ladybug

Chapter 80

Title: There Are Waves When Treading Water

Summary: The soles of his shoes are wet and his clothes are fluttering. He really looks lonely.

On the morning of July [-]th in the eighth year of Yongxi, Shi Mu put on his black clothes with his back to me.I dug out the remaining two palm mines from under the bed, wondering if I should ask him to help Shen Yao right now.

Shi Mu suddenly opened the door.A stern man in black stood in the courtyard, followed by four people.The stern man clasped his fists: "See the leader." Shi Mu said, "Si Yan Luo, why, come here?"

"Master Shi, don't be obsessed with masculinity anymore!" Si Yanluo said bluntly, "The Chang'an branch said you are back. The Tianyi Army and the Sheng Army marched northward together. During the northward advance, Shen Yao was at a disadvantage everywhere. Not only did Shen Yao of Shengjun spare no effort to win the central states first, but he also married the younger sister of King Zhaoyi. Now he first went to Jingyuan Prefecture of his fifth sister, and intensified his efforts to raid the state. Statues of the four gods made of gold and silver. The gods of color don't show their true colors, so it's hard to stabilize the morale of the army!"

Shi Mu waved his hand: "I know. You guys, go back."

Si Yanluo wanted to say something else, Shi Mu said: "Go back!" Si Yanluo sighed: "Master, come back quickly!" He clasped his fists again, and led the four people to climb over the wall and leave.

Shi Muli stood motionless at the bedroom door.I touched the thunder in my palm and asked, "Why is Tianyi Sect and Sheng Jun at odds?"

"In Huangzhong, believers pray to the gods, but it doesn't work." Shi Mu turned around and replied, "Pray to the ghosts, I passed by, and I agreed."

I was surprised: "In Yutan City, you ordered San Yanluo to summon the god of lust...then Tan Qing has continued all this year?".

"It's him."

"Didn't you become the mascot of Tianyi Sect?"

Shi Mu looked at me, and suddenly said, "You don't want the Tianyi Army to win?"

"It's not that I don't want the Tianyi Army to win, it's just that if the Tianyi Army and the Sheng Army fight again, rich families and poor families will all be ruined. Rise and fall are always the hardest for our people." I mustered up my courage and said, "Shen Yao In fact, he will be a very good emperor, he has always cared about the people."

After a while, Shi Mu promised: "If you don't want to, Tianyi will teach you not to fight against Sheng Jun."

One sentence determines the universe.I felt relieved: "It is naturally the best that Hierarch Shi can avoid the disaster of war."

I didn't use Palm Thunder, and he granted my wish.

I said: "Si Yanluo went to the Chang'an sub-altar to remind me that I haven't gone to the Sishen Temple to visit the master's old friend Xuanji. I will visit him and come back to open the medical clinic in the afternoon."

Shi Mu asked: "Lunch?" I said: "You go to the store to eat. Hey, don't you know how to cook?" "Yes." Shi Mu said honestly, "It's unpalatable."

However, I still made him lunch at noon.Because I went to Xuanji's place, but he wasn't there.

I cut a small piece of brick tea to go to Sishen Temple.I said to the stranger, "Please guide me to Xuanji Prayer, my master and he are old friends."

"Xuanji has prayed for Uzang for more than half a year." Zhike said, "He went to Uzang to see the towering scriptures, and he will not come back for three and a half years."

I said, "Oh." I went back to the medical hall with brick tea, made lunch for Shi Mu and opened the front shop.

After dinner, he and I went to the Caoshi River to relax.The rays of the sun are so bright that the surface of the river is shimmering.Lanterns hung on the willows.I said: "The newcomer Sihu joined the army is very careful, and ordered people to hang guest lanterns on the trees." There is such a sentence in the mental method he has memorized.I turned to ask: "Hey, can you really tread water without waves as the ninth level of Tianyixinfa said?"

He didn't answer, his toes quickly swept over the water, and then stopped in the middle of the river to rise and fall with the water.The soles of his shoes were wet, and his clothes were fluttering. He really looked lonely.

Some people came along the willow trees holding long candles.The pole holders lit the lanterns hanging on the willow tree one by one.The lantern on the tree next to me was also lit, and my body and hands were shrouded in a warm red light.

I waved at Shi Muyao and called him with a smile: "Go ashore."

He sank suddenly, and ripples appeared on the surface of the water.He swished a few times to touch the surface of the water, and the uppers of his shoes were already wet when he landed.Shi Mu stood on the bank and looked at me, bewildered, seemingly in great confusion.After a while, he even groaned/groaned painfully.

I dragged him back to the bedroom in the hospital building, found dry shoes and socks and changed them for him.

