Chapter 41: The Past
It only takes a moment to go from the towering city of Beijing to the small Xing'an Mountains, and this rapidly changing city seems to be trying to prove that nothing is impossible. 『』『Words*Love*First*Hair¤,
Zhao Kuangran stood at the foot of this huge mountain, took out a box of Hongta Mountain, and gave one to Li Bai, who came with him all the way, and lit it by himself, when a person wants to put down these few cigarettes, someone will pick it up again.
Li Bai took over this Hongta Mountain, which he was almost disdainful on weekdays, did not smoke, put it on his ear, and looked at this Zhao Kuangchao who did not say a word all the way but revealed too much affection, perhaps this is the biggest difference between a man who grew up in the mountains and a child who grew up in an ivory tower.
Perhaps this society, where something is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, can corrode the soul of an old or young person, but it must not change the root of a person, so that a gentleman will never have any feelings in the face of this nameless mountain.
Li Bai seems to be able to understand Zhao Kuangchao's feeling in the face of these high-rise buildings in Beijing.
Bypassing this village, which still does not know the heat and coldness of the world, the people who live here will never have to worry about those worlds one after another, let alone their own hypocritical quality of life.
A man only thinks about pleasing a good-looking mother-in-law all his life, giving birth to a big fat boy, and then letting his brat please a good-looking mother-in-law, that's all.
Maybe there are not a few fools in the whole village who yearn for the outside world, Zhao Kuangran suddenly envied these frogs at the bottom of the well, the saddest thing about the frogs at the bottom of the well is that they can see the sky, and how happy is it to be a frog at the bottom of the well who can't see the sky all his life and thinks that this world is just like this?
In two and a half years, this is the third time that Zhao Kuangchao has come back, which is really not a very nostalgic person, but this time, Zhao Kuangchan knows that this may be the last time he comes back, all Zhao Kuangchan has brought a lot of things, and he plans to leave all of them behind, just as this Zhao Kuangchao who came out of Qinglong Village died in Qinglong Village again.
But what Zhao Kuanglan really cares about is this Qinglong Village? It's just the woman buried in the mountains.
"You know what? You want me to be stronger, you don't need to kill them. Zhao Kuang muttered wildly, not loudly.
Li Bai didn't know if he understood, but he just made a melancholy look.
The two walked like this, walking through the courtyard where Zhao Kuang had lived for 20 years, looking at the locked door, Zhao Kuang went up the mountain, and Li Bai's shadow naturally followed behind Zhao Kuangran.
"Where are we going?" Li Bai finally couldn't help but ask, in this place on the edge of China, following a Zhao Kuangchao with too many unknowns, and even Li Bai, who was almost to the point of not being afraid of heaven and earth, had a little drum in his heart.
"Go see my sister." Zhao Kuang said nonsense, his eyes were attracted by the unknown wildflowers blooming under the mountain, just like he stopped and looked at two years ago, these flowers seemed to make Zhao Kuang mess commit that old mistake again.
Li Bai suddenly understood something, nodded silently, and followed, there are some things that I really can't ask for.
Zhao Kuang shook his head, came back from his distraction, looked at Li Bai, who was looking at him with a deep taste in his eyes, smiled, and continued walking.
In the outside world, Zhao Kuang talked nonsense about the prosperity of reading, saw too many beautiful scenes, stood at a lot of coveted heights, endured a lot of hardships, and enjoyed a lot of blessings.
But this qiē and qiē together, Zhao Kuangchao felt in his heart that he couldn't compare to a few wild flowers and a few small grasses under this nameless mountain, the more prosperous things were, the more fleeting they were, and lived in that world for a lifetime, Zhao Kuangchao knew what he could leave behind, except for intrigue, in addition to calculation, in addition to betrayal, in addition to wearing a pair of glasses one after another, what else could he leave behind? If that was really the case, Zhao Kuangran felt that he might as well die.
After walking an unknown number of detours, it was not until Li Bai was about to find the north that Zhao Kuangran stopped, looking at the stone wall in the distance, the little weeds on the stone wall, seemed to outline a very good story, but Zhao Kuangran didn't have that kind of vision, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see why.
"There, there's an old man buried." Zhao Kuang said as if talking to himself.
Li Bai was stunned, something crossed his head, there was something he wanted to say, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate to speak.
"Maybe I know who this old man is." Li Bai still spoke, he was afraid that if he didn't say it now, Zhao Kuangchao would never know about it for the rest of his life.
"Who is it?" Zhao Kuangchao looked at Li Bai, who seemed to know a qiē, although Li Bai looked like a pug that people looked down upon, but don't look at Li Bai so obedient, in fact, this man has something taboo in people's hearts.
