Before the rooster crows the next day, Lu Sheng changed into a Xuanqing narrow-sleeved robe that he had taken from a hare hedgehog out of nowhere, carried a hanging pot at his waist, and carried a plain white paper lantern, and stepped on the Jiuqu Bridge with Xie Ying and went to the outside of the island.

He originally discussed with Xie Ying how to find an excuse if he was seen by the guards guarding the bridge, but Xie Ying only asked him to carry a lantern.

The lake was foggy, but a little lantern light moved along the Jiuqu Bridge, how conspicuous, but until the two crossed the bridge and stepped on the shore, no one came to stop the inquiry.

Lu Sheng couldn't help but stumble, "What kind of spell is this?" Could it be invisible? ”

Xie Ying was wearing a narrow-sleeved shirt with dark cloud patterns, covered with half-sleeves embroidered with green and silver pine branches, a cloud brocade tunic embellished with lapis lazuli and rice beads, and thin boots embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns in black satin. ”

It is worthy of the style of Young Master Xie, no matter whether he is ten or twenty-four years old, this arrogant posture is immutable. Lu Sheng had to keep silent, only carrying a lantern to lead the way in front, he didn't recognize the way, passed through the hesitant flowers, looked at the three-way road in front of him and stopped, and turned his head to ask Xie Ying.

Xie Ying also kept a calm face, he had lived in Wuwei Island for a long time, and now that no one led him, he didn't even know the road to his home. Fortunately, this little boy is not so sad about the spring and autumn, has taken out a piece of paper as thin as a cicada's wings, folded into a paper butterfly in three or two, he spread out his palm, the paper butterfly gently flapped its translucent wings, rose from the air, and flew to the left side of the fork.

Lu Sheng comprehended, and without waiting for Xie Ying to speak, he followed the butterfly to the left fork in the road, crossed the verandah, walked through the flower gate, crossed the camphor forest, and walked for a full stick of incense before he saw a corner gate in the backyard of Xie Mansion. The paper butterfly rested lightly on the dark brown door, its wings opening and closing as if breathing, and the two servants guarding the door were sitting next to them and napping among the flowers.

Xie Ying crossed Lu Sheng, and with a gentle push, the corner door opened silently, revealing the bluestone slab of the street outside, he stepped out, Lu Sheng hurriedly followed, and couldn't help but turn back, but saw that the corner door closed spontaneously, and the gatekeeper didn't notice it at all.

Lu Sheng quickened his pace and caught up with the little boy, and then asked, "Where are you going now?" ”

Xie Ying looked up at the paper butterfly that was still flying lightly three feet away, and said in a deep voice: "West of the city, send the son Niangniang Temple." ”

Lu Sheng condensed his recollection, in the western suburbs of the capital, there was indeed a temple to send the son Niangniang, and I don't know who built it, but it was selected in a wilderness in the western suburbs, not in front of the village and not in the back of the shop, more than ten years ago a thunderstorm, the sky fell on the fire to burn it down, the temple is missing, and the temple has not been repaired so far.

His brother and sister-in-law begged for a son, and they also went to Xingshan Temple and Wuchen Temple, and few people mentioned this temple again, Lu Sheng couldn't help frowning, and asked: "This son Niangniang, is it the Emperor of Heli?" ”

The little boy raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The child can be taught." ”

Lu Sheng raised his hand and rubbed it on his head, and said angrily: "It's not big or small, who is the son?" ”

Xie Yinghe had been rubbed his head, and he was stunned for a while, but Lu Sheng bent over, hooked the crook of his legs, and hugged him.

The little boy's face was dull, sitting on the young man's strong and steady arm, not struggling, but saying with a straight face: "Presumptuous." ”

Lu Sheng said: "You have short calves, and if you walk like this, I'm afraid that you won't be able to reach the west of the city at sunset, so it's better for me to carry you away." ”

The little boy's round face was flushed, and he was so angry that he couldn't say half a word, but what Lu Sheng said was true, Xie Ying had to be sullen and angry, and only hated that he couldn't grow into a seven-foot husband who couldn't face the wind.

