Liu Ruyan walked quickly to the front of the hall and said to the shopkeeper who was busy in the hall: "Little second brother, do you still remember me?"

The two juniors were stunned when they heard this, and hurriedly raised their heads to see that it was the young man who had just eaten at the big table.

He looked him up and down and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?" and he suddenly said, "Oh, I remember, aren't you the guest officer at the big table?"

Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "A few days ago, I brought a white horse, do you remember?"

The little two frowned, tilted his head in thought: "White horse, what white horse?"

Liu Ruyan sighed and said, "That is, at noon a few days ago, I passed by here by horse, and I was about to go up the mountain, so I fostered a white horse in the inn, little second brother, you won't forget it, right?"

The little second child disturbed his brain, his brows were twisted like twisted flowers, he thought about it for a while, and shook his head at Liu Ruyan, but he didn't come up with a reason, and looked at him with a stunned face.

Liu Ruyan frowned, sighed again, and said helplessly: "What? You still can't remember?" His eyes flashed, and he said, "It's better to be like this, bother the little second brother to take me to the stable to have a look, can't you see my white horse?"

The little second turned his head to look at the guy next to him and said, "Brother Lei, have you ever seen that white horse?"

The guy thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he thought of something, and Nuo Nuo said: "Oh, I remember, a few days ago, there was a son who brought a white horse, saying that he was going to be fostered in the store, and the guest officer was very bold, not to mention the extra payment for a few days, and rewarded me with a few cents!"

The other junior said with some disgust: "Alas, Brother Lei, why didn't you say it earlier? Are you afraid that I will share your reward?"

The guy gave him a blank look, his face turned red, and he said, "Oh, Xiaowen, what are you talking about! Are you Brother Lei such a stingy person?"

Another junior joked: "Hehe, don't you dare to let the shopkeeper know about this, otherwise you will have to deduct your salary again!"

Liu Ruyan was in a hurry to take out the horse, but these two cousins were good, not only did they not go to the stable to lead the horse out for him, but they chatted casually here.

Liu Ruyan looked at him from the side and couldn't laugh, and hurriedly said, "Two little second brothers, can you take me to the stable to have a look? ”

The two of them reacted, nodded hurriedly, and Humpty Dumpty said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the little one will take you there!"

After that, he was about to go, when he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "May I ask the guest officer's surname?"

Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "The surname is Liu." ”

The hall said "oh", and said, "Please wait a moment, and let me go to the counter to check!"

With that, he turned around and walked briskly to the counter. At this time, the shopkeeper was not there, and the cousin rummaged through the counter for a while, took out a small account book and looked through it carefully.

After a while, he ran over and said with a smile: "I have checked it a little, on the 29th of March, there was indeed a guest officer surnamed Liu who fostered a white horse in the store! ”

Liu Ruyan smiled at him and thought: This little second is really a bit verbose. Could it be that besides me, there are other guests surnamed Liu who have fostered white horses?

The hall nodded at Liu Ruyan and said, "Guest officer, please come with me!"

The hall led the way, and Liu Ruyan followed him around the front yard and turned into a secluded path, leading to the woods in the backyard of the inn.

After walking a few steps, I saw a wide round stable hidden under Lin Meng. Before they could get closer, they could hear a faint neighing of horses.

The woods in this backyard are unusually quiet, and there is a small stream not far away, and the water is babbling and tinkling. Surrounded by birds and wild flowers, it is a good place with excellent feng shui.

The hall looked around, turned his head to Liu Ruyan and smiled: "Guest officer, there is a stable in front, please wait here, Rong Xiao will go and lead the horse." ”

Liu Ruyan paused, and said suspiciously: "Can't I go and take a look?"

The cousin snorted and said with a smile: "The guest officer doesn't know, in addition to your horse in the stable, there are some other people's horses, and those horses will be disturbed when they see a living person coming forward, and they will be disturbed and jump around in the stable." If that's the case, it's not going to be appeased!"

Liu Ruyan nodded and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, then there is the second brother Lao." ”

The pardon hurried to the stable, and came to the wooden bar, when his steps slowed down, and he was afraid of disturbing the foal. He gently opened the wooden bar, pushed the door and slowly walked in, but faintly heard the neighing of horses from inside.

