After the liberation of Luoyang in 1948, Li Wangcheng returned to his hometown of Luoyang, and secretly resold cultural relics for a living under the banner of archaeology with a former diploma. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Song Guoqiang, a former classmate, entered the Luoyang Cultural Relics Protection Bureau to work.

The most tragic fate is the honest Shi Aimin, the day before the liberation of Luoyang, when he was herding cattle, he was killed in the wilderness by a mine before the liberation war.

One day, when Li Wangcheng was sorting out old things, he inadvertently turned out the brocade silk that he had picked up in Zhuang Wang's tomb, and he was selfish at the beginning and did not tell anyone.

Spread out, the above Eastern Zhou bird seal is not too difficult to identify for Li Wangcheng, find an ancient text reference book, compare and study, the description of a myth and legend, to the effect of:

"One day, a giant dragon appeared in the sky, and the people of the earth bowed their heads in worship. Suddenly, the dragon opened its mouth, devoured the sun, set its whole body on fire, and crashed into the western sea. The earth then went dark, and demons came from hell to the earth and slaughtered on a large scale. ”

Li Wangcheng couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself, isn't this the solar eclipse we are talking about, the brocade silk is just a small piece of damage, and it is not worth a few dollars to sell, so he threw it back into the drawer.

At this time, someone outside the gate shouted: "Wang Cheng, come out, there is a letter!" ”

Li Wangcheng ran out: "Brother Bangmal, it's hard work!" ”

"Look at the words on this envelope, it's so delicate, you kid!" The mallet smirked.

"Go aside!"

Li Wangcheng walked back to the house with the letter, thinking that it was sent by an old classmate, so he opened it and looked at it.

"Brother Wang Cheng:

In the past, parting, more than ten years, may you be healthy.

Now that I'm married, I shouldn't have bothered my brother anymore. But recently, there is something that has been bothering my heart, and I don't know where to start, but I can feel it around me every day and every night.

Ten years of turmoil, my husband threw his pen from Rong, died on the battlefield, and there were no bones. Alone with three children, I only wish to live in peace. It always appears in my dreams, and sometimes it doesn't feel like it's a dream. Tossing and turning several times, his heart was haggard, and he was in a trance, if it weren't for the sake of the child, he would have been unable to persevere.

For many years, there has been something hidden in my heart, and it suddenly seems like a dream. Now that I am getting more and more depressed, I feel that my time is running out, and I wish to share an unknown secret with you in my lifetime. If the Ten Days King is in the future, I will go to the place in the depths of my memory alone.

I would like to make up for the gratitude that I didn't say ten years ago, thank you brother for saving my life.

The surviving Xu Lan

November 5, 1948"

Li Wangcheng looked at the letter in amazement, over and over again, and the memory rolled and struck. More than ten years ago, Xu Lan's lonely figure when he waved goodbye had hit his soul countless times, but when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, he walked all over the streets and alleys with the school procession, and since then he has no fixed place. For ten years, Xu Lan has always been an indelible regret in his heart.

Looking at the date, it has been sent for a week, Li Wangcheng ran out of the house like crazy, praying all the way that there would be no variables, Xu Lan, you must abide by the ten-day covenant on the letter.

On the same day, Li Wangcheng rushed to Xu Lan's old courtyard, the leaves of the sycamore trees in front of the door fell all over the ground, the red gate was faded and rusty, and the bluestone steps were covered with moss.

After a while, the door "creaked", and Xu Lan stood at the door with her hair messy.

"Xu Lan ......"

"Brother......" Xu Lan held on to the door, tears instantly flowed out of his eyes, and the more he flowed, his body fell soft and fainted in Li Wangcheng's arms.

Xu Lan woke up, Li Wangcheng looked at her haggard face, his heart ached, the strong girl who was once trapped alone in the thief cave and did not shed a single tear, the lovely girl who once smiled and had a blush on her face, she hadn't seen her for ten years, but she was tortured by fate and had a mental breakdown.

"Brother, I thought you weren't coming......" Xu Lan smiled.

"How so! I just hate that this post office is so inefficient! Li Wangcheng looked at Xu Lan with pity and said, "What about the children? ”

"I was taken away by my parents-in-law last year."

"Alas!"

Li Wangcheng sighed deeply, thinking that Xu Lan's parents died when she was young, her husband died in battle, and now her children are not around, she doesn't know how to live without any spiritual support this year.

It was late at night, and after Xu Lan fell asleep, Li Wangcheng sat on the stone bench in the old courtyard and smoked cigarettes one by one, and stayed awake all night.

In the few days that Li Wangcheng was here, Xu Lan gradually recovered, and there was a smile on his face, as if he had instantly returned to the appearance of ten years ago. One afternoon, in the old courtyard, the sun was warm, Xu Lan said to Li Wangcheng: "Brother, in fact, there is something I have been deceiving you, that time I entered the thief cave by myself." ”

"Huh?" Li Wangcheng was surprised, "What are you doing there as a girl?" ”

"I want to save my father."

"Didn't your father ...... already"

"Ten years after my father left home, I saw him at my mother's grave, he was holding me, I fainted from crying, and I woke up to find myself lying in bed."

Li Wangcheng stroked Xu Lan's hair: "Silly, that's just a dream, you have suffered too much in your heart, let go of what you should put down, make yourself happy!" ”

"It's not! No! Xu Lan suddenly raised her voice, shook her head and shouted, "It's right next to me, it's always there!" ”

Li Wangcheng thought that Xu Lan was talking about her father, and seeing Xu Lan's panicked appearance, he hugged her: "Okay, okay, I'll help you go to your father together, okay?" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Lan lowered her head, "Actually, from the moment you escaped from the thief cave with me, I only had you in my heart, I couldn't find you after ten years of war, and marrying someone else was a helpless move, because ...... I'm going to save my father......"

Li Wangcheng was completely blindfolded, but when he heard Xu Lan confide in himself, he was still excited. The moment I saw Xu Lan more than ten years ago, her strong and charming smile was deeply imprinted on my heart. Helplessly, the country is not at peace, who can take care of the private feelings of their children.

"Brother, I know you have a lot of doubts in your heart, but I don't know what to say. I used to think it was just a dream I had because I missed my father, but I woke up with my father's pocket watch in my pocket. ”

Xu Lan took out an old pocket watch from his arms and said: "When I was a child, I played with it, and I broke the chain and the hook was broken in half, but my father didn't blame me and kept it on my body." ”

Li Wangcheng looked at the pocket watch, which was indeed an item from the Republic of China, and began to believe Xu Lan's words a little, and listened to her continue to tell quietly.

"Since then, I have had the same dream every night, in the dream a snake crawled to the side of the bed and spoke to me, it was a girl's voice, it said that only the soul mirror could save my father, I asked it where the soul mirror was, it said it was in the tomb of King Zhuang. When I woke up from my dream, I saw a long mark on the floor in the middle of the house......"

Xu Lan didn't continue, and hugged Li Wangcheng tightly. Xu Lan didn't tell Li Wangcheng why she had to marry to save her father, perhaps, she had a secret she couldn't tell.

A few days later, in order to let Xu Lan feel relieved, the kind-hearted Li Wangcheng entered King Zhuang's mausoleum for the third time because of her dream-like words.

And this time, it was his eternal farewell to Xu Lan.

At that time, Xu Lan was already pregnant with twin sisters.