Thirty years ago, Duan Peng went back to his hometown to visit his relatives, and found out what happened to a girl from the same village, Su Wan, so he took Su Wan away from Daohe Village. Su Zhongfan once said that when Su Wan left Daohe Village, she was already showing signs of being insane, probably to accompany her to relax. Duan Peng did not return to Qingyang Mountain immediately, but took her to the most prosperous nearby City Yiyang City. Here, Duan Peng reunited with Liu Mei, the object of his childhood engagement. Liu Mei was pregnant at the time and married into Jiang's family as a concubine for his mother's treatment.
Not long after Duan Peng returned to Qingyang Mountain, he died mysteriously in the disciple competition held every 30 years. Fourteen years later, Liu Mei was lynched by the Jiang family in order to replace her son Jiang Yan for the crime of killing her brother. Her son Jiang Yan fled and disappeared completely.
After sorting it out, the events of thirty years ago are roughly like this.
There are two obvious doubts at present.
First, where did Duan Peng arrange Suwan
After Su Wan was abused by Su Zhongfan, she lost her mind. I am afraid it will be difficult to have a sense of trust in people. It is impossible for Duan Peng to entrust her to a stranger casually. If Duan Peng did not find a suitable person to take care of Su Wan, then there is a possibility—Su Wan is dead.
Second, the thousand-year-old pagoda tree that Liu Mei hid in the nanmuqin was undoubtedly a gift from Duan Peng. This is a rare evil thing. Duan Peng, as the great disciple of the Immortal Sect, is also very decent in his actions. Why is he carrying this thing? And why would you give this thing to an ordinary woman like Liu Mei
Could the death of Duan Peng thirty years ago be related to the above two questions
Lu Lixiao wrote these two doubts on the paper, looked at it for a long time, folded the paper and put it away. Zhou Ziruo checked Liu Mei's nanmuqin several times, but couldn't find any new secrets, so he rewrapped the violin to be on the safe side, intending to take it back to continue researching.
At three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Lu Lixiao and Zhou Ziruo took Jiang Tao's rich carriage to the place where they had an appointment. The location was chosen in a gorgeous three-story building. Today, these dandies have booked the entire building. In addition to wine, food, dancers and singers, they also called a bunch of girls and young men from famous brothels in the city to add to the fun. The center of the hall on the first floor is arranged like a ring, with long seats surrounded by flowing water. It seems that the scene is not small.
When the auspicious time came for the competition, everyone was sitting upright and eagerly preparing to watch a wonderful contest, but what was surprising was that within two breaths of the gong and drum beating, Lu Lixiao easily beat the burly man brought by the opponent into a coma .
It wasn't until Lu Lixiao walked off the ring and returned to his seat to drink the fine wine that Zhou Ziruo worshiped, that the dandies present came back to their senses, and then a sensational applause erupted in the hall.
Jiang Tao was in a good mood after winning the face, not only paid Lu Lixiao the remaining two big gold ingots immediately, but also pushed the beauty and the young lady in his arms to serve Lu Lixiao, but Zhou Ziruo's piercing eyes gave him a shock. gone back.
The young man who lost the fight asked his servants to lift up the stunned man and leave the table with a stinky face. Jiang Tao was even more complacent, holding up the wine pot and shouting at the top of his voice that he covered all the expenses tonight, and let everyone let go Joyful, immediately received a warm response.
A group of Gaoliang children gathered together to enjoy the day and night, and soon the hall was full of singing, music and dancing, mixed with the sound of warblers and swallows, turning into a forest of wine and meat.
A fat man in disheveled clothes mistook Zhou Ziruo for a young man after drinking too much, and rushed forward with his bear arms. Zhou Ziruo kicked him to the ground, and the obscene words that filled the hall went straight into his ears. The more he listened, the more annoyed he became, and he punched the fat man several times with a dark face.
Kick you Li Tianyi to death! Kick one to death and one less!
