24. One
It was close to autumn, the cool breeze moved slightly, the earth was desolate, in the sky and the remnants of the sun, a person walked in the Kunlun Mountains, as if to merge into this blood-like glow.
The man was dressed in the auspicious clothes of the bridegroom's official, all draped, but the auspicious hat was missing, but he did not wear a crown, his face was like a full moon, he was slightly haggard, his face was full of sorrow, his forehead was high, his eyebrows were flying obliquely, and his phoenix eyes were shining, but he was quickly covered by sorrow.
He held a jar of wine in his hand, and from time to time he craned his neck and took a big sip, and the wine did not leave his hand, sip after sip, and drank bitterly.
The leaves on the ground were bleak, the geese on the horizon were chilling, and a gust of autumn wind blew, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, blowing away the geese on the horizon, and bringing up the sleeves of the man's auspicious clothes.
The blood color of the glow on the horizon became heavier, almost the same color as the auspicious clothes on his body.
The man didn't seem to feel the autumn wind, nor could he see what the sky was like, and his feet kept going.
The night is getting thicker, thick as ink, there is no moon and no stars in the sky, and in the dead grass of the woods and trees, there is occasionally the sound of insects. The faint chirping of insects made the mountains more and more desolate because of the fall of autumn, adding a bit of desolation and gloom.
At this time, the autumn wind was even more urgent, blowing all the fallen leaves on the ground, and when the bridegroom saw such a scene, he actually laughed loudly and said, "Good wind! Today the wind is coming to meet me, and I have to go forward! ”
His sleeves are hunting and flying, but his steps are extremely steady, his eyes are clear, and he does not look like a person who drinks spirits at all, which shows that his martial arts are extremely high.
He kept going, no matter where he was, he didn't know where he was going, he just didn't want to stop.
When the last sip of wine came into his mouth, the jar was empty, and he shook it, smashing it to the ground, and then laughing again, and the laughter grew quieter and quieter, until at last he could hear a little crying.
Suddenly, he saw a big Zhuangzi with brilliant lights in the distance, and thought that he had finished drinking wine, and he couldn't see anywhere to drink, so he wanted to go to the Zhuangzi to try his luck, and wondered if he could get a few jars of fine wine from the master.
He raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door of the Zhuangzi, and after waiting for a while, no one opened the door, and no one answered the door.
The man was about to knock on the door again, but when he was about to clasp his hand on the door, he suddenly paused, and instead of withdrawing his hand, he turned his hand into a palm and slapped the door shut.
His shot seemed to be extremely easy and light, but the sound of the wooden door was extremely loud, and even his eyes could see that the wooden door seemed to be unable to withstand the tremor of such a palm.
This time, someone finally came to open the door.
The person who opened the door was a young girl, dressed in a white gauze shirt, with a slender figure, wearing a short sword at her waist, with a beautiful face, but her expression was as cold as snow, and her big eyes seemed to be glowing with snow, and her temperament was extraordinary.
After the man saw it, he secretly applauded in his heart, he had almost never seen a person who wore white clothes so well, and when he saw the person like this, he felt that this person might be the family of the owner, and suddenly hugged his fists and said: "Excuse me." ”
The girl nodded and asked, "Excuse me?" ”
The man smiled and said, "I wonder if this young lady is the owner of this villa's family?" ”
The girl shook her head and said, "No, are you looking for the owner of my family?" ”
The man was taken aback in his heart, he didn't expect that such a beautiful daughter was not Miss Zhuangnei, after a pause, he said, "I don't know this young lady, can you report to the owner of your family?" ”
The girl pushed the door open a little and said, "Come in with me and wait." ”
The man clapped his hands and said, "Excellent, thank you, Miss." ”
The man followed the maiden into the courtyard, and the clouds that had covered the moon had just removed, and the moonlight poured down and shone on the very clean courtyard, and the bluestone paved road was shining like a mirror.
The lights in the village are bright, and this cold moonlight is completely different, making people feel warm in their hearts, but suddenly the cool breeze rises, the chill gradually arises, and the night on the mountain is going to blow into the hearts of people.
The girl's gown was blown up by the cold wind, and the light moonlight was really beautiful.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, "Shake the light, are you going to find the owner?" ”
The man was frightened, and hurriedly turned back, only to see that the boy under the hazy moonlight had arrived behind him at some point, and he didn't notice it at all, he hurriedly lowered his eyes to look at the feet of the girl who called for the light, and saw that there was no dust on her white shoes.
He saw that the boy was long and jade, dressed in a white robe, and a long sword hung from his waist.
The man was very curious, he didn't know where he came, he just saw two people, and these two people looked at the rare masters in the rivers and lakes, and he was even more curious about the origin of this Zhuangzi and the people in this Zhuangzi.
