On the winter solstice, when I came back from a visit next door, I saw Long Shen frowning at the computer screen in deep thought.
"Master, what happened?"
"It's nothing." Seeing him approaching, Long Shen closed the laptop.
It's not that he can't show it to the other party, but he thinks it's useless to watch it, and it may make the Winter Solstice depressed.
The winter solstice didn't ask any more questions, and raised the food bag in his hand: "This is the fried buns that the lady nurse gave me just now. She said that they called too much and couldn't finish it, so let me help to eliminate a little, it's still hot, Shall we eat together?"
"it is good."
In the past, Long Shen would probably refuse. He is not a foodie like Chaosheng, but recently, even the Winter Solstice has noticed that Long Shen has indulged and compromised a lot of himself, and he almost has a hint of pampering.
After Ye Longshen categorically rejected his confession, Dongzhi has now pressed all his undeserved thoughts to the deepest, only faintly feeling that Longshen's change may be related to his head down.
He bent over to open the box, and the patient number slid down his shoulders, exposing the collarbone at the neckline, along with the slender back of the neck.
Long Shen's eyes narrowed.
"What's behind you?"
"What?" Winter Solstice looked up blankly.
Long Shen said, "Sit down and turn around."
Dongzhi untied his clothes according to his words, Long Shen brought a mirror and asked him to turn his head. Dongzhi saw a rose-red mark on his back and shoulders, which looked a bit like peach blossoms, light, and even on his fair complexion. So a little ambiguous and romantic atmosphere, just like the birthmark in the novel that will only appear when you meet the righteous emperor.
But Long Shen not only did not feel ambiguous, but his face turned cold.
Winter Solstice even snorted: "Where did this come from? It wasn't there yesterday."
Five words appeared in Long Shen's mind.
The ghost face peach blossoms descend.
The winter solstice also remembered and asked uncertainly, "Did Lin Xuan's father fall for this kind of head drop?"
Long Shen confirmed his guess: "Yes."
But there are many kinds of head-turning techniques, even if they have the same name, because head-turning masters have different habits, the methods of resolving them may not be the same. Last time, Lin Xuan's father was only an ordinary ghost-faced peach blossom, and he was tortured to death. , almost lost half of his life. In the end, Lin Xuan got the keel from the Special Administration Bureau and was able to resolve it. This time, the demon can even fight against the winter solstice in a dream by lowering his head, I am afraid it will be a hundred times more difficult.
In thought, the winter solstice patted him and handed him a pair of chopsticks.
"Master, eat the buns first. It's getting cold. If you don't eat it, I'm too embarrassed to move."
Although he is also worried, the Winter Solstice is unwilling to add any more trouble or pressure to Long Shen, because he knows that Long Shen will only hope to resolve the fall on his body more than he does.
As expected, the buns were already cold, and when I took a bite, they lost their crispy and warm taste, and even the soup inside became a little fishy. After taking a bite on the winter solstice, I didn’t want to eat anymore, and sighed: “In this weather, if you can eat Hot pot is good!"
He was hospitalized for many days, and he ate standard Jiankang meals. Even if he was not addicted to food like watching Chaosheng, he couldn't help but start to crave.
Long Shen also put down his chopsticks.
"What kind of hot pot do you want to eat?"
"It's best to have a mandarin duck pot, or a four-square grid. One portion of the tomato clear soup, mushrooms and mushrooms is spicy and spicy, and then some mutton and beef bones, and duck tongue. After they are cooked in the tomato soup base, the soup is the most delicious. At the end, you can have noodles or fans at the end, it will definitely taste good!”
It is estimated that he has been greedy for a long time. He started to swallow when he said it. The winter solstice has been fighting with the rough-skinned beasts like Wuzhiqi for a long time, and he has become a lot thicker, pretending not to hear his stomach Cheers to the venue.
Seeing that Long Shen really picked up his phone and started taking out hot pot, he quickly stretched out his hand to hold it down: "Master, can't we eat hot pot in the ward?"
Long Shen said: "Only a few of you live on this floor. Let me tell you something, you can make an exception."
When the winter solstice heard that there was a door, he couldn't help smiling: "Then I'll go and call Lao Liu and Brother Huo. Lao Liu complains about the lack of food every day. If I don't call him, I will definitely be scolded to death!"
Naturally, Long Shen had no objection. He directly gave him the phone and asked him to click on what he liked. Then he got up and walked out to report to the hospital in advance.
"Master."
The winter solstice suddenly made a sound.
Long Shen stood still and turned his head.
His disciple hadn't shown such an indecisive look for a long time. Although Long Shen didn't like such an expression, he still waited patiently for the other party to speak.
