cut love silk

4 Three Years
Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Three Years
Shen Mo hugged Li Zihe in his arms, his brows were tangled together and he didn't let go for a moment. He knew that he was not in good health, but he never thought that he would be so fragile that he would break his leg if he fell to the ground.

Li Zihe moved uncomfortably and wanted to come down and try to walk on her own. The masculine breath coming towards her made her feel a little uncomfortable. Although she was only 12 years old, she had a mind of more than 20 years old. , being held in the arms of a man like this is not suitable for etiquette.

"You want to break your hands too?" Shen Mo's words were mixed with anger, and he also felt a little regretful when he said it. Normally, no matter how noisy Chen Yinyin was, he knew she was a child and would not be angry. Why did it happen to Li Zihe, even though the injury was not her fault? , There was a sulking feeling in my heart for no reason?
Li Zihe had only seen his gentle and peaceful appearance, but he hadn't heard him speak in this tone, so he buried his head and didn't move, and suddenly remembered that three months ago, she was nestled in his arms and followed him up the mountain. As winter passed and spring came, the air was no longer so cold, but his chest was still warm all the time.

Shen Mo gently put her on the bed and lay flat, bent over to look at Li Zihe's legs, Li Zihe's heart skipped a beat, he quickly lifted the quilt to cover himself, and said, "Master, I will do it myself."

Shen Mo's brows that were loosened just now were frowned again: "I haven't taught you the bone setting technique yet."

"It's not that serious, it's just a sprain, and it will be fine tomorrow." Li Zihe covered the quilt tightly, and said calmly as if nothing had happened.

"A sprain won't make you unable to stand up." Shen Mo affirmed.

When Li Zihe's explanation reached his lips, he choked on his tone and swallowed it back.

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, Shen Mo still held onto the quilt timidly, sighed lightly, and slowed down his tone: "Can you let me see? It won't hurt."

Li Zihe was silent, blinking hard, she was not afraid of the pain.On the execution ground three years ago, in the yamen two years ago, had she ever been afraid?

"Or..." Shen Mo paused, laughed at himself, and said, "Are you afraid that I will see through your womanhood?"

"You..." Li Zihe raised his eyes, a little surprised, he actually knew it a long time ago.

"Since I have accepted you as an apprentice, a teacher for a day, and a father for the rest of my life, you don't have to be so shy about me. How about putting down the quilt?" Shen Mo avoided Li Zihe's doubtful question, bent over and gently tugged at Li Zihe's hand. Quilt.

It turned out that he had been seen through a long time ago, Li Zihe sighed in his heart, after all, Shen Mo is a smart person, even if he tried his best to avoid too much contact with him and be vigilant when he was present, he still couldn't hide it from him.

Shen Mo lifted the quilt, pinched the ankle, calf, and knee with one hand, but there was no damage. He picked up Li Zihe's right hand and began to feel the pulse. After a long while, he said, "I'll let Yin'er make some soup and medicine, and it will be fine after two days of rest."

Li Zihe nodded, since he didn't ask, she wouldn't say either.

"Master..." Seeing Shen Mo leave suddenly, Li Zihe stopped him: "I want to learn martial arts."

Today she discovered that Shen Mo knows martial arts. Thinking about how he often walks in the rivers and lakes, without the blessing of his family, it is normal for him to know some martial arts. If she can learn some, it will be useful in the future.

Shen Mo's heart tightened, and he stopped. She is a woman, and she couldn't help but ooze a little pity. She turned around and sighed: "Your femur was seriously injured, and it was damaged to the root. It's not a big deal if you fell lightly this time. , you must pay more attention in the future, if you are learning martial arts, you can only contact the most basic moves to strengthen your body, and I am afraid that you will not be able to learn the rest."

The light in Li Zihe's eyes dimmed, and he let out an "oh" in disappointment, Shen Mo only felt that the gaze had grabbed his heart hard, and felt unspeakably uncomfortable, so he simply glanced at him, turned around and left the room.

Li Zihe was lying on the bed, looking straight up, blinking vigorously to relieve its dryness, serious femur injury, was it two years ago?
With a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth, Li Zihe pulled the quilt, buried his head in it, hugged his knees with both hands, and rested his head on the knees, so that his small body was tightly wrapped up, and there was something indescribable. sense of security.

"Senior brother, I've taken the medicine." Hearing Shen Yinyin's voice in a daze, Li Zihe opened his eyes and fell asleep unknowingly.

"Brother, this medicine is still a little hot, let it cool down for a while." Chen Yinyin put down the medicine, sat beside Li Zihe's bed, "hehe" smiled: "What do you think this is?"

Chen Yinyin held a handful of candied fruit in her hand, the master usually doesn't let her eat too much sweets, this was specially begged for the sake of her senior brother.

