Chapter 22: The Journey
Baiyun Building, back kitchen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Ping said goodbye to the two masters in the back kitchen one by one with a bowl full of vegetables, and Master Ding, who rarely took a face, also appeared, hunched over and patted Li Ping's shoulder and grinned, laughing silently. Looking at the restaurant master and his buddies who were reluctant to be with him in front of him, Li Ping was like returning to the scene of farewell after graduating from college, his heart was hot, and he felt that the world was so big that there was no place he couldn't go.
searched all over Baiyun Tower, but did not see the shopkeeper Yuan, Li Ping regretted it in his heart. Just thinking about it, Xiangyang City and Lujin are not far away, and I will come back in a few days to say goodbye to Mr. Wang and Mr. Yuan and the shopkeeper Yuan. So, I went back to the back, packed my clothes, and went straight to the dock.
On the dock, Brother Lin was checking the boarding personnel one by one, and he was busy. Seeing Li Ping's arrival, he wiped his sweat, his face was full of excitement, and he pointed to a more burly and honest young man not far away, "That's my cousin, Lin Hai." Or borrow your light, and I will also enter the Iron Sword Gate directly. When I went back, I was assigned to my cousin. ”
Following the noon sun, Li Ping saw Zheng Qin and Zhao Tianyan carrying the bed board from a distance and carrying Wang Qi directly onto the painting boat. Looking at the appearance of the bed board, it was actually carried out directly in the room of the small building after the two of them were shocked by their true qi. The two of them are masters, from the small building to the painting boat, there is no shaking, and Wang Jue is lying on the bed board without a trace of pain. Li Pingxin said, this Zheng Qin is really a character, in order to cater to the Wang family, he was able to put down the respect of the master of the door and do this in front of the gang and the Zheng family.
The crisp sound of hooves of "tap tapping" knocked on the clean stone slab after the rain, sounding behind Li Ping, from far to near.
"Chunfeng, are you okay?" Li Bai sat on the donkey with a sword in his arms, his half-dried hair draped on his white clothes, and he tilted his head to greet Li Ping. People and white clothes are dusty. Li Ping came to Daqin for half a year, and it is known that at this time, adults are indecent to wear hair, and the novels and TV series in his previous life are not shallow. At first glance, I saw Li Bai walking with his hair on, but he felt that this person should be like this, and he could ride a donkey to ride out of immortality.
"No, my head still hurts. Next time, I won't drink so hard with you. Li Ping waved his hand, "Brother Taibai, will you set off now?" ”
"On the edge of Xiangyang City and Fancheng, there is a Lumen Mountain, I went to visit a friend, and most of them will live there recently." Li Bai jumped off the donkey at the moment, pulled Li Ping to talk about the next step, and agreed to visit.
"Li Bai? I thought that Baiyunlou had added another guy to Xiangyang, but it turned out to be a poet? This is a good donkey, and I have finally found a mount worthy of your identity. As the two spoke, a strange voice taunted in their ears. I saw a group of several young people, preparing to board the ship. The handsome young man who spoke at the head was about the same age as Li Bai, followed by Zheng Aya'er in fiery red clothes and Zheng Wei, a young man with wooden manners.
"Hello Qiangongzi." Li Bai saw this person, bowed slightly, and said solemnly, "Last time, I happened to pass the market, and I saw an old man slaughtering this donkey, and the foolish brother saw that he looked like a son, and he couldn't bear to die, but he ransomed him with a lot of money, and he often accompanied the end of the world." ”
"Poof" Li Bai said a serious thing, and half of it was not in vain, Li Ping hadn't understood yet, and Zheng Aya'er behind Zheng Qian had already laughed.
"Zheng Qin, those boats are free, there is a friend here, take a ride along the way." I saw that Zheng Qian's face was pale, and it was inconvenient for everyone in the Iron Sword Gate to argue with Li Bai again, pointing to the small boats that the Zheng family was riding on, and shouted loudly to Zheng Qin in the painting boat. shouted, without waiting for Zheng Qin's reaction, he threw his long sleeves and went on the boat. That Zheng Wei was still following behind with Mu Ne. It was Zheng Aya'er who stopped laughing, her beautiful eyes flowed, she gently swept over the two of them, bowed slightly, and only then got on the boat.
Li Bai smiled and shouted to the painting boat, "Young Master of the Zheng family, thank you for your thoughts." I have been sick to my nose recently, I can't stand the smell of the boat, there is a boat at the ferry, I just sit on it. After that, he ignored Zheng Qin, who came from the painting boat. After greeting Li Ping, he jumped on the back of the donkey and went to the ferry next to him. Only the Iron Sword Gate Master, who was flying over, was left standing on the shore.
Li Ping was conscious, greeted Brother Lin, and found a boat with fewer people.
"This Li Taibai, a gold coin has to be secretly stuffed back to me, and it is too underestimating me. The next time we meet, we should punish a jar of wine. On the bow of the boat, Li Ping took out the gold coin that Li Bai had secretly stuffed into his arms, shook his head and smiled.
The autumn breeze blew lightly, urging a river fleet to sail towards Xiangyang City.
Wang Jue, who was praised by everyone like a star, lay quietly on the painting boat, looking at the red tent above his head; Li Bai sat alone on the bow of the boat, watching the white waves of the passenger ship parting from the Han River; Li Ping, who wanted to see Baiyunlou far away, was squeezed into the airtight cabin by the handymen who came up from behind, listening to the noisy voices outside, imagining what Baiyunlou would look like in the distance.
Three people, three boats, on the same day, sailed to Xiangyang City and sailed to the world.
Many years later, when they looked back on this day, they realized that in fact, this day had already foreshadowed the different paths of the three people.
......
Ritsu, outside the town.
Halfway up the hill after the rain, a new grave and a monument.
There is no incense burning in front of the tombstone, only an abacus. On the polished abacus, the blood stains were dry and mottled. It's like the mottled dock by the Han River after the Iron Sword Gate left Lijin.
On the muddy ground, Mrs. Wang was burning paper, looking at the paper ashes with dull eyes, there were no tears in her eyes, only hatred.
Youyou, who was wearing a white scarf, lay on Mrs. Wang's lap, pulling Mrs. Wang's sleeve and crying sadly, "Grandma, grandma, what are you doing, burying grandpa?" ”
"Yoyo, grandpa is gone, grandpa is gone to another world. Grandpa was killed by bad guys. After speaking, he stood up with Yoyo in his arms. Staggered away, leaving only a new tomb standing alone, engraved on the tablet, the tomb of Wang Xinzhi.