Shi Mu remained silent.After I finished changing, he frowned and pointed to his heart and said, "You smiled at me on the shore, it's... so strange here. It's very warm, and it's going to be broken. But, I can't breathe. I have a headache, it hurts. I, I've seen it, I've seen it..." He panted heavily, "Maybe Tian has a way of thinking, and he has become obsessed."

Long, long ago, there was a man whose confession was almost the same as his.

Suddenly, there was a slight tingling in my heart.That sting can only happen to one person.

He didn't say a word and didn't dare to respond.I picked him up, grabbed a palm mine, and pushed him all the way out of the hospital.He fell back into the courtyard and pulled away the second palm thunder tremblingly.

"You have to go," I said softly under the instantly lit night sky, "The longer I spend with you, the more I can't tell you and Wei Yan apart."

"I don't mind," Shi Mu said innocently, "I have no past. I don't know if there is a future. Only now."

"I mind," I said helplessly, "Wei Yan's past and the past on the snow mountain may not be different to you. But it's not fair to you. I can't be unfair to people anymore."

Under the nine-petaled red lotus, even though his face was as expressionless as his, there was obvious sadness in his eyes.He still stood outside the door refusing to move.He said, "There is one more, remember to use it."

"Okay, I'll use it if I want to see you." I said, "Go and finish what you should do."

He reluctantly took three steps, then quickly turned back: "There is a problem."

I sighed secretly, understanding: "Ask, it's not too late to leave after asking."

He asked, "What's it called, mascot?"

I laughed dumbfounded: "Things that look good but don't work are called mascots. This is the dialect I learned in Tanzhou."

Shi Mu went into the night.When I closed the door of the medical hall, I looked up at the sky, and the bright star next to Ziwei star suddenly dimmed and returned to a hidden star.

On the morning of July [-]th in the eighth year of Yongxi, when I just opened the clinic, Qi came in and gave me a set of keys and five taels of silver.

"I'm going to find Xu Heng, the God of Dionysus, to see what's going on with 'Previous Chen'." He said, "You look after the house for me."

I took it and put it in my arms: "Okay."

"Where is Master Shijiao?" Qi Jin looked eager to try.

I said, "He left last night."

"That shouldn't have gone very far." Qi Jin was gearing up.

I warned: "If you want to fight him, don't hurt him."

"Try not to hurt him. Back then when I fought Shi Xiangtian, I only injured him slightly." Qi Jin said.

"If there is anything going on in Jianghu, you can send me a few letters." I said.

Qi Jin said: "But I'm not good at writing letters, I'm very literary."

I said, "You don't need to be polite when you write to me, plain words are fine."

Qi Jin said, "Ah, then I can write to you."

Qi Jin occasionally sent two casual letters about his life in the Jianghu.The only news about Shi Mu came from him.On September [-]th, the eighth year of Yongxi, Hu Zi came running with a letter: "Doctor Li! I went to play at the inn. I have your letter. I'll bring it back for you." I took out two letters and gave them to him, unfolding letter. "My brother Li Ping: I have arrived in Jingyuan Prefecture. Master Shi is very busy with his affairs, but he still has a decisive battle with me. He is much stronger than the previous leader Shi Xiangtian. This time I am slightly better."

I tense up. "I don't want to mess with Tianyi Sect. I still call it a draw like last time." Finally, he commented: "Tianyi's mind is open-minded, but Master Shi's moves are ruthless. He only wants to kill the enemy and not protect himself. I feel familiar , It's a pity that I have fought many battles in my life, and I can't remember where I have seen them. After the decisive battle, I also revised the Tianyi Xinfa together with Master Shi. My martial arts is better than Tianyi Xinfa. My respect, Brother Yu."

I was relieved.

On October [-]th of the eighth year of Yongxi, Yan Butou and Chu Ming came to my house for dinner.Yan Butou held a piece of okra with his chopsticks and said, "Hey, do you know? The red flowers in Huangzhong, Yutan City and other places disappeared overnight just like they appeared overnight. The disbandment was as sudden as Huangzhong's rise." Chu Ming said, "Why don't you know? The popular themes of the storytellers in Northwest Wazi have all changed. I went to the Nanfeng Pavilion yesterday, and the storyteller they invited told "Heroes" again. "Legend", and "The Legend of Miaoyu Green Clothes". That girl always wears green clothes."

I said, "Yeah. But she just likes to wear green clothes. Her two words are actually the law of the law, obeying." Chu Ming suddenly realized: "So that's it! You recognize her."

"Yes." I said, "I have been in rivers and lakes."

Let's talk about other trivialities.