A few times before, the words came to the lips but they were timid. At this moment, taking advantage of the good atmosphere, the winter solstice finally said the words.
"I was joking about what I said on the phone last time. I didn't mean to offend people. You, you, just act on my whim. I've always wanted to apologize to you, and I've troubled you, Master."
He finally said this apology, which also means that from now on, he must hold all his unreasonable thoughts firmly in his heart, and must not go beyond the thunderous pool and guard each other's boundaries.
Today, he finally understands that he likes Long Shen, but he doesn't want him to have the slightest burden of anger.
Liking is to make the other party happy. If this liking cannot bring happiness to the other party, then giving up is the best result.
But instead of the relieved or indifferent nodding reaction he imagined, Long Shen smiled.
No sarcasm, just a pure laugh.
The winter solstice was completely stunned.
Before he could understand the meaning of this smile, Long Shen pushed the door out.
He wanted to jump up and stop people to question him, but Director Dong, who dared to fight Wuzhiqi to the death, didn't dare to stop his master, so he could only watch people leave and the door closed.
So in fact, the person who bowed his head was not him, but his master, right
After half a day, the winter solstice can only draw such a conclusion.
That night's hot pot started with excitement, but it ended unexpectedly. Everyone was not able to return happily, because when Dongzhi and Liu Qingbo were robbing a fish ball, they suffered from angina, and the pain was so much that the chopsticks fell to the ground, and the whole body was half-length. He dumped and swept the green vegetables and mushrooms on the table, and he naturally didn't know that his face was pale at the time, which scared everyone.
Before he fell to the ground, Long Shen hugged him by the waist, but the pain did not ease. The heart seemed to be grasped by a hand, kneading repeatedly, the pain radiated from the heart to the nerves all over the body, every breath was Unbearable torture, Dongzhi didn't even realize that he was being held in Long Shen's arms, he was sweating coldly and trembling all over. Throw it away so you don't have to suffer like that anymore.
After this wave of pain subsided, it was not known how long it had passed. He gasped for breath and slowly regained consciousness on the winter solstice. He found that the hot pot gathering had ended. Liu Qingbo and Huo Jie disappeared. Most of it was not finished, the hot soup in the pot was still kept warm, and the heat was rising, but there was no input of ingredients, which made it feel lonely.
"Master..." As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was a little hoarse, and there was a feeling of drenching prostration on his body, which was the sequelae of excessive sweating.
"I'm here." Long Shen let go of him, "It doesn't hurt anymore?"
Winter Solstice nodded, seeing the bloodstains he had just scratched on Long Shen's wrist and back of his hand, he couldn't help being surprised. "your hands… "
"It's fine. Your situation can't be delayed any longer. We'll go to Hainan tomorrow."
Long Shen helped him up, but he didn't have the strength to stand on the winter solstice, so he directly picked him up and put him on the bed. "Don't take a shower today, I'll go get a towel for you to wipe."
The Winter Solstice grabbed his wrist and couldn't help but ask, "Master, if I'm in a situation like this, if I don't understand it for a day, will it happen again in the future?"
Long Shen had seen the peach blossom mark on his back just now, and it was indeed a little deeper than before.
But he didn't say, just said: "Don't be afraid."
Winter Solstice was exhausted, and his pale face didn't recover so quickly. Hearing this, he smiled softly: "I'm just afraid that I will scratch you in the future. When I have an attack next time, you can grab a stuffed doll for me."
"No." Long Shen wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, thought for a while, and added, "I've been here."
Long Shen moved very quickly. When he was resting on the Winter Solstice, he had already made an appointment for the air ticket, the hotel, and the meeting time with Chi's family, and took the Winter Solstice to fly directly to Hainan.
Before leaving, Liu Qingbo and Huo Jie both went to see him off. When the Winter Solstice was away, Liu Qingbo naturally became the temporary person in charge of the Lucheng Office, but the Winter Solstice was very worried about his violent temper. With a little temper and letting some colleagues, Liu Qingbo rolled his eyes when he heard it, but he still didn't turn around and leave.
"I said if you don't worry, just go back to Lucheng with me. Why didn't I find you so long-winded before!"
The winter solstice laughed dryly: "I used to be here, and you exhausted your energy by arguing with me. This time I'm afraid that no one will cheer you on, and you will be lonely!"
Liu Qingbo: He's not talking about cross talk, but he's also praising it!
But for the sake of the other party's illness, he still reluctantly responded.
"You're not here, and there's Zhang Chong. That guy needs to be scolded when he sees it. I'll just scold him every day!"
winter solstice:…
He really wanted to know what Zhang Chong's expression was when he heard this sentence.
