pregnant snake

Chapter 39

That day, Shaoyao was squatting at the gate of the courtyard looking around, the sky was already dark and Su He hadn't returned, so she ran back to the house worriedly to find Qi Yuan, only to find that lazy snake was still sleeping on the table.

Shaoyao grabbed the chair and climbed onto the table, and pushed Qiyuan's head vigorously. Qiyuan, who was in a dream, woke up suddenly and was about to lose his temper, but saw Shaoyao looking at him with tears in his eyes, and turned to look at the sky , asked: "Su He hasn't returned yet?"

Shao Yao nodded, humming.

Qi Yuan didn't think much about it at that time, but thought that Su He was delayed by taking a detour to buy wine.It was dark and difficult to travel on the mountain road, Qi Yuan thought maybe he should go out to meet him, so he got up and went out, and walked down the mountain slowly.

Shao Yao has been following Qi Yuan's buttocks, holding a small candle lamp in her hand, looking for Su He's figure by the light of the candle lamp, and occasionally jogging a few steps to keep up with Qi Yuan when the distance between her and Qi Yuan is far away. Until Qi Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks, making Shao Yao dizzy.After Shaoyao managed to regain her composure, she looked through the candle lamp and saw two jars of wine in the middle of the road. Looking at the mud seal marks on the jars, she knew that they were the kind that Su He often brought back to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan stared blankly at the wine jar, not knowing how to react for a while, stared at Shaoyao circled around the wine jar twice, then looked at him helplessly, and asked childishly, "What's wrong with Su He?" Missing?"

Qi Yuan didn't speak, just picked up the wine jar on the ground, walked back silently, Shaoyao didn't know why Qi Yuan's reaction was so normal, stomped her feet anxiously, boldly pulled Qi Yuan's sleeve and said: "Qi Yuan, don't go away! , let's go find him, what if something happened to Su He at such a late hour?"

Qi Yuan gave Shao Yao a cold look, which scared Shao Yao into silence. She could only silently wipe her tears and scold Qi Yuan for being ruthless, but it was too dark and he didn't dare to run around by himself, so he just followed Qi Yuan full of complaints. Back in the yard, You Yuan watched the back of Qi Yuan putting down the wine jar, Shao Yao angrily got back into the flower pot, sobbing to herself, she didn't even feel Qi Yuan pat him on the head.

Shaoyao was tired from crying, so she raised her head from the flowerpot again, only to find that Qi Yuan had left at some point, surrounded by two seals that he had placed, and for the next three days, Shaoyao did not see Qi Yuan again. Or when Su He comes back, the only one who accompanies him every day is the dumb cat.

Three days later, on the top of Wudang Mountain, Liu Shuyi hurried over and said to the back of the man who was sitting on a rock looking at the sea of ​​clouds in a daze: "One of my disciples said that he saw you here, but I still don't believe it, old snake demon, you Why don’t you tell me first when you come back.”

Qi Yuan, who was sitting alone on the top of the mountain, did not turn his head back. Liu Shuyi was used to being treated so indifferently by him, and he still leaned over with a stern face and asked, "Why are you coming back? Let me tell you first, the ginseng cream is really gone, the wine There are still some words, but I can only let you take two altars, no more."

"Taoist." Qi Yuan finally opened his mouth slowly, and turned to look at Liu Shuyi, only then did Liu Shuyi realize that Qi Yuan's eyes were full of fatigue.

Liu Shuyi opened his mouth and asked, "Why... what's wrong with you?"

"I can't find Su He." Qi Yuan said calmly, then turned his head and continued to look at the sea of ​​clouds.This usually lazy snake demon searched for Su He non-stop for three days, from Yunlan Mountain to Taihe City, and then went to Su Mansion, but seeing Su Haogeng's vigilant and fearful appearance after seeing him, he knew that Su He was not here.Later, Qi Yuan searched all the areas that Kuai Ma could reach within three days, but he couldn't find any trace of Su He.

Looking at the slowly rolling sea of ​​clouds, Qi Yuan fell into endless daze. He didn't understand why Su He disappeared so silently.

Liu Shuyi felt a kind of depression in Qi Yuan that he had never seen before. He was full of doubts but he didn't dare to ask in detail. He just moved a stone and sat not far from Qi Yuan, and said slowly: " A living person will not disappear for no reason, there may be some misunderstanding in this."

"I don't know." Qi Yuan shook his head slowly, and said, "I'm here to catch my breath, and I'll leave later."

"Where are you going?" Liu Shuyi asked.

Qi Yuan bowed his head and thought for a while, then said, "Fengdu."

Liu Shuyi was startled suddenly, and asked, "Do you think Mr. Su is dead?"

"I'm not sure whether he's dead or alive, so I want to go to Fengdu and ask." Qi Yuan said with a lonely look, "If he's alive, I'll continue to look for him. If he's dead...if he's dead, I'll think about it." Know the cause and effect of what he experienced before his death and the whereabouts of his soul."

"Don't mess around." Liu Shuyi stood up abruptly, and said solemnly, "How can you break into Youdu Ghost City without authorization? You don't want a thousand years of cultivation? You don't want your life?"

Qi Yuan turned his head and glanced at Liu Shuyi, and didn't take his half-threatening and half-threatening words to heart. After a long silence, he said: "He went down the mountain to send a letter very usually, and then disappeared inexplicably. No idea why."

Liu Shuyi was still worried that Qi Yuan would do something out of the ordinary, and tried his best to comfort him: "Perhaps Mr. Su has something to do and didn't have time to explain it to you, maybe he will be back in a few days."

"He won't leave me without saying goodbye." Qi Yuan frowned, and said in a very difficult way: "I... worry about him."

After hearing this, Liu Shuyi sat down with a sigh and no longer tried to comfort her, and said with a wry smile: "Old snake demon, you are still in love after all."

Qi Yuan remained silent, and lowered his eyes secretly. He has never thought about the word love until now. He only knows that at this time of day, Su He likes to pick up a pen and grind copybooks, and the fragrance of ink will sway and fill the whole room. , Shao Yao quietly lay on the table and watched.

Liu Shuyi looked at the silent Qi Yuan, stroked his beard, changed his serious attitude just now, and said indifferently: "Ancestor Snake, those little ghosts and demons in Fengdu are very hostile, you don't want to talk to them Common sense, but if there is someone who is going to make life difficult for you, it doesn’t matter if you take action, as long as you don’t make too much trouble, I have a way to help you settle it.”

Qi Yuan raised his head and looked at Liu Shuyi in surprise. The old Taoist priest who was usually like an old urchin now had a calm expression on his face. Qi Yuan pulled the corners of his lips, and his smile was very pale, but at least there was a smile appearance.

Liu Shuyi waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, the soul of a mortal can only survive for seven days in the Nether Realm, before that, go and ask."

Qi Yuan nodded, not daring to delay any longer, and disappeared on the top of Wudang Mountain in a blink of an eye. Liu Shuyi sat alone again, then turned and walked towards the Taoist temple, passed through several houses, and went to the dark wine cellar to embrace her. A jar of wine came out, and somehow went back to the top of Wudang Mountain to drink alone.

Liu Shuyi found that she really envied Qi Yuan.