Fortunately, when they passed through Runing Mansion, they had prepared enough dry food so that they would not go hungry. After eating, Shen Xiuwen's pestle blew a cool breeze in front www.biquge.info of the thatched house, the frogs in the mountains cooed, the mountain breeze blew through the fields, and the oil and wheat in the fields rose and fell one after another like waves, and the "sound of the waves" was pleasant and comfortable.

Above the mountains, the night sky, the stars and the moon shine, shining on the mountains and rivers, scorching and shining. Shen Xiuwen took a deep breath of fresh air, turned around and walked into the grass house, and saw that the fat man and Miao Laosan had already slept, so they rested.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Xiuwen was in a daze and heard a singing voice wafting in.

"I was not born, and I was old. You hate me for being late, and I hate you for being early. I was born before I was born, and I was old when I was born. Hate is not born at the same time, and every day is good with you. I was born before I was born, and I am old when you were born. I am far from the end of the world, and you are separated from my cape. I was born before I was born, and I am ......old when you were born."

The song is sad and desolate, and the heart of those who hear it is broken. Shen Xiuwen felt a pain in his heart, and suddenly came to his senses. He reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes, and found that the corners of his eyes were moist, as if he had cried.

The singing voice outside the thatched hut floated in again: "I was not born when you were born, and I am old when you were born." You hate me for being late, and I hate you for being early. I was born before I was born, and I am old ......"

Shen Xiuwen sat up suddenly, but when he saw that he was the only one in the empty grass hut, he was shocked, and got up and shouted, "Fatty, third, fat...... Miss Yin......"

At this time, a noisy sound came from outside the grass house, Shen Xiuwen hurriedly followed the sound, and a one-person high stage was set up in the open space outside the grass house at some point.

On the stage, a delicate scholar held a jade fan, like a weak wind supporting a willow, humming a tune in a Beijing accent; And under the stage, people were full of voices, listening to the music, and there were many discussions.

Shen Xiuwen saw at a glance that the fat man and Miao Laosan were also among them, strode over, slapped the fat man on the shoulder with a palm, and showed suspicion on his face, "What's going on?" ”

Liu Da'an looked back and saw that it was Shen Xiucai, and muttered, "What's the matter?" Isn't it just that the famous actors in the town put on the stage, and everyone came to join in the fun. ”

Shen Xiuwen nodded, but thought about it, no, the people in this town don't go out during the day, why do they come in the middle of the night!

Shen Xiuwen caught a glimpse of a white-haired old man drinking tea and knocking melon seeds, so he leaned in and asked, "Uncle, don't you sleep in the middle of the night?" ”

The white-haired old man didn't look at him, but said, "It's still early." ”

Shen Xiuwen thought for a while, and then asked, "Uncle, why is it that during the day, there is no one on the street, but at night it is full of friends?" ”

The white-haired old man turned his face and gave him a strange look, "You're not from the town, are you?" ”

Shen Xiuwen replied truthfully: "No, we are passing by here and staying for a night." ”

The white-haired old man nodded, knocked on the melon seeds, and said: "The person on the stage is a famous actor in the town, this time he went back to the town to set up a stage, and the old folks came to cheer, but that person has a strange nature, but he wants to pick the night, and the people in the town come to listen to him sing, so there are few people in the town in the daytime, and they all sleep at home." ”

I see. Shen Xiuwen raised his eyes and saw that the scholar had a gentle expression, walking with lotus flowers, the jade fan in his hand, and the corners of his lips were open, but the singing voice was ethereal and sad.

"I was not born, and I was old. You hate me for being late, and I hate you for being early. I was born before I was born, and I was old when I was born. Hate is not born at the same time, and every day is good with you. I was born before I was born, and I am old when you were born. I am far from the end of the world, and you are separated from my cape......"

……

Shen Xiuwen took a sharp breath, sat up suddenly, raised his eyes and looked outside the house, there were wisps of firelight swaying gently, and under the inky blue sky, the mountains were cascading, empty and silent; From a distance, the dome, which is close at hand but out of reach, is shrouded in clouds and mist, and there are no stars and moons in sight.

