Qingguan Nightmare Shadow

Chapter 37

A few days in Huzhou, entangled with chores, a thread in Yunli's mind was tense, making him temporarily ignore the fact that the wound had worsened.Now that he is back in Shuzhou Xiuzhu, sitting here comfortably, he feels the pain in his arm infinitely magnified while he relaxes.The pain made his head dizzy and swollen, and Yun Yao and Su Tong in front of him were filtered into distorted images by his blurred vision.He vaguely heard Yunyao say, "Do you want to eat or not? If you don't, I'll take the bowl away." Then he saw her pick up the broom and carry the wooden tray to the door, and then turned around and said, "Drinking this medicine makes you sleep easier." , you rest early today."

Without her asking, Yun Li was so sleepy that he didn't bother to move, so he simply lay down and closed his eyes.His body was uncomfortable, no matter how he slept, he unconsciously grunted a few times when he turned over and adjusted his position, and finally managed to find a decent sleeping position, bent his knees sideways and hugged himself.

Su Tong put down the book and found a blanket for Yunli to cover. He turned around immediately after hearing the muffled hum, squatted down to test Yunli's temperature, and sure enough, he had a severe fever.Yunli had a fever, and the temperature in Su Tong's hand was much cooler than his. He was dazed, followed the coolness, and took the other's entire arm into his arms, and tugged, as if he wanted to squeeze Su Tong's arm. Take it off and hug it to get rid of the heat.

Su Tong was dragged forward by him, and supported the ground with his other hand, so that he was not pulled down.

Yun Li only felt that the "things" in his arms were slowly heating up, gradually becoming hot, so he closed his eyes and frowned dissatisfiedly, threw Su Tong away and turned over to face another direction.Su Tong was not waved away by him, and stretched out his hand to undo the "broken sword" on his waist, and then hugged him horizontally on the bed to lay flat.Yunli had used Su Tong as a pillow before, subconsciously he was a little dependent on the soft feeling, so he wrapped his hands and feet around the person who tucked him up, unwilling to take away this satisfactory pillow.

People say that if a child is weaned too early, he will have the problem of licking the pillow and the quilt. This statement has been verified by Yunli when he was a child, but he was corrected by Mu Zhe by punishing him to sleep on the hard floor.But now for some unknown reason, his childhood eccentricity has been reawakened, making him hug Su Tong and at the same time pinch a corner of Su Tong's collar, and he can't help sticking out the tip of his tongue to feel a slight tingling sensation.

Yunli clamped tightly, and Su Tong couldn't pull him hard, so he had to let him hold him for the time being, and wanted to wait until he had had enough trouble and fell asleep.

Tired of "tasting" the collar, Yun Li withdrew his tongue, rubbed his head indiscriminately, and accidentally touched Su Tong's chin with his forehead. He suddenly realized that human skin and cloth have completely different textures.It's not that Yun Li is completely insane, now that he's been tossing around for a long time, he's made himself somewhat sober, and when he opened his eyes slightly, he knew that the person being hugged by him was not a cotton-core pillow but a living person.

However, this sliver of sanity was useless, Yun Li was still willful, he bit Su Tong's neck, sucked it a few times and found that it tasted good, he used his lips and teeth together, with the viciousness to tear a piece of flesh off.But instead, he thought of the common sense that "a person will die if his neck is bitten off".

As if "reciprocity", Su Tong whispered "Yunli" in his ear.

Hearing his name, Yun Li opened his eyes, but his eyes were scattered, and his light-colored pupils seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.He moved and babbled in his sleep, Su Tong didn't change his face, but at this moment he opened his eyes, didn't speak, and even let go of his hands and feet, but Su Tong seemed to be frightened, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

In fact, Yunli can't even see things within a "square centimeter" clearly now. Opening his eyes is no different from closing them, except that he can feel the "pillow" and sit up by himself.He didn't have the strength to reach out to catch Su Tong again, and fell asleep with his head tilted.

The fever subsided by noon the next day.If Yunyao hadn't lifted the curtains and let the dazzling sunlight hit her face, it wouldn't be a problem for Yunli to sleep with him again.There were only him and Yunyao in the room. The medicinal soup and herbs for wounds were arranged in a row. Yunyao was rolling up her sleeves to wash the handkerchief. Although the blood on the handkerchief had faded into the water, it could not be washed thoroughly. , it is useless.

