115 Returning on a snowy night
Xijing Road, Hebi City, is Xiao Murong's hometown.
A group of people, several horses hurried away against the wind and snow, Xu Tianran promised the boy in white to help him do something, so far it is mysterious, Xu Tianran only asked, is there a danger to life? Xiao Murong said, safe. Xu Tianran began to hurry in the ice and snow.
Lu Xiaobu was carrying a heavy golden bean, the northern mastiff was not like the Central Plains big money village, and he could carry a convenient silver ticket, Yelu Dashi stuffed the golden beans in Xu Tianran's hand at a discount for the goods originally purchased by Xu Tianran, and the heavy golden beans were worth thousands of taels of silver. The carriage had long since disappeared, but this deal Yelu Dashi had always kept in mind, and he also knew that his fourth brother, a money fan, would not be happier than sending yellow and white weapons to give him.
Maybe it's because of the bitterness of walking the rivers and lakes with empty pockets, Xu Tianran has this bag of golden beans by his side, and he feels a lot more steady, and he doesn't need to perform in the rivers and lakes anymore, besides, without Zhu Ziqi, I'm afraid he won't be able to attract much business.
The boy in white was still pale, and he didn't want to ride a horse, so he was willing to hide in Xu Tianran's thick cotton clothes, and shouted with a smile: "Dad." ”
Xu Tianran suddenly rolled his eyes, an old immortal who was nearly 100 years old called his father, he dared to shout, but he didn't dare to listen. Besides, the seemingly cute and well-behaved boy in white is the big devil of the Northern Mastiff, although now he has fallen hard, and has reached the realm of a little grandmaster. But once Xiao Murong succeeded in reuniting Jindan, his realm would climb a thousand miles in a day, wouldn't it be easy to beat himself to death with one finger.
Xiao Murong seems to like to call Xu Tianran's father, the left sentence is a father, and the right sentence is a father, which almost makes Xu Tianran's old blood angry.
Only in winter, the herdsmen of the tribe will go to Hebi City to take shelter from the wind and snow, drive the cattle and horses into the pen, and raise them with flat hay.
Every winter is a grim hurdle for the herdsmen of the northern mastiff, praying for the blessing of eternal life, the cattle and sheep will survive the cold winter safely, and the next spring will be able to really survive. If the cold winter wax moon, cattle and sheep die in large numbers, the herdsmen can not survive, the Central Plains people think that the northern mastiff herdsmen are eating beef and mutton every day, in fact, livestock is too precious to the herdsmen, cattle and sheep are too precious, all kinds of milk is the staple food of the herdsmen. Without cattle and sheep, the vast snowfields could not even turn out the grass roots, and the herdsmen could only starve and wait for the spring breeze to hit the next year.
Hometown timidity.
Xiao Murong has never returned to his hometown, when he left home, he was just as high-spirited as a green shirt and cloth, and now things are not people, the Xiao tribe has gone through a Jiazi, and even the head of the family has changed, where can I know what happened to the woman who was my childhood sweetheart?
Xiao Murong has a wall full of numbers written on the Dragon Gate Inn, recording the time of Yijiazi. In the past, Xiao Murong's parents died in their arms shortly after he was born, but he was a baby, and the head of the Xiao family was determined to raise him. However, no matter how powerful the old family master of Xiao is, he has no milk to feed his children, so he can only entrust Xiao Murong to the Huyan family, and it just so happens that a girl in the Huyan family was born and has plenty of milk, so they will raise them together.
For a whole year, Xiao Murong still remembered the girl's name, Hu Yanwan'er.
At the time of parting, it was a good year. Now if we meet again, it will be the year of mackerel.
Back then, Lang rode a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums. Living together for a long time, the two have no suspicion.
Back then, he walked away with shame, leaned on the door and looked back, but sniffed the green plums.
Back then, I twisted a piece of clay and twisted one of you and molded one of me.
Yijiazi, Yijiazi, Xiao Murong still remembers your green eyebrows.