Shaoguang said softly: "This person said that he wanted to see the owner." ”
The boy said: "Then you are wrong, the owner of the village is not there now." ”
Shaoguang asked, "Where is the owner?" ”
The boy said, "The owner of the village is already waiting for the guests." ”
Shaoguang nodded and said, "In that case, you can take him over." ”
The boy smiled and said, "Okay, okay, leave this matter to me, you can go." ”
Then the boy clasped his fists at the man and smiled, "Please come with me." ”
The man returned the salute with a fist and said, "Thank you." ”
This boy didn't look like the girl who called the shaking light, and after thinking about it for a while, he asked, "Dare to ask Childe, where is this place?" ”
The boy let out a 'huh' sound, as if he was surprised that this person didn't know where this was, and when the man was about to explain, the boy said: "You don't have to call me Gongzi, in Xia Yuheng, this is Hongmeng Peak Taixuanzhuang, I remember that on the way to the village, there should be a stone and a stele, and the name of the peak and the name of the village are written, could it be that the stone and the stele are gone?" ”
The man thought about it, he seemed to have seen the stone and the stele all the way up the mountain, but he had not looked at it carefully, and now he knew that the original stone and stele had the name of the place written on it, so he said: "The stone and the stele are still in the same place, but I have not looked at it carefully along the way, so I have this question." ”
Yu Heng smiled and stopped talking.
After a while, the two of them had arrived in a hall, and a young girl sat high in the hall.
He had thought that he was wearing white clothes, and he didn't match it anymore, but now that he saw the girl in front of him, he knew that there was someone outside the world, and this girl seemed to be born to wear white, and even in addition to the white clothes, he could no longer remember what color clothes she should wear.
Even the candlelight in the house stained her clothes, and he felt that it really shouldn't be.
He guessed in his heart that this should be Miss Zhuang Zhong.
The girl spoke, "You're here." ”
Only this sound, the man's heart was shocked, the two were slightly far apart, but the voice was clear, as if close to the ear, but if you listen carefully, it seems that it is far away in the sky, and the sound is just right, the weak one feels too light, and the strong one feels too loud. He thought about it carefully, and the meaning of the girl's words seemed to be waiting for him, and said with a smile: "This young lady is waiting for me?" ”
The girl nodded and replied, "Yes." ”
The man thought of the sound when he knocked at the door, and that her father had heard it and told her to be here, so he asked, "Dare to ask if Miss Ling Zun is here?" ”
Yu Heng smiled on the side and said, "This guest, I'm afraid you think too much, this is the owner of Taixuanzhuang, not a young lady, and there is no Lingzun." ”
I don't know why, when it comes to people like the owner of the village, the owner of the valley or the head of the sect in the rivers and lakes, the first reaction is always that person is a man, but now, there is indeed a female owner opposite him, and he is a girl.
The farmer nodded slightly, and then did not say any more of this, but asked, "What are you here for?" ”
The man laughed and said, "I'm just here to ask for wine." ”
The owner said: "It turns out that another one came to beg for wine and food." ”
The man: "Again? There used to be people who came here to beg for wine? ”
The owner said, "Yes, but that was a long time ago. ”
The man laughed, "I think you're just a teenage girl, a long time ago, how old were you then?" ”
The owner said, "How old are you this year?" ”
The man said, "It's over thirty." ”
The owner said, "Then you are much younger than me." ”
The man raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? I don't know how old the owner is this year? ”
The owner said slowly: "I have lived for too many years, and I can't remember it clearly. Yuheng went to get the bar. ”
Yu Heng nodded, and then left the hall.
The man did not wait for the owner to greet him, but sat down on the side and waited for his wine.
The two stopped talking, and the man turned his head and saw a row of red candles lit on the side, and he looked at the row of red candles in a daze, not even knowing that the wine had been placed in front of him.
"What are you thinking?"
The owner of the village called the man's god back with a word, and after the man closed his eyes and opened them again, he turned back into the pair of clear and incomparably brilliant phoenix eyes, and he smiled: "I wonder why the wine has not come up yet." ”
The owner knew that he didn't want to elaborate, and he didn't want to break it, so he said, "The wine is already in front of you." ”
When the man saw that there was somehow an extra jar of wine and a wine glass in front of him, he had always been drunk with a thousand cups, and he was full of sorrow lately, so he poured his sorrows with wine, slapped the mud, and drank it silently.
When the jar was empty, the man said, "This wine is very strong!" After speaking, he was silent again.
With a wave of his hand, the owner of the village called others to bring up a few more jars of wine, and asked the man, "I don't know your honorable name?" ”
The man said: "The surname is Zhu Mingzao, Zhu Zi Zhu, and Algae of Algae Thought." ”
The owner said: "In Xia Jiang Xiyi, Jiang Shui's Jiang, Yi Xiwei's Xiyi." ”
Zhu Zao smiled: "Very good, very good, you are very good." ”
Jiang Xiyi said: "You are also very good. ”
At this time, the wine came up again, Zhu Zao patted the mud, no longer used the wine glass, poured it directly into his mouth, and after a sip, laughed and said: "No, I'm not good, I'd rather I wasn't Zhu Zao!" ”
Jiang Xiyi asked, "You are not Zhu Zao, so who are you?" ”
Zhu Zao put down the wine jar and said softly: "Yes, you are right, I am not Zhu Zao, who else can I be." Fu raised the wine jar again and said, "No matter who it is, don't be Zhuzao again!" ”
With that, he threw his head up and drank bitterly, and then suddenly fell on the altar and began to cry.