Chapter 402: Rest until Death
What I saw collapsed with a bang, and the past and the future of the Taiping Inn vanished together. Under the scattered broken bricks and tiles, there are scattered bodies that were once alive, but now they can only fall here helplessly, no one cares.
The night breeze was blowing, and perhaps the rainstorm had just stopped, bringing with it the fragrance of mixed weeds and earth, as well as the smell of blood that was constantly diluted. The stone lion in front of the gate of the Taiping Inn still stands, like two dedicated warriors, guarding the inch of land behind them, not allowed to be invaded by outsiders.
Unfortunately, they were completely ignorant of what was happening behind them, and they were cut off before they could turn their heads.
"I've never liked these two town house lions, and I always feel a little uncomfortable." Lan Qin picked up a simple knife on the ground, walked forward quickly, and shaved off the two stone lions. Pity these two harmless stone lions, who have not provoked anyone, but have caused a catastrophe.
Just like those ordinary guests in the Taiping Inn, they are full of ambition when they come, and miserable when they leave. They would never have imagined that this was a dead end with no return.
Li Cunjin, who was standing behind Lan Qin, didn't say a word. Just staring at the ruins in front of him, his eyes flickering, as if he still had doubts. Lan Qin raised his hand and threw the Pu knife into the ruins, muttering, "Tsk, it's dirty." Then he turned and raised his hand, and motioned for the two soldiers to set fire to it all.
The two soldiers were ordered to step forward, but they were stopped by Li Cunjin with his hand raised, "Don't worry, wait." ”
Lan Qin looked suspicious, but he didn't insist, just silently stepped aside, but his eyes kept staring at this ruin, as if he had an indelible hatred.
The past in memory overlaps at this moment. Lan Qin still remembers that when he first came here, the Taiping Inn was still the same as an ordinary inn, but it was full of lights and wine, and it was well-known far and wide. At that time, the shopkeeper was Mrs. Allure, but no one knew her real name, only that she was as beautiful as a flower, and she was captivating the country and the city.
At that time, Mrs. Allure had already overtaken her standing, but she was full of charms, lingering among the drinkers every day, and her spirit was disturbed. There was also a person with an elegant face, pulling the abacus at the account desk, occasionally looking up at the drinkers in the field, but there was not much expression.
Lan Qin's arrival was a predestined plan, this was the plan of the Later Tang Dynasty lords, and it was also something they had to do as courtiers. After the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Liang was successful in his great cause, but there was still turmoil in the rivers and lakes.
For them, it makes no difference who will sit in the position of the Ninety-Five. But the relics of the Li family, who are actually Li Keyong of the Hui barbarians, have an almost crazy vision, hoping that future generations can unify the Nine Abyss and restore the Tang Dynasty. Although he is not a relative, it is not easy to care about the Tang Dynasty.
If you look at it in this way, you are more loyal and patriotic than these people in the rivers and lakes.
But in ancient times, the affairs of the rivers and lakes were over, and Li Keyong sent Li Siyuan into the rivers and lakes, and the Chuangtong Museum has shocked the heroes. But with Li Cunmiao's accession to the throne, the rivers and lakes are becoming more and more fragmented. In fact, the Tongwen Museum is already ready to move, and there is a great tendency to replace it.
But on the surface, there are no signs.
Li Cunmiao is not a person who sits idly by, if not, he would not be able to defy public opinion, settle the country in one fell swoop, and move the capital to Luoyang in order to base the country's will. He needs someone to show up for him and calm the rivers and lakes. And it just so happened that at this time, a person was born, with the momentum of thunder, the courage of ten thousand people, and the unfathomable talent of sophistry, becoming an important chess piece of Li Cunqing.
did not show loyalty, this man beheaded his righteous brother Gu Yanxun, strengthened Mingyue Tower, and was willing to become the main eagle dog of the Later Tang Dynasty, in order to contain many forces in the rivers and lakes. And Lonely Howling Heights, which has always lived in a corner, but has a heart like a mirror, no longer let it go at this time and began its own plan.
Of course, Lan Qin didn't know anything about all this at that time. Even Li Cunjin knows very little. In Li Siyuan's view, he has already supported his own army, so he naturally needs to be famous. At that time, the Seven Kingdoms had just been decided, and it was not the best time. In this way, in exchange for decades of peace, the Seven Kingdoms were able to recuperate.
Lan Qin's arrival did not attract the attention of Mrs. Allure, but it made the "Mr. Bookkeeper" pay special attention, and it seemed that he smelled a different smell from her. In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Lan Qin came to the Taiping Inn alone, when he was only in the prime of his life, but now he has been in the past seven years, but he is already a thing.
The "Mr. Bookkeeper" went out to greet the guest for the first time, and exchanged glasses with her, although Mrs. Allure had doubts, she still smiled. She thinks of this well, not only sisterhood, but also a deep love change.
The chivalrous warrior who has been famous for a long time on the rivers and lakes, his surname has changed his name to Nanxing, and he has crisscrossed dozens of states and counties in the north and south, and everyone knows it. But at this time, it is not known where it came from, and no one knows where it is going. I only know that he is alone, holding an unsheathed long sword, killing people invisibly.
