"Heart Calming Grass?"
In the Medicine Master's Mansion, Jiang Fuli put down the book in her hand and raised her almond-shaped eyes. She looked back and forth at Gu Mang, who was still carrying the fish basket on his back and was dripping wet. "Who did you ask for it for? Mo Xi or Murong Lian? "
"It's Murong …" Before he could say Chu Yi's name, Gu Mang recalled the request Chu Yi had made to him before she lost consciousness. A gentleman's word cannot be taken back. Since he had agreed, he had to do as he promised. Thus, he changed his words. "I won't tell you."
Jiang Fuli narrowed her eyes slightly. "Do you know what it is?"
"I know. It's used to cure diseases. "
"It can cure diseases, but it can also harm people." Jiang Fuli said, "Heart Calming Grass is a kind of flower that is half demon and half mortal. Although it can numb and relieve pain, its toxicity cannot be underestimated. This flower is piled up like a mountain in my warehouse. It's not something valuable, so I don't mind giving it to you, but … "
Gu Mang raised his hand and said, "I promise I won't poison it."
Jiang Fuli sneered. "Poison it? I'm in the Chong Flower now. If you dare to do anything in front of me, I'll respect you as a man. "
Gu Mang asked curiously, "Then what will you do?"
"But if you ask me for the Heart Calming Grass, I'll tell your master, Lord Xi He."
Gu Mang thought for a while. Murong Chuyi was unconscious at the moment and his life was more important. He would explain this to Murong Chuyi after he saved his life.
Thus, he agreed and followed Jiang Fuli to the warehouse to get the herbs. When Jiang Fuli finished decocting the herbs, he immediately returned to the depths of the Peach Blossom Lake with the pot and found Murong Chuyi who was still lying there.
Murong Chuyi looked very weak. There was no color on his handsome face and his skin was cold to the touch. Gu Mang half-carried him, twisted open the spout, and poured the medicine into Murong Chuyi's mouth bit by bit.
The process was not easy. Although Murong Chuyi was unconscious, he coughed from time to time. He drank half of the medicine and choked on it. He frowned and murmured something.
Gu Mang heard him calling his sister one moment, then reciting Yue Chenqing's name the next. His expression was pained the whole time.
Although Gu Mang did not have a deep friendship with him, he was still soft-hearted. Thus, he patted his head and coaxed him.
"Sister …"
Gu Mang said, "Sister is here. Be good, be good."
Murong Chuyi said, "Chenqing …"
Gu Mang said, "Yes, yes, yes. I am that little white bird. Fourth Uncle, be good. Come, finish the rest of the medicine."
In the end, Murong Chuyi's pale lips trembled as if he was trapped in some kind of nightmare. He grabbed Gu Mang's sleeve. His eyes moved uneasily under his closed eyelids. His long eyelashes were like the wings of a black butterfly, trembling uncontrollably.
"No … Don't …"
"What?"
"You …" Murong Chuyi's entire hand was spasming. The tendons on the back of his slender hand were bulging. "You bastard … How could you … You …"
Gu Mang was stunned. He touched his nose and said, "I am obviously helping you. Why are you scolding me so fiercely?"
Murong Chuyi was still trapped in the nightmare. His knuckles were getting paler and paler. Suddenly, he groaned hoarsely, as if he was suffering pain and humiliation in the dream. His closed eyes were a little red.
"Bastard … Bastard …"
Gu Mang looked at him for a while and sighed. "Who are you scolding? Your sister or the little white bird? "
But Murong Chuyi naturally wouldn't answer him. Gu Mang accompanied him for a while. Murong Chuyi's ravings gradually quieted down. After about the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Murong Chuyi stopped talking. The medicine of the heart-calming grass began to take effect. His expression slowly calmed down, and his tightly knitted eyebrows finally relaxed.
Gu Mang half carried and half dragged him to a dry spot on the stone table. He laid him flat so that he could lie down more comfortably. Then, he sat beside him in boredom. He held his chin and said, "Ai, I have already given you all the grass. When are you going to open your eyes?"
