The moonlight shines through the bare tree trunks, turning into whirling light and shadow, falling on the snow.
Shengzi, whose body was trembling slightly, suddenly froze when she heard this familiar voice.
She seemed to be in a daze, and she was also a little confused.
Until Lu Jing said again: "Splendid appearance."
This woman, who was always heroic and free and easy, turned her head stiffly.
Among the shadows of the trees, I don't know when a figure in black appeared.
The figure had a sword at his waist, and his body was as straight and straight as a jade mountain about to collapse. When the moonlight shone on his face, it looked like white jade.
"Lu Jing..."
Sheng Zi suddenly narrowed her eyes and spoke with doubt.
Lu Jing took a few steps forward, the smile on his face was as gentle as ever, just like Sheng Zi remembered.
The old woman behind Shengzi may have regained some strength. She turned her head and glanced at the man and woman in the dark night. Her originally dead eyes became more alive. She lowered her head and stretched out her arms tremblingly.
The frostbitten hands picked up the white snow and covered it on the naked body of the corpse.
This scene cannot be called elegant, let alone beautiful.
But Sheng Zi seemed to crawl out of the abyss of fear, her eyes shining, staring at Lu Jing blankly until Lu Jing walked in front of her.
"Lu Jing!"
Sheng Zi suddenly screamed, opened her arms, threw herself forward, and fell into Lu Jing's arms.
Lu Jing spread his arms, feeling a little at a loss.
Shengzi's shoulders trembled, and tears fell down her face.
She hugged Lu Jing's body tightly, her fingers trembling gently like her shoulders.
"Lu Jing..."
Shengzi's voice even contained sobs as she called Lu Jing's name.
Tears congealing refers to the place where the swallowing sound stops, there is a deep feeling of ten thousand.
Lu Jing was at a loss...
But even though he was a piece of wood, he could clearly feel how much the woman in red felt about him at this moment.
Shengzi's tears and wine fell down, staining Lu Jing's black clothes.
Lu Jing stood under the moonlight, sobbing and crying. Behind the two of them, the old woman turned around again. When she was about to die, she saw the two of them. She saw something in these two young men and women.
Something other than numbness to survive.
She hadn't seen anything like this for a long time, so the disgust she felt towards this world was slightly reduced.
Immediately he turned around and saw the small snow bag again.
"It's a pity... that I didn't bury you in Beixiang,"
The old woman whispered, her hands suddenly dropped, and her head hung deeply.
She knelt down in front of these two snow bags and fell into a deep sleep.
When Sheng Zi wiped away the tears on her face, realized that she had lost her composure and let go of Lu Jing, the old woman could no longer wake up.
Lu Jing stood there, looking at the two snow patches and the woman covered in rags and frostbite, and the confusion on his face turned into silence again.
"She should have died a long time ago. She was just hanging on with her breath, not wanting those two corpses to die in the barren mountains.
Sheng Zi said: "Now that I have the strength, I have buried my son and don't want to live anymore. Even if there is a panacea, you can't live without her."
Lu Jing turned his head and thought for a while. In the blink of an eye, a stream of vitality rubbed the void and created fire. It fell on the old woman, melted the snow, and turned the other two corpses into ashes.
The ashes were suspended in the air and put into a jade bottle by Lu Jing.
The jade bottle was originally used by the two immortals Phi Xing and Dai Yue to collect treasures from the blood mist in the middle of the river, but now it was used by Lu Jing to contain the ashes of the three people.
"Even if we forcefully save her, she will no longer have any thoughts of life, and she will always die.
Lu Jingping said calmly: "Many people live in this world, not just by themselves, but also by many people and things.
Once those people and things disappear, they will have no intention of living."
Sheng Zi nodded with red eyes: "When people grow old, they are covered with injuries and no one to love them.
Descendants, maybe there really is nothing worth cherishing."
Lu Jing waved his sleeves, and the jade bottle fell into Lu Jing's hands.
Lu Jing wanted to take the jade bottle back to Yunkong Pattern, but Sheng Zi who was standing beside him suddenly took a step forward and picked the jade bottle from the air.
As soon as she turned her hand, the jade bottle had disappeared.
"Let me help her." Sheng Zi said: "I will ask someone to send them back to the river and bury them in a place called Beixiang.
When she said this, she suddenly smiled like a self-deprecater: "When my human strength is exhausted, I have seen many corpses along the way, and I have also seen many people who want to live, but I can only help three people return to safety." Lu Jing
Shaking his head: "Just do good deeds, don't ask about anything else, don't think too much."
"Why are you here in Tai'an?"
The two are riding on horses, and the two white horses are walking side by side.
Immediately, a boy in black and a lady in red were walking in the forest.
Sheng Zi remembered her actions after seeing Lu Jing, and the blush on her face spread to her ears.