Now, I want to see you, but I'm afraid to look at you, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to see you for the last time.
Take a look at you, how about you?
I'm afraid to look at you, I'm afraid that your children and grandchildren will be full, and it will reflect my loneliness and misery.
I'm even more afraid that I won't be able to see you for the last time, and I'm even more afraid that your grave is thick, and you are waiting for me to die for such a negative person.
The sunset, the desert is lonely.
Hebi Castle looms in the sky. Xiao Murong hid his little head in Xu Tianran's arms, if others seem to be really a team of father and son with good feelings.
Heavy snow and snowflakes are all over the sky.
The snow was knee-high, and it was difficult to walk.
The gates of Hebi were closed.
Xiao Murong stared at the wish.
A trip to the mountains, a trip to the water. The wind is changing, and the snow is changing.
It's a long way home.
Xu Tianran said softly: "Let's enter the city again tomorrow." ”
Xiao Murong looked at the familiar and unfamiliar city, shook his head stubbornly, and said firmly: "I'm going to go tonight." ”
Xu Tianran had no choice but to let Qianxun find an inn outside the city to rest first, he could sense the breath of autumn water, and he could rush back when he turned around.
Chihiro led Lu Xiaobu, who was shouting to go together, and left, and the soul devouring and soul snatching followed closely behind Uncle Chihiro, although they were both minions, they were also divided into ranks. In the master's heart, Chihiro is a personal minion, and the two of them are just dispensable low-level minions. Every time I think of this, I feel a sharp pain in my soul devouring and soul snatching hearts, and I can't wait to lie on the ground and roll around, and they will also mention the level in the future.
Chaimen heard the dog barking, and returned to the people on a snowy night.
Xiao Murong was dressed in white like snow, looking at the courtyard where he used to live was still there, and the word Huyan was still at the door.
Xu Tianran knocked lightly on the door, and after a while, an old man wearing a heavy leather jacket came out to open the door.
The old man looked at the young man in a green shirt in front of him, he was not afraid of the cold when he wore such a little clothes, it seemed that he must be a monk on the mountain, it was the same as the bloodline of those relatives of the Xiao family, it was a fairy-like character.
Xu Tianran asked in the official dialect of the Northern Mastiff, which was not very fluent: "Old man, dare to ask if this is Huyan Wan'er's house?"
The old man looked at the young man in front of him in shock and asked, "Who are you?"
Xu Tianran said softly: "I was entrusted by others to send a message to Miss Huyan Wan'er." ”
The old man looked at it, it seemed that Xu Tianran and the boy in white should not be bad people, he was really cold and couldn't stand it, so he led the two of them into the door, and said warmly: "Go into the house, it's too cold outside." ”
Xu Tianran took the slightly trembling hand of the boy in white and entered the house.
The dim candles illuminated the modest room, unpretentious, but well furnished. The old man poured two bowls of hot water for the two guests, and said enthusiastically: "Drink hot water first to warm up." ”
Xu Tianran and the boy in white each held a small ceramic bowl, but their hearts were already more shattered than the golden pill.
The old man introduced himself: "Huyan Wan'er is my aunt, my aunt is a rare genius in our family, and now our Huyan family can have a place in Hebi City thanks to my aunt." My aunt is a second-grade little grandmaster realm monk, and she has brought glory to our family, but unfortunately I don't have any talent, my aunt has specially instructed that this is the ancestral house of the Huyan family, and it must be kept, and someone should always watch the old mansion. Everyone originally thought that the aunt was nostalgic and thought that the feng shui of the ancestral house was good so that the aunt's realm climbed, but then they felt more and more that the aunt was waiting for someone, waiting for the negative man who had never returned after a mile. ”
If the old man doesn't say anything, the conversation box is like a surging river.
