Shanhai and Mu Wan followed Xiao, running on the overgrown path. I heard the sound of water in the distance, perhaps approaching the river. The sound of footsteps drowned out the small sounds of the rest of the roadside, and the animals poked their heads out of the bushes and looked curiously.

"Liang Qiu, I think of something." Shanhai said, "The name written on the tombstone should be the word Chi Li, right?" Slow delay and parting? Instead of a pond of the pond with a pear blossom of pear. ”

"Right...... What's wrong? ”

She herself said that it was the last two words...... Is this really just a random homophone? ”

"Why is this going on—wait."

Mu Wan was two steps slower, but soon followed Xiao again. At that moment, she suddenly remembered something, and recalled the reason why Shanhai said this. That poem, that poem written by Yan Muxue at random, should have no other thoughts, after all, in her eyes, Chi Li has been dead for a long time.

Near and far back to the cold night, half a pond of snow inkstone pear blossoms.

Half pool, pear blossom.

Pond pear.

Why did the two words she chose at random happen to be exactly the same as Yan Muxue's improvised lyrical poems?

The two of them kept chasing the back of Xiao in front of them, vaguely feeling that they knew something. He didn't look back, but naturally heard the conversation between the two people. As he ran, he said in front of him in a volume that the two of them could hear:

"Your suspicions are not unfounded. Indeed, she had been secretly watching the Snow Yan Sect. ”

Chi Li is really not a ruthless and unrighteous person. Although it is natural that she has no feelings for the Snow Yan Sect due to her father's behavior, since she often corresponded with her grandfather here as a child, it is difficult to let go of the mood after all.

What's more, her longing for her mother can naturally be transferred here. Her mother has always supported her father, whether he wants to wander the world as his home, or find a stable place to live a dull life. She said that family is home, and wherever family goes is home. A home without a family is just a house, an empty shell.

After Xiao told them this, Shanhai breathed a sigh of relief. This would explain why her gaze at Mu Wan was a little complicated, not just a relatable stranger that he had relayed. And this kind of relationship is positive, she must be willing to help Mu Wan.

Xiao led them and led them to a forest. Mu Wan is already familiar with this area, she lived in it as a child. At that time, the circle was full of small houses built by everyone, but she didn't live long, and several old houses collapsed during the rainy season. When Chi Li's father, that is, Mu Wan's master, first took over here, many things were already lacking in maintenance, after all, when his father was old and faint, there was very little organization. After that, he picked a new place and paid out of his own pocket to find someone to rebuild a connected house for everyone to live in. Later, the funds improved slightly, and they changed places twice. In the end, Xiao said that it was for those crooked and evil ways to live, and most of the disciples were concentrated in the newly built building. After the fire, it had to be moved back to an old site until the restoration was completed. Later, they said that they would strengthen patrols, and gave the old site to outsiders, and some disciples who were not ranked in the name also joined them. Either assimilated, or humiliated.

"Smoke miasma." Mu Wan scolded secretly.

"It's a mess. The division of forces is severe. Either they are close to him and used by him, or they dare to be angry and dare not speak. I expected that when Chi Li came back this time, she would definitely be able to win people's hearts. ”

Shanhai glanced at Xiao, and stopped talking. Xiao knew what he was going to ask, and continued:

"She came back with a cloud mirror, which was naturally convincing. If there are still people who don't believe, we have another way. ”

When Xiao said this, he was mysterious, and it looked like there was some kind of finale. Mu Wan didn't care about this, if they had a way, it would be a good thing. Now, they have come to the place where Mu Wan first settled when he was a child. At that time, there were not so many rules, and relatives and friends outside the valley could visit and live together, and my mother also came. But now they are all dilapidated houses, no one cares for them at all, and the waste and cobwebs are connected together, and it is very desolate.

"They put my mother here?!"

"It's not." Xiao continued to lead them away, "It's your mother who wants to live here." ”

Mu Wan's throat was sour, and he couldn't speak.

Akatsuki walked to a house that seemed to be the only thing intact. Even then, the top was tattered and tattered, and was casually pasted with planks, straw, or mud from the outside. She recognized this house at a glance, and even said that this was a newly built house that Master had asked her to build when she first came, so even if no one maintained it, she could still live in it for more than ten years.

My mother only knows this room.

The room was bright, with a faint light coming out through the gap between the walls and eaves. It's like a bright light in the dark cold night.

Xiao and Shanhai stood at the door left and right, looking at her at the same time. She was a little apprehensive in her heart. It was a lot worse than the cosy little house outside the valley, but it was like she had come to the door of her long-lost home—even earlier, when her father and brother were both at home. As soon as you open the door, you can see the familiar and happy scene. Four pairs of dishes and chopsticks, one table of food. There must be a plate of green vegetables that is cold and hot, and there must be a pot of soup that is not thin or thick. Although my father was an official in the court, he lived a poor life, and meat was not available every once in a while. But that's enough, it's enough.

Pushing open the door, it was much colder than expected. The table was empty, but you could see the water marks that had just been wiped after dinner. A single candle was burning on the table, almost bottoming out, and the old lady was about to blow it out. But as soon as she opened her mouth, she was stunned, staring at Mu Wan and not moving. Mu Wan didn't dare to move, but just looked at her mother's missing front teeth, which she was obviously still there before leaving.

