Dianxia Qingcheng

Three years later

- Between the lush mountains and forests, there is a curl of green smoke.

The blue smoke stretched for ten miles and could not dissipate, and if you broke into it by mistake, you would be poisoned to death.

A figure in white clothes with a bamboo basket on his back walked briskly through the green smoke. From time to time, he would bend over to pick up some herbs and throw them into the bamboo basket behind him, and then disappear into the green smoke again and again.

He came to the edge of a stream, the stream was bubbling with faint heat, and a small boat was parked beside it.

He threw the bamboo basket on the boat, propped the boat swaying and rowed deeper into the forest.

The peaks on both sides are towering into the clouds, and the valleys in between are so deep that you can't see the road ahead. This is the place called "Ghost Valley" by the world.

For thousands of years, no one has been able to find it, so the world thinks this place does not exist.

The boat traversed the uneven mountains and finally stopped in front of a waist-high meadow.

The figure put the bamboo basket on its back again and walked in through the grass.

-Behind the bushes, there are several quiet bamboo houses, with smoke rising from the bamboo houses, like a fairyland outside the world.

"Ah ah ah..."

A few screams came from the bamboo house, and I saw a dark shadow running out of it in an instant. The back of the **** seemed to be on fire, and it ran straight towards the stream outside the grass.

"Master!"

The bamboo basket was thrown on the ground, and Bai Yi hurriedly ran after him.

The grass was burnt out of a path, and the dark shadow crawled out of the stream and sat blankly on the bank.

"Master, are you okay, are you injured?"

Bai Yi ran over and squatted on the side to carefully check the master's situation.

"Ten, my test failed again woo woo woo, I've done it eighty-one times, and I can get it back, why haven't I succeeded ah woo woo woo, my "ghost doctor" is about to be famous for my entire life. Ruined wow wow wow..."

Ten wiped his tears for Master, and accidentally wiped off the burnt human skin mask on Master's face. He hurriedly tried to stick it back on, but the sticky nose and eyes all moved.

Shen Huan simply ripped off the human skin mask on his face, revealing the young and beautiful face underneath, which looked extremely well-maintained, and the brows and eyes were full of agility and style.

She no longer used any voice-changing techniques, and directly replaced the original soft voice.

"Ten, quickly help the teacher to see, my real face is not burned!"

Ten leaned over and glanced up and down carefully, "No, Master, don't worry, you are still as beautiful as before."

Shen Huan wiped away her tears and smiled. She looked at the person squatting in front of her. On that long, unremarkable face, there was only this one.

His eyes were sparkling, and he looked at people with a different kind of sincerity.

Shen Huan touched Tu'er's face, and followed his chin to the back of his ear. After confirming that the mask on his face was tightly fitted, without the slightest gap, he was relieved.

In order to protect herself as a fool, she also broke the old mother's heart.

"Ten, do you know why every time you go out to the mountains, you have to wear a mask and disguise yourself?"

Ten tilted his head to think for a while, and replied with a serious face, "Master has to dress up like an old grandfather every time, it should be..."

Shen Huan looked at him expectantly.

"...It should be that I want to eat steamed buns in Chengkou for nothing. The fat boss said that as long as the elderly and children don't charge any money..."

The light in Shen Huan's eyes went out, he let out a long sigh, patted his forehead, and then stood up.

"Hey, it's because the world outside is too chaotic. Only ordinary people who don't attract attention can be safe. Forget it, why are you asking this kind of question for the teacher. It seems that I have to continue the experiment. Only then can you cure your melon head..."

While talking, Shen Huan walked towards the bamboo house. Seeing that Shi behind him did not keep up, he turned around and waved at him, "Come here, you little fool."

Ten still stood still, but the circles of his eyes were red.

"Master, do you dislike me, you don't want me anymore..."

Seeing his pure and innocent apricot eyes filled with tears, Shen Huan felt a little distressed.

"What nonsense, if the teacher didn't want you, he wouldn't have rescued you in the first place and let you drown in that water."

Hearing this, Ten's tears were dripping, "Master..."

Shen Huan quickly explained, "No, no, being a teacher doesn't mean you want to drown you, being a teacher means, yes... Hey, anyway, you just need to remember that the one you love the most as a teacher is your little apprentice, you know. ?"

Ten choked twice and nodded.

Shen Huan wiped his tears for him, looking at the only little apprentice he had accepted, his eyes were full of concern and worry.

She didn't tell him, in fact, the first time she met him was in a small town outside the imperial capital, when he was very weak.

Shen Huan was disguised as an old man at the time. When she first saw the beautiful and fragile little man lying on the bed, she had an inexplicable intimacy with him, and she felt that there was something between them. It was like a bond, so she helped them.

