Chapter 467: Flowers Bloom One Night

I don't know why, the paper ash was not blown away by the wind but kept hovering back and forth in the air in front of Fang Jie, Fang Xie raised his head and glanced at it, and even had the illusion that a familiar figure would appear on the paper ash in the next second, smiling at himself. He waited for a moment, then finally smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I really thought you were going to come out and scare my boss."

He sat down cross-legged on the ground, not caring for the dust on the ground.

Taking the second pot of wine handed over by Mu Xiaoxiao, Fang Xie took a sip, looked at the familiar scenery around him and fell silent, the cavalry scattered to see if there were any horse thieves entrenched here, but found more than a dozen beggars huddled in the dilapidated house to keep warm.

What was once a bustling town is now as bleak as a ghost.

Fang Xie drank a pot of wine, didn't know what he was thinking, then got up, patted the dust on his body and walked forward. Mu Xiaowaist and the others followed behind him, and they didn't say a word. Fang Xie didn't seem to have a purpose, he walked into an alley at random, and then walked into every courtyard.

"This is Widow Sun's home."

Fang Xie looked back at Mu Xiaoxiao and smiled: "Do you remember?" ”

Mu Xiaoxiao nodded: "In the past three years, every summer night, you didn't let the big dog carry you to climb the wall of Widow Sun's house and peek at other people's baths. ”

"Now that I think about it, she deliberately pretended not to know."

Fang Xie smiled and said: "She is also a hard worker, her husband died early but has never remarried, guarding this courtyard to live alone, I don't know how many people want to beat her idea." She deliberately walked closer to me, so that others would not be able to harass me anymore. I know that many people said that I didn't come out all night at Widow Sun's house one night, and even the details were as if it were the real thing, and Widow Sun stood at the door and scolded who made up the dirty thing, but in fact, I knew that she said it herself. ”

"You haven't denied it."

Mu Xiaoxiao nodded.

"I did it on purpose, too."

Fang Xie snorted, and his smile was a little smug and bitter: "I know that her life is not satisfactory, Song Laohu in Fan Gucheng wants to take advantage of her all day long, but those people are actually not very bold, I deliberately often flirt with Widow Sun, and then climb the wall of her house, this kind of thing spreads a lot, and Song Laohu and their people dare not be presumptuous anymore." I know that Widow Sun herself said those rumors, and I never deny them, because I know that it will be better for her. If you can't keep your reputation, then find a way to keep your body. ”

Shen Tianfan frowned slightly, as if he was a little angry.

Women, especially widows, never seem to end well in this society.

A person like Widow Sun, even if she keeps herself like a jade, she can't keep the name festival. The daughter-in-law and the man of the family all talked about her affairs with relish. What is made up is more real than the truth, and what is false after a long time becomes true. The more this is the case, the more people will continue to harass and take advantage. Widow Sun knew this very well, so she simply made up a story by herself, although she couldn't keep her name, but her body was still innocent.

Fang Xie pushed open the door and walked in, sweeping away the cobwebs in front of him.

This was actually the first time he had walked into Widow Sun's house, so it was relatively unfamiliar. Most of the things in the house were snatched away, and the kang mats on the earthen kang were dilapidated. There is also a low table on the kang, there are a lot of peanut shells on the table, and there is a broken bowl, obviously there were people living here, and I don't know if it was a rioter or a horse thief.

Fang Xie felt a softness under his feet, and looked down to find that he was stepping on a ball of rags. He didn't know that this rag was specially stuffed into his chest by Widow Sun during the teasing of him, and then he got angry and took it out and threw it on the ground, never picked it up, and never had a chance to pick it up again.

There was too much dust in the house, so it was a little choked, Fang Xie picked up the rag and put it on the earthen kang, then turned around and walked out, when he went out, he found that there was an embroidered shoe in the corner that was already very dirty and torn, he walked over and picked it up, and after a while of silence, he blew off the ash on the shoe, and dug a pit in the yard with a morning knife to bury the shoe.

"I knew you were using me at first, but I didn't care. You are really beautiful, the woman in Fangu City, you are the most beautiful one. ”

He buried the soil, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's just that when you really wanted to invite me into this courtyard later, I was intimidated...... I disappointed you at the time, but I didn't feel regret, and you shouldn't feel regret either, in this life, you are purer than the lotus.

Walking out of Widow Sun's house, Fang Xie walked along the path, and every household walked in.

In each household, he had to stay for a short time.

It was already dark, and Chen Xiaoru arranged for someone to clean up Li Xiaozong's original general's mansion, and then prepare dinner. Fang Xie walked away dozens of households, and it was already completely dark, and when he returned to the Farewell General's Mansion, he stood in the courtyard and looked at the two plum trees that were still alive in a daze.

I don't know why, but it's dark.

There is obviously a bright moon, but it is so dark that you can't see your five fingers.

Everyone was amazed and couldn't understand why it was so dark in this small town. There were no dark clouds, the wind stopped, and when I looked up, I saw the silver platter hanging in the sky, so low that it seemed that it was within reach of climbing the city wall. It was supposed to be a night that wasn't going to be very dark, but it was so depressing.

Fang Xie moved a chair and sat down in the courtyard, tightening the big on his body.

"They all looked at me from above, even the moonlight blocked it."

He muttered, frightening everyone in the yard.

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Fang Xie asked people to light a lot of incense and candles in the courtyard to illuminate the courtyard very brightly. There was not a trace of wind, and the smoke of incense rose and floated straight up. Chen Xiaoru originally planned to put up an incense case, but Fang Xie refused, he smiled and said that they are just nostalgic for this small city, and there are still grievances that have not been resolved, there is no need for an incense case, I will just sit in the courtyard for a while.