In less than a moment, the hall leader led a tall white horse and slowly walked out.

The horse walked slowly, shaking its head and waging its tail and neighing lightly, as if it were a little reluctant.

Liu Ruyan suddenly saw the white horse that had been separated for several days, and the corners of her mouth suddenly raised a smile.

He recognized at a glance that this white horse was his own white dragon horse. He then walked forward quickly, the white horse seemed to recognize the master, and when he saw Liu Ruyan coming, he suddenly raised his head and let out a high neigh, broke free from the reins in the cousin's hand, and ran briskly towards Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan grabbed the reins, stroked the horse's mane, and said with a smile: "Bai Ju'er, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss me?

He touched the horse's cheeks, eyes, and nose, and patted the horse's belly on the horse's back. It is evident that the store is still well fed and has not been abused. The white horse seems to be human, and rubs his nose against his master's chest again and again.

Liu Ruyan thanked the cousin, then climbed into the saddle and stepped on the horse's back, pulled the reins, shouted, and the white horse paced briskly and ran towards the front yard.

Xu Feng and the others were waiting by the boulevard in front of the hall, looking anxiously at this side from time to time.

Liu Ruyan galloped over and stopped in front of everyone. He grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, and said to everyone, "Let everyone wait for a long time, hehe, this white horse almost let me fall." ”

As soon as Chu Menghua saw the white horse, her eyes lit up, and she stepped forward quickly and gently stroked the horse's mane, and then touched the fat horse's belly, looking very excited. The horse seemed to recognize her, and let her pet her for a while, and not show any irritation.

Xu Feng looked up at the sky, and said in a deep voice: "It's not early, it seems that we won't be able to catch up for long, and the sky will be dark." Ten miles ahead, there is Qingfeng Ji, and you can also go there tonight. In everyone's opinion, should we catch some way to Qingfengji, or should we stay here for the night?" he stroked his beard and looked around at everyone, asking for their opinions.

Shangguan Hongqin looked at the injury on her husband's shoulder, and said worriedly: "Master, you are injured now, in my opinion, it is better for us to stay here tonight, and then change the dressing for you to take care of the wound, and wait for tomorrow morning, it is not too late to go again!"

Xu Lengyue looked at her father with a sad face, and said, "Well, what my mother said is reasonable, it will be dark soon, Daddy, let's stay in this inn for a night, right?"

Chu Menghua also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I think maybe it hasn't arrived at Qingfeng before it arrives, and the sky is going to be dark." If you don't have a shop in the village before that time, it won't be easy to do, and I agree with my aunt and sister's opinion. Brother Liu, what do you say?" said that, he looked at Liu Ruyan eagerly.

Liu Ruyan thought about it, hugged his fist at Xu Feng, and said: "Uncle Xu, the little nephew also thinks that what everyone said is reasonable, looking at this sky, it will soon be dark, we might as well stay here for a night first, and then hurry tomorrow morning!"

Everyone looked at Xu Feng, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Xu Feng stopped and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone has the same idea, let's stay for a while! Today, it is raining in the mountains, and everyone is walking very hard, so let's take a good rest." ”

Dusk is approaching, the sunset has sunk under the west mountain, the night is slowly opening, and the heaven and earth are suddenly filled with a sense of desolation.

The lights have been lit inside and outside the Yuelai Inn, adding a little bit of fireworks to this deserted mountain place.

Xu Feng looked back at the lobby of the inn and said to everyone, "Let's go, let's go back!"

Shangguan Hongqin wanted to reach out to support her husband, but Xu Feng stopped and said, "Don't help me, my little injury won't get in the way." ”

His expression showed a hint of loneliness and melancholy, and his eyebrows and eyes were solemn, as if he was still haunted by what had just happened.

Shangguan Hongqin saw her husband's uneasiness, and comforted her softly: "Master, don't think about those things anymore, I believe that one day he will understand your distress! He just won't be able to figure it out for a while, and he won't be able to fully accept you in his heart. ”

Xu Feng smiled faintly and muttered: "After all, it's my fault that I'm sorry for their mother and son! It's all my fault, it's me who hurt them, now, I'm just worried that he won't be able to pass the hurdle in his heart, I don't want him to sink and live with hatred." ”

Shangguan Hongqin's face was calm, and he said quietly: "I really didn't expect that you still have such a bizarre past!"