"…"
After waiting for a while, Murong Chuyi's eyes were still closed. He didn't wake up.
Gu Mang sighed. He held his chin and looked back and forth at Murong Chuyi's appearance.
This Murong Chuyi was indeed a rare beauty. He was elegant and handsome. Gu Mang didn't read much, so he couldn't describe it in detail. He only felt that although this person had deep facial features and a heroic spirit, he had a celestial aura between his eyebrows. His temperament was really like that of a dragon lady in a picture book. His wide sleeves were like falling snow. In short, there was only one word to describe him: good-looking.
Another word to describe him: good-looking.
Therefore, Gu Mang patiently held his chin and looked at him for an hour.
After an hour, no matter how good-looking he was, he couldn't stand it anymore. Gu Mang turned his head and asked the meal bag, "Are we really going to keep watching him like this? I don't mind … but the princess is still waiting for me to cook fish for her at home. "
The meal bag: "Woof, woof, woof!"
Gu Mang nodded and said, "You're right. The dragon lady is an outsider, and the princess is an insider. So let's catch fish first. Anyway, we've already fed him the grass. If he doesn't wake up, it's not our fault."
"Woof, woof!"
Therefore, Gu Mang continued to go into the pond to catch fish.
Previously, when he was hit by Murong Chuyi's water, he fell down. The three fat head grass carps that he caught had all disappeared. After that, his luck wasn't particularly good. After searching for a long time, he only caught a few skinny fish with many bones.
Seeing the sunset and smoke rising from the kitchen, Gu Mang couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
He didn't expect that after working for a long time, he still didn't catch anything. He stood in the middle of the lake, leaning on the net. The setting sun was like the rouge from the sky, floating on the sparkling surface of the water.
"This shouldn't be." Gu Mang sighed and said, "Don't the books say that good deeds will be rewarded? Why is it that I saved the dragon lady out of kindness, but there aren't any fat fish sent to my door to repay my kindness? "
Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly heard a clear and cold voice behind him, which was as cold as jade.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Gu Mang was startled and jumped. He turned his head and took two steps back, "You're finally awake? How did you come and go without a trace? "
The one who stepped on the water was Murong Chuyi. His expression had already returned to normal, and he didn't look weak or unconscious at all.
Gu Mang couldn't help but sigh, "This calming grass is quite effective. It's only been half a day, and you've already recovered."
Murong Chuyi lightly snorted and gracefully jumped onto the shore. His phoenix eyes swept over Gu Mang's body. Seeing that Gu Mang was still wearing wet clothes, he raised his fingertips and a golden light floated.
When the light dimmed, Gu Mang touched his dry clothes in surprise and joy. He then smiled and said, "Thank you. You're really a kind person."
Murong Chuyi didn't talk nonsense with him. He only asked, "You came here today to catch fish?"
"Yes, my family's princess is sick. He can't eat, so I wanted to catch some fresh fat fish to make a dish for him." Gu Mang rubbed his nose, "We're a family, so we should help each other."
Murong Chuyi frowned, "Princess? … Princess Meng Ze? "
Gu Mang waved his hand, "It's Princess Mo Xi."
"… … …"
It seemed that this divine beast who had lost his mind and memory didn't mean to be rude and call himself "dragon lady". After all, even Mo Xi, the iron-blooded war god, was given the nickname "princess" by him.
Murong Chuyi expressionlessly moved his gaze away from Gu Mang. He stood by the lakeside with his hands behind his back, facing the wind, and said, "Come ashore."
Gu Mang didn't know what was going on. He leaned on the net and went ashore.
Murong Chuyi asked, "What kind of fish do you want?"
Gu Mang still didn't know what was going on, but he answered very honestly, "mandarin fish."
"How many?"
"The more the better."
"It's a waste to have more." Murong Chuyi said, "I think five is enough."