At this time, Liu Da'an ran in excitedly and urged Shen Xiuwen: "Xiucai, what are you still talking about, you are about to sing, hurry up, hurry up." ”

"Singing?" Shen Xiuwen couldn't help frowning, "What singing?" ”

"You forgot?" Liu Da'an said as he dragged him up, "Last night, the famous actors in the town set up a show, and there is another one tonight, you have slept all day." ”

"I slept all day?" Shen Xiuwen was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"Not only you, but the third child and I also slept all day, and the old man Yin and his family also slept all day, and it was the white-haired old man who ate melon seeds last night who came to call us." Liu Daan said and yawned.

Only then did Shen Xiuwen see that the fat man's face was pale, his eye sockets were deep, and his mouth was dry and wrinkled, and there was no blood. Shen Xiuwen was taken aback, "Fatty, are you okay?" ”

Liu Daan frowned and said, "Don't be surprised, what can I do?" With that, he walked out of the hut alone.

Shen Xiuwen went out with him thoughtfully, and when he saw that Miao Laosan also looked like he was "scared and not worth his life", he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The famous actor on the stage waved a jade fan at this time, stepped on the lotus step, and sang: "I was not born when you were born, and I am old when I was born." You hate me for being late, and I hate you for being early. I was born before I was born, and I was old when I was born. At the same time, I hate to be good with you every day......"

His tone is soft and ethereal, and the music is tear-jerking, and the listener can't help but feel sad and empathetic, as if he has seen with his own eyes the melancholy and sorrow of a pair of beautiful people who can't stay together.

"Don't listen, don't listen to his tunes......"

Just when Shen Xiuwen was intoxicated by this sad song and couldn't extricate himself, a panicked and anxious voice suddenly came.

Shen Xiuwen suddenly came to her senses, and saw a woman in a silk gauze skirt repeating the same sentence one by one in the crowd, but no one paid attention to her, she stood in front of those people, as if it was transparent.

Shen Xiuwen sank, walked over and said, "You shouldn't come to this place. ”

When the woman heard this, she turned around in surprise and saw Shen Xiuwen staring at her, and she cried with joy.

Shen Xiuwen looked at her and asked, "Who are you?" How can it be in the sun? ”

The woman bit her lip slightly, as if she had made up her mind, "Childe, please come with me." ”

Shen Xiuwen followed her towards the outside of the clearing and stopped under a big tree. The woman turned and gestured in the direction of the clearing, "See for yourself." ”

Shen Xiuwen looked in the direction she was pointing, and suddenly stumbled in horror. Where is the beautiful scholar who is still singing on the stage in that open space, it is clearly a white skeleton, "Ka, Ka" turning his stiff arms, singing songs, while stepping on lotus steps, the audience is not listening to the play, but a ghostly ghost with a missing arm, broken leg and broken skull.

The whole town was extremely desolate, shrouded in the swirling black gas, a large area of black pressure, and the fat man, Miao Laosan and Master Yin and his family were mixed in it, which was especially eye-catching.

Shen Xiuwen trembled, "What's going on?" ”

The woman said, "This town has been enchanted, and whoever enters this town will be in an illusion, and everything they see is not real. ”

Shen Xiuwen couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why is this happening?" ”

The woman's expression was sad, she raised her eyes and glanced in the direction of the town, sighed slightly, and said, "He also did this for me, my father is a merchant in the town who trades in medicinal herbs, and he often travels from place to place and goes out. My mother died early, and my father quickly renewed the strings. My stepmother also has a daughter who is a few years older than me, and my father is away all the year round, and I am walking on thin ice at home. ”

Her tone was understated, but there was a hint of bitterness in her eyes, and it was conceivable that she had been bullied by the mother and daughter in those years.

"Later, a famous troupe in Beijing passed through here, so I followed the head of the troupe to the capital and changed to the stage name Huansha. Within two years, I was also well-known in the capital, and I met Russell, a noble son of a scholarly family. ”

Speaking of Russell, Huansha's slender eyebrows curled, and a smile appeared on his lips, "Luo Gongzi is talented, but he has a soft spot for me, we reached the point of talking about marriage, so we took him back to Meizhen to meet my father, but I didn't expect this to be me and him......"