"Okay, okay, let's go, get rid of it and come back quickly!" Liu Qingbo waved his hand, as if chasing flies, and added a sentence that didn't sound so straightforward, "You must return safely, otherwise if you do Ghost, I will also find a psychic to detain your soul, and whisper in your ear every day, making you die!"
This is Liu Qingbo's unique way of expressing concern for his friends. He accepted it with a smile on the Winter Solstice, said goodbye to Huo Jie, and asked him to say hello to Tang Jing before entering the security check with Long Shen.
The two watched them leave on the spot, and Huo Jie sighed softly until the other party passed the security check and walked out for a long time, and the figure disappeared.
"I hope he's all right."
"Definitely." Liu Qingbo replied.
…
The Chi family is not like the winter solstice imagined, hiding somewhere deep in the mountains and forests, living a life of isolation. In fact, Hainan has a tropical monsoon climate with abundant sunshine and moisture. It is almost a fruit paradise dreamed by many people. They have been in the fruit business for a long time, and now they have become one of the top fruit wholesalers in China. Strictly speaking, the technique of descending the head has become a sideline of the Chi family, and business is their main business.
Such a secular Chi family naturally saves Long Shen and the others a lot of time. When they get off the plane, someone from the Chi family will pick them up. The other party is a junior from the Chi family, and Chi Banxia's cousin. , The other party treated Long Shen very politely and respectfully, and drove them to a villa on the outskirts of the city.
When they learned that Long Shen and the others had already booked the hotel and did not plan to live in the house they had prepared, Chi Banxia's cousin asked another car to take their luggage to the hotel first.
Long Shen originally contacted Chi Banxia's father, but he wanted to come to the Chi family with an extraordinary emphasis on Long Shen. The one who greeted them in the villa was the current head of the Chi family, Chi Banxia's grandfather, Chi Xing.
"I've heard the name of the Dragon Bureau for a long time, but unfortunately for various reasons in the past, the fate is one side, but fortunately I finally see it today, I have no regrets even if I die!" Shake hands with Long Shen.
Long Shen also said: "International exchanges are increasing day by day. Talents like Mr. Chi are welcomed by the Special Administration Bureau. The title of Honorary Advisor of the General Administration is always ready for you."
The old man Chi smiled and narrowed his eyes, and he dared not be worthy. Chi Banxia's father and uncle stood by the side, and the old man Chi personally introduced Long Shen and the others. Only then did he know on the winter solstice that not everyone in the Chi family was a head-turner, like Chi's. Banxia's uncle is an ordinary businessman, and this line of business is also about talent. Chi Banxia and the cousin who just went to pick up the plane are the most talented people in the Chi family's generation.
After a few words of greetings, the old man Chi also knew that Long Shen came here for his apprentice, and his eyes fell on Dongzhi next to Long Shen.
"This little friend, stretch out your hand and let me have a look."
Chi Banxia's father added next to him: "The old man is the most powerful person in the Chi family!"
The implication is that if he can't help the old man, let alone the rest of the Chi family.
On the winter solstice, he stretched out his hand according to the words, and the old man's skinny palms kneaded repeatedly on the palms and backs of his palms, and probed them inch by inch, and finally stopped at the elbows.
"It's a ghost-faced peach blossom." He let go of his hand, sighed softly, and gave a positive answer.
The rest of the Chi family changed their color when they heard the words.
Chi Banxia's father looked solemn: "The last time I went to Linji, it was this kind of head down."
Long Shen nodded: "Yes, I heard that it was also resolved by the hand of the old man, so this time I can only trouble the old man."
The old man Chi smiled bitterly: "I'm not afraid of your joke, in fact, I was a dead horse and a living horse doctor at that time, and I was not fully sure. The head-dropping technique is ever-changing. To put it bluntly, everyone has different techniques and solutions. The Chi family's head-dropping technique, although It is learned from Southeast Asia, but it is only one of them. There are dense jungles, hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and many techniques used by head descending masters. I have not seen it with my own eyes, so I don’t know at all. According to my judgment, Dong Xiaoyou’s head descending is only afraid of It's a little tricky."
Long Shen said: "Master, please do whatever you want."
Old Man Chi: "Since the Dragon Bureau looks down on me so much, I'll do my best. I wonder if the Dragon Bureau can bring the keel over here?"
Long Shen said: "Bring it."
He handed over the handbag he was carrying with him.
Only then did the Winter Solstice know that the master had done a lot of preparation before he knew it.
The old man Chi took the bag and asked his eldest grandson to follow him in, while Chi Banxia's father stayed to talk to Long Shen and the others.