But I didn't expect that the second time I met him, it turned out to be a stream in Ghost Valley.

No one can come in here, but he was able to float all the way here along the stream, which made Shen Huan even more determined that there must be some kind of connection between them.

At that time, the little man was covered in blood and was about to lose his breath.

Shen Huan took him back to his bamboo house, and after a lot of hard work, he finally woke him up.

But the little man who woke up lost all his memories, didn't know what he was called, who he was, or how he suffered

Shen Huan thought that this might also be God's will to let him forget the past and start all over again. Shen Huan had lived alone in this ghost valley for so long, and he was still a little lonely. With the little people as company, life finally has some color.

Shen Huan taught him medicine knowledge and medical skills. Who would have guessed that he actually had some talent in this area. He learned very quickly, and sometimes he could even come up with formulas that even Shen Huan had never thought of.

Shen Huan also named him, Shen Shijiu, because it happened to be the tenth day when he was rescued.

Although Shen Nineteen was a little stupid, he was extremely filial to his master, Shen Huan, and usually only followed Shen Huan, and did not hesitate to respect and praise Shen Huan.

——The master and his disciples lived at ease and unrestrained in this isolated mountain.

Time flies, it is three years.

"Okay, my good apprentice, don't cry, let the teacher go back and change clothes."

Ten nodded, "Master... Hurry up and change your wet clothes... But don't... catch a cold..."

He said it intermittently and kept crying and burping, which made Shen Huan want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and his face was about to turn red.

"Master... Your face is so red... Are you... catching a cold..."

"Hahahaha..." Shen Huan couldn't hold back any longer, clutching his stomach and laughing wildly, until tears almost came out.

"Don't talk about it, my teacher is about to die of laughter, do you know that you're just like a little frog hahahaha..."

Shen Huan waved his hand and walked towards the bamboo house while smiling.

Shen Nineteen stood in a daze, the tears stopped flowing, and the hiccups stopped beating. Looking at Shen Huanxiao's bent back, he followed in aggrieved.

Master must not love him anymore. Master used to say that he was like a cute little rabbit, but now he has been reduced to a little frog.

He is aggrieved.

The bamboo hut was a mess, a dark mass beside the fire, and a hole was blown out of the bottom of the pot.

Shen Huan had put on clean clothes and a new human-skin mask on his face.

The two master and apprentice were in a daze around the stove.

"Master, how are we going to cook?"

Shen Huan hugged her arms and raised her eyebrows, "Let's go, I'll take you to the city to eat for the teacher!"

Shen Nineteen's excited eyes flashed into the stars, "Master is the best!"

The two came to the largest city in the Celestial Dynasty, the Imperial City.

Here is the foot of the emperor, very lively and prosperous.

The streets are filled with a dazzling array of goods, and all kinds of shops are lined up.

The best restaurant is this Pinxiang, where all the food in the world can be tasted here.

Shen Huan was wearing the mask of an ordinary man today, and Ten on the side looked ordinary.

The two stood at the door of Yipinxiang, ten nervously pulling Shen Huan's sleeves, "Master, it must be expensive here, we don't have any money..." Shen Huan glanced at him, "Hmph, who said that? I should invite you to have a meal as a teacher. What are you afraid of, come in!"

After speaking, he was like an uncle, and swaggered in, and Shi also obediently followed behind.

The shop assistant was busy greeting the two of them, "Two guest officers, come here, sit in the lobby here."

Shen Huan waved his hand and looked like a nouveau riche, "No, we're going to the private room on the second floor."

The shopkeeper's face showed embarrassment, "I'm sorry, the guest officer, we have no seats in the private room on the second floor. Do you want to deign to go to the lobby to take a seat, or find another place?"

Shen Huan touched his chin and thought.

Shen Nineteen quietly tugged at his sleeve, his voice soft and waxy, "Master, I'm hungry."

Shen Huan made a decisive decision, "Okay, the lobby is the lobby, let's just feel wronged."

The shop assistant happily led the two to the lobby to take a seat.

Shen Huan ordered a lot of food, and the meals were brought to the table one by one. Shen Nineteen held up his chopsticks and smashed his mouth, looking at Shen Huan who was sitting still.

Shen Huan raised his head and saw the pitiful little apprentice across from him, "Eat quickly, little hungry ghost, you are not big enough to eat, you can't even be able to support you as a teacher." Shen Nineteen stuffed a chicken leg in his mouth , said vaguely, "Don't be afraid of Master, when I grow up, I can practice medicine to make money, and I will support you." There were also a lot of people sitting in the lobby, all eating and talking, it was noisy and lively.

The master and the apprentice were full and full, and Shen Huan got up and followed the second shopkeeper to pay, asking ten to sit in the seats and wait.

