"I always don't think it's right for this pond drink. Send someone to check him carefully."
After Gu Zhao left, Shen Du sat alone for a long time, and seemed to be lost in thought. It was not until the sky outside faded away and Gouyue climbed up that he regained his senses.
He called Pei Wuji and Yao Qing, but didn't call Cui Hong, then opened the register, pointed to the words "Tian Shui Alliance Pond Drink" on it, and instructed them.
Over the past few days, although Cui Hong has lost his position as the left and right ambassador of Jian Tianya, Shen Du has basically brought him with him and let him know about everything.
But this time, he was missing.
Yao Qing and Pei Wuji are both very sensitive people, or they can't be insensitive when they work around Shen Du, so almost when Shen Du speaks, they feel something is wrong.
Yao Qing hesitated for a moment, but still asked the doubts in his heart: "Daoist, what do you think is wrong with this person?"
"The face is wrong."
Shen Du remembered what he saw in Jianlu that day, and still felt that it would be better to be careful.
"You just need to send someone to find out when the three silver rings on the left ear of Chi Yin, the young master of the Tianshui Alliance, were put on, and whether they were taken off or injured. I saw him wearing the rings at Jianlu a while ago. The ear holes are red and don't look like they've been worn for a long time."
Yao Qing was stunned for a moment.
Pei Wuji's mind was bright, and he instantly understood Shen Du's guesses and doubts: "The Taoist thinks that this pond is not the other pond?"
"Check it out to find out."
That pool drink gave Shen Du a very uncomfortable feeling.
He didn't say anything to death, he just asked them to investigate, and it had to be done as soon as possible. As for not letting Cui Hong know about this, they both should know without him saying it.
But when the two retreated, Shen Du glanced at them, pursed his lips slightly, and said, "Pei Wuji stay."
Yao Qing glanced at Pei Wuji, apparently muttering in his heart that something was going to happen between the two of them. But this is out of her control, so she quietly stepped back and explained the matter of the secret inspection of Chiyin.
Pei Wuji stopped and looked up at Shen Du.
The candles in the room were still lit quite brightly. Under the bright light, his darker and tougher outline was beaten to a brighter part and a darker part. When his eyelids drooped and his lips were straight, there was a kind of expression that made Shen Du very uncomfortable. Familiar strangers should not be approached coldly.
He stood up straight and didn't move.
Shen Du was sitting, but this time he had to raise his head to look at him. He was speechless for a while, then laughed and said, "You sit down."
"If you don't sit, the Taoist will say something."
Pei Wuji answered him bluntly, in a cold and resistant gesture, showing a bit of cold blood from the inside to the outside, but Shen Du saw a little stubbornness, even obsession.
So speechless.
It has been almost a month since he returned from Tianji Temple, and a lot of things have happened during this period. He didn't kill Pei Wuji, and even stayed by his side, but the relationship between the two would never go back to the way it used to be.
It was very deformed from the beginning, and Shen Du did not expect to be better.
It's just that he will go to the Tianji Temple tomorrow, and he can't even fall asleep on such a night, and his mind is full of messy thoughts. He just saw him and wanted to leave him down for a chat. But his temper was still up, and he refused to sit.
Shen Du did not force it.
He has always been laissez-faire, tolerant, and even indulgent towards Pei Wuji, and he doesn't mind his sudden rudeness at all.
"I have something to tell you."
"But I don't really want to hear it."
During this period of time, he was even afraid to talk to Shen Du. Following him for too long, knowing too much about some aspects of him, the changes in Shen Du that he has seen these days, the more he has an indescribable fear.
Because he could vaguely sense what was going to happen.
Shen Duxiao: "It seems that you have already guessed what I am going to say."
Pei Wuji's hand rested on the woundless knife naturally, but after hearing this, his fingers became stiff, and even tightened a little harder.
He didn't speak.
But when his voice fell behind, looking at his eyes, there was a beast-like ferocity, and some unknown feelings buried under the ferocity.