"I have lived for twenty years and have never left Taixuanjing. I also remembered that I have friends in Hezhongdao, so I simply took the initiative and thought about going to see the world."
"Friend? Which friend?" Lu Jing asked.
Sheng Zi glanced at Lu Jing.
Lu Jing suddenly understood. Originally, he wanted to advise Shengzi to stop being so willful and impulsive in the future. The world outside Taixuanjing wanted to tell her that it was not that stable. But then he sensed that the world outside Taixuanjing was not so stable.
A few rays of light cast in the darkness, no more words.
Sheng Zi was the daughter of Sheng Ruzhou, the second assistant of the Taishu Pavilion at that time, so how could she leave Taixuan Capital so easily?
She was graceful but somewhat naive. She looked down at the bottom of the mountain. In the hazy moonlight, people could see vague victims wandering around.
"I have only left Taixuanjing not long ago, but I seem to have seen enough of this world and don't want to see it anymore."
Sheng Zi pursed her lips and made an excuse: "I just want to go back to Beijing with you."
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, covering the already hazy moon.
"The more clearly a person perceives his own powerlessness, the more powerless he becomes.
When I was in Taixuanjing, I always thought that even if Dafutianxia was not as good as Taixuanjing, it would not be so miserable.
But now that I have really seen it, and I feel that my own power is only limited to sending the ashes of the three people just now to the Hezhong Road, and it has no effect at all, so I don’t want to see the world anymore. "In the end,
, probably just escaping.
Shengzi lowered her head and said.
It suddenly started snowing in the sky, snowflakes were falling, and a cold wind was blowing.
Lu Jing saw Sheng Zi's downcast expression, thought for a while, and comforted him: "Manpower sometimes runs out, but there is more than just you and me in the world.
The world is broken, and there are people sewing and mending it with needles and threads. If more people mend it, things will always get better.
"Mending?" Shengzi nodded lightly.
The two walked for a long time, and Sheng Zi's eyes fell on Lu Jing from time to time.
It was snowing heavily at this time.
It's a pity that both of them are practicing martial arts, and even their grand posture has been cultivated into a snow mountain, with Qi and blood in their bodies. Coupled with the fiery Qi and blood in the plain heel horse, not to mention Lu Jing, he is already in the innate state of martial arts.
Really, the turbulent snowflakes had already melted because of the hot blood, even before they fell on the two of them.
Sheng Zi suddenly remembered a poem and felt a little regretful in her heart.
"If we are caught in the snow together today, we will grow old together in this life.
"It's a pity that the snow can't fall on us.
Sheng Zi remembered her actions just now and glanced at Lu Jing on horseback, feeling a sudden surge of courage in her heart.
"Since you have come to look for him, why should you be timid?"
Sheng Zi thought this in her heart, and her eyes became bright.
She reined in the reins and stopped where she was.
When Lu Jing saw Shengzi stop, he also asked Zhaoye to stop.
"What's wrong?" Lu Jing asked.
Sheng Zi was silent for a few moments, then raised her head and was about to speak.
Suddenly, beside the official road at the foot of the mountain,
Several horses galloped past.
There was a martial arts practitioner riding a horse, passing by the inn next to the official road, and threw a token very quickly.
"The Lord of the Prefecture has issued an order, instructing all the post stations on Tai'an Road to open warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the victims, and all the prefectures and county offices along the way to open their warehouses. There must be no mistake!"
"The imperial court has issued an order to provide disaster relief. If anyone dares to disobey it, he will be punished by death!"
"Practitioners in southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu are also transporting food, and the national treasury has been opened to provide relief to the victims!
This order exploded in the void like thunder, and also fell into the ears of the victims.
There were still soldiers guarding the front of the inn, and they didn't dare to open the door.
There was even a post officer's voice coming from among them: "Sir, this kind of government decree has never been issued before. There are too many victims. If all the stored food is eaten by the victims, won't everyone starve to death?"
"The drought in Hezhong Road has ended. Let's save the lives of the victims first. After this winter, when the spring planting is over, the imperial court will send the prime victims of the disaster to return to Hezhong Road to reclaim the land and clean up the river... Hezhong Road has been prosperous since ancient times. The drought is over.
, we will soon be able to grow food, which is a great thing, not to mention the people of the Hezhong Road, but also our Tai'an Road, the entire Dafu and even the surrounding countries will benefit from this!"
"The drought on the River Road...is over?"
"It's over. It is said that it was me, the young leader of Dafu, who rode on a jade horse to bring heavy rain and ended the disaster. I don't know whether it is true or not.
"Pray for heavy rain and end the disaster?" Shengzi was suddenly stunned: "Young leader, Yuma?"
