dhibooks Chapter 28 Nightmare
Chapter 28 Nightmare
The further we go west, the colder and damper the weather is, perhaps because of this, all the thieves are also dormant.The road was peaceful, there were no robbers or any injustice, and we arrived at a small town near Chendu smoothly.
There is only one thing that dissatisfies Master Zhou—the mountains in the southwestern region are undulating, and there are many miasmas and clouds. There is only a rugged path winding inward.Even if it is difficult for people to walk, it is absolutely impossible for a carriage to pass.
Zhou Lian's eyebrows were tightly locked: "Is there no other way to go?"
Shen Wu said: "It should be gone."
He had never been out of Chendu before he was seven years old, and he almost fell asleep all the way to Juming with Changwuzi, so he didn't know that the road to Chendu was so tortuous and difficult.
They stopped here because they were bored after staying in the carriage for a long time, and they wanted to walk around, take a rest, have some warm meals, and inquire about the way to go next.Unexpectedly, I heard such a news.
Not only did Zhou Lian's complexion darken immediately, he looked as if he had no appetite even for the hot and spicy food on the table, Shen Wu also wanted to leave this table for a moment. Food, hurry back into the carriage, so that you can remember what it feels like to have a carriage.
Zhou Lian stopped talking, put a piece of meat that he couldn't name with his chopsticks into his mouth with a straight face, chewed for a while, and suddenly his expression changed.Shen Wu keenly caught this change in him, and couldn't help asking:
"what happened?"
Zhou Lian remained silent, Shen Wu stopped asking, and searched for the reason by himself as usual, his eyes swept over the bright red peppers in the dish, and then fell on Zhou Lian's face, noticing the faint tears in his eyes, the white cheeks There was also a trace of abnormal red on the face, and suddenly realized:
"Brother, but you can't eat spicy food?"
Zhou Lian's face was cold, and his tone was also cold: "You're thinking about it." After saying that, he blinked lightly, and the tears in his eyes disappeared without leaving any trace.
It seems that Shen Wu not only misunderstood just now, but also got dazzled and misread at a young age.
Shen Wu didn't expose him, he was worried that he was in a bad mood now, and the next trip would be more difficult than before, so he suggested: "Just now that person said that very few people come and go on their own, and they don't know the way. If it really leads to that place, you and I will rest here, how about it?"
Zhou Lian's complexion improved a bit, but he said sharply: "Could it be that you want to be lazy, so you found an excuse to fool me?"
Shen Wu: "..." Alas.
Brother is really good at pushing himself and others for ten years.
The two of them rested in this small town that night.
This place is located in the southwest, because the mountain road is narrow and the rainy day is even more muddy, it is very crowded.There was no one coming and going, so naturally there would be no inn that was good enough for Zhou Lian to take a fancy to.The mattress even exudes a musty smell.Fortunately, Zhou Lian was delicate enough to go out without forgetting to bring the quilts he was used to, and replaced the ones from the inn.
Out of his brother's self-esteem, he still tried to make the bed by himself first, but he couldn't do it. After nearly half an hour, he was exhausted physically and mentally. Seeing the night getting darker, he had no choice but to put the messy brocade quilt and go to the next door. Find Shen Wu.
The door has no latch, and it opens with a push.Zhou Lian thought that the younger brother was keeping the door open for him, and his heart was a little soft, and he was about to ask someone, but his eyes first saw the person lying on the bed.
The light was still on, Shen Wu didn't even take off his outer cover, he was lying facing the outside, curled up, the quilt was stacked behind him, and only one corner was pulled to cover his waist indiscriminately.
Zhou Lian didn't deliberately lower his footsteps, and walked straight to Shen Wu as usual.Shen Wu's eyes were always closed tightly, without the slightest intention of waking up.
After all, he was in a foreign land, how could he sleep so deeply, he really had no defenses, and he was not afraid of being drugged in the middle of the night to stun him and sell him as a sheep with two legs.
And this sleeping face, tsk.
