Chapter 17: The Most Familiar Stranger

As soon as Li Xuan came out of the end of the world, he saw his subordinate Daotong rushing to send a letter of worship, with only five big characters written on it, "Changshan Xiaomei Village".

Looking at the little Taoist boy who was trembling all over, Li Xuanyi said coldly, "When was it delivered?" The Taoist boy said tremblingly, "Last night!". Li Xuanyi said angrily: "Didn't I explain to you before I went into retreat, if someone has anything about Xiaomei Village, no matter when, where, or under any circumstances, they must immediately notify me? Xiao Daotong hurriedly said: "That person is the old servant of Ma Tong sent by Xue Mansion a month ago, and he lives in the horse farm in the pavilion. He said, "As soon as you get out, call someone to inform him, and he will come right away!" Li Xuanyi's complexion eased at this time, his face became normal, and he thought excitedly, "Finally here, I can finally see him again!", but he said slowly: "Wait for me to bathe and change clothes, and go to clear it myself! You go to the punishment office, take twenty baguettes yourself, and punish you for the crime of disrespecting my deceased!". When Dao Tong heard what the Taoist said, he was so surprised that he was almost speechless.

Li Xuanyi came to Lao Cangtou's house, looking at Lao Cangtou, who seemed to be still reading a book, his eyes were full of tears. walked to Lao Cangtou's side in a few steps, knelt down and hugged his thigh, crying loudly. Lao Cangtou put down the book in his hand and stroked the top of Li Xuanyi's head, his eyes full of love.

Li Xuanyi slowly raised his head, looked at the wrinkled face of the old cangtou, and said faintly: "Thank you, you have come again, and you have come to my side again!"

Lao Cangtou also seemed to be a little emotional, and said with some sighs: "Yes, I have been looking for you for more than twenty years this time!"

Li Xuanyi seemed to think about it, and after a pause, he said: "Yes, it has been nearly twenty-two years this time! Thank you, thank you for saving your life three times, and thank you for guarding for so many years!"

Lao Cangtou said in a bit of a panic: "Not three times, I haven't saved you once, you remember wrong." ”。

Li Xuan said loudly: "It's three times." The third time you came, I hid in the tree next to me, and I saw the crazy figure when you killed all the thieves in that Xiaomei Village and looked for me everywhere!"

Lao Cangtou looked at her, his eyes were more gentle, as if he was thinking about something, and his face turned gray again.

Li Xuanyi looked at the old man, wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve, and said faintly: "The first time, I was a five-year-old girl, and those thieves, for some reason, killed all the people in the village and found me hiding under my bed. I was so scared when I looked at the corpses of the old and young at my feet! I was so scared when I saw the steel knife that slashed at my head! It was you who fell from the sky, kicked the knife away, held me in your arms, and killed all the thieves. I'm in your arms, and I feel so warm and comfortable!".

The old cangtou sighed silently.

Li Xuanyi wiped the tears on his face again, and said in a low voice: "You sent me to the Ganye Temple on the edge of Chang'an City, and the host of the Ganye Temple raised me, so that I can feel the prosperity of this world, and I can feel that you are almost always by my side, guarding me and caring for me." Thank you for your 60 years of protection!".

Lao Cangtou was a little suspicious: "The first time, you can actually remember, I thought it was just a dream for you!".

Li Xuanyi also seemed to sigh a little, and said faintly again: "When I went back to the time of five years old, you came again, you hugged me again, once again killed all the thieves all over the mountain, and once again came to the Ganye Temple, and once again I was raised by the host of the Ganye Temple, like a prophet, I once again felt the same prosperity in the world, the same warmth and coldness in the world. Knowing everything about himself, he is once again like a puppet living the life he has already lived. The only thing that makes me happy is that you have always been by my side, silently guarding me for another 60 years!"

Lao Cangtou was a little surprised and said: "The second time, you also remember, I thought you couldn't remember, this is just another magnificent dream in your head!"

Li Xuanyi became excited, suddenly stood up from the ground, and said loudly: "How can I forget, how can I forget! The third time, the same thing happened again, I hid in a tree in advance, and I saw you come again, and killed all the thieves in front of me, and looked for me everywhere. Until you come to the tree where I am hiding, sigh softly, and turn away. This time, I want to live a different life, I want to feel that different scenery. But without your escort, I'm so lonely!".

Lao Cangtou looked at Li Xuanyi, his face gradually became gentle, and he said softly: "Idiot, idiot." You still remember, how can you remember!". Li Xuanyi rushed over, hugged Lao Cangtou tightly, inhaled deeply in his mouth, and said loudly: "I remember, I remember, the taste on your body is still the same as before." Every time you come to me and quietly guard me, I smell it, and I know, you're coming, you're coming!".

Lao Cangtou looked at Li Xuanyi's red and swollen eyes crying, thinking that these were the eyes, they must be these eyes. The woman with these eyes is the woman she wants to find and care for all her life. But is Li Xuanyi still not her? How do you think that these eyes become more and more like her as she grows up, more and more like her. But is she becoming stranger and stranger?

Li Xuanyi shouted loudly in Lao Cangtou's ear: "Who are you, why did you come here, why did you save me again and again?"

Lao Cangtou looked at this familiar and unfamiliar face, couldn't help but sigh, stared at the dancing candle flame, and was stunned!