Li Siniang was selling wine, and suddenly saw the child next door running over, holding two silver ingots in her hand like showing off, and told her with some pride that one of these two silver ingots was to buy wine, and the other was her own hard work. Siniang was puzzled, so she asked the child where the silver ingot came from, and the child pointed behind him and said, "An uncle gave it." ”

Li Siniang looked in the direction pointed by the child, but didn't see half of the person, and asked a few more words, confirming that the silver was indeed given by someone else, and it was indeed used by the child to buy wine, so she turned around and went to get a jar of peach blossoms drunk.

This night, Wang Yanxing did not go home, but hugged the altar of peach blossoms and walked back to Yujuan Village on foot. Compared with when he left, there was no change in Yujuan Village, but the chaimen was still the same, Yiren was not there, and the scorched earth that could be seen everywhere in the courtyard reminded him of what had happened here. He whispered Hui Niang's name, drank the peach blossom drunk without a sip, and finally lay down on the threshold, and did not wake up until it was dawn. If you think about it, this night, he was dreamless.

Thinking of the "mortal water" that I didn't have to give, I didn't know where the impulse came from, so I swallowed it in one gulp.

When the water enters the mouth, it is a little bitter, but gradually it tastes sweet. Wang Yanxing only felt dizzy, and his body became light and soft, and then, he couldn't help but get up and walked out. It was a path that Wang Yanxing had never walked on, and there were many red flowers planted on both sides of the path, which were layered on top of each other, swaying without wind. Occasionally, he can also meet one or two passers-by, some are in a hurry, some are strolling leisurely, and occasionally when they pass by him, they will also greet him with a smile: "Brother Tai, you are also on the road!" ”

Wang Yanxing didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod and say, "Yes, I'm on the road too!" ”

"Brother Tai alone?"

"That's right! Alone! ”

"Coincidentally, I'm alone." As he spoke, the man hurried forward and went to greet the passers-by.

Wang Yanxing thought it was interesting at first, but as he walked, he was stunned, because he saw the road monument, and the inscription read: "Huangquan".

An old man, stroking his silver-white beard, walked leisurely. Seeing Wang Yanxing staring at those two words in a daze, and seeing that he was well-dressed, with jade ornaments on his waist, and an extraordinary temperament, he stopped and asked him: "But is there something unfinished in the mortal world?" ”

Wang Yanxing first turned around, looked at the old man with a confused expression, and then asked, "Excuse me, am I dead?" ”

"What? The official went on the road, but no one took it? ”

"Do you need someone to take you on the road?" Wang Yanxing became more and more confused.

"It's not all, like a person who did evil in life, there will be a bull head and a horse to arrest in front of him, if he did a good deed in life, Yin Si will invite the underworld official, this underworld official is usually black and white, people who don't know, they call them black and white impermanence. In fact, the parents are not scary at all, and even in terms of appearance, they are much better than you and me. Ordinary people, before going on the road, there will be relatives to greet them, like me, who is waiting for my old woman here, counting the hour, she should also come. ”

"So, what if there's no one to pick it up?"

"Hey!" The old man shook his head: "There are not many such cases like you said, but they are not impossible. Usually this kind of person is extremely selfish in life, so parents and relatives are unwilling to welcome each other, and wives and children are not willing to send each other. Or if a young man dies young, he who goes before him has been reincarnated, and those who come after him have to wait for years. Did you see that little chatter just now? The one who says hello to everyone? He, he has been here for many years, he was an orphan before his death, that is, the kind of little flower who begged for food in Luoyang City, was hit by the official's carriage while begging for food, and died on the side of the road because he had no money for medical treatment, and his body stinked when he was found. After coming here, the old man of the underworld saw him pitiful and wanted him to be reincarnated earlier, but he stupidly refused, and then waited for his parents here day after day, year after year. But tell me, such an orphan, even if he and his parents met on Huangquan Road, who can know whom? So, this ghost is sometimes much more stubborn than people. ”

"May I ask the old man, have you ever seen a woman named Hui Niang on this Huangquan Road?"

"Hui Niang? There are many women named Hui Niang on this road, and I don't know which one you are asking. She's your sweetheart? ”

"She's my lady!" Wang Yanxing hesitated, but still said those two words.

