Chapter Twenty-Four: The Appearance of Maolian
Unsucking and Xiu Yuan came to a guest room upstairs, the room was indeed neat and clean, and it was not small, as soon as Buswan came in, he walked to the window, and the bright window just saw the street scene outside.
"Pack up your things and let's go down to eat, you're hungry too. Xiu Yuan put away his burden and looked at the unswerving in front of the window.
Unswerving turned his head and smiled, "Xiuyuan, look, how beautiful this scenery is." ”
Xiu Yuan walked over, and just saw the sunset outside the window, the orange-red sun slipped down the sky, there was a red glow in the sky, and the street was shrouded in an orange-red blur, and the shadows of pedestrians were stretched long.
"yes, it's beautiful. Xiu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
Unswerving greedily looked at Xiu Yuan's side face, white and gentle, and it looked beautiful under the orange light of the sunset, Xiu Yuan always smiled, smiled and raised his thin lips, and unswervingly felt that this was the most suitable face for smiling, whenever he had a smile on his face, people could forget all their troubles when they saw it.
The unswerving gaze finally attracted Xiu Yuan's attention, he turned his head sideways, the two of them were close at hand, and in front of his unswerving eyes was Xiu Yuan's thin lips.
Xiu Yuan looked at her, and looked around with shameful eyes that were not swerving.
"Let's go to dinner. Immediately Xiu Yuan broke the embarrassment, turned around and left, and breathed a long sigh of relief. As soon as her little hand touched her cheek, it was actually hot, she looked at Xiu Yuan's back, and then followed him downstairs.
After a simple meal, the hungry duo's desire to be full was finally satisfied, Xiu Yuan took out a portrait of himself and handed it to Xiao Er, "Have you seen this person?"
Xiao Er took a look, and then looked at Xiu Yuan who was holding the portrait, "Isn't this you, a guest officer?"
Xiu Yuan pursed his lips embarrassedly, "Yes, he looks like me." But he was twenty years older than me, so he was almost middle-aged. ”
Xiao Er shook his head, "I haven't seen it, I've only been here for a long time, so you can ask someone else." ”
"Okay, I'm sorry for you. Xiu Yuan smiled and put away the portrait, turned his head to look at it, "Have you eaten enough?"
Unswerving nodded and Xiu Yuan got up to leave, and at the moment he went out, a thin man with a stubble face came in, and after seeing Xiu Yuan, he stared at Xiu Yuan for a while, and Xiu Yuan noticed this person's strange gaze and then glanced at him as well.
The thin man scratched his face and walked in.
"What's wrong?" Bu Shi asked when he saw Xiu Yuan's pause.
Xiu Yuan seemed to suddenly realize something, "Wait for me," and immediately chased after him.
As soon as the thin man sat down, he saw Xiu Yuan coming up, and Xiu Yuan stood next to him, "May I ask you, do you know me?"
This question, the thin man was also stunned for a moment, "I just see that you look very similar to a friend of mine." ”
This is what Xiu Yuan realized, because of the imaginary face of himself and Mao Lian, he himself is the best living portrait of Mao Lian.
"May I ask where this friend of yours is now?" Bu Shi followed, adding beside him.
"To be honest, I haven't seen him in a few days, and he's unpredictable. The skinny man took a sip of tea and continued. "The residence is not fixed, sometimes teaching and sometimes selling words, as soon as you have money, you go to drink, the money is spent on drinks, and you don't have a fixed place to live at a young age, people are not bad, very casual, if you want to look for him to go to the tavern on the edge of the city, I can only see him there. ”
"Thank you," Xiu Yuan thanked again and again, as if he had received great hope.
"What is your relationship with him??" asked the thin man, curious, "but he doesn't look like a man with a wife." ”
Xiu Yuan shook his head, "He's my uncle. ”
Xiu Yuan and Unswerving walked out of the inn and went directly to the tavern that the thin man had said.
The tavern was very simple, with a few shabby tables and chairs, drunken men, and a little two who dozed off with his head held up because he was not awake.
Unswerving looked at the two people who were drunk on the table, and shook his head at Xiu Yuan, neither of them meant Mao Lian.
Xiu Yuan walked to the counter, and Xiao Er was still dozing.
"The shopkeeper. Xiu Yuan called him.
Xiao Er rubbed his sleepy eyes, and when he opened his eyes, he was stunned just like the thin man's reaction.
Without waiting for Xiao Er to speak, Xiu Yuan asked directly, "Do you know Li Maolian?"
Xiao Er shook his head, "I don't know anything about Li Maolian." ”
Xiu Yuan realized that his uncle might have changed his name, "Then do you know someone who looks like me? ”
Xiao Er nodded immediately, his eyes still looked straight at Xiu Yuan, the only people in the world who look so similar are probably siblings, "I don't know who his name is, but he always comes here to drink, and he is much older than you." ”
Hearing Xiao Er say this, Xiu Yuan was even more convinced that he was going to find Mao Lian, "Where is he?"
On the most critical question, Xiao Er shook his head, "I really don't know where he lives?" Not only me, no one knows where he lives, he has a good wine, although he doesn't have much money and only drinks cheap wine, but he never takes credit, he doesn't make trouble when he gets drunk, he is always alone, he can't say when he comes, he sits and drinks alone, and occasionally chats with people, but he never drinks too much like other guests, he doesn't talk much, he doesn't talk much, and it's rare to see such a handsome guest here, so I'm very impressed with him, and that's all I know. ”
Suddenly, there was a faint sense of loss in Xiuyuan.