“…… Did my mother freeze to death? The old lady asked, "I'm stupid, I'm wrong...... Or are you dead out there too......"

"Don't say such unlucky things...... I'll come back to see you. ”

Mu Wan guessed that her face must be ugly, and she tried her best to control the expression on her face, so as not to cry for a while. She pretended that nothing had happened, blocked all the preset pressure, and said lightly:

"Ugh yo ......"

The old man ran around the small table and ran to her, and touched her up and down, with great strength, and it hurt her, but she didn't snort. She was afraid that if she opened her mouth again, snot and tears would come out together.

"Why did you come back today? Is it coming back for the New Year? I thought you weren't coming back. They brought me here and let me live with a group of people, saying you asked me to come. You didn't come, I don't believe it, but they were fierce and wicked except for the white and green clothes, and the people who wore other clothes. If I don't go, they will pull me and search the house, but we don't have anything, and we are not afraid of them searching...... I didn't know those people, I didn't want to live with them, so I packed up my things and ran here—that's all I knew. In the end, they didn't care about me, and I waited for you. Occasionally, people come here. I asked me to write to you if I came on my own initiative, and I said I didn't know where you were going. If you don't want to pass by here, I will ask where you are going, but no one knows...... I guess they know and don't tell. My mother feels that everyone has changed and become bad...... Or cold. ”

The cold is probably for your own good. Mu Wan couldn't speak. She reached out and touched her mother's cracked lips. It's like a completely dry and cracked riverbed, and the slightest touch can drop the dirt. When her mother gave birth to her brother, she was not young, but now she is only over half a hundred years old, but she clearly looks like an old lady. Last time her hair wasn't so white, now it's mottled. She stretched out her other hand and swept over her mother's head, which was as tall as herself, and could not erase the white, which did not appear to be wall ash.

"Did they bully you?" Mu Wan's expression and tone became anxious, "What the hell is going on with your teeth?" Did they hit you? Isn't it? ”

Mother waved her hand again and again: "There is no such thing. Some of them are a little more vicious, and they won't do anything with me. I planted a wave of vegetables in the back mountain, and when I first hoeed the ground, it was full of stones, and I walked unsteadily in the dark, and I turned around and knocked off my ......."

"So, it didn't break, did it? Are there any injuries elsewhere? Eating with fewer teeth is definitely not good...... Did someone give you medicine? You must have bled a lot, it must have hurt......"

"Wu Yuangui came to see the kid and asked me to give me a bottle of medicine powder to stop bleeding, and it won't hurt when I wipe it. But he was always busy, and he couldn't sit for a few minutes before leaving. He doesn't know anything about you, but he doesn't know. I guess he doesn't want to hide it from me...... It's really tiring to take care of things inside and outside the sect alone. ”

Mu Wan didn't say anything, the mountains and seas outside the door glanced at Xiao, and Xiao nodded slightly.

Her mother continued, "It's not broken...... It's true. Your mother's body is very good. It's just that it's been cold lately. He didn't come back, and I thought he must be too busy. I really don't know what to do if you don't come back. It's too cold, it's too cold. I want to open the window when I want to burn the brazier. But as soon as I opened the window, the wind blew my head and buzzed...... Like a swarm of bees spinning in the head, it doesn't take a moment to get a headache. I'm going to stop burning, close the doors and windows, and the air leaks here and there, blocking one side and the other. But I didn't go to share a courtyard with them, they were all bad, and they beat the children, which must not be good for me...... Luckily, the coldest time is almost over, right? It's almost the New Year, but there is no New Year's flavor in this valley at all. ”

Mountains and seas are very unpleasant to listen to outside the door.

"My mother often wonders if she shouldn't have let you out at that time...... But you are so stubborn, you never listen to your mother. ”

"Listen, I'll listen." Mu Wan said in a trembling voice, "I won't go anywhere if I solve the things I am solving now......

"No, you should get out. You shouldn't be trapped. Mother casually said, you can listen to it. It's cold outside the door, you let your friends come in and sit...... It's just that there's really nothing to entertain. I'm old, my ears are still fresh, and I listen to the movement at the door every day. ”

Shanhai and Xiao were a little embarrassed, and they all bowed when they came in to apologize. Shanhai pulled the hem of his clothes, looked around, and felt that his body was much dirtier than in this room, and he didn't know where to sit. Although the place is small and run-down, it is well organized.

"It's so good, I'm so relieved that Wan'er is with you. You must have something important to do when you come back this time, right? ”

"That's true...... But first make sure you're safe. Shanhai said worriedly, "If you are still healthy, we will be at ease." It's just that there's another girl, and we'll have to find her...... Liang Qiu can stay here, let's just go find it. ”

"You mean a rumor, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Mother Ben was holding Mu Wan's arms, and she suddenly grabbed it back, "You know she's ...... Did you know how she was doing? Her sister said she was home. I was going to let them pick you up and stay there, but something went wrong. I'm sorry, it's all this big, and I'm still- I can't do anything......"

"Where." She scratched the bridge of Mu Wan's nose, "She often comes to see me, but it's just ......"

"Just?"

"It's just been a long time."