11. The deceased
Xiyue frowned and looked at Yan Xu, but saw that Yan Xu had already paced in front of the case, and picked up the pen to write, the pen peak was smooth, Zhang Chi was suitable, and he was indescribably handsome and free.
Andrographis, chrysanthemum
The sky is full of stars, and the earth is born
Ten thousand years of youth, thousands of years of health
The shopkeeper stroked his beard and congratulated Yan Xu with a smile. The onlookers began to cheer, and the young girls even covered their faces with fans and cast admiring glances. Xiyue happily spread out the third puzzle, but saw a poem written on the silk, but did not write what to guess.
Fangcao is more than a gentleman, and the poet has a reason.
We should only be pitiful and elegant, and we may not forget our worries.
The summer moon jade is small, and the breeze is quiet.
Mo Yan opened too early, and it was better than chrysanthemum autumn.
Xiyue looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously, but the shopkeeper reached out and took down the lantern and put it on the table, and made a "please" gesture to Yan Xu.
Yan Xu stared at the poem, but her heart was turning a thousand times, and it was difficult to express it...... I didn't expect her to have such a fate with this lamp. He turned his face sideways to look at Xiyue, she didn't know why, her face was mixed with joy, and her eyes as clear as a stream of water, ignorant and innocent, were looking at him expectantly.
Seeing Yan Xu suddenly looking at himself like this, Xiyue thought that he couldn't guess the riddle, and whispered: "Jinyun, it doesn't matter if you can't guess correctly, this lamp doesn't look good, don't do it." ”
Her appearance of mocking him for fear of others hearing it was really funny, Yan Xu's heart softened, and she bent the corners of her mouth towards her, "Don't worry, this lamp is related to you, it can only be yours." ”
With a few brushstrokes, a few slender and verdant grasses grew out of the rocks, and the originally monotonous picture immediately became vivid, and when he finally drew two small yellow flowers on the long grass, some of the onlookers finally understood the meaning of the puzzle.
It turns out that the poem is about daylilies, and the blank space on the lantern painting is so that the person who guesses the answer to the riddle can draw the answer directly, so when I saw the picture of the stone under the moon before, I would think it was too monotonous, because the painting was not finished at all. And if a person who guesses a riddle only guesses the answer to the riddle, but can't draw, or doesn't draw well, even if he wins, he won't win beautifully. Only when you can guess the riddle and be good at Danqing can you win a good win.
Yan Xu's few strokes of the daylily, the lines are simple but vivid, the layout is ingenious, neither will cover up the limelight of the two crickets, but also will not bury itself, the two daylily flowers are the finishing touch, and no more, no less, just two, meaning a pair.
The shopkeeper re-lit the lantern and handed it to Yan Xu with both hands, "Childe is talented, this lantern boy deserves to win, I hope this lamp can make a beautiful smile for Childe." ”
The lanterns with those daylilies are perfect. In the shadow of the lamp, I saw a crescent moon half-covered by a few wisps of floating clouds, and between the two stones next to the jade pier, a few daylilies emerged, and two small crickets jumped in the grass, looming, full of fun.
The onlookers couldn't help but let out bursts of cheers, and several young girls blushed and whispered, asking who this extraordinary handsome man was. Xiyue took the lantern from Yan Xu's hand, and she had always been cheerful and lively, but at this time, she couldn't help but fly red clouds on her cheeks, and she didn't dare to look at him with her eyes down.
Out of the store, the two walked side by side on the street, Yan Xu inadvertently looked sideways, but saw Xiyue carefully guarding the lantern all the way, for fear of being hit by passers-by, and her face was full of joy and satisfaction that could not be concealed.
He couldn't help but laugh and said, "This lamp is so expensive? I think it's worth thirty bucks at most. ”
She shook her head with a serious expression, "This lamp is not worth a few dollars, if this lamp does not meet you, it is just an ordinary lantern." But now, the lamp meets you, and you have guessed the riddle and painted the broken picture of the lamp, which is perfect because of you, and it is priceless to me. ”
He let out a long sigh, disapproving, and teased her: "I am not the only one in the world who can guess the lantern riddle, even if it doesn't meet me tonight, maybe someone else will guess it later, maybe that person can draw better than me, and this lantern will become more perfect because of that person,"
Xiyue looked at him with wide eyes, her long eyelashes reflecting a delicate arc in the faint halo, "How is that the same?" Even if someone can draw better than you, but he doesn't paint for me, no matter how good he paints, what does it have to do with me? Only Jinyun you, the painting on this lantern was painted by you for me, one stroke at a time, all are unique, even if the painting is not good, I also like it. ”
He used to give her a lot of jewelry, but he never thought that she would be so easily satisfied, a small lantern, just because he painted it for her, is a unique treasure in the world for her. He savored her words, slightly distracted, but then thought about it, if she learned the truth one day, learned why she lost her memory, and learned the fate she was about to face, I am afraid that she would hate him to the core.