Li Zihe saw Chen Yinyin holding candied fruit, as if he had eaten it himself, his smile was filled with sweetness, he couldn't help showing a little smile, when he was her age, he also loved candy, and pestered his mother for candy, At that time, father reprimanded mother with a cold face, not to spoil her too much, and then Jin Yan...

"Senior brother! What's the matter?" Shen Yinyin pushed Li Zihe lightly, seeing that his eyes were blurred, staring at the candied fruit in a daze again, as if he didn't hear her call, she pushed again: "Senior brother!"

"It's okay." Li Zihe came back to his senses, smiled coyly, and said, "Yin'er go out first, I can drink the medicine myself when it's cold."

"Oh." Chen Yinyin stood up, put the medicine on the small table next to Li Zihe's bed, and put away all the candied fruit. She always listened to what the senior brother said.

"That's right!" Chen Yinyin thought of something, turned around suddenly, and looked at Li Zihe pitifully: "Brother, did you tell Master why you fell down?"

Li Zihe smiled slightly and shook his head.

Shen Yinyin breathed a sigh of relief, her heart felt sweet, it was because the senior brother knew that he loved her, so it was better if he didn't say anything, otherwise the master would punish her for copying medical books again.

"Senior brother, do you know that Zheng Hanjun?" Chen Yinyin became interested again when he thought of that young man, and ran back to Li Zihe's side. If it wasn't for his carelessness, the senior brother wouldn't fall so easily, but because he saw that person, right?

Li Zihe's smile froze, and finally faded away.

Shen Yinyin caught a glimpse of the change in senior brother's face, and immediately got up and said "haha": "It's fine if senior brother doesn't want to say it, hehe, senior brother, don't worry, I just beat him away!"

Chen Yinyin raised his fist and squeezed it hard, thinking that he was happy just now when he was punched and kicked down the mountain, the kung fu learned from his master is the most useful!

Li Zihe smiled lightly: "Yin'er go out and rest first."

Seeing that Li Zihe was a little tired, Chen Yinyin nodded, and before leaving, she turned her head and said worriedly: "Brother, don't forget to take the medicine."

Li Zihe reluctantly sat up, leaning his back against the wall at the head of the bed, picked up the medicine bowl, warming the temperature, and the candied fruit on the table seemed to be covered with a layer of syrup, reflecting a soft shimmer. Candied fruit is a must, when to start, I have long forgotten the taste of candied fruit.

When?

There was mist floating in the warm soup, through the mist, Li Zihe caught a glimpse of the boy's face just now.

Zheng Hanjun, the eldest son of the current Prime Minister Zheng Ying, she had met him when he was still Ji Li, he was only eight years old at that time, Zheng Ying was not the prime minister at that time, and there was a distinction between right and left in the court.

At that time, Yun Jinyan said to her that the left and right ministers are beneficial to supervise the country, but there is a serious separation of powers. If the two ministers disagree, it will be even more difficult to deal with. But if the two ministers are combined into one, both ministers are elders of the three dynasties. Any opponent will be dissatisfied.

Ji Li lazily lay on the couch, turned his hair and smiled mischievously: "It doesn't have to be one of them. The two of them are already old, and it's time to rest. Wouldn't it be better to support the rising stars of the court? If I Go back and ask your father to support your ideas, and take the initiative to withdraw from the aspect dispute, the right minister will have nothing to say."

As Ji Li expected, Ji Ning voluntarily resigned from the position of prime minister, but the right minister retorted unreasonably, and Zheng Ying came to power, and the court was filled with young and fresh blood.

but.

What about Jifu?
Li Zihe blinked his eyes moist with mist, and poured the decoction down his throat.

Shen Mo came out of Li Zihe's room and went to his own study, found a medical book at random and began to read, a sentence of familiar medical principles came into his eyes, but not in his heart, Li Zihe's face kept flashing in his mind, immature but not childish, Sorrow but not lament, restrain yourself but not abandon yourself.

Observing her secretly, she wanted to know why she disguised herself as a man, and wanted to find out the unknown past behind her, what made a child become cold and indifferent, except for Chen Yinyin, she could almost ignore anyone. Lift it up, and even start to delve into what she said when she was apprenticed to the teacher, what is her persistence?
I have never paid so much attention to a person. I am still a child. Sometimes this kind of mentality makes Shen Mo feel irritated. She is just his apprentice. She has studied her own medical skills and passed them on. Why should she delve into things that have nothing to do with him? matter?

These doubts, these irritability, dissipated one by one when they touched Li Zihe's pulse, turned into a trace of pity, slowly rippled in his heart, melted away, and felt soft in that moment.

