in the world of murder

Chapter 10

The owner of the mountain lived alone in a small building, both front and back were covered by wind and snow.Xie Li stood in the main hall, reporting his recent homework to the Mountain Master.

There is a plum vase on the small sandalwood table, which looks like the one that Xi Zhen honored to the Mountain Lord.The owner of the mountain flipped through the scroll and said, "Well done."

Xie Li nodded slightly, "Thank you Master for the compliment."

His brows and eyes were calm, and he didn't look happy at being praised.The owner of the mountain didn't care, he put down his homework and said, "Xi Zhen is sick, do you know?"

Xie Li shook his head, but thinking about it, it's not surprising that Xi Zhen got sick after taking a bath.

The owner of the mountain knew that the relationship between Xi Zhen and Xie Li had eased recently, and he was happy to see their brothers and sisters in harmony, so he said: "Go and see him for me, and see what he wants to eat. He is sick, so he will inevitably be squeamish." Don't be angry with him."

Xie Li said: "Yes."

The mountain master nodded, and suddenly remembered that Xie Li had been injured a few days ago, so he asked, "How is your injury?"

Xie Li said: "It's just a skin injury, it's nothing serious."

The owner of the mountain didn't care too much, and said, "Go."

Xie Li left the small building and went to Xizhen's courtyard. The disciples in the mountain were very diligent and swept the road out as soon as the snow stopped. The snow swept up on both sides of the road was already dirty, and the dust turned into a puddle sewage.

Xie Li walked up the steps and raised his hand to knock on the door.It was Fu Gui who opened the door for Xie Li to leave, and he looked a little surprised when he saw Xie Li.

There are people in the room, including Chen Song.He leaned over the bed and whispered something to the person on the bed.

Xie Li looked over and saw that Xi Zhen was lying on the bed, wrapped tightly by the quilt.

"Eldest senior brother is here." Fu Gui greeted him politely.

Xie Li entered the room and said, "Master asked me to come and see my junior brother."

Fu Gui greeted the man inside, "Look, just look."

Seeing that Xi Zhen didn't move, Fu Gui stepped forward to tuck him in the quilt, then pushed him, and said in a low voice, "Eldest brother is here."

Xi Zhen pulled down the quilt a little, showing a haggard face, and said, "I see."

Fu Gui got up to give up his seat and asked Xie Li to go forward.Chen Song was still standing by the bed, looking at Xie Li with no kindness.

Fu Gui pulled Chen Song over and said, "Let's go out first."

Chen Song didn't move, looked at Xie Li vigilantly, and said, "Let's go, what should he do if he kills the younger brother?"

"What you said is something Xi Zhen can do." Fu Gui pushed Chen Song and said, "Let's go, Xi Zhen will get angry if you walk slowly."

Chen Song was dragged out by Fu Gui, leaving only Xie Li and Xi Zhen in the room.Xie Li sat down beside Xi Zhen's bed and looked at him.He had a high fever, and his cheeks were as bright as the morning glow.The lips are a little dry, and the mouth is slightly open, with a pitiful and cute expression.

Xie Li looked at it for a while, then reached out to fiddle with his collar.Xi Zhen tugged at the corner of the quilt, her voice hoarse, "Why are you pulling my clothes?"

"If you have a high fever, you can't be stuffy," Xie Li said, "You can lift the quilt a bit, so that the heat can go down."

Xie Li wanted to lift his quilt, but Xi Zhen refused to let it go, Xie Li exerted some strength in his hand, and opened the quilt all at once.The warm fragrance is steamed by the heat, and the rich and delicate fragrance hits the face, which is indescribably sweet and soft.

Xie Li paused, and heard Xi Zhen complaining in a low voice, "I'm cold."

Xie Li had no choice but to shake off the quilt and put it loosely on him.His snow-white neck was slightly powdery due to the high fever, presumably the same was true all over his body.

Xi Zhen looked at Xie Li, and suddenly said: "I have a headache, rub it for me."

