Chapter Twenty-Three: Returning to the Soul
From the day of Xiuyuan's dream to Lingxiao, the whole town was shrouded in gloom, gray sky, heavy rain and thunder from time to time, indicating that an unfinished turmoil twenty years ago was coming, and the entangled souls appeared again and again in Xiuyuan's dream and life.
Xiu Yuan opened his eyes, and the back of the woman in red in front of the window came into view.
"You're really here?" Xiu Yuan was not surprised, he sat up and looked at her.
Lingxiao didn't turn his head, still with his back to him, "I'll come back to you." ”
"I knew you'd come back to me," Xiu Yuan said as she got out of bed. It was quiet inside and outside, and it was still cloudy.
"Maolian, it's been twenty years, how are you?" Lingxiao turned his head, it was a peerless and beautiful face, but his face was pale.
"I'm fine," Xiu Yuan stood up. "How are you?"
"Of course you're fine, I'm bad. Lingxiao's voice began to grow deeper and deeper. "How can it be good in the cold water?"
"Lingxiao, I know that you died a miserable death, and our family is sorry for you. ”
Ling Xiao shook his head with a sneer, "I don't blame others, I'm only looking for you, Mao Lian, it's been twenty years, have you thought about me?" Her body floated over, and Xiu Yuan couldn't move. The straight pestle was there, her face pressed against his, and Xiu Yuan could feel her cold breath.
"Lingxiao, I know I'm sorry for you. ”
Lingxiao still sneered, "And then?"
"What do you want me to do?" Xiu Yuan looked at him with wide eyes.
"Are you afraid?" Ling Xiao laughed, his voice was extremely poignant, and the sharp voice pierced Xiu Yuan's eardrums, and he frowned and tilted his head.
"You're actually afraid of me," Lingxiao stopped laughing, with a hint of sadness between his eyebrows, "Don't you like my face the most, isn't my appearance ugly now?"
Xiu Yuan shook her head, not knowing what she was going to do.
"Do you remember that stone bridge?" Lingxiao leaned in his ear, Xiu Yuan turned his head, and he didn't know when he was already standing on the stone bridge, surrounded by a fog, and he couldn't see the turbulent river under the bridge.
Lingxiao sat on the verandah of the stone bridge, looking at the water flow under the bridge faintly, "I sat here and waited for you for an evening and a whole night." ”
Xiu Yuan stood there, and Ling Xiao then looked at him, with a seductive light in his eyes, "Why didn't you come?"
Xiu Yuan didn't know how to answer, he couldn't move.
Lingxiao saw that Xiu Yuan didn't answer, raised his arm to him, and his pale hand hooked up at him, "You come, come to me." ”
At this hook, Xiu Yuan involuntarily walked towards Lingxiao, walked to her side and stopped, it was still the cold and piercing breath, which was not a breath that humans could bear.
Her cold index finger swiped on his face, Xiu Yuan frowned involuntarily, seeing his expression, Lingxiao couldn't help asking, "Are you afraid of me?"
Xiu Yuan didn't know how to answer, so he could only shake his head blindly.
"Look at the river, it's so cold, I jumped from here. Lingxiao pointed to the river, Xiu Yuan looked down, and the mist was steaming on the river, making the river look eerie and terrifying, bottomless, as if it could swallow everything. "The moment I went into the water, I opened my eyes and watched myself sink a little bit, I saw that everything around me was blue, and it sank little by little, and I didn't even struggle, until it was getting darker and darker, I closed my eyes, and I was waiting for myself to die. ”
Xiu Yuan listened to her voice echoing in his ears.
"The moment I died, my mind was full of you, your face, your eyes, your smile, and what you said to me, every word was so clear. Lingxiao's voice stretched out very long and said very slowly, "It is said that when people are about to die, they can pick up all the memories of the past, and pass through the brain scene by scene, you are the only one in my memories, all of them, Maolian, you tell me why this is happening?" Xiu Yuan didn't dare to look at her face, he was not Li Maolian, so he couldn't answer a word.
"Lingxiao, what can I do to calm your anger?"
Lingxiao sneered again, "You come down to see me, jump down from here, and look at the place where I have lived for twenty years, is it cold enough, is it lonely enough?"
As he was talking, Xiu Yuan did not listen to the call and walked towards the bridge step by step, getting closer and closer to the stone fence, only one step away, and he would fall down if he stepped over.
"Xiu Yuan!" A loud shout woke Xiu Yuan, he turned around, and suddenly flew from under the bridge, pulling him away from Lingxiao and pulling him behind him.
Lingxiao stared at the two people, his snow-white face began to become hideous, and he was ready to fight, and at this moment, another voice called out, "Miss!"
"Miss! Miss!" Xia Sheng dragged his legs up, crying and shouting, "You're back, I miss you, you take me away." ”
Lingxiao panicked the moment he saw Xia Sheng, and his hideous face was gone, replaced by Lingxiao's dusty and pale face.
Xia Sheng ran up with her arms open, Lingxiao bit her lip with an extremely surprised expression, she turned around and jumped into the river.
Xia Sheng reached for it, and one step away almost touched Lingxiao, but she threw herself into the water again.
"Miss!" Xia Sheng lay on the stone fence and cried sadly, "Miss, Miss, you come out, you come out to see me, you don't want Xia Sheng, Miss!"
There was another thunder in the sky, and Xia Sheng's cry responded to the thunder, "Miss, you come back." ”
Xiu Yuan was suddenly able to move, and he unswervingly helped him to look left and right, "Are you okay?" ”
Xiu Yuan shook his head, "I'm fine." The swastika on her chest flickered again, emitting a blinding golden light, and she took a step back to cover her eyes, and the dazzling golden light stabbed her eyes like a sharp blade.