"?" Gu Mang asked curiously, "What are you going to do? Are you going to help me catch fish? "
The word "catch" was a bit of an exaggeration to Murong Chuyi, the Chong Hua Addicted Immortal. After all, this was a master refiner who even Yue Juntian couldn't measure.
Murong Chuyi waved his wide sleeves, and a silver arrow flew out. The arrow moved very quickly, and disappeared in the peach blossom pond. When it returned to the shore, the silver arrow had already stretched to ten feet long, and there were five fresh and plump mandarin fish strung on it.
Gu Mang slightly widened his blue glass-like eyes. He looked at the fish, and then turned his head to look at Murong Chuyi. After a long while, he simply and crudely expressed his inner admiration.
"Fuck …"
No wonder Gu Mang was forced to swear. It was really … He had worked so hard for half a day, and it couldn't even compare to Murong Chuyi's flick of his sleeves.
Murong Chuyi's fingertips moved slightly, and all the fish went into the bamboo basket behind Gu Mang, and the silver arrow disappeared. Murong Chuyi said, "What else do you want? Tell me all at once."
Gu Mang shook his head, and stared at the handsome man in white standing in the golden afterglow.
He was a straightforward person, and whatever he thought, he would say. Thus, he said, "No wonder the little white bird admires you so much."
Murong Chuyi slightly frowned, "White bird?"
"It's Yue … Yue … Yue." Gu Mang held his head in distress, "Ai, I can't remember his name again."
"Yue Chenqing?"
"Yes, yes, yes! That's him! "Gu Mang clapped his hands, and laughed," No wonder he likes to chase after you. Big brother, you're really amazing! Can you teach me your 'Swish Swish Swish' Fish Catching Technique? "
"…" Murong Chuyi sighed softly, and said, "Open your hands."
Gu Mang did as he was told. Murong Chuyi took out a handful of silver needles out of nowhere, and placed them in Gu Mang's palm. Gu Mang asked curiously, "What are these?"
"Listening Arrows." Murong Chuyi said, "I gave you fifty of them. These arrows can change their size at will, and they will move according to orders. Is it enough for you to catch fish? "
Gu Mang was overjoyed, and thanked him repeatedly, "It's enough, it's enough! You're so generous! And you're a good person! " After he finished speaking, he carefully put the silver needles into his Qiankun bag, and then carefully put the bag into his lapel, just like a puppy who was painstakingly hiding bones.
After he hid them, he said again, "Thank you, good person!"
"…" Murong Chuyi was not used to people thinking that he was a good person. All along, the people of Chong Hua thought that he was unreasonable, and that he was just a Chong Hua fanatic who was fanatically pursuing the path of refining tools. Because of this, his expression was somewhat stiff and unnatural. After a moment of silence, he changed the topic, "Don't tell anyone about what you saw today, especially Yue Chenqing. Don't tell him."
Gu Mang nodded, but then said, "Sure, sure. But I'm afraid there's one person I can't hide from."
"Who?"
"Mo Xi." Gu Mang said, "Medicine Master Jiang said that the Heart-Calming Grass can also be used as poison, so I asked him about this herb. He'll definitely tell Mo Xi."
Murong Chuyi thought for a moment, and then said, "It's okay. I'll tell Lord Xi He myself. You don't have to worry about this anymore. Just remember that you can't tell a third person. "
"Then what if Mo Xi asks me first?"
"You just have to answer truthfully."
"Okay." Gu Mang agreed. After he agreed, he couldn't help but ask, "Is your body okay now?"
"It's okay. In the past, the Peach Blossom Lake was enough to suppress it. Today was just an accident."
"Oh … But your illness … Little White Bird and the others don't know about it?"
Murong Chuyi said indifferently, "They know a little, but not a lot. In fact, it's not a big deal. It's just that Yue Chenqing keeps asking me about it. I don't want to talk to him, so please keep it a secret. "
There were too many loopholes in his words, and the reason for keeping it a secret was too far-fetched. Only an idiot would believe him.