"Tomorrow, we will go to Bukong Mountain, worship Tianji Temple, and ask for three volumes of the Buddha Treasure. It may not go as smoothly as planned. So I thought, you should not follow this trip." Shen Du lowered his eyes and fiddled with it. The string of Buddha beads placed on the table at once, there is a cold light with a bit of killing intent in the bottom of the eyes, "Whether you go or stay, the world is big, there is always a place you can go."
"You chase me away?"
Pei Wuji finally sneered.
Shen Du was silent for a long time before he looked up at him again, but he didn't deny it, he only said: "You can't bear to kill me, and you can't bear to see me die in front of you, you can't keep me alive, it will only add to the pain. Leaving me, Leaving the demon path, or even leaving the martial arts, to see the rivers, lakes, seas, mountains and peaks, maybe I can put it down, maybe I can see it clearly, maybe I can kill me hard enough."
"After raising me for ten years, I have become a ruthless wolf, but now I want to let go of all my obsessions and leave. Shen Du, I really don't let you go around." Pei Wuji's eyes It has become extremely sarcastic, "Do you like that person so much? Listening to what you mean, after the line of Tianji Temple, you don't even want to be a demon."
"… "
He really doesn't even want the Demon Dao anymore.
Shen Du knew that he had always been sensitive, so he didn't deny it in front of him, just to see him standing in front of him, a tall and cold person, but suddenly there was an unspeakable sense of loneliness, and in the end he felt that he was following him. uncomfortable.
Pei Wuji was raised by him.
"You know why I gave you a woundless knife?"
Pei Wuji didn't know.
When he first got this knife, he had just practiced the third level of a martial art given by Shen Du, and defeated a quite powerful young disciple on the Demon Dao. He handed it to himself as a reward.
Everyone up and down the demon road changed their faces.
At that time, he still didn't know the origin of this knife, what kind of past it had, how powerful it was, or what it meant to Shen Du.
Later, Cui Hong only told him.
It turned out that the old Taoist master took Shen Du and his senior brother Dongfang Ji to the Jianhu, and the owner of the Jianhu, Li Yan, saw it at a glance and personally built it for Shen Du.
For Shen Du, the injury-free knife is the only thing that he has but his brother doesn't have.
This knife has been stained with a lot of blood, and it has also witnessed how a young man who had pity even watching a worm and a bird being killed became a big devil who did not blink an eye when he killed someone later.
Legend has it that Shen Du killed his father and mother with this knife.
Pei Wuji thought at first that he gave himself this knife just to acknowledge him and reward him. Later, I felt that Shen Du was actually afraid of seeing this knife, afraid of facing all the things he had done back then.
But now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be.
He held the injury-free knife, and the cold temperature at night slowly passed from the back of the knife to his fingertips, making him look at Shen Du with a particularly sober look.
Shen Du laughed, and turned to look at Pei Wuji's eyes, actually retreating from the countless cold lights, adding a few rare softness instead.
Then he said:
"When Yan casts a sword, he must kill and open the blade. However, he never killed a life when he cast a sword without injury. This is the only sword he has seen without blood since he built the sword house. The name of the sword is harmless. No one was hurt, the precious jade. It's a pity that all things in this world backfired..."
The cowardly young man who got the Injury-Free Knife back then was finally pushed off the cliff by the senior brother who was valued by his parents, and he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse to practice the Six Harmonies God Art.
From then on, the sword light and blood shadow, no injury and final injury.
He lived up to all Li Yan's expectations, and even became a person who was afraid of himself, so when he saw Wushangdao, he always thought of this messing world.
When he was speaking, his expression was a little dazed, but the sullen aura that always made people scared when he saw it on weekdays slowly faded away in this trance, and the vaguely pale face was rare. Peaceful.
This face is amazing.
He looked at Pei Wuji, just like he was looking at his former self, and smiled: "At that time, I thought to myself, you are innocent after all. It's just that you have a stronger character, and you are not the same as me back then. You are right. , it's my fault, I shouldn't make you look like this, and I have to drive you away at this time."
