Chapter 1: Candleside
The vastness of Middle-earth, in a small border town located in the south. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
By this time, twilight had fallen.
A few faint starlights in the dark night dotted the lonely and vast night sky.
The streets and alleys of the ancient town are very quiet, especially after a twilight rain in the evening, at this time, the rain has stopped, but the granite paved road is still wet, and there is still a silver rainwater accumulated in the cracks of the stones.
The hustle and bustle of the market, the cars and horses on the road, and the shouting of the pulp sellers, after a day of tossing, returned to the calm of the moment.
In an inn on the west corner of the town, in a south-facing room on the second floor, a faint candle flame was shining through the screen window, and a figure could be faintly seen shaking inside.
In the room, there was a middle-aged man in a green robe, tall and heroic, who was slowly pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was thinking about a hesitant matter, and every once in a while, he would glance at the bed, and at the head of the bed was leaning on a young woman dressed in white, with beautiful clothes and beautiful appearance, but her face looked a little pale and haggard.
On the table in front of the bed, a wick made of cotton sizzles in the soybean oil of the lamp.
The woman's gaze always stayed on the middle-aged man's body, and the expression in her eyes was gentle and amiable.
The middle-aged man finally stood in front of the table, and after a moment, he turned his head to look at her, and said softly but in a very firm tone: "Yan'er, I promise you, early tomorrow morning, we will leave here, go to a place where there is no one, live that carefree life together, and never step into Middle-earth again!" ”
After hearing this, the woman showed a long-lost smile, her pale face became more delicate, and she said to him, "You finally figured it out?" ”
After receiving the middle-aged man's affirmative nod and approval, the woman couldn't help but be overjoyed, her heart was sweet and sour, and there were crystal tears hidden in a pair of clear eyes.
She leaned down towards the bed, gently stroked the baby's swaddling clothes with her hand, and said softly, "Juan'er, do you hear me?" Your dad finally agreed to go with us today! ”
It turned out that there was a newborn baby in the bed, who was the beloved son of the two of them, and at this moment he had already stopped crying for a day, and he had already fallen into a deep sleep.
After speaking, she smiled and looked at the end of the light, her eyes were full of beautiful fantasies, she understood where the place he had just pointed to was that no one, her expression was hazy, her thoughts had already drifted to a distant place, where the peaks and mountains overlapped, the clear streams and waterfalls, the empty valleys and orchids......
After a long time, she said thoughtfully: "We can finally go there, we can finally not come back, no longer have to be disturbed by others, no longer have to worry about you every day, go and live a free life together, until we are all gray-haired, and we will not leave that place, you finally promised me, I am really happy......"
She wiped the wetness from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, and the mixed mood of joy and sorrow made her not know whether she should be happy or crying, since following the man in front of her, she has borne an unknown amount of infamy and humiliation, and endured how much criticism from others, and now, he finally agreed to go with him, leave here together, and go to a place far away from people and right and wrong.
After a long sigh, the middle-aged man walked over, sat on the edge of the bed, and held the woman's slender hand hanging on the edge of the bed with his hand, and after a long time, he said slowly: "For so many years, I have been making you frightened, follow me, I really wronged you!" ”
The woman stared at him and said without thinking: "Don't think so, this is what I am willing, as long as I can be by your side, no matter what kind of things happen, I have never regretted it!" ”
The middle-aged man's hand seemed to be holding tighter, and the woman in front of him had never disappointed him since the day she saw it for the first time.
The woman seemed to think of something, and asked him, "After you leave this time, what can you explain to the subordinates in the Holy Sect?" ”
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this, I have already arranged it, and after leaving the Holy Sect this time, I don't think I will have anything to do with it again." ”
The woman's face gradually became gloomy, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she wanted to say something but wanted to say something, but after a while, she finally said what she was most worried about: "Since you obtained the long-lost Rama relics in a secret cave in Bailu Mountain last year, the good and evil realms of Middle-earth have always been eyeing this thing, and now that you are leaving Middle-earth, I'm afraid they won't give up, right?" ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, his face showed embarrassment, indeed, since he accidentally obtained the treasure of Buddhism - Rama Relic, he has always wanted to understand the mysteries in it, so as to improve his practice and cultivation, but for nearly a year or so, more than 300 days and nights of painstaking meditation, after all, he still found nothing, is this legend about the hidden Heavenly Dao in the relics really not credible?
The middle-aged man slowly let go of the bare hand in his hand, and watched the faint candle flame reflect his figure on the wall, as if he was in deep thought.
After a while, he turned around and said to the woman, "I can't solve the mystery of the Rama Relic, maybe it's providential...... If I can't comprehend the mystery of the Rama Relic, then, it has no value to me, since I promised you to leave Middle-earth, naturally I won't take it with me, before leaving, I will give it to the elders of the Holy Sect, okay, I will deal with this matter, you don't have to worry. ”
When the woman heard this, she didn't know how to comfort him for a while, the people who cultivated the true Tao in the Middle Earth didn't want to get this kind of ancient artifact, so as to understand the way of heaven and cultivate diligently, I don't know how many people abandoned their homes and sacrificed their lives for this, and I don't know how many people caused disputes and bloody battles for it, and now, he was willing to give up this thing, just to return to the mountain residence with him, for a while, her heart felt extremely warm.
At this moment, the already faint light on the table flickered, and the dim light and shadow in the room suddenly flickered, and it seemed that the candlelight became brighter.
After listening to the wind and analyzing it, the middle-aged man frowned and said with a smile: "The person I asked has arrived!" ”
The woman glanced at her husband, and seemed to hear the faint sound of the wind outside the window, her lips rose slightly, revealing a charming smile, she suddenly raised her voice, and said with a smile: "What a distinguished guest!" Since the Holy Sect Elders are here, why don't you come in and sit down! ”
The middle-aged man stood up, smiled at the woman, and said, "Yan'er, you don't know his temper, how can he show up easily, you wait a while, I'll come when I go!" ”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he opened the window and jumped, taking advantage of the wind, the person was already floating dozens of feet away.
The lights in the room flickered for a moment, but soon returned to their original calm.