Lu Sheng saw that the little boy was angry and helpless, his heart was happy, and he walked towards the west of the city with lively steps.

After walking for an hour, he left the city and arrived at the temple where he sent his son, but Lu Sheng was sluggish and noticed the abnormality.

Along the way, the city was quiet and uninhabited, no one patrolled the streets, carried water and firewood, and even the vendors who bought breakfast never met half of them.

Since the morning to the beginning of the journey, Lu Sheng's estimation has long since passed, but the sky is still dark, there is no sign of sunrise, and the mist is shaky all around, except for a few zhang of white paper lanterns, everything else is shrouded in darkness.

Lu Sheng changed Xie Ying to his back halfway, and now he took a lantern to shine forward, and the faint white light illuminated a pair of old vermilion lacquer gates, and the plaque on the door was engraved with four large characters filled with gold lacquer, and now the gold paint has also peeled off, revealing a decadent appearance everywhere.

Lu Sheng asked, "Why...... Never dawned? ”

Xie Ying crouched on his back and snorted: "This lantern is used to guide the way during the funeral, and the light is naturally the Yin and Yang Road, you have to protect it, the light place, the Yin and Yang are intertwined, and the living walk safely and worry-free, if the light is extinguished, the Yin and Yang Road will be broken, and the ghosts and spirits in the underworld will pounce on you and eat you alive." ”

Lu Sheng was shocked, his scalp suddenly exploded, he was timid after all, he was so frightened that he couldn't hold back the fire in his heart, and pinched it on the little boy's buttocks, "You doll, you really have a bad heart, why didn't you sue me earlier?" ”

I only heard the little boy behind him gasp, but he refused to make a sound, only buried his head behind him, but Lu Sheng noticed that the body behind him trembled slightly, could it be that he was crying?

Lu Sheng's surprise was not trivial, he felt at a loss, and was busy pacing in circles on his back, tossing and coaxing from time to time, and said softly: "Ah Ying, Ah Ying, I was wrong, don't be angry." ”

The boy said, "What if I say it first, and you leave me alone because of fear?" Although he tried to hide it, his thick nasal voice could not hide the sobbing.

Lu Sheng has always eaten soft rather than hard, and was coaxed by this little boy to soften his heart like water, he put Xie Ying down, the little boy was also stubborn, standing in place without saying a word, only clenched his two hands into fists, blocked his eyes, and let Lu Sheng pull, but he refused to let go of his hand.

Lu Sheng had no choice but to sigh: "Ah Ying, my Lu Sheng's manly husband, I am a man of all my word, since I said that I will accompany you, how can I be a coward who escapes?" ”

Xie Ying asked, "Don't leave?" ”

Lu Sheng said: "Naturally, I won't leave." ”

Xie Ying asked again: "Never leave?" ”

Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then knelt down on one knee, hugged the little boy into his arms, and said softly: "Ah Ying, I can't help myself now, and I don't dare to promise you." ”

The boy's back was stiff at first, and then he was about to push him away, but Lu Sheng still held him firmly, this kid was small and weak, and he couldn't struggle. Lu Sheng said again: "Ah Ying, you listen to me. Of course, I can't promise it now, but after fourteen years, I will never leave Ah Ying again, even if you drive me away, I won't leave, okay? ”

The little boy stopped struggling, fell into Lu Sheng's arms, gently grabbed the young man's clothes, and said blankly: "Why wait fourteen years......

Lu Sheng said: "Fourteen years later, you will naturally understand. ”

The little boy snorted lightly, raised his head, his expression was clear, there was no trace of tears in the corners of his eyes, and he only said: "You love the magic sword like a treasure, day and night, you will never leave your side, fourteen years later, I am afraid that this monster will wear out the soul and turn into a living corpse, which really can't be driven away." ”

Lu Sheng didn't understand it at first, but when he gradually understood the words clearly, he only felt a breath of cool air that penetrated his bones and poured into his heart and lungs along his hands and feet.

He looked at the little boy's eyes that were as clear as a cold pool, and said with a sad smile: "Ah Ying, this magic sword was given to me by you yourself fourteen years later. ”