"That old man's surname is Wei Chi, if it weren't for him, your sister and brother would have died back then." Li Bai recalled the turntable twenty years ago, that was the first time Li Bai came into contact with that game, and looking back at that time, Li Bai felt as if it was yesterday, that is, from that day, Li Bai completely changed.
Zhao Kuang's face was puzzled, but he didn't ask, he knew that Li Bai would continue.
"Back then, the Zhao family was not as bullish as it is now, and was forced to a dead end by the White Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and it seemed to have completely collapsed. But the appearance of a man completely changed the situation, his name is Zhao Jinglei, a man I am convinced, a fierce man who won the championship alone, and the number one fierce man who has appeared in the Zhao family in a hundred years. Li Bai said with awe, he was only fortunate to have seen Zhao Jinglei's side, but that side was enough for Li Bai to remember for a lifetime.
Zhao Kuang was stunned, the demon he knew now was only at the point where Li Tieqi's force was close to the demon, but the Zhao Jinglei that Li Bai said in his mouth was obviously not at the same level as Li Tieqi, how demonic this Zhao Jinglei was, Zhao Kuanglan found that he couldn't imagine it.
Supporting this huge Zhao family on his own, Zhao Baichuan can't do it, and neither can those high-ranking people who are hidden in the Zhao family.
"That Zhao Jinglei, it is your Lao Tzu, your father, unfortunately died on the Wuyue platform, I heard that it was plotted by the White Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and I don't know if it's true or not, but this championship has become a foregone conclusion, and since then, the Zhao family has risen like a rocket, and once again stood in the position of the three major families in Beijing, and topped the Liu family in the twilight years." Li Bai said with emotion, maybe this is also a regrettable thing in many people's lives, that is, if you can't see this China, you may not know how many years it will take to give birth to a demon, and what kind of height will it reach.
Zhao Kuang's expression was extremely calm, even if it was the word father in Li Bai's mouth, he couldn't touch him anything, maybe this Zhao Jinglei who lived in a myth was really less than one-tenth, one-hundredth, one-ten-thousandth of the woman lying in the mountains.
"Zhao Jinglei died, but he left behind an unknown number of enemies, you were just born, and the Zhao family is climbing, so I can't protect you, or I can't protect you, because the Zhao family can't do it anymore." Li Bai said, inexplicably feeling that the story of the Zhao family in front of him was not ordinary sadness, and could be written into a sitcom.
Zhao Kuangran's expression still hasn't changed much, just looking at the sunset, thinking that the sun is about to go down, there may be a trace of other feelings in his heart, but it will break when he rubs it, it's very simple.
"Old man Wei Chi saved your sister and brother, the price is very big, very big, so big that this old immortal can't survive seventy." Li Bai said, looking in the direction of the stone wall again, thinking about where there is an old immortal who once alarmed the whole of Beijing, Li Bai felt that it was not an ordinary abstraction, in this world, what could not happen?
This time, Zhao Kuangran's expression was a little moved, he remembered the broken book, remembered the small tomb bag, remembered the huge tiger bone, this time, Zhao Kuangran could only walk up step by step.
Li Bai followed forward, as if he also wanted to see what this old man surnamed Wei Chi had left behind from this world.
The grass in this area of the ground is very soft, as if a thick mat has been laid, walking past a few huge old trees in front of you, you can just see a clearing, a little abrupt, as if it was done deliberately, in the center of this huge clearing, a small grave, because I don't know how many years no one has taken care of the reason, the small grave bag has not been shaped.
Li Bai's eyelids jumped, and he saw the huge tiger bone in front of the small grave, the shape of this bone can make people imagine the appearance of this huge Siberian tiger when it was alive, now Li Bai can be sure that the person buried here will definitely be the old man, ordinary people can have this kind of life?
Zhao Kuangran stood far away, listening to the noise in the jungle, he knew that the guy was here again, a guy guarding this grave.
A loud bang seemed to be able to shake the entire mountain forest, Zhao Kuang turned his head and looked at a pair of eyes behind the huge red pine tree, which was terrifying and chilling, and the size of this huge scarred Siberian tiger was no less than the big guy lying in front of the bag.
A layer of cold sweat appeared on Li Bai's forehead, and his body couldn't help but start shivering, which was qualitatively different from the big domestic cats seen in the zoo.
Zhao Kuangran inhaled deeply, staring at those bloody eyes, in fact, it was a big taboo to look at beasts in the mountains.
Li Bai watched Zhao Kuangchao follow the big worm and look at each other, and a wave of admiration rose in his heart.
It was extremely quiet, and he could only hear Zhao Kuang's chaotic breathing followed by the low roar of the big worm.
A gust of wind blew, and the giant tiger jumped out of the red pine tree in an instant, and when this body was completely displayed in front of Li Bai and Zhao Kuangchao, Li Bai could feel the suffocating depression.