Xie Li pursed his lips, and really stretched out his hands to massage his temples.

Xi Zhenzhen was overjoyed, he thought it was almost done, and said: "Xie Li, I..."

His voice was hoarse, accompanied by an occasional cough, "I...I like...cough cough...I like you...cough cough——"

Before he could finish speaking, Xi Zhen coughed violently, the coughing became more and more severe, and he was almost hoarse.Xie Li wanted to stand up and pour him a glass of water, but he firmly held Xie Li's hand, unable to speak and said, "You...do you like...ahem...do you like me? "

Xie Li almost laughed, seeing his miserable appearance, those who knew it said it was a confession, those who didn't know thought it was some kind of farewell.

Xi Zhen barely finished speaking, his voice was completely hoarse, and he could only utter two gasps when he opened his mouth, it was miserable, so pitiful.

Xie Li got up and poured hot tea, supported Xi Zhen's head and fed it to him in small sips.

Xi Zhen probably also felt that this confession was very disgraceful, so after drinking the water, he turned his back to Xie and left.

Xie Li was not annoyed, he put down his teacup and asked, "Does your head still hurt?"

Xi Zhen turned around and glanced at him, becoming angry from embarrassment, seemingly angry but not angry.

Xie Li stretched out his hand, slowly and patiently rubbing Xi Zhen's temples.The splitting headache gradually faded away under Xie Li's soothing pressure, Xi Zhen was finally willing to turn around and face Xie Li.He was still sick, and couldn't bear it at all. After a while, he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, and fell asleep in a daze.

In his sleep, he didn't have the usual prickly hands, he was resting on Xie Li's palm, rubbing against his palm like a kitten.

Xie Li curled his fingers slightly, and after a long while, he pulled out his palm and got up to leave.

What happened during this illness was like a big dream, Xi Zhen couldn't tell whether Xie Li really rubbed his head for a long time.But the matter of confession is real, he didn't want to go to Xie Li again, but there was a helper who urged him to not give up all his previous efforts.

Xi Zhen also thinks it makes sense, if he can't take Xie Li down, won't all the things he did before be wasted?So picking a sunny day, Xi Zhen went to find Xie Li.

Xie Li is in the scripture building, reading books in the scripture building, which is one of his few pastimes.

The Buddhist scripture building in Jiuyi Mountain is built close to the mountain. The lower floors are wooden structures, and part of the mountain is borrowed from the upper floors, just like a building embedded in the rocks.

Today is not the day when the library is open, only the direct disciples of the elders are there, and a few people are scattered on the first, second, and third floors.Someone showed Xizhen the way, saying that Xie Li was on the sixth floor.

The sixth floor is full of rock structures, and because it is too cold, few people usually go there.Only Xie Li likes to be quiet, so he will go to the sixth floor to read.

Xi Zhen went straight up to the sixth floor, and the ancient and clumsy stone steps were bumpy, as if they were formed naturally.There are many charcoal basins on the upper floor, which are used to keep warm and to remove dampness.

Xi Zhen found Xie Li by the window, and the sunlight outside the window broke into the library through the window, dividing the whole room into light and darkness.Xie Li was on the boundary line between light and dark, the sunlight outlined Xie Li's superior side profile, and sprinkled a light dust on his eyelashes, sacred and dignified.Xi Zhen looked at it, and unconsciously relaxed his breathing.

Xie Li heard the movement and looked this way.Xi Zhen walked up to Xie Li slowly, thought for a while, and said, "Thank you for taking care of me when I was sick."

Xie Li looked up at him, the sun was shining on the side of his face, as if his whole body was glowing, "Are you feeling better?"

Xi Zhen nodded, "It's all over."

I also hid from him for several days, not knowing how to confess my love while sick.

Fortunately, Xie Li was quite understanding, he didn't mention what happened that day, he just nodded and continued to read.