Zhou Lian couldn't see it very much, so he covered his lips and gave a fake cough.Unceremoniously, he walked to the end of the bed and sat down almost next to Shen Wu's legs.
His actions were not small, Shen Wu finally reacted, his crow's eyelashes trembled a few times, and then he opened his eyes reluctantly, looked at him for a while, and said hesitantly: "Brother?"
The voice was dry and hoarse, falling into Zhou Lian's ears was the same effect as scratching the wall with sharp nails.The dissatisfaction in his heart suddenly deepened.With a cold face, he lifted the kettle on the coffee table, and used spiritual power to boil the water until it was warm, before pouring it into the teacup.
Seeing that the teacup was about to be full, he suddenly reacted and thought incredulously, what is he doing, serving that brat!
On the other side, Shen Wu was also woken up by his series of actions, and looked at his back in fear, thinking for a while, the senior brother was taken away by others, and for a while, the senior brother is going to attack me Is it?
The next moment, he saw that the water in the teacup was overflowing, flowing happily across the table, dripping down.
Shen Wu: "..."
It seems that this is really his senior brother, so it can't be wrong.
Zhou Lian was brought back to his senses by the sound of the water, a tinge of red suddenly appeared in his ear, and unreasonably pushed his faults on Shen Wu, thinking that if he hadn't distracted him, how could he have committed the crime? Such an embarrassing mistake.
He calmed down, waved his sleeves calmly, evaporated the water on the table, turned around with the tea cup in his hand, and said, "Drink."
Shen Wu restrained the thought of reading a joke in his heart, and didn't provoke him any more winkingly, took a teacup and drank a few sips of water, feeling his throat was more comfortable, and said politely: "Thank you, big brother."
Zhou Lian gave a "hmm" and said, "Why don't you close the door when you are resting?" There is no need to keep the door open for me.
Shen Wu smiled apologetically, and said, "I just forgot."
Seeing that Zhou Lian was silent and did not speak, he didn't take it seriously, and said, "Is there something you want, big brother?"
After he mentioned it, Zhou Lian suddenly remembered that he came here to ask for something from others, and he couldn't put on a cold face in an instant, and he struggled for a while before he unnaturally told Shen Wu his purpose.
Shen Wu couldn't hold back a smile, and restrained himself in Zhou Lian's cold eyes, and said, "Brother, wait a moment."
Eldest brother thought he was losing face, and he didn't want to wait, so he walked out the door after speaking, but he thought that if he walked too fast, he might run away, so he just pretended to do it calmly.
Behind him, Shen Wu supported his body and sat up from the couch, his feet barely touched the ground, his body shook unsteadily, and hissed softly.
Zhou Lian didn't go far, and listened to the strange noise, then turned around and saw his pale face, with a frown:
"How are you doing?"
Shen Wu himself couldn't tell, the feeling of dizziness and palpitation only lasted for a short while, and Zhou Lian's ability to speak faded away like a tide.Feel it carefully, but you can't feel the slightest difference.
It was as if that discomfort was just his illusion.
He got up and put on his shoes and socks, and smiled at Zhou Lian: "It's nothing, senior brother, don't worry."
The elder brother said that he was not worried because of him, but just now Shen Wu's condition was still vivid in his memory, and he couldn't let it go, so he walked over and stretched out his finger to feel for Shen Wu's pulse, and saw that it was normal, so he relaxed Frowning, said:
"Be careful if you are weak. I don't know how to take care of the sick. If you are sick, you may have to stay here for ten days and a half months. I don't have that patience. You can only go to the capital by yourself."
Shen Wu tasted this sentence, and found that Zhou Lian might really be able to do this kind of thing of abandoning his sick junior brother and running alone.Immediately speechless for a moment, said:
"Probably just tired."
The matter was revealed.
However, the last night before leaving, he couldn't rest well.At the time of the third watch, Shen Wu felt drowsy and hot, his chest was constricted, as if he had been dragged into a terrible nightmare, and he couldn't break free even with all his strength.There was nothing in the dream, except for the dazzling red eyes, as if lying under the scorching sun with eyes closed.
