Chapter 37: Old Things
In the wilderness and forests, the sky is overcast, and thick dark clouds are gathering, and it should be raining.
Seeing that the sky was about to change, they would inevitably be drenched in soup, and the two immediately decided to return to Tsz Yun Nunnery. Originally, the two of them wanted to travel the world and then go to participate in the Heart Magic War Festival three months later, but now that they look at it, Yun Xiaoye will definitely not leave.
The two of them arrived at Ciyun Nunnery first, Han Xuemei and the others have not come back, the acquaintance Xiao Ni who received the two of them yesterday saw that the two of them were back again, and he didn't say anything, after all, these two people made a bold move, and the woman in white gave a full twenty taels of sesame oil money yesterday, even if it was more than enough to eat and live here for a month.
It was still the room in the west wing, Yun Xiaoye seemed to have completely walked out of the sad and painful memory before, lying on the bed, holding the dark red jade in his hand, the semi-circular shape of the jade jue was engraved with ancient patterns on both sides, and the tentacles were cold, as if there was still a bit of coldness, penetrating into the bone marrow.
When it was dark, it was raining outside, the rain was getting heavier, the thunder was bursting, and it was accompanied by a violent wind, and the windows were blown by the wind and made a whining sound, as if this ancient temple was about to collapse in the wind and rain.
Yun Xiaoxiao got up, pushed open the window and looked at the darkness outside, feeling the dripping raindrops and the wind in the rain.
On that night five years ago, it was also stormy, and it was the last time he saw Gao Yulin, and this piece of jade was given to him by her. Early the next morning, Gao Yulin disappeared, and since then there has been no news, and everyone has concluded that she has committed suicide. Perhaps the bones were sleeping quietly in the rocks under a cliff in Mount Emei.
The wind and rain were fierce, and the occasional rumbling thunder and lightning seemed to tear the heavens and the earth, bringing a flash of light to the originally dim human world.
At the place where a lightning bolt fell, Yun Xiaoxiao faintly saw a girl in yellow standing at the door of the courtyard with an oilcloth umbrella through the window, and seemed to be looking at him.
Yun Xiaoye thought he was dazzled, but when the second lightning bolt pierced the sky, he believed that he was not dazzled, and Han Xuemei stood there. In the wind and rain, the girl in yellow was like a beautiful lotus flower, clear and jade, and lovable.
He froze, wouldn't it be the same scene five years ago?
Han Xuemei seemed to hesitate for a long time, and finally walked slowly with an umbrella. The rain had soaked her clothes, especially her skirt and shoes.
In the meditation room next to her, Li Ziye walked behind the door, quietly opened a gap, and watched Han Xuemei walk towards Yun Xiaoxie's room with an umbrella, she frowned, but she didn't go out, but closed the door, and with a dip of her fingers, a small hole appeared in the wall connected to Yun Xiaoxie's room, and she moved a stool to sit in front of her, with her ears attached to the small hole.
Seeing Han Xuemei coming step by step, Yun Xiaoye opened the door, smiled bitterly, and said, "You, why are you here?"
Han Xuemei glanced at him, walked under the eaves, put away the oilcloth umbrella and leaned against the wall, there seemed to be a few crystal droplets on her white cheeks, slowly sliding down her face.
"Why are you still here?" Han Xuemei did not answer Yun Xiaoxie's words, but asked lightly.
Yun Xiaoye looked at her and said, "Why should I listen to you?"
The wind blew, the rain poured into the eaves and fell on the two of them, Han Xuemei's body shook slightly, and it seemed to be a little cold.
Yun Xiaoxie laughed twice and said, "Come in, it's windy and rainy outside, if you get sick, you will definitely be counted on my head." ”
Han Xuemei's face moved slightly, but she didn't say anything, and slowly walked into Yun Xiaoxie's room.
The room was simple, with a bed and a table, with only a lonely oil lamp and a long teapot on the table. The lights were slowly fluttering under the wind and rain, and the whole room flickered on and off.
Han Xuemei stayed in the room with a man for the first time, and she felt a little weird, but she didn't show it, but asked directly: "It's you and Li Ziye who secretly follow us during the day." ”
Yun Xiaoxie, who had just closed the door, had a stiff face, and then smiled bitterly: "You found out?"
Han Xuemei snorted: "You are so arrogant, you don't shy away at all, you give me a reason that I won't find out?"
Yun Xiaoye was stunned, no matter how he heard this sentence, it was a little funny, if this sentence came out of the mouth of Lu Linlang or Xu Baofeng, it would be nothing, but it came out of the mouth of Han Xuemei, who was called the love fairy, it would be very surprising.
Han Xuemei is notoriously cold in Shushan, she has never looked at a male disciple with her eyes, and she usually talks little, let alone tells cold jokes, so others call her a love fairy, a deceased person who is desperate for love.
Seeing Yun Xiaoxiao staring at her blankly, Han Xuemei's fair cheeks suddenly turned red, and she didn't know if she was shy in her heart or imprinted by the candle flame beside her, which was a little more touching and beautiful.
She said, "What do you see me doing?"
Yun Xiaoye retracted his mind and said curtly: "I just think you are different from the legend." ”
"Oh, what's the difference?"
"This ...... I can't say it either, it's just different anyway. Not as ruthless as I thought it would be. ”
"Oh, you imagine I'm cold, ruthless?"
"Wouldn't you be able to stop talking? You're not going to kill me on the spot, are you?"
