Chapter 63: A Sad Story
Jail?
It was hard for Yun Wuxian to believe that the first meeting between the old ghost and the woman would be in that kind of unbearable place. Generally speaking, the meeting of men and women is always accompanied by wind and snow. But just thinking about it, Yun Wuxian thought that kind of scene was incredible.
The old ghost said that when he was very young, his father was beaten to death by a bully in the village. He will always remember the night his father died, and Bai Huahua's intestines flowed all over the ground. He sat down beside his father as the flies swarmed and watched as his intestines turned from white to black, then from black to yellow, and finally to dust. The old horse's tone was very flat, as if he was telling a story from a long time ago.
It wasn't until the word "hatred" was said that Lao Ma's tone was a little sad.
"No one knew the hatred in his heart at that time. ”
"Didn't he know it himself?" asked Yun Wuxian hurriedly.
Lao Ma was talking with interest, Yun Wuxian suddenly interrupted him, and Lao Ma was very unhappy. From the old horse's sad face turned to anger, Yun Wuxian could feel the old horse's anger.
"I'm sorry, shouldn't I have asked?" said Yun Wuji.
Lao Ma was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, you asked a very good question, and I have always had such a question in my heart. But that's what he told me. For so many years, I've been wondering why the old ghost himself didn't know how he was feeling at that time. ”
"Do you understand?" asked Yun Wuji.
"Is your father dead?" Lao Ma did not answer Yun Wuji's words, but asked Yun Wuxian instead.
Yun Wuxian thought that the old horse was joking with him. Because he felt that no one would ask such a question. However, when Yun Wuxian saw Lao Ma's face Ren Zhen, he knew that Lao Ma was not joking with him, and Yun Wuxian was even more puzzled.
"My father died. But I didn't catch up, so I couldn't appreciate what it was like for my father to die slowly in front of me. However, after so many years of experience, I have some insights. When a person's grief reaches its peak, he has no grief. ”
"No more grief?" Yun Wuxian chewed on the old horse's words, and then, he understood the old horse's words. "Turn grief into strength. ”
The old horse glanced at Yun Wuxian and nodded, expressing his approval.
"Strength is like a seed, and hatred is its soil. Under the nourishment of hatred, the power will slowly increase, and when it is too big to bear in the heart, the power will explode. The old horse's speech slowed down, but became firm, firm as an eternal stone.
"The day the power erupts is the day the old ghost takes revenge. Seeing that the enemy's intestines also flowed to the ground, the old ghost was full of joy. ”
Naturally, the flies came in swarms, and seeing the enemy's intestines surrounded by black-pressed flies, the old ghost felt indescribably happy in his heart. ”
"When the old ghost was at his happiest, the official came. The old ghost did not resist, the revenge was avenged, and he felt that there was no point in living. ”
Lao Ma's words made Yun Wuxian think of himself, everyone has their own meaning in life. Then, the meaning of his life is to save Mu Rong. However, Mu Rong is still unconscious, but she is trapped in Moshan, but she doesn't know when she will be able to learn the "Mixed Yuan True Qi", so that Mu Rong wakes up, Yun Wuji's heart is like being pricked by a needle, and it hurts inexplicably.
"The story of the old ghost spread in the local area. The prefect's daughter learned about the old ghost through a maid. Oh, I forgot to tell you, the prefect's daughter is called Piaoyun. ”
"Drifting clouds?" said Yun Wuxian silently. Lao Ma said, "Don't you think this is not a woman's name?"
Yun Wuxian nodded.
The old ghost himself said that when he heard about the floating clouds, he was also surprised, how could a woman take such a name. Drifting clouds, giving people the feeling of drifting uncertainly, like the feeling of wandering the world. ”
"So, does she like to wander?" asked Yun Wuji.
"She doesn't like wandering, but she likes wandering knights and righteous heroes. That's why, after hearing about the old ghost's deeds, she decided to go to the prison to meet this person who had endured for many years to avenge her father. ”
After a pause, the old horse changed his tone. Different from the serious and serious tone just now, the tone of the old horse's subsequent speech was a little lighter. Yun Wuxian didn't know at the time that all love stories were to be told in a light tone.
Love, no matter what kind of person it is, is a beautiful and desirable thing.
It was a falling evening, Piaoyun dressed up, and secretly ran out of the house with the maid. There are only two reasons for a woman to dress up, one is to go back to see her lover, and the second is to meet the most important person in her life. ”
The two reasons that Lao Ma said are actually one reason. Yun Wuxian could hear it, but Yun Wuxian didn't understand why Lao Ma wanted to say such nonsense. And the purpose of Lao Ma saying this is just to emphasize that Piaoyun sees the old ghost, which is a very important thing for Piaoyun.
In the world, there is not much love at first sight. Especially when the two women took a fancy to each other at a glance when they met, this probability is still very small.