He remembered her saying that she didn't know where her parents were, remembering her saying that her grandfather died of illness, and remembering her saying that she saw many people die in front of her.

Years of poor life, depressed mood, if not for the strong will to survive in my heart, I am afraid that I would have been unable to support it, and the femur injury must have been caused by severe beatings. Not to mention fragility, it must be unbearably painful when it comes to cloudy and rainy weather. I only know this from her pulse...

"Master?" Hearing a faint call, Shen Mo raised his head and saw Chen Yinyin staring at him curiously.

Chen Yinyin blinked, no matter how the master followed the example of his senior brother, he became in a daze, and didn't hear him calling a few times.

"Aren't you going down the mountain?" Chen Yinyin asked cautiously.

Shen Mo shook his head, originally wanted to go down the mountain to find the residence Li Zihe had mentioned, but there is no need, no matter what happened to her, what is the purpose of studying medicine, now that she is his apprentice, let her stay in the cloud. Lianshan.

Chen Yinyin sighed, she couldn't get out, so she honestly went to make lunch.

In just one day, Li Zihe was able to stand up again. Although he did not break his leg, Li Zihe was secretly surprised by the speed of recovery. Shen Mo's medical skills are really superb.

At the dinner table, Chen Yinyin glanced left and right, it was really quiet, although she used to talk alone, but today the senior brother recovered, and he was not happy to see the master, the senior brother had talked to her before, but today he just sat and ate with his head buried in his mouth, making her Sorry for being alone.

"Zihe, starting tomorrow I will prescribe prescriptions for you every day."

Chen Yinyin glanced, hey, it was the master who spoke first, prescribing the prescription?Is the brother willing to let the master take the pulse?

Li Zihe nodded, surprise flashed from his eyes.

"Also, follow me down the mountain to see a doctor tomorrow." Shen Mo swallowed the last mouthful of rice in the bowl without lifting his head.

"Well, good." Li Zihe simply agreed.

"What about me?" Chen Yinyin quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks and asked.

Shen Mo looked up at her, smiled lightly and said, "Are you going?"

"Uh," Chen Yinyin choked, and shook her head after thinking about it: "Forget it, I'll cook at home and wait for you."

Although I really want to be with my senior brother, but think about it carefully, every time I go to see a doctor, I follow behind the master, memorizing prescriptions, applying herbal medicine, boring and boring, and there is no chance to escape, so I might as well go for a walk up the mountain while the master is out.

Shen Mo nodded slightly, put down the bowl and chopsticks and left.

Li Zihe was holding the chopsticks and was stunned again. Just now Chen Yinyin said, I will cook at home and wait for you, home?

Chen Yinyin supported her head with her hands, staring at Li Zihe with interest, watching the expression on his face gradually soften, and a little flower appeared.

Chen Yinyin felt that her senior brother was really interesting. He was only one year older than her, and his face was very immature, but the expression on his face was always serious and indifferent. Occasionally, he seemed to be in a daze with many things on his mind, so she couldn't help but want to dig into it. Other aspects of senior brother, such as being in a daze and being absent-minded, such as the heartwarming smile just shown, she always felt that it was not enough. Senior brother must have many interesting expressions that she didn't know about.

On the second day, Li Zihe followed Shen Mo down the mountain to see a doctor, as if nothing had happened. Li Zihe was still dressed as a man, and Chen Yinyin still kept saying that he was a senior brother. Maybe Shen Mo didn't tell Chen Yinyin about her daughter's identity, since If he doesn't say it, Li Zihe won't say it himself.

With Chen Yinyin's forceful attack and Shen Mo's silent support, Li Zihe moved the room closer to them. On the left side of the room was Chen Yinyin, and on the right side was Shen Mo. They were always with them.

Li Zihe went to study with Shen Mo for an hour every day, and spent the rest of the time reading books by himself. Seeing that his senior brother was concentrating on studying medicine, Shen Yinyin felt embarrassed to disturb him with boring things, but wanted to hang around him, watching him helpless to her The ground spoils me, I always feel sweet, even the medical books are much better than before, so I follow Li Zihe every day, although the progress is not as obvious as Li Zihe, it is much better than before.

Shen Mo prescribes prescriptions for Li Zihe to recuperate his body every day, and every time he goes down the mountain to see a doctor, he also brings Li Zihe with him. The three masters and apprentices clear away the previous barriers and live happily, except for Chen Yinyin's occasional wailing because of complicated medical books.

Li Zihe often has the illusion of being isolated from the world, as if only the three of them exist in this world, distinguishing medicines, memorizing the effects of medicines, memorizing formulas, recognizing acupuncture points, learning acupuncture, day after day, one day, turning around inadvertently, and suddenly discovering, It has been three years.

(End of this chapter)