The uncle was an ordinary person and could not help, so he told the crime and left first, so as not to cause trouble.
Chi Banxia's father was the one who wanted to enter the Special Administration Bureau when he was young, but left because of his anger. Over the past few decades, his temper seemed to have subsided a lot, and the whole person looked much more peaceful. Deep and respectful, not like receiving a deputy director of the Special Administrative Region Bureau, but like receiving his idol.
The other party told the Winter Solstice about the head-dropping technique in the forest.
"People in the world think that the most powerful head descending technique is flying head descending. In fact, it is only for the difficulty of the cultivator itself. In fact, the most vicious one is all kinds of ghost descending, because the head descending master will kill people who die in vain or die in vain. Keeping them around, using various methods to arouse their grievances, and then refining them into the head down, and then adding the secretaries of each family, this kind of head down is extremely difficult to deal with."
Long Shen heard his overtones.
"Isn't the ghost-faced descent in the forest different from the winter solstice?"
The other party nodded: "Although it is also called Peach Blossom Ghost Face Descending, the peach blossoms in Linji are at the heart of the chest, while those in the winter solstice are on the back. I don't think this is accidental, it may be that the descenders use different methods. Last time Linji was Only those who offend in business will be dropped, and those who drop may also be entrusted by others and do not take them seriously, and this time…”
He looked embarrassed and didn't say any more, but both Dongzhi and Long Shen understood.
This winter solstice was in the process of eradicating the devil's fetus. The other party must have been eyeing him, and there was even the figure of the devil. Rao was Long Shen who brought the keel, and the Chi family did not dare to be optimistic.
After a while, the young man came out to announce that he could go in.
Dongzhi followed behind Longshen, walked into the room, and was immediately blurred by the steaming heat.
The layout of the room is very strange, surrounded by a ring-shaped sink, and in the middle is a large wooden barrel half a person high, which is full of black hot water with no visible raw materials, but a strange aroma wafts.
The old man Chi said: "Where is the peach imprint on your body, let me see."
On the winter solstice, he took off his shirt. The "peach blossom" was on his back and under his right shoulder. The color was obviously much brighter than yesterday. Even Long Shen couldn't help frowning.
The old man Chi said: "When the Lin family came to ask for help, Lin Ji's situation was much more serious than yours. I hope that the peach blossoms in you will be the same as him. Let me try."
Long Shen said, "It's your job."
"Dragon Bureau is very polite. Those crooked black-robed head-turning masters rely on their own secret techniques to harm people's lives unscrupulously. I can't make him think that no one can control him in our dignified China!" Pride dry cloud.
"Xiaoyou Dong, you are going into the bucket now. The water is a little hot, but you have to hold back. Soak it from the neck down. You can't come out without saying it's over."
The Winter Solstice asked, "Master, do I need to be naked?"
Old Man Chi: "No, that's fine."
Dongzhi looked at Longshen and saw the latter nodded slightly, so he no longer hesitated, walked to the wooden barrel, and jumped in.
Then he was so hot that he nearly jumped out of the bucket.
Mr. Chi seemed to be aware of his actions, and when his body moved, he directly held his head and pressed him down abruptly.
During the winter solstice, I only felt that my whole body was going to be scalded by hot water, and I only remembered that Long Shen was by my side, so I gritted my teeth and did not shout.
The old man Chi said solemnly: "I know you are feeling very uncomfortable right now, but you have to hold back. Whether you can surrender or not is just one fell swoop. The medicinal soup is mixed with powder made from keel. Don't let your master's efforts go to waste!"
He naturally knows how the Winter Solstice does not know. Although Long Shen is expensive as the deputy director of the Special Administration Bureau, the keel is extremely precious. With Long Shen's self-discipline, he must have made an exception for himself this time.
In fact, after soaking for a long time, the pain has become dull and numb, but it is not unbearable. He can feel his heartbeat is getting faster and faster, so fast that he is about to jump out of his chest. Later, even his breathing and consciousness began to blur and faint. , but the turbulent flow in the body seems to be unwilling to be scalded to death, and is eager to find an exit to escape. In the end, the turbulent flow rushed to the throat, and the winter solstice opened its mouth and spat out a large mouth of black blood!
"Help him up!" Old Man Chi shouted.
Long Shen and Chi Banxia's father, who were standing behind the Winter Solstice, had already been ready at all times. When they heard the words, they immediately started to lift them up from the water and lifted them out of the tub. At this time, the Winter Solstice was already exhausted, and their faces were burned. Red, but white lips.
Chi Banxia's father brought a bathrobe for him to put on, and the old man Chi said, "Help him go to the guest room to have a good rest, and I'll take a look when the heat subsides."