This made Xi Zhen really uncomfortable. On the one hand, he hoped that Xie Li would not mention what happened that day, and on the other hand, he hoped that Xie Li would ask him.Otherwise, it seemed that Xi Zhen was the only one tossing and turning over what happened that day.

Xi Zhen stood by the bookshelf, picked up a book and flipped through it, but his eyes fell on Xie Li one after another.

Xie Li raised his head and asked him, "Is there anything else?"

Xi Zhen pursed his lips, looked at him, and said, "I wasn't joking about what I said that day. Why don't you think about it?"

Xie Li paused, and just about to speak, he heard a "creak" from upstairs.

Xi Zhen raised his head to look upstairs, and asked, "Is there someone upstairs?"

Xie Li said: "It shouldn't be."

The disciples of Nine Yi Mountain can only go up to the sixth floor, and they need the permission of the mountain master to go to the seventh floor. Xie Li has not heard of anyone who has obtained the permission recently.

Xi Zhen frowned, he was afraid that someone would eavesdrop on his conversation with Xie Li, so he immediately dropped the book and went to the seventh floor.

The bookshelves full of books were quietly placed on the seventh floor, and there was no one around.Xi Zhen walked slowly inside, and some small sounds became more and more clear.He used the bookshelf to cover up his figure, looked inside, and saw behind the innermost bookshelf, a small table was overturned on the ground, two figures on the ground, their limbs entangled, and they were panting.

Xi Zhen opened his eyes wide, and before he could react, he suddenly covered his mouth with his hands behind him, and quickly led him downstairs.

Xizhen struggled a few times, and suddenly smelled a familiar aura from this person, he pulled the person's hand off, and said, "What are you doing?"

Xie Li let go of him and said, "That's Mr. Han who taught Go."

Xi Zhen's eyes widened, "Master?" He thought it was a disciple who didn't know the rules.

"A person like this is still a master," Xi Zhen dismissed, "You see, I won't go to the master to sue him."

"You can't sue him," Xie Li straightened his clothes and said, "Such things are not uncommon on the mountain."

Xi Zhen looked surprised, Xie Li looked at him, "You don't know?"

Xi Zhen shook his head, Xie Li then said: "The disciples on the mountain, like you and me, are fighting for the position of direct disciples. Like Fu Gui, they don't want to compete for the first place, they just come to learn a skill, and they will go down the mountain to make a living in the future. There are also some children from aristocratic families like Xuan Yunhuai, who were sent by the aristocratic family to learn art, and exchanged a large amount of money for resources and contacts on the mountain."

Xi Zhen said, "I know all of this."

Xie Li glanced at him, "These children from aristocratic families are from superior backgrounds, pampered and spoiled, they can't bear the hardships on the mountain, so they naturally try to have fun. A disciple asked the prostitutes at the foot of the mountain to dress up as men and go up the mountain as handymen to have fun with them." ...You don't know about this either?"

Xi Zhen shook his head, he only stared at Xie Li when he was on the mountain, these things are really rarely heard.

"Master Han's wife is from the Xuan clan," Xie Li said, "You have abolished Xuan Yunhuai earlier, and you have made an enmity with him. If you ruin his good deeds now, he will hate you even more."

Xi Zhen snorted, "So what? Even if I sue the master, I'm the one who makes the case. Are you still afraid of him?"

Xie Li looked at him, "In the past when I confronted you, I didn't see any advantage when I was reasonable."

Xi Zhen raised his head and shouted: "What you said, it seems like I bullied you too much!"

When he was guilty, his voice would be raised unconsciously, and his eyes would always be round, revealing an innocent and cute look.

Xie Li looked at him, suddenly smiled, stretched out his hand, and rubbed his knuckles against his side face.

Xi Zhen froze for a moment, looked at him with black grape-like eyes, and said, "You, why are you touching me?"

Xie Li withdrew his hand calmly, "Nothing, just touch it if you want."

The author says:

Xie Li: Nothing, just touching

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