He asked everyone to rest, only Mu Xiaoxiao, Shen Tianfan and the big dog Qilin accompanied him.

"You lived in this small town for three years, and the people here must have been very good to you."

Shen Tianfan said softly.

Fang Xie nodded: "Actually, if you think about it, there must be a lot of people who scold me behind my back." Song Laohu in the city is a bad skin, often bullying people, I didn't know how to practice at that time, but my body bones are quite strong, and martial arts are common, but it is enough to teach him. Once, he led a few people from behind to try to trap me in a sack and beat me violently, but I knocked out two front teeth. ”

"When I left Fan Gu, he also came to see me off, and when he spoke, his mouth leaked, and he said that the most regrettable thing in this life is that he didn't beat me, I said I'm really sorry, you won't have this opportunity in the next life. He smiled, and then handed me a money bag, which was full of copper coins and broken silver, and he said You take it, this is my share of the bonus and the money earned by carrying the bag, and I don't have the face to give it to you if I was abducted and cheated, these are all clean. Buy a pot of wine to drink halfway, it's best to get drunk to death before you and me can relieve your hatred. ”

"I said you can keep it, and ask for a daughter-in-law in the future. He said that Widow Sun has slept with you, and his life is gray. I laughed and told him that if he wanted to marry Widow Sun, he would go directly, she was cleaner than the White Lotus. Song Laohu didn't believe it, so I gave him a kick, and that slut believed it after being beaten. That day, I found out that he really wanted to marry Widow Sun, the kind that Ming Media was marrying. ”

Shen Tianfan didn't speak, and his heart was a little blocked.

"The people here are actually not harmonious, just like the people in other places, this family and that family are not on the right path, and it is common to fight without talking and meeting. But they are all simple, and I know that if there is a crisis, even two families who don't speak will be together. I love the atmosphere, it's always so down-to-earth. ”

"Let's go light some more incense sticks."

Fang Xie looked at the big dog and said, "Light it up brighter, they can see me more clearly." ”

With that, he got up and walked to the middle of the courtyard.

Looking up at the sky, there seemed to be many pairs of eyes looking at him in the smoke. Fang Xie kept tilting his head like this, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He seemed to see it, and they were laughing.

"Xiao Fang Jie, remember to come back, I will introduce you to the daughter of the Sun family on West Street, you haven't gone to see it yet, the girl is waiting for a reply!"

"Xiao Fang Jie, if you have the ability, you really ate me, do you have the guts?"

"Fang Jie, everyone has nothing to give you, your sister-in-law knows that you are going to walk and made a few pairs of cloth shoes, you didn't close your eyes all night last night, you bring them, the shoes with mille-feuille soles are comfortable to wear, and you can walk steadily."

"Brother Xiaofang, will you come back? My mother said, you are going to the capital to be a big official, where is the capital? ”

These words swirled in Fang Jie's ears.

"Let's go"

Fang Xie raised his head and said, "It's almost dawn, don't be nostalgic for anything." You have been in my dreams for three years, and you will leave the matter of revenge to me, if you can't take revenge, when I die, you will be ready to beat me with a stick. Originally, I didn't believe in gods and ghosts, but today I firmly believe that you are all here. After listening to what I said, they will each be reincarnated, and I will not leave the northwest for a while, and often burn some paper money for you. When you arrive at the Netherworld, remember to drink that bowl of soup, drink it when you cross the bridge, and forget your past life when you drink it, and there will be no pain. ”

"I'll start looking for where your bones are at dawn, if you don't want me to trouble too much, just give me a hint, after I find it, I don't think I can tell who is who, and you have no opinion on choosing a good place to bury them together, well, if you don't speak, you don't have a problem."

He was talking to himself, like a madman.

"Before I met you, I didn't know what home was. After this, I don't think there will be a place where I can be so nostalgic. ”

He waved his hand and said, "No." ”

I don't know if it was because it was almost dawn, or because of the sudden wind, but the originally dark and terrifying sky suddenly brightened, as if a veil covering the sky was untied at once, and all the starlight and moonlight were sprinkled. The sky was no longer the depths that could not be seen, and many stars had become extraordinarily bright, twinkling and twinkling, as if they were blinking towards Fang Jie.

It's a very strange scene.

The people in the courtyard were a little surprised, but no one was afraid.

Fang Xie waved his hand and said no, and the sky became brighter.

I don't know how long it took, Fang Xie took a deep breath of cold air, turned his head to look in the direction of the rising sun, the sun was very gentle, and the courtyard was paved with a layer of pale gold.

In this soft sunlight, Fang Xie suddenly found that there was a branch of the plum tree in the yard that didn't know when it bloomed, it didn't seem to have even a bud last night, but it suddenly bloomed today. Although the tree was still alive, many of its branches had dried up, and the small flower that bloomed on the bare tree looked particularly eye-catching, so bright.

Fang Xie looked at the little flower, and the corners of his mouth gradually outlined an arc.

"Go in that direction and see if there are any dirt bags outside the city."

Fang Xie pointed to the plum blossom and said.

Perhaps, this is the guidance they give.

An hour later, a pro-soldier quickly came back and reported to Fang Jie: "It's dug up!" There was a raised bag of earth in a deep pit not far west of the city, and when it was dug up, it was full of bones. I can't count how many, huddled together, I can't tell which is which. ”

Fang Xie nodded, was silent for a while, and said, "Clean up slowly, don't rush." There is a large peach forest in the crane pavilion outside the city, which is also barren. But the scenery is good, and the bones are all moved over. In addition, I sent someone to transfer Chen Yishan and Lu Fenghou over, and I changed my mind......"