"Let's wait for him here, and we will be able to wait for him. Unsung looked at Xiu Yuan, Xiu Yuan nodded, "That's it." ”
The two of them did not wait in the tavern, the air there was not good, and Xiu Yuan sat outside, looking at the dark sky, the air was a little wet and cold, and the unswerving light gauze clothes looked extremely thin at this time, and a gust of cold wind blew unswervingly, and Xiu Yuan took off his coat and handed it to her.
Unswerving took the coat, raised his eyes to look at Xiu Yuan, who was only wearing white cloth, his eyes drifted to other places, "Put it on, don't freeze in the cold." ”
Xiu Yuan has a always gentle tone, his every move can reflect the gentleness and elegance vividly, and the most important thing is that in Xiu Yuan's eyes, he has never lost the consideration he should have for her like a human woman because he is a demon.
Unswervingly obediently put on the clothes, and a gentleness came down from the back from the moment it was draped, and the clothes were the unique sandalwood fragrance of Xiuyuan.
When the night was dark, and she was sleepy with her chin dragged, Xiu Yuan gently tapped her with her hand, and when she opened her eyes, Xiu Yuan said calmly, "Let's go back, I don't think he will come today." ”
Unswerving stood up and walked towards the inn with Xiu Yuan, the dark streets were shrouded in the gloomy atmosphere of late autumn, the night here was quieter than Tiantai Town, Xiu Yuan was thinking, what made his uncle stop here?
The two men did not speak, but a tall figure walked quickly through the street with his head bowed and a lantern in front of him, until three people passed by, and it was a man in a cloak.
Xiu Yuan turned his head slightly, the man passed by him, and at that moment, something seemed to be flowing in the blood, and he stopped, and he also stopped, Xiu Yuan turned his head and looked at the back still walking, he looked at it for a while, and suddenly opened his mouth, "Uncle Maolian." ”
The sound was not loud, the street was still as quiet as stagnant water, and the people who had already gone away actually stopped after hearing this sound.
The man in the cloak slowly turned his head, took off the cloak while turning around, under the faint light of the moonlight and the dim lantern, Xiu Yuan clearly saw a familiar face, deep facial features, handsome outline, eyes that were very similar to Xiu Yuan, two people looking at each other at a distance, time stood still at that moment, and both of them seemed to hear each other's bright breathing.
Unswerving subconsciously covered his mouth, the years have not brought too many changes to Maolian, what it reflects is nothing more than that Maolian's face has begun to vicissitudes, and the cultivation on the opposite side allows him to see himself twenty years ago.
"Uncle Maolian, I'm Li Xiuyuan. Xiu Yuan slowly spit out these words, he didn't know how to make an opening statement to cater to such a long-awaited encounter, he could only smile a smile.
Finally let him find his uncle, who had been away from home for twenty years.
Mao Lian slowly put down her hat, looked at Xiu Yuan not far away, her face was exactly the same, and she was speechless.
Xiu Yuan slowly approached, and finally stopped at a distance of one foot from Li Maolian.
"I've finally found you. ”
Back in Maolian's humble house, Xiu Yuan looked around, almost surrounded by walls. "You've lived here for so many years?"
Mao Lian nodded and poured a cup of tea for each of them, "It's very simple, but I'm used to it, it's nice and quiet here." ”
Unswerving took the teacup and drank the tea carefully, raising his eyes from time to time to look at the two people, the same face, Unswerving felt very wonderful for a while.
"Why did you come to me?" Mao Lian then asked about the matter, "Is there something going on at home?"
Xiu Yuan looked at him, and then looked at his uncle, "Fortunately, there is nothing wrong at home." ”
Mao Lian stopped talking, and began to be silent in the face of his nephew, he poured himself a cup of tea, slowly turning the teacup, staring at the dark turning tea in the cup.
"Your father told you to come to me?"
Xiu Yuan shook his head, paused, and decided to tell him the truth, "Actually, after twenty years, Lingxiao is back." ”
With this sentence, the teacup in Maolian's hand fell to the ground, shattered, and the tea splashed on the ground, Xiu Yuan and Unswerving didn't speak again, and the room fell into a temporary calm.
Mao Lian sat down, his hair was inserted into the thick hair, he pulled the green silk hard, it was a painful and desperate breath, he raised his head and looked at Xiu Yuan, his eyes were bloodshot, and his waxy face was, "You saw her?"
"She thinks I'm you," Xiu Yuan squatted down and looked at Mao Lian, so close that he could hear his breathing and smell the long-term drunkenness on his body, "What happened back then, why did you abandon her?"
Mao Lian's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, "I didn't abandon her." ”
There was a thunderclap that fell, and in an instant it rained heavily, drowning out the voices of the three people in the room, Mao Lian stood up and walked to the window, the heavy rain outside the house made the whole world dark.
"She's coming?" looked at Xiu Yuan, Xiu Yuan looked around vigilantly, the thunder was one after another, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and suddenly a strong wind blew the swaying eaves outside the house, and the wind swept in and blew out the candles on the table.
Mao Lian turned her head, and the alternation of thunder and lightning, one black and one bright, hit Mao Lian's resolute face.
"Uncle," Xiu Yuan suddenly realized something, stepped forward to grab him, and suddenly there was another lightning, and he clearly saw Mao Lian's side, a woman in red, with a snow-white face, she was standing next to Mao Lian, and the corner of her mouth was a blood-colored smile.
"Lingxiao!" Xiu Yuan exclaimed, and the unswerving who was about to step forward was bounced out at the same moment.
On Xiu Yuan's chest, the golden swastika flashed out, emitting a huge light.
Hearing only a scream, Lingxiao disappeared, the rain stopped, the thunder was not there, Xiu Yuan hurriedly lit the lamp on the table, and after that scream, Mao Lian chased him out, chased him outside, he looked around and shouted loudly, "Lingxiao!"