It was this hurried glance that Lady Allure has since fallen. Among the rivers and lakes, where there are so many etiquette and education, they are all arbitrary. Seeing her pushing cups and changing lamps with this person every day, "Mr. Bookkeeper" was worried. Because the "Mr. Bookkeeper" already knew that this person could not be retained.
Sure enough, months go by, and happy times are always so short. Although Yi Nanxing was reluctant to have a bowl of wine at the Taiping Inn, he had to rush to Mobei to complete his unfinished mission.
The days and nights after parting were finally washed with tears. The proprietress of the Taiping Inn is known as Mrs. Allure, a girl who never smiles and waits for the girl, and has become a proprietress who lingers with drinkers.
"The stars of the night are as bright as they were when he left, Novartis, do you see them?" Mrs. Allure tilted her head on the shoulders of "Mr. Bookkeeper", staring blankly at the starlight in the night sky.
"Why are you betting on such a man who can't give you happiness?" "Mr. Bookkeeper", named Novartis, asked cautiously, frowning. She was afraid that if she lost her word, she would open the scars that had gradually healed.
"Have you ever loved someone deeply?" Mrs. Allure raised her hand and grabbed the wine jar on her side, and the two of them sat on the roof of the Taiping Inn, looking at the poignant night sky. "Mr. Bookkeeper" did not stop him, and let Mrs. Allure pour a sip of liquor on her head, and there was a little more melancholy in her eyes.
When she took over the wine jar, she also raised her head and poured it, raised her hand to wipe the wine stains on the corner of her mouth, and then raised her hand to gently pat Mrs. Allure's head, and said with a light smile: "Silly girl, who hasn't loved it?" But I know that my mission can't stay too long after all......"
"Why?" Mrs. Allure stared at the big watery eyes, which had turned people upside down, but did not keep the man she loved. At this time, his eyes were already slightly red, perhaps the liquor was too strong, and all his thoughts poured into his eyebrows.
"If I tell you, I am committing a taboo, but one day, you will understand. At that time, I may have a child who will follow the trajectory I once set foot on, and fulfill my unfinished destiny. "Mr. Bookkeeper" sighed from afar, pointing to the dark distance, his eyes full of expectation.
Mrs. Allure didn't understand, snatched the wine jar and revealed the wine, and said with a smile: "I don't understand, I don't understand." Come, drink ......" said and poured his head down, drunk on the roof, unknown to anyone.
"Mr. Bookkeeper" took off his coat and criticized her, and said to himself: "I am so deeply involved in the people and things of this era, am I too deeply involved......
Mrs. Allure lifted her shirt at this time and said loudly: "Come, continue to drink." "After saying that, he got drunk again." Mr. Bookkeeper's eyes were full of love, caressing the green silk that had not experienced the nuisance of the years, and muttered to himself, "Silly girl......"
The days that followed seemed to have become more and more dull. "Mr. Bookkeeper" counted the profit and loss, and Mrs. Allure enjoyed it among the drinkers until Lan Qin arrived.
Until the Taiping Inn overturned, Lan Qin still couldn't forget the eyes of "Mr. Bookkeeper" who inadvertently looked up at that time, as if she had seen through her heart at that moment. Lan Qin stepped into the threshold of the Taiping Inn, and his heart was flustered, but he pretended to be calm and found a low table by the window, raised his hand and poured himself an herbal tea, and took a sip.
Putting down the teacup and looking up, he met the gaze of "Mr. Bookkeeper", and the sincerity in the faint smile is still unforgettable. When Lan Qin saw Gu Xing, he saw her shadow on him. It seems that this is a fate, Lan Qin came to the Taiping Inn, and the "Mr. Bookkeeper" was leaving.
However, in the half-moon scene, Lan Qin stayed by Mrs. Allure's side and became a personal maid, while "Mr. Bookkeeper" packed his bags and got up to leave.
Mrs. Allure leaned against the doorrail, her hands constantly rubbing against the rough door, and the reluctance in her eyes was pitiful. But the "bookkeeper" was so resolute that he seemed to have been here too long and it was time to leave.
"Novartis, are you really leaving?" Mrs. Allure asked unwillingly.
At that moment, Lan Qin knew that this "Mr. Bookkeeper", who was born with bright eyes and bright teeth, did not apply powder, but was still bright and moving, was named Novartis. It's just that I don't know what my surname is, but it doesn't matter......
"Silly girl, how can there be a banquet in the world that will not be dispersed. But with Lan Qin with you, I'm relieved. With that, he waved his hand and strode towards the outside of the inn.
"When will you be back?" Mrs. Allure asked, still a little unwillingly.
"Maybe a year and a half, maybe ......" seemed to be unbearable to continue, and "Mr. Bookkeeper" sped up his pace again and disappeared from the field of vision of the two. Since the "Mr. Bookkeeper" left, what Mrs. Allure and Lan Qin said the most was the anecdote between them, from the first acquaintance to the acquaintance, and then to the heartfelt complaint between the two......
But Mrs. Allure couldn't help but sigh whenever she talked about parting, "I never saw through her, and I always felt that she didn't look like a child of the Later Tang Dynasty." It's so unreal, even though it's close at hand......"
"Unreal?" Lan Qin asked with some confusion.
Mrs. Allure waved her hand, unwilling to continue, and the pimple has remained until now, and may continue until death......