Ten obediently lay on the edge of the table with his chin resting on it and his toes dangling.

Suddenly, the surrounding noise disappeared, and everyone seemed to be silent for a while.

Ten strangely, straightened up and looked around.

A team of guards suddenly poured in outside the door, lined up beside the door, blocking the others and making way.

Then a person walked in, wearing a black robe, with a handsome appearance, but an unusually cold temperament, and he couldn't help shivering when he saw it.

He watched the man walk up to the private room on the second floor, walked into a door, and then closed the door tightly, he actually felt a strong sadness in his heart.

Immediately, he felt a dull pain coming from his heart, and the pain made him teary-eyed, lying on the table at a loss.

He didn't know what was wrong with him, he just felt very uncomfortable.

After the man entered the door, everyone in the lobby seemed to be relieved, and the noisy conversation began again.

Ten quietly lay on the table for a while, finally feeling a little more comfortable.

He turned his head and found that the master by the door was chatting with the shopkeeper, and he turned back.

The shop assistant happened to pass by, Ten stopped him.

"Excuse me, who is that person who came in just now? Why does everyone seem to be afraid of him?"

The shop assistant was taken aback by what he said, looked around, and then dared to whisper in his ear, "Guest officer, you must be from out of town, don't you know this Prime Minister Pei Zheng?"

Ten blinked, "I don't know..."

"Hey, this Prime Minister Pei, but this one of the officials of the court..." The second shopkeeper gave a thumbs up, "It can be said that one person is more than ten thousand people, and in recent years, his temper has become more and more strange, and the people who offended him But none of them end well, so everyone has to clamp their tails when they see him."

Ten nodded and whispered, "Is he fierce?"

The corner of the shop boy's mouth twitched, "It's not a question of whether he is fierce or not, he still laughs a lot, but when he smiles at you, it means that your life is not long.

The shop boy shivered all over, and didn't want to say more, turned around and went back to work.

Ten held his cheeks and thought for a while, then continued to sit in his seat and wait for the master.

He suddenly felt a fluffy touch coming from his feet, and when he looked down, it turned out to be a small black cat.

The kitten's fur was black all over, with a rich luster, and it looked like it was raised by some powerful family.

The kitten curled up beside his feet very obediently, and from time to time rubbed Ten's ankles with her fleshy little feet, as if she wanted him to hug her.

Ten looked at the kitten's big round eyes, and his heart was softened. He bent down and hugged the kitten. The kitten was spiritual, and stuck out his tongue to lick the back of his hand.

Ten laughed, hugged the kitten, and smoothed the shiny black cat fur on its back with his hands. The kitten squinted comfortably, and was so obediently nestled in his arms that it remained motionless.

"Aiming"

The kitten barked softly.

"Aim woo woo"

Ten learned its voice softly followed by two calls.

The kitten was happy, and lightly crawled along his clothes to his shoulders and coiled it, and its fluffy tail swept across Ten's face, causing Ten to giggle.

- People and cats are having a good time, but a person walks in in a hurry at the door, like a servant, looking around in the lobby of the restaurant, and even looking anxiously under the various tables.

Suddenly, the servant looked up in Shi's direction, and stared at him tightly, and he was about to pounce with his teeth and claws.

Ten was taken aback by his posture, and before he had time to think, he turned around and ran. The kitten on his shoulders nimbly slid into the placket of his chest, revealing only a small head.

Ten ran around the lobby, dodging the shop assistant, crawling over the empty dining table, and jumping over several stacked benches...

The servant was not as dexterous as he was, knocking over the hot dishes from the shop, kicking down the dining table and chairs, and knocking down all the innocent diners...

The entire lobby suddenly became chaotic, and only two figures chasing after you could be seen running around.

Shen Huan negotiated with the shopkeeper for a long time without getting any benefit. After reluctantly paying the money, she saw the scene in the lobby and folded her arms to watch the show.

After seeing clearly that the person being chased was his little apprentice, Shen Huan became furious, "Apprentice! Hurry up! How can you run so slow! How does the teacher train you on weekdays! Speed ​​up and swing your arms up! Don't be caught!"

The shopkeeper's face turned blue and white for a while, "Don't stop running! Stop chasing! Don't knock my jade porcelain over!"

Shibian looked back as he ran, and when he passed a corner, he slammed into a chest with a sound of "D Peng".

He was suddenly dizzy and fell back involuntarily, and he still remembered carefully protecting the kitten on his chest.

Seeing that the man and the cat were about to fall directly to the ground, Shi suddenly felt a hand attached to his waist, and when the hand was gently pulled, he fell into a warm embrace.

- A faint smell of sandalwood came, Ten's heart was still beating, and his breath was unstable.