"Lady? I don't look like it, because when you say these two words, your eyes are wandering and you don't have enough energy. This Hui Niang, I'm afraid it's someone who makes you feel ashamed, right? It's okay, I don't like to inquire about the news, little old man, but if you think about her, you might as well go to the Lechuan River and ask. ”

As the old man spoke, his small eyes, which had been squinted, opened instantly, and then he walked happily towards an old woman. The woman, who was on crutches, saw that the old man had straightened her waist, her eyes were slightly moist, and she shouted in a hoarse voice: "Xianggong! ”

"Old woman, you're here, you don't know how lonely I am on Huangquan Road alone!"

"There are so many people here, what can you be lonely. Besides, didn't I come? ”

"It's good to be here! It's good to be here! The old man grinned.

"I'm not too late, am I?" The old woman asked, and put her hand in the old man's hand.

"It's not too late, it's not too late, it's just the right time." As the old man spoke, he squeezed his eyes: "If you are any later, I will leave with the people next to me." ”

"Old thing, you dare!" As the old woman spoke, she actually twisted the old man's ears, and then in the old man's plea for mercy, the two of them turned white and turned green, and they returned to the appearance of their youth.

"Old woman, don't say it, you were so good-looking when you were young!"

"Am I really good-looking?"

"Yours is so good-looking!"

"That is, if I am not good-looking, can you let me bully me for so many years?"

"Old woman, you are wrong, I let you bully, not because you are good-looking, but because I love you!" The old man nodded the old woman's nose with his hand: "In the next life, are you still willing to marry me?" ”

"In the next life, are you still letting me bully?"

"Let! Don't let you bully, let whoever bullies go! ”

"Then let's say okay, don't leave me so early in the next life, even if you want to leave, let me go first." The old woman wiped the moist corners of her eyes, "You don't know how hard it has been for me to be alone all these years!" ”

"I know, I know, I know. I'm watching it all over here. So, I didn't leave either, and the underworld official urged me many times, but I just couldn't bear it, and I was reluctant to let you go on the road when you were alone. ”

The two of them hugged each other, walked past Wang Yanxing, and gradually walked away. Wang Yanxing looked at them, first thinking of Hui Niang, and then thinking of Gu Zizhu. He didn't know if Hui Niang would be waiting for him on the bank of the Lechuan River, in front of the Sansheng Stone, and on the Wangxiang Terrace, let alone if he waited on Huangquan Road, whether he would wait for Gu Zizhu.

With a long sigh, Wang Yanxing followed the crowd of threes and twos and walked forward.

A soft circle of light falls on Huangquan Road, and the flowers on the other side sway gently, and the petals rise with the wind, rotating around the circle. The aperture faded, and the fox gently lowered Xingruyi to the ground. Reach out and remove one of the petals that was stuck in her sideburns.

"You say, who was Wang Yanxing looking like in his heart just now?"

"Hui Niang, or Gu Zizhu, at this time, he won't think of his own father, right?"

"I have been an official for many years, but I never thought of rebuilding the tomb for my deceased parents, and I never went to my parents' graves to fill in the soil and worship on the Qingming Festival, this Wang Yanxing is definitely not a filial son."

"Therefore, when he entered the Yellow Spring, he also ended up alone." The fox said, hugging Xing Ruyi's shoulder: "Since you are here, you must go to see Brother Cui, otherwise, you and I will have to be counted by him." ”

"Just go, anyway, it will take some distance for this Wang Yan to walk to Lethe. By the way, where is Hui Niang now? If he slows down, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch up. ”

"However, the bridge is on the road, and the right and wrong do not cross the Lechuan River. There is no right or wrong in front of the Sansheng Stone, Wangxiang will meet Meng Po on the edge of the platform, at this time, Hui Niang should be there Meng Po! ”

"That Meng Po has a headache, Hui Niang is so persistent, this Meng Po soup, I'm afraid I won't drink it."

"Don't worry, Meng Po will always have a way." The fox said, stroking it with his hand, and the two of them disappeared on the Huangquan Road again.

On the Wangxiang platform, Wang Yanxing finally met Hui Niang. She was still the same as when she was newly married, wearing a pomegranate red dress, which stinged his gaze with glamour. He timidly walked over and called her name softly: "Hui Niang!" ”

Hui Niang turned around, and her originally confused eyes began to become clear little by little. Finally, she looked at the face and softly shouted the word "Xianggong".