"Hmph!" Han Xuemei snorted, her frost-like face gradually eased down, and she sat down on the stool. Yun Xiaoye hurriedly stepped forward and poured her a cup of cold tea.
After a while, Han Xuemei said, "You should also know what happened here, right?"
Yun Xiaoxie's face froze, then he nodded slowly and said, "I heard your conversation in the valley, and I know a little bit. ”
Han Xuemei stared at Yun Xiaoxie and said intently: "According to what I know, Gao Yulin had the best relationship with you back then, and she has always taken care of you as her own brother, you should know her life and death." ”
Yun Xiaoxie's face gradually became ugly, he shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know, but everyone said that she committed suicide." ”
Han Xuemei said: "I'm afraid that things are not so simple, now that twelve disciples have died in Ciyun Nunnery, and one of the disciples wrote the three words Gao Yulin with blood before he died, there must be something strange in it." ”
Yun Xiaoye gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that Senior Sister Yulin will fall into the Demon Dao and kill her fellow Righteous Paths." ”
Next door, Li Ziye listened quietly with her ears on the wall, her brows furrowed, and she faintly heard that Yun Xiaoye and Gao Yulin used to be good friends, and that Gao Yulin committed suicide five years ago because of something, maybe she disappeared. During this period, the deceased disciples of Ciyun Nunnery wrote Gao Yulin's three blood characters before they died, and Gao Yulin, who had been missing for five years, was involved again.
"What happened five years ago?" Li Ziye said secretly in his heart. Rao couldn't guess what happened back then with her ingenuity.
After a long silence, Yun Xiaoye finally took out the crescent-shaped jade jue and put it on the table in front of Han Xuemei, and said, "This is given to me by Senior Sister Yulin the night before she disappeared, and I have been keeping it for the past five years, and she said that this thing is very important, more important than her life." ”
Han Xuemei was stunned, stretched out her hand to pick up the jade, and suddenly frowned, as if she also felt that there was a bloody aura hidden in this jade, which was definitely not a genuine thing.
She looked at it carefully, but she didn't see any doorway, so she said, "What else did she say?"
Yun Xiaoye shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything else, just let me take good care of this jade." ”
"By the way...... Yun Xiaoye remembered something in his heart, and suddenly said: "When she left, it was strange, and she seemed to be muttering something about the seal and bones in her mouth." She was gone, and I just heard it standing behind me. ”
"Seal?bone?"
Han Xuemei read softly in her mouth, her handsome cheeks wrinkled slightly, and she looked at the crescent-shaped jade jue in her hand again.
"Boom ......"
An earth-shattering thunder roared from the dark wind and rain outside the door, like an ancient evil beast roaring in the sky, and the whole world seemed to tremble.
Han Xuemei retracted her gaze and put the crescent-shaped jade on the table, Yun Xiaoye hurriedly reached out and put the jade away and put it away closely.
The wind and rain outside were still very strong, Han Xuemei walked to the window and looked at the wind and rain outside the house, stood with her hands in her hands, and said slowly: "Gao Yulin's matter will be handled by me and the two senior sisters, you and Li Ziye should leave here." ”
"No!" Yun Xiaoye said in a deep voice: "Since this matter has something to do with Senior Sister Yulin, I must investigate it clearly." ”
Han Xuemei turned her head violently, her slightly damp hair was beating slightly in the wind blowing in from the window, her cold eyes stared at Yun Xiaoxie tightly, and said word by word: "Gao Yulin's matter has nothing to do with you, you were only nine years old back then, and you were still a child." ”
Yun Xiaoye also raised his head, facing Han Xuemei's frosty eyes, he did not look without fear, stood up straight, and said firmly: "You are wrong, this matter was caused by me." Even if I am broken, I will continue to track it down. ”
Han Xuemei's eyes flickered, staring at the bald boy in front of her, once upon a time, didn't she also see such a strange firm look in the ring?
"Alas......"
She sighed softly, what was she sighing? What was she hurting?
Suddenly, she slowly took out something from her arms, a bamboo stick, a thin bamboo stick engraved with nine, which was exactly the one she asked for in Ciyun Nunnery the day before yesterday.
At that time, she didn't ask the old nun to sign the document, but at the moment, she didn't know why, she actually took it out and said slowly: "Can you do me a favor?"
Yun Xiaoye was surprised: "Looking for my help?" I'm really flattered, what's the help, you can say it." ”
She gently put the bamboo skewer in her hand on the table and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the Shiyuan Buddha Hall to find the elderly teacher, help me untie the signature of this stick, and don't tell anyone about it." ”
"Huh?" Yun Xiaoye picked up the bamboo skewer on the table in surprise, and looked down to see that there was a nine-character engraved on it. When he raised his head, Han Xuemei was no longer there, the wind and rain were blowing from the slightly open door, and there was still a faint fragrance of the girl in yellow in the air.
Yun Xiaoye walked to the door and saw that the oilcloth umbrella was like a gray flower unfolding in the wind and rain, and the girl in yellow wrapped under the flower was like a frightened flower in the wind and rain, with a little delicate trembling, slowly disappearing into the dark night wind and rain. Yun Xiaoye stood under the eaves in the wind and rain, staring blankly, then looked down at the bamboo stick in his hand, shook his head, and turned back to the room.
Next door, Li Ziye's ears gently retracted on the wall, and her face became more solemn than ever, even ugly. In the depths of his eyes, there are strange lights flickering, as if he is recalling a memory that has been sealed by himself but will never be forgotten.