Chapter 21: The Beggar Man
Mu Ying, who was full of wine and food, was holding a verdant grass pole and walking leisurely on the road, and behind him, Mu Tan was holding two strings of sugar gourds and eating happily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Suddenly, Mu Ying suddenly stopped, and her lazy eyes stared at a young man kneeling in front of the Demon Master's Mansion. The man's body was filthy, only an inch, his body was extremely weak, his eyes were tightly closed, as if this kneeling posture was a relief, even the head, together with the body, fell on the blue brick floor in late autumn, greedily enjoying this moment of rest.
"Magnums... Grass people, please, our village... It's really going to be out of business. The man's voice paused, his throat seemed to be about to tear, and he hadn't drunk water for some time.
Mu Ying spit out the blades of grass in his mouth, and was about to step forward, but a slender hand stretched out beside him and grabbed his shoulder.
"The place where that person lives is not within the jurisdiction of the Demon Master's Mansion, it is thousands of miles away. There was a demon disaster in that village, and he begged all the demon masters around him, but no one rescued him, so he came here thousands of miles to ask for help. Youxue's faint voice came from Mu Ying's side, Mu Ying looked up, and saw Youxue's eyes also looking at that person, with a little helplessness in her eyes.
"That should also be saved, the world is the way of the people, and benevolence and righteousness are the foundation. Could it be that no one in the Demon Master's Mansion is willing to come forward? Mu Ying frowned and asked.
"Of course there is, there is no shortage of dignified men in my demon master's mansion." Youxue glanced at Mu Ying fiercely, and said: "That demon is so powerful, a few years ago, the Demon Master's Mansion broke a lot of people, but the Chen family, which happened to be within the jurisdiction, ignored it. It was once said that the demon was released by the Chen family, and the people in the village should have offended the young master of the Chen family. The Demon Master's Mansion also followed suit and ordered not to interfere, so no one dared to care. ”
"Oh?" Mu Ying raised her eyebrows, and looked at the ragged young man, if this is the case, there is no good thing up and down the Chen family.
"Demon masters..."
The ragged young man seemed to have lost half of his strength, and even his voice gradually became weaker, and Mu Ying could feel that the vitality in his body was slowly dissipating.
"Please... Please... We are a village of old and young ......" The man knelt in front of the Demon Master's Mansion, constantly kowtowing, but in Mu Ying's opinion, the kowtowing action was like a slight trembling, and even his voice for help was inaudible.
"Mu Tan, get him saliva." Mu Ying commanded behind him.
"Hmm." Mu Tan answered.
After a while, the latter ran over, holding a bowl of hot water in his little hand.
Mu Ying was moved by compassion, took the porcelain bowl, stepped forward, and squatted in front of the young man. But I saw that he was repeating the action of kowtowing, and he kept saying the words 'please' in his mouth.
"Brother, where do you live?" Mu Ying patted him lightly, but suddenly found that the person's body was as hard as a green brick on the ground.
Suddenly, Mu Ying suddenly lowered her head to look at the man's dirty face, but found that the man's expression had frozen, his face full of mud was full of despair and sorrow, and there was no life left in his tearful eyes. Only the throat that was not yet cold was left, whimpering like a beast, and constantly pleading with the people around him.
Mu Ying blinked, her eyes looked at the man's stiff body, and she was stunned in place for a long time.
"Mu Ying, doesn't he drink water?" Youxue looked at Mu Ying's somewhat abnormal behavior and asked curiously on the side.
"Dead." Mu Ying shook her head, put the porcelain bowl in her hand on the ground, and reached out to caress the man's unblinded eyes.
"Where does he live?" Mu Ying looked at some demon masters who came out of the demon master's mansion and asked lightly.
"Shuangyue Mountain, Baitong Village." Someone hesitated for a moment and replied.
Mu Ying nodded, did not speak, and walked straight back to the residence, Mu Tan, who was holding the sugar gourd, was stunned for a moment, and then trotted closely to follow.
"Woo... Cluck... The man's body seemed to have lost the support of his soul, and finally collapsed on his knees, and the remaining gas in his abdomen was squeezed into his throat, making a creepy sound, as if the stranger had poured out all the condemnation that had been stored in his belly for a long time at the end.
That kind of whimpering is really chilling to listen to.
Everyone took a step back in fear, only Youxue, who was standing with her hands in her hands, turned a deaf ear, and only looked at Mu Ying's back with a pair of eyes, but she didn't move on the surface, but she sighed in her heart.
At night, there were no pedestrians on the streets, and the candles around had already been extinguished at the urging of the watchmen. There are one or two withered yellow leaves scattered on the street, and under the autumn wind, the 'rustling' stirs the cold bluestone pavement, and a lonely and cold bright moonlight pours down from the sky, through the tissue paper on the window, and burrows into the house.
Click
The wooden door opened, and at that moment, a trace of green smoke from the incense burner came out, wafting into the sky. In the cold streets, there was a strange smell all of a sudden.