But Gu Mang was no different from an idiot. Therefore, Gu Mang believed him, and very sincerely raised his hand to Murong Chuyi and swore that he would never tell anyone about this matter.
After saying goodbye to Murong Chuyi and returning to the fu, the sky was already dark.
Li Wei stood at the door, craning his neck and looking left and right. When he saw that Gu Mang had returned with the twilight draped over his shoulders, he couldn't help but feel happy and angry at the same time. He hurriedly went forward and asked, "What happened to you? Did you go fishing or raising fish? Why are you back so late? "
Gu Mang took off the basket on his back and showed it to him. He smiled and said, "I caught five fat fish. There's still time. Can you lend me the kitchen?"
After living in Xi He's fu for so long, Gu Mang had never cooked fish before. But he remembered what to do. In the fragmentary memories he had, he had cooked many dishes made with fish. Therefore, Gu Mang pondered over his memory of cooking ingredients. He quickly prepared a few dishes and put them in a lunchbox.
When he walked out of the kitchen, he saw Li Wei waiting outside. Gu Mang asked, "Is he still in the study?"
"Yes, he went into the study right after the morning meeting. He hasn't eaten anything yet."
Gu Mang carried the lunchbox and said, "Then watch me. I'm the best at coaxing Shidi. "
Li Wei said happily, "Oh …"
After a while, he felt that the way Gu Mang addressed him was wrong and rebelled. Therefore, he said sternly, "Hmm?" But Gu Mang had already carried the lunchbox to the end of the veranda.
The candlelight flowed silently. The copper table lamp had a pool of oil. The candlelight shone on Mo Xi's cold, hard, and angular profile.
Although the war in the north had ended, it wasn't a long-term thing. Liao Country and Chong Hua had no choice but to have a two-year truce. The two powers had been fighting and weakening each other. Now, both sides could see that the other countries around them were ready to make trouble. If they continued to fight like this, they would only be letting the fisherman reap the benefits.
Therefore, although the truce was a truce, the two countries were still competing with each other. They were competing to see who could recover first and who could recover more. The Monarch had been paying attention to Liao Country's actions for the past year. The report in Mo Xi's hands was collected by Chong Hua's shadow guards. The content involved many monsters and demon seeds in Liao Country. The content was detailed and bloody. Mo Xi frowned when he read it.
Just as he was reading the details of a demon seed, "Eight Bitter Everlasting Regret Flower", the light suddenly flickered. Gu Mang pushed the door open and walked straight to his table.
"Shidi Mo, it's time to eat."
"…" Mo Xi looked up and said, "Just put it down. Also, don't call me that. How many times have I lectured you? Why don't you learn your lesson? "
Gu Mang didn't listen to him.
He couldn't reason with this person. It was best to confront him head-on. Gu Mang pretended to be deaf and mute. He opened the lunchbox and took out the dishes one by one.
Mo Xi frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
Gu Mang said, "I'm not messing around. You read your book and I'll eat my food. I'll leave half for you."
"… You want to eat with me?"
Gu Mang blinked. "Haven't we eaten together before?"
"…"
Previously in the hall, although the two of them had eaten at the same table, eating at the same table was different from eating from the same lunchbox.
Gu Mang imitated the tone in his memory and said, "Ai, I have no choice. There's nothing good to eat in the kitchen. I can only eat from you. Lord Xi He, you're doing good. You're magnanimous. Can you share half with me? "
Seeing that Mo Xi was speechless, he tried to add fuel to the fire.
"And today's dishes were all made by me. Aren't you afraid that I'll poison you? So I'll eat first and test the poison for you. I'll let you eat happily and feel at ease. "
Mo Xi stared at him and said, "What are you talking about?"
But he still let him do as he pleased.
Thus, Gu Mang gleefully placed the four dishes, one soup, and a simple meal on Mo Jie's spotless red sandalwood desk with a clatter.
The dishes were still warm and fragrant. Although they were just simple stir-fried dishes and were not as exquisite as the ones made by the chef, they smelled very good and the color was refreshing and attractive.