As she was in a trance, she suddenly felt a warmth in her hand, and her hand had clenched his.
"It's snowing again...... she looked up at the fine snowflakes falling from the sky, with reluctance, "it's time to go back." ”
He was a little unbearable, although he knew that this qiē was just an illusion of a mirror, but the warmth in his palm was like a spring trickle, really flowing to his heart, "If you still want to see it again, it doesn't hurt to go back later." ”
Xiyue's eyes lit up, and then she gloomy, shook her head and said, "It's too cold this day, let's go back." ”
Obviously moved, but refused, she was actually worried that she would be cold, he knew it in his heart, and shook her hand, "It's okay, I'm not cold." There is a house selling Lantern Festival on the street in front, which is famous far and wide, and we go to eat a bowl of hot Lantern Festival, just to drive away the cold. ”
Her eyes lit up as soon as she heard this, and she said tentatively as she walked: "Jinyun, will you still take me out of the palace during the Stove Festival next year?" Would you like to give me another lantern next year? ”
He took her hand, and his steps became brisk, "Greedy, you have to think twice." If you play the music I have taught you, I will follow you. ”
The cold wind hunted, and the fine snowflakes fell from the air, and the two of them wore their clothes fluttering, and the broken pieces at their feet swirled into a whirlpool. As soon as the snow fell, there were fewer pedestrians on the street, and the originally lively and noisy night market suddenly became quiet, and there was only the sound of footsteps on the bluestone street.
At this moment, Yunshan and Yunhai, who had been walking in front of the two of them, suddenly stopped, the lancet was unsheathed, and they looked vigilant.
Xiyue only felt that Yan Xu's hand holding her moved slightly, and the person stopped with him. The bluestone street was dim and silent, the only light source was the lantern in her hand, faintly, in the middle of the street in front of him stood a gray figure, slender and straight, the wide cloak covered half of his face, the howling wind carried the snowflakes, blowing open the corner of the cloak, revealing the blue-gray plain robe inside.
Xiyue didn't know why, but she felt the gloomy atmosphere around her, she was a little nervous, and subconsciously clenched Yan Xu's hand.
It's finally here...... Yan Xu looked at the man in front of him, and the corners of his mouth hooked imperceptibly, as if he had expected such an encounter. He squeezed Xiyue's hand comfortingly, his eyes still looking straight at the man in front of him, "It's okay, it's just that I met an old person." ”
The deceased? Xiyue intuitively thought that the man standing in the middle of Qingshi Street was not as simple as the old man in Yan Xu's mouth. She followed his gaze, and the snowflakes flew down the long street, rolling up countless fine snow foams, and quickly disappeared into the night, and the man was also watching her at the end of the long street.
She heard his surprised voice coming from the other side of the long street, "Ye Zi ......" She frowned slightly, the voice seemed to be in the howling cold wind, and it was not true, and soon the man said again: "Ye Zi? ”
This time she listened to it clearly, and her tone was one of confusion and shock. She opened her mouth, wanting to tell the person that he recognized the wrong person, she was cherishing the moon and not the leaf, but when the words came to her mouth, she suddenly realized that the person might recognize her? Was he calling her old name? Her eyes widened, trying to see the man's face, and the man, as if trying to confirm his doubts, reached out and removed the hood that covered half of his face.
Xiyue finally saw clearly, he had an elegant and dusty face, as if he was not like an immortal in the world, and the cyan robe he was wearing was actually a monk's robe...... The man was a monk.
"Leaves...... Don't you recognize me? I am also leaving. ”
His age looks similar to Yan Xu, his voice is gentle and good, with earnest care, and his appearance is also kind and kind, which makes her inexplicably want to be close, but she is also far away...... Also away from ...... She muttered a few times, but there was no impression in her mind.
She wanted to shake her head, but looking at Yili's concerned and expectant eyes, she suddenly felt a trace of guilt and unbearability, and she felt that her denial was a kind of harm to him.
However, Yili had already seen the clue from her silence, "Yezi, you really can't remember?" No barren mountain, Great Compassion Temple, Caowei Hall...... Have you forgotten all about jì? ”
She looked at him in a daze, did what he said have anything to do with her past? She couldn't help but take a step forward, as if a hammer was beating in her chest, "You...... Do you recognize me? I knew you before? ”
Her feet had just stepped away, but she was stopped by Yan Xu, "Cherish the moon, come back." ”
When Yili heard Yan Xu call her "cherish the moon", his body trembled suddenly, his face was irrepressibly angry, he looked at Yan Xu and her hands tightly clasped, and shouted angrily: "Yan Xu, what do you call her?" What did you do to her? ”