She seemed to understand, and looked blankly at Lu Jing in front of her. When the words came to her lips, she took them into her heart.
"I can only send the ashes of those three people back to the Hezhong Road, Lu Jing, but you can ask for heavy rain... As you said, you are indeed mending this world just like Mr. Four and Mr. Guanqi in the past." Compared with Lu Jing
,In addition to family background......
This woman who has always been decisive and free-spirited only felt that there might be someone worthy of such a good boy in this world, but she seemed to
So, amid such hesitation, Sheng Zi gently moved the horse's reins and Su Tui continued to move forward. When she came to Lu Jing's side, she had a smile on her face.
"It's time to go back... There must be many people waiting for you in Taixuan Capital."
More than ten days passed by in a blink of an eye.
When Lu Jing and Sheng Zi arrived at the gate of Taixuanjing City, the morning sun had not yet risen and it was still night.
Twenty-eight shengs and songs are played under the dusk clouds, among the snowflakes of the three thousand worlds.
This may be the last snow of the new year. After March, the spring breeze will arrive, and it will no longer be so cold.
At this time, the curfew had been lifted, and students were already coming and going outside the city gate. Many carriages were coming in and out. There were also adults living outside the city who wanted to enter Taixuan Capital to attend the court meeting. Lu Jing looked up.
Looking at this familiar prosperous city, his thoughts became very simple at this moment.
"I wonder what Qingming is doing.
Lu Jing took a deep breath and rode towards the city gate.
Sheng Zi was walking with Lu Jing, but before the two of them reached the city gate, suddenly a general wearing golden armor and a long sword came out and saluted Lu Jing.
"Wang He of Su Xuanjun met Mr. Lu Jing, and there was an order from the palace to order Mr. Lu to attend today's court meeting.
After General Wang He said these words, he turned sideways.
But they saw a carriage parked safely inside the city gate.
The carriage looked ordinary and was indeed made of black wood. A tall Mobei horse stood quietly in front of the carriage.
The person driving the car, whom Lu Jing had seen several times, was none other than the red-robed Diao Si in front of Emperor Chongtian.
When the old-looking Chi Yi Diao Si saw Lu Jing, he got off the carriage and saluted Lu Jing.
"Sir, I'm here to pick you up."
General Wang He on the side saw the red-clad Diao Si saluting Lu Jing, and he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. He wondered why Mr. Lu Jing's face was so big.
Sheng Zi was also surprised at first, but then she remembered Lu Jing's achievements and felt that Lu Jing was a person who had done practical things and relieved the misfortunes of all the people on the middle road of the river. How could he not be able to withstand the bow of a red-robed man who went to the temple?
!Lu Jing dismounted his horse and returned the greeting, but his eyes were a little tired, and he said to Chiyi Diao Si
"Lu Jing has worked hard all the way and is tired. I wonder if Diao Si can report back to Lu Jing on behalf of Lu Jing. Today..."
General Wang He was even more surprised. He had no idea where Lu Jing had the courage.
"Mr. Lu Jing." Chi Yi Diao Si smiled, the wrinkles on his face squeezed into grooves: "I know the person that sir is thinking about, but Mr. Qingming is currently refining an elixir at Mr. Eleven in the library. He still needs to
A few hours.
Sir, there is no need to be anxious. Wouldn't it be better to go to the court meeting, receive the reward, and then go to see the person who cares about you as the recipient of the reward?"
"Refining elixirs?" Lu Jing's eyes flashed with joy.
Not all doctors in Dafu can make elixirs. The Dafu court has extremely strict control over elixirs. It is easy for ordinary people to make elixirs to death, and it is also very easy to make poisonous elixirs that harm others. Only those who are skilled in pharmacology can control the proportion of medicinal materials and heat.
Only with the approval of a highly skilled doctor can the elixir be refined.
Qingming can make elixirs, which means her pharmacology has surpassed that of most doctors.
"In that case, there is no need to be impatient."
With this thought in his mind, Lu Jing turned around and said a few words to Sheng Zi, but he did not get on the carriage, but just rode on Zhao Ye again.
Chi Yi Yi Diao Si also got on the carriage again and drove the carriage towards Taixian Hall with Lu Jing.
The three of them walked together and arrived at Changning Street. Lu Jing said goodbye to Shengzi again and continued to the palace.
Along the way, many court ministers who were rushing to go to court also saw the young man.
The young man rode a horse, and Chi Yi Diao Si drove a carriage to accompany him.
The real big shots in Taixuan Capital have all heard about Lu Jing's call for wind and rain to resolve the severe drought on Hezhong Road.
At this time, when I saw that Lu Jing had returned to Taixuan Capital and was about to go to court, I couldn't help but sigh and speculate in my heart.
"But I wonder if Lu Jing's achievements like this can lead to the title of a marquis?"