Piaoyun went for a purpose, so when she saw the old ghost in prison, she didn't feel how ugly the embarrassed, scarred, and disheveled man was. On the contrary, Piaoyun felt that such a man was more attractive.
When the old ghost saw the clouds lying on the iron railing, his heart suddenly moved. Then, he didn't want to die. Son, can you understand that feeling?"
The old horse looked at Yun Wuxian with expectant eyes, and Yun Wuxian nodded thoughtfully.
"Miss Drifting Cloud is the courage of the old ghost to live. Yun Wuxian said.
Lao Ma nodded and said, "It's not courage, it's hope." For the sake of Piaoyun, the old ghost also hopes that he can live. When the two first met, it was just a glance of the eyes, neither side spoke, did not say a word, but both sides understood each other's minds. Especially when Piaoyun left, the old ghost read a thousand words from it. ”
"For the sake of Miss Piaoyun, the old ghost is trying to live in prison. Although the old ghost killed someone, but he killed a wicked person, when the prefect wanted to execute the old ghost, Piaoyun organized the people to give the old ghost a wish, looking at the willing people at the yamen black pressure, the prefect changed his mind and finally complied with the will of the people. The prefect sentenced the old ghost to three years in prison. ”
"Three years is not a long time for an old ghost, but it is not short either. Especially when you think about someone, the time will be even longer. In the bitter torment of lovesickness, the old ghost finally waited for the day when he was released. When he walked out of prison, the first thing he wanted to do was to find Piaoyun. ”
Yun Wuxi's mood fluctuated with the old ghost's narration. When Lao Ma talked about the old ghost being released, Yun Wuxian was happy for the old ghost from the bottom of his heart. He felt that the old ghost must have come to the bitter end, and he would be very happy in the future. Therefore, Yun Wuxian raised his head, his eyes were shining, and he looked at the old horse with expectant eyes, waiting for the following story.
But the old horse stopped talking. He sighed, lowered his head, and looked at the ground. After a while, the old horse slowly raised his head again, and said faintly: "As the old saying goes, blessings do not come twice, and disasters do not go alone." Being released is a happy thing for the old ghost, but compared to the loss of the floating clouds, the happiness released is no longer happiness for the old ghost. ”
"Drifting clouds are gone, why is she gone?, is she dead?" Now, when Lao Ma said that the clouds were gone, Yun Wuxian had an immersive anxiety.
"She's not dead. She's just married. The old horse said, "The old ghost went to look for Piaoyun, he didn't see Piaoyun, but he saw Piaoyun's maid." The maid curled up at the door, like a beggar, or rather, when the old ghost saw the maid's appearance, the maid was a beggar. It was the maid who called the old ghost first, and if the maid hadn't called him first, the old ghost really wouldn't have recognized it as the maid. ”
Through the maid's narration, Yun Wuxian knew. Two years ago, a gang of robbers came. They stormed the prefect's yamen and took the prefect with them. It was Piaoyun who exchanged his life for the life of the prefect. However, the prefect did not miss his daughter's life-saving grace at all. He even felt that his daughter followed the robbers, which was a shame for his family. ”
Hearing the maid's words, of course the old ghost was furious. He asked the maid to take him to the robbers, and decided to fight the robbers. ”
"He killed the robbers?" asked Yun Wuxian worriedly.
"If he had killed the robbers, he wouldn't be what he is now. The old horse said, "Before coming to Moshan, the old ghost only had brute strength and did not know martial arts. He killed the enemy who killed his father and took advantage of the fact that the man was not paying attention, first hit the man's head with a hammer, knocked the man unconscious, and then slashed the man's stomach with a dagger. ”
"And what the old ghost is facing now is a gang of robbers, a gang of robbers who can do martial arts. He has no brute strength, and in the face of robbers, it is useless. Therefore, it became clear that the old ghost not only did not rescue Piaoyun, but he himself was also disabled by robbers. ”
"The old ghost spent half a year recuperating from his injuries, and after his injuries were healed, he decided to go to Moshan. It's only because he was in a revengeful mood and adopted an extreme way that would cause the current consequences. ”
"In what extreme way?" asked Yun Wuji.
He secretly sneaked into Moshan and secretly learned martial arts. I don't know how he did it at that time, he actually lurked in Moshan for a year before someone discovered him. You also know that stealing martial arts is a taboo for Jianghu people. Therefore, after he was discovered, he desperately ran away. In the process of escaping, he did not discern the direction, perhaps it was also the trick of death. He actually fell into the 'bottomless pit'. ”
"Bottomless pit"?
Lao Ma mentioned the "bottomless pit", and Yun Wuxian quickly thought of the conversation between Chen Feng and Zhang Feng. The people who enter the "bottomless pit" have come and gone, how did the old ghost survive?