Lights on the other side

Chapter 38

When did you meet for the first time?

It seemed so far away that Li Ruoci hesitated for a moment when he answered.

"Two years ago? Wishing Chu... where?" He thought for a while, and managed to get a little impression, but his mind was still a little unclear.

"Really? It's been so long." There seemed to be a sigh in Pei Shi's voice.

"..." Li Ruoci looked at him in confusion.

Pei Shi lowered his head and was also looking at him, deeply, as if he wanted to engrave everything about him into his mind and never forget it.

This kind of gaze made Li Ruoci affectionately think that Pei Shi had fallen in love with him, and he was a little cautious in the middle.

"what are you doing?"

"It's going to be another year soon." Pei Shi answered out of question.

"..."

"pity."

"... what a pity?"

Pei Shi stood up, walked to the door and said, "It's not safe at night these days, don't go out."

Li Ruoci stared blankly at Pei Shi, then got up and sat up, feeling a little lost in a daze.

"it is good."

Pei Shi smiled slightly, turned around and walked out without saying anything.

The room was empty, Li Ruoci supported his head with his hands, paused for a moment, stood up weakly, and gathered his messy clothes.

Lan Shan is playing in the side yard with Sha Bai. Sha Bai has become more lively recently. At her age, she should have thought and smile.

After a while, Sha Bai ran over, and said softly, "Brother Lin, teach me poetry, okay?"

"Where's your Brother Blue Mountain?"

"Hey, he's on duty, so let me come to you."

The two of them were sitting on the steps, Sha Bai was holding a book of poetry, thin and old, and Li Ruoci took it over and flipped through it.

"Do you know this word?"

Sha Bai shook his head: "Many don't know each other."

Li Ruoci turned to the first page, and began to read to her word by word: "What do you think of a gentleman?"

"When will the swan geese arrive? There is a lot of autumn water in the rivers and lakes."

Sha Bai said: "It's a bit cold."

Li Ruoci said: "Shall I go get you some clothes?"

"No need, what does this mean?" Sha Bai pointed to the words on the book.

Li Ruoci looked down, but there was no annotation at the bottom of the book, so he could only explain according to his own ideas: "There is a cool breeze in the sky, and I don't know your mind at this time, so I have to ask, how do you feel now?" how?"

"When will the letter brought by Hongyan arrive? I'm afraid that the autumn waters of the rivers and lakes will cause storms." It's completely literal, and I don't know if it's right.

"Oh, I see."

"you understood?"

"Ah."

Sha Bai's appearance reminded Li Ruoci of that dream, in which he read Sha Bai probably a ghost novel.

"Sha Bai, do you like listening to stories?"

"like."

"Then I have time to tell you." Li Ruoci thought, one day they will return to Wuxitian and meet Tang Yuanchu and the others. At that time, he will tell Sha Bai those boring little stories, but some Sometimes boredom can become a kind of fun.

"Wow, Brother Lin is the best."

Li Ruoci turned a few pages back in the collection of poems,

Sha Bai said from the side: "This poem gives people a feeling of desertedness."

"is it?"

"It's going to be a cool wind here soon."

Sha Bai rested his chin in his hand, and continued: "When it is the coldest in Lizhou, Dad has to go to collect firewood early, and Mom has to make a new jacket, the kind with small floral patterns."

"Is that for you to wear?"

"Yeah, I have new clothes every year." Sha Bai smiled, and then took them back, like a flash in the pan.

Li Ruoci could see the sadness in this smile, even though she was only a little girl of eleven or twelve years old.

"The cool wind is blowing again. I think of my father and mother, and I am not so sad. Although I still miss them, brother Lin, what are you thinking now?"

"Me?" Li Ruoci realized now that the little girl in front of her was trying to talk to him.

Seeing that Sha Bai was looking at him seriously, he couldn't put it off, he could only say: "I don't know, are you warming up with a fake fire?"

"Hey?"

Li Ruoci touched Shabai's hair and said, "You will understand later."

From this day on, he never saw Pei Shi again.Until two days later, a letter was handed to him.He read it over and over several times, and he was sure that it was written by Cen Jiu.

There are too many monks in Lizhou, so they can only pass the news in the most primitive way.

There was nothing suspicious, but Li Ruoci felt it was better to be more cautious.He took out a set of black clothes from the closet, put them on, fastened the cuffs, and put away the fan he used every day. This fan was very old, and he bought it in Fengzhou. The white fan was later painted with pear blossoms by Pei Shi.Open layer upon layer, flourishing ink painting.