Someone grabbed Zhou Ziruo's arm from behind and pulled him away. Zhou Ziruo's first reaction was to mess with the fat man's dog legs and come to teach him a lesson, but it turned out to be Lu Lixiao.
Lu Lixiao dragged Zhou Ziruo to the entrance of the hall, and Jiang Tao, who was dressed wide open, walked over blushing and said, "Hero Lu, you are so skilled! If you are willing to stay and protect me, I will reward you..."
Lu Lixiao pushed him aside, Zhou Ziruo looked back when he stepped out of the gate, Jiang Tao was hugging Zhuzi and discussing with Zhuzi about the exclusive bodyguard.
Far away from the sensuality in the small building, Zhou Ziruo felt much more cynical.
It turned out that it was night outside.
In the night sky, the moon and stars are scarce, and the red lights on the ten-mile long street are winding. With the night wind fluttering, the gorgeous light and shadow cast the pedestrians with different priorities on the ground.
Zhou Ziruo said, "Where are we going now?" It was a long way from Jiangfu, and he couldn't bear to walk back.
Lu Lixiao turned to him and raised one corner of his lips, "Don't you really want to visit the night market?"
"Really?" Zhou Ziruo beamed with joy.
Lu Lixiao patted his head, "Really."
Zhou Ziruo happily rushed into the endless stream of people, as if discovering a new continent, and lingered in the rows of small stalls on the side of the road full of novelty.
Regardless of ancient or modern times, this is the only good thing about a prosperous city. The streets are lively at night, and there are all kinds of fun and delicious food.
Zhou Ziruo watched the sugar figurines drawn by the stall owner with a group of children in front of a sugar figurine stall. After admiring the stall owner's superb craftsmanship, he began to crave those golden sugar figurines. This isn't saccharin, it's real refined sugar from ancient times!
"Brother Xiao, come out with a few pennies!" He stretched out his hand behind him, but there was no movement for a long time, and when he turned his head, he unexpectedly separated from Lu Lixiao at some point.
There were so many people on the street, if Zhou Zi couldn't walk among the pedestrians, he simply dodged into the alley next to him, turned into a fox and ran out, dexterously shuttled under the feet of the pedestrians.
Just now he thought that a bustling city was good, but now he thinks it's not good at all, there are so many people everywhere, he can't find Lu Lixiao at all!
After running around, he finally decided to go back to the candy stand and wait for Lu Lixiao to come back to find him.
The hustle and bustle of the night market evaporated and dissipated moment by moment, the number of pedestrians on the street decreased unknowingly, roadside vendors closed their stalls one after another, and the hanging red lights began to go out one by one.
Zhou Ziruo crouched in the semi-shadow of the alley entrance, hanging on each other. As the lights on the long street faded, his mood also sank, and the initial excitement was gone.
What's so good about a prosperous place? If you accidentally lose the warmth in your hand, no matter how busy others are, your heart will be cold.
Zhou Ziruo felt a little lonely and sad.
Because he discovered that it was entirely because of Lu Lixiao by his side that he was so addicted to the magnificence and colorfulness of the world of mortals...
The stall for drawing sugar figurines was finally closed, and the stall owner left with a creaky wooden cart carrying a column full of sugar figurines on his shoulders. One of the sugar figurines seemed to be unstable on the pillar, and it seemed to be on the verge of falling. Zhou Ziruo froze for a moment, then threw Lu Lixiao out of the sky in an instant, and ran over, licking his mouth.
In the end, he was still too late, and the sugar figurine fell right at his feet. He looked down at the ashes-stained sugar figurine aggrievedly, and almost had the urge to lick it just like that.
"Little guy, this is for you."
A smiling whisper fell from the top of his head, like gurgling water gently flowing into people's hearts, making people feel refreshed.
Zhou Ziruo saw a Tanghualinghu that was bigger than his face, he opened his mouth and bit it, and Tanghualinghu moved away, behind him was a pair of dark and gentle eyes.
Uh... there is indeed only one pair of eyes. Because this person was covered from head to toe with a dark gray cloak.