Da, da
Mu Ying walked out of the room with steps, closed the door leisurely, and Mu Tan followed closely, still holding a sugar gourd in his hand, and his eyes were clear.
"Let's go." Mu Ying glanced at the house behind her, and then walked forward.
"Are you in such a hurry to leave? Are you taking me too seriously? ”
Just when Mu Ying took a few steps, a crisp voice suddenly sounded behind him, and then, a beautiful figure stepped on the blue bricks and black tiles on the roof and floated towards him, and his elegant and moving figure was reflected in the moonlight, like an elf.
"If you don't sleep so late, do you still have the instructor in mind?" Mu Ying turned around slowly and mocked.
"Hmph." Youxue snorted softly and fell in front of Mu Ying, "You just blame me for ignoring that person, it's just that I can't take care of it if I have an order to restrain me, and it's not like you to speak coldly." ”
"What are you doing here?" Mu Ying shrugged her shoulders noncommittally, bypassed the topic, and turned her head to ask.
"I'm here to tell you that the man has been buried, and I did it single-handedly." There was some annoyance and resentment in Yuxue's voice.
Mu Ying was silent for a moment, but still nodded, and her impression of Youxue in her heart improved slightly.
"And this." Youxue walked up to Mu Ying, pulled Mu Ying's palm angrily, and then buckled a bracelet on Mu Ying's wrist.
"This is my virtual bracelet for you." The snow-white Yao nose gently inhaled the cold air in the night sky twice, "I will hide your whereabouts, I hope you will go and come back soon." ”
Mu Ying looked at the bracelet full of femininity on her wrist in amazement, and wanted to take it off, but her eyes happened to meet Youxue's resolute eyes, so she had to put down the fingers that caressed the bracelet again.
"Go and get back...... Probably. Mu Ying shook his head, Shuangyue Mountain, he knew a little about it, it was thousands of miles away, and he didn't know how much time it would take to go back and forth.
"Why, when you are called a demon master, you are complacent?" Youxue rarely showed her little daughter's look, "Don't think that this little mansion can't accommodate you, you need to be restrained when you go out." ”
"Are you teaching me, like my mother?" Mu Ying touched her nose, a little embarrassed between her eyebrows.
"Rare you." Youxue pouted, then paused for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Where does my mother live?" ”
“…… Earth. Mu Ying rolled her eyes and said angrily.
"Where?" Yu Xue paused for a moment.
"Come home, don't freeze when it's so cold outside." Mu Ying laughed and grabbed Youxue's shoulders and made her turn around.
"What's the hurry?" Youxue turned around again, took out a delicate satin bag from her waist and handed it to Mu Ying, the bag had a small golden rope on it, and the rope was wearing two pearls and jades at the end of the rope, which was very beautiful.
"What is this?" Mu Ying took it, but opened the brocade bag as if pulling a cotton bag, and with a probe of her slender fingers, she took out a wooden tablet from it, and the wooden tablet was half exposed, and a red mark appeared on it.
"I have been in the Spirit Pavilion for a long time, and I met it by chance, so I brought it for you." Youxue looked at Mu Ying's reckless appearance without half an elegant atmosphere, and she was gasping for breath.
"Thank you." Mu Ying put the wooden slip back into the bag and pinned it to her waist unceremoniously.
"You..." Youxue looked at Mu Ying, and didn't spit out a word for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Mu Ying blinked, she didn't seem to have done anything wrong.
“…… That's it. Youxue shook her head as if she was dejected, and pointed to the satin bag on Mu Ying's waist and said, "This bag is worth more than your broken wooden Jane, don't break it, take care of it." ”
"Got it." Mu Ying nodded, looking at Youxue as if there was nothing going on, and said tentatively: "That... I'm leaving? ”
"Let's go, let's go." Yu Xue waved her hand impatiently.
Mu Ying answered, turned around and was about to leave, but the woman behind her spoke again.
"Hey."
Youxue saw that her subconscious call provoked Mu Ying to turn around again, and tiptoed a little embarrassed.
"You're just leaving?" Youxue tugged at the corners of her mouth, her eyes wandering wildly, "Before leaving... Don't you send me a word? ”
"What?" Mu Ying's eyes were a little inexplicable, "There will be a meeting again, and there will be a period later... Something like that? ”
Yuxue chuckled, then shook her head, "It's nothing, let's go." ”
"Hmm." Mu Ying responded, pulled the corner of Mu Tan's clothes beside her, and said softly, "Let's go." ”
Mu Tan nodded, still biting the sugar gourd in his mouth without caring about himself, and followed Mu Ying obediently.
Youxue looked at the figure of the two of them gradually moving away, her white teeth bit her lip tightly, and suddenly, a drop of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, and her low sighing voice slowly echoed in the alley.
"The pain of parting is hard to taste. Empathize with me, and the pain can't be done. If you think about it, you shouldn't be hurt. The line is coming, and the road is blocked and the ...... is long"