Xu Feng's face tightened, sighed, and said slowly: "It's come to this point, it's too late to say anything, madam, you won't blame me, right?"

Shangguan Hongqin showed a touch of sadness on his face, and said as if he was angry: "Master, you don't have to blame yourself anymore, you were forced to do so at that time, and you can't blame all of it." ”

After that, she turned to Xu Feng and smiled faintly: "Okay, it's getting dark, let's go in!"

Everyone followed behind Xu Feng and slowly walked towards the inn lobby.

Chu Menghua approached Xu Lengyue's side and muttered in her ear, not knowing what to say, the two of them smiled at each other, as if they were talking about some little secret that they didn't want others to know.

These two people were originally young, and their hearts were still innocent, but the shocking scene that happened in the lobby just now didn't seem to be taken to heart, and in a blink of an eye, they became smiling again.

Shangguan Hongqin looked back at the two sisters and shook her head, sighing softly.

Xu Feng's face was still gloomy and his mood was heavy, thinking of the scene that had just happened, Li Ruoxuan's blood-criping words, fierce and hateful eyes, and thinking that his mother Li Bilian was no longer alive...... Thinking of this, he regretted that he couldn't be careful, and he wished that the person who died was himself.

Unexpectedly, twenty years later, God actually arranged for their father and son to meet.

What he didn't expect was that since he left, he once encountered a trap set by the enemy, and since then he has been in exile, unable to return to his home and wife...... He couldn't help complaining in his heart about God's merciless tricks on him, alas, maybe all this was fate!

If Li Ruoxuan hadn't found this place today and told him about the past, I am afraid that he would never know that his biological flesh and blood had grown up in his life.

only blamed himself for the irreparable damage caused to their mother and son by leaving, which was the most painful thing for him, not to mention that the young man Li Ruoxuan would not forgive him, and even he himself could not forgive himself.

Although the blood relatives who have been separated for many years have been able to meet, but they have also made a big mistake, meeting in such a situation is destined to bring him a lifetime of indelible regret and pain, this situation, it is not as happy as killing him with a sword.

The most painful thing in life is remorse and guilt, both of which he experienced at the same time.

At this time, he suddenly remembered many things in the past, the things he had experienced when he was young: those endless battles and vendettas, those days when the tip of the knife was bloody, and those joys and sorrows...... Now he's old, and he's tired of that!

Therefore, when he looked down on all these grievances and grievances, he decided to retire and live some ordinary people's lives. Perhaps, this kind of life is what he really desires.

When night fell, the dreary night suddenly covered the land. There are stars and moons rising in the sky, the stars and moons are like dreams, and the night is as cool as water.

The Yuelai Inn was brightly lit, and a row of lanterns hanging in front of the lobby was fluttering in the night breeze.

At this time, it was time for dinner, but the business in the store seemed unusually light.

It is located in the middle of nowhere, it is sparsely populated, although it is close to the official road, but there are not many merchants and travelers who usually come and go, so the business of this inn has not been very good, and it is a miracle that this inn can be maintained for so many years in such a bleak situation.

There was no one else in the lobby except for a middle-aged shopkeeper who was a little blessed and two cousins.

The shopkeeper looked through the account book in front of the counter, while fiddling with the abacus with his hand, calculating the business flow during the day, although he calculated carefully, but his brows were tightly locked and he looked bitter, shaking his head and sighing from time to time, obviously because today's business was unsatisfactory.

The two cousins, covered in greasy, stood in front of the door to greet the guests, their faces expressionless and demented.

Xu Feng led everyone forward, and the two cousins saw that a guest was coming, so they hurriedly greeted them warmly.

When he came closer, he looked at it and suddenly his eyes widened: Isn't this the big family who had been in the store before? Now, why are you back again? Although I was surprised in my heart, I immediately greeted him with a smile and greeted the group warmly.

Xu Feng saw that the hall was empty, so he asked the two cousins: "May I ask, is the young man who sat in the hall drinking alone left?"

The tall and thin cousin paused and said with a smile, "You mean the young man who stabbed you in the afternoon?"

Xu Feng nodded, his eyes full of anxiety.