There was a plate of crystal pork slices. The meat was thinly sliced and the skin on the edges was soft and tender. It was served with Zhenjiang vinegar with ground ginger. There was a plate of stir-fried lotus root. The tender water chestnuts and green lettuce were smooth and delicious. The vegetables were fresh and tender. Then there was a plate of braised spring bamboo shoots. The tender bamboo shoots were covered in oil and were covered in a thick and fragrant sauce. The soup was simple. There was only a bowl of bamboo fungus and mushroom soup with a few fresh green leaves and a few slices of ham. It was a good soup for the stomach.
And from the last basket of food, there was a plate of sweet and sour mandarin fish. The fish was mixed with finely chopped ginger to dispel the fishy smell. After steaming, boiling oil was poured over the fish and it emitted a strong fragrance. The fish skin was crispy and yellow and the fish fat was tender. Then, the fish was covered in a thick syrup and vinegar sauce. When the chopsticks touched the fish, the white and translucent fish meat and the congealed fat trembled slightly, wrapped in the sweet and sour sauce …
"Delicious." Gu Mang swung his chopsticks happily, not giving any face to Mo Xi who was reading with his eyes down. "The meat in the fish belly is all mine."
After eating like this for a while, Mo Xi saw that Gu Mang was really about to pick up his chopsticks and clean the most tender part of the fish belly. Finally, he could not help but close the bamboo slip and raise his hand to grab Gu Mang's wrist.
Gu Mang puffed up his cheeks. "What are you doing?"
Mo Xi stared at him and rudely snatched his chopsticks from his hand. He took the bowl of rice next to him and put the piece of fish into his own bowl.
Although Gu Mang was laughing in his heart, he put on an exasperated expression. "Why did you snatch mine?!"
Mo Xi angrily returned the chopsticks to him and picked up his own pair. "Otherwise what? Are you going to wait for me to gnaw on your bones after you finish eating? "
When he said this, he took a big bite of the fish. His white teeth and fierce gnawing action coupled with the ambiguous words "gnaw on your bones" inexplicably made Gu Mang, who was sitting across from him, shudder.
Break your bones and swallow your blood …
Such a possessive posture and gaze made Gu Mang's head throb faintly. Some memories of intertwining limbs vaguely flashed through his mind, as if there was a string on his forehead, as if eager to tell Gu Mang —
Yes. Once upon a time, it was this seemingly cold man who, like a wild beast, had used his white teeth and cold teeth to take his bones and blood for himself, tearing them apart and eating them …
He looked at Mo Xi's handsome face, from his high nose to his thin but sexy lips. He was caught off guard and his heart skipped a beat.
This feeling made Gu Mang feel that something was wrong in his heart. It was hot and restless, as if a fire had been reignited from the ashes and had been born from the pile of firewood. It was also as if a bunch of new buds had been slowly unraveled by the spring breeze in April.
He suddenly recalled the memory of the night when he was 15 years old. At that time, Mo Xi's lips had been pressed against his. It was such a soft touch, but it made him tremble in his memory …
But Mo Xi did not notice Gu Mang's strange gaze. He was focused on eating the fish. His thin lower lip was stained with some sauce and he inadvertently licked it.
At this moment, Gu Mang's heart was burning. He had an inexplicable impulse and primitive desire — he actually wanted to go up and gently touch Mo Xi's cheeks and lips.
He did not even understand what this desire meant. He just instinctively felt this cluster of fire in his chest, and this was the only way to calm his impetuousness.
His Adam's apple moved slightly. Like a cub testing for danger, he carefully explored and quietly moved closer to Mo Xi who was completely unaware of it …
The author has something to say:
Gu Mang was confused: Lord, what are you looking for???
Mo Xi: The gift you gave me when I was 15 years old.
Gu Mang was confused: What do you want that for?
Mo Xi: Throw it to yourself. I believe you can learn it by yourself.
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