Yun Yao: "Are you awake?"

Yunli: "Yes."

"Sometimes I really feel that we gods are not famous," Yunyao said while changing her dressing, "I drink water when I'm thirsty, eat when I'm hungry, rest when I'm sleepy, and take medicine when I'm sick. By the way, yesterday You are lucky to sleep here with Su Tong. If you sleep alone, no one will know if you are burned to death... So what if you live for a long time, Mr. Yunli, do you think you understand it? Hey, you don’t need to say, Don't talk about you, I don't think there is any immortal king or god who really understands." Yun Li heard Yun Yao talking about these strange things when he woke up, and he couldn't understand what "understanding" meant.

Yun Yao didn't explain either, she raised her chin and asked Yun Li to hand her the other arm.

Yunli: "Where's Su Tong?"

"next door."

"read?"

"Well, ready to enter Beijing."

"Entering Beijing?"

"Participate in the palace examination." Yunyao tied the knot, and added: "Emperor Jiahui killed four people. He must have seen that the court was almost empty and was anxious to replenish fresh blood, so the palace examination was brought forward. You know , Su Tong and the others value this very much, if I didn’t say that it was your intention to send him to investigate a case, he would rather lock himself in Yunjue and not step out of the academy for half a year.”

Yun Liduan's medicine bowl froze: "What do I mean?"

Yun Yao said: "After you went to the top, he asked me about you every once in a while. I think he cares about your whereabouts, so he said that you think Yunjue Academy is boring. If the representative of yours went out to practice and take the lead in a case involving a disciple of the Immortal Sect, I will write a letter to ask you to come back."

Uh, how does it sound like the lie of "Be good, baby, and if you do well, your aunt will send a pigeon to send your mother back"?

Yunli: "Ask about me?"

He pondered over what he had done that made Su Tong never forget.Reluctantly, he couldn't think of anything else except that he wanted to smoke his own "inject clean water into the country's society" after he said it.When Yunli heard Yunyao say that Su Tong asked about him, he felt his heart warm at first, but then he thought that his heart was so warm that it was unreasonable. In the end, Su Tong still walked step by step on the path guided by his wish, and then with " The settings of "Wanderer in the Jianghu" and "Adventure Encounter" are missed.

Yunyao read his thoughts from Yunli's face, and said: "Mr. Yunli, maybe you can't be in a hurry."

Yun Li took a sip of the medicine.

Yun Yao said: "A small sapling didn't grow in the direction you imagined. It's off. Since you can't correct it, it's better to wait for it to grow luxuriantly...it's still wonderful." Yun Li thought for a long time, and finally I can't imagine how "wonderful and luxuriant" this "little sapling" Su Tong would grow into if it entered the court and worked for Emperor Jiahui.

Yun Yao: "Are you hungry?"

"Huh?...Hungry."

Yun Yao: "Want to eat meat?" She rested her chin on her hand, and tapped her cheek twice with her index finger.Without waiting for a response, she said with a smile: "Mr. Yunli, I think you probably want to eat meat." Yunyao's deep tone reminded Yunli of bad associations; he suddenly remembered that he ate Su Tong in a dream last night After a meal, in the dream he licked people's necks very happily.Wait, listening to Yunyao's words, aren't those images of hugging and biting people in your mind dreamland?

Yun Li raised his forehead and said, "I don't want to, I want to eat vegetables."

Yun Yao pursed her lips and went out to get him something to eat.Unable to sit still, Yun Li immediately dodged to the next door, opened the door and looked at Su Tong's neck.However, Su Tong turned to face the door, and the exposed part of her neck was clean, but she didn't know if there would be any bite marks on the other side.Yun Li looked at Fei Li, and thought that this was not the first time he had disturbed Su Tong, so he only knocked on the door frame twice, and pushed the fan straight in.Unexpectedly, there is still a person sitting opposite Su Tong, but this person was blocked by the door just now.

Knocking on the door after smelling it, Su Tong used her index finger as a sign, closed the book and looked up.What displeased Yun Li was that just now when he was arguing with the young man sitting across from him, the corners of his lips were raised and his brows were condensed, looking five points quiet and five points elegant; The arcs on the upper and eyebrows were instantly tightened.

Yun Li leaned against the door and said, "Young Master Su is always unhappy seeing me."