Can perceive light, but can't see anything, as if blind.
Zhou Lian got out of bed, felt shallow, was startled awake by his movement, and rushed into Shen Wu's room in the dark of night, and said with great displeasure:
"You'd better give me a..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the appearance of the person lying on the couch at this moment, and the word "explanation" was silenced in his mouth.
Shen Wu was lying on his side, one hand was pressed under his body, the other free hand was tightly gripping the quilt, his eyelashes trembled frequently, as if he was trying to open his eyes, but his eyelids were stuck It seems that it is too late to open.
There are no stars and no moon tonight, only a little light from the sky shines in. If the lights are not turned on, ordinary people will stumble after walking a few steps.However, Zhou Lian could clearly see that Shen Wu's pale face was covered with drops of sweat, which wet the hair on his forehead.
It was the first time that Zhou Lian saw such an uneasy and terrified expression on Shen Wu's face.
When I was a child, I saw him walking alone at night, and I was never so scared.
He felt a little weird in his heart, "tsk", stepped forward and held Shen Wu's shoulder, was startled by the scorching body temperature again, subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, and finally restrained it.Sticking to the sweaty clothes, he shook the person and said:
"Shen Wu? Shen Wu?"
After a long time, Shen Wu slowly opened his eyes, which were both panicked and confused, obviously he hadn't come out of the state of mind just now:
"...Elder brother?"
When he opened his mouth, Zhou Lian found that he had been biting his lower lip before, but now that lip was bloodless, and there was a deep tooth mark on it.
Coupled with the eyelashes that were wet with sweat or tears, it looked really... pitiful.
Zhou Lian moved his hand slightly, wiped his sweat on the quilt, then straightened up, looked at Shen Wu with a frown, and said, "Are you really sick?"
Shen Wu did feel a burst of unbearable heat in his sleep, as if he had been thrown into a fire.The moment he woke up, he could still feel the residual heat, but as he gradually regained consciousness, the inexplicable heat gradually faded away.
He closed his eyes and circulated his spiritual power for a week without finding any problems, and a cultivator shouldn't get sick easily.
But the uncomfortable feeling that seemed to evaporate his blood just now is real, and now he can still capture the residual power.Shen Wu didn't know why, he could only say:
"Probably not."
"Probably not." Zhou Lian repeated these four words in an unclear manner, then squinted his eyes to look at his appearance, and said, "Junior Brother Shen Wu, you can't hide your illness and avoid medical treatment."
Shen Wu smiled hoarsely, and sat up with his body propped up: "How could it be. It's probably because the climate is not acclimatizing."
Then he said, "Excuse me, can senior brother pour me a glass of water?"
Zhou Lianxin said that you are presumptuous and dare to order me.However, his ears were so different from usual, his hoarse voice made it crisp, and it seemed that someone had tapped the Ya acupuncture point for a moment, and he couldn't speak a word.
So reluctantly poured a glass of water.Shen Wu didn't drink fast, and slowly moistened his throat that was almost smoking.
Zhou Lian had nothing to do and couldn't keep staring at people drinking water—that would be a bit silly—so he stared at Shen Wu's face instead.After looking at it, I found that the appearance of this little brat is indeed not bad. After all these years, he has not become disabled. On the contrary, he looks better than when he was a child. Zhou Lian saw some beauty.
He didn't realize it, but Shen Wu was very stressed by his stare, couldn't help speeding up the speed of drinking water, secretly sighed that senior brother was too stingy, asking him to pour water would only be so resentful.
After drinking the water, Zhou Lian paused for a while. Seeing that everything was normal, he went back to his room and fell asleep.
During the following journey, Shen Wu never had a fever again, nor was he ever lived in a nightmare again, as if all that happened that night was really just because he returned to his hometown where he had been away for many years, and he was not acclimatized.