of his feet, she couldn't help sighing, and regardless of whether she was on the street, she raised her breath and rushed after him.

Fortunately, although the man in yellow was agile, he didn't have any martial arts rules. He bumped into the crowd and wasted a lot of time.

Ling Guyue chased him to a dead end, and gradually walked towards him.

The man in yellow seemed to be trying to struggle a bit, reaching out to climb over the wall.

But there was no place to stand on the wall, and he kept falling to the ground over and over again.

Finally, Ling Guyue came to him, and the man in yellow simply gave up climbing the wall, hugged his head and shrank into the corner.

Seeing that he was very unwilling to face her, Ling Guyue was a little sad for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Since you don't want to see me, what are you doing with me?"

The man in yellow was startled when he heard the words, and quietly poked his head out from between his arms to look at him.

"Little revenge."

Ling Guyue knelt down and took off the bamboo hat on his head, but saw that his face was pale and tears had already flowed down.Can't help but wipe away his tears with his sleeve, "You are a man, you can't cry."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Qiu's tears poured out unstoppably like a flood.He threw himself into Ling Guyue's arms, and said in a crying voice: "Senior Brother, I miss you so much!"

Ling Guyue touched his head, "Why don't you come back to me?"

Xiaoqiu twitched and said, "Didn't senior brother...didn't you tell me...to get lost...I dare not look for senior brother..."

Ling Guyue sighed, "I was angry at the time, but I also regretted it later, I shouldn't have said it so seriously."

Xiao Qiu said with tears in his eyes: "These few days... I have been following senior brother..."

Ling Guyue looked at the yellow clothes on him, and suddenly thought of the yellow shadow that flashed past in the bamboo forest on the day when he was going down the mountain, so it turned out to be Xiao Qiu?

He patted Xiao Qiu on the back lightly, and said with a smile: "I just found out today, it seems that Xiao Qiu's martial arts has improved a lot."

Xiao Qiu looked up at him, and said with a flat mouth: "Senior brother is making me happy, you obviously found me that night."

"That night?" Ling Guyue looked blank.

"That night in Liujia Town..."

Ling Guyue was surprised and said: "It was you outside the window that night?"

Xiao Qiu nodded, "Senior brother chased me all the way and almost found me. I thought I would be discovered by senior brother... Then Shen Luo came, and senior brother went back with him."

Ling Guyue wondered: "Why do I feel... the shadow outside the window that night doesn't look like you?"

Not only does it not look like him, it is clearly not like a person.

Xiao Qiu thought for a while, and said: "Oh, I was lying on the tree that day, the tree was very tall, and it was dark, so I was a little scared... When the brother opened his mouth, I didn't pay attention, and fell..."

Ling Guyue sighed, it turned out that this was the case...

"Where's brother? I obviously changed my clothes, and I'm still wearing this." Xiao Qiu shook the bamboo hat, "How did brother recognize that it was mine?"

Ling Guyue looked at his still red nose, and said with a smile: "Can you find a child who is thinner and shorter than you in the whole street?"

Xiao Qiu rubbed his eyes, "I can already eat three steamed buns per meal, but I don't gain any meat..."

Ling Guyue patted his head, "What's the use of steamed buns..."

Xiao Qiu lowered his head in embarrassment.

Ling Guyue tentatively asked: "Do you still hate Shen Luo?"

Xiao Qiu stared blankly at the ground, "Brother, do you think I should hate him?"

Ling Guyue said: "Although you call me senior brother, we didn't grow up together. You have never experienced what Shen Luo and I have experienced. Master is a benefactor to you, but to us...he You just want to use us. If you still want to take revenge, you can no longer call me Senior Brother. If you want to kill Shen Luo, I will stop you... But if you are willing to let go of your hatred, follow me like before. There are many winds and rains in the rivers and lakes, and I will cover them one by one for you."

Xiaoqiu had a sore nose and burst into tears again, "Since the day I was picked up by Master, he has been teaching me how to take revenge. I have never seen Shen Luo, but as long as I hear this name, I will subconsciously think Kill him... This is what Master asked of me. But Master is no longer here. I met Senior Brother, who treats me even better than Master. How should I choose? I can’t forget that I was in front of Master before he died. I made an oath, but I don't want to become enemies with senior brother... What should I do?"

Seeing him covering his face and crying bitterly, Ling Guyue patted his trembling shoulder, "Don't cry, I can't blame you, it's Master who brought hatred to you, it's not enough for him to ruin Shen Luo, do you still want to drag you into the water?" ?”

Xiao Qiu looked at him with tears in his eyes, "Brother... Am I wrong?"

Ling Guyue patted his head, "Are you willing to listen to me?"

Xiao Qiu looked at him and nodded firmly.

Ling Guyue stared at him, "I want you to forget your hatred and master, can you do it?"

Xiao Qiu opened his mouth, and suddenly a lifeless face flashed in his mind, staring at him with staring eyes, as if dying, "Xiao Qiu! I want you to swear! I must kill Shen Luo in this life! Don't kill me!" Shen Luo, you have no face and come back to see me!"

He shook his head, and Ling Guyue became in front of him again.

Senior brother is very good, senior brother is very gentle, and senior brother will not force him.

He wiped away the last line of tears in his eyes, and nodded solemnly, "I can!"

Ling Guyue smiled at him, and said comfortingly: "Okay, come back with me."

But Xiao Qiu hesitated, "Shen Luo...is he alright?"

Ling Guyue said: "It's all right." Looking at Xiao Qiu's nervous expression, she smiled again, "You still call him by his name? He's my junior brother, isn't it no big deal?"

"Then what should I call him?" Xiao Qiu blinked.

How to call Shen Luo... Ling Guyue thought for a while, if Xiao Qiu called him senior brother...he could almost imagine Shen Luo's furious look, "You can call him Big Brother Shen."

"Brother Shen..." Xiao Chou repeated it several times and nodded, "Okay, I'll call him Brother Shen!"

"Let's go, he's still waiting for us."

"En!" Xiao Qiu stood up with him, strode forward, raised his hand, and threw the bamboo hat behind him.

The bamboo hat rolled and rolled until it rolled into the corner of the wall, as if it carried the unforgettable past and had been put down by him.

Ling Guyue returned to the previous alley with Xiao Qiu, and shouted: "Junior Brother."

Shen Luo still stood there, looking at the sky, wondering what he was thinking.

Hearing Ling Guyue's voice, he suddenly turned his head, "Senior brother!" But the smile on the corner of his mouth froze on his face before he could fully raise it.

He looked coldly at Xiao Qiu beside Ling Guyue, "What are you doing here?"

Xiao Qiu walked up to him with his head down, and whispered, "Brother Shen, I'm sorry..."

Shen Luo was stunned, "What did you call me?"

"Brother Shen..." Xiao Qiu lowered his head and called out again very sincerely.