It is clear that every sentence is so soft, but why does it sound to him like a dull knife after another, slashing in his heart
Pei Wuji could hardly stand up.
His love and hatred for him have never diminished, and they have always been evenly matched. But at this moment, he actually wanted to let go of all revenge and hatred, hug him tightly, and tell him: You are not wrong, I am happy with it.
But not after all.
The way Shen Du looked at him was so sad.
There was no more sternness or even ridicule in the past, and even the precautions and fears were quietly put down, and the eyes were raised to look up at him slightly, making him unable to raise any resistance.
Shen Du said: "Go back and think about it, there will be a day when you will think clearly."
Pei Wuji couldn't respond to any of his words.
With his seemingly soft but firm attitude, he could only leave. It's just that there is no calmness at the time of arrival, but a sudden confusion is added.
Also, lonely.
- Shen Du doesn't want him anymore.
That night, Shen Du did not continue to think about this matter, but sat under that window all night. I watched helplessly as that month rose from the east and slowly moved past the inky sky, and finally got up when I saw that the bright brilliance was engulfed and covered by the thin morning glow.
Today is the day to leave for Tianji Temple.
From the Demon Dao to the Right Dao, the ten schools and eight factions have all been prepared in the past three days. In the early morning, before the fog cleared, they had already gathered outside the Xiefeng Villa, waiting.
When Shen Du arrived, he saw Pei Wuji in the crowd.
He didn't ask any more questions, just walked forward, with a bit of fierceness in his eyebrows as always, smirking to greet Gu Zhao, Lu Fan and others, and of course he saw Chi Yin who was standing a little later. , Lu Feichan and others.
Then Lou Zhang and Ni Qianqian were in the car at the end.
Everyone knows what to do and where to go, so after a few words of greeting, they set off directly, and a group of people headed towards Bukong Mountain.
three-day journey.
In the beginning, the closer he got, the better Shen Du's mood became; but when he could faintly see the outline of Bukong Mountain, it turned into a strange kind of apprehension.
He thought, would the monk blame himself
After all, he lived up to his compassion, and even broke into the Thousand Buddhas Hall and stole the bead. If his teacher knew that he had saved him, he would most likely have to be implicated and punished...
That's it.
It doesn't matter, snatch him away, or make a condition for him to leave with Tianji Chanyuan, and then coax him well later.
Shen Du rode a jujube red horse, walking in front, looking up at the Bukong Mountain with only a few hours left, and suddenly he curled his lips into a smile.
At this moment, Pei Wuji next to him glanced at him.
Then he slowly said: "Shen Du, the reason why I stay is that I am not reconciled. Even if I have to leave, I have to see what this person you like is like."
Chapter 66 Questions and Answers ┃ "Evil demons are heretical, causing harm to the common people; one thought has been wrong, and those who are now should wake up and get rid of them."
What is it like
Nature is nice, nice, nice looking.
Shen Du looked back at Pei Wuji, and answered in his heart, but when he looked at his expression, he somehow swallowed all the words that came to his mouth, just smiled lightly, and sat on the horse as usual. Holding the reins, let the horse move forward.
Ink-stained green hills loomed in the twilight.
About an hour later, the sky completely darkened.
Gu Zhao and Lu Fan led people to walk on the other side. At this moment, they looked at the sky and pulled their horses in front of a deep valley. They raised their voices and asked Shen Du: "At this hour, if you go to the Chanyuan tonight at night. See, do we keep going, or stop and make some repairs?"
If we keep moving forward, of course, we will soon be able to reach the Zen Temple, and with the compassion of the monks, most of them can let them sleep in the Zen Temple, so as not to sleep in the mountains.
In terms of Shen Du's previous temperament, of course he has to move forward.
But now is different after all.