Zhou Ziruo stared blankly at the other party, the man's eyes were slightly bent, reflecting the clear water in the dim lights.
"Heh... so cute." The man stretched out his pale and slender hand, tapped Zhou Ziruo's wet little nose, and then stood up.
Only then did Zhou Ziruo realize that she was leading a white horse that looked very old and weak. Behind the white horse was a box with four corners and wheels. Although it was not big, it could almost hide a slender woman in it.
That's right, it was "she". Zhou Ziruo could be sure that she was a young woman, both in tone and in stature.
"Let's go. Ye Yinyu, a man of many oddities in the bustling town, is careful to be arrested indiscriminately."
The woman left these words without haste, and took the rein of the horse and walked away step by step in the deepening night.
Zhou Ziruo froze in place.
Did she actually see through him as a demon fox?
By the time Zhou Ziruo returned to her soul, the woman had already gone away, and lying on the ground in front of her was a strangely shaped piece of wood, tied by a red string, which seemed to have fallen from the woman's body. Zhou Ziruo walked over, hesitated for a while, then put the red rope around his neck, remembered the woman's advice, looked around, it was fine, no one was paying attention, and ran back into the alley with the sugar-painted spirit fox in his mouth.
Zhou Ziruo turned back into a human form in the alley, picked up his clothes and quickly put them on, the sugar-painted fox was broken and only a small piece was left in his mouth. Just when he was heartbroken, someone in the dark pushed him against the wall , came up with a kiss.
The arm that was about to resist paused in the air, and then changed to wrap around the man's neck. No need to see, the familiar breath and familiar kiss clearly told him that this person was Lu Lixiao.
Zhou Ziruo's heart suddenly returned, and he was immersed in this fiery kiss.
"I've been looking for you for a long time..."
Lu Lixiao uttered these words against his lips, then blocked his moaning again, drove his long tongue straight in, swept away half of the honey that hadn't completely melted in his mouth, and pressed the tip of his tongue against his, Touch each other carefully, feel each other through the thin slices of sugar, and share the sweet taste together.
Zhou Ziruo suddenly felt an incomparably relaxed and joyful relief. He suddenly understood why as long as this person was by his side, the world would be more beautiful and vivid in his eyes.
After the lingering kiss, he panted and asked Lu Lixiao: "From now on, if I get lost, will you always find me?"
Lu Lixiao gently grabbed the hair on the back of his head, staring at him through the light night.
Zhou Ziruo's heart beat rapidly.
"No matter where you go in the world, I will find you. It doesn't matter how far you go, as long as you are willing to come back to me when I find you in the end."
Lu Lixiao's eyes flashed a faint but extremely steady light in the darkness, and he stared at Zhou Ziruo with a powerful and serious gaze.
Knowing each other for so long, Zhou Ziruo saw a pleading look on his face for the first time. All along, he and Lu Lixiao, whether as the master and spiritual pet or as the person with the closest physical relationship in the world, have always been Passive. But now, he felt that Lu Lixiao was begging him. In other words, Lu Lixiao was afraid of his leaving.
This made his whole heart seem to turn into boiling water, drowning all the messy thoughts and about to overflow from his body.
"Okay... as long as you come, I will never leave you again!"
He looked into Lu Lixiao's eyes, and Lu Lixiao's silence made him inexplicably flustered, so he added a little hastily: "I... I... sometimes duplicity! You, you must not take it seriously!... Don't give up on me !"
Lu Lixiao still stared at him silently for an unknown amount of time, and then a smile appeared in his dark eyes.
Lu Lixiao's response was an even more intense and lingering kiss, almost giving Zhou Ziruo the illusion that they had already melted together, and it was impossible to separate them again.
The author has something to say: The first part of this chapter briefly summarizes the results of the current investigation, and later fulfills Xiao Zhou’s dream of visiting the night market. The next chapter will enter the deciphering link
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I double updated! ! I said in the morning that today's double update! ! !
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However, no one paid attention to me. . .
broken sleep