The heat came from the chest under his hands, and he could feel the strong heartbeat of the man.

There seemed to be the faint sound of other people in the lobby sucking in cold air, and the buzzing sound in Shi's head, he raised his head, just into a pair of narrow and deep eyes.

The hand wrapped around the waist has not been retracted, Shi stared into his eyes, and in a moment of stunned, he felt that the front of the shirt was gently opened by only slender fingers.

Ten ears were hot, and he raised his hand in a panic to hold that finger.

The little hand is white and slender, the skin is too delicate, and the bones are so small that it looks a whole circle smaller than the held hand.

The man's eyes suddenly became cold, ten unconsciously stunned, and then he was taken advantage of the emptiness to enter.

The placket on the chest was completely torn apart, revealing a small piece of the white sunken collarbone underneath, which was as smooth and flawless as jade, dazzlingly dazzling.

Pei Zheng's eyes narrowed, without any hesitation, his hand was slightly dangling.

"Come on."

- The little black cat that was hiding in Shihuai seemed to be able to understand people's words, and a small head appeared honestly, looking at Pei Zheng with round eyes, full of innocence.

"I repeat, come out."

The kitten came out of Shi's arms reluctantly, jumped onto Pei Zheng's palm, and wrapped its tail around his fingers as if to please.

Ten was suddenly thrown away suddenly, the warmth and sandalwood smell all over his body disappeared instantly, he staggered twice and held the table next to him.

Mr. Pei in front of him is really scary. It seems that this little Miaowu should be his cat, so just now...

Ten felt a little guilty and lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this kitten was yours, I shouldn't have run around with it just now... I'm sorry..."

The figure in front of him flickered, and Shi Zai raised his head again, only to find that the man had left with the cat long ago, without even looking at himself, he bit his lips, feeling very sorry in his heart.

The servant who had been chasing after Shi for a long time came over, akimbo, and said in a loud voice, "You, you, what are you running for! Are you trying to steal our adults' cats? You daring cat thief !"

Ten circles reddened, "I'm not... I didn't want to steal... It's just that you scared me just now... I thought you were here to steal Xiao Miaowu..."

The servant was arrogant and said, "You have even inquired about the name of my cat, and you said you didn't want to steal the cat! The adults should arrest you, how can you be so kind and not care about you! What else should I say? Scared you, are you so timid! Pretending to be so ugly!"

Seeing his aggressive look, Ten clenched his fists, and his voice became louder, "If you just told me well and don't chase me, I won't be scared away! You are the ugly one! You're still a big idiot!"

The servant was stunned by his roar, "You, you, you dare to scold me! I will beat you to death!"

As he said that, he wanted to rush over again with his teeth and claws, but who knew that Ten would not let things go, and he was going to have a fight with him with a small chest.

"stop!"

A sharp low drink.

The servant's expression changed, and he immediately shrank back.

- A man in black with a sword around his waist came over and said to the servant, "Today's affairs are all due to your negligence in your duties, you are yelling here, and you have disgraced the face of adults, so don't hurry back and go back. ."

"Yes"

The servant bowed his head in response, and before leaving, he waved his fist in Shi's direction, and Shi also raised his head and stared back.

The man in black was expressionless, looked at Eleven indifferently, said nothing, turned around and went to the stairwell.

The others in the lobby gradually dispersed, and those who watched the whole process thought that Prime Minister Pei would punish the cat thief severely today, because the little black cat in the Prime Minister's Mansion was a famous cat owner. The people in the government are all precious.

Unexpectedly, they didn't see the expected good show, and everyone felt that there was something wrong with Prime Minister Pei today.

Shen Huan pushed the crowd away to Shi's side, "Teacher, how are you, are you not injured?"

When Ten saw Master, he felt very aggrieved again, "Master... I'm fine..."

"Okay, alright, disciple, it's getting late, we have to go back quickly, darling, I'll teach you a few tricks for my teacher after we go back, and you can run faster next time.

While talking, Shen Huan led Shen Nineteen to the door.

When passing the stairwell, a person just came down from it, wearing a splendid dress with intricate lines, elegant and luxurious.

"Feng guard, please make a special trip to pick me up."

"The second princess is serious, this is what a humble job should do."

Hearing this title, Qi Bingzhi on the stairs was stunned for a moment, and then he resumed his smile.

She was about to step down and continue downstairs, but she saw a white back flashing past the door, thin and slender, very like...

Qi Bingzhi suddenly became flustered, hurried out the door, stood on the street where people came and looked around, but found nothing.

She laughed at herself. There are people with similar physique everywhere in this world, what is she afraid of?

That person is already dead, this is a fact that is recognized by all people.

Except for Pei Zheng.