Su Tong took a deep breath, hesitated to speak, the young man next to him looked at him and then at Yunli, and whispered: "No, Mr. Yunli, brother Juegui is not unhappy, he just doesn't like it. I know it's you."

Is it me?So what if someone else came?

Yun Li was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the young man who spoke.For the scholars in Yunjue Academy, the nominal "founder" Yunli hadn't shown up for four years, and many new scholars from Shuzhou didn't know his name; since the young man in front of him knew Yunli himself , which means that he was one of the first batch of scholars who came to the academy before Yun left Jiuchongtian.Hearing the young man address himself in honorific terms, Yun Li looked at him for a while, but couldn't remember his name for a long time, couldn't help feeling ashamed, and looked a little tense.

Thinking about it again, I walked in a hurry at that time, and I hadn't had time to carefully match the faces of the Shuzhou scholars with the names on the roster, so it is understandable that I don't recognize them now.What's more, this young man's temperament is introverted, and he has no flamboyant air in his body. He belongs to the type of person who is easily ignored by others.Just as Yunli was thinking, the young man sensed his hesitation, stood up and said with a smile, "Mr. Yunli, my name is Mo Qing."

The celestial beings who commanded orders bowed their hands to Yunli, which was the courtesy that celestial beings should do to a celestial lord.There is no distinction between Shuzhou scholar and Yunli, seeing Mo Qing lowering his head and preparing to bow to him, Yunli hastily supported him and said "Farewell", looked away and said, "I'm here to find Su Tong. "

Yun left Menjianshan, walked around to the other side of Su Tong to check his neck, and froze when he saw the real bite mark.

Yun Li lowered his voice: "I bit it?"

Su Tong didn't speak, just blinked.

Uh, that's what he bit... Yun Li straightened his face, bent over and touched the top of Su Tong's head solemnly, and said with a soft smile, "Hey, take some medicine." Feeling jealous again, he turned around and said, "You also tell me about the book." He sat down in Mo Qing's position just now, took the book under Su Tong's palm and flipped through a few pages: "In the eyes of Mr. Su, I I have always behaved inappropriately, and I have not had the time these few years, now Mr. Su has the opportunity to teach me a few words with the admonitions of the ancients." His eyes were filled with anticipation of "I have not read the book for ten years, and I am waiting for your words", and for a while he couldn't help it. I can't tell if the look in my eyes is real or fake.

After pondering for a while, Su Tong said to Mo Qing: "Wen Ruo, you can ask Xing Yin first about the question just now, I may not know him better than him."

Mo Qing nodded and answered "OK", Yun Li thought he was going out, but saw him walk behind a bookshelf, and heard him say: "Brother Xing Yin, what do you think about the matter of the farmland just now?"

Another young man's voice said: "Brother Yun Jue has finished talking about what should be said and what can be said, so I can have any further opinions." The young man's tone of admiration contained vague resentment, and he blocked Mo Qing's mouth with one sentence. , Mo Qing didn't make a sound for a long time.After a while, Mo Qing said: "Brother Xing Yin, what about the capital's recruitment of refugees into soldiers?"

The young man still didn't give a specific explanation, and said: "This matter is just a rumor at the moment, how can you and I write an essay on it? However, many things cannot escape the law of 'when viewed from the side, the peaks and mountains are different'. The matter of organizing soldiers and exiles is no exception. Now that the mountains are not visible and the veins of the mountains are not exposed, if we have to talk about one or two things in advance, the generalization of 'both advantages and disadvantages exist' is enough."

Mo Qing asked a few questions, listened for a while, and realized that the other party didn't intend to elaborate, so he was speechless for a while.

Knowing that there are other people in the study room, not Su Tong and Mo Qing alone, Yun Xin calmed down a bit, and at the same time turned his head to see what kind of person the young man with a cold and even arrogant tone was like.Looking into the gap, Yun Li saw the person next to Mo Qing sliding his finger on the scroll on the shelf, looking sideways at Mo Qing, with his lips tightly closed as if he didn't want to say more.Mo Qingwu stood on his own for a while, left the young man with a resentful look on his face, and sat down at the table to practice his brush with ink.

Seeing that he was disappointed, Yun Li said, "I'll borrow your brother Yun Jue for a while, and I'll give it to you right away."

Mo Qing eased his expression, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yunli was joking, brother Yunjue is not mine alone."