Right now, although he did bring the righteous talents with him, but after all, he was an evil demon who had broken into the Thousand Buddhas Hall and killed many people, and worshipping the Zen Temple late at night would inevitably make people feel aggressive.
He didn't care what the other bald donkeys in the temple thought, but there was still the monk in it.
So after a little pondering, Shen Du directly looked back at Zhao Dao: "There is no need to move forward, it is a famous ancient temple anyway, and it is very rude to disturb you late at night. I will stop here tonight, find a place to rest first, and then go to the temple tomorrow. ."
Speaking so politely.
Others don't know Shen Du, and I'm afraid they think it's nothing, but a few people who know a little about him, such as Gu Zhao, Yao Qing and others, are all a little surprised.
But this trip was entirely in his hands, and even if he made a small speech, no one would say it. Instead, they all stopped their horses and started looking around nearby.
They have been traveling on the mountain road, and they are still familiar with the surrounding environment, and soon found a valley sheltered from the wind.
At night, there are still people of good and evil who are watching the wind.
Shen Du and the others came out of the demonic way, even if they stopped to rest, they were clearly different from those of the righteous way, and everyone took one side.
After rushing down for a few days, everyone on the Demon Road already knew what Shen Du's habits were and how to serve this precious Taoist master.
As soon as they found a place, there were people going around busy.
A small group of people went to the mountains to hunt game, and went to the lower reaches of the stream to take care of it; a few people brought water bags to the upper stream to fetch water, and brought back the clean water for everyone to drink.
A bonfire was set up at night.
Shen Du was sitting on a large rock next to him, and the two swords of Chuihong and Xuelu were casually placed at his feet. The overturned scabbard with patterns reflected the firelight, which was like Jean's face, with a rare tenderness.
Pei Wuji has been with him for many years, where have you seen him show such an expression
At the moment, he came over with two hares that had been cleaned up, put them on the freshly cut wooden sticks and put them on the fire, and sneered inexplicably.
Shen Du looked up at him, but he didn't speak.
The atmosphere at night became a little weird.
Shen came alone because his ten fingers never touched the spring water. When there were people around, he never did it by himself, even when there was no one around, he tried to do it himself, and it always made a mess, so at this moment, he didn't intervene to help Pei Wu. silent meaning.
He just sat by and watched.
The skinned wild rabbit still had some blood on it, but under the gradual licking of the flames, there was still a strong oily fragrance, which made people drool.
People in the Demon Dao are no longer surprised by such a situation, but the right side is still in a state of watching a fresh one. Although they have been on the road for a few days, they have seen Pei Wuji bake things for Shen Du, but every time they see I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
After all, Pei Wuji was the left envoy of Jian Tianya.
Zhengdao's side is not ignorant of his origin and origin, and he has always been widely spread in the rivers and lakes.
Therefore, there are more reverie and rumors about the relationship between the two people for no reason.
But Shen Du ignored them.
Pei Wuji baked the food, and then tore off the best baked part and handed it to him, and he naturally took it and ate it.
After eating about seven minutes of fullness, he drank some water, and then rested under the stone rock sheltered from the wind.
Going out, and walking with the right path, even if you are sleeping, you are actually sleeping very lightly. After all, you have to guard against the other party's attack at night.
But this night, probably because it was too close to the Tianji Temple, Shen Du closed his eyes for almost an hour, but he didn't even feel sleepy. On the contrary, with his profound skills, his five senses are extremely sensitive, and he can even hear the wind and grass in the mountains clearly.
After tossing and turning like this, three hours passed, and he was still awake.
Shen Du sighed in his heart, knowing that it would be difficult for him to fall asleep that night, so he simply opened his eyes.
A frost-white crescent moon in Tianshan suddenly fell into his eyes.
The ancient pine weeds hung upside down on the mountain wall above the deep valley, and the moist clouds and mists were faintly flowing through it.
Occasionally, the sound of insects and birdsong makes the place more silent.
There was a cool breeze blowing at night, and there was a rustling sound.