"What's the word?" Pei Shi hesitated when he picked up the pen.

"Buy new ghosts under the flowers." He said casually.

"So unlucky?"

"To ward off evil spirits."

"Forget it, let's write something good."

As a result, the words Blooming Blossom, Bright Moon, and Full Moon fell on the fan.

Li Ruoci opened the drawer and took out a new fan. There was nothing on this fan, which was somewhat similar to the one he used in Lianyetian.

Everything is almost ready, but one nerve has been tense.Stomach is a little uncomfortable, like something has been tightly pressed.

He decided not to think about it, walked out silently, and quickly merged with the night.

On the outskirts of the city there are only piles of withered grass, and the wind howls along the north wall.

The temple seemed to have been dilapidated for a long time, and the color and face of the worshiped gods could no longer be seen.

God bless the earth, until now few people believe it.The sky is closed, and everyone is an ant struggling to live under the sky.

He walked in, and he couldn't make too much noise when he stepped on the ground.

"Cen Jiu?"

Cen Jiu stood blankly in the distance, half of his body was in the shadow of the statue.

Li Ruoci immediately realized something was wrong, and walked towards the door.But several long swords had already brushed against his body and flew over, and then formed a sword array to restrain his movements.

"Since you're here, there's no need to rush away. I haven't seen who's behind the mask yet."

A voice that Li Ruoci was no longer familiar with appeared, and then Pei Shi stepped gently into the temple.

Pei Shi has this kind of ability, obviously speaking in a very normal tone, like chatting words, there is a chill in his mouth.

Li Ruoci's body froze, but he reacted immediately, and immediately shook away the swords surrounding him.

But Pei Shi's sword pointed at his brow in the next second.

The disciples behind him also took back the swords on the ground and greeted him together.

Li Ruoci's black figure stood out among the crowd of people in white clothes, and he was like a target.

He opened his folding fan, stepped back, and distanced himself from the disciples.

Between swords and swords, Li Ruoci tried to open a breakthrough, but Pei Shi pressed too hard. For a while, he could only bite the bullet and fight back.

Pei Shi drew out his sword, and every sword was intended to destroy him directly.He did his best to keep himself from getting hurt and cornered.

Li Ruoci raised his hand, and the folding fan in his hand gave off a silver light. Several disciples who were close to him were seriously injured and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Pei Shi faced the sharp fan, regardless of whether he would be cut or not, he swung his sword and slashed at it. Li Ruoci's neck immediately felt cold, and he retreated under the statue. Warm blood immediately flowed down his clothes. down.

Pei Shi didn't give him time to react, Li Ruoci could only avoid the cold light in front of him when he bullied him.

There was a "puchi", time paused, and there was a sound of being cut.

Li Ruoci felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and the sword went straight through.

Xue Danggui stood behind him expressionlessly.

Li Ruoci looked up at Pei Shi.

Through the mask, Li Ruoci did not panic as imagined, and was even a little relieved that the dust had settled.

"Li Ruoci... right?" Pei Shi said slowly.

"It's been a long time since I heard this name, but since the letter was handed over to me directly, you still don't know who I am?" Li Ruoci's tone was calm, with a hint of sarcasm.

"Ah, yes, I'm too familiar with this voice." Pei Shi smiled half a smile, his eyes were slightly sad, but in the next second, it disappeared, leaving only a frost on his face.

Seeing him lift the sword in his hand, Li Ruoci closed his eyes in despair, but the silver mask on his face was split from the middle, and then fell to his feet.

The sound is very clear in the ears.

And then there's the real candor, where even the last shred of pretense is gone.Opening his eyes again, he inexplicably felt that Pei Shi was even more desperate than him.

"I said it was him, why do you still insist on such twists and turns?" Xue Danggui said helplessly.

"Why...why do you have to come out today?"

Li Ruoci stared at him for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Why didn't you come out? The one in Lingyundu is me, and the one in Fengzhou is also me. The fact is so, you won't be able to accept it?"

When Pei Shi heard this, his face changed, as if he was suppressing his emotions. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "You also leaked the route of Chengzhou?"

"Yes."

with no doubt.

"Then do you know that Tang Yuanchu is at Baishi Mountain?"

Just this one sentence is enough to send Li Ruoci into hell.