Well, not yours alone.It's mine alone.Yun Li's impression of Mo Qing changed from plain to good, and he no longer felt vigilant in his heart. He flipped through a few pages of the book aimlessly, and suddenly covered his pages and said, "Young Master Su, I don't think you have any intention of being here with me either. Time wasting... You are about to enter Beijing to take the exam, how about this, I bet on a question as a bet. If you win, you lose, if you fail, you win. As for winning or losing, we will make a decision after the result is out ,how?"

Su Tong thought about it, and Mo Qing who was on the side said in surprise: "Mr. Yunli is so confident, how can he have such a prophetic ability?"

Yun Li said: "'Complete' dissatisfaction, [-]% of them are still... Well, why don't you join in?"

Mo Qing shyly said: "Can I join?"

Yunli said: "Hey, your ears are here, of course you can hear what I say, can't I drive you out?" He straightened his clothes, sat up straight and said, "Mr. Let's finalize the bet, lest you worry that I'm betting too much...Let me think about it...In this way, don't you still owe me a meal of steamed buns? If I win, you will make up for the steamed buns."

The matter of buns, Yunli thought it was only a dozen or 20 days, but it should be very far away for Su Tong.Yun Li immediately realized that Su Tong might have forgotten about it, thought for a while and said, "Anyway, you owe me breakfast, it doesn't matter if you don't remember it, I will keep it for you."

Su Tong: "I remember."

Yunli: "Just remember it and talk about it."

Su Tong was a rare joke: "What if Mr. Yun loses?"

"I'll cook for you."

"..."

"Do not care?"

Su Tong raised his hand and said, "Young Master Yun, please write a question."

"I bet on one question," Yunli said, "Emperor Jiahui... er, the emperor will definitely ask, what do you guys think of 'strict laws and severe punishment'?" After finishing speaking, he folded his arms He said again: "This is the question I bet on, why don't you two just say something here first?"

Mo Qing first said: "Since the current emperor took office, he has focused on combating corruption and rectifying the government. I think Mr. Yunli is betting on this question, and he can't escape."

To be honest, Yun Li himself felt that his betting on this question was not good enough. After all, where Emperor Jiahui worked hard and which aspects of the problem he paid attention to, everyone would know clearly, so that he would not be blind or deaf. The emperor and his elders have killed how many people and who they have killed this year.When Yunli came up with this question, it was tantamount to playing around the edges. It was not considered a prediction, but just a cheap talk and nonsense, while earning a meal from Su Tong.Of course, he deliberately poked a loophole in his words, wanting to see if Su Tong could mend it.

Yunli: "I was asked, what do you want to say?"

Mo Qing was immersed in the scene, and said in a panic: "The emperor severely punishes misconduct and severely punishes injustice, that is, he declares to the world that the laws of a country cannot be shaken, and the virtues of a country cannot be violated. Strict laws and severe penalties The essence is not to intimidate, but to straighten the hearts of the people and shape the king's prestige. Now the pests in the dark are found out and punished, and the benevolent ministers and gentlemen in the court occupy the majority to keep the peace of Xia. Governance should also depend on the king, and the role of the wise king is in the construction and construction. The emperor is in power, supplemented by criminal laws, and obeys orders." The more he talked, the more he entered the country. Obviously, he had thought about this issue a long time ago, and now he vomits quickly. .

Yun Li coughed lightly, and didn't want to hurt Mo Qing, so he threw the embarrassment to Su Tong and said, "Does Mr. Su have any comments? Or do you have anything to add?"

Su Tong said calmly: "The word 'harsh' implies derogation, and the word 'bright' is appropriate."

It was only then that Mo Qing realized that Yunli had intentionally made a fuss about the method, and immediately blushed, lowered his head and rolled up his sleeves to reflect.Yunli thought that Mo Qing was probably not feeling well right now, and felt that he should reduce his psychological burden, so he pretended to say something wrong: "My mistake, my mistake, how could the emperor judge himself with the word 'harsh'...the emperor Great Virtue, everyone in the Xia Kingdom should not comment like this."

Even though Yun Li blamed him for everything, Mo Qing still blamed himself; it is not a trivial matter for a scholar to be completely unresponsive when he hears people speak indiscriminately.

Yun Li still wanted to comfort him, but suddenly, the young man behind the bookshelf snorted and said, "Playing with words, pretending to be mysterious."