Wang Yanxing's heart moved, stepped forward, and hugged Huiniang into his arms. He greedily absorbed her breath, but all he could smell was cold, **, and the smell of burnt flesh after the smoke and fire.

"Xianggong, you haven't seen our children yet, have you? Look, he looks a lot like you! Hui Niang said, breaking free from Wang Yanxing's embrace, and eagerly raised her hands. In her hand, a blue cloth printed pillow appeared out of thin air, and there was a flame burning on the pillow. Hui Niang's face was also swallowed by the flames little by little. But she still looked at Wang Yanxing with a smile and said, "Xianggong, you hug our child, in a few days, he will call you daddy!" ”

Wang Yanxing was originally afraid, he silently took a step back, but when he saw Hui Niang's appearance, he was a little distressed. So he stretched out his hand and took the blue cloth printed pillow: "Yes, this child is indeed very much like me!" ”

The pillow finally burned out, and the soot flew on the lookout platform, and finally transformed into a cute child, giggled, and fell into Hui Niang's arms. She smiled weakly at Wang Yanxing and said, "Xianggong, Hui Niang should go, there is no Hui Niang by your side in the future, you have to take care!" And, our child, you haven't named him yet! ”

"Wang Yici! Just call him Wang Yici! ”

"Okay, then let's call him Yici!" Hui Niang smiled, walked to Meng Po with the child in her arms, picked up Meng Po soup and drank it.

"Hui Niang!" Seeing that Hui Niang walked forward without looking back, Wang Yanxing wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Meng Po: "Her wish has been fulfilled, why are you persistent." The people you should see have also met, the wishes that should have been met have been fulfilled, and it is time for you to go back when it is time to go back. This netherworld is not easy for people to stay for a long time. ”

"Hui Niang!" Wang Yanxing's knees weakened, and he knelt on the ground: "Hui Niang, I didn't intentionally leave your mother and son that day, but Lord Gu threatened me, if I don't divorce my wife, I will take your life." Hui Niang, I, Wang De, am not a person who covets wealth and wealth! ”

"Lord Wang, please go back, right? Hui Niang, she drank Meng Po soup and forgot about the past, she wouldn't care about what you said. Besides, from beginning to end, she didn't complain about you in the slightest, and the reason why she was persistent was because of that child, the child who had never been recognized by you. ”

Wang Yanxing wanted to say something, but Meng Po pushed him hard and pushed him away from Wangxiangtai. The last scene left in Wang Yanxing's memory was when Hui Niang was wearing the pomegranate red dress, turning around and smiling shyly at her.

The fox watched Wang Yanxing being pushed back to Yangshi by Meng Po, and asked Xing Ruyi beside him: "Just let him go?" ”

"What else could it be? Hui Niang has never resented, I am an outsider, how can I be upset for her! ”

"That's right!" The fox nodded, "It's not too early, we should go back too!" ”

"Fox!"

"Huh?"

"After a hundred years, will I be alone on Huangquan Road?"

"No, when the time comes, I will send you, and I will stop Meng Po and not let you drink soup. In this way, in the next life, in the next life, you will still be my wish. ”

"Think beautifully! It's not enough to take advantage of my life, but I still ask for life and life. Xing Ruyi said, but stood on tiptoe and kissed the fox lightly: "But I am willing!" ”

Wang Yanxing wandered around the underworld and returned to the yang world, he resigned from his official position, returned to Yujuan Village, and guarded the small courtyard wholeheartedly. Gu Zizhu also brought Dongchun to look for him a few times, but he refused to see each other on the grounds that the husband and wife were exhausted, and only asked someone to bring a letter of resignation that had not been filled in to Gu Zizhu, telling her that if she met the right person, she could dissolve the relationship with him anytime and anywhere.

Gu Zizhu held the letter of resignation and stayed silently all night, but in this life, he never remarried.

Many years later, the two met on Huangquan Road, looked at each other and smiled, but never held hands!

In this life, I can't repay what I owe you, and in the next life, I don't dare to promise, I just want to be honest with each other and love each other!

(Education 123 Literature Network)