Xu Tianran learned from the old man's words that the ancestors of the Huyan family had some people with cultivation talents, but most of them were not high-level cultivators, and they were only fourth- or fifth-grade monks. I never thought that Huyan Wan'er had excellent talents, and she would become a little grandmaster monk, bringing a lot of benefits to such an ordinary Northern Mastiff family. The Huyan family is very grateful to Huyan Wan'er and attaches great importance to what she said, so the ancestral house of the Huyan family is standing for a whole year, and there is always one person left.
Xu Tianran listened to it for a long time, but could only interrupt the old man's words, and said softly: "Old man, where is Huyan Wan'er now?"
The old man gushed again: "My aunt is also a hard-working person, I heard my father say that my aunt had a childhood sweetheart, and she originally planned to marry, but I didn't expect him to go out to walk the rivers and lakes, and there was no news for decades." Aunt waited, waited, from a flower girl to an old girl, a child of the Xiao family fell in love with his aunt, although he was only a child of the side branch, but in Hebi City, the Xiao family was a giant pillar for us. Any family who met this family was eager to post it, but the aunt did not agree, and under the continuous pressure of the Xiao family, the aunt was helpless, and found an ordinary restaurant shopkeeper to marry. For ten years, my aunt devoted herself to cultivation, and she only got married, and never passed through the door. Until one time my aunt came back from the mountain, my uncle was humiliated by a group of ruffians and hooligans, saying that he had married a bodhisattva and came back, and he could only worship it. The uncle was not angry, but only said that he loved his aunt and told them not to gossip. Where can the ruffian hooligan let his uncle get his wish, not only laughed at him, but also insulted his aunt, even though his uncle was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, he still shouted on his mouth, you beat me and scolded me It is not in the way, you are not allowed to insult my mother. ”
The old man sighed heavily and continued: "After that, my aunt stayed, and I accompanied my uncle with peace of mind, had children, and had two sons and two daughters. We ordinary people don't know what little grandmaster and Jin Dan are, we just think that my aunt is married to the right person, and if she keeps waiting for that negative man, she will not be happy for the rest of her life. ”
The boy in white snuggled tightly in Xu Tianran's arms, and there was a faint sound of sobbing.
The old man asked, "Child, what's wrong?"
Xu Tianran glanced at Xiao Murong, who was revealing his true feelings, and said softly: "I'm homesick." ”
The old man laughed and said: "I think it's the same, look at the son's accent to know that the son is from the Central Plains, don't blame the old man for being verbose, it's really after the death of his wife who has been alone here for 20 years, and I have never seen a stranger knock on the door. I told Childe these words first, I hope Childe will not disturb my aunt's peaceful life, I will relay the incident of Childe tonight to my son, and my son will relay it to my grandson, and I will tell my aunt when she is dying. ”
The life of a monk is long, that is, a second-grade monk can live for nearly 200 years if he is properly maintained, and he can only pass on this secret from generation to generation.
Xu Tianran showed a warm smile, "I don't want to disturb Huyan Wan'er's life, the old man will tell her in the future that Xiao Murong is the only one in her heart in her life." ”
The old man burst into tears for a moment, "Are you Xiao Murong?"
Xu Tianran shook his head helplessly and said, "No, I'm just his friend, entrusted by others." ”
The old man said with tears in his eyes: "Evil, evil, aunt, that person is not a negative man, he has always remembered you." ”
The white-clothed boy arched in Xu Tianran's arms, wiped away his tears, and said calmly: "Grandpa, you tell me where Huyan Wan'er is, and my father won't disturb her life, I will pretend to pass by and look at her, so that someone can feel at ease." ”
The old man said softly: "There is only one Longmen Inn in Hebi City, you can find it yourself." ”
Xiao Murong's eyes were as crystal clear as snowflakes in the night, but they were not seen.
Xu Tianran took a deep look at the old man, and Xiao Murong learned from Xu Tianran's appearance and said goodbye to the old man according to the etiquette of the Central Plains scholars.
Snowflakes fell and flew in the sky.
Xu Tianran quietly followed behind a small figure, looking at the small back, as if he saw the joys and sorrows of Xiao Murong's life.