"Unswerving. Seeing this, Xiu Yuan covered his chest and pulled it unswervingly.
Buji hurriedly turned around and avoided him, "What's that, Xiuyuan?"
Xiu Yuan didn't know when this sign began to appear on his chest, it often flashed, emitting a golden light, and he covered his hot chest, "I don't know." ”
Xia Sheng sat on the ground in despair, and said to the young lady, "After twenty years, don't you come back to see Xia Sheng?"
Xiu Yuan walked over and pulled up Xia Sheng and dusted the dirt off her clothes, "Are you okay?"
Xia Sheng still looked depressed, and unswervingly walked over and patted Xiu Yuan's shoulder, "I didn't return last night to ask Li Maolian from all over the world, fortunately he looks the same as you, I got a portrait of you, and then I received the letter today." ”
"Are you serious?" Xiu Yuan's eyes lit up, this was the most exciting news in a few days.
Unswerving nodded, and when he saw him laugh, he laughed with it.
"Xiasheng, let's go. Unswervingly, he pulled the depressed Xia Sheng, who seemed to be in a trance because of the stimulation.
The three of them got off the stone bridge, and when they left, Xiu Yuan turned his head and just caught a glimpse of the words engraved there on the stone railing in the bridge: The sunset invades the light spirit stone steps, and the clouds and cliffs are windy and moonless.
"I'm going on a long trip with Xiuyuan. Back in the cave, Shiba was sitting there fiddling with her jade hand.
"Where are you going with Li Xiuyuan?" Xiao Zhi's eyes widened, and she was very surprised by the sentence that came out of her mind.
"Sui Zhen, it's a little far from here. ”
"Why go there?"
"I got the news that Xiuyuan's uncle Mao Lian left home twenty years ago and never left since. Unswerving explained to Xiao Zhi, "I'm not here these days, you take good care of yourself." ”
Xiao Zhi nodded, "Don't worry, sister, it's you and Li Xiuyuan who are together, and you don't have that Mo Chou-" Xiao Zhi covered her mouth and smiled evilly.
"You girl, don't think about it, this is the right thing to do. Unswerving was said that his cheeks were crimson.
Xiu Yuan, who had packed up his things, led the horse and saw that Buji was already waiting there as soon as he left the house.
Unswerving greeted him, "Have you told your family?"
"I only said that I went to Guoqing Temple to chant and pray for blessings, but fortunately, I usually don't tell lies, and I am of good character and occasionally lies, and my family is not very suspicious. Xiu Yuan nodded and smiled, and then said meaningfully, "If you don't find your uncle Lingxiao, you won't stop, before Lingxiao's death day comes, the Li family will definitely suffer a catastrophe." ”
"We will definitely be able to resolve this catastrophe," Unswerving looked at Xiu Yuan, and those smart and beautiful big eyes seemed to say, even if it is a big calamity, I will accompany you to bear it.
"I hope," Xiu Yuan's lips curled, "I'm just tired of you, I've been with me lately." ”
Unswerving smiled and shook his head, not knowing how to take it. The two men led a horse down the street, and gradually walked away to Sui Town.
Wait until you get out of the town, Xiu Yuan got on the horse, "Unswerving, come up, ride faster." ”
Unswerved was stunned for a moment, and before she could react, Xiu Yuan's hand had already reached out to her, and the slender and white fingers put her hand up, and Xiu Yuan pulled her lightly onto the horse.
Unswerving leaned on Xiu Yuan, he was dressed in beige clothes, soft cloth wrapped around his long figure, Xiu Yuan's body oozing a good smell of sandalwood, he looked back at Mu Yuan, "I'm going to ride, hold on to me." ”
Unswerving pursed her cherry red lips and smiled, pulling the corner of Xiuyuan's shirt timidly.
"It's useless," Xiu Yuan's hair was blown up, and he tilted his head, "You'd better hold on to me." ”
Unswerving agreed, put his hands on the waist on both sides of Xiu Yuan, Xiu Yuan's body had no excess fat, and unswervingly touched his flat waist, and a warm current came from her palm, which is the warm feeling that only human beings have.
Unswerving only felt very cordial, and the two rode away at a gallop.
After a long bumpy journey, the two finally came to Sui Town, which is a small and closed town, and when they arrived, the sun had set, and the smoke of the cooking stove rose from every house.
There was the smell of rice wafting from the street, and Unswerving and Xiu Yuan were walking with their horses, "We have to find a place to settle down first." ”
Unswerving raised her head, there was an inn directly in front of her, and she pointed casually, "Xiuyuan, look at that." ”
Following the unswerving index finger, an inn appeared, "Let's go there and have a look first." ”
The two of them entered the inn, and Xiao Er greeted them politely, "Two guest officers, do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?"
Xiu Yuan looked around at the small inn, which was quite clean, "Eat and stay, please prepare two good guest rooms." ”
"Oh, that's unfortunate, there's only one room left. Glancing at the two of them, they were still dressed in men's clothes, "Let's live in one room for the two of us, our guest room is the best and cleanest in town." As he spoke, he went to pick up the burden in Xiuyuan's hand.
"Then let's move to another house. Xiu Yuan didn't hand over the burden, and turned his head to look at the unswerving beside him.
"Don't think about it, this time should be checked in, other places are small and unclean, we are the largest inn in the city, you can't find a suitable place to come back for a while, maybe there are no rooms here." Xiao Er's tone was unquestionable.
Unswerving looked at Xiu Yuan, and then said to Xiao Er, "Then let's do it, we live here." ”
Xiu Yuan was stunned for a moment and looked at him, he took his eyes, narrowed his eyes and smiled, Xiao Er smiled and agreed, "That's right, you two come with me." ”