The cousin frowned, and said, "Oh, after the young man is gone, he will settle the bill and leave!"

Xu Feng was very puzzled, and asked suspiciously: "I waited for the side of the road just now, why didn't I see him come out?"

The cousin smiled and said, "Well, I don't know much about it, so he put the silver on the table and left." However, it seems that he is a little drunk, and he walks backwards. ”

Xu Feng let out an "oh", frowned, and didn't ask any more. He looked at everyone and sighed, and couldn't help but worry about Li Ruoxuan in his heart.

He came here alone, unfamiliar with the people, and he had just drunk so much wine, and the cousin said that he was already drunk when he saw him, and what if he went out and gave birth to something, how could it be good?

Although he hated himself to the core, and he didn't want to pay attention to me, but after all, he was his own child, so how could he ignore him? The cousin said that he had just walked out, and he must not have gone far, so I and Liu Xian's nephew should go to find him!

With this in mind, he confessed to the people, and then asked the two cousins, "Have you seen him going?"

At this time, his short and fat cousin thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "Oh, I remember, he went in that direction." As he left, he was still muttering something!" he pointed out in the direction of the door heading north.

Xu Feng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What does he have to explain?"

The cousin shook his head: "Not really. ”

Xu Feng turned his head to Liu Ruyan and said: "Virtuous nephew, then you can go with me to find out, he is drunk, he must not have gone far" He sighed, "No matter how much he hates me, but he is my child after all, I am just worried about his safety, he left drunk like this, if something happens, how can I be worthy of his mother under Jiuquan!"

His brows were twisted like twists, there seemed to be deep meaning in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Even if he doesn't recognize me, I can't ignore him." His eyes were suddenly filled with a smile again, full of a kind of loving smile that he yearned for.

No matter who suddenly has an extra biological flesh and blood, the heart will be very happy. This is a great blessing in life!

Shangguan Hongqin's face was solemn, and he looked at Xu Feng and said with concern: "Master, I understand your feelings, but you are injured now, and it is not appropriate to run around, I think, why don't you let the family go with Liu Xian's nephew to find it?"

Xu Feng looked at the direction where Li Ruoxuan left, sighed deeply, and his face was full of worry: "Now his heart is full of resentment, if he does something extreme, what should he do? Where will he go? Ruoxuan, you must be safe, you must not have anything to do! Alas, I owe you too much to your mother and son!"

His heart was full of guilt and remorse. The deep depression was so overwhelming that he almost couldn't breathe, as if he couldn't resolve it.

There is nothing more painful in life than remorse. It's like there are a lot of things that you miss and can't do again.

Liu Ruyan said thoughtfully: "What my aunt said is very true, uncle, you can rest assured that you are here to recuperate, and let your nephew go and look for it." ”

Chu Menghua's eyes rolled, and she suddenly said, "Uncle, I want to go with Brother Liu?" Her eyes lit up and she looked at Xu Feng eagerly.

Xu Feng groaned and said, "Your brother Liu is going to do something, what are you going to do?" Now it's getting late, what if you get separated from the barren mountains and mountains here?" He suddenly comforted in a gentle tone, "You and Leng Yue stay in the inn, don't run around!" We are here waiting for your brother Liu to come back. ”

Menghua pouted, showing a trace of loss on her face, although she was unhappy in her heart, she didn't dare to say more.

Liu Ruyan smiled at Menghua and said, "Sister Hua, be good, just listen to your uncle, stay here, and I'll be back soon." ”

After that, he bowed to Xu Feng, handed over the reins of the horse to the cousin, asked him to lead the horse back to the stable, and then led the two family members to turn around and walk quickly in the direction where Li Ruoxuan left.

The rest of the crowd watched them go away.

A parishioner led the group up to the guest room on the second floor.

Xu Feng immediately booked four rooms. He and Shangguan Hongqin live in one room, Menghua and Leng Yue live in one room, Liu Ruyan lives in one room, and the two family members live in one room. Everyone went back to their rooms to tidy up, and after a day's journey, everyone felt exhausted.

The inn's bathhouse is open and offers steaming baths throughout the day, and guests line up to bathe in.

At this time, there were already some guests in the lobby who were staying at the top of the house. These guests speak dialects from all over the world, including shrewd vendors, honest farmers, ruffians who steal chickens and dogs, and of course, some outcasts in strange costumes...... People of all walks of life from the three religions and the nine streams have gathered here for their different purposes.