Shen Du followed the source of the voice and saw the bamboo sea stretching for dozens of miles under the moonlight.
Green in the day, green in the night.
Just such a thick piece of color lies in the mountains, but every branch and every leaf has an unconventional state of mind, as if whispering.
The people around the Demon Dao and the people on the Right Dao not far away seemed to be fast asleep. Only the people who stayed on patrol from both sides were still walking in the distance, keeping an eye on each other and listening to the surrounding movement.
Shen Du watched for a long time and thought about it for a long time.
But no matter how many rational thoughts pop up, when they touch the sea of bamboo that he sees and thinks in his heart, they are all beaten to nothing.
He just kept his eyes open and sat like this for three full quarters without moving. Finally, he couldn't hold back. He picked up the two swords beside him. Shadow disappeared.
At the foot of the mountain behind Bukong Mountain, the bamboo forest is dense, and the leftover leaves are piled all over the ground.
The wind passed through the bamboo forest, and there was a humming sound from the simple and even humble bamboo hut in the forest.
There was no light in the room, it was pitch black.
With a "squeak" sound, the door was pushed open, and finally made a jerky and sour sound.
A section of moonlight poured into the door from the outside.
Because of the galloping all the way, the visitor still had some irregular breathing in his chest, and his tall figure cast a shadow in the moonlight, and suddenly became still.
There was dust in the air, a pale color in the moonlight.
The sandalwood scent that was always lingering in this bamboo hut has become faint at some point, and it seems that it has been diluted by the flowing time, so I can hardly smell it.
Only the medicinal fragrance still had traces of bitterness.
only…
nobody.
Not even that monk.
Shen Du's heart that was burning for no reason when he came, was finally left in the cold at the moment when he opened the door with vague hope.
After standing at the door for a long time, he came in.
In the stove used in winter, only cold charcoal ashes are left, there is no pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the bookcase, and there are no Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelf. Even, a thin layer of ash had fallen in the house, and when I reached out and touched the bookshelf lightly, it was covered with hands.
The whole house became empty, as if no one had ever lived here, and all the love and affection that had happened in this small bamboo hut was just a dream for him.
Can't touch, can't find.
Shen Du suddenly became a little lost: That monk, did he finally move back to the Zen Temple from here
Outside the lonely window, the moon is cold, and the bamboo shadows shake.
In the middle of the night, the Tianji Temple on the top of the mountain is not empty, the lights have gradually dimmed, and all the magnificent buildings in the courtyard are asleep in the darkness. Come.
Abbot Yuanmie stood in front of the window and looked out into the darkness.
Behind him is a tall Buddha statue with incense offerings in front of the Buddha, while the monk in a snow-white robe stands in front of the Buddha with his back to the window, looking up at the Buddha's compassionate eyes.
The dim candlelight did not illuminate his face.
Only the figure covered by the large monk's robe cast a swaying shadow on the futon not far away.
"The ambition of the demons and the wolves actually forced the righteous path to act as a tiger, and to open their eyes for them to seize the martial arts essence left by the martial arts. Just now, the disciples from the bottom of the mountain came to report that their group stayed in a valley six miles away at night. I will be forced to go to the Chanyuan at dawn tomorrow.”
Yuan Mie looked at it, sighed, and turned around.
"The monks are merciful, but with a single thought, you have saved the evil demons that harmed the common people. Now that this scorpion is making a comeback, if the Buddha's possession falls into its hands, I don't know what kind of bloody storm it will set off. At that time, how should you deal with it? "
The figure of the monk did not move, but still stared at the Buddha's eyes in the heights, as if he wanted to know what the gods and Buddhas in the sky were looking at with these pair of compassionate eyes, and it seemed that he wanted to obtain something from these pair of real eyes of wisdom. Answers to the puzzles.
But the Buddha does not speak, the Buddha does not speak.
So he was silent for a long time before he said: "The evil spirits are outsiders, and they are a disaster for the common people; one thought has been wrong, and now they should wake up and get rid of them."