At this moment, there were already seven or eight tables of guests sitting in the lobby of the inn, and for a while, the crowd was full of people, and it gradually became lively.

After everyone finished washing, they stayed in their rooms and waited for Liu Ruyan and the two family members to come back.

A parity was already knocking on the door, saying that the back kitchen had prepared food and drinks, and asked when he could go downstairs to eat.

Xu Feng saw that Liu Ruyan and the others had not come back yet, so he signaled to the cousin not to be in a hurry to start the meal, saying that he would wait for a while, and then he would go down.

Shangguan Hongqin changed the gold creation medicine for Xu Feng and bandaged the wound again.

Xu Feng was still frowning and worried.

Li Ruoxuan's words were like a sharp knife stuck in his heart. Thinking that over the years, he has carved out a world in the rivers and lakes by virtue of his intelligence and diligence, and in the eyes of others, he is a respected chivalrous man, a winner of fame and fortune, and an enviable happy family. In Li Ruoxuan's eyes, he is just a negative man who abandons his wife and children, and a hypocrite who deceives the world and steals his name.

He only hopes that one day, Li Ruoxuan can truly understand that what he did back then was all a last resort, and he can forget his resentment, abandon his previous suspicions, and accept him as his biological father.

The sky is dark, the mountain breeze is whistling outside the window, the stars and the moon are gentle on the spring night, and the faint moonlight shines on the mountains and forests, exuding a thin cold glow.

Liu Ruyan and the two family members searched all the way north along the barren and grassy mountain road, and their feet were very fast, and they had unknowingly searched a radius of three or four miles.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and the mountains and jungles were dense, so they broke dead branches and lit them, and held them in their hands as torches, holding them high to light the way. It is extremely difficult to find people at night, and because they are not familiar with the mountainous terrain, it is extremely difficult to search.

In the bleak moonlight, they raised torches and looked around, chanting the name of the young man in green clothes while searching: "Li Ruoxuan, where are you? Li Ruoxuan, if you hear it, respond with a ......."

The mountains are empty, and there is not even a ghost around the dark and silent mountain road, where is there still Li Ruoxuan's shadow!

Everyone searched all the way down the road on both sides of the road, carefully searched in the grass in the dense forest, and searched for about an hour, and suddenly, not far ahead, saw an old man in cloth who had returned from night at night, and was carrying a hoe to this side.

The old man looked like a local farmer, who was hurrying home in the night after a hard day's work.

Liu Ruyan greeted the old man and asked him politely: "This old man, have you seen a tall young man in Tsing Yi, wearing a black gauze hat on his head and a black sheath sword in his hand?"

When the old man saw several people appear in front of him, he was immediately frightened, his face was frightened, and he did not speak.

In this barren mountain range, he suddenly saw several people holding torches appear, and the old man was immediately startled, thinking that he had met a mountain bandit and wicked, and his face turned pale with fright, and he trembled.

I saw him throw the hoe on his shoulder suddenly, turn around and run.

Liu Ruyan was stunned, and hurriedly shouted: "Old man, don't be afraid, we are looking for someone, old man, ......"

The old man ran as if he had met a ghost, and ran like crazy, and in the blink of an eye he was far away.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan felt helpless, and was about to catch up, but suddenly thought again: "Alas, it's all because we were too reckless and frightened the old man." If you rush to chase it, it is even more inappropriate. He had to shout again and again behind him, and the two family members couldn't help but be disappointed, and stomped their feet and sighed.

The torches in the hands of the three of them were blown by the mountain wind, and the torches lit with tree branches were not resistant to burning, and they were about to burn out.

They searched in the wilderness for almost two hours and found nothing, Liu Ruyan said: "Now that the sky is dark, and there are dense forests everywhere, if you continue to find it like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find, it is better to go back and tell your uncle first, and then make plans!"

At this time, their group had searched for a radius of three miles, and there was no other sound except for the sound of birdsong all around.

Liu Ruyan said to the two family members: "That's it, it's not a way to look for it like this, let's go back first!"

The group couldn't help but sigh again and again, turned around and walked briskly in the direction of the inn.